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Read KSL's Take here PROVO -- While BYU basketball coach Dave Rose continues to wrestle with his just-diagnosed pancreatic cancer and the rigorous treatment plan he'll have, his top assistant Dave Rice is handling the day-to-day running of the program. On Thursday in the Marriott Center, Rice made it clear: Dave Rose is still very much in charge of the Cougar basketball program and has no plans to back off.
"He said today when we met with him that he feels great, that he feels optimistic and determined to beat this situation. He reiterated with our staff today, like he talked with our players, that he plans to be coaching this coming year and he feels really, really good. He will have a chance to get on some sort of a treatment schedule soon. And again, we don't exactly know yet what that entails, but he was as positive about his future and being the basketball coach at BYU as I have ever seen him," Rice said. [CLICK HERE to read a transcript of the entire interview with Dave Rice]
Rice will join us live coming up this weekend on SportsBeat Sunday, giving us the latest on coach rose and walking us through the events in this most difficult time for Cougar basketball.
Email: tkirkland@ksl.com
