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 love my staff and my team, and we're going to have a good time and continue to play Carolina basketball. A lot of people are saying to me, 'You all look like you're having fun,' and we are. We try to smile and enjoy the experience that we're having.
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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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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 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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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.
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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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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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She has a passion for it, there's no doubt about that. And it's contagious. ... She makes people happy.
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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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I didn't feel like we were in a rhythm after Ivory got hurt. She's our spark. We didn't seem to have any energy.
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They gave us a different look than what we usually see, but I thought they did an excellent job.
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You may think I'm crazy, but I think the conference will be stronger next year.
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I want it to be exciting, up and down the floor. We can play bad, throw it all over the gym, but we're not going to slow it down.
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I'm just proud of our team for being the regular-season ACC champs.