The 33Rd Annual IHSAA Girls Basketball State Finals Media
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○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ IHSAASports.org The 33rd Annual IHSAA Girls Basketball State Finals For the first time, action from all four state Media Information championship games will be webcast in live video and audio and available to anyone, Saturday, March 1, 2008 anywhere at IHSAASports.org. Session I Class A at 10:30 am ET Indiana Cable Network Fort Wayne Canterbury (20-5) vs. University (20-6). Play-by-Play: Jerry Baker Class 2A (begins approximately 40 minutes following conclusion of previous game) Color Analyst: Jane Schott Oak Hill (26-0) vs. Heritage Christian (26-1). System City Ch. ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Session II Insight Anderson 3 Insight Bedford 21 Class 3A at 6 pm ET Insight Bloomington 21 Plymouth (21-4) vs. Indianapolis Bishop Chatard (23-4). Comcast Columbus/Seymour/ Class 4A (begins approximately 40 minutes following conclusion of previous game) North Vernon 14 South Bend Washington (23-2) vs. Carmel (22-4). Comcast Connersville/Rushville 14 Comcast Crawfordsville 9 Insight Evansville 2 Insight-Sigecom Evansville 9 WHERE: Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN Comcast Fort Wayne 9 Capacity: 18,345; www.consecofieldhouse.com Comcast Frankfort 9 This is the eighth year the IHSAA Girls Comcast Chicago Gary 74 Basketball State Finals have been played in Insight Greenfield 18 this venue. Insight Greenwood 21 Comcast Chicago Hammond 4 TICKETS: Single Session $10.00 | All Day $18.00. Insight Hartford City/Portland 69 Reserved tickets can be purchased at the participating schools the week of the Insight Henderson, Ky. 2 state finals. Contact those schools for ticket distribution hours. Any remaining Comcast Huntington 9 Bright House Indianapolis 2 tickets will be available game day at the Conseco Fieldhouse ticket office. Comcast Indianapolis 14 Insight Jasper 2 PUBLIC ENTRANCE: The public may enter from Pennsylvania Street or Delaware MediaCom Kendallville 70 Street into a common lobby on the north side of Conseco Fieldhouse. Ticket office MediaCom Knox 78 windows are located there. Insight Kokomo 16 Insight Lafayette 16 GATES OPEN: Conseco Fieldhouse will open its gates to fans beginning one hour Comcast Chicago LaPorte 114 prior to the start of each session -- 9:30 am ET and 5 pm ET. The venue will be Comcast SusCom Lawrenceburg 14 Insight Lebanon 18 cleared between the Class 2A and 3A games. Comcast Logansport/Peru/Wabash 9 Bright House Marion 9 PARKING: Visit www.consecofieldhouse.com/parking.asp. Insight Martinsville 21 Comcast Chicago Michigan City 115 TELEVISION: All four state championship games will be carried live statewide on Comcast Monticello 9 cable via the Indiana Cable Network which consists of Comcast, Bright House Comcast Muncie 5 Networks and Insight cable systems. A list of channels and markets are listed to Insight New Albany 98 the left. Insight New Castle 3 Comcast Niles, Mich. 110 Insight Noblesville 18 WEBCAST: For the first time, all four state championship games will be webcast in Comcast Chicago Portage 114 live audio and video and available around the globe at ihsaasports.org. Insight Princeton 2 Insight-TV Cable Rensselaer 78 RADIO: The IHSAA Championship Radio Network will be broadcasting all four Insight Richmond 64 games to stations statewide. Markets and frequencies are listed on the next page. Comcast SusCom Shelbyville 43 A complete listing will be posted to the IHSAA website later this week. Comcast South Bend/Elkhart 111 Comcast St. Joseph County 110 SOUVENIR PROGRAMS: $3.00 per copy, available at the event on game day. $5.00 Comcast Chicago Valparaiso 114 Comcast Warsaw 111 by mail. To pay by Visa or MasterCard, contact the IHSAA at 317-846-6601 (M-F, 8-4 Insight-TV Cable Winamac 78 pm ET). LODGING IN INDY: For those interested in making hotel reservations in Indianapolis during the state finals, visit www.indy.org or call 1-800-556-INDY during the week. The IHSAA. Pure Spirit. Pure Sport. ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ MEDIA INFORMATION IHSAA / Methodist Sports Medicine Championship Radio Network MEDIA HOSTS: IHSAA Sports Information Director Jason Wille, Communications Director Chris Kaufman, Assistant Mike Wilson and Toni Polizzi will be on hand to Mark Jaynes, play-by-play assist in your coverage of this year’s state finals. Bob Lovell, color analyst (A, 2A, 3A) Mike Armstrong, color analyst (4A) CREDENTIALS: For media outlets intending to cover the state finals, please fax a Michael Grady, sidelines credential request on company letterhead to IHSAA Sports Information Director Jason Wille at 317-575-4244. Please include the names of the working individuals The stations below will carry one or representing your outlet. The deadline for requests is 4 pm ET on Wednesday, Feb. more of the five state championship 27. No