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...
helped hit inside ivory normally open outside packing
They were packing it back inside pretty good. We normally like to look inside, but sometimes you just have to take the outside shot. Ivory hit some big baskets that really helped open things up for us.
brings enthusiasm freshness help people
She just makes people smile. She makes people feel good. She brings a freshness to the game, and her enthusiasm can't help but spread.
game good help monday prepare sort
It was good for us to play a game like this. This is the sort of game that is going to help us prepare for Monday night.
definitely environment help tough
I think this will definitely help us. When you go through a tough environment like this, it makes you tough.
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.
agree bracket final four great help motivate played regional seems strength teams year
You could make a great Final Four just from the teams in our regional alone. Everyone seems to agree it's the toughest. But, we've played great teams all year and we'll be prepared. I think the strength of this bracket will help motivate our team.
beat george guys mason pulling
I'm pulling for George Mason because they beat our guys. The more they win, it makes our guys look good.
fell love work
It was her attitude, her demeanor, her smile, her work ethic. I just fell in love with her.
great proud
I'm really proud of our team. I thought we had a great year. Today, we just didn't play well.
proud team
I'm just proud of our team for being the regular-season ACC champs.
happy kids work
I'm happy for our kids. They work really hard. But we know we can't relax. Everybody's going to be after us. And we want to be No. 1 at the end of the season.
coach dreams exciting great hearts ladies playing team
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.
great mistakes slow team
It was a great team effort. We were able to play a lot of kids. We made some mistakes -- we had way too many turnovers (22) -- but we didn't slow down.
game hope people shows skills start teams watch
I want the game to be exciting. I want people to want to watch women's basketball. It shows our skills and abilities. I hope other teams will start to play like we do.