CHARLOTTE, N.C. — No one would have blamed Travis Trice Sr. for missing his son's game Sunday.

Sure, Travis Trice II (as the family calls him) was playing on a pretty big stage, but Travis Sr. had a big game of his own to think about. He's the coach at Wayne High in Huber Heights, Ohio, and on Saturday night, he was coaching in the Ohio state tournament in Cincinnati. His game tipped off less than 12 hours before Travis II and Michigan State were scheduled to play Virginia in the third round of the NCAA tournament.

The timing was a problem. But Travis Sr. knew how important it was for him to be there for his son, how mu...

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