NCAA President Brand has pancreatic cancer

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- NCAA President Myles Brand disclosed Saturday he has pancreatic cancer and his long-term prognosis is "not good."

Brand, 66, discussed his illness in an e-mailed letter to university presidents, athletics directors and NCAA staff.

"Very recently the diagnosis of my health problem has been confirmed," Brand wrote. "I have pancreatic cancer. The long-term prognosis is not good. I am currently undergoing chemotherapy, and I am receiving excellent care. I will know in the next several months the success of this treatment. I shared this information with the NCAA Executive Committee this afternoon.

"I will let you know if there is a change in my condition."

Brand, who served as president of Indiana University from 1994-2002, fired Hoosiers basketball Coach Bob Knight in 2000. He left Indiana in 2002 to become the president of the NCAA.