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145 MEDIA INFORMATION CREDENTIALS Admission to Pauley Pavilion’s press seating and media room is by credential only. All credential requests should be made through UCLA’s credential website at least three days in advance of the game. Website address and instructions can be obtained by emailing Alex Timiraos (atimiraos@ athletics.ucla.edu). Members of the media covering UCLA should request credentials for road games through Timiraos (via email, or phone at 310-206- 0524). CREDENTIAL PICKUP Credentials are available during the week at the Sports Information Office. Credentials not claimed before game day will be available at Pauley Pavilion’s “Will Call’’ window, located on the Northwest corner of the arena. The media will call window and media entrance opens three hours prior to tip-off. (from left) Travis Wear, David Wear, Larry Drew II MEDIA PARKING A limited number of single-game parking passes PHOTOGRAPHY PRACTICE are available for purchase ($12.00). These passes Photo passes are available to accredited media and The UCLA basketball team practices in Pauley are good for a special area on the top level of Lot should be ordered in the same manner as media Pavilion. Practices are closed to the media. 8 (to the south of Pauley Pavilion), which can be credentials. Photographers must work from the reached by following Westwood Blvd. into campus baselines between the basket support and the right DIRECTIONS from Westwood Village. sideline. Photographers are not allowed to shoot Directions to UCLA and Pauley Pavilion: From Los from the sidelines or seating areas at any time. Angeles International Airport, take Century Blvd. MEDIA ENTRANCE/SEATING Passes should be worn in plain sight at all times. east to the San Diego Freeway (405). Take the A press pass enables entrance at Pauley Pavilion’s San Diego Freeway north to Wilshire Blvd. (approx. Northeast media gate (across from the intramural POST-GAME PROCEDURE 15 miles). Go east on Wilshire, make a left on field). Press seating is located in the upper level of Following a cooling-off period, head coach Ben Westwood Blvd. go north to the campus. Stop at the arena’s south side (opposite team benches). Howland and selected UCLA players will be available the parking and information kiosk. Media parking Overflow seating is available on limited basis on the for interviews in the media workroom (event level). ($12.00) is available in Lot 8, on the west side of arena’s north side. The UCLA locker room will be closed to the media Westwood Blvd., just prior to Strathmore Drive. after the game. The visiting coach will be available MEDIA WORKROOM outside the visitor’s locker room (northwest corner, UCLA WEBSITE Pauley Pavilion’s media workroom is located in the event level). All UCLA releases, results and statistics are northeast corner of the building on the event level. posted on UCLA’s official website (uclabruins.com). Game notes, statistics and in-game refreshments WEEKDAY INTERVIEWS The official website also includes postgame video will be provided prior to tip-off. Requests for coach and player interviews should recaps, videos of Ben Howland’s weekly press be made to Alex Timiraos in the Sports Information conferences, regular video blogs with UCLA’s MEDIA SERVICES Office. Please give at least 24 hours notice. student-athletes and links to UCLA’s social media websites, including Twitter and Facebook. Working media will be supplied with a program, Head Coach: Ben Howland hosts a media pregame notes, halftime and final statistics and a conference (with selected players) on Tuesday play-by-play account of the game. Postgame quotes during the season at 3:30 p.m. in the UCLA Hall from both coaches will also be supplied. MEDIA RELATIONS of Fame Press Room (first floor of J.D. Morgan Men’s Basketball SID: Alex Timiraos Center). In addition, video playback of that week’s TELECOMMUNICATIONS Email: [email protected] press conference with Coach Howland is available Office Phone: (310) 206-0524 Media members wishing to have stories or online (uclabruins.com). statistics transmitted from the press area should Executive Director, Athletic Comm.: Nick Ammazzalorso contact Amfax (Rick Laubert — 310/494-8757) Players: All interviews must be arranged through Email: [email protected] Office Phone: (310) 206-3402 for fax service. Media members wishing to order a the SID office at least 24 hours in advance. Players telephone line should contact Verizon at 800/344- (and coaches) will be available following Coach Alex Timiraos serves as the media contact for the UCLA 4831. Three telephone lines have been installed at Howland’s remarks at the Tuesday afternoon press men’s basketball team. All interview and credential requests conferences. Special player interview times on should be directed to Timiraos, preferably