INDIANAPOLIS — When Michigan freshman Tim Hardaway Jr. steps on the Conseco Fieldhouse court, there will be one person on press row having a harder time being unbiased than anyone else.

His father.

Tim Hardaway Sr. is in Indianapolis for the Big Ten tournament and is scheduled to call Friday’s quarterfinal between Michigan and Illinois (2:30 p.m., ESPN) for Compass Media — the first time he has broadcast a game his son is playing in.

“I don’t know what to expect, don’t know,” Hardaway Sr. said Thursday between Big Ten tournament games. “Hopefully I just do my job and won’t be a dad hooting and hollering on the radio, anything like that.

“I just want to do my job and do it fairly and discreetly.”

The Hardaways aren’t the first Michigan father-son duo to find themselves in this situation. Former Michigan quarterback Brian Griese had his father, Bob, calling his games for ABC, including the 1998 Rose Bowl.

“I’m going to try to keep myself low-key and not screaming, just really calling the game professionally like I’m supposed to and not being biased,” Hardaway Sr. said. “Just going out there and doing my job.

“It’s going to be tough. I’m not going to say it’s not going to be tough, not going to say it’s not going to be hard. But I have to do that.”

Michael Rothstein covers Michigan basketball for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at (734) 623-2558, by e-mail at michaelrothstein@annarbor.com or follow along on Twitter @mikerothstein.