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...
gas good knew tempo
We knew they would give us a good game. We just wanted to keep the tempo up. They had a lot of gas left.
knew tough
We knew they were going to give us a tough game, and they did.
feed great helps mixing post pressure putting
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.
ball normally push run
We didn't run and a lot of that had to do with Ivory. We didn't push the ball like we normally do, get it out and go. Some of that was not getting the rebounds.
again area commitment game rebound step
We didn't rebound again like I wanted us to and that's the only area of our game that I feel like we've really got to step up there. If we want to be a championship team, we've got to make a commitment to rebounding.
commitment
We don't have the commitment to rebounding we need to have. We need to get better in that area.
shape zero
We know that we can't let down in any way, shape or form. You've got that big zero on you.
eager good motion offensive team watched
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.
both push reasons respect
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.
conference hold hope ncaa others selection team
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.
biggest challenge energy high team tournament wait
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.
harder lots people physical teams
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.
ball create floor offense push run running tempo
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.
came days game plan playing push row tempo three
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.