Head coach Ritchie McKay could have put an ad in local papers last week for a point guard after losing his regular man for the job.
Kris Collins went down for six to eight weeks with a broken right foot Wednesday.
On the other hand, that might have eliminated the number of guys who applied for the position on the UNM men's basketball team.
In total, the Lobos had six players secure the job of bringing the ball up the court in their 62-58 win over the University of Nevada-Las Vegas Runnin' Rebels.
McKay began his revolving-door substitution method with little-used, little-known and actually little - he's listed at 6-foot-1-inch, but six feet is generous enough - guard Jeff Hart at the point.
"I just thought that was a coy coaching strategy to get him in the starting lineup," McKay said. "Jeff has been practicing tremendously well. I just felt we should give him a chance."
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Hart's 26 minutes in Saturday's game were 20 fewer than he logged all season.
After four minutes, McKay quickly changed things around on the Rebels, doling out the duty of floor general to sophomore point guard Ryan Wall.
Wall didn't last long, though, and was quickly relegated to the bench again with senior guard Troy DeVries taking over the responsibility.
Hart said the Lobos' offensive schemes allow McKay to shuffle players in and out of the point guard position.
"With the offense we are running, it's not like everyone has a certain spot," Hart said. "Someone different might have brought the ball up, but as far as our offense goes, everyone runs every spot."
So that's why there were several sightings of a 6-foot-8-inch forward dribbling up the court.
Danny Granger, starting in his first game since going down with torn cartilage in his left knee Jan. 8, shared the point guard action as well. He assumed the role a couple of times throughout the course of the game.
His transient responsibility left his man - 6-foot-7-inch post player Odartey Blankson - with a deer-in-the-headlights gaze as he decided whether he should guard Granger as he came up the court or leave those duties to the Rebels' 5-foot-10-inch point guard Jerel Blassingame.
Granger's ability to play the point when called is something the Lobos plan to implement in the future, Hart said.
"If there's an aggressive point guard on their team that D's up pretty good, then we'll probably have a big guy like Danny bring it down that's pretty good with the ball," he said. "And otherwise we have Ryan or Darren (Prentice), both pretty good point guards who can handle it."
Speaking of Prentice, he saw all of one minute of action, while Wall ended up with a total of five minutes.
And if you're counting, that leaves one player still to be mentioned.
That one is Mark Walters, who, other than Prentice and Wall, spent the least amount of time running things as the point guard.
Hart said it's likely the Lobos will continue their point-guard-by-committee tactic for the rest of the season.
They are 1-0 with the strategy, if you're counting.
