BERKELEY, Calif. — Cuonzo Martin has a certain way he does things. No staying late after games to rehash film into the wee hours as is customary for so many college basketball coaches, only to return first thing in the morning to do so again. He avoids finger-pointing at one player in the heat of the moment, instead choosing to critique a specific area in which his team struggled while speaking individually with a young man when necessary.
A cancer scare for Missouri's new coach 20 years ago largely affects how he coaches and lives today.
"It's a fight.