| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Maxwell Calder (fresh) SG - Shaun Warren (fresh) SF - James Wurth (fresh) PF - Raul Ramos (fresh) C - Marc Sitosky (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Holy Cross | PG - David McEwen (fresh) SG - Joshua Dicus (fresh) SF - Donald Kirwan (fresh) PF - Bryan Howard (fresh) C - Johnnie Covin (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Holy Cross | Johnnie Covin wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Holy Cross | Holy Cross is playing a triangle offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 19:48 | Holy Cross | Bryan Howard loses the ball out of bounds | 0-0 |
| 19:23 | North Carolina | Shaun Warren clanks a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Joshua Dicus - foul #1 on Joshua Dicus, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:23 | North Carolina | Shaun Warren makes the 1st free throw | 1-0 |
| 19:23 | North Carolina | Shaun Warren misses the 2nd free throw | 1-0 |
| 19:23 | Holy Cross | Johnnie Covin gets the rebound | 1-0 |
| 19:10 | Holy Cross | Johnnie Covin makes the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Joshua Dicus | 1-3 |
| 18:41 | North Carolina | Raul Ramos misses the wide open 3 from straight away | 1-3 |
| 18:40 | North Carolina | Marc Sitosky hits the follow up shot | 3-3 |
| 18:32 | Holy Cross | Bryan Howard knocks in the 3pt shot from straight away | 3-6 |
| 18:27 | North Carolina | Maxwell Calder loses the dribble to Donald Kirwan in the backcourt | 3-6 |
| 18:18 | Holy Cross | Marc Sitosky takes the ball from Johnnie Covin | 3-6 |
| 17:57 | North Carolina | Raul Ramos is hacked by Donald Kirwan - foul #1 on Donald Kirwan, team foul #2 | 3-6 |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Yuan Hou (PG), Adam Sanderson (SG), Fabian Russo (SF), John Turner (PF), Michael Melo (C) David McEwen, Joshua Dicus, Donald Kirwan, Bryan Howard, Johnnie Covin | |
| 17:38 | North Carolina | Shaun Warren makes the wide open 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Maxwell Calder | 6-6 |
| 17:20 | Holy Cross | Adam Sanderson misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 6-6 |
| 17:18 | North Carolina | James Wurth pulls down the rebound | 6-6 |
| 16:51 | North Carolina | Raul Ramos hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 6-6 |
| 16:49 | Holy Cross | Fabian Russo grabs the defensive rebound | 6-6 |
| 16:28 | Holy Cross | Fabian Russo is hacked by James Wurth - foul #1 on James Wurth, team foul #1 | 6-6 |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| Subs | Holy Cross | David McEwen (PG), Joshua Dicus (SG), Jeffery Mundell (SF), Bryan Howard (PF), Johnnie Covin (C) Yuan Hou, Adam Sanderson, Fabian Russo, John Turner, Michael Melo | |
| 16:07 | Holy Cross | Bryan Howard misses badly on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 6-6 |
| 16:06 | Holy Cross | Johnnie Covin pulls down the offensive rebound | 6-6 |
| 15:56 | Holy Cross | Johnnie Covin connects on the shot in the lane | 6-8 |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Maxwell Calder (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Shaun Warren (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SF - James Wurth (fairly fresh) PF - Raul Ramos (fairly fresh) C - Marc Sitosky (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Holy Cross | PG - David McEwen (fairly fresh) SG - Joshua Dicus (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Jeffery Mundell (fresh) PF - Bryan Howard (fairly fresh) 3 pts. C - Johnnie Covin (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:54 | North Carolina | James Wurth is hacked by Jeffery Mundell in the backcourt - foul #1 on Jeffery Mundell, team foul #3 | 6-8 |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Donald Kirwan (SF) Bryan Howard | |
| 15:35 | North Carolina | Shaun Warren scores on a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a great pass from Raul Ramos | 9-8 |
| 15:15 | Holy Cross | Maxwell Calder takes the ball from David McEwen | 9-8 |
| 14:53 | North Carolina | Raul Ramos is open and buries a jumper from the baseline on a great pass from James Wurth | 11-8 |
| 14:36 | Holy Cross | Johnnie Covin knocks in the jumper from the right wing set up by Donald Kirwan | 11-10 |
| 14:18 | North Carolina | Raul Ramos connects on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 14-10 |
| 14:02 | Holy Cross | Joshua Dicus is called for the offensive foul - foul #2 on Joshua Dicus, team foul #4 | 14-10 |
