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Jim Calhoun will undergo treatment after being diagnosed with skin cancer. (AP Images)

University of Connecticut mens basketball coach Jim Calhoun has been diagnosed with skin cancer for the second time, but suggests he will be on the bench this season after undergoing treatment this summer.

"I want to coach basketball at UConn," the 66-year-old Hall of Famer said Friday. "At this moment I love what I do and feel very, very comfortable in doing that."

Calhoun is to undergo six weeks of radiation treatments next month at the UConn Health Center to minimize any chance of the cancer returning. His doctors told him there will be short-term side effects from the radiation, but they expect Calhoun to return to his normal lifestyle, including coaching.

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