William Buford

10/31/06: verballed to Ohio State

10/06/06: "William Buford, Scout.com's No. 11 prospect in the Class of 2008, will be in Lexington, according to a source."

09/25/06: "We want to visit Louisville, the University of Kentucky and Indiana," Buford Sr. added. "Then I think we're going to go visit before basketball season Illinois and I think Cincinnati also." - www.ScoutHoops.com

09/12/06: Listed as the 13th best player in his class. - www.HoopMasters.com

09/07/06: "the Buckeyes also are believed to be the favorite over Michigan and Michigan State for Buford, who took an unofficial visit last weekend to Columbus, OH." - HoopScoopOnline.com (2 to 1)

09/01/06: Listed as the 21st best player in the country, in his class. - HoopScoopOnline.com

08/15/06: Listed as the 9th best player in the country, in his class. - www.PrepHoopsOnline.com

08/15/06: Listed as the 49th best player in his class. - www.RivalsHoops.com

08/07/06: "The Ohio product is a full of confidence and really is mature beyond his years. Buford also has three national titles to his credit which means he's always around teams that win – that's a terrific sign to those recruiting him." - www.ScoutHoops.com

07/25/06: "The Greyhounds won the 16-under championship last week in Little Rock, Ark behind Buford and his buddies. Granted, Buford wasn't alone – his teammates include talented 6-6 Darius Miller, point guard Damon Butler [NCH] and also forward Chris Grimes [Woodward HS], but Buford was stellar carrying over from the ABCD Camp in Teaneck, NJ he had just been named co-underclassman of the week." - www.ScoutHoops.com

07/13/06: "For several months, Buford has been a target of Ohio State, Michigan State, Michigan, Arkansas, Cincinnati, Louisville and many others. He's already taken trips to Ohio State, Michigan and Michigan State for games and just visited Ohio State early this past week again for an unofficial visit." - www.ScoutHoops.com

07/11/06: "The early favorites for 6'5 Jr William Buford from Toledo (Libbey) OH are Ohio State, Michigan State, Louisville, and Kentucky." - www.HoopScoopOnline.com

07/09/06: Listed as the 11th best player in the Reebok abcd camp and the fourth best underclassman. - HoopScoop

06/26/06: "Buford is the 6-5 pride and joy of the Libbey Cowboys in Toledo. Already ranked No. 6 of all shooting guards in the class of 2008 by ScoutHoops.com, Buford's star is just beginning to shine bright. In fact, Buford is No. 18 overall in the Scout post-spring rankings. That's a number figured to go higher before its all said and done." - www.ScoutHoops.com

05/07/06: "He established himself as the top prospect in the state in the class of 2008. Makes the game look easy at times. He beat people off the dribble the whole tournament and finished around the rim making the game look easy." - www.PrepHoopsOnline.com

12/29/05: "when we saw him recently at the 2005 Power Shootout held at Ohio University-Chillicothe, he displayed an amazing court sense and overall poise in a big game against a very talented and well documented Dayton Dunbar team. Buford scored 29 points and showed a maturity beyond the scope of other sophomores. He had very few forced shots, if any and he showed big promise in a variety of ways. On one play, he grabbed a defensive rebound and ran downcourt for a pull up jumper near the lane. A defender had cut him off and instead of forcing the ball inside, he had the confidence and skill to hit the short J. It was a senior-like play." - www.PrepHoopsOnline.com

11/29/05: Listed as the 26th best player nationally, in his class. - www.HoopScoopOnline.com

07/16/05: Buford led the D1 Greyhounds to the 15u AAU National Championship.