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13 Media Information Duke Sports Information Office The 2007-08 edition of the Women’s Basketball Media Guide has been published to provide pertinent information concerning Blue Devil basketball and to assist Office Phone: (919) 684-2633 the media in its continuing coverage of Duke Women’s Basketball. Office Fax: (919) 684-2489 Overnight Address: Athletic Web Site: www.GoDuke.com Duke SID Office, Room 115, Services The Duke Sports Information staff will provide programs, pregame notes and statistics, Jon Jackson, Assoc. AD/Communications Durham, N.C. 27708 halftime and final box scores, game play-by-play, postgame notes and postgame quotes Email: [email protected] to all credentialed media. Statistics will be distributed at halftime and following the game. Art Chase, Director Phones will be available for the working press located in the Sports Information Office Email: [email protected] in 115 Cameron Indoor Stadium. The fax number is (919) 684-2489. Lindy Brown, Associate Director (WBB) Office Phone: (919) 684-2664 Email Cell Phone: (919) 599-9821 The Duke Sports Information Office has the capability to send out releases via email. Email: [email protected] If you would like to receive Duke women’s basketball information through this channel, Matt Plizga, Associate Director please call or email Associate SID Lindy Brown at (919) 684-2664 or Email: [email protected] [email protected]. Ben Blevins, Assistant Director Email: [email protected] Coach P & Player Interviews Maegan Azpiazu, Staff Assistant Email: [email protected] Duke Head Coach Joanne P. McCallie is generally available in the mornings and after Chris Cook, Staff Assistant practice in the early evenings. Player interviews during the week must be arranged Email: [email protected] through the Sports Information Office by calling Lindy Brown at (919) 684-2664. Phone Lindy Brown John Crisafulli, Staff Assistant interviews with out-of-town media can also be arranged. All interview requests should SID For Women’s Email: [email protected] be made at least one day in advance and the best time for interviews is generally before Basketball Curtis Snyder, Dir. of Internet Operations or after practice. Email: [email protected] Lee Aldridge, Asst. Director Internet Operations Email: [email protected] Paulette Rogers, Administrative Assistant Email: [email protected]

Ticket Information Tickets to Duke Women’s Basketball games can be purchased through the Duke Ticket Office by calling (919) 681-2583 or (877) 375-3853. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.GoDuke.com.

Credentials All media and photographers attending Duke basketball home games must wear proper media credentials. Requests for credentials should be made in advance by mail, email or fax on company stationery and directed to Associate Sports Information Director Lindy Brown. Duke reserves the right to refuse any credential request deemed not to be in the best interest of the University.

Facilities All home Blue Devil basketball games are played at Cameron Indoor Stadium, located at the end of Whitford Drive across from . Cameron Indoor Stadium can also be reached from Towerview Road.

Parking Parking for the media is available for home contests. Working press can request parking passes from Associate Sports Information Director Lindy Brown. All requests should be made in advance by mail, email or fax.

Media Accommodations During the game, media will be seated at tables located on the floor level on the west side of Cameron Indoor Stadium. Media guides, notes and statistics, as well as work

14 areas, are located in the press room on the north side of Cameron. The room will be 2007-08 Media Guide Credits open prior to the game, at halftime and after the game for postgame interviews.

Photography Working Media Filing Space • Max Turner Print and electronic media planning to file postgame reports will work in the media room • Duke University Photography - in Cameron Indoor Stadium. The work area has 10 phone lines available for local, charge Jon Gardiner card, toll free and collect calls only. Space is limited and is on a first-come, first-serve • Jeffrey Camarati • Grant Halverson basis. Wireless internet service is also available in Cameron Indoor Stadium. The • USA Basketball username and password will be posted in the press room for each contest. • Steve Maikoski/USA Basketball • Kent Smith/NBAE/Getty Images • Joe Murphy/NBAE/Getty Images • David Sherman, WNBA/Getty Images • Mitchell Layton, WNBA • Stephen Slade • Allison Shirreffs, WBCA Editor/Designer • Dana Hinman, WBCA • Lindy Brown, Duke Associate SID • Cornell University Photography Women’s Basketball SID • Blanton Studios REDITS• Washington Examiner Editorial Contributors C • MSG Photos • Maegan Azpiazu, Staff Assistant • Kelly Kline Photography • Barry Uhrman • Orin Day • Rob Clough • Charles Herskowitz • Roy Kwon • Damrob Photography • Alexa Farmer (damrob.com.au) • Hattie Cutcliffe • Pacers Sports & Entertainment • David Henshall • USA Basketball • Duke Sports Information Staff/Students • The McCallie School • Art Chase, Sports Information Director • Women’s Basketball Staff Graphic Design • Grant Hawkins Design Printing Dallas, Texas • Future Graphics Zebulon, N.C. Adam Barnes (Account Rep)

