| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Gene Torre (fresh) SG - Daniel Winland (fresh) SF - Timothy London (fresh) PF - Phillip O'Haire (fresh) C - Charles Colangelo (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - David Garner (fresh) SG - Johnny Temples (fresh) SF - Joe Cote (fresh) PF - Roy Thomas (fresh) C - Douglas Taylor (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Duke | Douglas Taylor wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:44 | Duke | Joe Cote misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 0-0 |
| 19:43 | Virginia Tech | The rebound goes to Charles Colangelo | 0-0 |
| 19:29 | Virginia Tech | Phillip O'Haire comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Roy Thomas - foul #1 on Roy Thomas, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:29 | Virginia Tech | Phillip O'Haire misses the 1st free throw | 0-0 |
| 19:29 | Virginia Tech | Phillip O'Haire makes the 2nd free throw | 1-0 |
| 19:17 | Duke | Johnny Temples makes the 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from David Garner | 1-3 |
| 19:10 | Virginia Tech | Daniel Winland loses the ball out of bounds | 1-3 |
| 18:56 | Duke | David Garner misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 1-3 |
| 18:54 | Virginia Tech | Phillip O'Haire snags the defensive board | 1-3 |
| 18:35 | Virginia Tech | Charles Colangelo misses short on a floater from close range | 1-3 |
| 18:33 | Duke | Johnny Temples pulls down the rebound | 1-3 |
| 18:22 | Duke | David Garner comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 1-3 |
| 18:20 | Virginia Tech | Phillip O'Haire snags the defensive board | 1-3 |
| 18:02 | Virginia Tech | Gene Torre misses the shot from the left side but the foul's on David Garner - foul #1 on David Garner, team foul #2 | 1-3 |
| 18:02 | Virginia Tech | Gene Torre misses the 1st free throw | 1-3 |
| 18:02 | Virginia Tech | Gene Torre makes the 2nd free throw | 2-3 |
| 17:34 | Duke | Douglas Taylor misses short on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 2-3 |
| 17:33 | Duke | Roy Thomas tips it back up and in | 2-5 |
| 17:21 | Virginia Tech | Timothy London clanks a 3pt attempt from straight away | 2-5 |
| 17:19 | Duke | Johnny Temples grabs the board | 2-5 |
| 17:02 | Duke | Roy Thomas hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right side | 2-5 |
| 17:01 | Virginia Tech | Daniel Winland pulls down the rebound | 2-5 |
| 16:47 | Virginia Tech | Daniel Winland misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 2-5 |
| 16:46 | Duke | Douglas Taylor grabs the board | 2-5 |
| 16:29 | Duke | David Garner throws a bad pass out of bounds | 2-5 |
| 16:10 | Virginia Tech | Phillip O'Haire lays it up and in and he's fouled by Roy Thomas - foul #2 on Roy Thomas, team foul #3 | 4-5 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| Subs | Duke | Warren Mota (PF) Roy Thomas | |
| 16:10 | Virginia Tech | Phillip O'Haire makes the free throw | 5-5 |
| 15:56 | Duke | Johnny Temples comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 5-5 |
| 15:55 | Duke | Johnny Temples grabs the offensive board | 5-5 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Gene Torre (fairly fresh) 1 pts. SG - Daniel Winland (fairly fresh) SF - Timothy London (fairly fresh) PF - Phillip O'Haire (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Charles Colangelo (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - David Garner (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Johnny Temples (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Joe Cote (fairly fresh) PF - Warren Mota (fresh) C - Douglas Taylor (fairly fresh) | |
| 15:41 | Duke | Warren Mota misses badly on a fadeaway in the lane but he's hacked by Charles Colangelo - foul #1 on Charles Colangelo, team foul #1 | 5-5 |
| 15:41 | Duke | Warren Mota misses the 1st free throw | 5-5 |
| 15:41 | Duke | Warren Mota makes the 2nd free throw | 5-6 |
| 15:23 | Virginia Tech | Charles Colangelo misses long on a floater from the free throw line | 5-6 |
| 15:22 | Duke | Douglas Taylor pulls down the rebound | 5-6 |
| 15:06 | Duke | David Garner misses short on a fadeaway from the right wing but he's hacked by Gene Torre - foul #1 on Gene Torre, team foul #2 | 5-6 |
| 15:06 | Duke | David Garner misses the 1st free throw | 5-6 |
| 15:06 | Duke | David Garner makes the 2nd free throw | 5-7 |
| 14:55 | Virginia Tech | Johnny Temples is called for the reach on Daniel Winland - foul #1 on Johnny Temples, team foul #4 | 5-7 |
