On Friday night, Bob Adams watched his daughter net 13 points for Penn in a 62-47 loss to Dartmouth at the Palestra.
On Saturday, he was on hand in a slightly more active role as the Siena Saints men's team downed Boise St. 93-70 in Boise, Idaho.
Such is the life of an NCAA referee and basketball dad.
Oh, and he's also a lawyer.
"Attorney by day, referee by night," he said, channeling his inner superhero.
Adams - whose daughter Kim is a freshman guard for the Quakers - has officiated Division I men's hoops for 15 years. And for the past eight, he was invited to work games for the NCAA Tournament in March.
On "Selection Sunday" - the date on which 65 D-I teams are officially invited to the championship tournament - the NCAA also selects the 96 referees it wants to call the season's most important contests.
During the regular season, Adams - who officiated Big East games until 2005 - works northeast-based conferences like the Patriot League, the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Association (MAAC) and, yes, the Ivy League.
But now there's a catch. With his daughter suiting up in Red and Blue this season, Adams can no longer don the zebra garb in West Philly - even for men's games.
That doesn't mean he won't swing by for his daughter's home games. In fact, Adams left the Big East less than three years ago because, after the conference's decision to include some mid-western teams, he would have had to miss too many of his daughter's sporting events.
Of course, when a northeastern team like Siena schedules a game in Idaho, executing the "family-first" plan requires some serious effort - like catching a 6 a.m. flight to Boise after Penn's loss last Saturday.
"I didn't want to miss her playing," he said. "You can't get these days back."
So far this season, the younger Adams has more than validated her father's dedication. After missing much of the early season with a foot injury, Adams leads the Ivy League in both field-goal and three-point percentage during conference play.
And despite averaging the eighth-most minutes on the team, Adams is the third-leading scorer, tallying 7.8 points per game.
Her recent play has been especially strong. The freshman was named the Ivy League's co-rookie of the week after averaging 12.5 points in last weekend's contests.
"My dad is definitely my biggest critic," Adams said. "But he's been very supportive, very impressed with my play."
The longtime whistle-blower had his own kind words.
"Athletically, she's very gifted. She's a Big East athlete playing in the Ivy League," he said.
Over a year ago, it was hardly inevitable that Adams would be playing in the Ancient Eight at all this season. In fact, she nearly committed to the Duke Blue Devils - to join the swim team.
But after a winter visit to the Penn campus, Adams had seen everything she needed to see.
Beyond that, basketball was in her blood. Not only had her father's work left an indelible mark on her childhood, but Adams' mother was her high-school hoops coach.
"Our dinner conversations include a player, a coach and a referee," the elder Adams said. "It's something that's given her a little different perspective."
"It's really a true basketball family," his daughter said. "It's been a lot of fun to grow up in that house."
