| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Joshua Frisby (fresh) SG - Gary Sweeting (fresh) SF - Kevin Arno (fresh) PF - Leonardo Gallo (fresh) C - Carlos Duchesne (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Bobby Grant (fresh) SG - Dennis Greene (fresh) SF - Richard Paolini (fresh) PF - Ivan Rudnitski (fresh) C - Eric Parker (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Marquette | Carlos Duchesne wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:42 | Marquette | Gary Sweeting is hacked by Dennis Greene - foul #1 on Dennis Greene, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:28 | Marquette | Kevin Arno hits a fadeaway from the left side | 2-0 |
| 19:11 | Duke | Dennis Greene clanks a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 2-0 |
| 19:09 | Marquette | Carlos Duchesne gets the rebound | 2-0 |
| 18:54 | Marquette | Dennis Greene picks off the pass by Joshua Frisby | 2-0 |
| 18:31 | Duke | The jump hook by Ivan Rudnitski is blocked by Carlos Duchesne | 2-0 |
| 18:30 | Marquette | Gary Sweeting grabs the defensive rebound | 2-0 |
| 18:09 | Marquette | Gary Sweeting clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 2-0 |
| 18:07 | Duke | Ivan Rudnitski gets the rebound | 2-0 |
| 17:47 | Duke | Dennis Greene scores on a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a great pass from Bobby Grant | 2-3 |
| 17:23 | Marquette | Kevin Arno's floater is tipped away by Eric Parker | 2-3 |
| 17:22 | Duke | Bobby Grant pulls down the rebound | 2-3 |
| 17:06 | Duke | Bobby Grant can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Joshua Frisby - foul #1 on Joshua Frisby, team foul #1 | 2-3 |
| 17:06 | Duke | Bobby Grant misses the 1st free throw | 2-3 |
| 17:06 | Duke | Bobby Grant makes the 2nd free throw | 2-4 |
| 16:53 | Marquette | Gary Sweeting buries a jumper from the left wing | 4-4 |
| 16:27 | Duke | Dennis Greene buries a 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Ivan Rudnitski | 4-7 |
| 16:23 | Marquette | Joshua Frisby travels in the backcourt | 4-7 |
| Subs | Marquette | Raymond Freeman (PG), Philip Johnson (SG), Frank Swan (C) Joshua Frisby, Gary Sweeting, Carlos Duchesne | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 16:08 | Duke | Kevin Arno is called for the reach on Richard Paolini - foul #1 on Kevin Arno, team foul #2 | 4-7 |
| Subs | Marquette | Santiago Cordoba (SF), David Simmons (C) Kevin Arno, Leonardo Gallo | |
| Subs | Duke | Barry Ward (SF), David Cummings (C) Richard Paolini, Eric Parker | |
| 15:51 | Duke | Philip Johnson steals the ball from Bobby Grant | 4-7 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Raymond Freeman (fresh) SG - Philip Johnson (fresh) SF - Santiago Cordoba (fresh) PF - Frank Swan (fresh) C - David Simmons (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Bobby Grant (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dennis Greene (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Barry Ward (fresh) PF - Ivan Rudnitski (fresh) C - David Cummings (fresh) | |
| 15:29 | Marquette | Santiago Cordoba misses the jumpshot from the right side | 4-7 |
| 15:28 | Duke | David Cummings snags the defensive board | 4-7 |
| 15:23 | Duke | Barry Ward is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Barry Ward, team foul #2 | 4-7 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Duke | Jeffrey Marsh (PG), Robert Calloway (SG) Bobby Grant, Dennis Greene | |
| 15:06 | Marquette | Philip Johnson buries a 3pt shot from straight away | 7-7 |
| 15:04 | Duke | Jeffrey Marsh's pass is intercepted by Raymond Freeman in the backcourt | 7-7 |
| 14:47 | Marquette | David Simmons hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the free throw line | 7-7 |
| 14:46 | Duke | David Cummings snags the defensive board | 7-7 |
| 14:26 | Duke | David Cummings knocks in the shot near the basket set up by Jeffrey Marsh | 7-9 |
| 14:08 | Marquette | Raymond Freeman throws a bad pass out of bounds | 7-9 |
| Subs | Marquette | Joshua Frisby (PG), Gary Sweeting (SG), Kevin Arno (SF), Leonardo Gallo (PF), Carlos Duchesne (C) Raymond Freeman, Philip Johnson, Santiago Cordoba, Frank Swan, David Simmons | |
| Subs | Duke | Bobby Grant (PG), Richard Paolini (SF), Dennis Hall (PF), Eric Parker (C) Jeffrey Marsh, Barry Ward, Ivan Rudnitski, David Cummings | |
| 13:56 | Duke | Robert Calloway's fadeaway is rejected by Gary Sweeting | 7-9 |
