| Lineup | Duke | PG - David Garner (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Russell Williams (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Oscar Bertsch (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. PF - Robert Lindenberger (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. C - Warren Mota (fresh) | |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Raymond Bain (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Jeffrey Drennen (fresh) 11 pts. SF - John Hurt (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Steven Williams (fresh) 13 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Liang Zheng (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | North Carolina | John Hurt inbounds the ball | 25-38 |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 19:42 | North Carolina | Jeffrey Drennen buries a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Steven Williams | 25-41 |
| 19:27 | Duke | Robert Lindenberger misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 25-41 |
| 19:25 | North Carolina | John Hurt gets the rebound | 25-41 |
| 18:59 | North Carolina | Steven Williams misses long on a jumper in the paint | 25-41 |
| 18:58 | Duke | Russell Williams grabs the defensive rebound | 25-41 |
| 18:54 | Duke | Russell Williams is doubleteamed and throws a bad pass out of bounds | 25-41 |
| 18:30 | North Carolina | Steven Williams misses short on a shot from just outside the lane | 25-41 |
| 18:28 | North Carolina | Steven Williams tips it home | 25-43 |
| 18:11 | Duke | Oscar Bertsch hits a 3 from the right corner | 28-43 |
| 17:45 | North Carolina | Jeffrey Drennen comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 28-43 |
| 17:43 | North Carolina | Steven Williams misses the tip | 28-43 |
| 17:42 | Duke | David Garner grabs the board | 28-43 |
| 17:26 | Duke | Warren Mota misses short on a jumper from just outside the lane | 28-43 |
| 17:24 | North Carolina | The rebound goes to John Hurt | 28-43 |
| 17:11 | North Carolina | John Hurt misses the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 28-43 |
| 17:10 | North Carolina | Liang Zheng hits the follow up shot | 28-45 |
| 16:57 | Duke | Russell Williams is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 28-45 |
| 16:56 | North Carolina | John Hurt pulls down the rebound | 28-45 |
| 16:28 | North Carolina | Raymond Bain hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 28-45 |
| 16:27 | North Carolina | Steven Williams hits the follow up shot | 28-47 |
| 16:09 | Duke | Warren Mota is called for the offensive foul - foul #2 on Warren Mota, team foul #1 | 28-47 |
| Subs | Duke | Gerald Long (C) Warren Mota | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Trenton Fletcher (C) Steven Williams | |
| 15:56 | North Carolina | Trenton Fletcher misses the fadeaway in the lane but he's fouled by Gerald Long - foul #2 on Gerald Long, team foul #2 | 28-47 |
| 15:56 | North Carolina | Trenton Fletcher makes the 1st free throw | 28-48 |
| 15:56 | North Carolina | Trenton Fletcher misses the 2nd free throw | 28-48 |
| 15:56 | Duke | Gerald Long grabs the defensive rebound | 28-48 |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - David Garner (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Russell Williams (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Oscar Bertsch (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. PF - Robert Lindenberger (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. C - Gerald Long (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Raymond Bain (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Jeffrey Drennen (fairly fresh) 14 pts. SF - John Hurt (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. PF - Liang Zheng (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Trenton Fletcher (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 15:43 | Duke | Robert Lindenberger hits a wide open turnaround from the baseline on a great pass from Russell Williams out of a doubleteam | 30-48 |
| 15:20 | North Carolina | John Hurt misses long on a 3 from the right wing | 30-48 |
| 15:18 | Duke | Gerald Long snags the defensive board | 30-48 |
| 15:12 | Duke | Russell Williams is hacked by Jeffrey Drennen - foul #1 on Jeffrey Drennen, team foul #1 | 30-48 |
| 15:00 | Duke | Oscar Bertsch hits a wide open fadeaway from the free throw line on a great pass from David Garner | 32-48 |
| 14:40 | North Carolina | Jeffrey Drennen misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 32-48 |
