| Lineup | Arkansas | PG - Michael Minor (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Jeffery Lacasse (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Russell Henderson (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Michael Palm (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Gary Koester (fresh) | |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Maxwell Calder (fresh) 12 pts. SG - Shaun Warren (fresh) 1 ast. SF - James Wurth (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. PF - Raul Ramos (fresh) 2 reb. C - Marc Sitosky (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | North Carolina | James Wurth inbounds the ball | 27-24 |
| Game Plan | Arkansas | Arkansas is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:58 | North Carolina | Maxwell Calder is fouled in the backcourt by Michael Minor - foul #3 on Michael Minor, team foul #1 | 27-24 |
| 19:36 | North Carolina | Gary Koester swats the shot by Maxwell Calder | 27-24 |
| 19:35 | North Carolina | Shaun Warren grabs the offensive rebound | 27-24 |
| 19:18 | North Carolina | Maxwell Calder connects on the open 3pt shot from the right corner on a nice dish by James Wurth | 27-27 |
| 18:51 | Arkansas | Jeffery Lacasse is fouled on the floor by James Wurth - foul #3 on James Wurth, team foul #1 | 27-27 |
| Subs | Arkansas | | |
| Subs | North Carolina | John Stockdale (SF) James Wurth | |
| 18:34 | Arkansas | Russell Henderson is hacked by Maxwell Calder during a doubleteam - foul #3 on Maxwell Calder, team foul #2 | 27-27 |
| Subs | Arkansas | John Lewis (C) Gary Koester | |
| Subs | North Carolina | James Wurth (SF) Maxwell Calder | |
| 18:26 | Arkansas | Russell Henderson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 27-27 |
| 18:04 | North Carolina | John Stockdale comes up short on the jumper from the right side | 27-27 |
| 18:03 | Arkansas | Jeffery Lacasse pulls down the rebound | 27-27 |
| 17:40 | Arkansas | Michael Minor misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 27-27 |
| 17:38 | North Carolina | Raul Ramos pulls down the rebound | 27-27 |
| 17:18 | North Carolina | Shaun Warren misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 27-27 |
| 17:16 | North Carolina | John Stockdale pulls down the offensive rebound | 27-27 |
| 16:48 | North Carolina | John Stockdale misses short on an open floater from close range | 27-27 |
| 16:47 | Arkansas | Russell Henderson gets the rebound | 27-27 |
| 16:18 | Arkansas | Michael Minor comes up short on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 27-27 |
| 16:16 | North Carolina | The rebound goes to Raul Ramos | 27-27 |
| 15:53 | North Carolina | John Stockdale hits a jumper in the paint | 27-29 |
| Lineup | Arkansas | PG - Michael Minor (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. SG - Jeffery Lacasse (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SF - Russell Henderson (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Michael Palm (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - John Lewis (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - John Stockdale (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Shaun Warren (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - James Wurth (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Raul Ramos (fairly fresh) 4 reb. C - Marc Sitosky (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 15:34 | Arkansas | Russell Henderson buries a fadeaway from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Jeffery Lacasse | 29-29 |
| 15:19 | North Carolina | Jeffery Lacasse takes the ball from James Wurth | 29-29 |
| 15:10 | Arkansas | Michael Palm clanks a floater from the right wing | 29-29 |
| 15:08 | North Carolina | Marc Sitosky gets the rebound | 29-29 |
| 14:42 | North Carolina | John Stockdale misses badly on a turnaround from the left block but he's fouled by Russell Henderson - foul #2 on Russell Henderson, team foul #2 | 29-29 |
| Subs | Arkansas | Ben Robinson (PG), Harry Knudson (SG), Raymond Adams (SF), Randall James (PF), Gary Koester (C) Michael Minor, Jeffery Lacasse, Russell Henderson, Michael Palm, John Lewis | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Maxwell Calder (PG), Dewayne Walker (C) Shaun Warren, Raul Ramos | |
| 14:42 | North Carolina | John Stockdale misses the 1st free throw | 29-29 |
| 14:42 | North Carolina | John Stockdale misses the 2nd free throw | 29-29 |
| 14:42 | Arkansas | Gary Koester gets the rebound | 29-29 |
| 14:20 | Arkansas | Randall James misses short on a driving attempt in the lane but he's fouled by Dewayne Walker - foul #1 on Dewayne Walker, team foul #3 | 29-29 |
| Subs | Arkansas | | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Raul Ramos (PF) Marc Sitosky | |
| 14:20 | Arkansas | Randall James misses the 1st free throw | 29-29 |
| 14:20 | Arkansas | Randall James misses the 2nd free throw | 29-29 |
