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...
knew tough
We knew they were going to give us a tough game, and they did.
great maryland tough worthy
Yes, Maryland is worthy of that. They are a great team. And they are young, so they are going to be tough for a long time.
definitely environment help tough
I think this will definitely help us. When you go through a tough environment like this, it makes you tough.
bracket final tougher
It's like the Final Four! I don't know how any bracket can get tougher than our bracket. ... But hey, that's just the way it is. We have to go play those games.
eventually felt good knew lots run sloppy tempo tough
A little sloppy at times, but we knew it was going to be a tough game. We're a team, with the tempo we play, lots of times we play in runs. We felt like we eventually could go on a run and get a pretty good lead.
finds kid tough
She's a winner. She's just a tough little kid and she finds a way to win.
decision foul good knew leader point score tough
She's our point guard, our leader and a winner. She's tough and I knew she would make a good decision and score or get to the foul line.
court flow matter people rhythm takes team
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.
both reports scouting
We both have our scouting reports already done.
slow
To play slow would not be the thing to do with her.
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.
best came ford guard ivory men phil point practice sit talk watch
When Ivory first came in, I would have Ivory go and sit with Phil and watch our men practice and Phil Ford would talk to her about being a point guard. In my book, he's the best point guard there's ever been.
key trying
We did key a little on her. We were trying to keep her from getting hot.
against boston college good happy win
We're happy with the win against a very good Boston College team.