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...
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We have a lot of respect for each other, and I think we make each other better. I really think that's one of the reasons why we're both here. We do so much to push each other and make each other better.
great meant model role
That's what I meant with everything. Her personality -- she's the whole package. She's a great role model for young kids.
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I would hope that (the NCAA selection committee) wouldn't hold one team in our conference back because of one or two others that got No. 1 seeds.
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My biggest challenge is to keep this team level, to keep them down, to keep them from exploding. This is a high energy group. They're fun. They can't wait for tournament time.
downfall ncaa
I think right now that's probably the downfall of the NCAA tournament.
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When teams get physical with her, that makes her play even better. We've had lots of people try to take her down. The more physical it is, the harder and better she plays.
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We need to push the ball down the floor and run the floor. The tempo of running the floor has a lot to do with it. We need to try to create some offense off of our defense.
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We were mixing things up and they weren't able to feed it into the post. And we were putting great pressure on the ball, and that helps our post players, too.
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We know that we can't let down in any way, shape or form. You've got that big zero on you.
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We have watched Riverside, and they are a very good motion offensive team. It's a young team that has a lot of eager players, so we know we have to be ready.
leadership shown
Her leadership has also improved. For a sophomore, she has shown a lot of maturity.
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Her excitement and enthusiasm and passion for the game, it makes people smile. I can't tell you the number of letters and e-mails and phone calls we have gotten from people that have just said how she brightens their day. ... I feel like the way we play and having a player like Ivory sells the game of basketball.
country league
I don't know of any other league in the country that has that kind of parity.
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I am very confident with Alex and the rest of them out there. Alex has played a lot this year. She plays with Ivory, and I know when Ivory picked up her second foul and I took her out, we were behind at that time. Alex did a nice job running the team, and we got the lead back.