| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Victor Kerner (fresh) SG - Larry Brown (fresh) SF - Gustavo Esposito (fresh) PF - Leif Mazierski (fresh) C - Xing-Fu Chi (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Larry Rushing (fresh) SG - Franklin Grubbs (fresh) SF - Walker Taylor (fresh) PF - John Baker (fresh) C - Samuel Leasure (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Wake Forest | Walker Taylor wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| 19:45 | Wake Forest | Larry Rushing is called for traveling | 0-0 |
| 19:20 | Virginia | Victor Kerner is fouled on the floor by Larry Rushing - foul #1 on Larry Rushing, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 18:58 | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito can't connect on a floater from the right side | 0-0 |
| 18:57 | Virginia | The offensive rebound goes to Larry Brown | 0-0 |
| 18:39 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi misses the layup against the doubleteam | 0-0 |
| 18:38 | Wake Forest | John Baker grabs the board | 0-0 |
| 18:24 | Wake Forest | Larry Rushing drills a 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Franklin Grubbs | 0-3 |
| 18:06 | Virginia | Leif Mazierski is whistled for a carry | 0-3 |
| 17:48 | Wake Forest | John Baker is called for a moving pick - foul #1 on John Baker, team foul #2 | 0-3 |
| 17:30 | Virginia | Walker Taylor is called for the reach on Gustavo Esposito - foul #1 on Walker Taylor, team foul #3 | 0-3 |
| 17:21 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi clanks a pull-up jumper from the left side | 0-3 |
| 17:20 | Wake Forest | John Baker gets the rebound | 0-3 |
| 16:56 | Wake Forest | Victor Kerner steals the ball from Walker Taylor | 0-3 |
| 16:52 | Virginia | Victor Kerner misses the fadeaway from the right side | 0-3 |
| 16:50 | Wake Forest | Samuel Leasure snags the defensive board | 0-3 |
| 16:27 | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs misses long on a 3 from straight away | 0-3 |
| 16:26 | Virginia | Victor Kerner pulls down the rebound | 0-3 |
| 16:13 | Virginia | Leif Mazierski is called for the illegal screen - foul #1 on Leif Mazierski, team foul #1 | 0-3 |
| 16:06 | Wake Forest | Walker Taylor's pass is intercepted by Larry Brown | 0-3 |
| 16:01 | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito lays it in set up by Larry Brown | 2-3 |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Victor Kerner (fresh) SG - Larry Brown (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Gustavo Esposito (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Leif Mazierski (fresh) C - Xing-Fu Chi (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Larry Rushing (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Franklin Grubbs (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Walker Taylor (fairly fresh) PF - John Baker (fresh) 2 reb. C - Samuel Leasure (fresh) | |
| 15:37 | Wake Forest | John Baker is hacked by Leif Mazierski - foul #2 on Leif Mazierski, team foul #2 | 2-3 |
| Subs | Virginia | Omer Kukoc (PF) Leif Mazierski | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | John Purdy (SG) Franklin Grubbs | |
| 15:15 | Wake Forest | Walker Taylor misses short on a fadeaway from the right wing | 2-3 |
| 15:14 | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito grabs the board | 2-3 |
| 14:53 | Virginia | John Purdy takes the ball from Omer Kukoc | 2-3 |
| 14:50 | Wake Forest | Victor Kerner is called for the reach on Larry Rushing in the backcourt - foul #1 on Victor Kerner, team foul #3 | 2-3 |
| Subs | Virginia | David Parker (PG) Victor Kerner | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 14:41 | Wake Forest | John Baker clanks a jumper from the right wing | 2-3 |
| 14:40 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi gets the rebound | 2-3 |
| 14:34 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the floater from the right side | 2-3 |
| 14:32 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi pulls down the offensive rebound | 2-3 |
| 14:14 | Virginia | David Parker is hacked by Walker Taylor - foul #2 on Walker Taylor, team foul #4 | 2-3 |
| Subs | Virginia | Timothy Dow (SF) Larry Brown | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs (SG), Michael Williams (SF) John Purdy, Walker Taylor | |
| 14:01 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi's pass over a doubleteam is off the mark and out of bounds | 2-3 |
| Subs | Virginia | Larry Brown (SG) Gustavo Esposito | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 13:37 | Wake Forest | Omer Kukoc denies the turnaround by John Baker | 2-3 |
