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8/27/05
Kyle Lamb interviews Herb Pope about why he has re-opened his recruitment. Herb reviews his new list (Pitt, UConn, Arizona, Louisville, Duke, Ohio State, UNC, Xavier, Wake Forest, Florida State and Oklahoma State) and also talks about his feeling about Huggins being let go at Cincy. He talks a little about his previously noted friendship with Rory Nicol as well.
I would be shocked if Thad didn't at least get him in town for a football game this Fall.
POST-GAZETTE
8/26/05
Quote:
Basketball star Pope might leave
Friday, August 26, 2005
By Mike White, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Aliquippa basketball star Herb Pope might not return to the school for his junior year.
Pope, a 6-foot-8 forward who is ranked among the top 10 juniors in the country, is considering a transfer to a private school in Florida. He visited Arlington Country Day School in Jacksonville this week and was scheduled to return to Aliquippa last night.
Also, Pope's AAU coach said Pope has opened up his recruitment and is no longer verbally committed to Pitt. Pope committed to the Panthers as a sophomore.
"He wants to explore all his options, including high school and college," said J.O. Stright, who coaches Pope on the Pittsburgh JOTS.
Stright, who speaks with Pope regularly, said Pope has not made a decision where he will attend high school.
"My recommendation is that he needs to go to a private school with a good academic program," Stright said. "He needs academic help. He thinks he's good enough to make the NBA someday. But he has to go to college for a year to do that. He could really benefit from a private school."
Aliquippa coach Marvin Emerson said he talked to Pope on the telephone last night, and Pope told Emerson he was coming back to Aliquippa. A spokesperson at Arlington Country Day said yesterday it could not be determined if Pope was officially enrolled.
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