UConn match up well, position by position, with NC State-- but the Wolfpack have the storyline: coach Kay Yow's battle with cancer.

UConn assistant Tonya Cardoza: "We have to come out and play 40 minutes of basketball and not take into account the emotions."

Geno: "There's only one team that beat Duke and North Carolina this year. You don't do that on emotion and intangibles."

The News-Observer explains how the ailing coach Yow made the trip to Fresno. Yow: "I feel very well taken care of."