You would be forgiven if, in all your football revelry, that you didn’t know that the Washington State Cougars begin their men’s basketball season on Sunday when the Cougs host Texas Southern at 1 p.m. at Beasley Coliseum. That’s actually a couple of days later than most everyone else — teams will begin tipping off on Friday, including Texas Southern, which opens at Gonzaga.
Of course, the football team’s success is only part of the equation here; it’s been quite a while since WSU has been good at basketball, and we don’t quite look forward to the season the way we used to.