coach jim calhoun

Connecticut basketball coach Jim Calhoun says he is being treated for his second bout of skin cancer in a year, and he wants to keep coaching.

The 66-year-old Hall of Famer says a lump removed from his neck on May 6 was malignant. He is to undergo six weeks of radiation treatments next month.

His doctors say there should be no long-term effects from the radiation. They expect him to return to a normal lifestyle, including coaching.

Calhoun has spent 21 seasons at UConn, with two NCAA titles.

Jerome Dyson has been reinstated to the Connecticut basketball team after missing nine games while suspended for failing a drug test.

The sophomore guard will be eligible to play Tuesday at Rutgers, coach Jim Calhoun said. "We'll see where he fits in," Calhoun said Saturday after the 13th-ranked Huskies' 67-65 loss to Villanova.

"I fully expect I would start the same team. There's no reason why I wouldn't start the same team at Rutgers that we have right now.