College Basketball News

Former coach Bartow has stomach cancer (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

Former UCLA and UAB basketball coach Gene Bartow has been diagnosed with stomach cancer. A UAB spokesman said Wednesday the 78-year-old Bartow is to begin outpatient treatment at the Kirklin Clinic in Birmingham next week. Bartow succeeded John Wooden as UCLA's coach in 1976 and led the Bruins to the Final Four.