| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Walter Peterson (fresh) SG - Bernard Farish (fresh) SF - Mark Luo (fresh) PF - William Conway (fresh) C - Wilber Lindley (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Quinnipiac | PG - Gayle Williams (fresh) SG - Jeffrey Rine (fresh) SF - Nicholas Alston (fresh) PF - Pete Rasch (fresh) C - Peter Watson (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | North Carolina | William Conway wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Quinnipiac | Quinnipiac is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 19:58 | North Carolina | Jeffrey Rine is called for the reach on Walter Peterson in the backcourt - foul #1 on Jeffrey Rine, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:39 | North Carolina | William Conway connects on the jump hook from close range on a nice dish by Bernard Farish | 2-0 |
| 19:24 | Quinnipiac | Nicholas Alston is hacked by Mark Luo - foul #1 on Mark Luo, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 19:08 | Quinnipiac | Nicholas Alston knocks in the 3pt shot from the right wing | 2-3 |
| 18:53 | North Carolina | Wilber Lindley loses the dribble to Jeffrey Rine | 2-3 |
| 18:48 | Quinnipiac | Pete Rasch banks in the layup set up by Jeffrey Rine | 2-5 |
| 18:33 | North Carolina | Wilber Lindley scores on a jump hook from the baseline | 4-5 |
| 18:16 | Quinnipiac | Jeffrey Rine buries a jumpshot from the left wing on a great pass from Gayle Williams | 4-7 |
| 17:58 | North Carolina | Mark Luo is open but comes up short on the jumper from the left wing | 4-7 |
| 17:56 | North Carolina | William Conway grabs the offensive rebound | 4-7 |
| 17:40 | North Carolina | Walter Peterson makes the 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Mark Luo | 7-7 |
| 17:15 | Quinnipiac | Peter Watson is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on Peter Watson, team foul #2 | 7-7 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Wayne Lively (PG), Elmer Carlile (SF), Wesley Pearce (PF), Eric Wick (C) Walter Peterson, Mark Luo, William Conway, Wilber Lindley | |
| Subs | Quinnipiac | Willy Wardell (SG), Cody Golden (PF), Charles Lightfoot (C) Jeffrey Rine, Pete Rasch, Peter Watson | |
| 17:00 | North Carolina | Wayne Lively misses short on an open jumpshot from the free throw line | 7-7 |
| 16:58 | North Carolina | Wesley Pearce tips it in | 9-7 |
| 16:37 | Quinnipiac | Willy Wardell is fouled on the floor by Wesley Pearce - foul #1 on Wesley Pearce, team foul #2 | 9-7 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Mark Luo (SF) Bernard Farish | |
| Subs | Quinnipiac | George Sedlak (PG), Sean Schipper (SF) Gayle Williams, Nicholas Alston | |
| 16:21 | Quinnipiac | Cody Golden hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 9-7 |
| 16:20 | North Carolina | Mark Luo snags the defensive board | 9-7 |
| 16:05 | North Carolina | Mark Luo hits a runner in the lane set up by Wayne Lively and he's hacked by Cody Golden - foul #1 on Cody Golden, team foul #3 | 11-7 |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| Subs | Quinnipiac | Peter Watson (C) Charles Lightfoot | |
| 16:05 | North Carolina | Mark Luo makes the free throw | 12-7 |
| 15:52 | Quinnipiac | Sean Schipper clanks a 3 from the right wing | 12-7 |
| 15:50 | Quinnipiac | Peter Watson gets the offensive rebound | 12-7 |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Wayne Lively (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Elmer Carlile (fresh) SF - Mark Luo (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Wesley Pearce (fresh) 2 pts. C - Eric Wick (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Quinnipiac | PG - George Sedlak (fresh) SG - Willy Wardell (fresh) SF - Sean Schipper (fresh) PF - Cody Golden (fresh) C - Peter Watson (fresh) | |
| 15:27 | Quinnipiac | Willy Wardell hits the front of the rim on the floater near the basket | 12-7 |
| 15:26 | North Carolina | The rebound goes to Eric Wick | 12-7 |
