No warrants?
If there were no warrants, then the police may have been denied entry which means, all together now, "The Duke Players are Guilty!"
DURHAM -- Duke University president Richard Brodhead said Friday morning that Durham police had attempted to serve search warrants at the on-campus dorm rooms of lacrosse players Thursday night.
Conflicts with Herald Sun account
President Richard Brodhead said he was just learning about the Thursday night search attempts and didn't have many details, including whether investigators had search warrants and if they actually entered any rooms.
I vote N&O assumed there were warrants and didn't really bother to check.