Media Guide Table of Contents

2007 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship Pittsburgh -- First and Second Rounds • Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh, PA

Section Page 1 Tournament Personnel 2 2 Schedule of Events 3 3 2007 Bracket 5 4 Media Information 6-10 Credentials Request 6 Media Headquarters Hotel 6 Credential Distribution 6 NCAA Pool Lines 6 Individual Telephone and High-Speed Data Services 7 Media Parking/Shuttle 7 Satellite Uplinks/Mobile Television Trucks Parking 7 Media Hospitality 7 Participating Institutions’ Hotel Properties 7 Participating Institutions’ Sports Information Contacts 8 Game Times and ESPN Talent 9 Satellites Coordinates 9 Media Operations Evaluation 9 Cooling-Off Period 9 Obligation of the Head Coach 9 On-Court Interviews 9 Press Row Seating Reassignments 10 Pool Reporter Policy 10 Media Services 10 Box Scores 10 Quotes and Notes 10 Facsimile/E-Mail Sign-Up Sheet 10 Flip Cards 10 5 Media Policies 11-20 Terms and Conditions for Use of Credentials 11 Print Photography Policies 13 Strobe Light Policies 14 Radio and Audio Internet Policies 15 Mini-Camera Policies 18 Use of Footage by Television Entities 19 Interview Policies 20 6 Site Information 23-28 Tournament Facts 23 Facility Records 24 Map of Area Surrounding Facility 25-26 Diagram of Facility Backstage Areas 27 Diagram of Facility Seating Area 28

1 Section 1 Tournament Personnel

Division I Women's Basketball Committee Representatives: Sandra Booker Marcy Girton Assistant Director of Athletics Associate Director of Athletics Bethune-Cookman College Texas Christian University Office: 386/481-2212 Office: 817/257-7950 Fax: 386/481-2238 Fax: 817/257-7656 Cell: 386/479-4055 Cell: 817/343-1552 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

Tournament Manager: Carol Sprague University of Pittsburgh Sr. Associate Athletic Director 3719 Terrace Street Office: 412/648-8280 Petersen Events Center Fax: 412/648-8306 Room 3123 Cell: 412/491-5116 Pittsburgh, PA 15261 E-mail: [email protected]

Media Coordinator: Jim Lachimia University of Pittsburgh 3719 Terrace Street Office: 412/624-6163 Petersen Events Center Fax: 412/648-8248 Room 2092 Cell: 412/708-9301 Pittsburgh, PA 15261 E-mail: [email protected]

Assistant Media Coordinator: Mendy Nestor University of Pittsburgh Asst. Director of Media Relations 3719 Terrace Street Office: 412/648-1018 Pittsburgh, PA 15261 Fax: 412/648-8248 Cell: 412/849-9470 E-mail: [email protected]

Facility Manager: Scott Michaels Petersen Events Center General Manager 3719 Terrace Street Office: 412/648-3074 Room 2036 Cell: 412/427-0780 Pittsburgh, PA 15261 E-mail: [email protected]

Telecommunications: NCAA Telecommunications Center 888/838-8080

NCAA Media Relations: Rick Nixon P.O. Box 6222 Associate Director Indianapolis, Indiana Office: 317/917-6539 46206-6222 Fax: 317/917-6095 Cell: 317/440-3059 E-Mail: [email protected]

Press Row Phone Number: 412/648-2318 Petersen Events Center Fax: 412/648-8248

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2007 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship Pittsburgh -- First and Second Rounds • Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh, PA

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Note: All times local to site.

Day Before First-Round Games -- Saturday, March 17 8 - 8:45 a.m. Sports Information Contacts Meeting 8:30 a.m. Team Entrance Opens 8:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. Credential Distribution 9 - 9:45 a.m. Administrative Meeting 10 a.m. Facility Doors Open to Public 10:20 – 10:50 a.m. Game No. 1 Higher Seed News Conference 11 – 11:50 a.m. Game No. 1 Higher Seed Practice 11:20 – 11:50 a.m. Game No. 1 Lower Seed News Conference 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. Media Buffet Noon – 12:50 p.m. Game No. 1 Lower Seed Practice 12:20 – 12:50 p.m. Game No. 2 Higher Seed News Conference 1 – 1:50 p.m. Game No. 2 Higher Seed Practice 1:20 – 1:50 p.m. Game No. 2 Lower Seed News Conference 2 – 2:50 p.m. Game No. 2 Lower Seed Practice 2:20 – 2:50 p.m. Game No. 3 Higher Seed News Conference 3 – 3:50 p.m. Game No. 3 Higher Seed Practice 3:20 – 3:50 p.m. Game No. 3 Lower Seed News Conference 4 – 4:50 p.m. Game No. 3 Lower Seed Practice 4:20 – 4:50 p.m. Game No. 4 Higher Seed News Conference 5 – 5:50 p.m. Game No. 4 Higher Seed Practice 5 – 6:30 p.m. Media Buffet 5:20 – 5:50 p.m. Game No. 4 Lower Seed News Conference 6 – 6:50 p.m. Game No. 4 Lower Seed Practice

Day of First-Round Games -- Sunday, March 18 1 hour before practice Team Entrance Opens 7 - 7:20 a.m. Game No. 1 Lower Seed Practice 7:25 – 7:45 a.m. Game No. 1 Higher Seed Practice 7:50 – 8:10 a.m. Game No. 2 Lower Seed Practice 8:15 – 8:35 a.m. Game No. 2 Higher Seed Practice 8:40 - 9 a.m. Game No. 3 Lower Seed Practice 9:05 – 9:25 a.m. Game No. 3 Higher Seed Practice 9:30 – 9:50 a.m. Game No. 4 Lower Seed Practice 9:55 – 10:15 a.m. Game No. 4 Higher Seed Practice

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10:00 a.m. Credential Distribution Opens 11:00 a.m. Facility Doors Open to Public Noon First-Round Game No. 1 2:30 p.m. First-Round Game No. 2 Between Sessions Media Buffet 5:00 p.m. Credential Distribution Opens 6:00 p.m. Facility Doors Open To Public 7:00 p.m. First-Round Game No. 3 9:30 p.m. First-Round Game No. 4