| 15:22 | North Carolina | Elmer Carlile loses the dribble to Sean Schipper in the backcourt | 12-7 |
| 15:03 | Quinnipiac | Sean Schipper is whistled for traveling | 12-7 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Walter Peterson (PG), Bernard Farish (SG), William Conway (PF), Wilber Lindley (C) Wayne Lively, Elmer Carlile, Wesley Pearce, Eric Wick | |
| Subs | Quinnipiac | Gayle Williams (PG), Jeffrey Rine (SG), Nicholas Alston (SF), Pete Rasch (PF), Charles Lightfoot (C) George Sedlak, Willy Wardell, Sean Schipper, Cody Golden, Peter Watson | |
| 15:01 | North Carolina | Mark Luo is fouled in the backcourt by Nicholas Alston - foul #1 on Nicholas Alston, team foul #4 | 12-7 |
| 14:45 | North Carolina | Bernard Farish misses long on an open jumper from the left side | 12-7 |
| 14:44 | North Carolina | Mark Luo tips it home | 14-7 |
| 14:31 | Quinnipiac | Pete Rasch hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 14-7 |
| 14:30 | North Carolina | The rebound goes to William Conway | 14-7 |
| 14:08 | North Carolina | Wilber Lindley buries a fadeaway from the free throw line | 16-7 |
| 13:59 | Quinnipiac | Nicholas Alston misses the turnaround from the baseline but the foul's on Mark Luo - foul #2 on Mark Luo, team foul #3 | 16-7 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Wesley Pearce (PF) Mark Luo | |
| Subs | Quinnipiac | | |
| 13:59 | Quinnipiac | Nicholas Alston makes the 1st free throw | 16-8 |
| 13:59 | Quinnipiac | Nicholas Alston makes the 2nd free throw | 16-9 |
| 13:54 | North Carolina | Gayle Williams steps in front of the Walter Peterson pass in the backcourt | 16-9 |
| 13:49 | Quinnipiac | Jeffrey Rine can't connect on a fadeaway from the left wing | 16-9 |
| 13:47 | North Carolina | Wesley Pearce grabs the defensive rebound | 16-9 |
| 13:23 | North Carolina | William Conway clanks a jump hook from the right block but he's fouled by Pete Rasch - foul #1 on Pete Rasch, team foul #5 | 16-9 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Elmer Carlile (SF) Wilber Lindley | |
| Subs | Quinnipiac | George Sedlak (PG), Willy Wardell (SG), Cody Golden (PF), Peter Watson (C) Gayle Williams, Jeffrey Rine, Pete Rasch, Charles Lightfoot | |
| 13:23 | North Carolina | William Conway misses the 1st free throw | 16-9 |
| 13:23 | North Carolina | William Conway makes the 2nd free throw | 17-9 |
| 13:08 | Quinnipiac | Willy Wardell clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 17-9 |
| 13:06 | Quinnipiac | Peter Watson pulls down the offensive rebound | 17-9 |
| 12:53 | Quinnipiac | Cody Golden misses the jump hook from the baseline | 17-9 |
| 12:51 | North Carolina | Wesley Pearce grabs the defensive rebound | 17-9 |
| 12:31 | North Carolina | William Conway comes up short on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 17-9 |
| 12:29 | North Carolina | Wesley Pearce tips it home | 19-9 |
| 12:06 | Quinnipiac | Nicholas Alston connects on the 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by George Sedlak | 19-12 |
| 11:46 | North Carolina | William Conway is open and scores on a shot near the basket set up by Walter Peterson | 21-12 |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Walter Peterson (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Bernard Farish (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Elmer Carlile (fairly fresh) PF - William Conway (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Wesley Pearce (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Quinnipiac | PG - George Sedlak (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Willy Wardell (fresh) SF - Nicholas Alston (fairly fresh) 8 pts. PF - Cody Golden (fairly fresh) C - Peter Watson (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 11:31 | Quinnipiac | Bernard Farish takes the ball from Willy Wardell | 21-12 |
| 11:28 | North Carolina | Elmer Carlile misses the lay-in | 21-12 |
