| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Larry Rushing (fresh) SG - Franklin Grubbs (fresh) SF - Walker Taylor (fresh) PF - Samuel Leasure (fresh) C - Martin Cobb (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Victor Kerner (fresh) SG - Gustavo Esposito (fresh) SF - Timothy Dow (fresh) PF - Omer Kukoc (fresh) C - Oscar Gonzalez (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Wake Forest | Martin Cobb wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 19:38 | Wake Forest | Samuel Leasure scores on a fadeaway from the right side set up by Larry Rushing | 2-0 |
| 19:11 | Virginia | Victor Kerner buries a jumper in the paint on a nice dish by Gustavo Esposito | 2-2 |
| 18:43 | Wake Forest | Walker Taylor knocks in the jump hook near the basket set up by Larry Rushing out of the doubleteam | 4-2 |
| 18:26 | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 4-2 |
| 18:24 | Wake Forest | Martin Cobb grabs the defensive rebound | 4-2 |
| 18:06 | Wake Forest | Samuel Leasure makes the wide open floater from the right side set up by Martin Cobb | 6-2 |
| 17:45 | Virginia | Omer Kukoc is called for traveling | 6-2 |
| 17:16 | Wake Forest | Walker Taylor is by himself and knocks in the driving attempt from close range on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Franklin Grubbs | 8-2 |
| 16:57 | Virginia | Timothy Dow misses the jump hook in the paint but the foul's on Walker Taylor - foul #1 on Walker Taylor, team foul #1 | 8-2 |
| 16:57 | Virginia | Timothy Dow makes the 1st free throw | 8-3 |
| 16:57 | Virginia | Timothy Dow makes the 2nd free throw | 8-4 |
| 16:35 | Wake Forest | Walker Taylor can't connect on an uncontested pull-up jumper from the left wing | 8-4 |
| 16:33 | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito grabs the defensive rebound | 8-4 |
| 16:17 | Virginia | Omer Kukoc scores on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 8-7 |
| 15:56 | Wake Forest | Samuel Leasure hits a fadeaway near the basket on a nice dish by Walker Taylor | 10-7 |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Larry Rushing (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Franklin Grubbs (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Walker Taylor (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Samuel Leasure (fresh) 6 pts. C - Martin Cobb (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Victor Kerner (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Gustavo Esposito (fresh) SF - Timothy Dow (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Omer Kukoc (fresh) 3 pts. C - Oscar Gonzalez (fresh) | |
| 15:37 | Virginia | Samuel Leasure denies the turnaround by Omer Kukoc | 10-7 |
| 15:36 | Wake Forest | Larry Rushing pulls down the rebound | 10-7 |
| 15:18 | Wake Forest | The short jumper by Samuel Leasure is denied by Oscar Gonzalez | 10-7 |
| 15:16 | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito snags the defensive board | 10-7 |
| 14:51 | Virginia | Larry Rushing takes the ball from Timothy Dow | 10-7 |
| 14:31 | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 10-7 |
| 14:29 | Virginia | Timothy Dow snags the defensive board | 10-7 |
| 14:08 | Virginia | Timothy Dow buries a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Victor Kerner | 10-9 |
| 14:03 | Wake Forest | Victor Kerner picks off the pass by Larry Rushing in the backcourt | 10-9 |
| 14:02 | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito lays it in on a great pass from Victor Kerner | 10-11 |
| 13:41 | Wake Forest | Larry Rushing evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 10-11 |
| 13:40 | Wake Forest | Samuel Leasure hits the follow up shot | 12-11 |
| 13:17 | Virginia | Omer Kukoc misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 12-11 |
| 13:16 | Wake Forest | The rebound goes to Martin Cobb | 12-11 |
| 12:57 | Wake Forest | Larry Rushing is fouled on the floor by Victor Kerner - foul #1 on Victor Kerner, team foul #1 | 12-11 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| Subs | Virginia | David Parker (PG), Larry Brown (SG), Leif Mazierski (PF), Charles Werth (C) Victor Kerner, Gustavo Esposito, Omer Kukoc, Oscar Gonzalez | |
| 12:30 | Wake Forest | Martin Cobb throws a bad pass out of bounds | 12-11 |
| 12:16 | Virginia | Timothy Dow works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 12-11 |
| 12:15 | Wake Forest | Walker Taylor pulls down the rebound | 12-11 |
