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Oh mommy! I cant wait to see the trio of Crater, Mullens and Buford in Scarlet and Gray. Undoubtedly there will be no containing the comparisons to Cook, Conley and Oden. Hopefully they will be as successful.
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Blade
What I did on my summer vacation: William Buford
Libbey, senior
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WHAT HE DID: The 6-foot-6 Buford ? All-Ohio first team as a junior, when he averaged 28 points and 12 rebounds per game for the 21-2 Cowboys ? had an extremely busy summer. He traveled to tournaments with his Cincinnati-based AAU summer basketball team, the D-1 Greyhounds, to various regional and national tournaments, including Little Rock, Pittsburgh, Newark, N.J., Morgantown, W.Va., and Fort Wayne, Ind. The biggest events were the King James Classic in Akron, the AAU Nationals in Orlando, and the ?Big Time? tournament in Las Vegas in late July. There was also a trip overseas with Team Reebok, a national all-star team, which spent nine days at a Euro Camp event in Italy. Tournaments and camps out of town took up approximately 70 percent of Buford?s summer, and he spent much of the rest of his ?free time? working out with some of his Libbey teammates, shooting around and getting in an occasional weight lifting session. For fun, he got into pickup games at Hamilton Park near his home.
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What I did on my summer vacation: William Buford
Libbey, senior
BLADE STAFF
WHAT HE DID: The 6-foot-6 Buford ? All-Ohio first team as a junior, when he averaged 28 points and 12 rebounds per game for the 21-2 Cowboys ? had an extremely busy summer. He traveled to tournaments with his Cincinnati-based AAU summer basketball team, the D-1 Greyhounds, to various regional and national tournaments, including Little Rock, Pittsburgh, Newark, N.J., Morgantown, W.Va., and Fort Wayne, Ind. The biggest events were the King James Classic in Akron, the AAU Nationals in Orlando, and the ?Big Time? tournament in Las Vegas in late July. There was also a trip overseas with Team Reebok, a national all-star team, which spent nine days at a Euro Camp event in Italy. Tournaments and camps out of town took up approximately 70 percent of Buford?s summer, and he spent much of the rest of his ?free time? working out with some of his Libbey teammates, shooting around and getting in an occasional weight lifting session. For fun, he got into pickup games at Hamilton Park near his home.
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Blade
Libbey's Buford sends valuable signature to Ohio State
Libbey basketball standout William Buford, left, signs with Ohio State as teammate Julius Wells signs with Marist.
( THE BLADE/DAVE ZAPOTOSKY )
Yesterday was signing day for national letters of intent as high school athletes - although not football players - made official where they will be continuing their careers. Libbey's William Buford, considered one of the nation's best basketball players, will indeed be playing for Ohio State in the future. And many others from the area will be continuing, such as Buford's Cowboy teammate, Julius Wells, who is headed for Marist.
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Libbey's Buford sends valuable signature to Ohio State
( THE BLADE/DAVE ZAPOTOSKY )
Yesterday was signing day for national letters of intent as high school athletes - although not football players - made official where they will be continuing their careers. Libbey's William Buford, considered one of the nation's best basketball players, will indeed be playing for Ohio State in the future. And many others from the area will be continuing, such as Buford's Cowboy teammate, Julius Wells, who is headed for Marist.
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MARVYMARV14
Hall of Fame
He will be everything that Pooh Cook could have been for OSU.
No knock on DQ, because he was a catylist.
No knock on DQ, because he was a catylist.
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JohnnyCockfight
Beer is God's proof that he loves us.
This kid's ceiling is out of sight. It's going to be a lot of fun to watch him, and hopefully we'll get to do so for more than one year.
Does anyone know if the latest reported height of 6'6" is correct?
Does anyone know if the latest reported height of 6'6" is correct?
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OSUBasketballJunkie
Never Forget 31-0
Buford is a one and done player.....no doubt in my mind. 
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crazybuckfan40
Head Coach
OSUBasketballJunkie;994607; said:Buford is a one and done player.....no doubt in my mind.
I feel the same way...
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Tonight on the way home ,listening to 1470 radio, they were interviewing Steve Mix, a player for Toledo back in the 60,s (I think) and a pro for a few years . Anyway a local boy who succeeded in sports. The Gist of the conversation was that Buford is probably as good as JJ if not better. Mix said that Buford plays at a different level than any one else in all of NW Ohio. He is definitely the best player in this neck of the woods. :tongue2:
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LitlBuck
Kevin Warren is an ass
I saw JJ a little bit when he was in high school and the games that I saw him play he was more of a power (for lack of a better word) player in those days. I think Buford has more finesse to his game. JJ was just much stronger than a lot of the guys that he played against. That is nothing against JJ but he could physically dominate an entire opposing team. I wonder how they compare Buford against Komives up around Toledo. Komives was in the late 50s but had a jump shot that was unbelievable.Best Buckeye;1010058; said:
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