In 2014, Todd Svoboda felt a bump on the inside of his knee that wouldn’t go away.
“I told Franci, my wife, I need to have this checked out. And I did. I went into UK. They quickly got me, and diagnosed me with Osteosarcoma. A very rare form of bone cancer,” said Todd Svoboda.
At 42-years-old, Svoboda began to fight a cancer that doctors typically only see in those in their teens and early twenties. But the former UK basketball player learned over the next 10 years, that he wasn’t alone in the battle.
“Knowing UK, and Big Blue Nation, it doesn’t surprise me.”
Svoboda played for Hall of Fame Coach Rick Pitino on the 1993 UK Final Four Team.
“It was a great season, just an incredible run.”
Sitting in front of a wall of mementos, it’s clear to see that as much as fans loved the team, Svoboda loved them right back.
“It means a lot, you know, it just touches your soul.”