Lou Henson being treated for cancer

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) -- Former New Mexico State and Illinois coach Lou Henson is being treated again for cancer.

Henson, 75, said Wednesday he has the same form of intestinal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma he was diagnosed with four years ago. He began chemotherapy treatments Tuesday in Champaign, Ill., where he lives during the summer.
"It's the same thing as what I had before. You can't ever completely get over it and we knew it would probably come back," Henson said. "We felt good about that because we know we can put it in remission again."

Henson underwent 81/2 hours of chemotherapy Tuesday with no ill effects. In fact, he said he played 18 holes of golf on Wednesday morning.

Henson retired in January 2005, 21 wins short of 800 victories. He was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma two years earlier and was hospitalized in 2004 with viral encephalitis, which left his right leg paralyzed.

Henson coached at New Mexico State, his alma mater, from 1966 to 1975, then spent 21 years at Illinois before retiring in 1996. He returned to New Mexico State after Neil McCarthy was fired before the start of the 1997-98 season.

Henson is the winningest coach at New Mexico State and Illinois and led both schools to the Final Four -- the Aggies in 1970 and the Illini in 1989. He compiled a career record of 779-413, the eighth-winningest men's coach in Division I history.

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