Van Chancellor
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"Van Chancellor" is a former college and professional basketball coach. He coached University of Mississippi women's basketball, LSU Lady Tigers 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 for Southland Conference games on ESPN3.

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Always at this time of year, you just practice to kind of get them sharp, get them to feeling good.

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.

She has a stomach virus and is dehydrated.

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.

Our team, when they've had their backs against the wall this year, have played pretty good.

It looks like that trade has just turned them around.

They play nine, 10 players every night.

We do have great depth, and great depth is good.

I don't know when they're going to come back. We're taking it day by day and don't want to rush them back too early. That may hurt in the later stages of the Olympics. Both players are needed because they're two of our best perimeter shooters on the team.