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M E D I A
I N F O R M A T I O N
PRESS AND PHOTO CREDENT I ALS
Once again this season, Virginia Tech will use an online
credentialing system. Email Bill Dyer at for
instructions.
The NCAA has established a control policy to keep
the court free from congestion. Only photographers on
assignment and members of the television media are given
photo credentials. Freelance or amateur photographers
will not be issued credentials. Accredited photographers
may work along the playing floor at both ends behind the
restriction line established by the NCAA. Permission to
install strobe lighting must be made, in writing, to Bill Dyer,
men’s basketball SID, at least 10 days in advance of the
game. Photographers should follow the same credentialing
system as listed above.
In most cases, credentials will be mailed. Credentials may
be picked up the day before a game from secretary Donna
Smith in the Strategic Communications Office. Credentials
not mailed or picked up will be held at the Will Call Window
located at the front entrance to Cassell Coliseum.
Media parking is extremely limited. Parking is available in
Lot 3 beyond the south end zone of Lane Stadium. There
is a shuttle for media members parking in this lot. Requests
for parking credentials should be made using the online
credentialing system.
In addition to being available online at ,
media information and game notes are available by email,
as soon as they are updated. Media members wishing to be
placed on this list should email Bill Dyer, at
and ask to be placed on the list.
GAME SERV I CES
The Virginia Tech Strategic Communications Office will
be at your service throughout the game. All media will be
provided game notes, rosters, press guides and other
pertinent information. 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.
Seating for media for basketball games is in the media
section in the stands in the south end of Cassell Coliseum,
at concourse level, above the player tunnel. Video and still
photographers will shoot from the end zone, courtside.
Members of the media work in a modern press room, located
on the second floor of Cassell Coliseum, down the hall and
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 is complimentary wireless
internet available in the press room and on press row.
Please contact a member of the athletics communications
staff for log-on information.
POSTGAME I NTERV I EWS
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 Buzz Williams and the
visiting coach will hold postgame press conferences in the
interview room. The visiting coach will go first, followed by
Coach Williams after his post-game radio interview. Media
access to visiting players will be determined by the visiting
media relations contact.
CONTACT I NG COACH WI L L I AMS
The only way to reach Coach Buzz Williams, other than on
the ACC conference call, is by contacting Bill Dyer at (540)
231-8852 or .
TECH ATHL ET I CS WEBS I TE
Notes, releases, statistics and other pertinent information
are available on Tech’s official website, hokiesports.
com. The website will also have live stats during each
home game. There is a media section of
with photographs, logos, StatCrew rosters and other
pertinent information available to working members of the
media. Contact Bill Dyer for more information and log-on
information.
ACC TE L ECONFERENCES
The 15 ACC head basketball coaches will be featured on
nine Monday teleconferences during the 2016-17 season.
Each coach will have 10 minutes to make an opening
statement and answer questions. There will be an instant
replay of each teleconference on the Conference’s website,
each Monday afternoon. The schedule of
coaches, which change weekly, will be released by the
conference office.
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