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Media Will Call
In most cases, credentials will be mailed.
Credentials may be picked up the day before
a game from secretary Donna Smith in the
Athletics Communications Office. Credentials
not mailed or picked up will be held at the
Will Call Window located at the front entrance
to Cassell Coliseum.
Parking
Media parking is limited. Parking is
available in the lot across from Cassell
Coliseum. The entrance to this lot is on Spring
Road. Requests for parking credentials should
be made by using the on-line credentialing
system.
At the Game
Cassell Coliseum is the site of Hokie
home basketball games. There is no smoking
permitted in Cassell Coliseum. The working
press area is located courtside on the main
floor. Both radio groups will be seated on
press row. Virginia Tech grants broadcast
rights to the official radio outlet of the visiting
team on a reciprocal basis.
Game Services
The Virginia Tech Athletics
Communications Office will be at your
service throughout the game. All media will
be provided game programs, rosters, press
guides and other pertinent information.
Computer-generated statistics will be
available at halftime and at the conclusion
of the game. Information provided includes
play-by-play and individual and team
statistics in standard NCAA box score format
and a shot chart. A pregame meal is served,
starting approximately one and one-half
hours before tip-off in the Monogram
Club room and refreshments are available
throughout the game. Members of the media
work in a modern press room, located on the
second floor of Cassell Coliseum, down the
hall to the left from the court entrance. This
press room houses both the working press
area and the post-game interview room.
Only credentialed members of the media will
be allowed in this work room. There are six
phone lines available on a first-come, firstserved
basis. There is also complimentary
wireless ethernet available in both the press
room and on press row this season. Please
contact a member of the sports information
staff for log-on information.
Postgame Interviews
The Virginia Tech locker room is closed
to the media. In accordance with ACC
by-laws, requested players will be made
available to the media following a 10-minute
cooling off period in the player lounge,
inside the Bill Foster Basketball Suite. Coach
Seth Greenberg and the visiting coach will
hold postgame press conferences in the
interview room. The visiting coach will go
first, followed by Coach Greenberg after his
post-game radio interview. Media access to
visiting players will be determined by the
visiting media relations contact.
Interview Policy
Virginia Tech’s coaches and players will
be available throughout the season for
interviews by members of the news media.
It is important, however, that all requests
for player interviews be made through
the Athletics Communications Office at
(540) 231-6726. Please allow at least 24
hours notice for a request. Media members
wishing to attend practice should contact
the Athletics Communications Office the day
before the practice to be attended. Not all
players are available on any given day.
Calling Coach Greenberg
The best way to reach Coach Seth
Greenberg, other than on the ACC
conference call, is by calling the Men’s
Basketball Office at (540) 231-6725. Coach
Greenberg’s secretary is Sharon Spradlin.
Tech AthletIcs Web Site
Notes, releases, statistics in .pdf form and
other pertinent information are available
on Tech’s official Web site, hokiesports.com.
The Web site will also have live stats during
each home game. There is a media section
of hokiesports.com with photographs,
logos, StatCrew rosters and other pertinent
information available to working members
of the media. Contact Bill Dyer for more
information.
Media Information and Game Notes
In addition to being available on-line
at hokiesports.com, media information
and game notes are available by e-mail, as
soon as they are updated. Media members
wishing to be placed on this list should
e-mail Bill Dyer, at wdyer@vt.edu and ask to
be placed on the list.
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