Branch West Recruiting Assistance Service
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#1 college basketball recruiting assistance in the USA

6'4 190lbs
Thousand Oaks H.S.
Thousand Oaks, CA

Shane will be a JR at UCSD (NCAA Division II) in 2007-08. Has been a 2 year starter, and having a great career.   UCSD is one of the top schools academically in California.  Shane had 4.3 GPA in H.S.

Keith Wilkinson

University of Southern California
NCAA Division I

6'9 Jr.
Capistrano Valley H.S.
Orange County, CA

Last year, became an important part of the rotation as a sophmore and is expected to play an increasingly important role these next 2 years for the Trojans.  Keith had no scholarship offers when his Dad retained Branch West Recruiting Services.

Orange County Register Article

USC's Wilkinson lends hand on the boards

Taylor Rochestie

Taylor Rochestie scores 21 points to lead Washington State in big win over USC

Washington State
Pullman, WA

Click here to view write up of the game.

Originally from Santa Barbara H.S. in Santa Barbara, CA.  Taylor had no NCAA Division I scholarships out of high school.  Even though Taylor averaged 25/ppg during his senior year, hometown school UCSB did not offer him a scholarship.  They liked him a great deal, but wanted Taylor to walk on.  Taylor had trained from the end of his Jr. season in High School when he averaged 17/ppg as a 6"1 off-guard until the beginning of his Senior season, Taylor trained at the Branch West Basketball Academy where he improved his all around scoring skills and learned to be a true point guard, directly under the tutelage of Bob Gottlieb.  When it becameobvious he wasn't being recruited at the Division I level, his highly supportive dad Howard Rochestie retained the Branch West Recruiting Assistance Services.  Ultimately Taylor was offered a dozen major college scholarships, and eventually signed at Tulane University. Taylor Rochestie had an outstanding freshman year at Tulane, during which Taylor started every game of the season.  He averaged 13/ppg and had some spectacular games, like the 26pts versus Alabama State, 19pts versus St. Louis, and 17pts versus Marquette.  Taylor came in 3rd in the voting for most outstanding freshman in the Conference USA as voted on by the coaches.  At the end of the season, the entire coaching staff at Tulane was fired, and Taylor was especially close with all of his coaches.  In addition, in September, when Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, Tulane University was closed down for the entire year.  Taylor and his father contacted Bob Gottlieb in December, and decided they like to pursue opportunities a little closer to home.  Branch West recruitng assistance service was obtained by Taylor's dad Howard Rochestie, a incredibly supportive Dad.  This all had to be done in a 2-3 week window in order to get Taylor enrolled for second semester.  A number of calls were made by Bob Gottlieb throughout the PAC-10, Mountain West, Big West, and West Coast Athletic conference.  Washington State, Arizona State, and St. mary's were all highly interested.  Tony Bennett assistant coach at WSU researched Taylor's background thouroughly and decided to recruit him to Washington State, and the Rochestie's where thrilled to death.  Taylor committed immeadately. Since then Taylor suffered a severe knee injury, requiring 2 surgeries.  One as recently as August 2006.  Playing with a heavy brace, his playing time was limited until his full strength returned.  Several weeks ago he finally discarded the brace, and came off the bench to score 16pts versus Washington.  In a huge victory over the cross state arch rivals.  Taylor has since moved into the starting lineup of the 9th ranked Washington State Cougars.  Last Saturday had 21 points versus an outstanding USC team that will make the NCAA tournament.  He played 43 minutes of the overtime thriller.