| 13:54 | Duke | Richard Paolini grabs the offensive rebound | 7-9 |
| 13:34 | Duke | Dennis Hall connects on the floater in the lane on a nice dish by Richard Paolini | 7-11 |
| 13:17 | Marquette | Dennis Hall is called for the reach on Gary Sweeting - foul #1 on Dennis Hall, team foul #3 | 7-11 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Duke | Dennis Greene (SG) Robert Calloway | |
| 13:03 | Marquette | Carlos Duchesne misses long on a 3 from the right wing | 7-11 |
| 13:02 | Marquette | Kevin Arno tips it in | 9-11 |
| 12:43 | Duke | Dennis Greene buries a floater from the right block set up by Bobby Grant | 9-13 |
| 12:24 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo makes the floater from the right block | 11-13 |
| 12:09 | Duke | Dennis Hall can't throw it down but he's fouled by Gary Sweeting - foul #1 on Gary Sweeting, team foul #3 | 11-13 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Duke | Jeffrey Marsh (PG), Barry Ward (SF) Bobby Grant, Richard Paolini | |
| 12:09 | Duke | Dennis Hall makes the 1st free throw | 11-14 |
| 12:09 | Duke | Dennis Hall makes the 2nd free throw | 11-15 |
| 11:50 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo misses the 3 pointer from the left wing | 11-15 |
| 11:48 | Duke | Eric Parker pulls down the rebound | 11-15 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Joshua Frisby (fairly fresh) SG - Gary Sweeting (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Kevin Arno (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Leonardo Gallo (fresh) 2 pts. C - Carlos Duchesne (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Jeffrey Marsh (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Dennis Greene (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Barry Ward (fresh) PF - Dennis Hall (fresh) 4 pts. C - Eric Parker (fairly fresh) | |
| 11:32 | Duke | Dennis Greene misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 11-15 |
| 11:31 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo snags the defensive board | 11-15 |
| 11:20 | Marquette | Carlos Duchesne knocks in the 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Gary Sweeting | 14-15 |
| 11:05 | Duke | Jeffrey Marsh is called for traveling | 14-15 |
| Subs | Marquette | Raymond Freeman (PG), Philip Johnson (SG), Santiago Cordoba (SF), Frank Swan (PF), David Simmons (C) Joshua Frisby, Gary Sweeting, Kevin Arno, Leonardo Gallo, Carlos Duchesne | |
| Subs | Duke | Bobby Grant (PG), Robert Calloway (SG), Ivan Rudnitski (PF), David Cummings (C) Jeffrey Marsh, Dennis Greene, Dennis Hall, Eric Parker | |
| 10:44 | Marquette | Santiago Cordoba misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 14-15 |
| 10:43 | Marquette | David Simmons hits the follow up shot | 16-15 |
| 10:32 | Duke | Bobby Grant buries a floater from the right wing on a nice dish by Robert Calloway | 16-17 |
| 10:20 | Marquette | David Simmons double dribbles | 16-17 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Duke | Richard Paolini (SF) Barry Ward | |
| 10:04 | Duke | David Cummings is fouled on the floor by David Simmons - foul #1 on David Simmons, team foul #4 | 16-17 |
| Subs | Marquette | Kevin Arno (SF) David Simmons | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 09:52 | Duke | Richard Paolini misses the jumpshot from the free throw line | 16-17 |
| 09:51 | Duke | Robert Calloway misses the tip | 16-17 |
| 09:50 | Marquette | Frank Swan pulls down the rebound | 16-17 |
| 09:38 | Marquette | Raymond Freeman misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 16-17 |
| 09:37 | Duke | Robert Calloway snags the defensive board | 16-17 |
| 09:27 | Duke | David Cummings misses the jumper from the left block | 16-17 |
| 09:26 | Duke | David Cummings tips it back up and in | 16-19 |
| 09:10 | Marquette | Santiago Cordoba's fadeaway is rejected by David Cummings | 16-19 |
| 09:08 | Duke | David Cummings grabs the defensive rebound | 16-19 |
| 09:03 | Duke | Bobby Grant hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt from the baseline | 16-19 |
| 09:02 | Duke | Ivan Rudnitski hits the follow up shot | 16-21 |
| 08:57 | Marquette | Philip Johnson is hacked by Richard Paolini - foul #1 on Richard Paolini, team foul #4 | 16-21 |
| Subs | Marquette | Joshua Frisby (PG), Gary Sweeting (SG), Leonardo Gallo (PF), Carlos Duchesne (C) Raymond Freeman, Philip Johnson, Frank Swan, Santiago Cordoba | |
