With its success as a basketball program and its prominence in the Big East Conference, Pitt has enjoyed unprecedented national exposure with numerous television appearances and postseason berths. Pictured clockwise from top is Jamie Dixon with ESPN’s Jay Bilas; Jaron Brown with ESPN’s Dick Vitale; ESPN’s Bill Raftery interviewing Charles Smith and Jerome Lane in 1988; Julius Page with ESPN’s Len Elmore; Brandin Knight with CBS’s Lesley Visser; and Chris Taft with Bucky Waters. These individuals are just a few of the many faces covering Pitt basketball. MEMO TO THE MEDIA Associate media relations director Each visiting opponent SID Workroom, Media Interview Room, Greg Hotchkiss will coordinate all submits a list of attending media Press Row and basketball court. The PITT ATHLETIC requests and media activities for the members. To get on that list, please Media Interview Room is on your left, MEDIA RELATIONS men’s basketball program. He can inform the respective sports the Media Workroom is on your right be reached at (412) 648-8240. information contact. and the court/media seating may be PHONE: (412) 648-8240 accessed at the first hallway to your FAX: (412) 648-8248 CREDENTIALS MEDIA WILL CALL/ENTRANCE left. A media relations representative Credentials for Pitt home games All media members must pick up will be stationed at Media Will Call to MAILING ADDRESS: are issued to working media only credentials and enter the arena at assist you. Athletic Media Relations and should be requested as early as Media Will Call. Pitt’s Media Will Call/ University of Pittsburgh, P.O. Box 7436 possible due to space limitations, Media Entrance will open two hours PARKING Pittsburgh, PA 15213-0436 parking limitations and demand. All prior to tipoff. It is located at the Parking passes may only be credential requests should be made Miller Administrative Entrance off obtained/approved through the OVERNIGHT ADDRESS: online at www.sportssystems.com/ Terrace Street (across from the Athletic Media Relations Office. Athletic Media Relations pitthoops. University of Pittsburgh School of Parking is limited as all requests University of Pittsburgh Media members are required to Medicine) and to the left of the must be made at least 24 hours in Petersen Events Center make credential arrangements at Petersen Events Center’s main ticket advance of the game in question. 3719 Terrace Street least 24 hours in advance of the office. Due to time constraints, Media parking will be at a new Pittsburgh, PA 15261 game in question. credentials will not be mailed. location in 2006-07: O’Hara Garage. WEB SITE: Credentials are limited to Visiting radio and TV broadcasters/ Media members must access O’Hara www.pittsburghpanthers.com members of the working media only. producers may pick up their Garage off of University Drive (for A media pass allows accredited credentials at shootaround or directions, please refer to the map MEDIA RELATIONS STAFF: media access to the Media Interview through their respective sports on page 204). Media members must Assistant Athletic Director/ Room, Beano Cook Media Workroom, information contacts. call the Athletic Media Relations Office Media Relations Press Row and floor access for Once you have received your pass to confirm a parking space as a list E.J. Borghetti photographers/camera crews. Only at Media Will Call, follow the signs will be at the O’Hara Garage gate. Associate Director/ Web sites of each participating and proceed down the hallway to the Men’s Basketball Contact institution with contractual rights elevator. Take the elevator up to the INTERVIEW POLICY Greg Hotchkiss and accredited news Web sites will Event Level (EL) where you can The Athletic Media Relations Office be issued credentials. access the Beano Cook Media will assist all media personnel with Assistant Director Mendy Nestor 202 MEDIA ENTRANCE/WILL CALL AT THE PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER Media Relations Assistants Nicole Amato Sophia Duck Administrative Assistant LIVE TV Celeste Welsh TRUCK Head Statistician PARKING John Labriola Located on Sutherland coverage of Pitt basketball. All Drive. interviews with University of Pitt basketball student-athletes MUST be arranged through the Athletic Media Relations Office. Generally, Head Coach Jamie Dixon and selected players will be available for interviews two days prior to each MEDIA WILL game. Therefore, for a Wednesday CALL/MEDIA game, Monday would be the scheduled interview day at Petersen ENTRANCE Events Center. All practices are Located off closed to the media. If a media Terrace Street to member wishes to complete the left of the something more in-depth during the week, please contact Greg Hotchkiss ticket office. at (412) 648-8240 to arrange a (opens 2 hours time. No interviews will be con- prior to tipoff) ducted on game day. Players’ telephone numbers will not be released by the Media Relations Office. Out-of-town interview requests for Coach Dixon or any player must be made at least 48 hours in advance. Due to class, practice, game and study schedules, time is at a premium. Every effort will be made to fulfill requests. 