Lone Star Conference LSC Championship Media Credentials

LONE STAR CONFERENCE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP MEDIA CREDENTIAL APPLICATION
Bruin Field House, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, March 5-9, 2008

Deadline - Wednesday, February 27, 2008.

Name
Media organization
E-mail address

CREDENTIAL PICK-UP
No credentials will be mailed. Credentials can be picked up at Bruin Field House beginning March 5.

HOTEL INFORMATION
The Microtel Inn & Suites has been designated the media hotel.
2696 SE Washington Blvd, 74006
Reservation Phone 918-333-2100
Rate: $60.01 for single room, $77.97 for double room, $84.75 for suite (tax included)
*Ask for rooms in the Lone Star Conference group

INTERNET
Internet access will be available at the Field House.

PHONE LINES
Phone lines will be available for each team's radio.

PHOTOGRAPHY
The LSC has contracted an official photographer to provide action photos of each game. They will be available on the LSC website following each game for your use. If you have special requests (for individuals, coaches, etc.) or are interested in receiving photos by e-mail from any games please contact Melanie Robotham (robothamm@lonestarconference.org).

PHOTOGRAPHERS
Credentialed photographers will have reserved working space at each end of the floor. Please note that flash photography will not be permitted from the court level.

POSTGAME PRESS CONFERENCES AND INTERVIEWS
Immediately after a 10-minute cooling-off period (i.e., 10 minutes after a competing team enters its locker room), an interview area will open to all certified members of the news media; any coach and student-athletes requested by the media will be available for interviews. If a team or individual is participating in an awards ceremony, the cooling-off period will begin immediately after the presentation. The losing coach and student-athletes will be interviewed first, followed by the winning coach and student-athletes. Regardless of regular-season radio contracts, the coach is obligated to the entire covering media during the championship and must report to the interview room immediately after the 10-minute cooling-off period. The coach cannot delay a post-competition interview with the covering media to conduct a program for a single newspaper, radio or television reporter unless requested to remain for a short interview (not to exceed four minutes) by the television and/or radio entity that has been granted rights by the LSC Commissioner. The television interview shall be conducted first. Coaches cannot make themselves available to selected media representatives before the conclusion of the 10-minute cooling-off period. They may, however, open their locker rooms and/or report to the interview area before the cooling-off period ends, and make themselves available to all media representatives staffing the championship. Should a coach permit one media agency to enter the locker room before the 10-minute cooling-off period has ended, the locker room shall be opened to all other media representatives desiring access to the area.

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