MEDIA INFORMATION CREDENTIALS Admission to Pauley Pavilion’s press seating and media room is by credential only. All credential requests should be made through UCLA’s credential website at least two days in advance of the game. Website address/instructions can be obtained by emailing athletic communications contact Alex Timiraos (atimiraos@athletics.ucla.edu). Credential requests for road games should be made, via email, with Alex Timiraos. Additional information about media policies are available by visiting www.uclabruins.com/media.
CREDENTIAL PICKUP Credentials are available during the week at the Athletic Communications Office. Credentials not claimed before game day will be available at Pauley Pavilion’s Will Call window, located along the arena’s Northwest corner. The media will call window and adjacent media entrance will open approximately two hours prior to tip-off.
MEDIA PARKING A limited number of single-game parking passes are available for purchase ($13.00). These passes are good for a special area in parking Lot 8 (south side of Pauley Pavilion), which can be accessed by following Westwood Blvd. into campus from Westwood Village (adjacent to the 405 freeway).
MEDIA ENTRANCE/SEATING A press pass enables entrance at Pauley Pavilion’s Northwest media gate (across from the intramural field). Press seating is located in the upper level, Section 215, of the arena’s south side. UCLA’s Dick Enberg Media Room in Pauley Pavilion is located on the arena’s event level, nearest to the southeast elevator. In-game refreshments are typically provided in the media room prior to tip-off.
MEDIA SERVICES Media will be supplied with a halftime and final box score and a full play-by-play account of the game. UCLA encourages members of the media to access game notes and in-game statistics online (via uclabruins.com) in an effort to promote sustainability and reduce waste. For special arrangements regarding a telephone line or Ethernet connection, please contact Alex Timiraos in advance (email, atimiraos@ athletics.ucla.edu). Phone lines and Ethernet connections have been installed at the visiting team’s radio position.
PHOTOGRAPHY Photo passes are available to media members who are working on assignment for a news-gathering organization. Due to a high volume of requests, criteria for media credentials will vary, as they are based on the availability of baseline photography spaces. Photo credentials should be ordered in the same manner as media credentials.
Kris Wilkes (center) speaks with Bill Walton (left) and Dave Pasch after a UCLA victory on ESPN in Dec. 2018.
Freelance photographers will not be credentialed, unless working on assignment for an affiliated news organization. Photos of UCLA Athletics events and of UCLA studentathletes may not be sold or used for personal promotion. Photographers must work from the baselines between the basket support and the right sideline. Photographers are not allowed to shoot from the sidelines or seating areas. Passes should be worn in plain sight at all times.
PRACTICE
POST-GAME PROCEDURE
Directions to UCLA and Pauley Pavilion: From Los Angeles International Airport, take Century Blvd. east to the San Diego Freeway (405). Take the 405 north to Wilshire Blvd. (approx. 12 miles). Continue east on Wilshire, make a left on Westwood Blvd. Continue north along Westwood toward campus. All-day passes ($13.00) are available for purchase from the parking information kiosk in the middle of the street, just past Lot 8. Media are encouraged to park in Lot 8 on the west side of Westwood Blvd., just south of Strathmore Drive.
Following a cooling-off period, head coach Mick Cronin and UCLA student-athletes will be available for interviews in the media workroom (event level). UCLA’s locker room is closed to the media. The visiting coach will be available outside the visitor’s locker room (northwest corner, event level).
WEEKDAY INTERVIEWS Requests for coach and player interviews should be made to Alex Timiraos in the Athletic Communciations Office. Please give at least 24 hours notice. Head Coach: Mick Cronin typically addresses the media on Tuesdays, 30 minutes prior to practice (typically in the midafternoon, on the court in the Mo Ostin Basketball Center). Student-Athletes: Interviews must be arranged through the Athletic Communications Office at least 24 hours in advance. Players will be available after Coach Cronin speaks on Tuesdays. Special player interview times on Monday and Tuesday can also be arranged. Please do not expect student-athletes to be available if prior arrangements have not been made through Alex Timiraos.
The team typically practices in the Mo Ostin Basketball Center. UCLA’s practices are closed to the media and public. Media members are allowed to observe and record footage from the first 15 minutes of practice following Mick Cronin’s media availability on Tuesday afternoons (date is subject to change depending upon UCLA’s weekly schedule).
DIRECTIONS
UCLA WEBSITE All news releases, results and statistics are posted on UCLA’s official website (uclabruins.com). The official website also includes postgame video recaps, videos of the head coach’s weekly press conferences, featured video items with student-athletes and links to UCLA’s social media websites, including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
CONTACT INFORMATION Alex Timiraos is currently in his eighth season as the primary media contact for the men’s basketball program. All interview and credential requests should be directed to Alex Timiraos, preferably via email. Shana Wilson serves as the UCLA athletic department’s Senior Associate Athletic Director for Communications. Men’s Basketball Contact: Alex Timiraos Email Address: atimiraos@athletics.ucla.edu Office Phone: (310) 206-0524 Senior Assoc. A.D., Communications: Shana Wilson Email Address: swilson@athletics.ucla.edu Office Phone: (310) 206-8194 UCLA Athletic Communications Office (310) 206-7870 Pauley Pavilion, Press Row Phone (310) 206-9562 UCLA’s Athletic Website www.uclabruins.com
Norman Powell (right) speaks with broadcaster Otis Livingston after an NCAA Tournament victory in March 2014. 6
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