| 13:35 | Virginia | The rebound goes to Omer Kukoc | 2-3 |
| 13:24 | Virginia | Timothy Dow clanks a jumper from the baseline but the foul's on Larry Rushing - foul #2 on Larry Rushing, team foul #5 | 2-3 |
| Subs | Virginia | Victor Kerner (PG) Larry Brown | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | John Purdy (PG) Larry Rushing | |
| 13:24 | Virginia | Timothy Dow makes the 1st free throw | 3-3 |
| 13:24 | Virginia | Timothy Dow makes the 2nd free throw | 4-3 |
| 13:08 | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs comes up short on the fadeaway from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Victor Kerner - foul #2 on Victor Kerner, team foul #4 | 4-3 |
| Subs | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito (SG) Victor Kerner | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 13:08 | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs makes the 1st free throw | 4-4 |
| 13:08 | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs makes the 2nd free throw | 4-5 |
| 12:47 | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 4-5 |
| 12:46 | Wake Forest | John Baker grabs the board | 4-5 |
| 12:41 | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs comes up short on the jumpshot from the right wing | 4-5 |
| 12:39 | Wake Forest | John Baker grabs the offensive rebound | 4-5 |
| 12:29 | Wake Forest | Samuel Leasure comes up short on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 4-5 |
| 12:28 | Virginia | Omer Kukoc grabs the board | 4-5 |
| 12:10 | Virginia | David Parker is hacked by John Purdy - foul #1 on John Purdy, team foul #6 | 4-5 |
| Subs | Virginia | Dane Handy (PF) Omer Kukoc | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 11:58 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a fadeaway from the left side | 4-5 |
| 11:57 | Wake Forest | The rebound goes to John Baker | 4-5 |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - David Parker (fresh) SG - Gustavo Esposito (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Timothy Dow (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Dane Handy (fresh) C - Xing-Fu Chi (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - John Purdy (fresh) SG - Franklin Grubbs (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Michael Williams (fresh) PF - John Baker (fairly fresh) 5 reb. C - Samuel Leasure (fairly fresh) | |
| 11:41 | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs knocks in the 3pt shot from straight away set up by John Purdy | 4-8 |
| 11:26 | Virginia | Timothy Dow comes up short on the driving attempt near the basket | 4-8 |
| 11:24 | Wake Forest | Samuel Leasure gets the rebound | 4-8 |
| 11:09 | Wake Forest | Samuel Leasure dunks the ball | 4-10 |
| 10:40 | Virginia | Timothy Dow makes the wide open fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Gustavo Esposito | 6-10 |
| 10:11 | Wake Forest | The refs have stopped play. Samuel Leasure is in a lot of pain and is being checked by the trainers. He's holding his shoulder. It doesn't look like he is going to be able to return to the game. | 6-10 |
| Subs | Virginia | Ronald Tinch (PG), Larry Brown (SG), Omer Kukoc (PF) David Parker, Timothy Dow, Dane Handy | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Scot Parks (SG), Edward Nicola (SF), Horacio Moran (C) Franklin Grubbs, Michael Williams, Samuel Leasure | |
| 10:11 | Wake Forest | John Baker hits a driving attempt from close range set up by John Purdy | 6-12 |
| 09:53 | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito loses the dribble to Horacio Moran | 6-12 |
| 09:29 | Wake Forest | John Purdy comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 6-12 |
| 09:28 | Wake Forest | Edward Nicola grabs the offensive rebound | 6-12 |
| 09:18 | Wake Forest | John Purdy connects on the 3 pointer from the left corner set up by Scot Parks | 6-15 |
| 09:08 | Virginia | Larry Brown is hacked by Scot Parks - foul #1 on Scot Parks, team foul #7 | 6-15 |
| Subs | Virginia | Timothy Dow (SF) Gustavo Esposito | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Michael Williams (SF) John Baker | |
| 09:08 | Virginia | Larry Brown makes the 1st free throw | 7-15 |
| 09:08 | Virginia | Larry Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 8-15 |
| 08:55 | Wake Forest | Omer Kukoc is called for the reach on Edward Nicola - foul #1 on Omer Kukoc, team foul #5 | 8-15 |
| 08:34 | Wake Forest | Edward Nicola drills a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line set up by John Purdy | 8-17 |
