His freshman teammates, the last group brought in by Gerry Faust's coaching staff, were not recruited.

Demus beat her freshman teammate, Tiffany Ross, who ran 55.22.

Earlier this month, several wrestlers at Newtown High School, 15 miles north of Trumbull, were caught dunking a freshman teammate headfirst into a toilet.

He became roommates with fellow freshman teammate, Robbie Hummel, and shared a common bathroom with JaJuan Johnson and Scott Martin.

Butler, who finished with 15 points, said he had worked on that shot before the game, with his freshman teammate Robert Swain jumping in his face on every attempt.

Although Toney-El and his freshman teammates seemed reasonably pleased, they said their team was still a work in progress.

"I guess he doesn't really look like the typical basketball player, so it shocks people," said Bill McCaffrey, a freshman teammate.

Demetreus Gore, the Panthers' 6-5 senior swingman, said that he planned to take his freshman teammates aside sometime this week and explain the realities of Big East competition.

In November, the three players admitted attacking three freshman teammates during a weeklong preseason training camp at Camp Wayne for Girls.