MEDIA INFORMHEatADERION BOOMER SOONER 2007-08 SEA S ON THE SOONER S THE S T AFF SEA S ON R EVIEW H I st ORY 171 2006 | BACK-TO-BACK BIG 12 SEASON AND TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS | 2007 MEDIA RELatIONS KENNY MOSSMAN SCOTT MaTTHEWS S Senior Associate Athletics Director for Communications Director of Graphic Design Office: (405) 325-8231 Office: (405) 325-8223 [email protected] [email protected] MERICAN A MIKE HOUCK BRIAN DUDE LL- Associate Media Relations Director Media Relations Graduate Assistant A Office: (405) 325-8231 Office: (405) 325-8413 [email protected] [email protected] IGHT E JARED THOMPSON PHILLIP ROGERS | S Associate Media Relations Director(Women’s Basketball Contact) Media Relations Graduate Assistant LE T Office: (405) 325-3671 Home: (405) 834-2984 Office: (405) 325-8349 I T [email protected] [email protected] T CRAIG MORAN MITCH HECKART Assistant Media Relations Director Media Relations Student Assistant Office: (405) 325-6449 Office: (405) 325-8349 [email protected] [email protected] JESSICA SUMMERS MaTT MONTGOMERY BIG 12 TOURNAMEN Assistant Media Relations Director Media Relations Student Assistant Office: (405) 325-3671 Office: (405) 325-8349 [email protected] [email protected] FOUR | S DavID BaSSITY SHERIDAN SAMPLES Assistant Media Relations Director Media Relations Student Assistant HIP S Office: (405) 325-8231 Office: (405) 325-8349 [email protected] [email protected] OU ATHLETICS MEDIA RELatiONS DEBBIE COpp Publications Coordinator ON CHAMPION Media Relations Main Phone . (405) 325-8231 Office: (405) 325-8367 S Media Relations Fax . (405) 325-7623 [email protected] EA S University of Oklahoma Athletics Media Relations Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium OU ATHLETICS PHONE DIRECTORY All numbers (405) 325 + four-digit extension BIG 12 Suite 2525, 180 W Brooks St, Norman, OK 73019 E FIV SOONERSPORTS.COM OU Athletics Main Line . 8200 OU Athletics Ticket Office . .2424 | The latest official information on 2007-08 OU women’s basketball is available at S SoonerSports.com. Log on for complete media services including statistics, rosters, Joe Castiglione, Director of Athletics . 8208 bios, game notes, schedules, press conferences, quotes and more. Larry Naifeh, Executive Associate AD . 8241 Joe Washington, Varsity O Club Director . .8224 SOONERSPORTSMEDIA.COM Gerald Gurney, Ph.D., Sr. Assoc. AD/Academics . 8265 Media credentials for 2007-08 OU home season will be handled by Jared Thompson. Gloria Nevarez, Sr. Associate Athletics Director . .7718 APPEARANCE Applications will be accepted via e-mail (see above) and can be sent to Thompson Greg Phillips, Sr. Assoc. AD/Chief Financial Officer . 0096 beginning Oct. 1. If you did not cover OU women’s basketball in 2006-07, the Stephanie Rempe, Sr. Assoc. AD/SWA . 8210 NCAA credential request must come from the sports editor or director. Matt Trantham, Assoc. AD/Event Management . 8203 Billy Ray Johnson, Asst. AD/Ticket Operations . 8133 IVE T OKLAHOMA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ONLINE Jason Leonard, Execute Director of Compliance . 7719 Scott Anderson, Head Athletics Trainer . 8332 ECU Official OU Athletics . SoonerSports.com S OU Media Services . SoonerSportsMedia.com Eric Barnhart, Sooner Sports Properties . .2148 Brandon Meier, Director of Broadcasting . 8875 CON Big 12 Conference . Big12Sports.com Danny Davis, Director of Facilities . 8235 NCAA Statistics . NCAASports.com Dave Haskin, Director of Promotions . 8232 EIGHT Beth Kelly, Manager of Financial Support Services . 8452 Tim George, Asst. AD/Marketing . 8238 Jerry Schmidt, Director of Sports Enhancement . 8370 Suzanne Staley, Director of Branding . .8547 Greg Tipton, Asst. AD/Lloyd Noble Center General Manager . 8379 172 2007 | OKLAHOMA SOONERS BASKETBALL GUIDE | 2008 MEDIA POLICIES MEDIA RELatiONS OFFICE letes. All photographs are to be used in coverage of Oklahoma basketball and cannot BOOMER SOONER The department is housed in suite 2525 of the Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial be sold for any commercial enterprise benefiting the photographer. The University of Stadium, nearly two miles north of the basketball arena. The office can be accessed by Oklahoma follows NCAA and Big 12 Conference photography guidelines. using Gate 7 on the north side of the stadium. POSTGAME CREDENTIALS After a 15-minute cooling-off period, OU head coach Sherri Coale and requested play- All members of the media covering the game in a working capacity must seek appro- ers will attend a postgame media conference. The visiting team, unless they do not priate credentials at least 24 hours in advance. Please e-mail associate director Jared request a formal media conference, will always go first in the press conference room. Thompson with your request on company letterhead. Credentials will be mailed if cou- rier information is provided. Credential requests will be accepted beginning Oct. 1. The media conference will be held in the same room that the pregame meal is served, across from