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Former Kentucky target C.J. Leslie pushed by mom to pick N.C. State

C.J. Leslie - photo by Chuck Liddy | NewsObserver.com

- photo by Chuck Liddy | NewsObserver.com

It turns out that N.C. State's most effective recruiter for high school All-American basketball player C.J. Leslie was his mom.  The 6-foot-8 forward from Raleigh's Word of God Academy joked Monday that his mother, a longtime Wolfpack fan, recruited him harder than N.C. State coach Sidney Lowe.  Lisa Leslie was admittedly thrilled Wednesday when her son, who was courted by some of the nation's most storied college basketball programs, came home and told her he had made his final decision.

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