Media Relations Office The department is housed in suite 2525 of the Gaylord family-Oklahoma memorial Stadium, nearly two Media Relations miles north of the basketball arena. The office can be accessed by using Gate 7 on the north side of the Media Policies stadium. Credentials All members of the media covering the game in a working capacity must seek appropriate credentials Kenny Mossman Scott Matthews at least 24 hours in advance. Please e-mail associate director Jared Thompson with your request on Director of Graphic design company letterhead. credentials will be mailed if courier information is provided. credential requests Postgame Interviews Senior associate a.D. for communications After a 15-minute cooling-off period, Ou head coach Sherri coale and requested players will attend a Office: (405) 325-8223 E-mail: [email protected] will be accepted beginning Oct. 1. Office: (405) 325-8228 E-mail: [email protected] postgame media conference. The visiting team, unless they do not request a formal media conference, will always go first in the press conference room. Interview Policies Debbie Copp Oklahoma players and coaches are available for interviews throughout the season. arrangements must The media conference will be held in the same room that the pregame meal is served, across from the Mike Houck media work room. Jared Thompson will take player interview requests prior to the conclusion of the Director of Publications be made through Jared Thompson in the media Relations office at least 24 hours in advance. Home and Associate media Relations director game. Oklahoma and opponent locker rooms are closed to the media. Office: (405) 325-8367 E-mail: [email protected] cellular phone numbers of players and coaches will not be released. Office: (405) 325-8227 E-mail: [email protected] Press Row Road Game Credentials Media seating is located in the southwest corner of lloyd Noble center. The press row phone number is Media credentials for Ou road games can either be requested through Ou or the opponent media Jared Thompson Mitch Heckart (405) 325-1024. relations contact. Please be specific when requesting the type of credentials needed. Media Relations Graduate assistant Associate media Relations director (Women’s Basketball SID) Office: (405) 325-8299 E-mail: [email protected] Office: (405) 325-3671 E-mail: [email protected] Media Services Radio Phone Lines Pregame notes, flipcards, media guides, programs and statistics will be provided to working media prior Phone lines will be available and provided to Big 12 Conference opponents. In addition, Big 12 opponents to each game. at halftime, a box score and play-by-play will also be distributed in the media work room. will be provided with an iSDN line and ethernet access. Please contact Ou Telecommunications at (405) David Bassity Phillip Rogers a complete postgame packet, consisting of game notes, halftime and final box scores, shot charts and 325-1873 a week prior to the contest to ensure a working line if you are not a member of the Big 12 Media Relations Graduate assistant play-by-play, will be handed out approximately 20 minutes after the conclusion of the game. Conference. Assistant media Relations director Office: (405) 325-8368 E-mail: [email protected] Office: (405) 325-8571 E-mail: [email protected] Media Will Call/Lloyd Noble Center Telephone Lines The media entrance and the media will call is located at the south tunnel (check map on right) of the a limited number of telephone lines are available in the lloyd Noble center media work room. any Lloyd Noble center. Those picking up credentials will be required to furnish photo identification to the media representative desiring a private line to be installed court side or in the media work room should Cassie Gage OU Athletics Media Relations attendant. credentials will be ready one hour prior to tipoff and are available at media will call. media contact the Ou Telecommunications office at (405) 325-1873 at least five working days prior to the Assistant media Relations director representatives are strongly encouraged to park on the south end of the arena and enter through the requested game. Office: (405) 325-8372 E-mail: [email protected] Media Relations main Phone . (405) 325-8231 lower south entrance. Media Relations fax . (405) 325-7623 Travel Information For media travel information, contact Jared Thompson by e-mail, [email protected], or by phone University of Oklahoma athletics media Relations Media Work Room The media work room is located at the top of the south tunnel, west of the ramp. Game programs, flip at (405) 325-3671. Craig Moran Gaylord family - Oklahoma memorial Stadium Assistant media Relations director cards, media guides and pregame information sheets will be provided to the working media members Suite 2525, 180 W Brooks St, Norman, OK 73019 Office: (405) 325-6449 E-mail: [email protected] in this area. Halftime and final box scores, postgame notes and coaches and players quotes will also be available at this location. SoonerSports.com