| Subs | Duke | Jeffrey Marsh (PG), Dennis Greene (SG), Eric Parker (C) Bobby Grant, Robert Calloway, David Cummings | |
| 08:43 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo hits a runner from close range | 18-21 |
| 08:28 | Duke | Gary Sweeting is called for the reach on Jeffrey Marsh - foul #2 on Gary Sweeting, team foul #5 | 18-21 |
| Subs | Marquette | Philip Johnson (SG) Gary Sweeting | |
| Subs | Duke | Barry Ward (SF) Richard Paolini | |
| 08:18 | Duke | The jump hook by Ivan Rudnitski is blocked by Kevin Arno | 18-21 |
| 08:17 | Marquette | Philip Johnson grabs the board | 18-21 |
| 07:59 | Marquette | Kevin Arno travels with the ball | 18-21 |
| Subs | Marquette | Santiago Cordoba (SF) Kevin Arno | |
| Subs | Duke | Dennis Hall (PF) Ivan Rudnitski | |
| 07:40 | Duke | Dennis Hall buries a shot from close range on a great pass from Jeffrey Marsh | 18-23 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Joshua Frisby (fresh) SG - Philip Johnson (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Santiago Cordoba (fresh) PF - Leonardo Gallo (fresh) 4 pts. C - Carlos Duchesne (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Jeffrey Marsh (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Dennis Greene (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Barry Ward (fresh) PF - Dennis Hall (fresh) 6 pts. C - Eric Parker (fresh) | |
| 07:23 | Marquette | Philip Johnson loses the ball out of bounds | 18-23 |
| Subs | Marquette | Raymond Freeman (PG), Frank Swan (C) Joshua Frisby, Carlos Duchesne | |
| Subs | Duke | Bobby Grant (PG), David Cummings (C) Jeffrey Marsh, Eric Parker | |
| 06:59 | Duke | David Cummings hits a driving attempt from the left block on a nice dish by Bobby Grant | 18-25 |
| 06:54 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo is fouled on the floor by Dennis Greene - foul #2 on Dennis Greene, team foul #5 | 18-25 |
| Subs | Marquette | Kevin Arno (SF) Philip Johnson | |
| Subs | Duke | Robert Calloway (SG), Richard Paolini (SF), Ivan Rudnitski (PF) Dennis Greene, Barry Ward, Dennis Hall | |
| 06:37 | Marquette | Ivan Rudnitski denies the turnaround by Santiago Cordoba | 18-25 |
| 06:35 | Duke | Robert Calloway grabs the board | 18-25 |
| 06:14 | Duke | Kevin Arno is called for the reach on Richard Paolini - foul #2 on Kevin Arno, team foul #6 | 18-25 |
| Subs | Marquette | Joshua Frisby (PG), David Simmons (C) Kevin Arno, Leonardo Gallo | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 05:58 | Duke | David Cummings comes up short on the jump hook in the paint but he's fouled by David Simmons - foul #2 on David Simmons, team foul #7 | 18-25 |
| Subs | Marquette | Stephen Anthony (PF), Carlos Duchesne (C) Santiago Cordoba, David Simmons | |
| Subs | Duke | Dennis Greene (SG) Robert Calloway | |
| 05:58 | Duke | David Cummings makes the 1st free throw | 18-26 |
| 05:58 | Duke | David Cummings makes the 2nd free throw | 18-27 |
| 05:34 | Marquette | David Cummings swats the layup by Stephen Anthony | 18-27 |
| 05:32 | Duke | David Cummings pulls down the rebound | 18-27 |
| 05:10 | Duke | Frank Swan is called for the reach on Dennis Greene - foul #1 on Frank Swan, team foul #8 | 18-27 |
| Subs | Marquette | Philip Johnson (SG), Santiago Cordoba (SF), Leonardo Gallo (PF) Raymond Freeman, Frank Swan, Stephen Anthony | |
| Subs | Duke | Jeffrey Marsh (PG), Barry Ward (SF), Dennis Hall (PF), Eric Parker (C) Bobby Grant, Richard Paolini, Ivan Rudnitski, David Cummings | |
| 05:10 | Duke | Dennis Greene makes the 1st free throw | 18-28 |
| 05:10 | Duke | Dennis Greene misses the 2nd free throw | 18-28 |
| 05:10 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo grabs the defensive rebound | 18-28 |
| 04:57 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 18-28 |
| 04:56 | Marquette | Philip Johnson tips it back up and in | 20-28 |
| 04:42 | Duke | Eric Parker is fouled on the floor by Carlos Duchesne - foul #1 on Carlos Duchesne, team foul #9 | 20-28 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Duke | Robert Calloway (SG) Dennis Greene | |
| 04:42 | Duke | Eric Parker makes the 1st free throw | 20-29 |
| 04:42 | Duke | Eric Parker makes the 2nd free throw | 20-30 |
| 04:24 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo scores on a 3 from the right corner | 23-30 |
| 03:58 | Duke | Barry Ward's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 23-30 |