| Subs | North Carolina | John Stockdale (SG), Dewayne Walker (C) Shaun Warren, Raul Ramos | |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Yuan Hou (PG), Adam Sanderson (SG), Fabian Russo (SF), Bryan Howard (PF), John Turner (C) David McEwen, Joshua Dicus, Donald Kirwan, Jeffery Mundell, Johnnie Covin | |
| 13:41 | North Carolina | Dewayne Walker makes the shot in the paint on a nice dish by Marc Sitosky | 16-10 |
| 13:19 | Holy Cross | Marc Sitosky swats the short shot by Yuan Hou | 16-10 |
| 13:18 | North Carolina | The rebound goes to Dewayne Walker | 16-10 |
| 12:53 | North Carolina | Maxwell Calder throws a bad pass out of bounds | 16-10 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Shaun Warren (SG), Raul Ramos (PF) James Wurth, Marc Sitosky | |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Michael Melo (C) Bryan Howard | |
| 12:32 | Holy Cross | Fabian Russo hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the right block | 16-10 |
| 12:30 | Holy Cross | Michael Melo gets the offensive rebound | 16-10 |
| 12:24 | Holy Cross | Yuan Hou is fouled on the floor by Dewayne Walker - foul #1 on Dewayne Walker, team foul #2 | 16-10 |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| Subs | Holy Cross | David McEwen (PG), Donald Kirwan (SF), Terry Kron (C) Yuan Hou, Fabian Russo, John Turner | |
| 12:08 | Holy Cross | Michael Melo connects on the fadeaway from the right side on a nice dish by David McEwen | 16-12 |
| 12:06 | North Carolina | Maxwell Calder's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 16-12 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Marc Sitosky (C) Dewayne Walker | |
| Subs | Holy Cross | | |
| 11:49 | Holy Cross | Donald Kirwan can't connect on a turnaround near the basket | 16-12 |
| 11:47 | North Carolina | The rebound goes to John Stockdale | 16-12 |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Maxwell Calder (tiring) 1 ast. SG - Shaun Warren (tiring) 7 pts. SF - John Stockdale (fresh) PF - Raul Ramos (tiring) 5 pts. C - Marc Sitosky (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Holy Cross | PG - David McEwen (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Adam Sanderson (fairly fresh) SF - Donald Kirwan (fairly fresh) PF - Michael Melo (fresh) 2 pts. C - Terry Kron (fresh) | |
| 11:33 | North Carolina | Maxwell Calder makes the 3pt shot from straight away set up by John Stockdale | 19-12 |
| 11:14 | Holy Cross | Adam Sanderson is hacked by Shaun Warren - foul #1 on Shaun Warren, team foul #3 | 19-12 |
| Subs | North Carolina | James Wurth (SF) Maxwell Calder | |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Jeffery Mundell (SF), Bryan Howard (PF), Johnnie Covin (C) Donald Kirwan, Michael Melo, Terry Kron | |
| 11:00 | Holy Cross | David McEwen throws a bad pass out of bounds | 19-12 |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Fabian Russo (SG) Adam Sanderson | |
| 10:37 | North Carolina | John Stockdale's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 19-12 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Maxwell Calder (PG), Dewayne Walker (C) Shaun Warren, Marc Sitosky | |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Yuan Hou (PG) David McEwen | |
| 10:22 | Holy Cross | Jeffery Mundell can't connect on a shot from the left wing | 19-12 |
| 10:21 | North Carolina | John Stockdale gets the rebound | 19-12 |
| 10:19 | North Carolina | Fabian Russo is called for the reach on John Stockdale in the backcourt - foul #1 on Fabian Russo, team foul #5 | 19-12 |
| 09:58 | North Carolina | John Stockdale misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 19-12 |
| 09:57 | Holy Cross | Bryan Howard grabs the defensive rebound | 19-12 |
| 09:52 | Holy Cross | Fabian Russo drills a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Bryan Howard | 19-14 |
| 09:50 | North Carolina | Fabian Russo steals the ball from Raul Ramos in the backcourt | 19-14 |
| 09:39 | Holy Cross | Johnnie Covin can't finish the layup but the foul's on Dewayne Walker - foul #2 on Dewayne Walker, team foul #4 | 19-14 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Marc Sitosky (C) Dewayne Walker | |
| Subs | Holy Cross | David McEwen (PG), Adam Sanderson (SG), Donald Kirwan (SF), John Turner (PF) Yuan Hou, Fabian Russo, Jeffery Mundell, Bryan Howard | |
| 09:39 | Holy Cross | Johnnie Covin makes the 1st free throw | 19-15 |
| 09:39 | Holy Cross | Johnnie Covin makes the 2nd free throw | 19-16 |
| 09:12 | North Carolina | John Stockdale's fadeaway is rejected by Johnnie Covin | 19-16 |