| 11:26 | Quinnipiac | Peter Watson grabs the board | 21-12 |
| 11:07 | Quinnipiac | Peter Watson is fouled on the floor by William Conway - foul #1 on William Conway, team foul #4 | 21-12 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Wayne Lively (PG), Wilber Lindley (PF), Eric Wick (C) Walter Peterson, Elmer Carlile, Wesley Pearce | |
| Subs | Quinnipiac | Gayle Williams (PG), Jeffrey Rine (SG), Sean Schipper (SF), Pete Rasch (PF), Charles Lightfoot (C) George Sedlak, Willy Wardell, Nicholas Alston, Cody Golden, Peter Watson | |
| 10:40 | Quinnipiac | Charles Lightfoot comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 21-12 |
| 10:39 | North Carolina | The rebound goes to Wayne Lively | 21-12 |
| 10:36 | North Carolina | Sean Schipper is called for the reach on Wayne Lively in the backcourt - foul #1 on Sean Schipper, team foul #6 | 21-12 |
| 10:17 | North Carolina | Wayne Lively is open but comes up short on the floater from the left wing | 21-12 |
| 10:16 | Quinnipiac | Sean Schipper gets the rebound | 21-12 |
| 09:56 | Quinnipiac | Gayle Williams misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 21-12 |
| 09:55 | North Carolina | The rebound goes to William Conway | 21-12 |
| 09:35 | North Carolina | William Conway is wide open but clanks a jumper from the right wing | 21-12 |
| 09:34 | Quinnipiac | Charles Lightfoot grabs the defensive rebound | 21-12 |
| 09:28 | Quinnipiac | Sean Schipper misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Bernard Farish - foul #1 on Bernard Farish, team foul #5 | 21-12 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Elmer Carlile (SF), Wesley Pearce (PF) William Conway, Eric Wick | |
| Subs | Quinnipiac | Willy Wardell (SF), Chris Peltier (C) Jeffrey Rine, Charles Lightfoot | |
| 09:28 | Quinnipiac | Sean Schipper makes the 1st free throw | 21-13 |
| 09:28 | Quinnipiac | Sean Schipper makes the 2nd free throw | 21-14 |
| 09:15 | North Carolina | Bernard Farish hits a wide open runner in the paint on a great pass from Wesley Pearce | 23-14 |
| 08:56 | Quinnipiac | Gayle Williams misses long on a jumpshot from the right side but the foul's on Wayne Lively - foul #1 on Wayne Lively, team foul #6 | 23-14 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Walter Peterson (PG) Wayne Lively | |
| Subs | Quinnipiac | Nicholas Alston (SF) Sean Schipper | |
| 08:56 | Quinnipiac | Gayle Williams makes the 1st free throw | 23-15 |
| 08:56 | Quinnipiac | Gayle Williams misses the 2nd free throw | 23-15 |
| 08:56 | North Carolina | Wilber Lindley pulls down the rebound | 23-15 |
| 08:45 | North Carolina | Bernard Farish misses badly on the uncontested pull-up jumper from the right wing | 23-15 |
| 08:43 | Quinnipiac | Nicholas Alston grabs the board | 23-15 |
| 08:21 | Quinnipiac | Nicholas Alston can't finish the layup | 23-15 |
| 08:19 | Quinnipiac | Chris Peltier grabs the offensive board | 23-15 |
| 08:13 | Quinnipiac | Willy Wardell clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 23-15 |
| 08:11 | North Carolina | Wilber Lindley grabs the defensive rebound | 23-15 |
| 07:50 | North Carolina | Elmer Carlile misses badly on a 3pt shot from straight away | 23-15 |
| 07:49 | North Carolina | Wilber Lindley can't tip it in | 23-15 |
| 07:48 | Quinnipiac | Gayle Williams snags the defensive board | 23-15 |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Walter Peterson (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Bernard Farish (tiring) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Elmer Carlile (fairly fresh) PF - Wesley Pearce (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Wilber Lindley (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Quinnipiac | PG - Gayle Williams (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Willy Wardell (fairly fresh) SF - Nicholas Alston (fairly fresh) 8 pts. PF - Pete Rasch (tiring) 2 pts. C - Chris Peltier (fairly fresh) | |
| 07:34 | Quinnipiac | Willy Wardell connects on the 3 from the right wing | 23-18 |
