| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Santos Scott (fresh) 7 pts. SG - Vernon Hampton (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Jerome Duval (fresh) 8 pts. 2 stl. PF - Paul Dam (fresh) 4 pts. C - Chester McFarlen (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Mark Morgan (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. SG - Ramon Ruiz (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Chesney (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Joel Perzanowski (fresh) 2 pts. C - Jeff Thornton (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Duke | Charles Chesney inbounds the ball | 32-28 |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:38 | Duke | Mark Morgan's fadeaway is rejected by Paul Dam | 32-28 |
| 19:36 | North Carolina | The rebound goes to Paul Dam | 32-28 |
| 19:12 | North Carolina | Jerome Duval connects on the floater in the paint set up by Vernon Hampton | 34-28 |
| 18:53 | Duke | Jeff Thornton is called for a moving pick - foul #1 on Jeff Thornton, team foul #1 | 34-28 |
| 18:28 | North Carolina | Jerome Duval lays it up and in | 36-28 |
| 18:04 | Duke | Charles Chesney loses the dribble to Vernon Hampton | 36-28 |
| 18:00 | North Carolina | Paul Dam lays it in set up by Vernon Hampton | 38-28 |
| 17:41 | Duke | Ramon Ruiz misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 38-28 |
| 17:40 | North Carolina | Santos Scott snags the defensive board | 38-28 |
| 17:11 | North Carolina | Jerome Duval comes up short on the fadeaway from close range but the foul's on Charles Chesney - foul #2 on Charles Chesney, team foul #2 | 38-28 |
| 17:11 | North Carolina | Jerome Duval makes the 1st free throw | 39-28 |
| 17:11 | North Carolina | Jerome Duval misses the 2nd free throw | 39-28 |
| 17:11 | North Carolina | Chester McFarlen pulls down the offensive rebound | 39-28 |
| 16:53 | North Carolina | Santos Scott clanks a shot from the right side but the foul's on Ramon Ruiz - foul #1 on Ramon Ruiz, team foul #3 | 39-28 |
| 16:53 | North Carolina | Santos Scott misses the 1st free throw | 39-28 |
| 16:53 | North Carolina | Santos Scott makes the 2nd free throw | 40-28 |
| 16:33 | Duke | Joel Perzanowski drills a fadeaway from close range | 40-30 |
| 16:09 | North Carolina | Jerome Duval misses short on a jumper from just outside the lane | 40-30 |
| 16:07 | Duke | Joel Perzanowski snags the defensive board | 40-30 |
| 15:39 | Duke | Mark Morgan is fouled on the floor by Santos Scott as he's doubleteamed - foul #2 on Santos Scott, team foul #1 | 40-30 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Joshua Baltzell (SG), Lane Bly (SF), Larry Brink (PF), Victor Harrison (C) Vernon Hampton, Jerome Duval, Paul Dam, Chester McFarlen | |
| Subs | Duke | Charles Deakins (SG), Harold Lehman (PF) Ramon Ruiz, Joel Perzanowski | |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Santos Scott (fairly fresh) 8 pts. SG - Joshua Baltzell (fresh) SF - Lane Bly (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Larry Brink (fresh) C - Victor Harrison (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Mark Morgan (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. SG - Charles Deakins (fresh) SF - Charles Chesney (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Harold Lehman (fresh) 4 pts. C - Jeff Thornton (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:18 | Duke | Mark Morgan is denied on a layup by Victor Harrison | 40-30 |
| 15:17 | North Carolina | Victor Harrison gets the rebound | 40-30 |
| 14:48 | North Carolina | Santos Scott misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 40-30 |
| 14:46 | Duke | Jeff Thornton pulls down the rebound | 40-30 |
| 14:19 | Duke | Mark Morgan misses the lay-in over the doubleteam but he's fouled by Santos Scott - foul #3 on Santos Scott, team foul #2 | 40-30 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Vernon Hampton (PG), Jerome Duval (SF), Paul Dam (PF), Chester McFarlen (C) Santos Scott, Lane Bly, Larry Brink, Victor Harrison | |