| Subs | Marquette | Raymond Freeman (PG), Gary Sweeting (SG), Kevin Arno (SF), David Simmons (C) Joshua Frisby, Philip Johnson, Santiago Cordoba, Carlos Duchesne | |
| Subs | Duke | Ivan Rudnitski (PF) Dennis Hall | |
| 03:39 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo clanks a driving attempt in the lane but he's fouled by Ivan Rudnitski - foul #1 on Ivan Rudnitski, team foul #6 | 23-30 |
| Subs | Marquette | Frank Swan (C) David Simmons | |
| Subs | Duke | Bobby Grant (PG) Jeffrey Marsh | |
| 03:39 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo misses the 1st free throw | 23-30 |
| 03:39 | Marquette | Leonardo Gallo makes the 2nd free throw | 24-30 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Raymond Freeman (fresh) SG - Gary Sweeting (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kevin Arno (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Leonardo Gallo (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - Frank Swan (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Bobby Grant (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Robert Calloway (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Barry Ward (fresh) PF - Ivan Rudnitski (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Eric Parker (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 03:18 | Duke | Ivan Rudnitski can't connect on a jumpshot from the left wing but he's hacked by Leonardo Gallo - foul #1 on Leonardo Gallo, team foul #10 | 24-30 |
| Subs | Marquette | David Simmons (C) Leonardo Gallo | |
| Subs | Duke | Dennis Greene (SG), Richard Paolini (SF), David Cummings (C) Robert Calloway, Barry Ward, Eric Parker | |
| 03:18 | Duke | Ivan Rudnitski makes the 1st free throw | 24-31 |
| 03:18 | Duke | Ivan Rudnitski misses the 2nd free throw | 24-31 |
| 03:18 | Marquette | The rebound goes to David Simmons | 24-31 |
| 02:53 | Marquette | Frank Swan loses the dribble to Dennis Greene | 24-31 |
| 02:47 | Duke | Ivan Rudnitski connects on the jumper in the paint and he's hacked by Raymond Freeman - foul #1 on Raymond Freeman, team foul #11 | 24-33 |
| Subs | Marquette | Santiago Cordoba (C) David Simmons | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 02:47 | Duke | Ivan Rudnitski makes the free throw | 24-34 |
| 02:27 | Marquette | Kevin Arno scores on a 3 from the left wing | 27-34 |
| 02:12 | Duke | Dennis Greene banks in the layup on a great pass from Richard Paolini and the foul's on Gary Sweeting - foul #3 on Gary Sweeting, team foul #12 | 27-36 |
| Subs | Marquette | Philip Johnson (SG), Leonardo Gallo (PF), Carlos Duchesne (C) Raymond Freeman, Gary Sweeting, Frank Swan | |
| Subs | Duke | Barry Ward (SF) Richard Paolini | |
| 02:12 | Duke | Dennis Greene misses the free throw | 27-36 |
| 02:12 | Marquette | Philip Johnson pulls down the rebound | 27-36 |
| 01:50 | Marquette | The short jumper by Santiago Cordoba is denied by Barry Ward | 27-36 |
| 01:48 | Duke | Ivan Rudnitski pulls down the rebound | 27-36 |
| 01:24 | Duke | Bobby Grant is fouled on the floor by Santiago Cordoba - foul #1 on Santiago Cordoba, team foul #13 | 27-36 |
| Subs | Marquette | Joshua Frisby (PG) Santiago Cordoba | |
| Subs | Duke | Robert Calloway (SG), Dennis Hall (PF), Eric Parker (C) Dennis Greene, Ivan Rudnitski, David Cummings | |
| 01:24 | Duke | Bobby Grant misses the 1st free throw | 27-36 |
| 01:24 | Duke | Bobby Grant makes the 2nd free throw | 27-37 |
| 01:08 | Marquette | Joshua Frisby misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Dennis Hall - foul #2 on Dennis Hall, team foul #7 | 27-37 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Duke | Jeffrey Marsh (PG) Bobby Grant | |
| 01:08 | Marquette | Joshua Frisby makes the 1st free throw | 28-37 |
| 01:08 | Marquette | Joshua Frisby makes the 2nd free throw | 29-37 |
| 00:50 | Duke | Robert Calloway drills a 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Jeffrey Marsh | 29-40 |
| 00:36 | Marquette | Philip Johnson can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 29-40 |
| 00:34 | Duke | Jeffrey Marsh grabs the board | 29-40 |
| 00:13 | Duke | Robert Calloway misses the fadeaway from the free throw line | 29-40 |
| 00:12 | Marquette | The rebound goes to Leonardo Gallo | 29-40 |
| 00:02 | Marquette | Kevin Arno misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 29-40 |
| 00:01 | Duke | Eric Parker snags the defensive board | 29-40 |
| 00:00 | Duke | Eric Parker misses short on a fullcourt shot | 29-40 |