Radio Information The radio broadcast booths are located on the east side of the stadium and are suspended from the ceiling. Access to the booths is through section six off the upper concourse. One phone line with voice coupler and one business phone line will be provided by Duke free of charge to the visiting radio network as designated by that school’s sports information office. ACC institutions will have Switch 56 capabilities at their site. Additional lines must be ordered directly from Tony Williams, Duke Tel-Com, at (919) 660-7221.

Post-Game Policies Duke Head Coach Joanne P. McCallie and selected players will participate in a postgame press conference in Cameron Indoor Stadium’s media room immediately after all games. Opposing head coaches and players will also be available for postgame interviews in the same room. Towards the end of the game a representative of the Duke Sports Information Office will poll the media to find out whom they would like to interview The 2006-07 Duke Women’s Basketball after the contest. Media Guide is a publication of the Duke Sports Information office. Sports Information The 2001-02 Duke women’s The 2006-07 Duke women’s The Duke Sports Information Office is located in room 115 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. basketball media guide, designed/ basketball media guide, designed/ The phone number, fax number and mailing address are as follows: Duke University edited by Lindy Brown, placed edited by Lindy Brown, placed fifth Sports Information; 115 Cameron Indoor Stadium; Box 90557, Durham, N.C. 27708; second nationally in the CoSIDA nationally in the CoSIDA Publications Phone: (919) 684-2633; Fax: (919) 684-2489. Publications Contest. The contest Contest. The contest was for was for Division I institutions and Division I institutions and received received 102 entries. 75 entries.

15 Duke Radio Network Atlantic Coast Conference The Duke Radio Network provides coverage for the Blue Devils during the season on WDNC-AM 620 in Media Services Durham, N.C. Steve Barnes is in his ninth year as the voice of the Blue Devils, while Missy Anderson Teleconference handles color commentary duties for the ninth season. The Duke Radio Network is operated by Moore The 12 ACC basketball coaches will be featured on two teleconferences, which will Productions of Durham. take place on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008, and Tuesday, March 4, 2008. Each coach will have approximately 8-10 minutes to make an opening statement and answer questions. There will be an instant replay of each teleconference beginning later in the afternoon on the conference web site. The media telephone number is (913) 312-6672.

January 9, 2008 & March 4, 2008 10:00-10:10 Mike Petersen, WF 10:10-10:20 Beth Dunkenberger, VT 10:20-10:30 , UVA 10:30-10:40 , NCSU 10:40-10:50 , UNC 10:50-11:00 , UM 11:00-11:10 , MD 11:10-11:20 MaChelle Joseph, GT 11:20-11:30 , FSU 11:30-11:40 Joanne P. McCallie, DU 11:40-11:50 Cristy McKinney, CU GoDuke.com 11:50-12:00 Cathy Inglese, BC For unparalleled coverage of Blue Devil women’s basketball and the entire intercollegiate athletics department at Duke, access the world wide web at GoDuke.com. The official Conference Honors site of Duke athletics features the latest technological advances, plus in-depth coverage Each week, the ACC Women’s Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week are of Duke players, coaches and staff. selected. The players are announced Monday afternoon and appear in the weekly press release. Players and Rookies of the Week are chosen by a select panel of Duke fans will also get the latest media notes, player biographies and happenings of the media representatives within the ACC region from nominations provided by the Duke women’s basketball program. In addition, player chats, audio, video, press league’s sports information directors. conferences and diaries can be accessed. Get inside Duke Basketball with GoDuke.com. The Associated Press/ACSWA All-ACC teams, All-Freshman Team, Coach of the Year, Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year are selected in a vote by members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Writers Association (ACSWA). The ACC All-Defensive team is selected by the head coaches. The All-ACC teams and All-Freshman Team will be announced the week of the tournament and individual honors will be announced during the tournament.

