If North Carolina women’s basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell wins her 1,000th game Tuesday, it will happen in a place that almost is as dear to her as Chapel Hill — Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
For the past 23 seasons, Hatchell has taken her Tar Heel squad to Myrtle Beach for a holiday excursion and a couple of basketball games.
“We go there every Christmas and play,” said Hatchell, who also owns a beach house there. “This is 24 years. We have great crowds down there. A lot of people come out and we’ve had some really, really good games down there.