| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Steven Scott (fresh) SG - Kevin Forth (fresh) SF - Oscar Shea (fresh) PF - David Cowen (fresh) C - John Hart (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 | Virginia Tech | John Hart wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:39 | Virginia Tech | Steven Scott is fouled on the floor by Ivan Rudnitski - foul #1 on Ivan Rudnitski, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:20 | Virginia Tech | Steven Scott clanks a 3pt attempt from straight away | 0-0 |
| 19:18 | Virginia Tech | Oscar Shea tips it back up and in | 2-0 |
| 18:58 | Duke | Bobby Grant buries a jumpshot from just outside the lane set up by Dennis Greene | 2-2 |
| 18:37 | Virginia Tech | Kevin Forth comes up short on the fadeaway from the right wing | 2-2 |
| 18:36 | Duke | Eric Parker snags the defensive board | 2-2 |
| 18:15 | Duke | Richard Paolini hits a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Eric Parker | 2-4 |
| 18:04 | Virginia Tech | Oscar Shea connects on the 3 from the left corner on a great pass from Steven Scott | 5-4 |
| 17:43 | Duke | Dennis Greene is hacked by Kevin Forth - foul #1 on Kevin Forth, team foul #1 | 5-4 |
| 17:37 | Duke | Bobby Grant misses long on a fadeaway in the paint but he's fouled by John Hart - foul #1 on John Hart, team foul #2 | 5-4 |
| 17:37 | Duke | Bobby Grant misses the 1st free throw | 5-4 |
| 17:37 | Duke | Bobby Grant makes the 2nd free throw | 5-5 |
| 17:18 | Virginia Tech | Eric Parker is called for the reach on David Cowen - foul #1 on Eric Parker, team foul #2 | 5-5 |
| 17:02 | Virginia Tech | Steven Scott throws a bad pass out of bounds | 5-5 |
| 16:42 | Duke | Steven Scott steps in front of the Richard Paolini pass | 5-5 |
| 16:38 | Virginia Tech | Steven Scott misses the easy layup | 5-5 |
| 16:37 | Duke | Dennis Greene grabs the board | 5-5 |
| 16:27 | Duke | Ivan Rudnitski can't connect on a driving attempt from close range but he's fouled by Oscar Shea - foul #1 on Oscar Shea, team foul #3 | 5-5 |
| 16:27 | Duke | Ivan Rudnitski misses the 1st free throw | 5-5 |
| 16:27 | Duke | Ivan Rudnitski misses the 2nd free throw | 5-5 |
| 16:27 | Duke | Dennis Greene grabs the offensive board | 5-5 |
| 16:18 | Duke | Bobby Grant knocks in the 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Richard Paolini | 5-8 |
| 16:00 | Virginia Tech | Oscar Shea drills a 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Steven Scott | 8-8 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Steven Scott (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Kevin Forth (fresh) SF - Oscar Shea (fresh) 8 pts. PF - David Cowen (fresh) C - John Hart (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Bobby Grant (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Dennis Greene (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Richard Paolini (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Ivan Rudnitski (fresh) C - Eric Parker (fresh) | |
| 15:43 | Duke | Dennis Greene is whistled for a carry | 8-8 |
| 15:27 | Virginia Tech | Steven Scott's fadeaway is rejected by Eric Parker | 8-8 |
| 15:25 | Virginia Tech | John Hart hits the follow up shot | 10-8 |
| 15:04 | Duke | Dennis Greene is hacked by Oscar Shea - foul #2 on Oscar Shea, team foul #4 | 10-8 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Steven Deford (SG), Jeremy Crose (SF), Bruce Justice (C) Kevin Forth, Oscar Shea, John Hart | |
| Subs | Duke | Robert Calloway (SG), Barry Ward (SF), David Cummings (C) Dennis Greene, Richard Paolini, Eric Parker | |
| 14:44 | Duke | Bobby Grant hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 10-8 |
| 14:43 | Virginia Tech | Bruce Justice gets the rebound | 10-8 |
| 14:37 | Virginia Tech | Steven Deford hits a 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Steven Scott | 13-8 |
| 14:28 | Duke | Barry Ward clanks a shot in the paint | 13-8 |
| 14:27 | Virginia Tech | Jeremy Crose grabs the board | 13-8 |
| 14:22 | Virginia Tech | Steven Deford misses the easy layup | 13-8 |
| 14:20 | Duke | The rebound goes to David Cummings | 13-8 |
| 14:16 | Duke | Steven Scott steals it from Bobby Grant | 13-8 |
| 14:05 | Virginia Tech | Barry Ward blocks the short jumper by Jeremy Crose | 13-8 |
| 14:04 | Duke | Barry Ward grabs the defensive rebound | 13-8 |
| 13:59 | Duke | Robert Calloway loses the dribble to Steven Deford | 13-8 |
| 13:56 | Virginia Tech | Steven Scott jams it on a great pass from Steven Deford | 15-8 |
