Adam Zagoria with a Herb Pope summary

Adam Zagoria, along with Dick Weiss, covers east coast hoops extremely well. Here he has a article on Herb Pope. It doesn't necessarily contain anything that will be new to NMSU fans -- it's more a summary and probably meant for Seton Hall-ites.

Patient Gonzalez waits for transfers
Seton Hall's coach hopes newcomers create turnaround
Adam Zagoria
SNY.tv
9/11/2008

...A long journey from Alquippa: Herb Pope is only 19, yet he has already experienced more in his short lifetime than many people ever will.

Raised in Alquippa, a tough urban area outside of Pittsburgh, Pope was abandoned early on by his parents, both of whom have coped with drug problems, and he and his siblings moved from one foster home to another.

"He comes from a dysfunctional family," his father, Herbert Pope Sr., told The New York Times in 2007. "He basically raised himself. It's amazing. He's got a hell of a story to tell."

Herbert Pope has been in and out of prison for drugs and stealing and Herb's mother, Juanita Raines, also has a history of arrests related to trespassing, theft and writing bad checks. Seton Hall would not make Pope available for comment, but his story has been well chronicled.

"They just abandoned me," Pope told The Times, referring to his parents. "I don't got no grudge against them. Hopefully, they come around to doing right for themselves..."

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