Pope Back and Healthy

Herb Pope is back and ready to play. He is a true survivor and had a good season last year even after his health scare. He survived a heart attack and malformation that was caused at birth after collapsing on the Seton Hall campus in April of 2010. He is now back and has lost a significant amount of excess weight. Last season, Pope was sluggish at times last season and had seemed to have added some extra weight from his health scare. He has now trimmed down the weight and the Pirates hope he can be the player he was during the 2009-2010 season where he led the Big East with 10.7 rebounds per game.