Day Between First- and Second-Round Sessions -- Monday, March 19 Noon - 5 p.m. Credential Distribution Noon – 1:30 p.m. Game No. 1 Winner Practice 1:40 – 3:10 p.m. Game No. 2 Winner Practice 1:50 – 2:20 p.m. Game No. 1 Winner News Conference 2:30 – 3 p.m. Game No. 3 Winner News Conference 3:20 – 4:50 p.m. Game No. 3 Winner Practice 3:20 – 3:50 p.m. Game No. 2 Winner News Conference 4:10 – 4:40 p.m. Game No. 4 Winner News Conference 5 – 6:30 p.m. Game No. 4 Winner Practice

Day of Second-Round Games -- Tuesday, March 20 Each team shall be offered 60 minutes of practice time, with a 10-minute break between each practice. The final practice will conclude three hours prior to tip-off of the first game (4:00 p.m.).

60 minutes before practice Team Entrance Opens 5:00 p.m. Credential Distribution Opens 5:30 p.m. Media Buffet 6:00 p.m. Facility Doors Open to Public 7:00 p.m. Second-Round Game No. 1 9:30 p.m. Second-Round Game No. 2

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[Insert 2007 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament bracket.]

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2007 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship Pittsburgh -- First and Second Rounds • Petersen Events Center • Pittsburgh, PA

1. Credentials request. Media requesting credentials to cover tournament games in Pittsburgh must apply online at www.ncaasports.com/media. Click on “How To Apply For Credentials” and select the city. Media covering a specific team playing in Pittsburgh must request credentials and lodging through the participating institution’s sports information director.

2. Media headquarters hotel: Holiday Inn Select -- Pittsburgh University Center, 100 Lytton Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, Phone: (412) 682-6200, Fax: (412) 681-4749.

An allotment of rooms has been reserved for the media at a rate of $99 (flat rate -- plus tax). National media should make their own reservations via the online credentialing system at www.ncaasports.com/media. Members of the media covering a specific team should request rooms through the participating institution's sports information director. All media representatives are responsible for paying for their own room, tax and incidental charges.

PLEASE NOTE: There is a two-night minimum, the night of open practice and the first night of competition.

Directions From Airport to Hotel: Exit the airport and take a left onto the PA-60 South ramp toward I-79/Pittsburgh/Pennsylvania Turnpike East. Continue on US-22 East. Continue on I-279 North. Take Exit #6A onto I-376 East toward Monroeville. Take Exit #2A/Forbes Avenue onto Forbes Avenue toward Oakland. Turn left on Bigelow Blvd. At the second light, you must turn right to stay on Bigelow Blvd. Turn right on Lytton Ave. Arrive at 100 Lytton Ave. Directions from Hotel to Facility: Turn right on to Fifth Avenue. Turn right on to DeSoto St. Bear left where DeSoto Street becomes Terrace St. Petersen Events Center is on the right.

3. Credential Distribution. Credentials will not be mailed. Individuals must present government- issued photo identification in order to receive credentials and each time they enter the facility. Credentials will be issued individually according to the following schedule:

Day Times Distribution Site Saturday, March 17 8:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. Athletic Administration Entrance (Open practice day) at Petersen Events Center, located to left of Lobby & Main Ticket Windows on Terrace St. Sunday, March 18 10:00 a.m. until end of Athletic Administration Entrance (First Round game day) halftime of Game #4 at Petersen Events Center, located to left of Lobby & Main Ticket Windows on Terrace St. Monday, March 19 Noon – 5 p.m. Athletic Administration Entrance (Closed practice day) at Petersen Events Center, located to left of Lobby & Main Ticket Windows on Terrace St. Tuesday, March 20 5:00 p.m. until end of Athletic Administration Entrance (Second Round game day) halftime of Game #1. at Petersen Events Center, located to left of Lobby & Main Ticket Windows on Terrace St.

4. NCAA Pool Lines. The NCAA will provide nine standard business lines and instruments for general media use in the media workroom. Three of the lines will be installed in the photo work area; the rest will be in the media workroom. All of the phones will have local, toll-free and

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credit card access, capable of receiving calls and restricted from direct access to toll calling, 900 lines, incoming collect calls and other “special service.”

5. Individual Telephone and High-Speed Data Services. Media, including originating radio networks, may order individual telephone and high-speed data services, at their own expense, by calling the NCAA Telecommunications Center at 888/838-8080. Non-originating radio and television entities may not install telephones at courtside. Media may order wireless high- speed access by calling the NCAA Telecommunications Center or by filling out the form provided during the online credential application process. Due to typical large file sizes, photographers must utilize a hard-wired high-speed line, and will not be allowed to use the wireless services. The cost for a single line instrument with a data jack is $375, while ISDN circuits are $600. There will be a daily fee of $29.95 for wireless service.

6. Media Parking/Shuttle. Limited parking is available at the Petersen Events Center, in the OC Lot, primarily for media representatives with heavy equipment to transport. The entrance is on Allequippa Street, located next to Trees Hall and above the Petersen Events Center. Media members must request parking on the online credential application. Parking passes, if available, will be provided at credential distribution. A media shuttle will not be available (media hotel is located only a few blocks away from the Petersen Events Center).

7. Satellite Uplinks/Mobile Television Trucks Parking. Media outlets must request specific parking spaces for satellite uplink trucks on the online credential application. Satellite trucks will be parked in the R-Lot and on the non-arena side of Sutherland Drive as space permits. The R-Lot is located directly across from the loading dock. Sutherland Drive is the street that extends from the southwest corner of the Petersen Events Center to the north side of the facility. Sutherland Drive is accessible by either Terrace Street from the south side of the facility or Allequppia Street from the north side. The R-Lot is accessible by Darragh Street, which runs parallel to Sutherland Drive. Satellite trucks will not be charged to park. Both lots will be secured. Unfortunately, the Petersen Events Center is unable to supply power to satellite trucks. Telephone service may be ordered as noted above in item No. 5.

