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Calhoun on cancer battle: 'You got to attack it'

Jim Calhoun's first season as coach of Division III University of St. Joseph was disrupted by another cancer battle -- his fourth -- but the Hall of Fame coach said he needed to believe "every single minute" that he could beat it.

In Sunday's debut episode of E:60's four-part series, "The Calhoun Project," that chronicles the 76-year-old Calhoun's comeback season at the West Hartford, Conn., school, the legendary former Connecticut coach discussed his two-year battle with Stage 4 stomach cancer that was previously thought to be inoperable.

"This was going to be what ended his life," said Calhoun's son, Jeff.