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169 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 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 two hours prior to tip-off. MEDIA PARKING A limited number of single-game parking passes are available for purchase ($12.00). These passes Larry Drew II speaks with ESPN reporter Samantha Ponder are good for a special area on the top level of Lot 8 (to the south of Pauley Pavilion), which can be POST-GAME PROCEDURE DIRECTIONS reached by following Westwood Blvd. into campus Following a cooling-off period, head coach Steve Directions to UCLA and Pauley Pavilion: From Los from Westwood Village. Alford and selected UCLA players will be available Angeles International Airport, take Century Blvd. for interviews in the media workroom (event level). east to the San Diego Freeway (405). Take the MEDIA ENTRANCE/SEATING The UCLA locker room is closed to the media. The San Diego Freeway north to Wilshire Blvd. (approx. A press pass enables entrance at Pauley Pavilion’s visiting coach will be available outside the visitor’s 15 miles). Go east on Wilshire, make a left on Northeast media gate (across from the intramural locker room (northwest corner, event level). Westwood Blvd. go north to the campus. Stop at field). Press seating is located in the upper level of the parking and information kiosk. Media parking the arena’s south side (opposite team benches). WEEKDAY INTERVIEWS ($12.00) is available in Lot 8, on the west side of Requests for coach and player interviews should Westwood Blvd., just prior to Strathmore Drive. MEDIA WORKROOM be made to Alex Timiraos in the Sports Information Pauley Pavilion’s media workroom is located in the Office. Please give at least 24 hours notice. UCLA WEBSITE All UCLA releases, results and statistics are northeast corner of the building on the event level. Head Coach: Steve Alford addresses the media at posted on UCLA’s official website (uclabruins.com). Game notes, statistics and in-game refreshments approximately 2:00 p.m. each Monday (one hour The official website also includes postgame video will be provided prior to tip-off. prior to practice) in the media room of Pauley recaps, videos of Ben Howland’s weekly press Pavilion (northeast corner, event level). In addition, MEDIA SERVICES conferences, regular video blogs with UCLA’s video playback of that week’s press conference with student-athletes and links to UCLA’s social media Media will be supplied with pregame notes, halftime Coach Alford is available online (uclabruins.com). and final statistics and a play-by-play account of the websites, including Twitter and Facebook. game. Postgame quotes from both head coaches Players: All interviews must be arranged through will also be supplied. Media members wishing to the Sports Information Office at least 24 hours in order a telephone line should email Alex Timiraos advance. Players will be available following Coach SPORTS INFORMATION ([email protected]). Telephone lines have Alford’s remarks on Monday afternoons. Special Men’s Basketball SID: Alex Timiraos been installed at the visiting radio position courtesy player interview times on Monday and Tuesday can Email: [email protected] of IMG, UCLA’s media rights partner. also be arranged. Please do not expect players to be Office Phone: (310) 206-0524 available if you have not made prior arrangements. Assoc. A.D., Communications: Josh Rupprecht PHOTOGRAPHY Email: [email protected] Photo passes are available to accredited media and PRACTICE Office Phone: (310) 206-8194 should be ordered in the same manner as media The UCLA basketball team practices in Pauley Alex Timiraos serves as the media contact for the UCLA credentials. Photographers must work from the Pavilion. Media members are allowed to observe men’s basketball team. All interview and credential baselines between the basket support and the right and record footage from the first 15 minutes of requests should be directed to Timiraos, preferably via sideline. Photographers are not allowed to shoot practice following Steve Alford’s media availability email. Josh Rupprecht serves as Associate Athletic from the sidelines or seating areas at any time. on Mondays (date is subject to change, depending Director, Communications. Passes should be worn in plain sight at all times. upon UCLA’s game schedule that week). KEY PHONE NUMBERS UCLA Sports Information Office (310) 206-6831 Sports Information Fax Number (310) 825-8664 Pauley Pavilion Press Row Phone Number (310) 206-9562 Verizon Phone Orders for Pauley (800) 344-4831 UCLA’s Athletic Website www.uclabruins.com UCLA’s Basketball-Related Twitter Sites Athletics: @UCLAAthletics Men’s Basketball: @UCLAMBB Steve Alford: @UCLACoachAlford (left to right) Kyle Anderson, Shabazz Muhammad and Jordan Adams 170 MEDIA INFORMATION UCLA BASKETBALL ON TELEVISION, RADIO For the sixth 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 17th 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 2013-14, UCLA will have 30 of its 31 regular-season basketball games televised, with one contest to be broadcast via ESPN3.com (ESPN’s online platform). The Bruins will have 13 games broadcast by the ESPN family of networks, including a non-conference meeting against Duke at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 19 set to air on ESPN. Four of UCLA’s game will be televised by Fox Sports 1, and 14 of its games will be carried by Pac-12 Networks. The Bruins’ game at Missouri on Dec. 7 will be televised by CBS. Tracy Murray (left) and Chris Roberts Hall of Fame broadcaster Chris Roberts ([email protected]) enters his 22nd year as the “Voice of the Bruins” and his 33rd season broadcasting An eight-time nominee for the Southern California Broadcasters Association “Play- NCAA Division I sports in Los Angeles. Roberts was honored with the Chick Hearn by-Play Broadcaster of the Year” award, Roberts is a voter for both the Heisman Award for best “play-by-play” on Jan. 28, 2013 by the Southern California Sports Trophy and the Wooden Award. Broadcasters. He is also a Hall of Famer of the same organization, inducted on Tracy Murray, who starred on the court at UCLA from 1990-1992, will be in his Jan. 30, 2012. Since 1982, Roberts has broadcast more NCAA Division I games sixth year serving as a color analyst alongside Roberts. Murray is a 12-year NBA on Los Angeles radio than anyone. veteran and ranks ninth on UCLA’s all-time scoring list (1,792 points in 98 career Prior to joining the Bruins in the fall of 1992, he served as the voice of the Long games). He was selected No. 18 in the first round of the 1992 NBA Draft by the Beach State 49ers for 10 years and one with Cal State Fullerton. During that time, San Antonio Spurs. he was the sports director at KFI/KOST 103 FM. A four-time Golden Mike winner, Fans around the nation can also follow select UCLA games on SIRIUS and XM he also handles the play-by-play duties for UCLA football. He has also authored Satellite Radio. 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. 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