| 14:38 | Duke | Gerald Long grabs the defensive rebound | 32-48 |
| 14:23 | Duke | Russell Williams splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 32-48 |
| 14:22 | Duke | Robert Lindenberger pulls down the offensive rebound | 32-48 |
| 14:11 | Duke | David Garner misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 32-48 |
| 14:09 | North Carolina | The rebound goes to Raymond Bain | 32-48 |
| 13:46 | North Carolina | Raymond Bain makes the fadeaway jumper from the right wing set up by John Hurt and he's hacked by Robert Lindenberger - foul #3 on Robert Lindenberger, team foul #3 | 32-50 |
| Subs | Duke | Warren Mota (C) Gerald Long | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Steven Williams (PF) Liang Zheng | |
| 13:46 | North Carolina | Raymond Bain makes the free throw | 32-51 |
| 13:35 | Duke | Warren Mota is fouled on the floor by Jeffrey Drennen - foul #2 on Jeffrey Drennen, team foul #2 | 32-51 |
| 13:17 | Duke | Russell Williams shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the 3 pointer from the left corner | 35-51 |
| 12:48 | North Carolina | John Hurt is called for traveling | 35-51 |
| Subs | Duke | Ryan Bentley (SG) David Garner | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Liang Zheng (C) Trenton Fletcher | |
| 12:30 | Duke | Robert Lindenberger is called for traveling | 35-51 |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Drazen Blachowski (SF) John Hurt | |
| 12:09 | North Carolina | Liang Zheng drills a 3pt attempt from straight away set up by Drazen Blachowski | 35-54 |
| 12:03 | Duke | Oscar Bertsch is open and buries a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Russell Williams | 38-54 |
| 11:40 | North Carolina | Steven Williams buries a runner from close range on a great pass from Drazen Blachowski | 38-56 |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Russell Williams (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 3 ast. SG - Ryan Bentley (fresh) SF - Oscar Bertsch (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. PF - Robert Lindenberger (tiring) 6 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. C - Warren Mota (fresh) | |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Raymond Bain (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Jeffrey Drennen (tiring) 14 pts. SF - Drazen Blachowski (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Steven Williams (fairly fresh) 19 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. C - Liang Zheng (tiring) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 11:29 | Duke | Russell Williams shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Steven Williams - foul #1 on Steven Williams, team foul #3 | 38-56 |
| Subs | Duke | David Garner (PG), Richard Land (PF) Ryan Bentley, Robert Lindenberger | |
| Subs | North Carolina | John Hurt (SF), Trenton Fletcher (C) Jeffrey Drennen, Liang Zheng | |
| 11:29 | Duke | Russell Williams makes the 1st free throw | 39-56 |
| 11:29 | Duke | Russell Williams misses the 2nd free throw | 39-56 |
| 11:29 | North Carolina | Trenton Fletcher gets the rebound | 39-56 |
| 11:06 | North Carolina | David Garner is called for the reach on Drazen Blachowski - foul #3 on David Garner, team foul #4 | 39-56 |
| Subs | Duke | George Murphey (SF), Gerald Long (C) Oscar Bertsch, Warren Mota | |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| 10:48 | North Carolina | Raymond Bain clanks a shot from the right side | 39-56 |
| 10:46 | North Carolina | Steven Williams grabs the offensive rebound | 39-56 |
| 10:25 | North Carolina | Steven Williams misses badly on a shot from the right block but he's fouled by Richard Land - foul #1 on Richard Land, team foul #5 | 39-56 |
| Subs | Duke | Ryan Bentley (SG) Russell Williams | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Jeffrey Drennen (PG) Raymond Bain | |
| 10:25 | North Carolina | Steven Williams makes the 1st free throw | 39-57 |
| 10:25 | North Carolina | Steven Williams misses the 2nd free throw | 39-57 |
| 10:25 | Duke | Richard Land grabs the board | 39-57 |
| 10:03 | Duke | George Murphey buries a 3pt attempt from the left wing set up by David Garner | 42-57 |
| 09:34 | North Carolina | Jeffrey Drennen misses the 3 pointer from the right corner | 42-57 |
| 09:33 | North Carolina | Steven Williams hits the follow up shot | 42-59 |
| 09:17 | Duke | Richard Land hits a jump hook from the left block on a nice dish by Ryan Bentley | 44-59 |
