Justin Safford is off the Board

[tornado]

One of the kids BU was looking at, Justin Safford,
Has committed to Missouri.

This info has yet to be reported anywhere, by any recruiting service or online source, but comes to me from a pretty good source.

Here is some prior discussion we've had here about him, he's from Bloomington, IL.

http://www.bradleyfans.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=6014&highlight=safford

Here is a site that confirms Bradley was recruiting him.
(although they sure don't seem to know what position he plays)

http://midstatehoops.nstemp.com/players/profiles/2006/Safford.html

More on his prior visit to Mizzou

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/colleges/university_of_missouri/16639475.htm

[tornado]

It is now being reported by scout,
Justin Safford to Mizzou

http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=75&p=9&c=2&cfg=bb&cid=624033&yr=2006

article...

http://scouthoops.scout.com/2/624031.html

"Safford, a 6-foot-8 power forward who hails from Bloomington, Ill., and attends school at Charis Prep, committed to the Tigers on Monday. Safford got familiar with Missouri over the holiday break.

Winthrop, Xavier, South Carolina, Virginia Tech and a host of others were in the mix. Wake Forest had been his top choice but the Deacons did not offer a scholarship."


Also by Rivals:

http://rivalshoops.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=649202

They point out how he was only getting D-III offers last year and the year at prep school changed that a ton.

[bert notorius]

WoW! Good for Justin. Must have been a good marketing job. I hope he can keep up with Anderson's 40 minutes in hell.

[tornado]

In an interview Wednesday, Justin said the three factors that made him choose Mizzou are:

--they only had one scholarship to offer and were going to use it and lock it up within a week.

--they are the closest program to his home (Bloomington IL) that actually offered and he wants his family to be able to watch him.

--Mizzou has NINE seniors next year (lots of 1st year juco players this year), so by his soph year Justin will have more experience at Mizzou than most of the team. He hopes that translates into lots of playing time.

[bert notorius]

In an interview Wednesday, Justin said the three factors that made him choose Mizzou are:

--they only had one scholarship to offer and were going to use it and lock it up within a week.

--they are the closest program to his home (Bloomington IL) that actually offered and he wants his family to be able to watch him.

--Mizzou has NINE seniors next year (lots of 1st year juco players this year), so by his soph year Justin will have more experience at Mizzou than most of the team. He hopes that translates into lots of playing time.

Logic even Spock would be proud of....

If you really want 'em you gotta make an offer.