[1] Buford sat out the 1980–81 season and then suffered eight broken ribs in a car crash, ending his playing career.
[3] He spent five seasons with the team and was a member of the coaching staff when the Jayhawks won the 1988 NCAA championship.
In the summer of 1997 he was named the Spurs' director of scouting, and then two years later in 1999 was promoted to the position of assistant general manager.
[6] His son Chase played basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks and now is the head coach of the NBL team, the Sydney Kings.
[8] Buford met Bill Self when he served as Self's host during a recruiting visit at Oklahoma State University in 1981.