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MEDIA MEDIA 217 Media Services and Policies 218 Media Directory 219 Directions to Duquesne/Campus Map 220 217 2017-18 Duquesne Basketball Media Supplement Media Information MEDIA SERVICES AND POLICIES We hope the 2017-18 Duquesne University men’s basketball me- VISTING RADIO/TELEVISION Radio and television stations must acquire permission to broadcast Duquesne dia supplement helps you in your coverage of Dukes basketball. University home games. Contact Dave Saba, Associate AD/Athletics Media Below is an outline of some of the services the media relations Relations, regarding broadcast access. Three POTS lines and a hard-wired office provides. Please feel free to contact the DU media relations Ethernet port are available for visiting radio. VISITING RADIO IS LOCAT- ED AT THE FOUL LINE, ACROSS FROM THE VISITORS’ BENCH. Three office for assistance. can sit comfortably in the area provided. An iPad that updates player statistics during the game will also be provided. You will need to bring long phone cords CREDENTIALS to plug into the telephone jacks which are clearly labeled and located at mid- Credentials are issued to members of the working media only. Work space at court. Radio stations serving as the official carrier of Atlantic 10 Conference Palumbo Center is limited. Children and other non-workers are not permitted school broadcasts have first right to the telephone lines. Additional lines may on press row. Credential requests should be made via e-mail or text message to be installed at the A.J. Palumbo Center at the broadcaster’s expense by calling Dave Saba in advance of each game. Passes will be left at the table inside the the Telecommunications Office at 412-396-6059. doors of the media entrance (located on the northeast side of the Palumbo Cen- ter off of Forbes Avenue). Credentials will be available at the media entrance INTERVIEW POLICY 90 minutes prior to tip-off. Student-athlete interviews are arranged through the media relations office. We will do our best to coordinate an interview time that is convenient for both PARKING the athlete and media member. (We ask that you keep in mind between class, Media parking is located in the Surface Lot located a half-block before the practice and study hall, an athlete’s schedule can be pretty full.) Palumbo Center on the left side of Forbes Avenue. Those who request creden- tials will be placed on the gate list. Physical parking passes are not distributed. WWW.GODUQUESNE.COM Your name will be checked off either at entry or when you leave depending on Members of the media are encouraged to keep up with the latest in Duquesne the time of the game. athletics at www.GoDuquesne.com. Stats, results and game notes are updated daily in an effort to provide the latest happenings on the Bluff. An electonic PRESS ROW media supplement/record book will be available online prior to the season. Media seating is located at courtside, opposite the team benches as well as the In addition, game notes and updated stats for every game are uploaded in a west baseline. SEATING IS FOR MEMBERS OF THE WORKING MEDIA timely manner. ONLY. Duquesne University and the United States Basketball Writers Asso- ciation remind each member of the media that press row is a working area. ADDITIONAL MEDIA CONTENT Cheering for either team will not be tolerated. Highlights and video of Duquesne’s post-game press conference are posted at www.GoDuquesne.com following each home game. WIRELESS Wireless internet service is available in both the main arena and media room. DUQUESNE MEDIA RELATIONS STAFF Contact a media relations office representative for password information. Dave Saba (MBB Contact) • Associate AD/Media Relations IN-GAME MEDIA Office 412-396-5861 Live statistics via Gametracker & StatBroadcast (www.duqstats.com) as well Cell 412-225-5317 as streaming video of all Duquesne home games is available at GoDuquesne. e-mail [email protected] com. Gametracker, StatBroadcast and streaming video are all provided free of charge. Liam Halferty • Asst. Director of Media Relations • (Secondary MBB Contact) Office 412-396-5376 Cell 412-508-1692 PRESS ROW SERVICE e-mail [email protected] Box scores and play-by-play summarires will be distributed to the media at halftime. Final box scores and full statistical booklets will be available in the Ryan Gavatorta • Asst. Director of Media Relations • (WBB Contact) media room following the game. In addition, both print and electronic media Office 412-396-6560 will have access to in-game statistics via electronic devices (a limited number Cell 412-418-6569 of iPads will be provided to working media). StatBroadcast stats may also be e-mail [email protected] accessed on personal laptops or portable electronic devices. Athletics Website www.GoDuquesne.com MEDIA ROOM University Website www.duq.edu The media room is located off the main arena court in the Aloe Suite at the