Talia Walton will have both of her parents in Indianapolis for her big moment on the biggest stage in college basketball. Walton and the Huskies play Syracuse on Sunday night in the Final Four, and her mom, Thomasina, and dad, Kevin, will be there at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
For six days, Talia Walton refused to leave her mother’s side.
Thomasina Walton would try to get her daughter to go home, to get a little rest, to get a warm shower, but Talia wouldn’t leave that Virginia Mason Hospital room until her mom could, too. Talia slept in a chair and showered at the hospital instead.