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The centenarian from Plainfield, Ind., has been rooting for Butler University's basketball team since she was a Bulldog co-ed in the early 1930s.
Robb turned 100 on March 20, the day after No. 8 seed Butler squeaked to victory over No. 1 seed Pittsburgh with a free throw sunk by Matt Howard with less than a second on the clock. Robb's alma mater in Indianapolis sent her a Bulldogs scarf, and Robb informed her birthday party guests they were to celebrate not only her centennial, but her team's ascent as well.
When Robb first rooted for the Bulldogs, Tony Hinkle ruled Butler sports.
The man responsible for making the standard basketball orange, Hinkle was a renaissance sportsman who spent nearly half a century coaching Butler football, baseball and, most notably, basketball. The legendary coach and his men earned a reputation as killers on the court, in part due to his complex "Hinkle System" of offense. Over his Butler career, Hinkle boasted a solid 560-392 win-loss record.
Watching Hinkle lead her favorite team for decades, from her college days until she reached 59, Robb knows from good coaches. She approves of current Butler head coach Brad Stevens, who was a marketer before becoming an assistant coach in 2001. He's only been a head coach for four years.
"I think Brad Stevens is a very great coach," Robb told WRTV. "He just keeps calm."
Butler fans likely agree with Robb's assessment. Stevens has spent half his brief NCAA head-coaching career leading a Final Four team. Last year, he became the second youngest coach since 1972 to join the exclusive March quartet.
Despite the team's losing the 2010 final to Duke, and losing a key player, Gordon Hayward, to the Utah Jazz, Stevens brought the team back to the dance this year.
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Butler plays another underdog, Virginia Commonwealth University, on Saturday. Robb wishes she could be in Houston but instead will root for her team in front of the television with her son Hank, Butler '76.Like her fellow alumni, Robb's hoping her team makes it to Monday's final game. She thinks they might have it in them.
"I think they do a marvelous job. I really do," she told WRTV. "There are a lot of surprises, and they play consistently."
What better birthday present than a national championship?
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