SAN FRANCISCO – Washington State men's basketball heads back to the Bay Area to take part in the annual Pac-12 Media Day, Wednesday, Oct. 13. Representing the Cougars at the event will be sophomore Efe Abogidi and junior Tyrell Roberts alongside of third-year head coach Kyle Smith.

The annual event can be followed live throughout the day on the Pac-12 Network along with on the Cougars' and the conference's social media platforms. On social media, Pac-12 Media Day can be tracked using the hashtag #Pac12Hoops. In addition, @WSUCougarMBB, @Pac12 and @Pac12Network will have updates on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook throughout the day. 

Each team will take the main stage to answer questions from the media in attendance. There will be a media podium live stream Pac-12 Insider, the free, 24/7 streaming channel from Pac-12 Networks. The Cougars will take the podium at 11:45 a.m. 

In addition to the media the Cougs, along with the other 11 Pac-12 teams, will be featured live in studio on the Pac-12 Network with the Cougs making their way into the studio at 2:30 p.m. Additionally, the Cougs will be one of the featured teams during ESPNU's one-hour coverage of Pac-12 Media Day in the 3-o'clock hour with Coach Smith and Abogidi joining the studio hosts at 3:50 p.m.

Along with media day will come the preseason media poll, which will rank the teams from first-to-12th, as voted on by the media. The Cougars enter their third-year under Smith looking to take the leap into the upper-eschelon of the Pac-12. The Cougs return the bulk of their roster from the 2020-21 season while adding in a bevy of new players including four-transfers from around the country including Roberts who played two seasons at UC San Diego where he earned DII All-American honors.

Coverage of Basketball Media Days will be available across Pac-12 Networks, Pac-12 Insider, Pac-12.com and the Pac-12 Now app. 

WSU Pac-12 Media Day Schedule:
11:45 a.m. – WSU on media podium live stream (Twitter at @pac12, the Pac-12 Conference Facebook page, Pac-12.com and the Pac-12 Now app)
2:30 p.m. – WSU live on Pac-12 Network (Pac-12.com and the Pac-12 Now app)
 

2021 Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Day - Attendees

School	Head Coach	Student-Athletes
Arizona	Tommy Lloyd	Bennedict Mathurin      Ąžuolas Tubelis
Arizona State	Bobby Hurley	Marcus Bagley Kimani Lawrence
California	Mark Fox	Grant Anticevich Andre Kelly
Colorado	Tad Boyle	Evan Battey Elijah Parquet
Oregon	Dana Altman	Will Richardson Eric Williams Jr.
Oregon State	Wayne Tinkle	Warith Alatishe Jarod Lucas
Stanford	Jerod Haase	Jaiden Delaire Spencer Jones
UCLA	Mick Cronin	Jaime Jaquez Jr. Johnny Juzang
USC	Andy Enfield	Isaiah Mobley Drew Peterson
Utah	Craig Smith	Riley Battin Branden Carlson
Washington	Mike Hopkins	Jamal Bey Nate Roberts
Washington State	Kyle Smith	Efe Abogidi Tyrell Roberts