Sylvia Hatchell Playing Quotations

I do think that they're in the NCAA (Tournament). I would be shocked if they are not, especially the way they are playing here at the end of the season.

It's fun when we play each other because we have a lot of respect for each other, and we enjoy playing in that kind of environment. I've been coaching 31 years, and that's what you dream about - a game like that.

I've got great kids, they're playing their hearts out for each other and for me. We're healthy, we're an exciting team, we've got great chemistry. This is the kind of team a coach dreams of because these young ladies are like my daughters.

They're about the only good team that's not (in our bracket). They definitely deserve to be a No. 1 seed, and maybe somewhere down the road we will get to play. But there's a lot of great teams. I just want us to keep playing the way we've been playing, and hopefully things work out where we'll be able to be in Boston.

I just think this is a real special group. They have a passion for playing, and not just playing but playing the way we play: up and down the court.

I love playing over here. This is a great environment. This is what every coach and every player dreams of, to play in a situation like this.

The first half and the second half were very different. We weren't rebounding and weren't playing very good defense. Once we started playing Carolina basketball we were OK.

We're glad to get this one behind us. We're looking forward to playing on Monday night.

Our game plan was to push the tempo as much as we could. I think playing three days in a row is really tough, but they came out with a lot of gas.

We're very familiar with each other. We could be playing each other in another week. We just want to stay focused and try to keep doing what we've been doing but rebound the ball a little better.