Media Guidelines
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Media Guidelines INTRO THIS IS LSU Credentials TIGERS COACHES All requests for working press, photo and broadcast creden- tials for LSU 2006-2007 home basketball games should be made REVIEW online at www.LSUsports.net by filling out the form for credentials. PREVIEW Single-game credentials must be requested no later than NOON RECORDS the day before the game. HISTORY All credentials which cannot be mailed are left at the will-call media table inside the Northeast Corridor entrance of the LSU Maravich Center. MEDIA News media covering LSU Basketball on a regular basis will be issued a season parking pass. Other parking passes will be han- dled on a game-by-game basis. The press parking lots will be in the Track & Field House lots off Nicholson Drive. Requests are honored from sports editors of daily newspapers and sports directors of television and radio stations. Requests www.LSUsports.net/media from individuals not employed by a media outlet will not be con- Since 1997, the LSU Athletics Department has offered the most up-to-date sidered. Spouses, dates, non-workers and anyone under 18 years and accurate information to its media outlets through the Internet. As online of age are not permitted in the working press area. LSU reserves technology has become the one of the most widely accepted and utilized the right to refuse any credential request deemed not to be in the media by those who cover LSU Athletics for various outlets, the goal of best interest of the University. LSUsports.net's Media Center is to give these outlets more efficient means of communicating with the department. Press Room and Services TV Rights, Satellite Trucks Photographers The LSU Sports Information Office provides The right to televise LSU basketball games is LSU will follow NCAA and SEC rules regarding the news media with a press workroom. It is locat- solely that of the University and the Southeastern the media representatives photographing the ed in the Northeast Corridor of the Center. Access Conference. Permission to televise the game must game. Photographers are limited to working the to the press room is limited to those with working be granted by the Athletic Director’s Office at LSU designated space along the end line of the playing credentials. and the Commissioner’s Office of the Southeastern court. No credentials will be issued to freelance A pre-game meal will be served approximate- Conference. photographers, cutline writers, equipment carriers. ly an hour before tipoff in the area across from the Telecasting entities should contact Director of Photographers will not be permitted to shoot from press room in the Northeast Corridor. Several tele- Television Kevin Wagner at (225) 578-1797 for the sidelines. All photographers must remain seat- phones (collect and credit card calls only) are information regarding setup. Sound microphone ed on the floor in areas directly in front of fans on available in the press workroom. Also, a limited technicians will sit at designated spots in front of the baseline. Video taping from a kneeling position amount of dataport lines are available in the work- press row that does not block any sold advertising will not be permitted. Photo positions may be room. Halftime and final statistics, play-by-play panels, and at the discretion of game officials. assigned by the LSU Sports Information Office and post-game coaches quotes will be provided in There is no mid-court break for television. This prior to selected games. the press room. season, television broadcasters will be placed on Photographers will file from a the room oppo- Press kits with programs and fact sheets for the scorer’s table (team bench side), nearest the site the LSU dressing room for men’s games. The each team will be available in the press room visitor’s bench. room will have both phone and eathernet lines approximately 1 hour prior to tipoff or earlier upon Any outlet using a satellite truck must request available. Contact LSU photographer, Steve Franz request. satellite truck parking and must have the truck in at 225-578-4193, for further details. A FAX machine staffed by the LSU Sports place at least two hours prior to tipoff. All produc- Information Department will be available. Student tion and uplink trucks should contact Brendan Head Coach John Brady operators are available to send copy free of charge. Fouracre, Director of the Maravich Center, (225) Coach Brady will be available for phone and Please coordinate any particular filing needs 578-8205, regarding arrival time and setup logis- in-person interviews on most non-game weekdays tics. through Kent Lowe. during the season. Please coordinate all requests for personal interviews with coach Brady at least Radio Rights Phone Lines one day in advance through Kent Lowe in the LSU One official radio network for the visiting Those writers wishing