Seen at the airport: Seton Hall’s Herb Pope.
You never know who you’re going to run into at the airport. I’m at JFK now and the dude in front of me in line turned out to be Seton Hall’s newest transfer and 2007 top-35 prep recruit, Herb Pope. After dumping 20 on Nevada in the WAC title game while playing for New Mexico, his stock soared high enough that he considered entering the draft. But after deciding against it, his coach (onetime commentator and player, Reggie Theus) bolted for another gig. So, Pope transferred to Seton Hall and may play this year depending on how the NCAA receives his hardship case.
His is a fascinating story of survival and perserverance. Get caught up for yourself here. He also blogs and posts pictures once in a while over at Street Ball Dot Com. Hopefully, he’ll hit us up with some comments from the other coast every so often and/or share a pic or two when somebody gets smashed on (see above).
Since I got a plane to catch, I’m gonna cut this short. Good luck Herb, this year and beyond. The pleasure was mine.
Turman