'06 MA SG/PG Anthony Gurley (Wake Forest Commit)

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Newton North High School (Newtonville, MA)

HT: 6-3
WT: 195

Played with the BABC younger team after his sophomore year, but will move up following junior campaign. Once strictly an outside shooter, Gurley has begun to take it to the basket with authority. Finishes with both hands. Smooth. Ranked by Rivals.com as the #19 Shooting Guard in the 2006 Class. Ranked as the #95 overall prospect in the 2006 Class by Rivals.com

Listing Boston College, George Washington, Holy Cross, UMass, Memphis, Ohio State, Providence and Stanford.

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Gurley, scored 37 points and had 10 rebounds in a 88-84 win against New Bedford on Saturday in the Division 1 South sectional title game. Newton North improved to 22-1 and will play for the Division 1 EMass crown.

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New No. 10 Newton North (Newton, Mass.) captured its first Division 1 Eastern Mass. title with a 75-62 win over Lawrence. Junior guard Anthony Gurley led the way with 30 points. Newton North plays the winner of Worcester and Commerce for the Division 1 state title on March 19.

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3/29/05

Gurley Flying Under Radar
By Jeff Goodman National Recruiting Analyst
Date: Mar 28, 2005

Anthony Gurley has done a good job flying under the radar - and it's likely that won't change anytime soon. Not with his schedule over the next six weeks.

Gurley, who put up 33.5 points per game this past weekend in a local tournament and helped lead his Newton North team to its first-ever state title. Gurley is a 6-2 ½ shooting guard who can score in a variety of ways.

Wake Forest, Miami, Providence, Georgia, Boston College, N.C. State, Marquette are currently the teams interested. Anthony is listing OSU (Med Interest).

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4/1/05

Scout.com Profile: BABC
By Jeff Goodman National Recruiting Analyst
Date: Apr 1, 2005

Leo Papile’s squad may lack a legitimate big man, but he’ll find a way to get it done – and it’ll be with strong guard play. Iowa State-bound Farnold Degand is much improved and Anthony Gurley is for real.

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4/11/05

Boo Williams: Day Two Checklist
By Dave Telep National Recruiting Director
Date: Apr 10, 2005

HAMPTON, Va. – What a day at the Boo Williams! Guys were putting in work and making things happen and while Kevin Durant was at it again, Sherron Collins was busy skyrocketing up the 2006 point guard list.

Gurley is putting on a tremendous performance at the event and his stock is on the rise.

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4/14/05

Syracuse, Wake Forest, Miami, Georgia, NC State, and Boston College are the schools that have been recruiting him. He has no scholarship offers to date, and he is still wide open in terms of his recruitment.

No mention of Ohio State.....

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5/3/05

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By James Henderson Pack Pride
Date: May 2, 2005

Newtonville (Mass.) North star Anthony Gurley has been tremendous this spring for BABC, and his recruitment is starting to gain steam.
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Gurley has been doing well on the AAU circuit, he is the leading scorer for his team. Most of the ACC schools are interested in him. It looks like NC State, Wake and Memphis are his top teams right now. NC State recently visited with him and he is interested.

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5/10/05

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By Jeff Goodman National Recruiting Analyst
Date: May 10, 2005

Anthony Gurley didn't have all month of April to showcase his game and meet with college coaches. A good portion of his month was spent leading a prestigious tournament in Italy, against elite international competition, in scoring.
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Gurley took an unofficial visit to Boston College and they offered.

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6/9/05

Scout.com has posted video of Gurley in action.

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6/16/05

Gurley is visiting Wake Forest this weekend.

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6/20/05

Gurley verbaled to Wake Forest over the weekend.

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Originally Posted by bucknuts44820

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6/20/05

Gurley verbaled to Wake Forest over the weekend.

Excellent!

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Originally Posted by jwinslow

Excellent!

Gurley's commitment will have no effect on Conley if that is what you are thinking. Gurley will play SG unless it is necessary for him to play point. Equate it to Cook acting as a deterent to Lighty.

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Well I got my hopes up for a sec... I haven't been following Wake's recruits as closely. Thanks for setting me straight

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This may not be a deterant for Mr. Conley, but it can't hurt--especially if there is another big man (besides Oden) in the future for WF. As we all know C & O will more than likely be a package deal.