Hoopfeed: Brooklyn Pope the difference maker off the bench

[DishNSwish]

It was the February, 2013 version of the “Game of the Century.” Top-ranked Baylor, with one loss in their last 65 games, against Connecticut, a team that had gone 57-5 in that same time frame. Two great coaches in Kim Mulkey and Geno Auriemma, and star power galore, starting with Baylor’s Brittney Griner, the most likely repeat National Player of the Year, and Odyssey Sims, also presumed to be a first team All-American.

As good as Griner was, and she was very good, with 25 points to cross the 3,000 mark for her career, it was the Rutgers transfer, Brooklyn Pope that was a difference-maker in last night’s game, coming off the bench to score 18 points and pull in nine rebounds.

http://www.hoopfeed.com/content/2013/02/19/brooklyn-pope-the-difference-maker-coming-off-the-bench/

 

[ScarlettB]

I too thought Brooklyn made a difference. Brooklyn played her best game as a Scarlet Knight against UConn up in Hartford. You all probably don't remember that performance as you won the game pretty handily. She never became a superstar, but she is a dangerous player (in a good sense).

 

[CCinCT]

http://www.hoopfeed.com/content/2013/02/19/brooklyn-pope-the-difference-maker-coming-off-the-bench/

Amazing what C Viv's players can do when they are coached !

 

[Coler]

Amazing what C Viv's players can do when they are coached !

Seriously? Pope's attitude while she was at Rutgers was awful. Many Rutgers fans were glad to see her transfer.

 

[ScarlettB]

Seriously? Pope's attitude while she was at Rutgers was awful. Many Rutgers fans were glad to see her transfer.

I am one RU fan who did not want to see her leave. I think it was better for her to do so as she was closer to home and seems to have succeeded there. She has already graduated and is getting her Masters. As for Kim's coaching making the difference, I disagree. I think Brooklyn matured and realized that she needed to work hard and change her attitude to earn playing time at a Div 1, major conference school.

 

[easttexastrash]

Seriously? Pope's attitude while she was at Rutgers was awful. Many Rutgers fans were glad to see her transfer.

ALL Baylor fans were glad to see her transfer. Was her attitude as bad as CViv's ability to coach offense?

 

[easttexastrash]

I am one RU fan who did not want to see her leave. I think it was better for her to do so as she was closer to home and seems to have succeeded there. She has already graduated and is getting her Masters. As for Kim's coaching making the difference, I disagree. I think Brooklyn matured and realized that she needed to work hard and change her attitude to earn playing time at a Div 1, major conference school.

Spot on.