Lost amidst all the hoopla surrounding the weekend's big upsets in college basketball was the story of New Mexico State's highly touted Freshman Herb Pope. Pope played in his first college game on Saturday.
After having had several off the court incidents and having endured a protracted NCAA ruling on his status of his eligibility, the troubled Aggies Forward was finally cleared to play last week. In his debut, he scored five points but committed six turnovers as the Aggies defeated visiting Louisiana Tech 63-54.
More here (actually, there's not that much more here ... but it's worth clicking on the link just to see the banner ad for Beaver Toyota at the top -- imagine all the cars that must be driving around Albuquerque with plate holders that say "Beaver Toyota").
This New York Times article (from July '07) has more background on Herb Pope.
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