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Duke's Shelden Williams runs toward teammates Josh McRoberts and Greg Paulus to celebrate. The No. 1 Devils beat George Washington in their NCAA Tournament game on Saturday.

When was the last time?

“Probably when I was like 8, when I shot two-handed,” Redick said with a smile. “It was just a weird thing. There’s so much going on in the game, and I’ve just got to concentrate a little bit better.”

Of course, that hardly mattered to him. Redick and Williams each decided to return to school for their seniors years in search of that elusive national championship, and with victories in their last five games, the Blue Devils certainly are one of the favorites.

Regis Koundjia fouled out and four other players finished with four apiece for GW, which finished with 29 fouls. That led coach Karl Hobbs, known as much for his histrionics on the sideline as he is for turning around his program, to spend much of his time yelling at the referees.

“We had a tough mountain to try to climb,” Hobbs said. “We lost to a very good program.”

Pops Mensah-Bonsu, who sat out four games down the stretch for the Colonials following knee surgery, never was a factor and had four points and two rebounds in 13 minutes.

“It’s tough taking a loss like this, but we were able to accomplish a lot this year,” Mensah-Bonsu said. “We’re 27-3, and that’s a pretty good record. Some of the stuff we were able to do in the regular season was amazing, too. It’s a bittersweet moment.”

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