PULLMAN – With no less than five television cameras pointed at Marvin Cannon, and a few more voice recorders sprinkled in, the beads of sweat started forming on the Washington State sophomore’s hairline, rolling onto his forehead and all the way down to his cheeks.
It’s hard to blame Cannon. Not since the small forward’s been in Pullman since transferring from junior college has there been this much attention surrounding the men’s basketball program. Hence the perspiration.
But Cannon could’ve also been mistaken for someone who’d just come from one of Kyle Smith’s basketball practice.
The Cougars are still getting acquainted to their new coach – a stage of this process that’s sure to carry over to the 2019-20 basketball season – but two practices have already given them a good sense of the culture shift Smith is setting in motion at Beasley Coliseum.