| 13:37 | Duke | Bobby Grant misses short on a driving attempt from the baseline | 15-8 |
| 13:35 | Duke | David Cummings pulls down the offensive rebound | 15-8 |
| 13:23 | Duke | Jeremy Crose swats the layup by Ivan Rudnitski | 15-8 |
| 13:21 | Duke | David Cummings tips it back up and in | 15-10 |
| 13:17 | Virginia Tech | Steven Scott can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 15-10 |
| 13:15 | Duke | Robert Calloway grabs the board | 15-10 |
| 13:01 | Duke | Steven Deford is called for the reach on Robert Calloway - foul #1 on Steven Deford, team foul #5 | 15-10 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Kevin Forth (SG), John Hart (C) Steven Scott, David Cowen | |
| Subs | Duke | Jeffrey Marsh (PG), Dennis Greene (SG), Richard Paolini (SF), Dennis Hall (PF), Eric Parker (C) Bobby Grant, Robert Calloway, Barry Ward, Ivan Rudnitski, David Cummings | |
| 12:49 | Duke | Richard Paolini is hacked by Bruce Justice - foul #1 on Bruce Justice, team foul #6 | 15-10 |
| 12:31 | Duke | Dennis Greene buries a 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Dennis Hall | 15-13 |
| 12:25 | Virginia Tech | Richard Paolini steps in front of the Jeremy Crose pass | 15-13 |
| 12:07 | Duke | Jeffrey Marsh misses long on a floater from just outside the lane | 15-13 |
| 12:06 | Duke | Jeffrey Marsh pulls down the offensive rebound | 15-13 |
| 11:37 | Duke | Eric Parker makes the floater from close range on a great pass from Dennis Greene and he's fouled by John Hart - foul #2 on John Hart, team foul #7 | 15-15 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Felipe Salinas (PG), David Cowen (PF), John Fairchild (C) Steven Deford, Bruce Justice, John Hart | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 11:37 | Duke | Eric Parker makes the free throw | 15-16 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Felipe Salinas (fresh) SG - Kevin Forth (fresh) SF - Jeremy Crose (fairly fresh) PF - David Cowen (fresh) C - John Fairchild (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Jeffrey Marsh (fresh) SG - Dennis Greene (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Richard Paolini (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Dennis Hall (fresh) C - Eric Parker (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 11:19 | Virginia Tech | Kevin Forth drills a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Jeremy Crose and he's fouled by Richard Paolini - foul #1 on Richard Paolini, team foul #3 | 17-16 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Steven Scott (PG) Felipe Salinas | |
| Subs | Duke | Ivan Rudnitski (PF) Dennis Hall | |
| 11:19 | Virginia Tech | Kevin Forth makes the free throw | 18-16 |
| 11:02 | Duke | Dennis Greene comes up short on the runner from the right block | 18-16 |
| 11:00 | Virginia Tech | David Cowen gets the rebound | 18-16 |
| 10:56 | Virginia Tech | John Fairchild is hacked by Eric Parker - foul #2 on Eric Parker, team foul #4 | 18-16 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| Subs | Duke | Bobby Grant (PG), David Cummings (C) Jeffrey Marsh, Eric Parker | |
| 10:40 | Virginia Tech | David Cowen hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 18-16 |
| 10:38 | Virginia Tech | Jeremy Crose gets the offensive rebound | 18-16 |
| 10:21 | Virginia Tech | Steven Scott misses short on a jumper from the right wing | 18-16 |
| 10:19 | Duke | Ivan Rudnitski gets the rebound | 18-16 |
| 10:15 | Duke | Bobby Grant misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 18-16 |
| 10:13 | Virginia Tech | Kevin Forth grabs the board | 18-16 |
| 10:09 | Virginia Tech | Steven Scott buries a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from Jeremy Crose | 21-16 |
| 09:54 | Duke | Bobby Grant clanks a jumper near the basket | 21-16 |
| 09:53 | Virginia Tech | Jeremy Crose pulls down the rebound | 21-16 |
| 09:46 | Virginia Tech | John Fairchild drills a fadeaway from the left block | 23-16 |
| 09:28 | Duke | David Cummings misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Kevin Forth - foul #2 on Kevin Forth, team foul #8 | 23-16 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Steven Deford (PG), Felipe Salinas (SG), Bruce Justice (SF), Christopher Franklin (PF) Steven Scott, Kevin Forth, Jeremy Crose, David Cowen | |
| Subs | Duke | Robert Calloway (SG), Barry Ward (SF) Dennis Greene, Richard Paolini | |
| 09:28 | Duke | David Cummings makes the 1st free throw | 23-17 |