| 14:20 | North Carolina | Raul Ramos snags the defensive board | 29-29 |
| 14:16 | North Carolina | James Wurth is hacked by Raymond Adams in the backcourt - foul #3 on Raymond Adams, team foul #3 | 29-29 |
| 13:50 | North Carolina | Dewayne Walker can't connect on a fadeaway near the basket | 29-29 |
| 13:48 | Arkansas | The rebound goes to Randall James | 29-29 |
| 13:35 | Arkansas | Randall James drills a jumper from the free throw line set up by Ben Robinson and he's hacked by Raul Ramos - foul #2 on Raul Ramos, team foul #4 | 31-29 |
| 13:35 | Arkansas | Randall James makes the free throw | 32-29 |
| 13:31 | North Carolina | Raymond Adams is called for the reach on James Wurth in the backcourt - foul #4 on Raymond Adams, team foul #4 | 32-29 |
| Subs | Arkansas | Craig Pearson (SF) Raymond Adams | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Shaun Warren (SG) John Stockdale | |
| 13:19 | North Carolina | James Wurth comes up short on the shot from the free throw line | 32-29 |
| 13:18 | North Carolina | Dewayne Walker tips it home | 32-31 |
| 12:58 | Arkansas | Ben Robinson can't connect on a floater from the right side | 32-31 |
| 12:56 | North Carolina | James Wurth pulls down the rebound | 32-31 |
| 12:53 | North Carolina | Dewayne Walker throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 32-31 |
| Subs | Arkansas | Michael Minor (PG), Rolando Nguyen (PF) Ben Robinson, Randall James | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Marc Sitosky (C) Dewayne Walker | |
| 12:42 | Arkansas | Michael Minor makes the 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Harry Knudson | 35-31 |
| 12:19 | North Carolina | Shaun Warren drills a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Marc Sitosky | 35-34 |
| 12:04 | Arkansas | Gary Koester is fouled on the floor by Raul Ramos - foul #3 on Raul Ramos, team foul #5 | 35-34 |
| Subs | Arkansas | Russell Henderson (SF), Michael Palm (PF) Harry Knudson, Gary Koester | |
| Subs | North Carolina | John Stockdale (SF) James Wurth | |
| 11:50 | Arkansas | Russell Henderson can't connect on a floater from just outside the lane | 35-34 |
| 11:49 | Arkansas | The offensive rebound goes to Michael Palm | 35-34 |
| Lineup | Arkansas | PG - Michael Minor (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 pf. SG - Craig Pearson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Russell Henderson (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Michael Palm (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Rolando Nguyen (fresh) | |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Maxwell Calder (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 3 pf. SG - Shaun Warren (tiring) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Stockdale (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. PF - Raul Ramos (tiring) 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Marc Sitosky (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 11:39 | Arkansas | Russell Henderson misses the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 35-34 |
| 11:38 | Arkansas | Russell Henderson tips it in | 37-34 |
| 11:20 | North Carolina | Raul Ramos makes the shot from the baseline on a nice dish by Marc Sitosky | 37-36 |
| 11:04 | Arkansas | Michael Palm can't connect on a 3 from the right wing | 37-36 |
| 11:02 | Arkansas | Rolando Nguyen tips it home | 39-36 |
| 10:33 | North Carolina | Shaun Warren can't connect on a 3 from straight away | 39-36 |
| 10:31 | Arkansas | The rebound goes to Michael Minor | 39-36 |
| 10:07 | Arkansas | Michael Palm is wide open but clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 39-36 |
| 10:06 | North Carolina | Marc Sitosky pulls down the rebound | 39-36 |
| 09:45 | North Carolina | Maxwell Calder connects on the open 3pt attempt from the right corner | 39-39 |
| 09:18 | Arkansas | Russell Henderson shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the fadeaway near the basket on a great pass from Craig Pearson | 41-39 |
| 08:55 | North Carolina | Raul Ramos clanks a runner from the right block but he's fouled by Rolando Nguyen - foul #2 on Rolando Nguyen, team foul #5 | 41-39 |
| Subs | Arkansas | Ben Robinson (PG), Jeffery Lacasse (SG), Randall James (PF), Gary Koester (C) Michael Minor, Craig Pearson, Michael Palm, Rolando Nguyen | |
| Subs | North Carolina | James Wurth (SF), Dewayne Walker (C) Shaun Warren, Marc Sitosky | |
| 08:55 | North Carolina | Raul Ramos misses the 1st free throw | 41-39 |
| 08:55 | North Carolina | Raul Ramos makes the 2nd free throw | 41-40 |
| 08:35 | Arkansas | Maxwell Calder steals it from Randall James | 41-40 |
| 08:14 | North Carolina | John Stockdale misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 41-40 |
| 08:12 | North Carolina | The offensive rebound goes to James Wurth | 41-40 |
