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<p class="MsoNormal">For those of you covering the 2019 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championships in OKC, this is helpful info concerning credential pickup and how to get footage of postgame press conferences, etc.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kyle<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Russell Luna <russell@Big12Sports.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at 1:48 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Russell Luna <russell@Big12Sports.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Annie Barraza <abarraza@Big12Sports.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>2019 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship Media Information and Schedule of Events<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">Attached is the schedule of events, bracket and logo for the upcoming 2019 Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship, March 8-11, in Oklahoma City.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">All times may be slightly adjusted for television. There will be at least 30 minutes between the end of the first game and the introductions of the second game. The second game of each session
will not start earlier than the posted tip-off time. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">Detailed information for this week’s Championship are below.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">If you have any questions, please contact the media coordinator Russell Luna (<a href="mailto:russell@big12sports.com">russell@big12sports.com</a>) or assistant media coordinator Annie Barraza
(<a href="mailto:abarraza@big12sports.com">abarraza@big12sports.com</a>).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">CHEASPEAKE ENEREGY ARENA ADDRESS
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</span></b><span style="font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">100 W Reno Avenue<br>
Oklahoma City, OK 73102<br>
405.602.8700</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">MEDIA ENTRANCE
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</span></b><span style="font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">The media entrance is the Employee Entrance of Chesapeake Energy Arena - located through the double doors facing the Courtyard Marriott. A media shuttle will not be utilized. Upon entrance, media should
take the elevator down to the event level for all media areas. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">CREDENTIAL DISTRIBUTION<br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">Credentials must be picked up in person with a valid government-issued photo ID at the Chesapeake Energy Arena Employee Entrance. The entrance faces the Marriott Courtyard Hotel. Credentials will NOT
be mailed. Credential distribution times (central time) are listed below:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"News Gothic MT Std""> Thursday, March 7: 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.<br>
Friday, March 8: 4 p.m. - 9 p.m.<br>
Saturday, March 9: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.<br>
Sunday, March 10: 12:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.<br>
Monday, March 11: 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">WIRELESS INTERNET<br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">Wireless internet will be provided. Those sending large photo or video files should order a hard-wired internet line through the arena. The network is called Free Arena WiFi.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">HARD-WIRED INTERNET ACCESS, SATELLITE TRUCK PARKING AND PHONE LINES<br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">The contact for hard-wired internet, satellite truck parking and phone lines is Steve Bray, (<a href="mailto:sbray@coxconventioncenter.com">sbray@coxconventioncenter.com</a>, 405.623.4774). The satellite
truck parking rate, based on availability, is a flat $300 fee, regardless of duration of stay.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">ENG CAMERAS<br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">NO MINI-CAMS will be allowed on the baselines or the courtside photo bays, except for one official team-designated videographer. Television and other institutional outlets will be granted access to the
court following completion of all games on a particular day, IF it is accessible. Live shots may be allowed at a designated location on the concourse outside of the arena or in a designated area on the event level. Game feeds will be provided. Please bring
field recorders and appropriate XLR or similar multi-plugs for feeds. The Big 12 will NOT supply XLR plugs.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM<br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">An All-Tournament Team will be announced at the conclusion of the Championship to include five members. The Most Outstanding Player will be included in the five members. An online link to the voting
ballot will be distributed to media who have staffed the entire championship.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">LIVE STATS<br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">Live statistics are available at
<a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2FBig12.statbroadcast.com&data=01%7C01%7Ckyle_robarts%40baylor.edu%7Ce5625866d2ef41c5421008d6a26c927b%7C22d2fb35256a459bbcf4dc23d42dc0a4%7C0&sdata=sHKrDxllcHzAe%2Bvn9Ukg8MLQGZNsA9PqTThWj11KPpk%3D&reserved=0">
http://Big12.statbroadcast.com</a>. This link is <u>not</u> for public distribution.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">LIVE SHOTS AND TAPED STANDUPS</span></b><span style="font-family:"News Gothic MT Std""><br>
Live shots and taped standups <u>are not allowed</u> in the arena proper from 30 minutes prior to the first game of each session until the broadcasting network goes off the air at the conclusion of each day’s games.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">MEDIA BACKSTAGE AREAS<br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">The media work room and interview room are located in the East storage areas on the CEA Event Level. Media Dining is located in the Courtside Club.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">MEDIA DINING AT CHESAPEAKE ENERGY ARENA<br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">Media dining will be provided at CEA with one meal on Friday, two meals on Saturday, and one each on Sunday and Monday. Dining times are included in the schedule of events attached.
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<b>NEWS CONFERENCES</b><br>
A postgame news conference will be conducted after a 5-minute cooling off period at the conclusion of each game. The winning team will go first for all games except the championship in which the order will be reversed. For the championship game, the losing
teams has a 10-minute cooling off period before reporting to the interview room first.
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">LIVE STREAM OF NEWS CONFERENCES</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">All Postgame Press Conferences will be streamed live on:
</span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"News Gothic MT Std""><a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fuser%2FBig12Conference%2Flive&data=01%7C01%7Ckyle_robarts%40baylor.edu%7Ce5625866d2ef41c5421008d6a26c927b%7C22d2fb35256a459bbcf4dc23d42dc0a4%7C0&sdata=I%2BWQ6dVzlJ4%2F3L5jEmvXwPQDSJNNOej8E3SaYqGnd0Y%3D&reserved=0">https://www.youtube.com/user/Big12Conference/live</a></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">.
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">Media Outlets will be prohibited from streaming live audio or video from the press conferences, but may tape it to use on regularly scheduled news programs.
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"News Gothic MT Std";color:windowtext">The information below will allow access to download footage.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">FOR MEDIA ONLY:</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%;font-family:"News Gothic MT Std"">PW: Big12Media!2019</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"News Gothic MT Std";color:#6C6E70">Assistant Director of Media Services</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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