With another week over and therefore another week closer to basketball season, let's head into another week with part five of our five part series in which you, the fans, choose the University of San Francisco's all-time men's basketball roster.
 
In case you missed the previous installments, here is how it works.  Dons Athletics will release a new list of players from each position group: center, power forward, small forward, shooting guard, and point guard, for fans to vote on.  You will be asked to select three from each group, making up the ultimate 15-man roster. 
 
The top vote-getter from each group will be named a starter, with the second and third most votes being selected as key reserves. 
 
Here are the results from part I: Centers
Here are the results from part II: Power Forwards
Here are the results from part III: Small Forwards
Here are the results from part IV: Shooting Guards
 
With that, we bring you part V, the second round of guards, specifically point guards – the guys running the show. 
 
The mix of players nominated spans a wide range of eras and playing styles.  What all of the nominees have in common is, they were winners who helped guide some dominant teams.  Some players were scorers, others were lock-down defenders, still others ran the offense and did all the little things to help the Dons' offense move. 
 
With that said, here are six players for your consideration for shooting guard. If there's anyone we forgot to include, vote for them! 
 
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Jim Brovelli, 1962-64: Inducted into the USF Hall of Fame in 1982, Brovelli was a key member of those fantastic USF teams in the early 60's.  From 1961-64 he helped the dons to a 41-14 record, two WCAC conference titles and a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances in his final two seasons on the Hilltop.  The three-time letter winner finished his career with 673 points and 181 total rebounds.  Assists weren't a stat that was used in Brovelli's playing day, but rest assured if they had been, he would have tallied several feeding players like Ollie Johnson, Joe Ellis, and Ed Thomas.
 
Bob Gaillard, 1959-62:  Another member of the USF Hall of Fame, Galliard was a three-time All-WCAC honoree and three-time All-Northern California honoree. His senior year he was considered one of the best guards on the coast.  He led the Dons in scoring his junior and senior season and finished his career four points shy of 1,000.  In his senior year he scored 442 points while averaging 17.6 points per game and grabbing 4.8 rebounds per game.
 
Mike Quick, 1970-73: A three-time letter winner, Quick was a part of a Dons 1972-73 team that saw its entire starting lineup drafted by the NBA.  Overlooked by all-conference accolades, Quick was a two-time NCAA Tournament All-Region team honoree, scoring 76 career points in the NCAA Tournament.  The USF Hall of Famer played in 81 games for the Dons, scoring 1,018 points.  In his senior season, he averaged 17.4 points per game, 2.3 rebounds per game and 3.6 assists per contest. In the Dons' win over No. 3 Long Beach State in the NCAA tournament that season, Quick scored 25 points while dishing out three assists.  Assists were only officially kept his final season with the Dons, a year in which he tallied 101.
 
Orlando Smart, 1990-94:  During an era of stellar point guard play in the Bay Area, Smart stands out as one of the best.  Between 1991 and 94 he dished out 902 assists, which is still in the top-25 all-time in the NCAA.  In each of his four seasons on the Hilltop he compiled over 200 assists. No other player at USF has recorded a single 200+ assist season.  He also scored 1,532 points and tallied 279 steals during his career.  The 1990 Freshman All-American is one of three players in USF history to score at least 450 points and dish out 150 assists.  His senior season he earned first team All-WCC honors for the second consecutive year, after averaging 16.0 points per game and 7.6 assists per contest. 
 
Ali Thomas, 1997-01:  The West Coast Conference newcomer of the Year made a splash right away, averaging 11.1 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game on the last Dons team to advance to the NCAA Tournament.  That season, Thomas connected on 75 of his 236 3-point field goals, a USF record. He still ranks 19^th in the West Coast Conference in made 3-point field goals.  In the NCAA tournament that year against Utah, he scored 15 points, going 4-for-9 from beyond the arc.  He amassed 1,237 points in his four seasons on the Hilltop, while dishing out 334 assists with 110 steals.
 
Huey Thomas, 1962-65: A three-year starter for Dons in the mid-60's, Huey Thomas was brought to the Hilltop to act as a team catalyst and lead the vaunted Dons offense.  In his three seasons, the Dons went 64-18, winning the WCAC three-straight-seasons, while making three-straight trips to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament. Huey's combination of speed, quickness, intelligence, and jumping ability gave head coach Pete Peletta the perfect weapon to slow down All-Americans Terry Baker (Oregon State), Gail Goodrich (UCLA) and two-time WCAC Player of the Year Steve Gray (Saint Mary's.) Through he wasn't asked to score, he still tallied 482 points in his three seasons, averaging 7.3 points per contest.

As always, if there is anyone we have left off the list of brief nominations, let us know by voting for them!  We will release the results on Monday.