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MMEDIAEDIA ANDAND GENERALGENERAL INFORMATIONINFORMATION MEDIA INFORMATION CREDENTIALS PHOTOGRAPHY UCLA WEB SITE Admission to the Pauley Pavilion press Photo passes are available to accredited All UCLA releases, results and statistics box, sidelines and interview area is by media and should be ordered in the same are posted on UCLA’s offi cial web site. The credential only. Requests should be made manner as media credentials. Photographers address is www.uclabruins.com. in writing at least one week prior to the must work from the baselines between game and addressed to Ryan Finney the basket support and the right sideline. Len Elmore (left) and Darren Collison (rfi [email protected]) or Marc Photographers are not allowed to shoot Dellins ([email protected]), from the sidelines or seating areas at any Sports Information Offi ce, UCLA Athletic time. Passes should be worn in plain sight Department, 325 Westwood Plaza, Los at all times. Angeles, CA 90095-1639. Writers covering UCLA may request credentials for road POST-GAME PROCEDURE games through Finney or Dellins. Following a cooling-off period, head coach CREDENTIAL PICKUP Ben Howland and selected Bruin players will be available for interviews in the media Credentials are available during the workroom (Chancellor’s Room). The UCLA week at the Sports Information Offi ce. locker room will be closed to the media Credentials not claimed before game day after the game. The visiting coach will be will be available at the “Will Call’’ window, available outside the visitor’s locker room which is located at the James West Center, (southeast corner/fl oor level/behind the directly across from the southeast corner bleachers). of Pauley Pavilion. “Will Call’’ opens two hours prior to tip-off. WEEKDAY INTERVIEWS MEDIA PARKING Requests for coach and player interviews should be made to Ryan Finney/Marc A limited number of single-game parking Dellins in the UCLA Sports Information passes are available for purchase ($9.00). Offi ce. Please give 24 hours notice. These passes are good for a special area on the top level of Lot 8 (to the south of Head Coach: Ben Howland hosts a media Pauley Pavilion), which can be reached conference (with selected players) on by following Westwood Blvd. into campus Tuesday during the season at 1:30 p.m. in from Westwood Village. the UCLA Hall of Fame Press Room (fi rst fl oor-J.D. Morgan Center). In addition, an MEDIA ENTRANCE/SEATING audio tape of his Tuesday news conference IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS is available for playback the rest of the A press pass enables entrance at any Pauley UCLA SPORTS INFORMATION NUMBER Pavilion gate. Press seating is located mid- week and video of the conference is on the to-upper level on the north side (opposite Bruin web site (www.uclabruins.com). (310) 206-6831 the team benches) of Pauley Pavilion. Players: All interviews must be arranged through the SID offi ce at least 24 hours RYAN FINNEY OFFICE PHONE NUMBER MEDIA WORKROOM in advance. Players (and coaches) will (310) 206-4701 The Chancellor’s Room, located in the be available before practice (2 p.m.) upper northeast corner of Pauley Pavilion on Tuesday at Coach Howland’s press RYAN FINNEY CELL PHONE NUMBER is the media workroom. Refreshments will conference. Special player interview (424) 832-0676 be provided before opening tip-off. times on Monday and Tuesday can also be arranged through the Sports Information SPORTS INFORMATION FAX NUMBER Offi ce. Please do not expect players to MEDIA SERVICES (310) 825-8664 be available if you have not made prior Working media will be supplied with a arrangements. program, pregame notes, wireless code, MARC DELLINS OFFICE PHONE NUMBER halftime and fi nal statistics and a play-by- PRACTICE (310) 206-8194 play account of the game. Quotes from both coaches will be supplied following the The UCLA basketball team practices in PAULEY PAVILION PRESS ROW NUMBER game. Pauley Pavilion. Practices are closed to the media. (310) 825-1899 TELECOMMUNICATIONS VERIZON PHONE ORDERS FOR PAULEY Media members wishing to have stories DIRECTIONS or statistics transmitted from the press Directions to UCLA and Pauley Pavilion: (800) 344-4831 area should contact Amfax (Rick Laubert From Los Angeles International Airport, — 310/494-8757) for fax service. Media take Century Blvd. east to the San Diego UCLA’S 24-HOUR HOTLINE members wishing to order a telephone Freeway (405). Take the San Diego (310) 825-8575 line should contact Verizon at 800/344- Freeway north to Wilshire Blvd. (approx. 