8. Media Hospitality. Complimentary media buffets, available to credentialed individuals only, will be available in the Multi-Purpose Room, located on the Event Level. Whether accessing the Event Level from Elevators 1 & 2 or Elevator 3, you can follow the hallway to the right until you reach a hallway with wooden floors. The Media Buffet doorways will be on the right as you reach the wooden floors. A buffet will be provided at the Petersen Events Center on the day of open practice, twice during the first round, and 90 minutes before game time on the second- round game day. Refreshments will also be provided in the Media Workroom, which is located on the right as you walk past the end of the hallway with the wooden floors.

9. Participating Institutions’ Hotel Properties.

Team Hotel Phone Number Name of School Westin Convention Center Hotel 412/281-3700 1000 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Name of School Westin Convention Center Hotel 412/281-3700 1000 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Name of School Pittsburgh Marriott City Center 412/471-4000 112 Washington Place Pittsburgh, PA 15219

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Name of School Pittsburgh Marriott City Center 412/471-4000 112 Washington Place Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Name of School Omni William Penn Hotel 412/281-7100 530 William Penn Place Pittsburgh, PA 15219

Name of School Hilton Hotel 412/391-4600 600 Commonwealth Place Pittsburgh, PA 15222

10. Participating Institutions’ Sports Information Contacts. The following individuals are the primary sports information contacts for the eight participating institutions. Please contact these individuals to arrange any additional media requests you may have.

Team Name and Phone Number E-Mail Address Name of School [Insert name] [Insert e-mail] [Insert cell phone number]

Name of School [Insert name] [Insert e-mail] [insert cell phone number]

Name of School [Insert name] [Insert e-mail] [Insert cell phone number]

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11. Game Times and ESPN Talent. The start times and the ESPN broadcast talent for the games in Pittsburgh are as follows:

Game Time Network Talent First Round Play-by-Play: Game No. 1 Noon [ESPN or ESPN2] Linda Cohn Game No. 2 2:30 p.m. [ESPN or ESPN2] Game No. 3 7:00 p.m. [ESPN or ESPN2] Color Analyst: Game No. 4 9:30 p.m. [ESPN or ESPN2] Fran Fraschilla

Second Round Sideline Reporter: Game No. 1 7:00 p.m. [ESPN or ESPN2] Wendi Nix Game No. 2 9:30 p.m. [ESPN or ESPN2]

12. Satellite Coordinates. News conferences will be conducted in the media interview room at the Petersen Events Center on the following days. The satellite coordinates are as follows:

Day Satellite Coordinates Downlink Frequency Saturday, March 17 [Insert satellite], Transponder [number] [Insert number] Sunday, March 18 [Insert satellite], Transponder [number] [Insert number] Monday, March 19 [Insert satellite], Transponder [number] [Insert number] Tuesday, March 20 [Insert satellite], Transponder [number] [Insert number]

Please note that the coordinates may change at any time. For the most up-to-date information, please check the NCAA Web site at www.ncaa.org/releases/satellite/.

13. Media Operations Evaluation. Media representatives are requested to submit a post-event evaluation of the media operations of any round of the 2007 Division I Women Basketball Championship by completing a survey at the following link: http://web1.ncaa.org/surveys/media_coord_eval.html.

14. Cooling-Off Period. A cooling-off period has been established for coaches to be with their student-athletes in the locker room following the game. The period begins when the head coach reaches the locker room area immediately following the game or interview with ESPN, Westwood One/NCAA Radio Network and/or an institution’s radio network. The winning coach and designated players will be escorted to the postgame news conference room first; the losing coach and designated players will follow at the conclusion of the winning team’s interview. The cooling- off period is five minutes for the winning team and 15 minutes for the losing team. 15. Obligation of the Head Coach. Regardless of any personal regular-season radio or television contracts, the head coach is obligated first to the entire media staffing the tournament and must report to the interview room immediately after the cooling-off period expires. After fulfilling this commitment to the media staffing the tournament, the coach and student-athletes may participate in other interviews. The coach cannot delay a postgame interview with the covering media to conduct a program for a single newspaper, radio or television reporter unless requested to grant a short interview (not to exceed a total of four minutes) with ESPN, Westwood One/NCAA Radio Network and/or his/her institution’s radio network. 16. On-Court Interviews. If requested, the winning coach and winning student-athletes and the losing coach shall grant postgame interviews, not to exceed a total of four minutes, with ESPN, Westwood One/NCAA Radio Network and/or its respective originating radio network, provided it is still providing live coverage from the facility.

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17. Press Row Seating Reassignments. If a media agency does not continue to staff the competition once the team it primarily covers has been eliminated, its seats will be reassigned to other media representatives. 18. Pool Reporter Policy. Appointed by joint consultation between the Division I women’s basketball committee representatives and the host media coordinator, a “pool reporter” may accompany the basketball committee representatives to the officials’ locker room to receive an interpretation in order to enhance the public’s understanding of activities that occurred when a game includes a potential fighting situation that results in a technical foul and/or ejection of a coach or student-athlete. Additionally, if a basketball committee representative deems it in the best interest of the championship, a pool reporter may be used to obtain an interpretation pertaining to other specific situations. The interpretation shall apply exclusively to the specific situation. 19. Media Services. Box Scores. Media will receive play-by-play, halftime and final boxes at courtside and in the media workroom. Quotes and Notes. Typed quotes shall be distributed to the media immediately following each practice day news conference and postgame interview session. Updated notes (e.g., team notes, tournament notes/records, etc.) shall also be distributed to the media immediately following games. Facsimile/E-Mail Sign-Up Sheet. A sign-up sheet to receive specified media information via facsimile or e-mail will be posted in the media workroom in the Petersen Events Center. Media representatives may request facsimile or e-mail service in the media coordinator’s office at the facility. Flip Cards. The host media coordinator will print and distribute a flip card to the media.

