All Time SC Hoops Second Team

[uscjohnnymac]

Guards: Gus Williams and Bill Sharman

Williams was a big get for Bob Boyd, as he was the New York State player of the year coming out of high school. A three year starter, led SC to a 24-5 record in 1974, and was an All American in 1975, averaging 22 points and 6 rebounds a game. He was the schools all time leader in assists for 10 years. Sharman was a consensus All American in 1950, the third in school history, along with future Celtics teammate Bob Cousy. Sharman left SC as the schools all time leading scorer, and would hold that title for 12 years. His senior year 18.6 points a game was a school record, and would hold for 11 years. The first of six USC players to lead the conference in scoring.



Forwards: Ralph Vaughn and Cliff Robinson

Vaughn was SCs second consensus All American, and regarded as the player of the year in 1940, including being on the cover of Life magazine. He led the Pacific Coast Conference in scoring at 15 points per game, and hung 36 points in a single game on UCLA, which was a conference record that stood for 21 years. Led SC to the Final Four, and Helms National Championship. Robinson only played at SC for two years, but was supremely talented and got Bob Boyd to his first NCAAT. Averaged 18 and 10 as a Frosh, then 19 and 12 as a Soph. Joined Magic Johnson in the SI "Super Soph" season kick off in 1979. Scored over 30 points 5 times in two years, is 4th on the career rebound average list, and had a tidy 35 point, 28 rebound game as a freshman.



Center: Lee Guttero

USC's first star player. Led the team in scoring in each of his three seasons, guided them to three consecutive Pacific Coast Conference Southern Division championships, and the 1935 Conference Championship. During his tenure USC compiled an overall record of 54–19. Guttero was named an All-American in 1934, then a consensus All-American in 1935 when SC went 20-6, 11-1 in conference. He also earned three all-conference selections, and in his senior season of 1934–35 he set a still-standing school record by scoring 34.6% of his team's points.

[SCthe1]

Nice job once again johnnymac! You certainly research these players well. I confess to knowing zero about Lee Guttero.

I did have the honor of meeting Bill Sharman at the Galen Center where we were able to take a photo with him in the practice gym upstairs and Gus Williams on the day he was honored at the Coliseum, along with other inductees into the USC Athletics Hall of Fame. We had season ticket seats right behind legendary women's golf coach Andrea Gaston and she was down on the field and came back up to our seats with Gus in his 3-pc suit and his red HOF sash and we were able to meet him and take a photo as well. He was a great player for the Seattle Supersonics back in the day!