 

 

 

 

Bernell Murray

5'9"
Junior
2 yr starting point guard

Fairleigh Dickinson University
Teaneck, NJ

Originally from Stillwater H.S.
Stillwater, OK

Averaged 12 ppg and 7 apg in high school. Had no family. Bernell was a ward of the courts in Oklahoma. He lived in a rooming house with other kids of similar background while attending high school. His only offer was a partial scholarship to a junior college in Oklahoma. A local business man (Toby Angell) heard Bob Gottlieb on the Greg Swaim Radio Show in Oklahoma talking about the Branch West Recruiting Assistance Service. He had attended a number of Stillwater H.S.'s games and really came to admire the young man and when he learned of his family and living situation, he decided to try and help and retained BG to assist in Bernell's recruitment to college. Not only is Bernell an excellent player at Fairleigh Dickiinson, but he is a superb young man who is on schedule to graduate with his class next year.  He has been the starting point guard since his Sophmore year and is an integral part of the program.

 

 

 

 

Ira Rosenberg with Son Kris and lovely wife Alice

Ira has been a major benefactor and sponsor of under privileged athletes in Branch West.

Son Kris was in the Branch West development program for two years and will be playing at

Brandeis University in Boston as one of their quality recruited freshmen this coming season. 

 

 

 

 

Director

Bob Gottlieb
Associate Director Jane Gottlieb
Will be celebrating 39 years of marriage on December 14th, 2007.

Bob and Jane in Northern Italy on their travels in Europe this past August.

H ead Coach at University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee (1975-1980)
Head Coach at Jacksonville University (1973-1975)
Assistant Coach at Creighton University (1969-1971) under Eddie Sutton
Assistant Coach at Kansas State (1971-1973) under Jack Hartman
Assistant Coach at Long Beach State (1981-1983) under Tex Winter
Assistant Coach at Oregon State Unitversity(1984) under Ralph Miller

BG spent 5 wonderful years as Head Coach of UWM including a 19-8 record in 1976-77. During his tenure the UWM Panthers had wins over Gonzaga, Tulsa, Butler, Northern Illinois, and UT Pan American. He also had back to back wins over Centenary which was coached by Riley Wallace, now the highly successful Head Coach at the University of Hawaii for the past 10 years. UWM also beat the University of Wisconsin at Steven's Point, which was coached by Dick Bennett, who later went on to a very successful tenure at the University of Wisconsin in Madison (Big 10), taking them to the NCAA D1 Final Four at one point. Dick Bennett is now the head Coach at Washington State and last year beat both UCLA and USC back to back on the same weekend in Los Angeles.

 

 

 

Branch West Traveling Teams
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Branch West will have 6 teams again this spring and summer, including Branch West Team Alaska (Summer Only) and 5 teams from California.

Branch West Team Reebok Overall 2007 Record 45-8 Includes: Finals in the Mae Fischer Easter Classic in Las Vegas (April) Quarterfinals in the Kingwood Classic in Houston (April) BCA Championship in Los Angeles (Memorial Day Weekend) Finals of BCA Summer Classic (July) Quarterfinals of Reebok Summer Championships in LV (July)   Wins nationally in 2007 over the following outstanding AAU teams: St. Louis Eagles              Team Texas          Arizona Magic           New Mexico Force  Utah Pump N' Run    Bay Area Warriors  Las Vegas Rebels  Chicago Full Package        Inland Empire          Cleveland King of the Court                Birmingham Storm                    Arkansas Wings        Team Jones         Virginia Squires                Dallas Mustangs              BCA      West Coast All-Stars        BTI           Belmont Shores               Sporting Chance of Tuscon                Compton Magic

 

Branch West's Pride of Los Angeles Washington Washington St. Gonzaga Boston College California Iowa State San Diego State Miami Tyreese Breshers 6'8" 240 lbs Rising SR Price H.S. Los Angeles, CA #20 Ranked Power Forward in the USA Class of 2008 (rivals.com)   TEAM MVP (Spring 2007) Signed at Washington St. NCAA Division I Full Scholarship

Branch West's

Pride of Lithiunia

Gonzaga Washington Washington St Miami Kentucky San Diego State

Deividas Dulkys

6' 4" JR Off Guard Findlay Prep Las Vegas, NV

Team MVP (Summer 2007) Signed at Florida State NCAA Division I Full Scholarship

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