the media work room. Jared Thompson will take player interview requests 2007-08 SEA INTERVIEW POLICIES prior to the conclusion of the game. Oklahoma and opponent locker rooms are closed Oklahoma players and coaches are available for interviews throughout the season. Ar- to the media. rangements must be made through Jared Thompson in the Media Relations office at least 24 hours in advance. Home and cellular phone numbers of players and coaches PREGAME MEALS will not be released. Pregame meals are furnished for all credentialed media. The meal is served across the S ON hall from the media work room. MEDIA ROW Media seating is located in the southwest corner of Lloyd Noble Center. ROAD GAME CREDENTIALS Media credentials for OU road games can either be requested through OU or the op- MEDIA SERVICES ponent media relations contact. Please be specific when requesting the type of cre- Pregame notes, flipcards, media guides, programs and statistics will be provided to dentials needed. THE SOONER working media prior to each game. At halftime, a box score and play-by-play will also be distributed in the media work room. A complete postgame packet, consisting of RADIO PHONE LINES game notes, halftime and final box scores, shot charts and play-by-play, will be handed Phone lines will be available and provided to Big 12 Conference opponents. In addition, out approximately 20 minutes after the conclusion of the game. Big 12 opponents will be provided with an ISDN line and Ethernet access. Please con- S tact OU Telecommunications at (405) 325-1873 a week prior to the contest to ensure a MEDIA WILL CALL/LLOYD NOBLE CENTER working line if you are not a member of the Big 12 Conference. The media entrance and the media will call is located at the south tunnel (check map on right) of the Lloyd Noble Center. Those picking up credentials will be required to TELEPHONE LINES furnish photo identification to the attendant. Credentials will be ready one hour prior A limited number of telephone lines are available in the Lloyd Noble Center media to tipoff and are available at media will call. Media representatives are strongly en- work room. Any media representative desiring a private line to be installed court side THE S couraged to park on the south end of the arena and enter through the lower south or in the media work room should contact the OU Telecommunications office at (405) T entrance. 325-1873 at least five working days prior to the requested game. AFF MEDIA WORK ROOM THE LLOYD NOBLE CENTER The media work room is located at the top of the south tunnel, west of the ramp. Game programs, flip cards, media guides and pregame information sheets will be provided to the working media members in this area. Halftime and final box scores, postgame notes and coaches and players quotes will also be available at this location. SEA S ParKING ON There is reserved parking for working media in the south parking lot at the Lloyd Noble R Center. EVIEW PracticE SCHEDULE The OU women’s basketball team begins practice on Thursday, Oct. 12. Regular season practices are scheduled weekdays from 1-3:30 p.m. at the Lloyd Noble Center. The team will generally practice on the main floor at LNC. Please contact Jared Thompson at the OU Athletics Media Relations office for weekend practice times. Practices are open to the media and public. H I st If you plan to attend practice, advance notice is required. ORY PHOTOGRAPHY During regular season games, the credentialed photographers work area includes the floor area at both ends of the court. Special arrangements for strobes or catwalk access must be made through both the Media Relations and Lloyd Noble Center offices. In the event of heavy requests for photo credentials for a particular game, shooting locations will be assigned. It is against NCAA regulations to sell photographs of student-ath- Media Entrance 173 2006 | BACK-TO-BACK BIG 12 SEASON AND TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS | 2007 RaDIO & TV INFO SOONER SPORTS PROPERTIES SOONER SpORTS NETWORK - TV TEAM S The Sooner Sports Radio Network is produced and syndicated by Sooner Sports Prop- erties, the multimedia rights holder for athletics at the University of Oklahoma. Sooner BOB CaRPENTER Sports Properties is a joint venture of Learfield Communications, Renda Broadcasting Host of Inside Oklahoma Women’s Basketball MERICAN (parent of flagship KOKC-AM and KRXO-FM) and Griffin Television (KWTV-9). Play-by-play - Sooner Sports Network A LL- A Sooner Sports Properties also produces and syndicates a variety of television shows and game telecasts. The package includes 30-minute coach’s shows for Sherri Coale, Bob Stoops and Jeff Capel, 30-minute highlight shows for football and men’s basket- DEBBIE ANTONELLI IGHT Color commentary - Sooner Sports Network E ball, plus up to eight live men’s basketball games and eight live women’s basketball | games. S LE T I Network affiliates include KWTV-9 and/or KAUT-UPN 43 in Oklahoma City, KWBT- T TV 19 in Tulsa, KOMI-TV 24 in Woodward and KSWO-TV in Lawton.