FAIRVIEW, N.C. — Oh, how they shine.
Blueberries coated in morning dew gleam under a rising August sun. Wild turkeys prance through the patch. Beams of light bounce off the Carolina blue roof of a wooden cabin.
North Carolina women’s basketball head coach Sylvia Hatchell, fresh from a trip to the beach, sits on the porch and overlooks her 204 acres south of Black Mountain. As she strokes the head of Maddie, her beloved golden retriever, the only sounds are chirps from birds and squeaks from her white rocking chair.
Hatchell doesn’t make it here often — at least not as often as she would like.