Mail/Overnight Address Duquesne University - Athletics Media Relations southeast corner of the Palumbo Center (off the right side of press row as you A.J. Palumbo Center, Room 124 face the court). Game rosters and game notes are available 90 minutes prior 600 Forbes Avenue • Pittsburgh, Pa. 15282 to game time. A pre-game meal will also be served 60 minutes prior to tip-off. Rest rooms are located in the upper concourse or at Gate A. PHOTOGRAPHERS ATLANTIC 10 DIGITAL NETWORK The NCAA has established a policy to control congestion in the photo areas All non-televised Duquesne home games are streamed live in HD during basketball games. ONLY PHOTOGRAPHERS ON ASSIGNMENT AND/OR WORKING TELEVISION MEDIA WILL BE GRANTED CRE- on the Atlantic 10 Digital Network. To access the free service, go to DENTIALS. Camera persons may work along the baseline ONLY - on either www.GoDuquesne.com and click the “Watch Live” link on the top right. end of the court, but not exactly under the basket support. Photographers must Once on the All-Access page, click live events. Non-televised confer- be seated beyond the black dashed line on the baseline at all times. ence road games will also be part of the digital network (with viewing subscription fees varying by school). POST-GAME Both head coaches, only if requested by multiple media members, and se- lected players will be brought to the media room following the NCAA-man- dated 10-minute “cooling off” period at DU home games. THE DUQUESNE STATBROADCAST LOCKER ROOM IS CLOSED TO MEDIA. On the road, if an interview area Duquesne will once again offer StatBroadcast for live, in-game statisti- is not provided, Duquesne players and coaches will be available outside the cal updates. To access the service, please log on to: locker room. After each game, the Duquesne head coach will meet with the team, then do a brief radio show at courtside, before meeting with the media. http://duquesne.statbroadcast.com 218 2017-18 Duquesne Basketball Media Supplement Media Information MEDIA DIRECTORY PRINT INTERNET DUKES ON THE RADIO Associated Press, 11 Stanwix St., Pittsburgh, DK Pittsburgh Sports, Chris Mueller, beat Duquesne University men’s basketball will air live Pa. 15222. 412-281-3747. ap.org. (Will Graves, writer. email: [email protected]. twit- on 1320 WJAS AM in 2017-18. writer). ter @bychrismueller. Dukes’ broadcasts will also air on iHeartRadio, the industry leading free digital radio service. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 34 Boulevard of the DYSTPittsburgh Sports, Zac Weiss, beat Ray Goss, who broadcast his first Duquesne Allies, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15222. 412-263-1621. writer. email: [email protected]. twit- basketball games as a student sports director at post-gazette.com. (TBA, assistant managing ter @ZacharyMWeiss. DU in 1957, is beginning his 50th season as the editor/sports; Sarah Spencer, beat writer; Gene play-by-play “Voice of the Dukes.” Goss, a 1994 Collier, Ron Cook, Joe Starkey columnists). Pittsburgh Sports Now, Scott Elliott, beat inductee to the Duquesne University Sports Hall writer. email: [email protected]. twitter email: [email protected]. Spencer of Fame, has called the action for nearly half of all email: [email protected]; twitter @ @MiddlenameScott. DU games ever contested. He has described the sarah_k_spence. action for two NCAA Tournament teams and eight Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (online only), RADIO Dukes National Invitation Tournament squads. D.L. Clark Building, Third Floor, 503 Martindale Goss is joined by eighth-year color man Jarrett 970 ESPN (WBGG-AM), 200 Fleet Street, Durham. Durham, a member of the Duquesne Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15212. 412-321-6460. Fourth Floor, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15220. 412-937- Sports Hall of Fame & All-Century Team, helped triblive.com. (Kevin Smith, sports editor; TBA, 1441. 970espn.com. (Gregg Henson, program Duquesne to a 59-16 record and three consecu- beat writer; Kevin Gorman columnist). email: director/sports content director/host, Stan [email protected]. Savran, Adam Crowley talk show hosts). tive post-season appearances as a player from 1969-71. The Aliquippa, Pa. native was also a Duquesne Duke - Student Newspaper, WDVE-FM (102.5), 200 Fleet St., Pittsburgh, successful head coach, leading Robert Morris Duquesne University, 417 Des Places Language Pa. 15220. 412-397-1441. dve.com. (Mike to three NCAA tournament appearances in 12 Center, 1320 Stevenson St., Pittsburgh, Pa. Prisuta, sports director). seasons from 1984-85 through 1995-96. Durham, 15282. 412-396-6629. theduquesneduke.com. who was inducted to the Robert Morris Athletic (Adam Lindner, sports editor). email: lindnera1@ WXDX-FM (105.9), 200 Fleet St., Pittsburgh, Hall of Fame in the fall of 2010 as the school’s duq.edu. (David Borne, writer). email: borned@ Pa. 15220. 412-397-1441. Fax: 412-397-0323.