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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I've watched some (television) games this season at my house. Some of these games, it's like watching paint dry. And I don't like that. I want the game to be fun and exciting. I want people to want to watch women's basketball.
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People asked me all year how good this team could be, and I said all along they could be as good as they wanted to be. I really feel that way, this is a special group. They all complement each other so well, and the chemistry is great.
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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.
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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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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.
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I don't deserve this award. I learned a long time ago to surround yourself with great people and they make you look good. That's what I've done.
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She has a passion for it, there's no doubt about that. And it's contagious. ... She makes people happy.
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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.
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I feel like the way we play, and having a player like Ivory, sells the game of basketball. Because I want people to fall in love with women's basketball.
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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.
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I want people to fall in love with women's basketball, and that's one reason why we go up and down the floor. I want them to score a lot of points and make it exciting and fun.
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We go up and down the court and try to make things exciting. We play the same no matter what team we are playing. It takes people out of their rhythm and flow of their offense.
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You look at the whole picture and there are just a lot of question marks that I think a lot of people have.
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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.