| 07:16 | North Carolina | Wilber Lindley connects on the turnaround from the baseline set up by Walter Peterson and he's fouled by Willy Wardell - foul #1 on Willy Wardell, team foul #7 | 25-18 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Wayne Lively (PG), William Conway (SF), Eric Wick (C) Walter Peterson, Elmer Carlile, Wesley Pearce | |
| Subs | Quinnipiac | George Sedlak (PG), Jeffrey Rine (SG), Sean Schipper (SF), Cody Golden (PF), Peter Watson (C) Gayle Williams, Willy Wardell, Nicholas Alston, Pete Rasch, Chris Peltier | |
| 07:16 | North Carolina | Wilber Lindley misses the free throw | 25-18 |
| 07:16 | Quinnipiac | Cody Golden pulls down the rebound | 25-18 |
| 07:14 | Quinnipiac | George Sedlak travels in the backcourt | 25-18 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Elmer Carlile (SF) Wilber Lindley | |
| Subs | Quinnipiac | | |
| 06:59 | North Carolina | Bernard Farish drills a fadeaway from the left side set up by William Conway | 27-18 |
| 06:33 | Quinnipiac | Cody Golden is denied on a layup by Eric Wick | 27-18 |
| 06:32 | Quinnipiac | The offensive rebound goes to Peter Watson | 27-18 |
| 06:13 | Quinnipiac | Peter Watson connects on the jumper from just outside the lane | 27-20 |
| 05:59 | North Carolina | Eric Wick double dribbles | 27-20 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Wesley Pearce (PF) Elmer Carlile | |
| Subs | Quinnipiac | Nicholas Alston (SF) Sean Schipper | |
| 05:50 | Quinnipiac | Peter Watson misses short on a shot from the right block | 27-20 |
| 05:48 | Quinnipiac | Peter Watson misses the tip | 27-20 |
| 05:47 | Quinnipiac | Nicholas Alston tips it home | 27-22 |
| 05:43 | North Carolina | Jeffrey Rine steals it from Wayne Lively in the backcourt | 27-22 |
| 05:30 | Quinnipiac | Cody Golden is called for traveling | 27-22 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Walter Peterson (PG), Wilber Lindley (C) Wayne Lively, Eric Wick | |
| Subs | Quinnipiac | Gayle Williams (PG), Willy Wardell (SG), Charles Lightfoot (C) George Sedlak, Jeffrey Rine, Peter Watson | |
| 05:18 | North Carolina | Wilber Lindley hits the front of the rim on the jump hook in the paint | 27-22 |
| 05:17 | Quinnipiac | Cody Golden grabs the board | 27-22 |
| 04:58 | Quinnipiac | Charles Lightfoot's pass is intercepted by Wilber Lindley | 27-22 |
| 04:34 | North Carolina | Nicholas Alston is called for the reach on Bernard Farish - foul #2 on Nicholas Alston, team foul #8 | 27-22 |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| Subs | Quinnipiac | Jeffrey Rine (SG), Sean Schipper (SF), Pete Rasch (PF) Willy Wardell, Nicholas Alston, Cody Golden | |
| 04:34 | North Carolina | Bernard Farish makes the 1st free throw | 28-22 |
| 04:34 | North Carolina | Bernard Farish makes the 2nd free throw | 29-22 |
| 04:16 | Quinnipiac | Gayle Williams misses long on a shot from the left wing | 29-22 |
| 04:15 | North Carolina | Wesley Pearce grabs the defensive rebound | 29-22 |
| 03:56 | North Carolina | William Conway connects on the open floater from the right wing on a great pass from Bernard Farish | 31-22 |
| 03:39 | Quinnipiac | Jeffrey Rine's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 31-22 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Wayne Lively (PG), Elmer Carlile (SG), Mark Luo (SF), Eric Wick (C) Walter Peterson, Bernard Farish, William Conway, Wilber Lindley | |
| Subs | Quinnipiac | George Sedlak (PG), Willy Wardell (SG), Peter Watson (C) Gayle Williams, Jeffrey Rine, Charles Lightfoot | |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Wayne Lively (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Elmer Carlile (fairly fresh) SF - Mark Luo (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Wesley Pearce (tiring) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Eric Wick (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Quinnipiac | PG - George Sedlak (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Willy Wardell (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Sean Schipper (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Pete Rasch (tiring) 2 pts. C - Peter Watson (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:32 | North Carolina | Mark Luo is fouled in the backcourt by Sean Schipper - foul #2 on Sean Schipper, team foul #9 | 31-22 |