| 14:45 | Virginia Tech | Daniel Winland double dribbles | 5-7 |
| 14:26 | Duke | David Garner clanks a 3 pointer from the left wing | 5-7 |
| 14:25 | Virginia Tech | Charles Colangelo grabs the board | 5-7 |
| 14:04 | Virginia Tech | Johnny Temples steals it from Timothy London | 5-7 |
| 14:00 | Duke | David Garner jams it set up by Johnny Temples | 5-9 |
| 13:47 | Virginia Tech | Charles Colangelo throws a bad pass out of bounds | 5-9 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Darryl Sigel (SF), Ross Krum (C) Timothy London, Charles Colangelo | |
| Subs | Duke | Robert Lindenberger (SG), George Murphey (SF), John Vick (C) Johnny Temples, Joe Cote, Douglas Taylor | |
| 13:23 | Duke | Ross Krum is called for the reach on Robert Lindenberger - foul #1 on Ross Krum, team foul #3 | 5-9 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| Subs | Duke | Brandon Hall (SG) Warren Mota | |
| 13:18 | Duke | Robert Lindenberger misses the 3 from the left wing | 5-9 |
| 13:17 | Duke | John Vick tips it back up and in | 5-11 |
| 12:57 | Virginia Tech | Daniel Winland misses short on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 5-11 |
| 12:55 | Virginia Tech | Ross Krum pulls down the offensive rebound | 5-11 |
| 12:33 | Virginia Tech | Ross Krum knocks in the jumpshot from the left wing | 7-11 |
| 12:08 | Duke | David Garner drills a 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Brandon Hall | 7-14 |
| 11:45 | Virginia Tech | Gene Torre's pass is intercepted by Brandon Hall | 7-14 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Gene Torre (tiring) 1 pts. SG - Daniel Winland (tiring) SF - Darryl Sigel (fresh) PF - Phillip O'Haire (tiring) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Ross Krum (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - David Garner (tiring) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Brandon Hall (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Robert Lindenberger (fresh) PF - George Murphey (fresh) C - John Vick (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:30 | Duke | George Murphey comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 7-14 |
| 11:28 | Duke | John Vick hits the follow up shot | 7-16 |
| 11:14 | Virginia Tech | Gene Torre misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 7-16 |
| 11:12 | Virginia Tech | Ross Krum grabs the offensive rebound | 7-16 |
| 10:58 | Virginia Tech | Daniel Winland can't connect on a 3 from the right wing | 7-16 |
| 10:56 | Duke | John Vick gets the rebound | 7-16 |
| 10:37 | Duke | George Murphey makes the 3 pointer from the left corner on a nice dish by Robert Lindenberger | 7-19 |
| 10:23 | Virginia Tech | Darryl Sigel hits a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 10-19 |
| 10:09 | Duke | Robert Lindenberger is hacked by Gene Torre - foul #2 on Gene Torre, team foul #4 | 10-19 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Shaun Bare (PG), Timothy London (SF), Thomas Smith (PF), Charles Colangelo (C) Gene Torre, Darryl Sigel, Phillip O'Haire, Ross Krum | |
| Subs | Duke | Ryan Bentley (PG), Johnny Temples (SG), Joe Cote (SF), Warren Mota (PF), Douglas Taylor (C) David Garner, Brandon Hall, Robert Lindenberger, George Murphey, John Vick | |
| 09:58 | Duke | Warren Mota misses the lay-in but the foul's on Thomas Smith - foul #1 on Thomas Smith, team foul #5 | 10-19 |
| 09:58 | Duke | Warren Mota makes the 1st free throw | 10-20 |
| 09:58 | Duke | Warren Mota makes the 2nd free throw | 10-21 |
| 09:47 | Virginia Tech | Shaun Bare misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 10-21 |
| 09:46 | Duke | Joe Cote grabs the board | 10-21 |
| 09:28 | Duke | Warren Mota misses short on a runner from the left block | 10-21 |
| 09:27 | Duke | Warren Mota hits the follow up shot | 10-23 |
| 09:15 | Virginia Tech | Shaun Bare misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 10-23 |
| 09:13 | Virginia Tech | Charles Colangelo grabs the offensive rebound | 10-23 |
| 08:57 | Virginia Tech | Daniel Winland hits a 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Shaun Bare | 13-23 |
| 08:42 | Duke | Shaun Bare takes the ball from Joe Cote | 13-23 |
| 08:38 | Virginia Tech | Shaun Bare dunks the ball | 15-23 |
| 08:22 | Duke | Johnny Temples hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 15-23 |
| 08:21 | Virginia Tech | Charles Colangelo gets the rebound | 15-23 |
| 08:16 | Virginia Tech | Daniel Winland hits a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 17-23 |
