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BU recruit- 2013 juco K.J. Bluford

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K.J. Bluford is a 6'2" sophomore shooting guard at Northeast (Nebraska) CC, in Norfolk, Nebraska.
He is the #64 ranked juco player in the country.
He is originally from Robbinsdale Armstrong HS, in Plymouth, Minnesota.

Last year as a freshman at Northeast CC he averaged 17.7 ppg. he shot 39% from the floor, and 34% from three. This year, in 16 games he is averaging 18 ppg, and shooting 43.7% from three.

He has an offer from Arkansas State, with interest from Missouri State, Murray State, Northern Arizona, Detroit, and UTEP.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/michigan/basketball/recruiting/player-K.J-Bluford-143299

http://www.northeast.edu/Athletics/Mens-Basketball/Player-Profiles.aspx

http://www.norfolkdailynews.com/spo...1e1-a444-0019bb30f31a.html?mode=image&photo=0
 
DeltaBrave03 said:
Good guards are a dime a dozen. We need productive bigs who can catch passes and require double teams on the post.
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I tend to agree. Lets land a couple quality bigs, then go shopping for more guard depth.
This seems to suggest to me that maybe more scholarships might open up than just the ones expected.
 
Diehard Fan tipped me off to this - but yesterday - while our guys were in Iowa anyway - Geno Ford made the trip to watch KJ Bluford and his juco team play Marshalltown (IA)...

KJ Bluford tried hard to impress his potential future coach by hitting 8-16, and nailing 13 of 14 FT's to post a 31-point performance...
Bluford's head coach said this...

"They did a good job of guarding (Bluford) and trying to take him out of his element early."
The sophomore guard made 13-of-14 from the line and knotted the game at 85
by flipping a shot over his head while spinning through the lane to draw Lamont Adair's fifth foul."

I wonder how many he'd have scored had they done a bad job of guarding him!

"Northeast's KJ Bluford entered Saturday as the ICCAC's 2nd leading scorer (
18 ppg). The sophomore guard has made and taken more 3s than anyone in
the conference (69-of-158 ) and is third in accuracy (43.7 percent). Bradley
men's basketball coach Geno Ford, whose Braves played UNI in Cedar Falls
earlier in the day, was in attendance at Saturday's game. Ford was there to
see Bluford according to a report from the Lincoln Journal Star."



http://www.timesrepublican.com/page...Hawks-escape-25th-ranked-Tigers.html?nav=5010
 
We can never have enough good perimeter shooters. Hope we get this kid.
We could really be a good 3-point shooting team with our newcomers next year, along with Bluford...and Crawford has shown potential of hitting the 3.
 
We can never have enough good perimeter shooters. Hope we get this kid.
We could really be a good 3-point shooting team with our newcomers next year, along with Bluford...and Crawford has shown potential of hitting the 3.
 
here's an interview with juco KJ Bluford who I had sensed might have been one of our priorities but...

"K.J. Bluford...attended Iowa State’s Monday night game...
The shooting specialist has been offered a scholarship by the Cyclones, but ....
.. said Evansville, Murray State and West Virginia also are on his radar.

“I’m looking for a place that I can come into and play and make an impact right away
“I like to shoot a lot,” said Bluford, who averages 17.9 points and shoots almost 40 percent from 3-point range."
http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/...ister/Sports+(DesMoinesRegister.com+-+SPORTS))

Bluford had just 3 pts in his team's 27 pt loss last week
http://www.timesrepublican.com/page...rst-league-victory-at-Northeast.html?nav=5010
 
tornado said:
here's an interview with juco KJ Bluford who I had sensed might have been one of our priorities but...

"K.J. Bluford...attended Iowa State??™s Monday night game...
The shooting specialist has been offered a scholarship by the Cyclones, but ....
.. said Evansville, Murray State and West Virginia also are on his radar.

???I??™m looking for a place that I can come into and play and make an impact right away
???I like to shoot a lot,??? said Bluford, who averages 17.9 points and shoots almost 40 percent from 3-point range."
http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/...ister/Sports+(DesMoinesRegister.com+-+SPORTS))

Bluford had just 3 pts in his team's 27 pt loss last week
http://www.timesrepublican.com/page...rst-league-victory-at-Northeast.html?nav=5010
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There is a red flag with this kid in that he does chuck it up an awful lot, even when he's not feeling it.
Would be nice to have another long-range shooter, but I think that Grier can be just as productive and do other things (shoot mid-range shots off screens) that maybe Bluford can not.

My main concern, as should be the coaching staff's, is a big who can step in and contend for a starting spot - not worried so much about perimeter shooting or guard depth.
 
K.J. Bluford just committed to Iowa State.
He had stated he wanted to go somewhere he could play a lot right away and make an impact- but at Iowa State, there is a good chance he will be a career backup. But it seems regardless of what a kid says, he is always attracted to the higher level schools where they mainly are recruiting him as bench depth.
 
KJ Bluford is a Minneapolis native and played for the same AAU program, the Minnesota Fury, that Carter Evans played for..
he is the 4th juco kid landed for this coming fall by Iowa State...


...speaking of Carter Evans - the kid has had an absolutely great season, multiple double-doubles
http://m.postbulletin.com/sports/lo...f90-6438-564f-89fe-2ef01f675214.html?mode=jqm

last night he had 17 pts & 18 rebounds!
....but he had very little scoring punch among his teammates - and they have been getting beat in low scoring games...
http://m.postbulletin.com/sports/hi...cle_1445af5c-c86c-5600-9fd0-d3bdddd0ad4c.html


The game before - another double-double ..and 25 & 12 before that...
http://m.postbulletin.com/sports/lo...cle_c837a77a-39c9-5f09-ab2f-c14a9c58a0df.html
http://m.postbulletin.com/sports/hi...cle_0d9d147d-c1e7-555d-bb4c-e44047b68104.html
 
Talented juco scorer KJ Bluford is NOT happy with his playing time at Iowa State (only getting 5 min per game)
and he is leaving and will transfer...
Bradley pursued Bluford before he chose Iowa State over the Bradley offer - wonder if we might still be interested...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-basketball/news/20131229/bluford-iowa-state-transfers.ap/

in limited play he is shooting just under 30% from the arc, but... that would still make him one of our best 2 or 3 shooters
 
KJ Bluford has dropped down quite a bit - so it looks like coming to Bradley must not have been an option..
He is now at Northern Arizona
 
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