Van Chancellor
Van Chancellor
Van Winston Chancelloris a former college and professional basketball coach. He coached University of Mississippi women's basketball, Louisiana State University women's basketball, and the professional Houston Comets. He was named head coach on April 11, 2007, replacing Pokey Chatman. In 2001, Van Chancellor was elected to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was enshrined as a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in September 2007. Van Chancellor currently serves as an analyst...
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(Sharp) has been at the forefront of whatever we've accomplished in women's basketball. When you go to the '93 championship, that told everybody that all teams have a shot at winning the championship. It was no longer a championship for the elite or the few. I just think she's one of the giants of our game.
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It's going to be a shootout at the OK Corral, ... One of the greatest games in playoff history. Being at home doesn't necessarily mean you're going to win. These are two of the most evenly divided teams to ever play in the history of the playoffs.
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It was an absolute fight to get in, ... I think these two teams are evenly matched. We almost won out there; they almost won in here. In four games, every stat you can find indicates that we're about dead even.
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The championship opened it up for so many teams out there. Everybody thought it was possible to win a championship after Texas Tech won it.
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game meant slept wink
I hadn't slept a wink in a week. I've never been in a game that meant any more to me than this game.
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It's hard to believe we could come in here and win two games on the road.
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It's hard to believe that we came in here and won two games on the road.
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They did a good job of taking us out of our offense.
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We changed defenses in the second half ... and I thought it worked good for us.
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We had a great player who played great. I also thought Tina Thompson played her best all year. So two great players played, but it was a total team victory tonight.
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We've had some frustrating moments with this team and this was just another tonight. We just could not get a shot to drop.
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Under any condition it's hard to believe that our team came in here and won two games on the road. I just thought we did an outstanding job defending them. Sheryl Swoops: 14 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds. We had a great player who played great.
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Unbelievable. Oh, boy, she looks great. She's come back, lost weight, (is) in great shape, looks good.