| 07:43 | North Carolina | Maxwell Calder hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 41-40 |
| 07:42 | North Carolina | James Wurth pulls down the offensive rebound | 41-40 |
| Lineup | Arkansas | PG - Ben Robinson (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jeffery Lacasse (fresh) 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Russell Henderson (tiring) 10 pts. 3 reb. PF - Randall James (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Gary Koester (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Maxwell Calder (tiring) 18 pts. 3 pf. SG - John Stockdale (tiring) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Wurth (tiring) 1 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. PF - Raul Ramos (tired) 3 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Dewayne Walker (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:28 | North Carolina | Maxwell Calder misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 41-40 |
| 07:26 | Arkansas | Gary Koester pulls down the rebound | 41-40 |
| 07:04 | Arkansas | Russell Henderson's fadeaway is rejected by Dewayne Walker | 41-40 |
| 07:02 | Arkansas | Gary Koester tips it in | 43-40 |
| 06:40 | North Carolina | James Wurth misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 43-40 |
| 06:39 | Arkansas | Russell Henderson gets the rebound | 43-40 |
| 06:25 | Arkansas | The short jumper by Randall James is denied by Dewayne Walker | 43-40 |
| 06:24 | North Carolina | Dewayne Walker snags the defensive board | 43-40 |
| 06:01 | North Carolina | Maxwell Calder is wide open but clanks a shot from the right wing | 43-40 |
| 05:59 | Arkansas | The rebound goes to Gary Koester | 43-40 |
| 05:39 | Arkansas | James Wurth takes the ball from Randall James | 43-40 |
| 05:36 | North Carolina | James Wurth blows the layup | 43-40 |
| 05:34 | North Carolina | John Stockdale tips it back up and in | 43-42 |
| 05:17 | Arkansas | Randall James misses the shot from the free throw line | 43-42 |
| 05:15 | Arkansas | Randall James grabs the offensive board | 43-42 |
| 04:55 | Arkansas | Russell Henderson evades the doubleteam and hits a 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Jeffery Lacasse | 46-42 |
| 04:35 | North Carolina | Maxwell Calder can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 46-42 |
| 04:34 | Arkansas | Gary Koester grabs the defensive rebound | 46-42 |
| 04:18 | Arkansas | Gary Koester is fouled on the floor by Raul Ramos - foul #4 on Raul Ramos, team foul #6 | 46-42 |
| Subs | Arkansas | Michael Minor (PG), Harry Knudson (SG), Raymond Adams (SF), Michael Palm (PF), John Lewis (C) Ben Robinson, Jeffery Lacasse, Russell Henderson, Randall James, Gary Koester | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Shaun Warren (SG), Marc Sitosky (PF) John Stockdale, Raul Ramos | |
| 03:55 | Arkansas | Michael Palm hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 46-42 |
| 03:53 | North Carolina | The rebound goes to Dewayne Walker | 46-42 |
| 03:46 | North Carolina | James Wurth is open and buries a jumper from the free throw line | 46-44 |
| 03:23 | Arkansas | Michael Palm hits a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 48-44 |
| Lineup | Arkansas | PG - Michael Minor (fresh) 7 pts. 3 pf. SG - Harry Knudson (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Raymond Adams (fresh) 2 pts. 4 pf. PF - Michael Palm (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. C - John Lewis (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Maxwell Calder (tired) 18 pts. 3 pf. SG - Shaun Warren (tiring) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Wurth (tired) 3 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. PF - Marc Sitosky (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. C - Dewayne Walker (tiring) 4 pts. 7 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 02:59 | North Carolina | James Wurth misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 48-44 |
| 02:58 | Arkansas | Michael Palm gets the rebound | 48-44 |
| Game Plan | Arkansas | Arkansas is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 02:34 | Arkansas | Michael Palm misses badly on the uncontested pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by James Wurth - foul #4 on James Wurth, team foul #7 | 48-44 |
| Subs | Arkansas | Jeffery Lacasse (SG), Craig Pearson (SF), Rolando Nguyen (C) Harry Knudson, Raymond Adams, John Lewis | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Raul Ramos (PF) Dewayne Walker | |
| 02:34 | North Carolina | North Carolina calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 48-44 |
| 02:34 | Arkansas | Michael Palm misses the 1st free throw | 48-44 |
| 02:34 | Arkansas | Michael Palm makes the 2nd free throw | 49-44 |
| Game Plan | Arkansas | Arkansas is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 02:20 | North Carolina | Jeffery Lacasse steals the ball from Raul Ramos | 49-44 |
