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...
good players
When you get down to the nitty-gritty, I've always said I like good players who are experienced, ... That's what we have.
decisive enjoyed enjoying good nobody players thinks win
I enjoyed it when we were the favorites. I'm enjoying us being decisive underdogs, because nobody thinks we'll win this series. So, yeah, I'm enjoying it. I've enjoyed it all. What I'd like to do is see our players play as good as they can play.
changed good half second worked
We changed defenses in the second half ... and I thought it worked good for us.
basket draw four good hurt job late seconds shot taking
One thing is, late in the game, I just could not get the play I wanted run, and that hurt us some. They did a good job of taking us out of our offense, ... They made the shot (by Powell), and I had four seconds to go. I should have never called the play that we take it to the basket and try to draw the foul.
develop good herself pushed pushing raw talent
She's just a raw talent that's going to develop in time. She's never pushed herself. She's now pushing herself for the first time, and she is doing some good things out there.
coaches coming good matter
There will be a lot of good women's coaches coming out of this league. It's only a matter of time.
dawn general good manager team trade
I told our team the general manager made a pretty good trade in the Dawn Staley deal.
good job taking
They did a good job of taking us out of our offense.
gold good proved trust word work
The Comets organization proved to me their word is as good as gold. That's all I go by. If I can't trust you, I don't want to work for you.
best great less limit played players team thompson tina total
I thought Tina Thompson played her best all year. So two great players played but it was a total team victory. I would have never thought that we could limit them to less than 60 points. I'm just really pleased.
ahead force gets hard hold realize thompson time tina tonight win
I said ahead of time that if we were going to be a force in the playoffs, Tina Thompson had to be a force, and she was tonight. She was outstanding. I thought this was as big a win as it gets tonight for us. You just don't realize how hard it is to hold them to 66 points.
effort total
Our total effort was just so much better our focus, our enthusiasm.
beat behind cannot drop points team
You just cannot drop behind 13 points and beat a team like this at home.
beat picked process seattle
My whole thought process has been this. Not one person picked us to make the playoffs. Not one person thought we'd beat Seattle in that series.