Media Guidelines

2022-23 Basketball Season Credential and Access Guidelines

LSU’s goal is to disseminate information as widely, uniformly and fairly as possible using normally accepted media standards.

Media must meet the following guidelines in order to be granted credentials. Only media that meet the criteria and have approved the SEC Media Policy through the request of credentials on the LSU media site at LSUsports.net/media will be allowed to move forward on the credential site to request credentials and consideration for access to LSU Athletic events. No credential requests by media will be accepted by either email or phone, but must go through the credential site at LSUsports.net/media.

The number of credentials issued is limited. A CREDENTIAL DOES NOT NECESSARILY GUARANTEE A SEAT IN THE MEDIA SECTION.

General

Each Bearer must be and hereby represents that he or she is acting on a specific assignment for an accredited media agency and has a legitimate working function in connection with the Event attended. The credential is not transferable and may be revoked at any time.

The rights and privileges granted to Bearer may be terminated if any term or condition for use of the Credential is breached. The unauthorized use of Credential subjects Bearer to ejection from Event.

Print

Daily newspapers are eligible to apply for credentials and access to media opportunities. The granting and number of credentials will be based on newspapers’ circulation on a space available basis.

Membership in the Louisiana Press Association or membership in the Louisiana Sports Writers Association may be used in determining access to credentials. Weekly newspapers based on space will be limited to non-conference games if space exists.

Specialty publications that cover college basketball or sports in the host site of the two participating schools are eligible to be granted on a space available basis.

Student newspapers from the city of the two teams are able to apply for credentials on the basis of a maximum of two press row seats for dailies and one press row seat for weeklies.

Television

Television stations that have nightly news broadcasts that originate in the locale of the station that includes sports coverage are eligible to apply for credentials. All other stations will be filled on a space available basis.

Student television stations from the two participating schools are eligible to apply on a space available basis.

The Credential confers on a Bearer a limited nonexclusive and non-transferable license (with no right of sublicense) to use broadcast video feeds of the Event only for regularly scheduled television newscast aired only on television (but not on any form of television available or viewable on the internet, except for a single, non-archived only simulcast by Bearer) within the period expiring at midnight on the seventh day after the Event and NO video used for such purposes shall exceed three minutes. Bearer may not broadcast any video of game action that is broadcast live until the Event has been completed.

Radio

National and regional networks are eligible to apply for credentials.

Radio stations that employ a full-time sports director or regularly airs sports news or locally-produced talk shows are eligible for apply for credentials. No talk show may have more than one credential and the maximum credentials a station may receive for a game, based on space, is two.

Internet

Internet sites of the home and visiting school (as determined by the Media Relations or Sports Information Director) are eligible to apply for credentials.

LSU’s policy is to issue credentials only to those organizations whose primary purpose is to gather news and disseminating it and for which other commercial activities are ancillary.

Other internet sites must meet each of the following guidelines in addition to meeting the above criteria to be eligible to apply for credentials and access as determined on a space available basis. • Web site must be a legal corporate entity. • Web site must provide daily coverage of LSU or the visiting team with its own full-time staff of reporters, photographers and equipment. • Web site must travel to and cover a majority of away games and all major post-season events. • Web site must be accredited by the home university as working media. • Web sites that sponsor message boards, message centers or chat room as their primary function where people are allowed to post anonymous information will not be issued credentials. • The maximum number of credentials that a web site may receive is two based on space available and the discretion of the media relations or sport information director.

Internet Use – Video and Audio

Upon execution of a separate agreement with terms and conditions governing the use thereof, Bearer will be afforded access to video and audio of broadcast Events for use on Bearer’s official news website(s), at no premium or charge. Otherwise, except as specifically permitted herein (with respect to online, non-archived simulcasts), Bearer shall not post, place, distribute or make available video (or audio from broadcast feeds) of game action of any Event (including any Bearer Generated Video of game action of an Event) on or through the internet or any other new media distribution platform (i.e., any other platform other than print media or a form of television not available or viewable over the internet, except for non-archived simulcasts specifically permitted herein) including, without limitation, wireless handsets, podcasts, cell phones or PDAs.

Entrance

The media entrance to the Pete Maravich Assembly Center is through the Northeast Corridor of the Maravich Center. The press workroom is located in that corridor. Access to the press room is limited to those with working credentials. A pre-game grab and go meal will be served approximately one hour before tipoff in the area at the back of the media seating area in the upper sections..

Parking

Media parking is located in lots near the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. Because of limited space, requests for parking should be made with credential requests. It should not be assumed that parking passes will be provided with all media credentials.

Satellite Trucks

Any outlet using a satellite truck must request satellite truck parking and must have the truck in place at least two hours prior to tipoff. All production and uplink trucks should contact Bryan Paar, Director of the Maravich Center, 225-578-8205 regarding parking and Game Manager Director Drew Altavilla, 225-578-3999, regarding production truck power hookup.

Phone Lines

Those writers wishing personal phone lines at press row or in the press room should contact the AT&T Office in Baton Rouge (1-800-238-5501) with LSU Sports Information as the contact.

There are a minimum of four phone lines available for every game for writers in the press room.

Wireless Internet Access

Wireless Internet access is available in the press room and on press row of the Maravich Center. For information on how to access please ask LSU Basketball SID Kent Lowe.

Coach McMahon will be available for phone and in-person interviews on most non-game weekdays during the season. Please coordinate all requests for personal interviews with Coach McMahon at least two days in advance through Kent Lowe in the LSU Athletic Communications Office at 225-578-1864.

Coach McMahon will, based on the game schedule, make comments at a media session in the Courtside Club media area one or two days prior to a game. The sessions will take place prior to the team’s practice. On the road, Coach McMahon will generally not be available once the team leaves Baton Rouge.

Players

LSU players will be available in the media sessions at least once a week at a time to be announced. Special interviews should be requested 72 hours in advance through the LSU Sports Information Office.

Phone interviews will be handled on a case-by-case basis. NO players will be available for interviews on the road prior to the game.

The team apartments, locker room and team areas of the practice facility are off limits to media representatives at all times.

Postgame

LSU abides by Southeastern Conference policy regarding equal access to all members of the working media.

The LSU locker room is closed to all media after all games, home and away. Requested players will be brought to the Courtside Club media area for a group press conference after the 10-minute cooling off period. Coach Matt McMahon will come to the media room after conducting his post-game radio network interview. On the road, media members can visit with Coach McMahon outside the locker-room or in the home team’s interview area if so requested.

Practices

Practices are closed to the media.

Key Phone Numbers Athletic Communications: 225-578-8226 Athletic Department: 225-334-4578 LSU Sports Properties: 225-578-7169 Athletic Ticket Office: 225-578-2184 Radio: 225-578-1882 Television: 225-578-1797

The LSU Athletic Communications Office is located on the fifth floor of the LSU Athletic Administration Building in the west parking lot of Tiger Stadium.

Mailing Address LSU Athletic Communications Athletic Administration Building Baton Rouge, La. 70803

Overnight Mailing Address LSU Athletic Communications, Room 501 Athletic Administration Building North Stadium Dr. at Nicholson Dr. Baton Rouge, La. 70803 Kent Lowe email: clowe@lsu.edu Kent Lowe cell: 225-241-4360 Facebook: www.facebook.com/LSUBasketball Twitter: @LSUBasketball, @LSUKent, @CoachMcMahon