| 08:48 | North Carolina | Jeffrey Drennen misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 44-59 |
| 08:46 | North Carolina | Drazen Blachowski hits the follow up shot | 44-61 |
| 08:40 | Duke | Ryan Bentley's fadeaway is rejected by Trenton Fletcher | 44-61 |
| 08:38 | Duke | The offensive rebound goes to George Murphey | 44-61 |
| 08:32 | Duke | George Murphey can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 44-61 |
| 08:31 | North Carolina | Trenton Fletcher grabs the board | 44-61 |
| 08:02 | North Carolina | Drazen Blachowski is whistled for a carry | 44-61 |
| Subs | Duke | Russell Williams (PG), Oscar Bertsch (SF), Robert Lindenberger (PF), Warren Mota (C) David Garner, George Murphey, Richard Land, Gerald Long | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Raymond Bain (PG), Richard Caulkins (SG), Liang Zheng (C) Jeffrey Drennen, Drazen Blachowski, Trenton Fletcher | |
| 07:53 | Duke | Russell Williams drills a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 47-61 |
| 07:36 | North Carolina | Raymond Bain misses long on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 47-61 |
| 07:35 | Duke | Warren Mota grabs the board | 47-61 |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Russell Williams (fresh) 19 pts. 3 ast. SG - Ryan Bentley (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Oscar Bertsch (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. PF - Robert Lindenberger (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. C - Warren Mota (fresh) | |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Raymond Bain (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Richard Caulkins (fresh) 2 pts. SF - John Hurt (tiring) 8 pts. 5 reb. PF - Steven Williams (tiring) 22 pts. 8 reb. 2 stl. C - Liang Zheng (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 07:31 | Duke | Russell Williams can't connect on a jumper from the left wing | 47-61 |
| 07:30 | Duke | Russell Williams gets the offensive rebound | 47-61 |
| 07:23 | Duke | Ryan Bentley is fouled on the floor by Richard Caulkins - foul #1 on Richard Caulkins, team foul #4 | 47-61 |
| 07:12 | Duke | Warren Mota is hacked by Richard Caulkins - foul #2 on Richard Caulkins, team foul #5 | 47-61 |
| Subs | Duke | David Garner (PG) Ryan Bentley | |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| 07:00 | Duke | Robert Lindenberger drills a 3pt shot from the left corner | 50-61 |
| 06:45 | North Carolina | Steven Williams misses the jumpshot from the free throw line | 50-61 |
| 06:44 | Duke | Warren Mota gets the rebound | 50-61 |
| 06:37 | Duke | Oscar Bertsch is fouled on the floor by John Hurt - foul #2 on John Hurt, team foul #6 | 50-61 |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Jeffrey Drennen (SG), Trenton Fletcher (C) Richard Caulkins, Steven Williams | |
| 06:20 | Duke | Oscar Bertsch connects on the fadeaway in the paint on a great pass from Warren Mota | 52-61 |
| 05:51 | North Carolina | Robert Lindenberger takes the ball from Raymond Bain | 52-61 |
| 05:27 | Duke | Robert Lindenberger hits the front of the rim on the jumper in the lane but the foul's on John Hurt - foul #3 on John Hurt, team foul #7 | 52-61 |
| Subs | Duke | Ryan Bentley (SG) David Garner | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Drazen Blachowski (SF) John Hurt | |
| 05:27 | Duke | Robert Lindenberger misses the 1st free throw | 52-61 |
| 05:27 | Duke | Robert Lindenberger makes the 2nd free throw | 53-61 |
| 05:01 | North Carolina | Drazen Blachowski misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 53-61 |
| 04:59 | North Carolina | Liang Zheng tips it but misses | 53-61 |
| 04:58 | Duke | Oscar Bertsch grabs the board | 53-61 |
| 04:39 | Duke | Oscar Bertsch comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 53-61 |
| 04:37 | North Carolina | Liang Zheng grabs the defensive rebound | 53-61 |
| 04:22 | North Carolina | Warren Mota swats the dunk try by Drazen Blachowski | 53-61 |
| 04:20 | North Carolina | Raymond Bain misses the tip | 53-61 |
| 04:18 | Duke | Russell Williams grabs the defensive rebound | 53-61 |
| 04:14 | Duke | Oscar Bertsch is hacked by Drazen Blachowski - foul #2 on Drazen Blachowski, team foul #8 | 53-61 |
| Subs | Duke | Gerald Long (C) Warren Mota | |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| 04:14 | Duke | Oscar Bertsch makes the 1st free throw | 54-61 |
| 04:14 | Duke | Oscar Bertsch makes the 2nd free throw | 55-61 |