| Subs | Duke | Ramon Ruiz (SG), Joel Perzanowski (PF) Charles Deakins, Jeff Thornton | |
| 14:19 | Duke | Mark Morgan makes the 1st free throw | 40-31 |
| 14:19 | Duke | Mark Morgan misses the 2nd free throw | 40-31 |
| 14:19 | North Carolina | Paul Dam snags the defensive board | 40-31 |
| 14:05 | North Carolina | Jerome Duval's fadeaway is rejected by Charles Chesney | 40-31 |
| 14:03 | Duke | Ramon Ruiz grabs the defensive rebound | 40-31 |
| 13:34 | Duke | Paul Dam blocks the short jumper by Charles Chesney | 40-31 |
| 13:33 | Duke | The offensive rebound goes to Ramon Ruiz | 40-31 |
| 13:19 | Duke | Charles Chesney hits the front of the rim on the turnaround in the lane | 40-31 |
| 13:17 | North Carolina | Chester McFarlen snags the defensive board | 40-31 |
| 12:59 | North Carolina | Paul Dam blows the dunk but he's hacked by Mark Morgan - foul #2 on Mark Morgan, team foul #4 | 40-31 |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| Subs | Duke | Jeff Thornton (C) Harold Lehman | |
| 12:59 | North Carolina | Paul Dam misses the 1st free throw | 40-31 |
| 12:59 | North Carolina | Paul Dam misses the 2nd free throw | 40-31 |
| 12:59 | Duke | The rebound goes to Joel Perzanowski | 40-31 |
| 12:37 | Duke | Mark Morgan is fouled on the floor by Vernon Hampton - foul #3 on Vernon Hampton, team foul #3 | 40-31 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Santos Scott (PG) Joshua Baltzell | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 12:22 | Duke | Jeff Thornton blows the layup but the foul's on Chester McFarlen - foul #3 on Chester McFarlen, team foul #4 | 40-31 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Victor Harrison (C) Chester McFarlen | |
| Subs | Duke | Kevin Stegall (PG) Mark Morgan | |
| 12:22 | Duke | Jeff Thornton misses the 1st free throw | 40-31 |
| 12:22 | Duke | Jeff Thornton makes the 2nd free throw | 40-32 |
| 11:57 | North Carolina | Santos Scott buries a 3pt shot from the right wing on a great pass from Jerome Duval | 43-32 |
| 11:33 | Duke | Jerome Duval takes the ball from Charles Chesney | 43-32 |
| 11:29 | North Carolina | Santos Scott hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Jerome Duval | 45-32 |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Santos Scott (fresh) 13 pts. 3 pf. SG - Vernon Hampton (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. 3 stl. 3 pf. SF - Jerome Duval (fresh) 13 pts. 3 stl. PF - Paul Dam (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Victor Harrison (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Kevin Stegall (fresh) SG - Ramon Ruiz (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Chesney (tiring) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Joel Perzanowski (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Jeff Thornton (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:09 | Duke | Vernon Hampton is called for the reach on Kevin Stegall - foul #4 on Vernon Hampton, team foul #5 | 45-32 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Joshua Baltzell (SG), Chester McFarlen (C) Vernon Hampton, Victor Harrison | |
| Subs | Duke | Mark Morgan (PG), Charles Deakins (SG), William Rucker (SF), Harold Lehman (PF) Kevin Stegall, Ramon Ruiz, Charles Chesney, Joel Perzanowski | |
| 10:53 | Duke | Santos Scott is called for the reach on Mark Morgan - foul #4 on Santos Scott, team foul #6 | 45-32 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Lane Bly (SF), Larry Brink (PF) Jerome Duval, Paul Dam | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 10:35 | Duke | Mark Morgan misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 45-32 |
| 10:34 | North Carolina | Larry Brink snags the defensive board | 45-32 |
| 10:27 | North Carolina | Santos Scott throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 45-32 |