| 09:28 | Duke | David Cummings makes the 2nd free throw | 23-18 |
| 09:12 | Virginia Tech | Bobby Grant takes the ball from Bruce Justice | 23-18 |
| 09:08 | Duke | Barry Ward lays it in on a great pass from Bobby Grant | 23-20 |
| 08:52 | Virginia Tech | Christopher Franklin banks in the layup on a great pass from Felipe Salinas | 25-20 |
| 08:45 | Duke | Robert Calloway misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 25-20 |
| 08:44 | Virginia Tech | John Fairchild grabs the defensive rebound | 25-20 |
| 08:39 | Virginia Tech | Felipe Salinas makes the 3 pointer from the left wing set up by Christopher Franklin | 28-20 |
| 08:24 | Duke | David Cummings hits the front of the rim on the turnaround in the lane | 28-20 |
| 08:23 | Duke | Robert Calloway can't tip it in | 28-20 |
| 08:22 | Virginia Tech | Bruce Justice grabs the board | 28-20 |
| 08:08 | Virginia Tech | Barry Ward steals it from Christopher Franklin | 28-20 |
| 07:56 | Duke | Barry Ward misses badly on a floater in the paint but he's hacked by Bruce Justice - foul #2 on Bruce Justice, team foul #9 | 28-20 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Steven Scott (PG), David Cowen (PF), Jeremy Crose (C) Bruce Justice, Christopher Franklin, John Fairchild | |
| Subs | Duke | Jeffrey Marsh (PG), Dennis Hall (PF) Bobby Grant, Ivan Rudnitski | |
| 07:56 | Duke | Barry Ward makes the 1st free throw | 28-21 |
| 07:56 | Duke | Barry Ward misses the 2nd free throw | 28-21 |
| 07:56 | Virginia Tech | Jeremy Crose pulls down the rebound | 28-21 |
| 07:51 | Virginia Tech | Steven Scott buries a 3 from the left corner | 31-21 |
| 07:35 | Duke | Jeffrey Marsh buries a jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Dennis Hall | 31-23 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Steven Scott (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Felipe Salinas (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Steven Deford (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - David Cowen (fresh) C - Jeremy Crose (fairly fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Jeffrey Marsh (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Robert Calloway (fresh) SF - Barry Ward (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Dennis Hall (fresh) C - David Cummings (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:15 | Virginia Tech | Steven Scott is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Steven Scott, team foul #10 | 31-23 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| Subs | Duke | Dennis Greene (SG), Richard Paolini (SF) Robert Calloway, Barry Ward | |
| 07:02 | Duke | Dennis Greene misses the easy layup | 31-23 |
| 07:01 | Virginia Tech | Jeremy Crose pulls down the rebound | 31-23 |
| 06:56 | Virginia Tech | Steven Deford misses badly on a runner from the baseline but the foul's on Richard Paolini - foul #2 on Richard Paolini, team foul #5 | 31-23 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Max Melancon (SG) Felipe Salinas | |
| Subs | Duke | Robert Pope (SF), Ivan Rudnitski (PF) Richard Paolini, David Cummings | |
| 06:56 | Virginia Tech | Steven Deford makes the 1st free throw | 32-23 |
| 06:56 | Virginia Tech | Steven Deford misses the 2nd free throw | 32-23 |
| 06:56 | Duke | Dennis Hall grabs the board | 32-23 |
| 06:40 | Duke | Dennis Hall lays it up and in on a great pass from Dennis Greene and he's fouled by Max Melancon - foul #1 on Max Melancon, team foul #11 | 32-25 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| Subs | Duke | Barry Ward (SF) Robert Pope | |
| 06:40 | Duke | Dennis Hall makes the free throw | 32-26 |
| 06:15 | Virginia Tech | Steven Deford scores on a 3pt jumper from straight away on a nice dish by Max Melancon | 35-26 |
| 05:56 | Duke | Dennis Greene scores on a jumper in the paint set up by Jeffrey Marsh and he's hacked by Jeremy Crose - foul #1 on Jeremy Crose, team foul #12 | 35-28 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| Subs | Duke | Bobby Grant (PG) Jeffrey Marsh | |
| 05:56 | Duke | Dennis Greene makes the free throw | 35-29 |
| 05:40 | Virginia Tech | Max Melancon misses the shot from the right side | 35-29 |
| 05:38 | Virginia Tech | Jeremy Crose gets the offensive rebound | 35-29 |
| 05:19 | Virginia Tech | David Cowen misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Ivan Rudnitski - foul #2 on Ivan Rudnitski, team foul #6 | 35-29 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Felipe Salinas (SG), John Fairchild (C) Max Melancon, Steven Deford | |