| 11:49 | Wake Forest | Leif Mazierski is called for the reach on Samuel Leasure - foul #1 on Leif Mazierski, team foul #2 | 12-11 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Horacio Moran (C) Martin Cobb | |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Larry Rushing (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - Franklin Grubbs (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Walker Taylor (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Samuel Leasure (fairly fresh) 8 pts. C - Horacio Moran (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - David Parker (fresh) SG - Larry Brown (fresh) SF - Timothy Dow (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Leif Mazierski (fresh) C - Charles Werth (fresh) | |
| 11:29 | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs is fouled on the floor by Leif Mazierski - foul #2 on Leif Mazierski, team foul #3 | 12-11 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Michael Williams (SF) Walker Taylor | |
| Subs | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito (SF), Omer Kukoc (PF) Timothy Dow, Leif Mazierski | |
| 11:12 | Wake Forest | Samuel Leasure misses badly on the uncontested driving attempt in the paint | 12-11 |
| 11:10 | Virginia | The rebound goes to Gustavo Esposito | 12-11 |
| 10:42 | Virginia | Charles Werth is fouled on the floor by Franklin Grubbs - foul #1 on Franklin Grubbs, team foul #2 | 12-11 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | John Purdy (PG), Edward Nicola (SG), Martin Cobb (C) Larry Rushing, Franklin Grubbs, Samuel Leasure | |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| 10:18 | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the runner from the baseline but he's fouled by Michael Williams - foul #1 on Michael Williams, team foul #3 | 12-11 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Walker Taylor (SF) Michael Williams | |
| Subs | Virginia | Victor Kerner (PG) David Parker | |
| 10:18 | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito makes the 1st free throw | 12-12 |
| 10:18 | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito makes the 2nd free throw | 12-13 |
| 10:01 | Wake Forest | Walker Taylor throws a bad pass out of bounds | 12-13 |
| 09:44 | Virginia | Horacio Moran swats the layup by Charles Werth | 12-13 |
| 09:43 | Virginia | Omer Kukoc tips it home | 12-15 |
| 09:31 | Wake Forest | Walker Taylor misses badly on a jumpshot from the right side but the foul's on Gustavo Esposito - foul #1 on Gustavo Esposito, team foul #4 | 12-15 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Larry Rushing (PG), Franklin Grubbs (SG) John Purdy, Edward Nicola | |
| Subs | Virginia | Timothy Dow (SF), Oscar Gonzalez (C) Larry Brown, Charles Werth | |
| 09:31 | Wake Forest | Walker Taylor misses the 1st free throw | 12-15 |
| 09:31 | Wake Forest | Walker Taylor makes the 2nd free throw | 13-15 |
| 09:02 | Virginia | Omer Kukoc misses the jumper from the left side | 13-15 |
| 09:01 | Virginia | Timothy Dow tips it in | 13-17 |
| 08:38 | Wake Forest | Horacio Moran throws a bad pass out of bounds | 13-17 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Samuel Leasure (PF) Martin Cobb | |
| Subs | Virginia | Larry Brown (SG) Gustavo Esposito | |
| 08:16 | Virginia | Timothy Dow hits the finger roll against a doubleteam on a great pass from Victor Kerner | 13-19 |
| 07:54 | Wake Forest | Samuel Leasure misses badly on a turnaround from the baseline but he's fouled by Larry Brown - foul #1 on Larry Brown, team foul #5 | 13-19 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Michael Williams (SF) Walker Taylor | |
| Subs | Virginia | David Parker (PG) Victor Kerner | |
| 07:54 | Wake Forest | Samuel Leasure makes the 1st free throw | 14-19 |
| 07:54 | Wake Forest | Samuel Leasure makes the 2nd free throw | 15-19 |
| 07:30 | Virginia | David Parker connects on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 15-22 |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Larry Rushing (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - Franklin Grubbs (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Michael Williams (fresh) PF - Samuel Leasure (fairly fresh) 10 pts. C - Horacio Moran (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - David Parker (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Larry Brown (fresh) SF - Timothy Dow (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Omer Kukoc (fairly fresh) 5 pts. C - Oscar Gonzalez (fresh) | |
| 07:08 | Wake Forest | Larry Rushing shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Franklin Grubbs | 18-22 |
| 06:39 | Virginia | Omer Kukoc evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 18-22 |
| 06:38 | Virginia | Omer Kukoc snags the offensive board | 18-22 |
| 06:20 | Virginia | Franklin Grubbs takes the ball from Omer Kukoc | 18-22 |
| 06:16 | Wake Forest | Franklin Grubbs hits the finger roll | 20-22 |
