Siena Men's Basketball Yearbook

Covering the Saints MeDiA iNfoRMAtioN This yearbook is intended to enhance your coverage of the 2013-14 Siena College basketball team. It will answer most questions you may have concerning Siena basketball. The history of Siena basketball is covered in this publication along with current information. If you need additional help in locating information please feel free to contact Jason Rich in the athletic communications office at (518) 783-2411. WoRKiNg CReDeNtiALS Requests for working credentials should be made no later than two days prior to the game. The assistant athletic director for communications reserves the right to deny requests made past that time restraint. If the request is received early enough, passes can be mailed. Press row is located on the sideline opposite the team benches and in the Pearl St. Endzone. Working media are asked not to sit at the scorer's table unless designated to do so by the athletic communications office. Photographers are asked to stay along the baseline in their designated area and must display their credentials. Photographers not displaying credentials will be asked to leave the court area. Preference will be given to working press and photographers covering the game. Media representatives are asked to prominently display their credentials. Please direct all requests for credentials to Jason Rich, Siena College Athletic Department, Loudonville, N.Y. 12211-1462. Phone: (518) 783-2411. Media covering the visiting team should pass their credential requests along to the visiting school SID who will then forward all credential requests to the Siena athletic communications office. gAMe SeRviCeS A game program, along with statistics and pre-game notes, will be provided before the start of each game to the working media. Individual and team statistics, along with a detailed play-by-play, will be available at halftime and 15 minutes after the game. WiReLeSS iNteRNet AND teLePHoNe LiNeS Complimentary wireless internet is available throughout the Times Union Center. The media room will be equipped with a minimum of three outside telephone lines and electrical outlets. Media are asked to file their story from the press room as opposed to courtside. NoN-gAMe iNteRvieWS With Jimmy Patsos: The best time to reach Jimmy Patsos is before or after practice. The team practices from 1-3 p.m. most days, but all discussion should be channeled through the athletic communications office at (518) 783-2411. Interviews will not be given the day of the game until after the game, with the exception of prearranged live interviews at the Times Union Center. With the student athletes: All student athlete interviews are to be made through the athletic communications office. No interviews will take place during scheduled class time, practice time, or study hall time. Jimmy Patsos talks with nationally syndicated sports talk host Jim Rome at the 2013 Final Four. PReSS LuNCHeoNS Jimmy Patsos and Ali Jaques hold weekly luncheons throughout the season. Student athletes will be made available if their schedules permit. E-Mail jrich@siena.edu for an updated schedule of this season's lunches. RADio/iSDN LiNeS Phone lines for radio broadcasts are available for games. Arrangements should be made by contacting the Times Union Center at (518) 4872014. ISDN and Ethernet lines must be ordered in advance through the Times Union Center and are subject to an additional fee. Once a line has been secured, please notify the Siena athletic communications office, or the communications office of the school whose games you cover, so that a credential and a spot on press row can be reserved. AtHLetiC CoMMuNiCAtioNS StAff Siena College Athletic Communications, 515 Loudon Road, Marcelle Athletic Complex, Loudonville, N.Y. 12211-1462. Office: (518) 783-2411, Fax: (518) 783-2992 Jason Rich Assistant Athletic Director for Communications Office: (518) 783-2411; Cell: (518) 542-7240 Mike Demos Athletic Communications Assistant Office: (518) 783-2377; Cell (336) 675-7374 Adam Sopris Athletic Communications Intern/ Multimedia Coordinator Cell: (203) 912-2032 Siena College 2013-14 Men's Basketball page 5

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