Washington State Cougars coach Kyle Smith has gotten a big boost to his first roster, as guard Marvin Cannon will not transfer after all and is returning to Pullman for his junior season, a source confirmed with CougCenter.
Cannon’s journey back to this point had been a bit of a strange one. The ultra-athletic swingman had a number of breakout scoring games in his sophomore season after transferring from a junior college, and initially seemed to be on board after the coaching change — he was one of two players present at Smith’s introductory news conference and spoke glowingly of the initial direction under Smith.