| 08:02 | Duke | Johnny Temples knocks in the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 17-25 |
| 07:47 | Virginia Tech | Shaun Bare knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Daniel Winland | 20-25 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Shaun Bare (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Daniel Winland (tiring) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Timothy London (fairly fresh) PF - Thomas Smith (fairly fresh) C - Charles Colangelo (fairly fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Ryan Bentley (fresh) SG - Johnny Temples (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Joe Cote (fairly fresh) PF - Warren Mota (fresh) 5 pts. C - Douglas Taylor (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 07:25 | Duke | Ryan Bentley is fouled on the floor by Shaun Bare - foul #1 on Shaun Bare, team foul #6 | 20-25 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Phillip O'Haire (PF) Thomas Smith | |
| Subs | Duke | David Garner (PG) Ryan Bentley | |
| 07:20 | Duke | David Garner misses short on a jumpshot from the right wing | 20-25 |
| 07:18 | Duke | Douglas Taylor gets the offensive rebound | 20-25 |
| 07:02 | Duke | David Garner is fouled on the floor by Shaun Bare - foul #2 on Shaun Bare, team foul #7 | 20-25 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Gene Torre (PG) Shaun Bare | |
| Subs | Duke | George Murphey (PF) Warren Mota | |
| 07:02 | Duke | David Garner makes the 1st free throw | 20-26 |
| 07:02 | Duke | David Garner makes the 2nd free throw | 20-27 |
| 06:55 | Virginia Tech | Gene Torre scores on a 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Phillip O'Haire | 23-27 |
| 06:48 | Duke | Timothy London picks off the pass by David Garner | 23-27 |
| 06:38 | Virginia Tech | Daniel Winland comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 23-27 |
| 06:36 | Duke | The rebound goes to Douglas Taylor | 23-27 |
| 06:10 | Duke | George Murphey hits a 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Johnny Temples | 23-30 |
| 05:49 | Virginia Tech | Charles Colangelo misses short on a shot from the left block but he's fouled by Douglas Taylor - foul #1 on Douglas Taylor, team foul #5 | 23-30 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Darryl Sigel (SF), Ross Krum (C) Gene Torre, Timothy London | |
| Subs | Duke | Robert Lindenberger (SG), Roy Thomas (PF), John Vick (C) Johnny Temples, George Murphey, Douglas Taylor | |
| 05:49 | Virginia Tech | Charles Colangelo makes the 1st free throw | 24-30 |
| 05:49 | Virginia Tech | Charles Colangelo makes the 2nd free throw | 25-30 |
| 05:33 | Duke | Roy Thomas's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 25-30 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Gene Torre (PG) Charles Colangelo | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 05:16 | Virginia Tech | Darryl Sigel is whistled for traveling | 25-30 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| Subs | Duke | George Murphey (SF) Joe Cote | |
| 05:01 | Duke | Daniel Winland steps in front of the Robert Lindenberger pass | 25-30 |
| 04:45 | Virginia Tech | David Garner steals it from Ross Krum | 25-30 |
| 04:30 | Duke | Roy Thomas knocks in the fadeaway from close range on a great pass from John Vick and he's fouled by Darryl Sigel - foul #1 on Darryl Sigel, team foul #8 | 25-32 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| Subs | Duke | Ryan Bentley (PG), Douglas Taylor (C) David Garner, John Vick | |
| 04:30 | Duke | Roy Thomas misses the free throw | 25-32 |
| 04:30 | Virginia Tech | Phillip O'Haire grabs the board | 25-32 |
| 04:26 | Virginia Tech | Daniel Winland can't connect on a fadeaway from the left wing but he's hacked by Robert Lindenberger - foul #1 on Robert Lindenberger, team foul #6 | 25-32 |
| 04:26 | Virginia Tech | Daniel Winland makes the 1st free throw | 26-32 |
| 04:26 | Virginia Tech | Daniel Winland makes the 2nd free throw | 27-32 |
| 04:17 | Duke | Robert Lindenberger misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 27-32 |
| 04:16 | Duke | Roy Thomas snags the offensive board | 27-32 |
| 04:11 | Duke | Ryan Bentley is hacked by Gene Torre - foul #3 on Gene Torre, team foul #9 | 27-32 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Shaun Bare (PG) Gene Torre | |
| Subs | Duke | Johnny Temples (SG), Joe Cote (SF) Robert Lindenberger, George Murphey | |
| 04:11 | Duke | Ryan Bentley makes the 1st free throw | 27-33 |