| 08:21 | Virginia | Larry Brown's pass is intercepted by Michael Williams | 8-17 |
| 08:08 | Wake Forest | Michael Williams misses the lay-in | 8-17 |
| 08:07 | Virginia | Timothy Dow grabs the board | 8-17 |
| 07:53 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi is fouled on the floor by Scot Parks as he's doubleteamed - foul #2 on Scot Parks, team foul #8 | 8-17 |
| Subs | Virginia | David Parker (PG) Ronald Tinch | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs (SG), John Baker (PF) John Purdy, Scot Parks | |
| 07:53 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi makes the 1st free throw | 9-17 |
| 07:53 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi misses the 2nd free throw | 9-17 |
| 07:53 | Wake Forest | Horacio Moran pulls down the rebound | 9-17 |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - David Parker (fresh) SG - Larry Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Timothy Dow (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Omer Kukoc (fresh) 2 reb. C - Xing-Fu Chi (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Michael Williams (fresh) SG - Franklin Grubbs (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Edward Nicola (fresh) 2 pts. PF - John Baker (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Horacio Moran (fresh) | |
| 07:42 | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right corner | 9-17 |
| 07:40 | Wake Forest | The offensive rebound goes to Franklin Grubbs | 9-17 |
| 07:26 | Wake Forest | John Baker misses short on a shot in the lane but the foul's on Xing-Fu Chi - foul #1 on Xing-Fu Chi, team foul #6 | 9-17 |
| Subs | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito (SF) Xing-Fu Chi | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 07:26 | Wake Forest | John Baker makes the 1st free throw | 9-18 |
| 07:26 | Wake Forest | John Baker makes the 2nd free throw | 9-19 |
| 07:11 | Virginia | David Parker steps out of bounds on the sideline | 9-19 |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | John Purdy (PG) Edward Nicola | |
| 06:59 | Wake Forest | John Baker banks in the layup | 9-21 |
| 06:41 | Virginia | David Parker connects on the jumpshot from the left side and he's fouled by Horacio Moran - foul #1 on Horacio Moran, team foul #9 | 11-21 |
| Subs | Virginia | Dane Handy (PF), Xing-Fu Chi (C) Omer Kukoc, Timothy Dow | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 06:41 | Virginia | David Parker misses the free throw | 11-21 |
| 06:41 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi pulls down the offensive rebound | 11-21 |
| 06:26 | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito comes up short on the fadeaway from the right side | 11-21 |
| 06:25 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi tips it back up and in | 13-21 |
| 06:04 | Wake Forest | Larry Brown is called for the reach on Franklin Grubbs - foul #1 on Larry Brown, team foul #7 | 13-21 |
| Subs | Virginia | Victor Kerner (PG), Leif Mazierski (PF) Larry Brown, Dane Handy | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Edward Nicola (SF) Michael Williams | |
| 06:04 | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs makes the 1st free throw | 13-22 |
| 06:04 | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs makes the 2nd free throw | 13-23 |
| 05:44 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi splits the doubleteam and buries a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Gustavo Esposito and he's hacked by Horacio Moran - foul #2 on Horacio Moran, team foul #10 | 15-23 |
| Subs | Virginia | Timothy Dow (SF) David Parker | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Michael Williams (SF) Horacio Moran | |
| 05:44 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi makes the free throw | 16-23 |
| 05:32 | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs is called for a moving pick - foul #1 on Franklin Grubbs, team foul #11 | 16-23 |
| Subs | Virginia | Omer Kukoc (C) Xing-Fu Chi | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| 05:16 | Virginia | Omer Kukoc misses badly on a jump hook from the left block | 16-23 |
| 05:15 | Wake Forest | John Purdy snags the defensive board | 16-23 |
| 04:49 | Wake Forest | Omer Kukoc takes the ball from Franklin Grubbs | 16-23 |
| 04:33 | Virginia | Omer Kukoc knocks in the floater in the paint set up by Timothy Dow and the foul's on Franklin Grubbs - foul #2 on Franklin Grubbs, team foul #12 | 18-23 |
| Subs | Virginia | Larry Brown (SG) Gustavo Esposito | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Horacio Moran (C) Franklin Grubbs | |
