Noticeably absent from the postgame press conference after Duke's win over Southern early Friday morning were four of Duke's top players, including J.J. Redick.

The NCAA randomly chooses four players from each team after every tournament game to undergo mandatory drug testing. The tests results are private under a federal law that protects medical information.

That left Duke freshmen Josh McRoberts and Greg Paulus to speak for the Duke team after a game in which Redick and senior Shelden Williams combined for 58 of the team's 70 points.

It also meant the last two Duke players who were tested arrived at the team's hotel close to 2 a.m Friday. Duke then met at 11:30 a.m. to eat and review game film for today's 1:10 p.m. game with No. 8 seed George Washington.

"We've been in this situation before," Redick said. "We learned from out return trip from Boston with a late game [on Feb. 1] and having to come back to play Florida State on [Feb. 4]. I think we'll be prepared. The turnaround won't be an issue.

THE GWU WAY: The players from George Washington (27-2) said it would be a big mistake to think they can beat Duke by merely stopping Redick and Williams.

The Colonials have won 27 games by pressing and trapping and using their size to their advantage.

"That's our style of play," GWU senior forward Mike Hall said. "I'm sure with the schedule they've played and everybody gunning for them, they've seen every junk defense possible. We're just going to stick to our style of play. ...We have the defense and we're able to [trap, press, run] without getting tired. Hopefully we'll have success."

GOING OFF: Down 18 in the second half to UNC-Wilmington on Thursday night, GW's Hall exploded on the sideline during a timeout. The Colonials went on to win 88-85 in overtime.

Hall, who was the only GWU player to play all 44 minutes, didn't apologize for his outburst on Thursday, when it happened, or on Friday, after sleeping on it.

"Something inside of me just erupted, knowing that it could have been my last collegiate game and being on the verge of getting embarrassed and blown out on national TV with my family in the stands," Hall said. "Emotions came out of me and the guys just responded to it."