| 03:32 | North Carolina | Mark Luo makes the 1st free throw | 32-22 |
| 03:32 | North Carolina | Mark Luo makes the 2nd free throw | 33-22 |
| 03:13 | Quinnipiac | Pete Rasch connects on the fadeaway from the right wing set up by Sean Schipper | 33-24 |
| 02:55 | North Carolina | Mark Luo is whistled for a carry | 33-24 |
| Subs | North Carolina | William Conway (PF) Wesley Pearce | |
| Subs | Quinnipiac | Nicholas Alston (SF), Cody Golden (PF) Sean Schipper, Pete Rasch | |
| 02:45 | Quinnipiac | Nicholas Alston misses badly on a shot from the right wing | 33-24 |
| 02:43 | North Carolina | Eric Wick pulls down the rebound | 33-24 |
| 02:26 | North Carolina | Wayne Lively makes the 3pt shot from the right wing on a great pass from Elmer Carlile | 36-24 |
| 02:14 | Quinnipiac | Peter Watson is called for the offensive foul - foul #2 on Peter Watson, team foul #10 | 36-24 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Bernard Farish (SG), Wilber Lindley (C) Elmer Carlile, Eric Wick | |
| Subs | Quinnipiac | Gayle Williams (PG), Jeffrey Rine (SG), Charles Lightfoot (PF), Chris Peltier (C) George Sedlak, Willy Wardell, Cody Golden, Peter Watson | |
| 02:12 | North Carolina | Nicholas Alston is called for the reach on Mark Luo in the backcourt - foul #3 on Nicholas Alston, team foul #11 | 36-24 |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| Subs | Quinnipiac | Willy Wardell (SF) Nicholas Alston | |
| 02:12 | North Carolina | Mark Luo makes the 1st free throw | 37-24 |
| 02:12 | North Carolina | Mark Luo misses the 2nd free throw | 37-24 |
| 02:12 | Quinnipiac | Charles Lightfoot pulls down the rebound | 37-24 |
| 02:00 | Quinnipiac | Gayle Williams loses the dribble to Wilber Lindley | 37-24 |
| 01:55 | North Carolina | Wayne Lively's pass is intercepted by Chris Peltier in the backcourt | 37-24 |
| 01:47 | Quinnipiac | Wilber Lindley blocks the short jumper by Chris Peltier | 37-24 |
| 01:45 | Quinnipiac | Jeffrey Rine tips it home | 37-26 |
| 01:29 | North Carolina | William Conway misses short on a jumper in the paint | 37-26 |
| 01:27 | North Carolina | William Conway tips it back up and in | 39-26 |
| 01:10 | Quinnipiac | Jeffrey Rine misses badly on a shot from the left block | 39-26 |
| 01:08 | North Carolina | The rebound goes to Wayne Lively | 39-26 |
| 01:04 | North Carolina | Wayne Lively is hacked by Gayle Williams in the backcourt - foul #1 on Gayle Williams, team foul #12 | 39-26 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Wesley Pearce (PF) William Conway | |
| Subs | Quinnipiac | Sean Schipper (SF), Cody Golden (PF), Peter Watson (C) Willy Wardell, Charles Lightfoot, Chris Peltier | |
| 01:04 | North Carolina | Wayne Lively makes the 1st free throw | 40-26 |
| 01:04 | North Carolina | Wayne Lively makes the 2nd free throw | 41-26 |
| 00:48 | Quinnipiac | Sean Schipper comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 41-26 |
| 00:46 | Quinnipiac | Cody Golden grabs the offensive board | 41-26 |
| 00:17 | Quinnipiac | Peter Watson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 41-26 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Walter Peterson (PG), Elmer Carlile (SG), Eric Wick (C) Wayne Lively, Bernard Farish, Wilber Lindley | |
| Subs | Quinnipiac | George Sedlak (PG), Pete Rasch (PF) Gayle Williams, Cody Golden | |
| 00:05 | North Carolina | Mark Luo buries a fadeaway from close range on a nice dish by Eric Wick | 43-26 |
| 00:00 | Quinnipiac | Pete Rasch can't connect on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 43-26 |