Trey's first NCAA tournament

One of joys of being a parent is to pass on the things you enjoy to your children. You hope that they develop the same passions that you have so that they can experience the joy you have in whatever it is you like to do. The other benefit is that maybe you can share these experiences together as your children grow up.

One of my passions is obviously sports. Besides coaching and playing, I watch mostly sports on TV. If they stopped showing sports on TV, I would watch very little.

In March, I had to start teaching Trey about the NCAA tournament and filling out his bracket....yes...HIS bracket. Trey was entered into our "pool" which consists of the guys in the improv group, Ashley, Scott's son Tobi, and a few of the kids on the basketball team. The winner gets a grand total of $0.

Trey decided to use the "pick dad's hand for a team method". After the first round, he was ranked #250 in the country out of around 3 million. His bracket did take a beating (like Ashley's) in the later rounds and he finished in the middle of the pack.

I have also spent a good deal of time explaining the game to Trey. I have no idea if this will make any difference when he gets older, but I guess it couldn't hurt. I figure that he's probably not going to be 6-8, so if he is ever going to be good at basketball, he'll have to have a great basketball IQ.