Sunday, June 16, 2013

The father-son bond Roman and Tre'Lun Banks have will only get stronger at Southern

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana  --  Both Roman Banks and Tre'Lun Banks readily describe their closeness as more brotherly than father-son.

They have their own special way of communicating and the share so much, including the love of basketball.

But that line of not keeping secrets was blurred this past spring when Tre'Lun, a quality point guard recruit out of Scotlandville, made the decision to keep his dad, who the head coach at Southern, out of the loop on where he would play college ball this upcoming fall. Tre'Lun had clued in the rest of the family but he kept his dad guessing, even going as far as to have him pick up several different school caps for the late signing day.

"I had a feeling a couple of days before, but Tre'Lun played so many games around the house," Roman said as he laughed. "He had us a little nervous."

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