| 06:00 | Virginia | Franklin Grubbs is called for the reach on Larry Brown - foul #2 on Franklin Grubbs, team foul #4 | 20-22 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | John Purdy (PG), Edward Nicola (SG), Walker Taylor (SF), Martin Cobb (C) Larry Rushing, Franklin Grubbs, Michael Williams, Horacio Moran | |
| Subs | Virginia | Victor Kerner (PG), Gustavo Esposito (SF), Leif Mazierski (PF), Charles Werth (C) Larry Brown, Timothy Dow, Omer Kukoc, Oscar Gonzalez | |
| 05:45 | Virginia | Leif Mazierski misses badly on the uncontested driving attempt from the right block but the foul's on Samuel Leasure - foul #1 on Samuel Leasure, team foul #5 | 20-22 |
| 05:45 | Virginia | Leif Mazierski misses the 1st free throw | 20-22 |
| 05:45 | Virginia | Leif Mazierski misses the 2nd free throw | 20-22 |
| 05:45 | Virginia | The offensive rebound goes to Gustavo Esposito | 20-22 |
| 05:20 | Virginia | John Purdy steals the ball from Gustavo Esposito | 20-22 |
| 04:51 | Wake Forest | Samuel Leasure knocks in the jumper from the right block on a great pass from Martin Cobb | 22-22 |
| 04:40 | Virginia | Leif Mazierski connects on the open shot from the left side on a nice dish by David Parker | 22-24 |
| 04:26 | Wake Forest | Samuel Leasure misses the dunk | 22-24 |
| 04:25 | Wake Forest | Martin Cobb hits the follow up shot | 24-24 |
| 04:03 | Virginia | Walker Taylor swats the shot by Gustavo Esposito | 24-24 |
| 04:01 | Wake Forest | Martin Cobb grabs the board | 24-24 |
| 03:33 | Wake Forest | Samuel Leasure travels with the ball | 24-24 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Larry Rushing (PG), Franklin Grubbs (SG), Horacio Moran (PF) John Purdy, Edward Nicola, Samuel Leasure | |
| Subs | Virginia | Timothy Dow (SF), Oscar Gonzalez (C) David Parker, Charles Werth | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Larry Rushing (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Franklin Grubbs (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Walker Taylor (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Horacio Moran (fresh) C - Martin Cobb (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Victor Kerner (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Gustavo Esposito (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. SF - Timothy Dow (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Leif Mazierski (fresh) 2 pts. C - Oscar Gonzalez (fresh) | |
| 03:16 | Virginia | Leif Mazierski can't connect on a shot from the left side but he's fouled by Franklin Grubbs - foul #3 on Franklin Grubbs, team foul #6 | 24-24 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | John Purdy (SG) Franklin Grubbs | |
| Subs | Virginia | Larry Brown (PG) Victor Kerner | |
| 03:16 | Virginia | Leif Mazierski misses the 1st free throw | 24-24 |
| 03:16 | Virginia | Leif Mazierski makes the 2nd free throw | 24-25 |
| 02:54 | Wake Forest | John Purdy drills a 3pt shot from the right wing | 27-25 |
| 02:48 | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 27-25 |
| 02:46 | Wake Forest | Larry Rushing snags the defensive board | 27-25 |
| 02:41 | Wake Forest | John Purdy connects on the 3 pointer from straight away set up by Horacio Moran | 30-25 |
| 02:18 | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito evades the doubleteam but misses long on a driving attempt in the paint | 30-25 |
| 02:17 | Virginia | Oscar Gonzalez hits the follow up shot | 30-27 |
| 01:54 | Wake Forest | Walker Taylor misses badly on a jumpshot from the right side | 30-27 |
| 01:52 | Virginia | Timothy Dow gets the rebound | 30-27 |
| 01:37 | Virginia | Timothy Dow blows the layup | 30-27 |
| 01:35 | Wake Forest | Horacio Moran grabs the defensive rebound | 30-27 |
| 01:20 | Wake Forest | Walker Taylor drills a shot from just outside the lane | 32-27 |
| 01:07 | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito evades the doubleteam and hits a 3 from straight away | 32-30 |
| 00:45 | Wake Forest | John Purdy hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 32-30 |
| 00:43 | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito grabs the board | 32-30 |
| 00:18 | Virginia | Timothy Dow shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the jumper in the paint but he's hacked by Walker Taylor - foul #2 on Walker Taylor, team foul #7 | 32-30 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Michael Williams (SF), Samuel Leasure (PF) Walker Taylor, Martin Cobb | |
| Subs | Virginia | Victor Kerner (PG), Omer Kukoc (PF), Charles Werth (C) Gustavo Esposito, Leif Mazierski, Oscar Gonzalez | |
| 00:18 | Virginia | Timothy Dow misses the 1st free throw | 32-30 |
| 00:18 | Virginia | Timothy Dow makes the 2nd free throw | 32-31 |
| 00:02 | Wake Forest | Larry Brown takes the ball from John Purdy | 32-31 |
| 00:00 | Virginia | Larry Brown misses long on a fullcourt shot | 32-31 |