The 106Th Annual IHSAA Boys Basketball State Finals Presented By
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Live Television Coverage The 106th Annual IHSAA Boys Basketball State Finals Each state championship game will be presented by the Indiana Pacers & Indiana Fever air exclusively on Fox Sports Indiana. Saturday, March 26, 2016 Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Ind. Session I Class A State Championship | Bloomfi eld (26-3) vs. Liberty ChrisƟ an (25-4) | 10:30 am ET Class 2A State Championship | Indianapolis Howe (23-7) vs. Lapel (25-4) | Approx. 12:45 pm ET Session II Class 3A State Championship | Evansville Bosse (19-10) vs. Marion (22-7) | 6 pm ET Class 4A State Championship | New Albany (26-1) vs. McCutcheon (28-3) | Approx. 8:15 pm ET TICKETS: $15.00 per session. Reserved ckets can be purchased at the par cipa ng schools the week of the state Broadcast Assignments fi nals. Contact those schools for cket distribu on hours. Any remaining ckets will be available game day at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse cket offi ce. Class A Greg Rakestraw, Play-by-Play PUBLIC ENTRANCE: The public may enter from Pennsylvania Street or Delaware Street Bob Lovell, Color Analyst into the lobby on the north side of Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Ticket offi ce windows are Ma Taylor, Sideline Reporter located there. GATES OPEN: Bankers Life Fieldhouse will open its gates to fans beginning one hour Class 2A prior to the start of each session -- Greg Rakestraw, Play-by-Play 9:30 am ET and 5 pm ET. The venue Bob Lovell, Color Analyst will be cleared between the Class 2A Ma Taylor, Sideline Reporter and 3A games. Class 3A LOCATION & PARKING: Bankers Life Jerry Baker, Play-by-Play Fieldhouse is located in downtown Mike Broughton, Color Analyst Indianapolis at 125 S. Pennsylvania Greg Rakestraw, Sideline Reporter Street, Indianapolis, IN 46204. There are mul ple parking op ons throughout the downtown area that Class 4A are within walking distance of the Jerry Baker, Play-by-Play Fieldhouse. The Virginia Avenue Mike Broughton, Color Analyst Garage, which charges a fee and is located directly to the east of the venue, connects Greg Rakestraw, Sideline Reporter to the Fieldhouse from the third fl oor of the garage via a walkway over Delaware Street. The entrance to the Virginia Avenue Garage is located off of Maryland Street. IHSAAtv.org For viewers outside of the Fox Sports TELEVISION: All four state championship games will air live on Fox Sports Indiana. Also, Indiana coverage area, a live stream South Bend’s WHME Channel 46 will carry all four games for viewers in the Michiana area. Channel LisƟ ngs will be available at IHSAAtv.org. For those within the FSI coverage WEBCAST: For viewers outside of the Fox Sports Indiana coverage area, a live stream area, the stream will be available will be available at IHSAAtv.org. For those within the FSI coverage area, the stream will only on delayed basis following the be available only on delayed basis following the conclusion of the telecast. conclusion of the telecast. RADIO: The IHSAA Champions Network will broadcast all four games to radio affi liates statewide. A list of markets and frequencies is available on the next page. A detailed list of which games each affi liate will carry will be posted to IHSAA.org this week. Pure Spirit. Pure Sport. Pure Indiana. IHSAA Champions Network State Finals Media InformaƟ on The network affi liates listed below will carry Bobby Cox, Commissioner | [email protected] one or more of the four state championship Phil Gardner, Assistant Commissioner/Tournament Administrator | [email protected] games. Check IHSAA.org this week for further Chris Kaufman, Assistant Commissioner | [email protected] details. Jason Wille, Sports Informa on Director | [email protected] CREDENTIALS: The deadline for requests is Thursday, March 24, 4 pm ET / 3 pm CT. Creden als will not be granted a er that me. For news media outlets intending to cover the boys basketball state fi nals, please apply for creden als by e-mailing your request (with name of individual applying) to IHSAA Sports Informa on Director Jason Wille at [email protected]. E-mail requests MUST originate from a recognized business account; e-mails from personal accounts (ie: yahoo.com, aol.com, gmail.com, etc.) will not be accepted. Approved requests will be available for pickup inside the media entrance on game day. Creden als will not be mailed. MEDIA PARKING: There is no designated parking area for media for this event though there are mul ple parking op ons throughout the downtown area that are within walking distance of the Fieldhouse. The Broadcast Assignments Virginia Avenue Garage, which charges