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Terms and Conditions For Use Of Credentials

Each individual or entity signing for or using a credential for access to any tournament game or practice (the “Events”), and his/her/its employers (each signer, user and employer, a “Bearer”), agrees to the following:

General:

Each Bearer attending one of the Events using a credential represents that such Bearer is acting on a specific assignment for a media agency. Bearer is an accredited agency’s full-time, salaried employee who has a legitimate working function in connection with the championship. The credential is non- transferable and may be revoked at any time without cause.

The rights and privileges granted to Bearer shall automatically terminate if any term of this credential shall be breached. The unauthorized use of this credential subjects the Bearer to ejection from the facility and prosecution for criminal trespass.

While within the venue, Bearer shall, at all times, be subject to the direction and/or supervision of the NCAA and its designated agents.

Bearer assumes all risks incidental to the performance by the Bearer of Bearer’s services in connection with the Events and assumes all risks incidental to the Events, whether occurring prior to, during or subsequent to the actual playing of the Events and agrees that the NCAA, its member institutions and their respective employees, directors, officers, student-athletes, coaches and contractors shall not be liable for injuries or loss of personal property or equipment resulting in such causes.

In the event that the name or likeness of any individual using this credential is included in any broadcast, telecast, photograph, film, video or other media taken in connection with the Events, such individual grants the NCAA the non-exclusive, transferable, perpetual right and license to use (and to sub-license the use of) such name and likeness in any media worldwide whether now known or thereafter devised.

Bearer agrees to indemnify the NCAA and save harmless the NCAA, its officers, agents, contractors, employees and each of its member institutions, their officers, agents and employees, of and from any and all claims, demand and causes of action arising out of anything done or purported to have been done by Bearer or his/her employer, including but not limited to Bearer’s breach of any term of the credential. With respect to any claim that might give rise to liability of the Bearer as an indemnitor, the NCAA shall: (a) have the right to fully participate in the litigation of such claim with counsel selected by Bearer and approved by the NCAA at the sole expense of the Bearer; and (b) not be obligated, without their consent, to participate in any settlement of such claim.

Media:

The use of any account, description, picture, photograph, video, audio, reproduction or other information concerning the Events (the ”Event Information”) other than for news coverage of, or magazines, books or stories about, the Events or for First Amendment-protected purposes, is prohibited, except (a) with the prior written consent of the NCAA; or (b) as specifically licensed herein. Nothing in these terms and conditions authorizes or allows Bearer to violate any of the NCAA trademarks, copyright and other proprietary rights.

Television agencies taping game action shall use the network feed via the video and audio distribution facilities provided by the NCAA. These agencies recognize that any videos may be used only in connection with a regularly-scheduled television newscast within a seven-day period after the game and the film clip or video portion of each such showing shall not exceed three minutes in length and shall adhere to the specific policies that govern the length of video and times that it may be aired. Television entities may

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not air highlights of a game until the ESPN broadcast “window” that includes that game has been completed.

Television stations, networks, cable systems, participating institutions or their designees are prohibited from making available game film or video to any other organization without advance written permission from the NCAA, even though the planned use may be editorial in nature. Such film or video may be aired only by the specific station or entity to whom the credential is issued. These rights may not be assigned, transferred or otherwise disposed to any person, firm or corporation. Any agency wishing to use NCAA film or video in any other manner must obtain advance written permission for such usage from the NCAA.

Real-time transmission of streaming video, digital images, real-time audio, including play-by-play and statistics, of any game of the championship is exclusive to the NCAA’s Web site and/or any other Web site designated by the NCAA and its rightsholders. “Real-time” is defined as “live, continuous play-by- play or description of an event.”

The NCAA is the owner of trademarks, copyrights and other proprietary rights connected to the championship. The name, logo, mascot and other intellectual property of a member institution are controlled by each member institution. The member institution name and team name may be used for news purposes and must be consistent with the First Amendment.

The credential confers on Bearer a limited, non-exclusive and non-transferable license to take photographs of the Events and to allow the entity that engaged the Bearer to use such photographs only for news coverage of, or magazines, books or stories about, the Events, other editorial purposes and reprints of news pages from such entity’s publications, provided that such use is not likely to create or does not actually create confusion in the minds of the trade or public that Bearer or its reprints or any elements therein, or the items on which they are reprinted, are sponsored or endorsed by, or associated or affiliated with the NCAA or that the NCAA licensed Bearer to use their trademarks or copyrights.

In exchange for the access granted by the credential, the NCAA shall have the right to purchase prints of any published photographs taken by the Bearer in connection with the credential, at the best financial terms offered to third parties and the NCAA shall be licensed at no additional charge to use the photographs for news coverage purposes only. The NCAA may not distribute reproductions of the photographs to others or license others to reproduce the photographs.

Bearer shall obtain all necessary licenses, consents or releases permitting the use of any party’s proprietary material, including, but not limited to any party’s copyrights, trademarks, rights of publicity, rights of privacy or other proprietary of personal rights, however denominated included in any photograph taken or other material obtained in connection with the credential. The Bearer is solely responsible for determining which licenses, consents and releases shall be obtained. Bearer shall indemnify, defend (if requested) and hold the NCAA harmless against and from any and all liability, loss, damage or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) against third party claims arising out of or relating to: (a) Bearer’s use of any event information taken or obtained in connection with the credential, including, without limitation, any claim that any use of such information infringes any third party’s copyrights, trademarks, rights of publicity, rights of privacy or other proprietary of personal rights, however denominated; and (b) the presence on the premises of any cameras, wires, cable or other equipment brought thereon by Bearer.

Any secondary use of any picture, audio description, videotape/film or drawing of the game taken or made by the accredited organization or individual to whom this credential has been issued (including, but not limited to use in delayed editorial or non-editorial, advertising, sales promotion or merchandising) is prohibited without prior written approval of the NCAA.

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Radio stations that have not purchased rights shall not carry any broadcast report from courtside on a live basis or any live description of any game action while it is still in progress and are subject to all other requirements as listed in the “NCAA Radio Policies.”