via email. the visiting radio position courtesy of IMG, UCLA’s Nick Ammazzalorso serves as the athletic department’s media rights partner. The UCLA Sports Information Monday and Tuesday can also be arranged. Please Executive Director of Athletic Communications. Office has two telephone lines at the working press do not expect players to be available if you have not tables available for use following the game. made prior arrangements. KEY PHONE NUMBERS UCLA Sports Information Office (310) 206-6831 Sports Information Fax Number (310) 825-8664 Pauley Pavilion Press Row Phone Number (310) 825-1899 Verizon Phone Orders for Pauley (800) 344-4831 UCLA’s Athletic Website www.uclabruins.com UCLA’s Basketball-Related Twitter Sites Athletics: twitter.com/UCLAAthletics Men’s Basketball: twitter.com/UCLAMBB Ben Howland: twitter.com/Ben_Howland Joshua Smith Lazeric Jones 146 MEDIA INFORMATION UCLA BASKETBALL ON TELEVISION, RADIO For the fifth straight season, UCLA men’s basketball games will be produced by the UCLA Sports Network from IMG, with AM 570 Fox Sports LA in Los Angeles serving as the flagship station for the network. This is the 16th year of UCLA’s partnership with AM 570 Fox Sports LA owner Clear Channel. Other stations on the UCLA Sports Network from IMG include KXEX (1550 AM) in Fresno and KSLK (96.1 FM) in Visalia. In 2012-13, all 31 regular season UCLA basketball games will be televised, including 14 on the new Pac-12 Networks. Additionally, 11 games will be televised by the ESPN family of channels, followed by four on Fox Sports Net and two on CBS. Non-conference games to be televised include UCLA’s four contests in the Progressive Legends Classic (Nov. 13-20), to be aired on the Pac-12 Networks (UC Irvine and James Madison) and the ESPN family of channels (Georgetown and Georgia/Indiana). The Bruins’ game at Texas on Dec. 8 will be televised by ESPN. ESPN will also showcase UCLA’s Pac-12 contest in Pauley Pavilion against Arizona on March 2. CBS has selected conference (from left) Tracy Murray, Chris Roberts, Don MacLean games against Oregon on Jan. 19 and at Washington on March 9. A four-time nominee for the Southern California Broadcasters Association “Play- Hall of Fame broadcaster Chris Roberts ([email protected]) enters by-Play Broadcaster of the Year” award, Roberts is a voter for both the Heisman his 21st year as the “Voice of the Bruins” and his 32nd season broadcasting Trophy and the Wooden Award. Don MacLean, the all-time leading scorer in NCAA Division I sports in Los Angeles. Since 1982, Roberts has broadcast UCLA and Pac-12 history and a nine-year NBA standout, will begin his 11th more NCAA Division I games on Los Angeles radio than anyone. year as the color analyst. Tracy Murray, another former Bruin standout and a Prior to joining the Bruins in the fall of 1992, he served as the voice of the Long 12-year NBA veteran, will be in his fifth year serving as analyst when MacLean Beach State 49ers for 10 years and one with Cal State Fullerton. During that is fulfilling television obligations. time, he was the sports director at KFI/KOST 103 FM. A four-time Golden Mike Fans around the nation can also follow select UCLA games on SIRIUS and XM winner, he also handles the play-by-play duties for UCLA football. He has also Satellite Radio. authored two books, Stadium Stories: UCLA Bruins and UCLA Football Vault, which he co-authored with Bill Bennett. Broadcasts are also available on the Internet by visiting www.uclabruins.com. UCLA MEDIA OUTLETS Newspapers San Bernardino Sun: 2239 Gannett Parkway, San NBC4: 3000 West Alameda Ave., Burbank, CA 91523 — Bernardino, CA 92407 — 909/386-3865. Louis Brewster 818/840-4237. B: Fred Roggin, Mario Solis. Los Angeles Times: 202 West First St., Los Angeles, CA (SE). Paper carries L.A. Daily News UCLA beat stories. 90012 — 213/237-7145. Mike James (SE), Baxter ABC7: 500 Circle Seven Drive, Glendale, CA 91201 — Holmes, Chris Foster, David Wharton (BW). Antelope Valley Press: 37404 Sierra Hwy., P.O. Box 818/863-7677. B: Rob Fukuzaki, Curt Sandoval. 880, Palmdale, CA 93590 — 661/273-8465. Robert Los Angeles Daily News: 21860 Burbank Blvd., Suite 200, Johnson (SE). KTLA: 5800 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028 — Woodland Hills, CA 91367 — 818/713-3600. Gene 323/460-5907. B: Steve Hartman, Derrin Horton. Warnick (SE), Jack Wang (BW). Ventura Star: 550 Camarillo Center Dr., Camarillo, CA 93010 — 805/437-0275. Jon Catalini (SE), Joe Curley KTTV/KCOP: 1999 South Bundy Dr., Los Angeles, CA Orange County Register: 625 North Grand Ave., Santa (BW). 90025-5235 — 310/584-2030. B: Rick Garcia. Ana, CA 92711 — 714/796-7817. David Bean (SE), Ryan Kartje (BW). The Sentinel: 3800 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles, CA FS West/Prime Ticket: 1150 South Olive, Suite 350, Los 90008 — 323/299-3800.