credentials will be granted after that time. Approved requests will be available for pickup inside the media entrance on game day. Please have identification games. available. Credentials will not be mailed. Attica WFWR 91.5 FM MEDIA PARKING: There is no designated parking area for media for this event Batesville WRBI 103.9 FM though there are numerous parking options within a short distance of Conseco Bedford WBIW 1340 AM Fieldhouse. For a map, visit www.consecofieldhouse.com/parking.asp Berne WZBD 92.7 FM Boonville WBNL 1540 AM MEDIA ENTRANCE: To gain admittance, the 2007-08 IHSAA Girls Basketball State Brazil WSDX 1130 AM Finals Media Media Credential is required. The entrance is on the southeast side of Conseco Fieldhouse adjacent to Delaware Street. The door is marked for Media Corydon WOCC 1550 AM and Employees and is located at the opposite end of the building from the public Elkhart WFRN 1270 AM ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ entrance. Please allow a few extra minutes to pass through security. Evansville WGBF 1280 AM Ferdinand WQKZ 98.5 FM MEDIA WORKROOM: As in previous years, the media workroom at Conseco Greencastle WREB 94.3 FM Fieldhouse will be open all day and be available to working media members. The Hammond WJOB 1230 AM work area contains wireless internet access as well as complimentary phones that Indianapolis WFNI 1070 AM will accept credit card and 800 calls. Soft drinks and snacks will be available. Indianapolis WXLW 950 AM SEATING: Except where designated phone lines are marked for specific media Jasper WITZ 104.7 FM outlets, an open seating policy is used on the west side of Conseco Fieldhouse. Kendallville WAWK 1140 AM Loogootee WRZR 94.5 FM RESULTS & STATISTICS: Both will be posted to the IHSAA website as soon as Madison WORX 96.7 FM possible after the game. Stats and box scores will be distributed at the end of each Madison WXGO 1270 AM quarter on press row as well as in the media work room. Merrillville WWCA 1270 AM LOCKER ROOM ACCESS: No one except tournament workers and team coaches Michigan City WEFM 95.9 FM and participants will have access to the inner hallways where locker rooms are Michigan City WIMS 1420 AM located. Mitchell WPHZ 102.5 FM Mount Vernon WRCY 1590 AM NO CHILDREN, PLEASE: With the exception of high school students representing Mount Vernon WYFX 106.7 FM their school’s newspaper, yearbook, radio or television station, and who have a New Castle WMDH 1550 AM team participating, no young people or children will be issued media credentials or Plymouth WTCA 1050 AM be allowed in the working media area. Portland WPGW 1440 AM LIVE TELEVISION CUT-INS: Spot news reports showing live game action are Richmond WHON 930 AM prohibited. Stand-up reports for newscasts are permitted from inside the building Rochester WROI 92.1 FM provided that no live action is shown. Rockville WAXI 104.9 FM Santa Claus WAXL 103.3 FM POST-GAME GUIDELINES Seymour WZZB 1390 AM With the exception of the IHSAA’s Radio, Television, Internet and Photography Seymour WXKU 92.7 FM partners, all media members are asked to remain off the playing floor and behind Shelbyville WSVX 1520 AM the ropes during the post-game awards ceremonies. South Bend WSBT 960 AM The post-game ceremonies order will be as follows: Sullivan WNDI 1550 AM Mental Attitude Award presentation Sullivan WNDI 95.3 FM Runner-Up medals and trophy presentation Terre Haute WBOW 1300 AM Championship medals and trophy presentation Vincennes WAOV 1450 AM Team Photographs by Visual Sports Network Vincennes WFML 96.7 FM Warsaw WRSW 107.3 FM Following the Class A, 2A and 3A awards ceremonies, coaches and selected players will be escorted to the Media Interview Room for a formal press conference which Washington WAMW 107.9 FM is located on playing floor level just off the media entrance elevator. We ask your assistance to use the press conference as the appropriate time to conduct interviews. The runner-up team coach and selected players will go first followed by the championship team coach and players. Because of newspaper deadline issues at the end of the 4A contest, no press conference will be scheduled and news media will be allowed to conduct interviews on and around the floor after the awards ceremonies. For those working on deadline, the IHSAA will distribute “quick quotes” in the media work room taken from the IHSAA Television and Radio Network interviews as soon as possible after the game. The IHSAA. Pure Spirit. Pure Sport. THE LAW OF AVERAGES – Below are the top 25 teams in the state and their averages for scoring, points against and average margin of victory. Schools in the state finals are listed in bold. Information courtesy of John Harrell’s Indiana High School Basket- ball website. OFFENSIVE SCORING AVERAGE DEFENSIVE SCORING AVERAGE AVERAGE MARGIN OF VICTORY 1. Austin {2A} 74.92 1. Jimtown {2A} 28.92 1. Oregon-Davis {1A} 28.32 2. SB Washington {4A} 74.48 2. Griffith {3A} 32.68 2.