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 two 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 by phone at 310-206-0524). CREDENTIAL PICKUP Credentials are available during the week at the Athletic Communications Office. Credentials not claimed before game day will be available at Pauley Pavilion’s Will Call window, located along the arena’s Northwest corner. The media will call window and adjacent media entrance will open approximately two hours prior to tip-off. MEDIA PARKING A limited number of single-game parking passes Jordan Adams (left) is interviewed on the court by FOX Sports analyst Jarron Collins are available for purchase ($12.00). These passes are good for a special area in parking Lot 8 (south POST-GAME PROCEDURE DIRECTIONS side of Pauley Pavilion), which can be accessed Following a cooling-off period, head coach Steve Directions to UCLA and Pauley Pavilion: From Los by following Westwood Blvd. into campus from Alford and UCLA student-athletes will be available Angeles International Airport, take Century Blvd. Westwood Village (adjacent to the 405 freeway). for interviews in the media workroom (event level). east to the San Diego Freeway (405). Take the 405 MEDIA ENTRANCE/SEATING The UCLA locker room is closed to the media. The north to Wilshire Blvd. (approx. 12 miles). Continue A press pass enables entrance at Pauley Pavilion’s visiting coach will be available outside the visitor’s east on Wilshire, make a left on Westwood Blvd. Northwest media gate (across from the intramural locker room (northwest corner, event level). Continue north along Westwood toward campus. All-day passes ($12.00) are available for purchase field). Press seating is located in the upper level of WEEKDAY INTERVIEWS the arena’s south side (opposite team benches). from the parking information kiosk in the middle of Requests for coach and player interviews the street, just past Lot 8. Media are encouraged MEDIA WORKROOM should be made to Alex Timiraos in the Athletic to park in Lot 8 on the west side of Westwood Blvd, The Pauley Pavilion media workroom is located on Communciations Office. Please give at least 24 just south of Strathmore Drive. hours notice. the arena’s event level, nearest to the southeast UCLA WEBSITE elevator. Game notes, statistics and in-game Head Coach: Steve Alford typically addresses the refreshments will be provided prior to tip-off. media on Tuesdays, 30 minutes prior to practice All UCLA releases, results and statistics are posted (typically at 3:30 pm, prior to 4:00 pm practice) on UCLA’s official website (uclabruins.com). The MEDIA SERVICES on the court in Pauley Pavilion (northeast corner). official website also includes postgame video recaps, Media will be supplied with pregame notes, videos of Steve Alford’s weekly press conferences, halftime and final statistics, a full play-by-play Players: All interviews must be arranged through featured video items with UCLA’s student-athletes account of the game and postgame quotes from the Athletic Communications Office at least 24 and links to UCLA’s social media websites, including both head coaches. Media members wishing to hours in advance. Players will be available after Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. order a telephone line should email Alex Timiraos Coach Alford speaks on Tuesdays. Special player ([email protected]). Telephone lines have interview times on Monday and Tuesday can also been installed at the visiting radio position courtesy be arranged. Please do not expect players to be ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS available if you have not made prior arrangements. of IMG, UCLA’s media rights partner. Men’s Basketball Contact: Alex Timiraos PRACTICE Email: [email protected] PHOTOGRAPHY Office Phone: (310) 206-0524 Photo passes are available to accredited media and The team typically practices in Pauley Pavilion. should be ordered in the same manner as media UCLA’s team practices are closed to the media Assoc. A.D., Communications: Josh Rupprecht and public. Media members are allowed to observe Email: [email protected] credentials. Photographers must work from the Office Phone: (310) 206-8194 baselines between the basket support and the right and record footage from the first 15 minutes of sideline. Photographers are not allowed to shoot practice following Steve Alford’s media availability Alex Timiraos is currently in his fourth season as the from the sidelines or seating areas at any time. on Tuesday afternoons (date is subject to change, primary media contact for the UCLA men’s basketball depending upon UCLA’s game schedule that week). team. All interview and credential requests should Passes should be worn in plain sight at all times. be directed to Timiraos, preferably via email. Josh Rupprecht serves as the UCLA athletic department’s Associate Athletic Director for Communications. KEY PHONE NUMBERS UCLA Athletic Communications Office (310) 206-7870 UCLA Athletic Communications Fax Number (310) 825-8664 Pauley Pavilion Press Row Phone Number (310) 206-9562 UCLA’s Athletic Website www.uclabruins.com UCLA Basketball on Social Media Twitter: @UCLAMBB Instagram: @UCLAMBB Facebook: facebook.com/UCLAMensBasketball Kyle Anderson (center) speaks postgame with ESPN’s Bill Walton (left) and Dave Pasch 170 MEDIA INFORMATION UCLA BASKETBALL ON TELEVISION, RADIO For the eighth straight season, UCLA men’s basketball teams. He replaced Chris Roberts, who basketball games will be produced by the UCLA retired after the 2014-15 season. Sports Network from IMG, with AM 570 Fox Sports A veteran of the industry for more than 25 years, LA in Los Angeles serving as the flagship station Roth arrives in Westwood as a member of both for the network. This is the 19th year of UCLA’s the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and Syracuse partnership with AM 570 Fox Sports LA owner University’s WAER Hall of Fame. He was involved Clear Channel. Other stations on the UCLA Sports in all facets of the athletic department at Virginia Network from IMG include KXEX (1550 AM) in Tech. A frequent speaker at the university’s fund Fresno and KSLK (96.1 FM) in Visalia. raising and charitable functions throughout the In 2015-16, all 31 regular-season basketball region, he also hosted a Sunday morning television games will be televised live. The Bruins will have show, penned both online and magazine columns at least 13 games broadcast by the ESPN family and even worked with campus police to develop of networks. Four games will be televised by FOX unique emergency training modules for Virginia Sports, and 12 will be carried by Pac-12 Networks. Tech faculty, staff and visitors. CBS will televise UCLA’s game against North Roth has also worked extensively with the United Carolina on Dec. 19. Way over the past two decades to serve the Bill Roth UCLA hired Bill Roth as the Bruins’ new play- community. In each of the past 13 years, he has by-play voice in April 2015. Roth, an 11-time hosted Bill Roth’s Kids Day, an event that treats Fans around the nation can also follow select Virginia Sportscaster of the Year honoree, spent more than 100 underprivileged children to a “VIP” UCLA games on SIRIUS and XM Satellite Radio. the previous 27 seasons as the lead play-by-play experience before, during and after Virginia Tech Broadcasts can be heard online by visiting www. broadcaster for Virginia Tech’s football and men’s men’s basketball games. uclabruins.com. 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