Henson released from hospital, will start chemotherapy

Lou Henson, right, looks on as wife Mary greets former UI basketball player Kendall Gill at the Prairieland Council Boy Scouts of America First Distinguished Citizen award reception and presentation at Memorial Stadium in Champaign on Thursday, May 7, 2015. Henson was the named the 2015 Distinguished Citizen at the event.Lou Henson is out of the hospital in Houston, his wife told The News-Gazette on Friday.

Mary Henson also said the winningest coach in Illinois men's basketball history will start chemotherapy treatments for a bone marrow disorder.

The 83-year-old coaching Hall of Famer flew to Houston last Sunday and checked into the MD Anderson Cancer Center for tests to determine why his…