| 10:11 | Duke | Jeff Thornton's pass is intercepted by Lane Bly | 45-32 |
| 09:48 | North Carolina | Joshua Baltzell blows the layup but he's fouled by Charles Deakins - foul #2 on Charles Deakins, team foul #5 | 45-32 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Jerome Duval (SF), Paul Dam (PF) Lane Bly, Larry Brink | |
| Subs | Duke | Ramon Ruiz (SG) Charles Deakins | |
| 09:48 | North Carolina | Joshua Baltzell makes the 1st free throw | 46-32 |
| 09:48 | North Carolina | Joshua Baltzell makes the 2nd free throw | 47-32 |
| 09:46 | Duke | Mark Morgan is called for the illegal screen in the backcourt - foul #3 on Mark Morgan, team foul #6 | 47-32 |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| Subs | Duke | Joel Perzanowski (PF) Harold Lehman | |
| 09:19 | North Carolina | Jerome Duval hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Paul Dam | 49-32 |
| 09:08 | Duke | Mark Morgan evades the doubleteam and hits a shot near the basket | 49-34 |
| 08:40 | North Carolina | William Rucker swats the short shot by Joshua Baltzell | 49-34 |
| 08:39 | Duke | Jeff Thornton gets the rebound | 49-34 |
| 08:12 | Duke | Joshua Baltzell steps in front of the Mark Morgan pass | 49-34 |
| 08:09 | North Carolina | Santos Scott banks in the layup on a nice dish by Joshua Baltzell | 51-34 |
| 07:49 | Duke | Joel Perzanowski is fouled on the floor by Paul Dam - foul #1 on Paul Dam, team foul #7 | 51-34 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Vernon Hampton (SG), Victor Harrison (C) Joshua Baltzell, Chester McFarlen | |
| Subs | Duke | Kevin Stegall (PG), Charles Deakins (SG), Charles Chesney (SF), Harold Lehman (C) Mark Morgan, Ramon Ruiz, William Rucker, Jeff Thornton | |
| 07:49 | Duke | Joel Perzanowski makes the 1st free throw | 51-35 |
| 07:49 | Duke | Joel Perzanowski makes the 2nd free throw | 51-36 |
| 07:33 | North Carolina | Jerome Duval clanks a jumper in the paint | 51-36 |
| 07:31 | North Carolina | Paul Dam tips it back up and in | 53-36 |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Santos Scott (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 4 pf. SG - Vernon Hampton (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. 3 stl. 4 pf. SF - Jerome Duval (fresh) 15 pts. 3 stl. PF - Paul Dam (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Victor Harrison (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Kevin Stegall (fresh) SG - Charles Deakins (fresh) SF - Charles Chesney (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Joel Perzanowski (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Harold Lehman (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 07:08 | Duke | Jerome Duval denies the turnaround by Harold Lehman | 53-36 |
| 07:06 | North Carolina | Jerome Duval pulls down the rebound | 53-36 |
| 06:46 | North Carolina | Jerome Duval is called for 3 seconds in the lane | 53-36 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Lane Bly (SF), Larry Brink (PF) Jerome Duval, Paul Dam | |
| Subs | Duke | Ramon Ruiz (SG), Jeff Thornton (C) Charles Deakins, Joel Perzanowski | |
| 06:22 | Duke | Harold Lehman's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 53-36 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Chester McFarlen (C) Victor Harrison | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 05:59 | North Carolina | Vernon Hampton clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 53-36 |
| 05:57 | Duke | Charles Chesney grabs the defensive rebound | 53-36 |
| 05:37 | Duke | Charles Chesney drills a jumper in the lane | 53-38 |
| 05:20 | North Carolina | Santos Scott misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 53-38 |
| 05:19 | Duke | Charles Chesney grabs the defensive rebound | 53-38 |
| 05:01 | Duke | Jeff Thornton hits the finger roll on a great pass from Charles Chesney | 53-40 |