Bearer further agrees to release the NCAA and all persons and educational institutions involved in the management or production of the competition from any claim or liability arising from failure to provide space for telecasting/broadcasting or other facilities for the television/radio station, Internet media, network or cable system.

PRINT PHOTOGRAPHY POLICIES

1. A photographer approved for a floor-level position must wear an armband. All other still photographers are restricted to the upper photography areas.

2. The host media coordinator will assign spaces for each floor photographer in the “photographers’ box.” Newspapers covering a particular team are not guaranteed a floor location when their team is not playing.

3. Photographers on the floor level are restricted to the “photographers’ box” at each end of the playing court except as noted below:

a. Open Practice Day: Baselines or from behind Row No. 2 of the courtside media area. The courtside media area is not accessible to photographers during closed practices.

b. Game Days: Baselines only. The playing floor opens to the media two hours before tip- off on game days. However, still photo technicians from Sports Illustrated, Associated Press and other agencies will have earlier courtside access of three hours before tip-off except on first-round game days, and 11 a.m. or noon Regional game days. These individuals should contact the host media coordinator for specific information.

c. Between Games of a Session: Baselines or along the sideline opposite the team benches, to shoot the postgame celebration as long as there is no disruption of team warmup for the next game. When the celebration ends, the photographers must return to their baseline positions.

d. After the Last Game of a Session: Anywhere on the courtside apron or behind Row No. 2 of the courtside media area to shoot the postgame celebration or the awards ceremony.

NOTE: At no time may photographers work from directly behind the official scorer’s table or team benches.

4. A photographer assigned to the second photo row may sit on an elevation no more than nine inches high.

5. No tripods may be placed on or beside the playing floor.

6. A still photographer shall not utilize a flash attached to a camera or to any other courtside location.

7. Couriers/assistants and technicians shall not photograph game action. A photo editor from the Associated Press will coordinate the assignment of couriers for AP and other newspapers. Reuters will coordinate the assignment of its couriers. No individual agency may receive a photography compound credential.

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8. Couriers/assistants and technicians have "in-and-out" access to the facility and these individuals are required to display their credential and an armband. They shall not remain courtside or obstruct the view of any ticket patron.

9. No photography equipment (i.e., cameras, strobes) shall be attached to the backboard or goal standards, unless approved by the NCAA or its designee or the host media coordinator. Requests for placement of photography equipment on the backboard or goal standards shall be made to the host media coordinator prior to March 1.

10. Cameras shall not be mounted or positioned on the playing floor. Cameras must either be mounted on the backboard or goal standard or held by the photographer.

11. The NCAA may approve requests to place photography equipment in upper facility areas or under the first row of press tables opposite the official scorer’s table. Cameras may not protrude more than four inches from under the draping and soft lens protectors must be used.

12. Cameras shall not be installed over the playing court unless pre-approved by the NCAA or its designee or host media coordinator. If approval is granted, the camera shall be double secured and in position 24 hours prior to the start of the first game. Requests for placement of overhead cameras shall be made to the NCAA or its designee or host media coordinator prior to March 15.

13. Photographers will not be admitted to any potential working position over the playing court from 60 minutes prior to the first game of a session until 30 minutes after the second game.

14. Individuals assigned by the host media coordinator to assist photographers will provide armbands, copies of photo policies, souvenir programs and/or flipcards. Photographers should claim statistical information in the media workroom.

STROBE LIGHT POLICIES

The Division I Women’s Basketball Committee has determined that a maximum of three sets of strobe lights may be installed for media agencies requiring immediate news coverage. The placement of the units must be approved in advance by the NCAA or its designee or host media coordinator.

The purpose of this policy is to provide high-quality still photographic coverage for media agencies in deadline situations, without seriously impacting the quality of ESPN’s telecasts of the games.

1. For strobe use, the following priority order has been adopted:

a. Sports Illustrated.

b. The Associated Press, Reuters, USA Today and NCAA Photos. These media agencies shall pool one set of strobe lights unless Priority “a” or “c” is not enacted.

c. A single pool unit for all other media agencies may be installed pending the approval by the NCAA or its designee or host media coordinator.

d. Each agency participating in a pool will be charged a pro rata share of the installation cost.

e. Should Sports Illustrated, The Associated Press, Reuters, USA Today or NCAA Photos elect not to install strobe units, the unused priority may be transferred to another agency, provided the policies in No. 2 are observed.

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f. No single agency may install more than one set of strobes, regardless of the number of units that will be utilized.

2. The following procedures govern the placement of strobe units:

a. Representatives of each media agency installing a unit shall meet the host media coordinator, the committee representative and an ESPN producer assigned to the site 15 minutes following the last team practice on open practice day to test the placement of the strobes and determine if the strobes have a potential negative impact on the telecast. The host media coordinator and the committee representative have the final authority to determine if adjustments in the placement or angle of the units must be altered.

b. Strobes may be used, if approved by the NCAA after the foregoing test.

c. All hanging or installed strobes must be placed as close to the playing court as possible, depending upon the physical structure of a facility, near the corners of the playing court, but not behind the baskets. If the physical structure of a facility prevents a media agency from meeting these specifications, the agency may request an exception from NCAA or Division I Women’s Basketball Committee representative.

d. No hand-held strobe lights will be used during the game, but they may be used during the awards ceremony and postgame celebration.

e. No strobes may be directed toward a television lens.

f. The approved strobe-light setup shall consist of three sets of four heads each, installed in the catwalks at the four corners of the facility. The placement should be as close to directly over the corners of the court as possible. If, because of the configuration of the facility and catwalks, an adjustment of the placement is necessary, a variation must be approved by the NCAA or Division I Women’s Basketball Committee representative.

g. The strobe lights for a conventional (non-dome) facility must not exceed 2,400 watt- seconds for each power pack, and the flash duration should be less than 1/1,000 second. A typical approved installation would consist of four power packs with four-tube heads on each pack. In the instance of unusually high-ceilinged buildings or domes, additional power packs and strobe heads may be used, as long as they are producing an equivalent amount of light on the court and the flash duration meets the specified criteria.

h. Strobe use is intended for the coverage of game action by media involved in news coverage of the championship. Strobe use is not permitted by photographers who have been assigned feature profiles for current or future publication, such as books or preview magazines (e.g., photograph(s) of individual players, coaches or fans).

