TAMPA - Around the USF men's and women's basketball programs, Administrative Specialist Barbara Riffe is known by another title.

"So many people around the building call me Miss Barb," Riffe said.

But over her 15 years at USF, Miss Barb has come to mean so much more to those who wear the Green & Gold.

What they're saying:

"We all love her," said the Bulls' head men's basketball coach Bryan Hodgson.

"She takes care of us. It's almost like having a second mother here at the office."

Miss Barb isn't just always there to support her basketball family, but her real family as well.

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The backstory:

Riffe lives in Temple Terrace down the road from her grandchildren.

Her two grandsons, Mason and Hayden, have au

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