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    NC State head coach Jim Valvano embraces Dereck Wittenburg as the Wolfpack celebrates their 1983 ACC Tournament championship.
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    1983 N.C. State basketball coach Jim Valvano cuts down the net after his Wolfpack beat Virginia 81-78 for the championship at the Atlanta Omni. AP FILE PHOTO
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    LEONARD IGNELZI - AP
    Jim Valvano, head coach of the North Carolina State Wolfpack, holds the net aloft after his team won the NCAA Final Four championship in Albuquerque, April 4, 1983. N.C. State downed Houston 54-52.(AP Photo/stf/Leonard Ignelzi)
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    VAVLVANO1983.SP.XXX - -NC State Coach Jim Valvano waves the net in victory Monday night April 5, 1983 in Albuquerque after his team defeated Houston in the NCAA National Championship. AP FILE PHOTO
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    STATE83.3.SP.04051983.XXX - -NC State's Jim Valvano celebrates after the Wolfpack defeated Houston to win the National championship on April 5, 1983. (News and Observer File Photo)
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    North Carolina State coach Jim Valvano lifts up the National Championship trophy moments after Lorenzo Charles had dunked a shot to give North Carolina State the win over Houston April 5, 1983 in the NCAA final at Albuquerque. (News & Observer File Photo)
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    Jim Valvano, with net around neck, coach of the North Carolina St. Wolfpack celebrates with players the NCAA Tournament Championship, April 4, 1983. NC State defeated Houston in the finals in Albuquerque, NM. (AP Photo)
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    83PACK10.SP.021508.GPH -- NCSU's Jim Valvano and Sidney Lowe celebrate after State beat Hopuston to win the 1983 NCAA Championship in Albequerque NM in March 1983. photo by Greg P. Hatem
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    83PACK12.SP.021508.GPH -- NCSU's Jim Valvano, left, celebrates with Sidney Lowe after the Pack beat Houston to win the NCAA Championship in Albequerque NM in March 1983, photo by Greg P. Hatem
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    83PACK13.SP.021508.GPH -- NCSU's Jim Valvano, left, celebrates with Derek Whittenbug after the Pack beat Houston to win the NCAA Championship in Albequerque NM in March 1983, photo by Greg P. Hatem
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    83PACK14.SP.021508.GPH -- NCSU's Jim Valvano, left, celebrates with Derek Whittenbug after the Pack beat Houston to win the NCAA Championship in Albequerque NM in March 1983, photo by Greg P. Hatem
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    Liz Condo-USA TODAY Sports - Liz Condo-USA TODAY Sports
    March 3, 2013; Cary, NC, USA; Pamela Valvano Strasser is the widow of former N.C. State basketball coach Jim Valvano. She is also chairwoman of the V Foundation for Cancer Research. Strasser remarried in 2003. Mandatory Credit: Liz Condo-USA TODAY Sports
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    Robert Willett - rwillett@newsobserver.com
    Pam Valvano Strasser (center) accepts the medal for her late husband, N.C. State basketball coach Jim Valvano as he was inducted into the first class of the N.C. State Athletic Hall of Fame on Friday October 5, 2012 at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, N.C. Strasser is flanked by N.C. State athletic director Debbie Yow.
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