1.   Clausen, the highly touted player from Northridge, Calif., needed only two throws to forever endear himself to the Tennessee faithful.

2.   Last year, Rutgers heavily recruited Tim Thomas, a highly touted New Jersey player from Paterson Catholic High School.

3.   They were two of the three most touted prep players last year, but the third, Jerod Ward of Michigan, has not taken the game over yet.

4.   What Mahoney is running out of is time out of the limelight where his young highly touted players and their third-year coach can take lumps without scrutiny.