| 09:10 | North Carolina | John Stockdale grabs the offensive board | 19-16 |
| 08:53 | North Carolina | John Stockdale makes the fadeaway in the paint on a great pass from Marc Sitosky and the foul's on Adam Sanderson - foul #1 on Adam Sanderson, team foul #6 | 21-16 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Shaun Warren (SG) Maxwell Calder | |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Michael Melo (C) Johnnie Covin | |
| 08:53 | North Carolina | John Stockdale makes the free throw | 22-16 |
| 08:31 | Holy Cross | Raul Ramos is called for the reach on John Turner - foul #1 on Raul Ramos, team foul #5 | 22-16 |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Jeffery Mundell (SF) Donald Kirwan | |
| 08:15 | Holy Cross | John Turner hits a shot from the left block set up by Adam Sanderson | 22-18 |
| 07:48 | North Carolina | John Stockdale blows the wide open layup | 22-18 |
| 07:46 | Holy Cross | John Turner grabs the board | 22-18 |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - John Stockdale (tiring) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Shaun Warren (tiring) 7 pts. SF - James Wurth (tiring) PF - Raul Ramos (tired) 5 pts. C - Marc Sitosky (tiring) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Holy Cross | PG - David McEwen (tiring) 1 ast. SG - Adam Sanderson (tiring) 1 ast. SF - Jeffery Mundell (fresh) PF - John Turner (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Michael Melo (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 07:29 | Holy Cross | David McEwen misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 22-18 |
| 07:27 | Holy Cross | Jeffery Mundell grabs the offensive rebound | 22-18 |
| 07:07 | Holy Cross | The short jumper by John Turner is denied by Marc Sitosky | 22-18 |
| 07:05 | North Carolina | John Stockdale gets the rebound | 22-18 |
| 06:38 | North Carolina | John Stockdale buries a jumper in the lane | 24-18 |
| 06:10 | Holy Cross | Marc Sitosky steps in front of the Adam Sanderson pass | 24-18 |
| 06:10 | North Carolina | North Carolina calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 24-18 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Maxwell Calder (PG) John Stockdale | |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Yuan Hou (PG), Fabian Russo (SG), Donald Kirwan (SF), Bryan Howard (PF), Johnnie Covin (C) David McEwen, Adam Sanderson, Jeffery Mundell, John Turner, Michael Melo | |
| 05:46 | North Carolina | James Wurth hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 24-18 |
| 05:45 | Holy Cross | Johnnie Covin pulls down the rebound | 24-18 |
| 05:38 | Holy Cross | Donald Kirwan knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Yuan Hou | 24-20 |
| 05:36 | North Carolina | Shaun Warren is hacked by Fabian Russo in the backcourt - foul #2 on Fabian Russo, team foul #7 | 24-20 |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Adam Sanderson (SG) Fabian Russo | |
| 05:36 | North Carolina | Shaun Warren makes the 1st free throw | 25-20 |
| 05:36 | North Carolina | Shaun Warren makes the 2nd free throw | 26-20 |
| 05:26 | Holy Cross | Johnnie Covin misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 26-20 |
| 05:24 | North Carolina | Shaun Warren grabs the board | 26-20 |
| 05:21 | North Carolina | Yuan Hou is called for the reach on Maxwell Calder in the backcourt - foul #1 on Yuan Hou, team foul #8 | 26-20 |
| Subs | North Carolina | John Stockdale (SF) James Wurth | |
| Subs | Holy Cross | | |
| 05:21 | North Carolina | Maxwell Calder makes the 1st free throw | 27-20 |
| 05:21 | North Carolina | Maxwell Calder makes the 2nd free throw | 28-20 |
| 05:01 | Holy Cross | Adam Sanderson's pass is intercepted by John Stockdale | 28-20 |
| 04:58 | North Carolina | John Stockdale misses the easy layup | 28-20 |
| 04:56 | Holy Cross | Johnnie Covin grabs the defensive rebound | 28-20 |
| 04:43 | Holy Cross | Donald Kirwan misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left wing but the foul's on John Stockdale - foul #1 on John Stockdale, team foul #6 | 28-20 |
| Subs | North Carolina | James Wurth (SF) Shaun Warren | |
| Subs | Holy Cross | David McEwen (PG), Michael Melo (PF) Yuan Hou, Bryan Howard | |
| 04:43 | Holy Cross | Donald Kirwan makes the 1st free throw | 28-21 |
| 04:43 | Holy Cross | Donald Kirwan misses the 2nd free throw | 28-21 |
| 04:43 | North Carolina | Marc Sitosky pulls down the rebound | 28-21 |
| 04:41 | North Carolina | Maxwell Calder is hacked by David McEwen in the backcourt - foul #1 on David McEwen, team foul #9 | 28-21 |
