Some very sad news

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Most basketball fans know Chuck Daly as the coach of the late-1980s Detroit Pistons and the 1992 Dream Team. But anyone who rooted for Penn from 1971-77 remembers him as the steward of some of Penn's last golden years. The news that he has pancreatic cancer, which generally has a five-year survival rate under five percent, is tough to swallow.

Daly, now 78, replaced Dick Harter after the Quakers' phenomenal 1970-71 campaign, still widely considered Penn's best team ever. Daly lived up to his predecessor, guiding Penn to the Elite Eight and a No. 3 national ranking (!) in his first year, the first of what would be four straight Ivy championship seasons.

We at The Buzz wish Daly and his family the best as he confronts his illness.