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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

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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. all-time winningest men’s basketball coach, duq.edu. 1059thex.com. (Bob McLaughlin producer, Mark has the distinction of having been part of the Madden talk show host). NCAA tournament in four decades: as a player at Pittsburgh Sports Report, 40 Lincoln Way, Duquesne in 1969 & 1971, as an assistant coach at Suite 301, Irwin, Pa. 15642. 412-469-9770. KDKA-AM (1020), 651 Holiday Dr., Building 5, Robert Morris in 1982 & 1983 and as a head coach pittsburghsportsreport.com. (Ellis Cannon, pub- Pittsburgh, Pa. 15220. 412-920-9400. pitts- lisher; Tony DeFazio, managing editor; (various at RMU in 1989, 1990 & 1992. burgh.cbslocal.com. (Jeff Hathhorn, anchor/ The 2017-18 season marks Duquesne’s 72nd contributing college basketball writers). email: director/reporter). [email protected]. on the airwaves. On Jan. 2, 1947, Joe Tucker, the longtime play-by-play voice of the Pittsburgh 93.7 FM The Fan (KDKA-FM), 651 Holiday Steelers, teamed with Rege Cordic to describe TELEVISION Drive, Building 5, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15220. 412-920-9400. pittsburgh.cbslocal.com. (Jim a 55-45 Dukes win over Holy Cross live from AT&T SportsNet, 323 North Shore Drive, Suite Graci, program director; Jeff Hathhorn, sports Duquesne Gardens in DU’s first radio broadcast. 200, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15212. 412-316-3800. director/anchor; Jim Colony, Eric Hagman, Mike In Clear Channel, Duquesne is partnered with Fax: 412-316-3800. pittsburgh.rootsports.com. Kearney, Justin McKim, Rober Suhr anchors; Pittsburgh’s premier radio group for local sports (Shawn McClintock, senior vice president/gen- Ron Cook, Tab Douglas, Colin Dunlap, Andrew play-by-play and programming. In addition to the eral manager; Doug Johnson, vice president/ Fillipponi, Dan Kingerski, Amy Lawrence, Chris Dukes, Clear Channel also carries the Pittsburgh executive producer; Roger Lenhart, coordinating Mack, Josh Miller, Chris Mueller, Bob Pompeani, Steelers and Pittsburgh Penguins among others. producer; Stan Savran, Rob King, Dan Potash, Joe Starkey, Paul Zeise, talk show hosts). Beyond the game, Clear Channel Radio also Paul Alexander, Rob Incmikoski on air). features a 24/7 sports radio outlet (ESPN 970 – WBGG), players and coaches shows across all KDKA-TV (Ch. 2 Pittsburgh - CBS), 420 Fort stations, and the best in local sports talent: Mark Duquesne Blvd., Suite 100, Pittsburgh, Pa. Madden (WXDX), Mike Prisuta (WDVE) and Stan 15222. 412-575-2215. pittsburgh.cbslocal.com. Savran and Adam Crowley (WBGG). (Josh Taylor, sports producer; Bob Pompeani and Rich Walsh, on air).

WPXI-TV (Ch. 11 Pittsburgh - NBC), 4145 Ev- ergreen Road, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15214. 412-237- 1212. wpxi.com. (Mark Masa, producer; Alby ATLANTIC 10 Oxenreiter, Chase Williams, Bill Phillips, on air). DIGITAL NETWORK , 400 WTAE-TV (Ch. 4 Pittsburgh – ABC) All non-televised Duquesne home games Ardmore Boulevard, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15221. 412- will be streamed live in HD on the Atlantic 10 244-4659. thepittsburghchannel.com. (Andrew Digital Network. To access the free service, Stockey, director/on air, Guy Junker, Ryan go to www.GoDuquesne.com and click All- Recker on air). Access. Once on the All-Access page, click live events. Non-televised conference road games will also be part of the digital network (with viewing subscription fees varying by school).

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DIRECTIONS TO A.J. PALUMBO CENTER Pittsburgh International Airport is located 19 miles (approximately 30 min.) west of Downtown Pittsburgh and Duquesne University. Allow more time if traveling during morning or evening rush hour. For web mapping purposes use the following as a street address for campus: DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY 600 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15282

From the Airport — WEST From the SOUTH Take I-376 East from the airport exit. Follow signs for Pittsburgh. You will Take I-79 North to Exit 59A (I-376 East) toward Pittsburgh, continue to the enter the downtown area through the Fort Pitt Tunnel/Fort Pitt Bridge. Stay city as described above (from the airport). in the right lane through the tunnel and over the bridge. Veer right at the end of the bridge and follow signs for Monroeville/I-376. Merge into the left lane From the EAST and take Exit #71A (Grant Street). Follow Grant Street to Forbes Avenue and Exit the Pennsylvania Turnpike at Monroeville (Pittsburgh Exit #57) and fol- turn right. Follow Forbes Avenue (0.2 miles) to the Forbes Avenue surface lot low I-376 West to Exit #71B (Blvd. of the Allies/Liberty Bridge). Stay in right (on left). lane. The road will split into a “Y”, keep right. This takes you onto the cam- pus of Duquesne University. On football game days, you must make a right From the NORTH on Stevenson Street, cross Forbes Avenue and make a left on Fifth Avenue. Take I-79 South and veer left to Exit #72 (I-279 South). Follow I-279 to Exit Proceed to Washington Place and make a left (the McAnulty Drive entrance #2A (I-579 South) on right. Take the Veterans Memorial Bridge across the to campus will be directly in front of you. Forbes Avenue surface parking is Allegheny River to the 6th and 7th Avenue Exit. Follow signs to PPG Paints located on the left-hand side of the street (just past the Power Center and Red Arena. At the traffic light when the Marriott City Center is on your right, make Ring Restaurant). a right onto Washington Place. To get to the Forbes Avenue surface lot, make a left at the third light onto Forbes Avenue. Forbes Avenue surface parking is located on the left-hand side of the street (just past the Power Center and Red http://www.duq.edu/about/campus/map-and-directions Ring Restaurant).

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