RADIO AND AUDIO INTERNET POLICIES

1. Westwood One (2020 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036; 202/457-7983) owns the terrestrial and satellite radio rights to all sessions of the championship, including Internet audio rights. Westwood One will originate live broadcasts via a national network. In addition, rights shall be granted to each participating institution's official radio station or network, which may purchase rights in its geographic area. Participating institutions are not permitted to broadcast its games via satellite radio (i.e., SIRIUS or XM).

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Broadcast rights will not be granted to the official station or network of the host institution/conference.

2. In January, Westwood One or its designee will send a questionnaire to each Division I institution seeking information about its originating station or network. In early March, Westwood One or its designee will send selected sports information contacts a packet that includes a contract, information about ordering telephone/ISDN lines. All stations planning to broadcast any game of the championship must complete a radio agreement and submit before the game that will be broadcast. By noon on each Wednesday during the championship, Westwood One, or its designee, will fax to host media coordinators the names of the radio stations that will originate from their sites, as well as the names of the stations’ crew members who will be credentialed. Changes in crews must be authorized by Westwood One or its designee before credentials can be issued to a substitute crew member.

For the 2007 championship, Westwood One has designated Mike Dodson at Host Communications, Inc. (phone: 859/226-4390; fax: 859/226-4391; e-mail: [email protected]) to administer the participating institutions’ originations.

3. No exclusive rights shall be granted, except in those instances when a participating institution shall request such rights for a station or network that contracted for exclusive coverage of the institution's regular-season games. Such exclusive rights shall be restricted to the markets where exclusivity existed during the regular season. If more than one institution has radio stations in the same market, exclusive rights shall not be granted in that market.

4. All rights fees must be paid to Westwood One or its designee in advance. Stations will be charged for each game broadcast. If the originating station or any station within the network intends to stream the broadcast over the Internet via their station’s Web site or any other third- party Web site, an additional fee will be charged. The station streaming the broadcast is required to supply a link from its audio player back to the official NCAA Championships Web site, www.NCAAsports.com. Please note the originating station, competing institution or third-party streamer (i.e., Yahoo) may not charge a subscription fee for any games that are streamed over the Internet. In addition, no third-party (i.e., Yahoo) may post a link to the game or its’ Web site.

The per-game rights fees are as follows:

Originating commercial station - $175 All affiliates joining a network - $60 per station Non-commercial station that feeds a commercial station - $125 Additional Internet streaming fee - $85 Commercial Internet-only fee - $85

A rights fee will be waived for any non-commercial, university-funded, student-run radio station. The rights fee will be waived for Internet-only broadcast if the Web site is a non-commercial site and there are no commercials, sponsored elements or underwriting spots within the broadcast itself. In addition, there cannot be any advertising on the audio player itself. Any of the before- mentioned circumstances will result in a rights fee for an Internet-only broadcast. (Refer to Item No. 15.)

5. Each station or network may use only the maximum number of seats required to originate 90 percent of the institution's games during the regular season, up to a maximum of four seats. Each participating institution shall provide Westwood One or its designee the names of the broadcast crew each station or network employed for all home and away games. If it is

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represented by multiple radio originations, the participating institution shall designate to Westwood One or its designee the priority of stations or networks and the number of credentials distributed to outlets—not to exceed a total of six seats.

6. A participating institution or host institution/conference shall make no additional charge or receive any additional consideration for the rights accorded hereunder to the originating station or network. 7. No commercial may relate, directly or indirectly, the advertising company or the advertised product to the participating institutions, their student-athletes or the Association itself, unless prior written approval has been granted by the NCAA.

8. Westwood One and the NCAA reserve the right of final approval for all advertising in any championship.

9. Any station that does not broadcast a game of a championship, after contracting for such rights, shall be required to pay a forfeiture fee of 50 percent of the initial rights fee for that particular game.

10. Only the NCAA Radio Network and ESPN may display banners at the championship site.

11. Advertising sold by network/radio stations shall conform to acceptable broadcast standards consistent with the advertising guidelines in the NCAA broadcast manual (www.NCAAsports.com/advertising).

12. The following policies govern radio originations from the facility during the tournament by agencies other than Westwood One and the participating institutions’ official networks.

a. Live or taped play-by-play description of any game is prohibited. “Voicers” or interviews may be fed only after the game has concluded.

b. On game days, live programming may originate from inside the arena only before tipoff of the first game each day at the site and after the end of the last game each day at the site. Such programming may originate only from the radio work area inside the media workroom and the following limits shall apply:

(1) Affiliate agencies of Westwood One or a participating institution’s network may generate live programming for a maximum of 20 minutes per hour.

(2) Non-affiliate agencies of Westwood One or the institution’s network may generate live programming for a maximum of five minutes per hour.

c. On open practice day, live programming may originate from the radio work area inside the media workroom from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. local time at the site.

13. Radio or television stations or networks may use audio highlights from the local (i.e., institution’s station or network) broadcast only with prior consent of the local station, Westwood One and the NCAA. Radio or television stations or networks may use audio highlights from the Westwood One national broadcast under the following guidelines:

a. Audio clips may not be used until the game is completed.

b. Such clips may not total more than one minute in length.

c. Credit for use of audio must be given to “Westwood One/NCAA Radio Network”.

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d. Non-affiliates of Westwood One must receive prior consent from Westwood One and the NCAA.

14. Hammond Communications will provide feeds of crowd noise (“international sound”) and postgame news conferences to courtside radio broadcast locations.

