Sylvia Hatchell
Sylvia Hatchell
Sylvia Rhyne Hatchellis the head coach of the women's basketball team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She currently has the third most career wins in NCAA women's basketball history, behind only former Tennessee coach Pat Summitt and Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer. She competed with USA Basketball as the head coach of the 1994 Jones Cup Team that won the gold in Taipei...
basketball blocked defense floor game great national teams
It will be like a national championship game because you're going to have two teams out there that are just going to be incredible, talented, athletic, skilled, up-and-down the floor defense and blocked shots. You are going to see a lot of great basketball (today).
aggressive ball good kids movement played taking threw tried year
We just tried to do the same things we've been doing all year -- be aggressive defensively and offensively, taking the ball to the basket, getting it inside, getting good movement in our offense. Defensively we threw some different things at them. I thought our kids played really hard.
asked bigger chemistry good great locker room special talked
We just talked in the locker room that this is great. I congratulated them and asked if this is good enough. And they said, 'No.' They want to do bigger and better things. They're special kids, they have great chemistry and they have fun.
couple steals
We got a couple of steals and we got a couple rebounds. That made the difference.
fast supposed
We're very organized. Really. (The players) know what they're supposed to do. They just do it at a fast pace.
ball familiar focused playing rebound stay
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.
basketball good
There's going to be some really good basketball here.
coach good great trust
I've been doing this a long time, and I've had a lot of great teams. Trust me, I know, any coach is only as good as their players. I've got great players, and I've got a great staff. They make me look good.
game happened last sweeter time
I've been doing it 31 years, this is nice. I'd like to have it the last game of the season. It happened to me one time before, and there's nothing sweeter than that.
above heads league year
I've been in this league 20 years and every year we say it can't get any better, but this year we're just heads above all the other conferences.
fired played start
At Old Dominion, we didn't start with any intensity, while they were fired up and played really well. Tonight, we went after them early.
cell center honest house messages moved office people phone smith today wanting wish
To be honest with you, today I wish we had moved it to the Smith Center because I don't like to say no to all these people that need tickets. My cell phone, my e-mail, my office phone, my house phone -- every one of them right now has messages from people wanting tickets, and I have no tickets.
came court everybody felt
I felt it in my heart. She came to my camps, and she made me feel good. She made everybody else on the court better.
early expected felt final road shame somewhere
I felt like somewhere down the road we would play Tennessee. I expected it to be in the Final Four. It's a shame that we have to play so early in the bracket.