| 04:33 | Virginia | Omer Kukoc makes the free throw | 19-23 |
| 04:13 | Wake Forest | John Baker misses short on a shot near the basket | 19-23 |
| 04:11 | Wake Forest | The offensive rebound goes to Michael Williams | 19-23 |
| 04:00 | Wake Forest | John Purdy misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 19-23 |
| 03:59 | Virginia | Leif Mazierski snags the defensive board | 19-23 |
| 03:54 | Virginia | Timothy Dow hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 19-23 |
| 03:53 | Wake Forest | Michael Williams gets the rebound | 19-23 |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Victor Kerner (fresh) SG - Larry Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Timothy Dow (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Omer Kukoc (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Leif Mazierski (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - John Purdy (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Michael Williams (fairly fresh) SF - Edward Nicola (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - John Baker (tiring) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Horacio Moran (fairly fresh) | |
| 03:38 | Wake Forest | John Baker's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 19-23 |
| Subs | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito (SF), Dane Handy (PF), Xing-Fu Chi (C) Timothy Dow, Omer Kukoc, Leif Mazierski | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Larry Rushing (PG), Franklin Grubbs (SG), Walker Taylor (SF), Scot Parks (PF) John Purdy, Michael Williams, Edward Nicola, John Baker | |
| 03:26 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the jumpshot from the left wing | 19-23 |
| 03:24 | Virginia | Victor Kerner gets the offensive rebound | 19-23 |
| 03:03 | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito drills a 3 from the left corner set up by Victor Kerner | 22-23 |
| 02:42 | Wake Forest | Walker Taylor misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 22-23 |
| 02:40 | Virginia | Dane Handy grabs the board | 22-23 |
| 02:33 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi drills a floater from the left side on a great pass from Larry Brown | 24-23 |
| 02:16 | Wake Forest | The short jumper by Franklin Grubbs is denied by Xing-Fu Chi | 24-23 |
| 02:14 | Virginia | Larry Brown snags the defensive board | 24-23 |
| 01:53 | Virginia | Victor Kerner can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Franklin Grubbs - foul #3 on Franklin Grubbs, team foul #13 | 24-23 |
| Subs | Virginia | Omer Kukoc (SG), Timothy Dow (SF), Leif Mazierski (PF) Larry Brown, Gustavo Esposito, Dane Handy | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Edward Nicola (PF) Franklin Grubbs | |
| 01:53 | Virginia | Victor Kerner misses the 1st free throw | 24-23 |
| 01:53 | Virginia | Victor Kerner makes the 2nd free throw | 25-23 |
| 01:34 | Wake Forest | Edward Nicola misses badly on a jumpshot from the right wing | 25-23 |
| 01:33 | Virginia | Leif Mazierski pulls down the rebound | 25-23 |
| 01:12 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi is hacked by Horacio Moran - foul #3 on Horacio Moran, team foul #14 | 25-23 |
| Subs | Virginia | David Parker (PG) Victor Kerner | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Michael Williams (SF) Horacio Moran | |
| 01:12 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi misses the 1st free throw | 25-23 |
| 01:12 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi makes the 2nd free throw | 26-23 |
| 00:49 | Wake Forest | Scot Parks misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 26-23 |
| 00:48 | Virginia | Leif Mazierski grabs the board | 26-23 |
| 00:36 | Virginia | Leif Mazierski misses long on a shot in the paint but he's fouled by Scot Parks - foul #3 on Scot Parks, team foul #15 | 26-23 |
| Subs | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito (SG) Xing-Fu Chi | |
| Subs | Wake Forest | John Purdy (SG) Scot Parks | |
| 00:36 | Virginia | Leif Mazierski makes the 1st free throw | 27-23 |
| 00:36 | Virginia | Leif Mazierski makes the 2nd free throw | 28-23 |
| 00:23 | Wake Forest | Larry Rushing can't connect on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 28-23 |
| 00:21 | Wake Forest | The offensive rebound goes to Edward Nicola | 28-23 |
| 00:04 | Wake Forest | Larry Rushing hits a 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Michael Williams | 28-26 |
| 00:00 | Virginia | David Parker misses long on a halfcourt shot | 28-26 |