a fee and is located directly to the east of the venue, connects to the Fieldhouse from the third fl oor of the garage via a walkway over Delaware Street. The entrance to the Class A Virginia Avenue Garage is located off of Maryland Street. Will Haske , Play-by-Play MEDIA WILL-CALL/ENTRANCE: To gain admi ance, the 2015-16 IHSAA Boys Basketball State Finals Media Jan Boser, Color Analyst Creden al is required. The entrance is on the southeast side of Bankers Life Fieldhouse adjacent to Delaware Tony Donohue, Sideline Reporter Street. The door is marked for Employees and Media and is located at the opposite end of the building from the public entrance. Creden als may be claimed beginning at 8 am ET for the fi rst session and at 4 pm ET Class 2A for the second session. Please have iden fi ca on available and be prepared to have bags and equipment Pat Boylan, Play-by-Play checked by security offi cials. Jan Boser, Color Analyst Tony Donohue, Sideline Reporter MEDIA WORKROOM: The media workroom at Bankers Life Fieldhouse will be open all day and be available to working media members. The work area contains complimentary wireless internet access and hospitality will be available. Class 3A Ma Taylor, Play-by-Play SEAT ASSIGNMENTS: Except where permanent lines have been installed for those that have ordered them, Bob Lovell, Color Analyst an open sea ng policy will be used along press row. Ma Hicks, Sideline Reporter BROADCAST PHONE LINES: For phone line installa on, please complete the IHSAA Broadcast Applica on. Class 4A Ma Taylor, Play-by-Play WIRELESS ACCESS, ETHERNET LINES: Complimentary wireless service is provided for all a ending media. Charlie Hall, Color Analyst Instruc ons are posted inside the media workroom. In order to maintain the strength of the Bankers Life Ma Hicks, Sideline Reporter Fieldhouse “Fieldhouse Wifi ” wireless signal, personal hotspots and “mi-fi ” devices should be turned off . Signals from these devices will be systema cally saturated such that connec on will be unachievable. This is done solely for the stability, strength and usability of the free signal provided to enhance the fan experience City Call Le ers for everyone. A successful broadcast signal will require use of the complimentary “Fieldhouse Wifi ” signal, A ca WFWR 91.5 FM a dedicated phone line or a hard-wired Ethernet line. Hard-wired Ethernet lines are available at cost by Aus n WXKU 92.7 FM contac ng Kevin Messenger ([email protected]) AND Doug Weitkamp ([email protected]). Batesville WRBI 103.9 FM Bedford WPHZ 102.5 FM RESULTS & STATISTICS: Live stats for each game will be available on the IHSAA website. Stats and box scores Bedford WQRK 105.5 FM will be distributed between quarters and and post-game as well as in the media work room. Bedford WBIW 1340 AM Boonville WBNL 1540 AM LOCKER ROOM ACCESS: No one except tournament workers and team members will have access to the inner Boonville WBNL 97.7 FM hallways where locker rooms are located. Brazil/Terre Haute WFNF 1130 AM NO CHILDREN, PLEASE: With the excep on of high school students represen ng their school’s newspaper, Brazil/Terre Haute WFNF 99.5 FM yearbook, radio or television sta on, and who have a team par cipa ng, no young people or children will be Evansville WJLT 105.3 FM issued media creden als or be allowed in the working media area. Hammond WJOB 1230 AM Hardinsburg WKLO 96.9 FM LIVE TELEVISION CUT-INS: Spot news reports showing live game ac on is prohibited. Stand-up reports for Indianapolis WFNI 107.5 FM newscasts are permi ed from inside the building provided that no live ac on is shown. Indianapolis WFNI 1070 AM Jasper WITZ 104.7 FM POST-GAME GUIDELINES Jasper WQKZ 98.5 FM With the excep on of the IHSAA’s Radio, Television, Internet and Jeff ersonville WXVW 1450 AM Photography partners, all media members are asked to remain off the playing fl oor and behind the ropes during the post-game Ligonier WAOR 102.7 FM awards ceremonies. Michigan City WEFM 95.9 FM Muncie WXFN 102.9 FM The post-game ceremonies order will be as follows: Muncie WXFN 1340 AM • Mental A tude Award presenta on New Castle WLTI 1550 AM • Runner-Up medals and trophy presenta on Paoli WUME 95.3 FM • Championship medals and trophy presenta on Plymouth WTCA 1050 AM • Team Photographs by Visual Sports Network Plymouth WTCA 106.1 FM Richmond WKBV 1490 AM Following the Class A, 2A and 3A awards ceremonies, coaches and selected players will be escorted to the Media Interview Room Richmond WKBV 100.9 FM for a formal press conference which is located on playing fl oor Salem WSLM 1220 AM level just off the media entrance elevator. We ask your assistance Salem WSLM 97.9 FM to use the press conference as the appropriate me to conduct Seymour WZZB 1390 AM interviews.