2011-12 Middle Tennessee Women's Basketball Media Guide

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Middle Tennessee Women’s Basketball GoBlueRaiders.com

GoBlueRaiders.com is a fast and accurate Internet source for official coverage of Blue Raider athletics. Regardless of where you are or what time of day it is, you can access up-to-date information on your favorite Blue Raider sports or athletes. GoBlueRaiders.com has grown to average more than 14.9 million page views a year, with the average visitor spending nearly five minutes on the site each day. The site has seen in excess of 3.1 million visitors since January of 2004. After two

years of operation under a national sports Website provider, GoBlueRaiders.com moved to a total in-house operation with a new design and format. Since 2001, the Athletic Communications office has managed the site and been responsible for all content, designs, services and updates. The Website, named Best Collegiate Sports Web site in 2002 by the Tennessean, underwent a complete renovation in 2006. The site received another major design update in time for the 2009-10 academic year.

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Search on Facebook for: Blue Raider Athletics and MTSU Women’s Basketball Thanks to members of the Athletic Communications staff, pre-game releases, game stories, features, up-to-date statistics, photos and results for all 17 Blue Raider sports are regularly posted to the site. Add online ticketing by Ticketmaster and links to Blue Raider alumni and spirit groups make the site the most complete source of information about Middle Tennessee athletics anywhere. Full-motion video is featured as part of a new Internet streaming package introduced in the summer of 2007. Another video component, GoBlueRaiders.tv was added to give visitors a more in-depth perspective on Blue Raider athletics, including 2-minute drill feature interviews and game highlights. The Web site has become a valuable tool in promoting each and every Middle Tennessee scholarship sport. Custom sites for recent standouts such as Dewon Brazelton, Courtney Mitchell, Dwone Hicks, Patrice Holmes, Amber Holt and Chrissy Givens have been integrated into the GoBlueRaiders.com website. The site also features complete bios on players and coaches, printable monthly event calendars, press conference audio and video, and photo galleries of many events and games. Middle Tennessee broadcasts play-by-play of all football, men’s and women’s basketball and baseball games online.


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