www.theACC.com Keep up with ACC women’s basketball through the conference’s web site at www.theACC.com. League standings, statistics and releases are posted on the site, which also includes links to all other ACC schools.

Lindsey Rogers, Associate Director of Media Relations ACC Media Relations Office (336) 851-6062 (office) (336) 854-8797 (fax) [email protected]

16 Throughout the last nine years, the Duke women’s basketball program has become a national powerhouse. The Blue Devils have advanced to the national championship game twice, won five ACC championships and advanced to the NCAA Final Four four times. With the success of the program, Duke has garnered a great deal of television coverage and 2007-08 will be no different with 13 regular season contests scheduled to be televised. Over the last nine years, the Blue Devils have been seen 128 different times on television. The broadcast team for the 2007-08 ACC season will be the duo of Debbie Antonelli and Beth Mowins as well as Charlene Curtis and Mike Hogewood. They will handle all games on the regional sports networks. Antonelli, who has served as a color commentator for the WNBA and ABL while also working the sideline as a reporter for CBS at the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, will serve as the ACC’s lead analyst for the 10th consecutive season. Mowins, who enters her ninth season with ACC Live, is no stranger to the college basketball scene. She has made appearances on several national networks over the past 12 years and has also served as co-host of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament selection show and was a sideline reporter for CBS at the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.

Beth Mowins (left) and Debbie Antonelli (right) enter their ninth year calling Duke 2007-08 Regular Season ACC Women’s Basketball. Television Schedule

Date Opponent Location TV Time Nov. 11 Denver Denver, Colo. FSNRM 6:00 PM Nov. 15 South Florida Tampa, Fla. ESPNU 7:00 PM Dec. 2 Penn State University Park, Pa. ESPN2 5:00 PM Jan. 11 Florida State Durham, N.C. RSN 7:00 PM Jan. 14 Maryland College Park, Md. ESPN2 7:00 PM Jan. 20 N.C. State Durham, N.C. RSN 1:00 PM Jan. 28 Tennessee Durham, N.C. ESPN2 7:00 PM Feb. 1 Virginia Tech Durham, N.C. RSN 7:00 PM Feb. 4 Durham, N.C. ESPN2 7:00 PM Feb. 17 Maryland Durham, N.C. FSN 5:30 PM Feb. 22 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va. RSN 7:00 PM Feb. 24 Virginia Durham, N.C. RSN 12:30 PM March 2 North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. FSN 5:30 PM

Carrem Gay is seen being interviewed after Duke defeated Virginia in the ACC Tournament in 2007.

17 Newspapers Wire Service Television Stations

Durham Herald-Sun Associated Press NEWS 14 CAROLINA PO Box 2092, Durham, N.C. 27702 4800 Six Forks Rd., Suite 210, 2505 Atlantic Ave., Suite 102, Jimmy Dupree (se), Jack Daly (beat), Raleigh, N.C. 27609 Raleigh, N.C. 27604 Frank Dascenzo (column) Aaron Beard, Joedy McCreary Jim Connors (sd) Phone: (919) 419-6673 Fax: (919) 419-6889 Email: [email protected], [email protected] Phone: (919) 882-4230 Fax: (919) 882-4045 Email: [email protected] Phone: (919) 510-8937 Fax: (919) 783-9184 Email: [email protected] Web: www.herald-sun.com Newsroom: [email protected] Web: www.news14.com