| 04:11 | Duke | Ryan Bentley makes the 2nd free throw | 27-34 |
| 03:52 | Virginia Tech | Shaun Bare loses the ball out of bounds | 27-34 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Timothy London (SF) Darryl Sigel | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 03:35 | Duke | Ryan Bentley lays it in set up by Roy Thomas | 27-36 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Shaun Bare (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Daniel Winland (tired) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Timothy London (fairly fresh) PF - Phillip O'Haire (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Ross Krum (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Ryan Bentley (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Johnny Temples (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Joe Cote (fairly fresh) PF - Roy Thomas (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Douglas Taylor (fairly fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 03:23 | Virginia Tech | Ross Krum is hacked by Ryan Bentley - foul #1 on Ryan Bentley, team foul #7 | 27-36 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Charles Colangelo (C) Phillip O'Haire | |
| Subs | Duke | David Garner (PG) Ryan Bentley | |
| 03:23 | Virginia Tech | Ross Krum misses the 1st free throw | 27-36 |
| 03:23 | Duke | Joe Cote pulls down the rebound | 27-36 |
| 03:13 | Duke | David Garner hits a shot from the left side on a great pass from Roy Thomas | 27-38 |
| 03:03 | Virginia Tech | Timothy London is hacked by Johnny Temples - foul #2 on Johnny Temples, team foul #8 | 27-38 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Thomas Smith (PF) Ross Krum | |
| Subs | Duke | John Vick (C) Douglas Taylor | |
| 03:03 | Virginia Tech | Timothy London makes the 1st free throw | 28-38 |
| 03:03 | Virginia Tech | Timothy London makes the 2nd free throw | 29-38 |
| 02:41 | Duke | John Vick hits a fadeaway from the right block on a great pass from David Garner | 29-40 |
| 02:34 | Virginia Tech | The short jumper by Thomas Smith is denied by John Vick | 29-40 |
| 02:33 | Virginia Tech | The offensive rebound goes to Timothy London | 29-40 |
| 02:23 | Virginia Tech | Roy Thomas blocks the short jumper by Charles Colangelo | 29-40 |
| 02:21 | Duke | Johnny Temples grabs the defensive rebound | 29-40 |
| 02:16 | Duke | David Garner knocks in the 3 from the right corner on a nice dish by Roy Thomas | 29-43 |
| 02:02 | Virginia Tech | Shaun Bare connects on the 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Daniel Winland | 32-43 |
| 01:44 | Duke | David Garner lays it in | 32-45 |
| 01:39 | Virginia Tech | Daniel Winland misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 32-45 |
| 01:38 | Duke | Joe Cote snags the defensive board | 32-45 |
| 01:21 | Duke | John Vick misses short on a floater near the basket but he's fouled by Charles Colangelo - foul #2 on Charles Colangelo, team foul #10 | 32-45 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Darryl Sigel (SF), Phillip O'Haire (PF), Ross Krum (C) Timothy London, Thomas Smith, Charles Colangelo | |
| Subs | Duke | Ryan Bentley (PG), Robert Lindenberger (SG), George Murphey (SF) David Garner, Johnny Temples, Joe Cote | |
| 01:21 | Duke | John Vick makes the 1st free throw | 32-46 |
| 01:21 | Duke | John Vick makes the 2nd free throw | 32-47 |
| 00:55 | Virginia Tech | Roy Thomas swats the shot by Daniel Winland | 32-47 |
| 00:53 | Duke | The rebound goes to Roy Thomas | 32-47 |
| 00:51 | Duke | Shaun Bare is called for the reach on Ryan Bentley in the backcourt - foul #3 on Shaun Bare, team foul #11 | 32-47 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Gene Torre (PG) Shaun Bare | |
| Subs | Duke | Douglas Taylor (C) John Vick | |
| 00:51 | Duke | Ryan Bentley makes the 1st free throw | 32-48 |
| 00:51 | Duke | Ryan Bentley makes the 2nd free throw | 32-49 |
| 00:34 | Virginia Tech | Daniel Winland's fadeaway is rejected by Douglas Taylor | 32-49 |
| 00:33 | Duke | Ryan Bentley snags the defensive board | 32-49 |
| 00:16 | Duke | Robert Lindenberger scores on a 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Ryan Bentley | 32-52 |
| 00:03 | Virginia Tech | Daniel Winland's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 32-52 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| Subs | Duke | David Garner (PG), Warren Mota (PF) Ryan Bentley, Roy Thomas | |
| 00:00 | Duke | George Murphey hits the front of the rim on the halfcourt shot | 32-52 |