15. Westwood One has exclusive Internet streaming rights and will do so in one of the following two ways: (Westwood One and the NCAA will notify participating institutions of the chosen policy)

a. Any station or network intending to stream its broadcast must do so by providing the stream to Westwood One, which would then make the link available on www.NCAAsports.com, as a complimentary element of a subscription package. Participating institutions, stations and/or networks should advise patrons to access the stream at NCAAsports.com. Under this scenario, the NCAA and Westwood One will waive all Internet streaming rights fees.

b. In the event that NCAAsports.com does not aggregate all Internet streams through its subscription package, each participating institution, station or network would provide the stream directly from its own Internet site, and would also provide a link to NCAAsports.com. Stations or networks would be charged an Internet streaming rights fee as described in Item No. 4.

16. During competition, radio personnel are restricted to an area outside a 10-foot perimeter surrounding the team benches.

17. Westwood One and the participating institutions’ radio networks are responsible for ordering their own telephone lines. Questions regarding this service should be directed to the NCAA Telecommunications Center (888/838-8080).

18. Questions regarding this policy should be directed to Greg Weitekamp (phone: 317/917-6265; e- mail: [email protected]) for radio, Jeramy Michiaels (phone: 317/917-6523; e-mail: [email protected]) for Internet, or Rick Nixon (phone: 317/917-6539; e-mail: [email protected]) at the NCAA national office.

MINI-CAMERA POLICIES

1. ESPN is the only television entity that may transmit live from inside the facility from open practice day until the day after competition ends at that site.

2. ESPN, NCAA Productions and the designated institutional videographer for a participating institution are the only entities authorized to use mini-camera equipment in the facility during the competition. ESPN and NCAA Productions have no access restrictions except when the facility is closed for team practices or other activities as designated by the Division I Women’s Basketball Committee. (Refer to Item No. 4)

3. If a non-originating television station, network or local cable origination channel wants to receive audio and video of tournament game action, international sound, crowd/team “color” activities and formal news conferences, it must take a feed from the video and audio distribution facilities provided by the NCAA at the facility. Any video or audio highlight excerpts received from the distribution facilities that are aired by a telecaster shall include an on-air “Courtesy NCAA/ESPN” credit.

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4. Mini-camera operators representing non-originating agencies will not be permitted to videotape game action and will not have courtside access except as noted below:

a. Non-originating television networks or stations and cable systems shall have access to the playing floor up to 30 minutes before the first game in a session at a site. During this time, mini-camera operators may tape “standups” or record other material from the baseline area only.

b. Access for the second session at a site begins when ESPN discontinues its first-session coverage from the site until 30 minutes before tip-off of the first game of the next session. The floor may not be available, depending upon the time between sessions.

c. From that point on, the floor (and all other areas from which the playing floor may be seen) shall remain off limits to all mini-camera operators until ESPN has discontinued its coverage of the session.

d. Mini-camera operators shall not return to the playing floor between games of a session.

e. The host media coordinator shall identify an area off the court for all non-originating mini-camera operators to wait until ESPN has discontinued its coverage from the site. The host media coordinator or his/her designee will escort non-originating mini-camera operators to the court when it is available. They may videotape from anywhere on the courtside apron or behind the last row of the courtside media area.

f. Video equipment is limited to the locker rooms, hallways, audio/video distribution area in the media interview room and media workroom during the restricted-access times.

5. On open practice day, representatives of non-originating agencies may videotape practice from the baselines, behind the last row of the courtside media area or from the public seating area.

6. Locker rooms are open for postgame coverage following the cooling off period. (See interview policies)

7. Editing in the audio/video distribution area is permitted anytime the media workroom is open.

8. Each participating institution will be issued two limited access credentials for two camera operators to videotape its respective games. One team videographer must videotape from the designated upper videotape position and will not be allowed to film from the courtside areas during the game. They may have access to the courtside areas until 30 minutes prior to the first game in each session and may not have access to the courtside areas at halftime or postgame. The second team videographer will be issued a limited access credential and a TEAM VIDEOGRAPHER armband that will permit access to the team locker room during pregame, halftime and postgame ONLY. They may have access to the courtside areas until 30 minutes prior to the first game in each session and may not have access to the courtside areas at halftime or postgame.

USE OF FOOTAGE BY TELEVISION ENTITIES

1. Videotaped, filmed or audio excerpts of a National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) game of the Division I Women’s Basketball Championship (“Highlights”) may be used for news purposes only in regularly-scheduled news programs up to 72 hours after they become available for news use under the following guidelines. A “news broadcast” shall be a regularly-scheduled program devoted exclusively to general news and/or sports news. Sports entertainment programs do not qualify under this provision.

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2. An approved telecaster may utilize a maximum of three minutes of footage on a sports news broadcast. Television entities may not air highlights until the ESPN “window” for that competition has been completed. The graphic footage credit “Courtesy NCAA/ESPN” must accompany all highlights.

3. A station/network may not broadcast live reports and/or live programming from the site of the tournament competition (e.g., arena proper, hallways, interview room, media workroom or locker rooms) on practice or game days.

4. Highlights may not be sold, traded, loaned or given away to any other entity and may not be used commercially for on-air promotion or in any other manner not specifically set forth in these policies without prior written approval from the NCAA or its footage license designee. By way of illustration, but not limitation, without a specific separate license from the NCAA or its footage license designee, championship game footage may not be used (a) in pregame shows, (b) in commercials, (c) in a “sponsored segment” of a program, (d) in “on-air” promotions (e.g., “tune- in” promotion or “tease”), (e) as “file footage” or (f) for any other use (e.g., archival) not specifically permitted by these policies.

5. Telecasters may broadcast live feeds of news conferences taken from the video and audio distribution facilities provided by the NCAA.

6. No television entity, broadcast or cable, may incorporate, superimpose or “burn” into any tournament highlights a logo, trademark, advertisement, scoreboard or other graphic.

7. In consideration for access to video and/or audio excerpts of a tournament game, the television entity agrees, upon the request of the NCAA, to supply the NCAA with a videotape or audio recording (as may be the case) of any program incorporating highlights and hereby consents to the use of excerpts from such a program by the NCAA.

