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...
close full house people sitting top windows
There must have been, what, close to 100 people at her house. The whole house was full -- we had the windows up, people were sitting in the windows, they were sitting on the top of the furniture. It was just unbelievable.
road second seed team year
This is the second year we've had to do this, and this year we are the No. 1 seed yet we're having to play a team like Vanderbilt on the road in the second game.
blood boiling coach coaching dream environment gets heart player pumping
This is what you dream about as a player and a coach. I've been coaching 31 years, and this is what gets your heart pumping and your blood boiling to be in an environment like this.
last played time wish won
This is the 11th time in the last 13 years we've played for an ACC championship. I wish we'd won all those, but just being there is an honor.
area changed time
This is one area that should've been changed a long time ago.
easily national talent
This could very easily be the national championship game. There will be a lot of talent on that floor.
love run teams
Some teams have run with us and we love that.
wants
No way she's 5-6. I look down on her, and I'm about 5-6½. She wants to be 5-6, so we let her be 5-6.
compare dean good says somebody time
Dean? Man, you make me feel old. The only time when somebody says dean that I think would make me feel good is if they compare me to Dean Smith, to tell you the truth.
biggest
I think the biggest thing was the rebounding. I can live with everything else out there. We'll straighten that out.
definitely environment help tough
I think this will definitely help us. When you go through a tough environment like this, it makes you tough.
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.
against backs gears higher holding level moved normally played shifted
Our backs were against the wall, we had to produce. We had not played on the level we normally play on. I think we shifted gears and moved to a higher level. I don't know if they were holding out or what.
court saw threw throwing
I about fainted .... When I saw that pass, I was like, 'Ah man,' because I thought she was throwing it out of the court because she threw it so far.