Raleigh News & Observer Campus-Related Newspapers WNCN-TV (NBC 17) 215 S. McDowell St., Raleigh, N.C. 27601 1205 Front Street, Raleigh, N.C. 27609 Sherry Johnson (se), Rachel Carter (beat), Duke Chronicle Chad Sokol, Maya Starks Caulton Tudor (column) Box 4696, Duke Station, Durham, N.C. 27708 Phone: (919) 835-6339 Fax: (919) 836-1687 Phone: (919) 829-4560 Fax: (919) 829-4888 Meredith Shiner (se) Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: (919) 684-2663 Fax: (919) 684-4696 Web: www.nbc17.com Web: www.newsobserver.com Email: [email protected] Web: www.dukechronicle.edu WRAL-TV (CBS 5) Burlington Times-News PO Box 12000, Raleigh, N.C. 27605 707 South Main St., Burlington, N.C. 27215 Blue Devil Weekly Dane Huffman (sd), Jeff Gravley, Bob Holliday, Bob Sutton (se), Adam Smith 719 Broad St., Durham, N.C. 27705 Brad Simmons, Tom Suiter Phone: (800) 488-0085 Fax: (336) 229-2463 John Roth (editor) Phone: (919) 821-8595 Fax: (919) 821-8541 Email: [email protected] Phone: (919) 286-1498 Fax: (919) 286-0538 Email: [email protected], Web: www.thetimesnews.com Email: [email protected] [email protected] Web: www.wral.com Charlotte Observer PO Box 32188, Charlotte, N.C. 28232 Radio Stations WRAZ-TV (FOX 50) Mike Persinger (se), Harry Pickett (ase), PO Box 30050, Durham, N.C., 27702 Ron Green, Jr. Duke Radio Network Dane Huffman (sd), Jeff Gravley, Bob Holliday, Phone: (704) 358-5125 Fax: (704) 358-5110 719 Broad St., Durham, N.C. 27705 Brad Simmons, Tom Suiter Email: [email protected] Steve Barnes (play-by-play) Phone: (919) 821-8600 Fax: (919) 821-8541 Ken Tysiac (beat) Phone: (919) 557-5291 Fax: (919) 286-0538 Email: [email protected], Phone: (919) 388-9830 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Web: www.charlotte.com/observer Missy Anderson (color) Web: www.fox50.com Phone: (919) 286-1498 Fax: (919) 286-0538 Greensboro News & Record Email: [email protected] WTVD-TV (ABC 11) PO Box 20848, Greensboro, N.C. 27420-0848 PO Box 2009, Durham, N.C. 27702 Joe Sirera (se), Jim Young and Rob Daniels (ACC WDNC Radio (620 AM) Tony Debo, Joe Mazur, Mark Armstrong writers), Ed Hardin (colmunist) 4601 Six Forks Rd., Suite 520, Phone: (919) 687-2324 Fax: (919) 687-4373 Phone: (336) 373-7062 Fax: (336) 373-7067 Raleigh, N.C. 27609 Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Email: [email protected] Adam Gold (sd) Web: www.abc11tv.com Web: www.news-record.com Phone: (919) 875-9100 Fax: (919) 510-6990 Email: [email protected] Internet The Dispatch 30 East First Ave., Lexington, N.C. 27292 WPTF Radio (680 AM) 3012 Highwoods Blvd., Suite 200, DWHoops.com Mike Duprez (se) P.O. Box 13276 Phone: (336) 249-3981 Fax: (336) 249-0712 Raleigh, N.C. 27604 Phone: (919) 878-1724 Fax: (919) 876-5291 Durham, N.C. 27709 Email: [email protected] Orin Day, Rob Clough (editors) Web: www.the-dispatch.com Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Phone: (919) 956-2865 Fax: (919) 668-7345 Email: [email protected] Winston-Salem Journal Web: www.dwhoops.com PO Box 3159, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27102 WRBZ Radio (850 AM) Terry Oberle (se), Bill Cole (beat), 4601 Six Forks Rd., Suite 520, Lenox Rawlings (column) Raleigh, N.C. 27609 Phone: (336) 727-7321 Fax: (336) 727-4083 Adam Gold (sd) Email: [email protected] Phone: (919) 875-9100 Fax: (919) 510-6990 Web: www.journalnow.com Email: [email protected]

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