8. The NCAA and ESPN shall have the authority to withdraw permission for the use of highlights by appropriate notice at any time and for any reason.

9. Under no circumstances may any highlights be broadcast or otherwise distributed on the Internet or via any other on-line service or computer service without the prior approval of NCAA or its footage license designee and ESPN.

10. Neither these policies nor the rights granted herein may be assigned or otherwise transferred in any manner without the prior approval of the NCAA.

11. Use of highlights constitutes acceptance of these policies in the form of a licensing agreement between the telecaster and the NCAA. Please contact the NCAA’s footage licensing representative, Bret Wilhoite, Thought Equity (phone: 303/308-3236; email: [email protected]) if you wish to obtain a license.

INTERVIEW POLICIES

News conferences will be conducted on the day before each game and immediately following each game. The host media coordinator and basketball committee representatives will have the authority to designate and require any student-athlete to attend any news conference. Each participating institution shall make student-athletes available at all scheduled news conferences. All interviews at the facility shall occur in the media interview room or the locker room area.

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1. Cameras and Recorders. All electronic media, recording the proceedings in the interview room, will be required to use the connecting devices provided by Hammond Communications. No individual filming of the interviews will be permitted.

2. Courtside Audio. Hammond Communications will provide feeds of crowd noise (“international sound”) and audio from postgame news conferences to courtside radio broadcast locations.

3. Telephone Interviews. Coaches or student-athletes may not conduct interview requests via telephone until 30 minutes after the cooling-off period ends, or until their postgame obligations to all attending media have been met, whichever comes later.

4. Uplink. Hammond Communications will uplink all formal news conferences.

5. Locker Rooms.

a. Game Days. The locker rooms will be open to the media for a maximum of 30 minutes after the cooling-off period ends. Student-athletes, who do not play in the game and student-athletes selected for drug testing, may depart earlier.

The head coach has the option to allow ESPN representatives and their team videographer into the locker room before the game and during the cooling-off period. These representatives must depart the locker room after the cooling-off period, if the NCAA sports sciences staff must notify student-athletes that they have been selected for drug testing.

b. Practice Days. On practice days, any of each team’s top five student-athletes, who are not in the media interview room and any others requested by the media, shall be available to the media in the locker room area during the time the coach and selected student-athletes are participating in the news conference. A representative of each institution’s sports information staff and media coordination committee shall be in the area and will coordinate interview requests.

c. Cell Phone and Electronic Devices. Student-athletes are prohibited from using cell phones or any other electronic devices during the time the locker room is open to the media. 6. Pregame News Conferences.

a. Day Before First and Second Round. Each head coach and a minimum of two first- team student-athletes will participate in each news conference. No more than three players should attend.

7. Postgame News Conferences.

a. Cooling-Off Period. A cooling-off period has been established for a coach to be with the student-athletes in the locker room after each game. The period begins when the head coach reaches the locker room area immediately following the game or the four- minute window for interviews with ESPN, Westwood One/NCAA Radio Network and/or an institution’s radio network. The period will be five minutes for the winning team; 15 minutes for the losing team. A coach may shorten the cooling-off period, but may not extend it.

b. Selected Media Policy. Except for those entities noted, no interviews may take place during the cooling-off period, nor may representatives of the institution shoot video or

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conduct radio interviews on behalf of a media agency. Should a coach permit one media representative to enter the locker room before the cooling-off period has ended, the locker room will be open to all other media representatives requesting access. Neither coaches nor student-athletes may submit to interview requests via telephone until their obligations to the media at the site have been met.

c. Format. The postgame interview sessions should adhere to the following 20-minute format:

(1) Two (2) minutes maximum for an overview by the head coach.

(2) Eight (8) minutes maximum for questions of the student-athletes.

(3) Dismiss the student-athletes when there are no more questions.

(4) Ten (10) minutes maximum for questions for the head coach. d. Obligation of Coach. Regardless of any personal/institutional regular-season radio or television contracts, the coach is first obligated to the entire media staffing the tournament and must report to the interview room immediately after the cooling-off period ends. After fulfilling this commitment to the media staffing the tournament, the coach and student-athletes may participate in other interviews.

The coach cannot delay a postgame interview with the attending media to conduct a program for a single newspaper, radio or television reporter, unless requested to grant a short interview by ESPN, Westwood One/NCAA Radio Network and/or an institution’s radio network as noted herein.

e. Order of Appearance. The winning coach and players shall be scheduled in the interview room before the losing coach and players.

f. Interview Room Designation. During each Division I women’s basketball championship game, the host media coordinator shall work in collaboration with a representative of each participating institution’s sports information staff to identify two student-athletes designated to report to the interview room with the head coach, at the conclusion of the cooling-off period. The host media coordinator shall distribute the names of these individuals to the media no later than the 10:00 mark of the second half of the game. The host media coordinator may also designate a student-athlete not previously named, to join or replace a representative(s) in the designated group should the student-athlete’s game performance merit it.

g. ESPN and Westwood One/NCAA Radio Network/Originating Radio Network Postgame Interviews. If requested, the winning coach and winning student-athletes shall grant postgame interviews, not to exceed four minutes, to ESPN, Westwood One/NCAA Radio Network and/or its respective originating radio network, provided it is still providing live coverage from the facility.

The networks cannot inordinately delay the coaches’ and student-athletes’ return to the locker room. If the networks are not prepared to conduct live interviews immediately, it will be necessary for the interviews to be taped. The interview with the losing coach must be conducted off the court, near the locker room.

ESPN will have the first choice of individuals to interview, then Westwood One/NCAA Radio Network, then the institution’s network. All interviews must be concluded within four minutes of the end of the game. The NCAA will be responsible for terminating the four-minute interview period, not ESPN or the radio networks.

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Tournament Facts

This is first NCAA championship of any type hosted by the University of Pittsburgh.

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Facility Records

[Women’s basketball records at the Petersen Events Center to be inserted.]

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ESPN Catering SID Meeting Admin. Meeting Elevator 3 to:

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