WSU to be featured on “The Drive” tomorrow

The WSU men’s basketball team will be featured on “The Drive,” the Pac-12’s weekly behind-the-scenes documentary show.

Here is the release from the school:

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. – Washington State University men’s basketball will be featured on this week’s episode of The Pac-12 Networks’ ‘The Drive: Pac-12 Basketball, Presented by 5-hour ENERGY’, which will premiere, Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 9 p.m. PT. The show will air immediately following WSU’s game at USC, which starts at 7 p.m. PT, also on the Pac-12 Networks.

This is the first season of the basketball version of the original all-access documentary franchise The Drive and the fifth of eight episodes. Washington State’s episode will also feature Oregon, as the first six weeks follow two teams in each 30-minute episode.

Different from other episodes of The Drive this season, WSU is was followed for an entire week, beginning with Tuesday, Feb. 3 up until the Cougars’ game against the Ducks in Eugene, Sunday, Feb. 8. Cougar fans will get to see an array of behind-the-scenes footage, including head coach Ernie Kent as he works out, team practice, the team traveling to Oregon and Coach Kent’s pregame locker room speeches at both Oregon State and Oregon. Senior guard DaVonté Lacy is also featured on the episode, which highlights the culture change around Cougar basketball in Kent’s first year as head coach.

If fans miss the first showing, some alternate air times include; Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 11:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 26 at 3:30 a.m., 10 a.m., 3 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 10 p.m., Friday, Feb. 27 at 2 a.m., 6:30 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 4:30 p.m. and 11 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 28 at 9:30 a.m., 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m., and Sunday at 11:30 a.m., 4:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., along many more airings. Go to http://pac-12.com/tv-listings/pac-12-network for more air times. The episode will also be available at http://pac-12.com/shows/the-drive-pac-12-basketball .

Senior Coordinating Producer Michael Tolajian leads the production team along with Emmy Award-winning producer Jim Jorden.

The final team-following episode premieres next week, Wednesday, March 4, before two episodes following the Pac-12 Tournament air back-to-back, Wednesday, March 18.