| 04:41 | North Carolina | Maxwell Calder makes the 1st free throw | 29-21 |
| 04:41 | North Carolina | Maxwell Calder makes the 2nd free throw | 30-21 |
| 04:22 | Holy Cross | Adam Sanderson can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 30-21 |
| 04:20 | Holy Cross | Michael Melo tips it home | 30-23 |
| 03:54 | North Carolina | John Stockdale is fouled on the floor by Donald Kirwan - foul #2 on Donald Kirwan, team foul #10 | 30-23 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Dewayne Walker (C) Raul Ramos | |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Fabian Russo (PG), Joshua Dicus (SG), Jeffery Mundell (SF), John Turner (PF) David McEwen, Adam Sanderson, Donald Kirwan, Johnnie Covin | |
| 03:54 | North Carolina | John Stockdale makes the 1st free throw | 31-23 |
| 03:54 | North Carolina | John Stockdale makes the 2nd free throw | 32-23 |
| 03:28 | Holy Cross | Dewayne Walker swats the short shot by John Turner | 32-23 |
| 03:26 | Holy Cross | Fabian Russo grabs the offensive rebound | 32-23 |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Maxwell Calder (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Stockdale (tiring) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Wurth (tired) PF - Marc Sitosky (tiring) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. C - Dewayne Walker (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Holy Cross | PG - Fabian Russo (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. SG - Joshua Dicus (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Jeffery Mundell (fresh) PF - John Turner (fresh) 2 pts. C - Michael Melo (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:14 | Holy Cross | Marc Sitosky takes the ball from John Turner | 32-23 |
| 02:49 | North Carolina | John Stockdale misses long on an open runner in the paint but he's hacked by Joshua Dicus - foul #3 on Joshua Dicus, team foul #11 | 32-23 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Shaun Warren (SG) James Wurth | |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Yuan Hou (PG), Bryan Howard (PF) Joshua Dicus, Michael Melo | |
| 02:49 | North Carolina | John Stockdale makes the 1st free throw | 33-23 |
| 02:49 | North Carolina | John Stockdale makes the 2nd free throw | 34-23 |
| 02:32 | Holy Cross | Yuan Hou hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 34-23 |
| 02:31 | North Carolina | Marc Sitosky snags the defensive board | 34-23 |
| 02:10 | North Carolina | Marc Sitosky makes the jump hook from the right block on a nice dish by Shaun Warren | 36-23 |
| 01:45 | Holy Cross | Fabian Russo misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 36-23 |
| 01:44 | Holy Cross | Jeffery Mundell tips it in | 36-25 |
| 01:24 | North Carolina | Maxwell Calder misses short on a fadeaway from the left wing | 36-25 |
| 01:23 | North Carolina | Marc Sitosky gets the offensive rebound | 36-25 |
| 00:57 | North Carolina | Dewayne Walker is fouled on the floor by Yuan Hou - foul #2 on Yuan Hou, team foul #12 | 36-25 |
| Subs | North Carolina | James Wurth (SF), Raul Ramos (PF) John Stockdale, Marc Sitosky | |
| Subs | Holy Cross | David McEwen (PG), Adam Sanderson (SG), Donald Kirwan (SF), Johnnie Covin (C) Yuan Hou, Fabian Russo, Jeffery Mundell, John Turner | |
| 00:57 | North Carolina | Dewayne Walker makes the 1st free throw | 37-25 |
| 00:57 | North Carolina | Dewayne Walker misses the 2nd free throw | 37-25 |
| 00:57 | Holy Cross | Johnnie Covin grabs the board | 37-25 |
| 00:32 | Holy Cross | Bryan Howard misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner but he's fouled by Raul Ramos - foul #2 on Raul Ramos, team foul #7 | 37-25 |
| 00:32 | Holy Cross | Bryan Howard misses the 1st free throw | 37-25 |
| 00:32 | Holy Cross | Bryan Howard misses the 2nd free throw | 37-25 |
| 00:32 | Holy Cross | Bryan Howard misses the 3rd free throw | 37-25 |
| 00:32 | Holy Cross | Donald Kirwan grabs the offensive rebound | 37-25 |
| 00:19 | Holy Cross | Adam Sanderson misses long on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 37-25 |
| 00:18 | Holy Cross | David McEwen pulls down the offensive rebound | 37-25 |
| 00:00 | Holy Cross | David McEwen is hacked by Shaun Warren - foul #2 on Shaun Warren, team foul #8 | 37-25 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Marc Sitosky (C) Dewayne Walker | |
| Subs | Holy Cross | Michael Melo (PF) Bryan Howard | |
| 00:00 | Holy Cross | David McEwen makes the 1st free throw | 37-26 |
| 00:00 | Holy Cross | David McEwen makes the 2nd free throw | 37-27 |