personal phone lines at Sports Information Office at 225-578-8226. Coach Brady will, based on his schedule, be team must be designated by the team’s athletic press row or in the press room should contact the available for brief comments following the conclu- director or media relations director. Visiting radio BellSouth Office in Baton Rouge (1-800-238-5501) sion of the practice session each day. stations should coordinate all credential needs with LSU Sports Information as the contact. It is strongly suggested that those needing through Kent Lowe. Only those working on the There will be a minimum of four phone lines pre-game comments from coach Brady join in the radio broadcast will be given credentials for that available for every game for writers in the press twice-weekly SEC teleconference beginning in area. room. January each Monday and Thursday. Contact the Radio networks wishing to broadcast should SEC Office for the phone number. also contact Jim Hawthorne of the LSU Sports Wireless Internet Access On the road, coach Brady will be available in Radio Network (225-578-1882). Southeastern Wireless internet access is available in the the lobby on the day before the game upon arrival Conference opponents may use phone lines on a press room and on press row of the Maravich at the hotel with prior setup through LSU Sports reciprocal basis. Non-conference opponents Center. For information on how to access please Information. Coach Brady will not conduct any should contact Jim Hawthorne to secure phone ask LSU Basketball SID Kent Lowe. interviews, home or away, on game day prior to the lines. A small fee may be charged for those crews game. covering non-conference opponents. Broadcasts of the LSU basketball games are produced by the LSU Sports Radio Network and distributed through rightsholder LSU Sports Properties. Any station wishing to join the network should contact Kevin May of LSU Sports Properties, (225) 578-7290. 2006 2006-2007 LSU BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE 201 FINAL FOUR Media Guidelines INTRO THIS IS LSU Media Services TIGERS COACHES SEC Teleconference REVIEW Each of the 12 SEC coaches will be featured on a PREVIEW weekly teleconference each Monday and RECORDS Thursday during the conference season. Contact HISTORY LSU or the SEC Office for times and phone num- ber. LSU MEDIA LSU Satellite Feed Throughout the season, the LSU Television Department will provide satellite feeds of any LSUsports.net LSU Image Media Database non-televised SEC games. Also “Inside LSU The media and general public can access informa- Members of the media can obtain photos on all Basketball with John Brady” will be available each tion pertaining to all of LSU's 20 varsity sports at LSU coaches and athletes as well as official LSU week on satellite feed to stations. Please contact www.LSUsports.net, which is the home page of logos on the internet at http://media.lsus- Kevin Wagner or John Schiebe for feed times and LSU Athletics. Media and fans can access every- ports.net. The site features head shots and satellite coordinates. thing from the current media guide to updated action shots of all of LSU's basketball players. The statistics and game notes at this website, which is site will be updated weekly throughout football updated everyday all year long. season. To gain access to the database, please contact Michael Bonnette in the LSU Sports Information Department for a login and pass- word. Players Practices LSU players will be available for interviews Please contact Kent Lowe at (225) 578-1864 Media Information after most practices if interviews are requested 24 before planning to attend any practice session. Still The 2006-07 LSU Basketball Media Guide is a hours in advance through the LSU Sports and video cameras will be allowed during the first source of information for the news media. Additional Information Office. There will be no interviews 20 minutes of practice only and all interviews will information is available upon request from the LSU once the players come on to the Maravich Center be conducted at the conclusion of practice. Sports Information Office. News releases, digital photo- floor to begin practice warmup. This rule will be graphs, video tapes and audio cassettes will be made strictly enforced. Website Credential Qualification available to accredited members of the news media Phone interviews can also be requested for The official website of LSU athletics and the upon request. after practice as well. NO players will be available official website of the visiting school will be cre- The LSU Sports Information Office is located on the for interviews on the road prior to the game. dentialed. Also, the official online service of the fifth floor of the LSU Athletic Administration Building in The team apartments, locker room and train- national over-the-air or cable television network the west parking lot of Tiger Stadium.