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Branch
West Recruiting Assistance Service
(Click Here)
#1 college basketball
recruiting assistance in the USA
Designed to assist outstanding high
school basketball players, who are being under recruited or are not being
recruited at all, and get them recruited to all levels of the NCAA on full or
partial athletic scholarships, or financial aid packages which will save
parents major thousands of dollars.
Director
Bob Gottlieb
Associate
Director Jane Gottlieb
Will
be celebrating 40 years of marriage on December 14th, 2008.
(Bob
and Jane in Northern Italy on their travels in Europe August 2007)
Jacksonville
University
(Head Coach 1973-1975)
University
of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
(Head Coach 1975-1980)
Creighton
University
(Asst. Coach under Eddie
Sutton 1969-1971)
Kansas
State University
(Asst.
Coach under Jack Hartman 1971-1973)
Long
Beach State University
(Asst. Coach under Tex
Winter 1981-1983)
Oregon
State University
(Asst. Coach under Ralph Milller 1983-84)
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.
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NCAA Division I
Full Scholarship Players
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.
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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.
This coming season Taylor will
be starting his 3rd year as the starting point guard on a Washington State team
picked to be in the top 10 preseason in the USA. Taylor is a strong
candidate for all Pac10 honors, and is considered one of the best point guards
in the Pac 10. Last year he averaged 12 pts/gm and 6 asst/g.
Leading to WSU deep into the NCAA tournament. Taylor is not only an
outstanding player, but one of the finest young men we have had a chance to
work with.
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Keith Wilkinson
University of
Southern California
NCAA Division I
6'9 Jr.
Capistrano Valley H.S.
Orange County, CA
Keith will be starting his senior
year this coming season, and has an excellent chance at becoming one of the
starting forwards this season after having served as an invaluable
performer off the bench the past 3 years; averaging approximately 20 min/g as a
Junior. 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
Gyno Pomare
University of San
Diego
NCAA Division I
Full Athletic Scholarship
6'8" 240
lbs
El Camino H.S.
Oceanside, CA
Averaged 15ppg and 7
rebs/g
2 Time All-Conference Player
Will be starting his Senior Year this Season
Starting Post for Branch West Team Reebok in 2004
The following 3 years he was
followed at Team Reebok by:
Deon Thompson 6'9" 245lbs (North Carolina) - Sophomore
Tyrese Breshers 6'8" 245lbs (Washington) - H.S. Senior
Cody Anderson
Signs
at Montana State
NCAA Division I
Full Athletic Scholarship
6'10 Post
Canyon County H.S.
Cody is a 4.0 GPA
student and plans to major in Engineering.
Bernell Murray
5'9"
Junior
2 yr
starting point guard
Fairleigh
Dickinson University
Teaneck, NJ
Originally from
Stillwater H.S.
Stillwater, OK
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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 was Bernell
an excellent player at Fairleigh Dickiinson, but he is a
superb young man. This past Spring he graduated with his class on time, and has had a wonderful career and
experience at a major university thanks to Branch West Recruiting Services.
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Alex Tucker
6'0"
160lbs
Guard
Redondo Union H.S.
Redondo Beach, CA
18 ppg
Summit
College Prep
Simi
Valley, CA
Signed at Florida
Atlantic University
Full Scholarship
NCAA Division II
Partial Basketball Scholarships
Ernie Spada
Humboldt State
Arcata, CA
NCAA D2
6'1" 190 lbs
Point Guard
Lake Oswego H.S.
Portland, OR
Athletic Scholarship
Starting at the off gd as a
freshman and is expected to be moved to the point guard next year
when their senior point guard graduates.
Averaging over 30 min/g and
somewhat under 10 ppg.
Shane Poppen
University of
California at San Diego
NCAA Division II
6'4 190lbs
Thousand Oaks H.S.
Thousand Oaks, CA
Shane will be a 4 year starter as
a Senior this season, and is having an outstanding career. UCSD is
one of the top schools academically in California. Shane had 4.3 GPA in
H.S.
Tobias
Jahn
6'9" 220lbs
Fortworth Christian H.S.
Babenhausen, Germany
Signed
at Cal Poly Pomona
NCAA DII
Full Scholarship
Redshirted
as a Freshman last year.
Savoy
Fraine
6'8" 210lbs
JFK H.S.
Grenada Hills, CA
Signed
at Samford University
Birmingham, AL
NCAA DI
Full Scholarship
Directly thru the efforts of Branch West Recruiting Services
Redshirted
as a Freshman. Averaged 10 min/g for 2 years at Samford off the bench.
Decided to
transfer to a NCAA II school.
Signed
at Assumption University
Worcester, MA
NCAA
DII
Full Scholarship
Retained
again by parents; successfully recruited
NCAA
Division III
All Financial Aid is based on
Academics
Need based aid, and diversity aid
Can be very substantial
Shane Foster
Co-Rookie of the Year
for the entire conference
(click
here to read article)
Foster, a 6-2 shooting guard,
averaged 7.4 points, 1.7 assists, 1.7 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game,
while shooting 80 percent from the free throw line and 41.5 percent from
3-point range. Foster played in all 25 games and scored in double figures eight
times. He recorded a career-high 17 points in a win over Stevens on Jan. 4 and
averaged 8.3 points per game in 16 conference contests.
Cost of school is
approximately $40,000 per/yr. The Foster's are only paying approximately
$5,000 per/yr.
John Fredrickson
(and Dad Scott)
6'5"
250lbs
Post
Villa Park H.S.
Orange County, CA
Parttime H.S. Starter on a very good team
Signed
at Springfield College
Springfield,
MA
Superb Financial Aid Package
Academic Scholarship plus need
base aid
Parents to paying
approximately $13,000 of annual
school costs of $38,000 per year
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.
Branch
West Traveling Teams
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Branch West will have 6 teams again
this spring and summer.
Spring 2008
Branch West wins
GBOA West Regionals
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Branch West
Record
26-5
Ranked
#7 in USA GBOA national rankings
Includes:
Semi-Finals in the Mae Fischer Easter Classic in Las Vegas (April)
Semi-Finals in the Kingwood Classic in Houston (April)
Champions of the GBOA West Regional
Spring / Summer 2007
Branch
West
Record 45-8
Ranked #25 in the USA National Rankings
after Spring Season
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
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Branch West's
Pride of Los Angeles
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Washington
Washington St.
Gonzaga
Boston College
California
Iowa State
San Diego State
Miami
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Tyreese
Breshers
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6'8" 240 lbs
Rising SR
Price H.S.
Los Angeles, CA
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#20 Ranked Power
Forward in the USA Class of 2008
(rivals.com)
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TEAM MVP
(Spring 2007)
Signed at
Washington St.
NCAA Division I
Full Scholarship
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