| 05:01 | North Carolina | North Carolina calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 53-40 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Joshua Baltzell (SG), Jerome Duval (SF), Paul Dam (PF) Santos Scott, Lane Bly, Larry Brink | |
| Subs | Duke | Mark Morgan (PG), Joel Perzanowski (PF) Kevin Stegall, Harold Lehman | |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (-5) | |
| 04:45 | North Carolina | Vernon Hampton can't connect on an uncontested 3 from the right wing | 53-40 |
| 04:44 | North Carolina | Jerome Duval tips it home | 55-40 |
| 04:22 | Duke | Joel Perzanowski hits the easy wide open finger roll on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Mark Morgan | 55-42 |
| 03:53 | North Carolina | Jerome Duval is open but comes up short on the floater from the right block | 55-42 |
| 03:52 | North Carolina | Paul Dam misses the tip | 55-42 |
| 03:50 | Duke | Charles Chesney gets the rebound | 55-42 |
| 03:29 | Duke | Vernon Hampton steals the ball from Joel Perzanowski | 55-42 |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Vernon Hampton (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. 4 stl. 4 pf. SG - Joshua Baltzell (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jerome Duval (fresh) 17 pts. 3 reb. 3 stl. PF - Paul Dam (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Chester McFarlen (fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Mark Morgan (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. SG - Ramon Ruiz (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Chesney (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. 2 stl. PF - Joel Perzanowski (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - Jeff Thornton (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 03:08 | North Carolina | Vernon Hampton clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 55-42 |
| 03:06 | Duke | The rebound goes to Charles Chesney | 55-42 |
| 02:38 | Duke | Vernon Hampton takes the ball from Ramon Ruiz | 55-42 |
| 02:16 | North Carolina | Paul Dam buries a 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Joshua Baltzell | 58-42 |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-5) | |
| 02:04 | Duke | Jeff Thornton can't connect on a jumper from the right block | 58-42 |
| 02:02 | North Carolina | The rebound goes to Jerome Duval | 58-42 |
| 01:33 | North Carolina | Paul Dam connects on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 61-42 |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-5) | |
| 01:29 | Duke | Ramon Ruiz hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right side | 61-42 |
| 01:28 | Duke | Jeff Thornton can't tip it in | 61-42 |
| 01:27 | North Carolina | Chester McFarlen snags the defensive board | 61-42 |
| 01:22 | North Carolina | Ramon Ruiz takes the ball from Vernon Hampton | 61-42 |
| 01:20 | Duke | Vernon Hampton picks off the pass by Mark Morgan in the backcourt | 61-42 |
| 01:18 | North Carolina | Vernon Hampton hits the finger roll | 63-42 |
| 01:09 | Duke | Ramon Ruiz misses long on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 63-42 |
| 01:08 | North Carolina | Paul Dam gets the rebound | 63-42 |
| 00:57 | North Carolina | Ramon Ruiz swats the short shot by Paul Dam | 63-42 |
| 00:56 | Duke | Jeff Thornton snags the defensive board | 63-42 |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-5) | |
| 00:50 | Duke | Ramon Ruiz is by himself and knocks in the 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Mark Morgan | 63-45 |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-5) | |
| 00:27 | North Carolina | Paul Dam hits the front of the rim on the jump hook from the baseline | 63-45 |
| 00:26 | Duke | Mark Morgan grabs the board | 63-45 |
| 00:18 | Duke | Joel Perzanowski can't connect on a fadeaway from the right side | 63-45 |
| 00:17 | Duke | Joel Perzanowski tips it back up and in | 63-47 |
| 00:00 | North Carolina | Vernon Hampton runs out the clock | 63-47 |