GROVE CITY - It isn't hard to figure out the sport of choice in Don Fee's house.

It's basketball. Everywhere you look.

Hanging on the wall is a hand-drawn sketch of John Wooden made for the Grove City High School coach by one of his student managers several years ago. It depicts Wooden with his index finger pressed against his lips, mimicking the photo of the legendary UCLA basketball coach that appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated in his heyday.

A mural of Larry Bird also hangs on a wall, and in the middle of the living room sits a coffee table, a see-through top displaying many used NCAA tournament tickets and pictures of Fee and his sons with such notables as Isiah Thomas and Mike Krzyzewski.

"Basketball is a big part of our family," says Fee, who just concluded his 15th year coaching the Eagles and the second with his two sons, John and Jordan, playing for him. "It was a big part of my life growing up."

Fee grew up in a small town in Indiana, Mecca of basketball, where hooping it up was as much a part of life as breathing and sleeping.

His father and relatives played on a makeshift court with a hoop attached to the barn no matter the weather and no matter the season.

That's how it was.

"I remember those guys playing in the wintertime in Indiana, and my dad and the guys pulling cars up at nighttime to shine lights so they could play."

Fee has passed that down to his two sons. John just concluded a rocky career filled with injuries and Jordan, a sophomore, wrapped up a breakout season that has Eagles Nation breathless in anticipation of what he can do as a follow-up.

In the Fee clan, everyone is involved.

"My wife has gotten to like it," Don Fee says, smiling.

"I kinda have to," Linda Fee says, smiling right back.

John Fee realized it at an early age."I always knew he was going to be better than me," John said of Jordan. "That was fine with me."Jordan had an advantage growing up: he had an older brother with a group of friends to compete with - and a longing to be part of the group.That meant developing his skills faster to compete better with those older boys."I can remember thinking, 'I need to be as good as those guys,'" Jordan said."He was always trying to be as good as his brother," Don said. "I can remember them playing one-on-one 12 years ago with one of those Little Tikes hoops and Johnny would keep score on a little piece of paper."That seasoning has paid off for Jordan, who averaged 11.1 points per game and hit 30 3-pointers as the starting point guard for the Eagles during his sophomore season.He also started as a freshman while his older brother came off the bench."I think that during my freshman year, playing when he wasn't playing and having him support me, it enabled me to play," Jordan said. "I wouldn't have been able to do that without it."John simply shrugs it off."It was just nice to see him develop," John said.That attitude meant more to his father than how many points his eldest son scored."That's the one thing I was always proud of him for - the way he handled that," Don said. "Not a lot of kids could handle that."John had been through a lot during his four years at Grove City High.He had a stress fracture in his back his freshman season and last year suffered a painful injury to his femur that required surgery.Because of an unknown trauma, part of his femur died. Last March he underwent surgery to restore blood flow to the bone.That procedure idled him for eight months. He wasn't permitted to run and jump.John had a chance to win a PIAA playoff game for Grove City against Yough, but his last-second shot rimmed out and the Eagles lost by a point."He just went through a lot," the elder Fee said said. "Things never came very easy for him."John, though, never felt he was owed anything - even a buzzer beater that would have helped ease his painful career."It would have been nice," John said. "But I don't feel like I deserve anything, really. I never thought I deserved any last-second shots. Just being on the team was enough for me."

While Don, John and Jordan are in their own little world on the basketball court, Linda Fee is in the stands, taking it all in.She wears many hats. Mom. Coach's wife and observer of all.Things were a little calmer for her when her sons weren't at the high school level. Once they reached the varsity, things got a bit more tense."I always enjoyed it, but I was more relaxed in my enjoyment," Linda Fee said. "It became more nerve wracking when they started playing (on the varsity)."She can hear everything, even the heckles aimed toward her sons - Jordan in particular - when she sits in the stands."I don't usually hear a lot of it, but I did at the Franklin (playoff) game," Linda Fee said. "That was pretty hard. But I pretty much just bite my tongue."When she is watching her sons play, she's not looking to see if they are playing within the offense, making good, crisp passes or taking the shots they should.That's her husband's job. Her eyes are focused on something entirely different."I'm not very competitive at all," Linda said. "I didn't play sports. I'm watching to make sure they are gentlemen, see if they are helping another player up or congratulating each other. I want them to be good role models to the little kids who watch them.

Contrary to popular belief, Jordan - who wears jersey No. 23 - wasn't named after Michael Jordan."We almost named him Larry," Don Fee said, referring to the family favorite hoop star, Larry Bird. "But that's the cat's name."In fact, Jordan Fee wore No. 33 as he came up the Grove City ranks in tribute to Bird. It wasn't until he hit high school that he switched to No. 23 because the team had no jersey No. 33.That's as far as Don Fee wants Grove City basketball to creep into his home.He is careful to keep basketball on the court and away from the dinner table, even though the sport is so intertwined into the family."I think we do a pretty good job not bringing it home," Don said. "I'm sure there are times we came out of practice and weren't in a good mood, but I think for the most part, we didn't bring it home."Linda plays a part in that, too, always keeping the family grounded."I probably (play peacemaker) but don't realize it," she said. "I try to remind them of the bigger picture."