The Lloyd Noble Center Jason Matheson The latest official information on 2008-09 Ou women’s basketball is available at Parking There is reserved parking for working media in the south parking lot at the lloyd Noble center. Director of internet Services/SoonerSports.com SoonerSports.com. log on for complete media services including statistics, rosters, bios, Office: (405) 325-4274 E-mail: [email protected] game notes, schedules, press conferences, quotes and more. Practice Schedule The Ou women’s basketball team begins practice on friday, Oct. 17. Regular season practices are Tory Kukowski SoonerSportsMedia.com irregularly scheduled on weekday afternoons at the lloyd Noble center. The team will generally practice Media credentials for 2008-09 Ou home season will be handled by Jared Thompson. on the main floor at lNC. Please contact Jared Thompson at the Ou athletics media Relations office for Assistant director of internet Services/SoonerSports.com practice times. Practices are open to the media and public. If you plan to attend practice, advance Office: (405) 325-4283 E-mail: [email protected] Applications will be accepted via e-mail (see above) and can be sent to Thompson notice is required. beginning Oct. 1. if you did not cover Ou women’s basketball in 2007-08, the credential request must come from the sports editor or director. Photography Brandon Meier During regular season games, the credentialed photographers work area includes the floor area at both Executive director of Video Production/SoonerVision Oklahoma Women’s Basketball Online ends of the court, on the side opposite the team benches. Special arrangements for strobes or catwalk Office: (405) 325-8875 E-mail: [email protected] Official Ou athletics . SoonerSports.com access must be made through both the media Relations and lloyd Noble center offices. in the event Ou media Services . .SoonerSportsMedia.com of heavy requests for photo credentials for a particular game, shooting locations will be assigned. all Big 12 conference . Big12Sports.com photographs are to be used in coverage of Oklahoma basketball and cannot be sold for any commercial NCAA Statistics . NCAASports.com enterprise benefiting the photographer. The university of Oklahoma follows NCAA and Big 12 conference Dan Cavanaugh photography guidelines. Director of Broadcasting/SoonerVision Office: (405) 325-8318 E-mail: [email protected] Pregame Meals Pregame meals are furnished for all credentialed media. The meal is served across the hall from the PRESS ROW media work room. David Brown Assistant director/SoonerVision Office: (405) 325-8261 E-mail: [email protected] MEDIA ENTRANCE THROUGH SOUTH TUNNEL 184 SooNERSPORTS.COM | WELCOME TO THE SHOW OKLAHOMA BASKETBALL OFFICIAL TEAM GUIDE | 2008-09 185 Directions Broadcast Info Bob Carpenter Sooner Sports Properties Television Network The Sooner Sports Radio Network is produced and syndicated by Sooner Sports Properties, Play-By-Play - Sooner Sports the multimedia rights holder for athletics at the university of Oklahoma. Sooner Sports Properties is a joint venture of learfield communications, Renda Broadcasting (parent of flagship KOKC-AM and KRXO-FM) and Griffin Television (KWTV-9). Debbie Antonelli Sooner Sports Properties also produces and syndicates a variety of television shows and game Play-By-Play - Sooner Sports Television Network telecasts. The package includes 30-minute coach’s shows for Sherri coale, Bob Stoops and Jeff capel, 30-minute highlight shows for football and men’s basketball, plus up to eight live men’s basketball games and eight live women’s basketball games. Kenny Mossman Network affiliates include KWTV-9 and/or KAUT-UPN 43 in Oklahoma city, KWBT-TV 19 Color commentary - Sooner Sports Television Network in Tulsa, KOMI-TV 24 in Woodward and KSWO-TV in lawton. in addition to the broadcast programming for Ou athletics, Sooner Sports Properties has exclusive rights for corporate sales for advertising, event sponsorships, game promotions and cross-retail promotions, advertising sales and vending of game programs and the development of the official Ou Athletics web site, SoonerSports.com. Brian Brinkley Play-By-Play - Sooner Sports Radio Network Sooners On The Air The Oklahoma Radio Network brings Sooner fans closer to the action whenever the women’s basketball team takes to the court. KOKc (1520 AM) once again will broadcast Kendra Wecker every Ou women’s basketball game. Brian Brinkley, in his sixth season as the play-by-play Color commentary - Sooner Sports Radio Network commentator, and Kendra Wecker, in her first season as color analyst, voice the Ou Radio Network. Sooner fans throughout Oklahoma can follow every shot and rebound of Sherri coale’s team Inside Sooner Women’s Basketball on KOKC-AM. The regional network brings all the excitement of Ou basketball including This informative 30-minute show takes Sooner fans inside the inner workings of one of the pregame and postgame analysis to fans, alumni and basketball enthusiasts across the state.