| Subs | Duke | Robert Calloway (SG), David Cummings (C) Dennis Greene, Dennis Hall | |
| 05:19 | Virginia Tech | David Cowen misses the 1st free throw | 35-29 |
| 05:19 | Virginia Tech | David Cowen makes the 2nd free throw | 36-29 |
| 04:58 | Duke | Ivan Rudnitski double dribbles | 36-29 |
| 04:38 | Virginia Tech | Steven Scott misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 36-29 |
| 04:37 | Duke | Ivan Rudnitski gets the rebound | 36-29 |
| 04:20 | Duke | Robert Calloway misses long on a jumpshot from the left side | 36-29 |
| 04:18 | Virginia Tech | Steven Scott snags the defensive board | 36-29 |
| 04:13 | Virginia Tech | John Fairchild is fouled on the floor by David Cummings - foul #1 on David Cummings, team foul #7 | 36-29 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Max Melancon (SG), Steven Deford (SF), Christopher Franklin (PF) Steven Scott, Jeremy Crose, David Cowen | |
| Subs | Duke | Robert Pope (SF) Barry Ward | |
| 04:13 | Virginia Tech | John Fairchild makes the 1st free throw | 37-29 |
| 04:13 | Virginia Tech | John Fairchild makes the 2nd free throw | 38-29 |
| 03:47 | Duke | Ivan Rudnitski comes up short on the floater from the right wing | 38-29 |
| 03:46 | Duke | Ivan Rudnitski tips it back up and in | 38-31 |
| 03:34 | Virginia Tech | Felipe Salinas misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 38-31 |
| 03:32 | Duke | Ivan Rudnitski gets the rebound | 38-31 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Felipe Salinas (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Max Melancon (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Steven Deford (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. PF - Christopher Franklin (fresh) 2 pts. C - John Fairchild (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Bobby Grant (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Robert Calloway (fresh) SF - Robert Pope (fresh) PF - Ivan Rudnitski (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - David Cummings (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:16 | Duke | David Cummings hits a runner in the lane on a nice dish by Bobby Grant | 38-33 |
| 02:58 | Virginia Tech | Max Melancon misses badly on a jumpshot from the right side | 38-33 |
| 02:56 | Duke | The rebound goes to Ivan Rudnitski | 38-33 |
| 02:49 | Duke | Bobby Grant jams it on a great pass from Robert Pope | 38-35 |
| 02:28 | Virginia Tech | Steven Deford misses the floater from just outside the lane | 38-35 |
| 02:27 | Duke | Ivan Rudnitski pulls down the rebound | 38-35 |
| 02:02 | Duke | Max Melancon is called for the reach on David Cummings - foul #2 on Max Melancon, team foul #13 | 38-35 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Steven Scott (PG), Kevin Forth (SG), Oscar Shea (SF), David Cowen (PF), John Hart (C) Felipe Salinas, Max Melancon, Steven Deford, Christopher Franklin, John Fairchild | |
| Subs | Duke | Jeffrey Marsh (PG), Dennis Greene (SG), Richard Paolini (SF), Eric Parker (C) Bobby Grant, Robert Calloway, Robert Pope, Ivan Rudnitski | |
| 02:02 | Duke | David Cummings makes the 1st free throw | 38-36 |
| 02:02 | Duke | David Cummings misses the 2nd free throw | 38-36 |
| 02:02 | Virginia Tech | John Hart grabs the board | 38-36 |
| 01:51 | Virginia Tech | Steven Scott hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 38-36 |
| 01:50 | Duke | David Cummings grabs the defensive rebound | 38-36 |
| 01:35 | Duke | David Cowen steps in front of the David Cummings pass | 38-36 |
| 01:12 | Virginia Tech | Kevin Forth comes up short on the jumpshot from the right wing | 38-36 |
| 01:11 | Virginia Tech | John Hart grabs the offensive rebound | 38-36 |
| 00:48 | Virginia Tech | Steven Scott hits a fadeaway from the left side and he's fouled by David Cummings - foul #2 on David Cummings, team foul #8 | 40-36 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| Subs | Duke | Dennis Hall (PF) David Cummings | |
| 00:48 | Virginia Tech | Steven Scott makes the free throw | 41-36 |
| 00:27 | Duke | Dennis Hall misses the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 41-36 |
| 00:26 | Virginia Tech | David Cowen grabs the board | 41-36 |
| 00:04 | Virginia Tech | John Hart misses badly on a fadeaway from the left side | 41-36 |
| 00:03 | Duke | Eric Parker grabs the board | 41-36 |
| 00:00 | Duke | Eric Parker misses badly on a halfcourt shot | 41-36 |