4831. Three telephone lines have already 15 miles). Go east on Wilshire, make a left TRZ RADIO BROADCAST LISTEN LINE been installed at the visiting radio position on Westwood Blvd. go north to the campus. (800) 846-4700 courtesy of ISP, UCLA’s media rights partner. Stop at the parking and information kiosk. The UCLA Sports Information Offi ce has two Media parking ($9) is available in Lot 8, on UCLA WEB SITE telephone lines at the working press tables the west side of Westwood Blvd., just prior www.uclabruins.com available for use following the game. to Strathmore Drive. 130 NCAA Final Four Appearances - ’62, ’64, ’65, ’67, ’68, ’69, ’70, ’71, ’72, ’73, ’74, ’75, ’76, ’80, ’95, ’06, ’07, ’08 MEDIA INFORMATION Beginning this season, UCLA’s men’s Ticket. In addition, eight games will be analyst. Tracy Murray, another former Bruin basketball games will be produced by the televised locally by FSN West or Prime standout (averaged 18.3 ppg at UCLA) and UCLA ISP Sports Network, with AM 570 in Ticket. Bill Macdonald will handle the play- a 12-year NBA veteran, will be in his fi rst Los Angeles serving as the fl agship station by-play duties for UCLA’s local Fox Net year serving as analyst when MacLean is for the network (games will also be on AM package. All four games of the 2K Sports fulfi lling television obligations. 1150 when there is a scheduling confl ict Classic will be televised by one of the ESPN Fans around the nation can also follow with the Los Angeles Lakers). This is the entities (ESPN2 or ESPNU). select UCLA games on SIRIUS Satellite 12th year of UCLA’s partnership with AM Chris Roberts (talk@chrisrobertsonline. Radio. 570 owner Clear Channel. Other stations on net) enters his 17th year as the “Voice of the The game broadcasts are also available the UCLA ISP Sports Network include KXEX Bruins” and his 28th season broadcasting on the internet at www.uclabruins.com. (1550 AM) & KSLK (96.1 FM) in Fresno and NCAA Division I sports in Los Angeles. Since KWDJ (1360 AM) in Ridgecrest. 1982, Roberts has broadcast more NCAA Chris Roberts (left) and Don MacLean In 2008-09, the UCLA basketball team Division One games in Los Angeles radio will again receive maximum television than anyone. Prior to joining the Bruins in exposure with at least 29 regular season the Fall of 1992, he served as the voice of games scheduled to be televised live. Two the Long Beach State 49ers for 10 years other games may be televised as “Wildcard” and one with Cal State Fullerton. During selections. that time, he was the sports director at Three games (Arizona State, Notre Dame KFI/KOST 103FM. A four-time Golden Mike and at Arizona) will be televised by CBS, winner, he also handles the play-by-play eight by ABC/ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU and nine duties for UCLA football. will be televised nationally or regionally as In 2008, he was nominated for the part of the Pacifi c-10 Conference’s contract third time in his career for the Southern with Fox Sports Net. FSN includes 23 California Broadcasters Association “Play- regional sports stations around the nation, by-Play Broadcaster of the Year” award. including FSN West and FSN Prime Ticket, Roberts is a voter for both the Heisman regional sports cable stations based in Los Trophy and the Wooden Award. Angeles and available nationwide on Direct Don MacLean, the all-time leading scorer TV (channel 692 for FSNW and channel in UCLA and Pac-10 history (2,608 points, 694 for FSN Prime Ticket). 1989-92) and a nine-year NBA standout, Most Bruin games will air on FSN Prime will be in his seventh year as the color UCLA MEDIA OUTLETS NEWSPAPERS UCLA Daily Bruin: 308 Westwood Plaza, Los Farnham, Patrick O’Neal, Lindsay Soto, Jim Angeles, CA 90024 — 310/825-9851. Sara Watson. GM: Steve Simpson; Exec. Prod.: Tom Los Angeles Times: 202 West First St., Los Salam (SE). Feuer; PR: Jennifer Johnson. Angeles, CA 90053 — 213/237-7145. Randy Harvey (SE), Diane Pucin (BW). ESPN: ESPN Plaza, Bristol, CT 06010 — 860/766- 2000. Local — B: Shelley Smith. Orange County Register: 625 North Grand WIRE SERVICES AND NATIONAL PUBLICATIONS Ave., Santa Ana, CA 92711 — 714/796-7817. Associated Press: 221 South Figueroa, Suite David Bean (CSE), Mark Saxon (BW). 300, Los Angeles, CA 90012 — 213/626-1200. RADIO STATIONS Los Angeles Daily News: P.O. Box 4200, Ken Peters (SE), Beth Harris (BW). AM 570 KLAC: UCLA Flagship Station, 3400 Woodland Hills, CA 91365-4200 — 818/713- USA Today: 10866 Wilshire, #890, Los Angeles, 3600. Gene Warnick (SE), Brian Dohn (BW). West Olive Ave. #550, Burbank, CA 91505 CA 90024 — 310/882-2400. David Leon Moore — 818/559-2252. UCLA broadcasters: Chris South Bay Daily Breeze: 5215 Torrance Blvd., (L.A. BW). Roberts (play-by-play), Don MacLean (analyst), Torrance, CA 90509 — 310/540-4201. Todd Tracy Murray (analyst). Hosts: Steve Hartman, Bailey (SE). Mychal Thompson, Vic Jacobs, Petros Papadakis, Riverside Press-Enterprise: 3450 14th St., TELEVISION STATIONS Matt Smith, Tim Cates, Joe Grande, Isaac Riverside, CA 92501 — 951/368-9533.