| 01:59 | Arkansas | Rolando Nguyen is fouled on the floor by Maxwell Calder - foul #4 on Maxwell Calder, team foul #8 | 49-44 |
| Subs | Arkansas | Russell Henderson (SF), Gary Koester (C) Craig Pearson, Michael Palm | |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| 01:59 | North Carolina | North Carolina calls a full timeout (2 :30 1 full remaining) | 49-44 |
| 01:59 | Arkansas | Rolando Nguyen makes the 1st free throw | 50-44 |
| 01:59 | Arkansas | Rolando Nguyen misses the 2nd free throw | 50-44 |
| 01:59 | North Carolina | Shaun Warren snags the defensive board | 50-44 |
| Game Plan | Arkansas | Arkansas is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 01:50 | North Carolina | Marc Sitosky is whistled for a carry | 50-44 |
| Subs | Arkansas | Michael Palm (PF) Rolando Nguyen | |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| Game Plan | Arkansas | Arkansas is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 01:33 | Arkansas | Russell Henderson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 50-44 |
| 01:10 | North Carolina | Raul Ramos clanks a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 50-44 |
| 01:09 | North Carolina | James Wurth hits the follow up shot | 50-46 |
| Game Plan | Arkansas | Arkansas is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 01:02 | Arkansas | Russell Henderson comes up short on the floater in the lane but the foul's on James Wurth - foul #5 on James Wurth, team foul #9 | 50-46 |
| Subs | Arkansas | | |
| Subs | North Carolina | John Stockdale (SF) James Wurth | |
| 01:02 | Arkansas | Russell Henderson misses the 1st free throw | 50-46 |
| 01:02 | Arkansas | Russell Henderson makes the 2nd free throw | 51-46 |
| Game Plan | Arkansas | Arkansas is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 00:59 | North Carolina | North Carolina calls a full timeout (2 :30 remaining) | 51-46 |
| 00:48 | North Carolina | Russell Henderson is called for the reach on John Stockdale - foul #3 on Russell Henderson, team foul #6 | 51-46 |
| 00:43 | North Carolina | Maxwell Calder misses the shot from the left side | 51-46 |
| 00:41 | Arkansas | Michael Palm grabs the board | 51-46 |
| Game Plan | Arkansas | Arkansas is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:38 | Arkansas | Michael Palm is hacked by Maxwell Calder in the backcourt - foul #5 on Maxwell Calder, team foul #10 | 51-46 |
| Subs | Arkansas | Ben Robinson (PG) Michael Minor | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Dewayne Walker (C) Maxwell Calder | |
| 00:38 | Arkansas | Michael Palm makes the 1st free throw | 52-46 |
| 00:38 | Arkansas | Michael Palm makes the 2nd free throw | 53-46 |
| Game Plan | Arkansas | Arkansas is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:35 | North Carolina | Jeffery Lacasse steals the ball from Raul Ramos in the backcourt | 53-46 |
| 00:33 | Arkansas | Raul Ramos is called for the reach on Russell Henderson - foul #5 on Raul Ramos, team foul #11 | 53-46 |
| Subs | Arkansas | Randall James (PF) Michael Palm | |
| Subs | North Carolina | Dikembe Abdelal (SF) Raul Ramos | |
| 00:33 | Arkansas | Russell Henderson misses the 1st free throw | 53-46 |
| 00:33 | Arkansas | Russell Henderson makes the 2nd free throw | 54-46 |
| 00:28 | North Carolina | Dikembe Abdelal clanks a 3 from the right corner | 54-46 |
| 00:27 | Arkansas | Randall James grabs the board | 54-46 |
| 00:27 | Arkansas | Arkansas calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 54-46 |
| 00:26 | Arkansas | Shaun Warren is called for the reach on Jeffery Lacasse in the backcourt - foul #3 on Shaun Warren, team foul #12 | 54-46 |
| 00:26 | Arkansas | Jeffery Lacasse makes the 1st free throw | 55-46 |
| 00:26 | Arkansas | Jeffery Lacasse misses the 2nd free throw | 55-46 |
| 00:26 | North Carolina | Marc Sitosky gets the rebound | 55-46 |
| 00:21 | North Carolina | John Stockdale hits a wide open 3 from the left corner set up by Shaun Warren | 55-49 |
| 00:18 | Arkansas | Gary Koester is hacked by John Stockdale in the backcourt - foul #1 on John Stockdale, team foul #13 | 55-49 |
| Subs | Arkansas | Michael Palm (PF) Randall James | |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| 00:18 | Arkansas | Gary Koester makes the 1st free throw | 56-49 |
| 00:18 | Arkansas | Gary Koester makes the 2nd free throw | 57-49 |
| 00:14 | North Carolina | Jeffery Lacasse steals the ball from John Stockdale in the backcourt | 57-49 |
| 00:11 | Arkansas | Ben Robinson blows the dunk | 57-49 |
| 00:10 | Arkansas | Gary Koester tips it home | 59-49 |
| 00:04 | North Carolina | Marc Sitosky is whistled for traveling | 59-49 |
| Subs | Arkansas | Randall James (PF) Michael Palm | |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| Game Plan | Arkansas | Arkansas is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 00:00 | Arkansas | Ben Robinson runs out the clock | 59-49 |