2006-07 PITT BASKETBALL MEDIA INFORMATION PITTSBURGH’S 2006-07 ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS STAFF E.J. BORGHETTI GREG HOTCHKISS MENDY NESTOR NICOLE AMATO SOPHIA DUCK CELESTE WELSH Assistant Associate Director Assistant Media Relations Media Relations Administrative Athletic Director (Men’s Basketball) Director Assistant Assistant Assistant MEDIA SEATING ON PRESS ROW space designated. Be prepared to LIVE TV TRUCKS Pitt’s regular post-game Seating on press row is limited show identification if asked to identify Local television trucks have been procedure in the Interview Room is and will be assigned on a priority yourself. Strobe lights are assigned parking on Sutherland as follows: 1. Requested/selected Pitt basis. The priority basis is as follows: prohibited. Drive (see map on page 202, street student-athletes, 2. Opponent coach 1. Representatives of Pittsburgh leading into the loading dock). Please and/or student-athletes, 3. Pitt Head district papers and metropolitan VISITING RADIO BROADCAST notify the Athletic Media Relations Coach Jamie Dixon. papers filing for deadline, other The visiting radio broadcast crew Office if there is an access problem. Opposing teams may make their newspapers covering the respective will be issued space next to the student-athletes available in the teams, 2. Radio and television visitor’s bench at the scorers table. SCOUTS lockerroom or in the hallway. Please commentators, 3. National As per Big East rules, one ISDN line Scouts are required to make read the board in the Beano Cook publications, and 4. Scouts. All and one analog phone line will be credential arrangements through the Media Workroom for information on media members must confirm their available for broadcast. Athletic Media Relations Office via e- post-game procedure. attendance to guarantee working A facility representative will be mail and will be given both a ticket space. available prior to the game to answer and media credential. Scouts may PITT MEDIA SERVICES any questions and/or assist with pick up their credential and ticket at Media members may access the PHOTOGRAPHERS technological needs. Media Will Call. There is no parking most up-to-date information on the Still photographers and TV news It is recommended that each available for scouts. Pitt men’s basketball team on the cameramen will receive a regular visiting radio crew attend athletic department’s official Web 203 media pass and be assigned a shootaround to setup equipment. WIRELESS ACCESS site: www.pittsburghpanthers.com. position on the floor at the baseline. There is a $100 fee for visiting Wireless internet service is Game notes, statistics and general Photographers must remain in the non-conference radio crews. available in the Petersen Events releases will be updated regularly. All Center’s Beano Cook Media of this information is available online. Workroom. For a username and Associate Media Relations Director password, please sign in at the front Greg Hotchkiss will also send out desk. game notes via e-mail prior to each game. To get on the list, please e- TELEPHONES mail him at A total of 10 courtesy phone lines [email protected]. will be available for media use following the game either in the Beano Cook Media Workroom or on CONTACT INFORMATION Press Row. Dial “9” to get outside the system. SCORELINE/PRESS ROW PHONE: (412) 648-2318 POSTGAME PROCEDURE Following a 10-minute “cooling HOTCHKISS’ OFFICE PHONE: off” period, requested/selected (412) 648-8240 student-athletes will be available for interviews in the Media Interview HOTCHKISS E-MAIL: Room. Pitt Head Coach Jamie Dixon [email protected] will be available for questions following his 15-minute postgame WEB SITE: radio show. The visiting coach and www.pittsburghpanthers.com players will also be available in the interview room. NETWORK TELEVISION/LIVE TV NEEDS The media relations office Petersen Events Center/SMG must be notified of all network representative Michael Silva at and live television needs to (412) 648-3059. guarantee working space. He can also be reached by e- For technical needs or mail at [email protected]. ESPN’s Len Elmore interviews Pitt Head Coach Jamie Dixon following the Panthers’ victory over information, please contact Syracuse in 2005. MAPS/DIRECTIONS/MEDIA PARKING DIRECTIONS TO THE PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER DIRECTIONS TO MEDIA PARKING LOCATION: O’HARA GARAGE FROM PITTSBURGH Allies, then a right at Halket. Proceed on Forbes Avenue toward Parking Lot is on your left. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Proceed to Forbes Ave. and take the Cathedral of Learning. Each media member’s name Take I-279 toward Pittsburgh. Pass a right. Make a left onto Bigelow Blvd. will be on a list at the gate. You through the Fort Pitt Tunnel in the Make the left after the light (street runs between the may be asked to provide photo right lane.