| 03:55 | North Carolina | Liang Zheng is whistled for traveling | 55-61 |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Steven Williams (PF) Trenton Fletcher | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:41 | Duke | Oscar Bertsch is alone and drills a turnaround from the right block on a great pass from Ryan Bentley | 57-61 |
| 03:21 | North Carolina | Jeffrey Drennen hits a shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Raymond Bain | 57-63 |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Russell Williams (fairly fresh) 19 pts. 3 ast. SG - Ryan Bentley (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Oscar Bertsch (fairly fresh) 18 pts. 1 ast. PF - Robert Lindenberger (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. C - Gerald Long (fresh) 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Raymond Bain (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Jeffrey Drennen (tiring) 16 pts. SF - Drazen Blachowski (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Steven Williams (fairly fresh) 22 pts. 8 reb. 2 stl. C - Liang Zheng (tiring) 5 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 03:15 | Duke | Russell Williams can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 57-63 |
| 03:13 | North Carolina | Jeffrey Drennen gets the rebound | 57-63 |
| 02:53 | North Carolina | Jeffrey Drennen knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left wing set up by Raymond Bain | 57-65 |
| 02:53 | Duke | Duke calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 57-65 |
| Subs | Duke | David Garner (PG), Warren Mota (C) Ryan Bentley, Gerald Long | |
| Subs | North Carolina | John Hurt (SF), Trenton Fletcher (C) Drazen Blachowski, Steven Williams | |
| 02:45 | Duke | Russell Williams shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 57-65 |
| 02:43 | North Carolina | Raymond Bain pulls down the rebound | 57-65 |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:20 | North Carolina | John Hurt scores on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane set up by Raymond Bain | 57-67 |
| 02:10 | Duke | Warren Mota comes up short on the shot from the right wing | 57-67 |
| 02:09 | North Carolina | Liang Zheng grabs the defensive rebound | 57-67 |
| 01:47 | North Carolina | John Hurt comes up short on the runner from close range | 57-67 |
| 01:45 | North Carolina | Trenton Fletcher snags the offensive board | 57-67 |
| 01:24 | North Carolina | John Hurt misses the fadeaway jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Oscar Bertsch - foul #2 on Oscar Bertsch, team foul #6 | 57-67 |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Richard Caulkins (SG), Drazen Blachowski (SF), Steven Williams (PF) Raymond Bain, Jeffrey Drennen, Liang Zheng | |
| 01:24 | North Carolina | John Hurt misses the 1st free throw | 57-67 |
| 01:24 | North Carolina | John Hurt misses the 2nd free throw | 57-67 |
| 01:24 | Duke | Robert Lindenberger snags the defensive board | 57-67 |
| 01:15 | Duke | Robert Lindenberger misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 57-67 |
| 01:14 | North Carolina | Trenton Fletcher snags the defensive board | 57-67 |
| 00:50 | North Carolina | Russell Williams steps in front of the Steven Williams pass | 57-67 |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:45 | Duke | Russell Williams is hacked by Richard Caulkins - foul #3 on Richard Caulkins, team foul #9 | 57-67 |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Raymond Bain (PG) John Hurt | |
| 00:45 | Duke | Russell Williams misses the 1st free throw | 57-67 |
| 00:45 | North Carolina | Trenton Fletcher pulls down the rebound | 57-67 |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:43 | North Carolina | David Garner is called for the reach on Trenton Fletcher in the backcourt - foul #4 on David Garner, team foul #7 | 57-67 |
| 00:43 | North Carolina | Trenton Fletcher makes the 1st free throw | 57-68 |
| 00:43 | North Carolina | Trenton Fletcher makes the 2nd free throw | 57-69 |
| 00:35 | Duke | Oscar Bertsch connects on the shot from the left side set up by David Garner | 59-69 |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:13 | North Carolina | Drazen Blachowski misses long on a runner from close range but he's fouled by Oscar Bertsch - foul #3 on Oscar Bertsch, team foul #8 | 59-69 |
| 00:13 | North Carolina | Drazen Blachowski makes the 1st free throw | 59-70 |
| 00:13 | North Carolina | Drazen Blachowski misses the 2nd free throw | 59-70 |
| 00:13 | North Carolina | Steven Williams gets the offensive rebound | 59-70 |
| 00:00 | North Carolina | Raymond Bain runs out the clock | 59-70 |