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...
marks people picture question
You look at the whole picture and there are just a lot of question marks that I think a lot of people have.
definitely environment help tough
I think this will definitely help us. When you go through a tough environment like this, it makes you tough.
both push reasons respect
We have a lot of respect for each other, and I think we make each other better. I really think that's one of the reasons why we're both here. We do so much to push each other and make each other better.
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.
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.
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.
ball create floor offense push run running tempo
We need to push the ball down the floor and run the floor. The tempo of running the floor has a lot to do with it. We need to try to create some offense off of our defense.
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.
best happened last loving players relationship
My relationship with my players is the best it's ever been -- I'm loving it and having a blast. And it's not just everything that's happened this year, but last year, too.
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.