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...
ball normally push run
We didn't run and a lot of that had to do with Ivory. We didn't push the ball like we normally do, get it out and go. Some of that was not getting the rebounds.
energy felt gets hurt ivory normally rhythm spark
I didn't feel we were in rhythm today, especially after Ivory got hurt. She's our spark that gets us going, and I just felt that the energy that we normally have just wasn't there.
cylinders hitting normally
I didn't feel like we were in rhythm. We just weren't hitting on all cylinders like we normally do.
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.
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.
definitely environment help tough
I think this will definitely help us. When you go through a tough environment like this, it makes you tough.
approach attitude players
Our players are just like, 'Tell us who we'll play and we'll go play. That's our attitude and that's the way we'll approach it.
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.
biggest challenge energy high team tournament wait
My biggest challenge is to keep this team level, to keep them down, to keep them from exploding. This is a high energy group. They're fun. They can't wait for tournament time.
harder lots people physical teams
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.
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.
balance strength
That balance is the strength of our team.
downfall ncaa
I think right now that's probably the downfall of the NCAA tournament.
good moments
We had some really good moments out there, but there were still times we sputtered and stalled.