| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Stephen Steadham (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Harlan Kenney (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Timothy Faucette (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Gary Holl (fresh) C - Gregg Bentley (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Mark Morgan (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. SG - Ramon Ruiz (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Charles Chesney (fresh) PF - Joel Perzanowski (fresh) 2 pts. C - Jeff Thornton (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 20:00 | Duke | Charles Chesney inbounds the ball | 16-13 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (+2) | |
| 19:37 | Duke | Mark Morgan connects on the open shot near the basket | 16-15 |
| 19:21 | Kentucky | Gary Holl misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 16-15 |
| 19:19 | Kentucky | Gregg Bentley grabs the offensive board | 16-15 |
| 18:55 | Kentucky | Timothy Faucette misses short on a shot from just outside the lane | 16-15 |
| 18:54 | Duke | Mark Morgan grabs the defensive rebound | 16-15 |
| 18:41 | Duke | Timothy Faucette steps in front of the Mark Morgan pass | 16-15 |
| 18:17 | Kentucky | Timothy Faucette clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 16-15 |
| 18:16 | Kentucky | Gary Holl grabs the offensive board | 16-15 |
| 17:55 | Kentucky | Gary Holl knocks in the floater near the basket and the foul's on Charles Chesney - foul #1 on Charles Chesney, team foul #1 | 18-15 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Terry Parnell (SF), Charles Williams (C) Timothy Faucette, Gregg Bentley | |
| Subs | Duke | Charles Deakins (SG), Harold Lehman (PF) Ramon Ruiz, Joel Perzanowski | |
| 17:55 | Kentucky | Gary Holl makes the free throw | 19-15 |
| 17:29 | Duke | Jeff Thornton lays it up and in set up by Mark Morgan | 19-17 |
| 17:07 | Kentucky | Harlan Kenney connects on the 3 from the right corner on a nice dish by Stephen Steadham | 22-17 |
| 17:04 | Duke | Mark Morgan is hacked by Stephen Steadham in the backcourt - foul #3 on Stephen Steadham, team foul #1 | 22-17 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Rodney Remick (PG), Joshua Hensel (SG), Michael Perkins (C) Stephen Steadham, Harlan Kenney, Gary Holl | |
| Subs | Duke | Ramon Ruiz (SG), Joel Perzanowski (PF) Charles Deakins, Harold Lehman | |
| 16:39 | Duke | Mark Morgan connects on the open fadeaway from just outside the lane on a great pass from Ramon Ruiz | 22-19 |
| 16:19 | Kentucky | Charles Williams is whistled for a carry | 22-19 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Timothy Faucette (SF), Gregg Bentley (C) Terry Parnell, Michael Perkins | |
| Subs | Duke | Harold Lehman (C) Jeff Thornton | |
| 15:51 | Duke | Joel Perzanowski hits a jumper in the paint set up by Mark Morgan | 22-21 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Rodney Remick (fresh) SG - Joshua Hensel (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Timothy Faucette (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Charles Williams (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Gregg Bentley (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Mark Morgan (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. SG - Ramon Ruiz (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Chesney (fairly fresh) PF - Joel Perzanowski (fairly fresh) 4 pts. C - Harold Lehman (fresh) | |
| 15:27 | Kentucky | Gregg Bentley misses the fadeaway near the basket but the foul's on Harold Lehman - foul #2 on Harold Lehman, team foul #2 | 22-21 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Stephen Steadham (PG), Harlan Kenney (SG), Michael Perkins (PF) Rodney Remick, Joshua Hensel, Charles Williams | |
| Subs | Duke | Kevin Stegall (PG), Charles Deakins (SG), William Rucker (SF), Jeff Thornton (C) Mark Morgan, Ramon Ruiz, Charles Chesney, Joel Perzanowski | |
| 15:27 | Kentucky | Gregg Bentley misses the 1st free throw | 22-21 |
| 15:27 | Kentucky | Gregg Bentley makes the 2nd free throw | 23-21 |
| 15:05 | Duke | Harold Lehman clanks a turnaround in the paint | 23-21 |
| 15:04 | Kentucky | Harlan Kenney gets the rebound | 23-21 |
| 14:35 | Kentucky | Stephen Steadham hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left wing | 23-21 |
| 14:33 | Duke | Jeff Thornton snags the defensive board | 23-21 |
| 14:15 | Duke | Harold Lehman hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 23-21 |
| 14:13 | Duke | Harold Lehman grabs the offensive rebound | 23-21 |
| 13:45 | Duke | William Rucker connects on the shot from the right block set up by Kevin Stegall | 23-23 |
| 13:26 | Kentucky | Harlan Kenney hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 23-23 |
| 13:25 | Duke | Harold Lehman pulls down the rebound | 23-23 |
| 13:21 | Duke | Kevin Stegall is called for a moving pick in the backcourt - foul #1 on Kevin Stegall, team foul #3 | 23-23 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Rodney Remick (SG), Terry Parnell (SF), Gary Holl (PF), Charles Williams (C) Harlan Kenney, Timothy Faucette, Michael Perkins, Gregg Bentley | |
| Subs | Duke | Mark Morgan (PG), Ramon Ruiz (SG), Charles Chesney (SF), Joel Perzanowski (PF) Kevin Stegall, Charles Deakins, William Rucker, Harold Lehman | |
| 12:58 | Kentucky | Charles Williams blows the layup but the foul's on Jeff Thornton - foul #1 on Jeff Thornton, team foul #4 | 23-23 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Joshua Hensel (SG) Stephen Steadham | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 12:58 | Kentucky | Charles Williams misses the 1st free throw | 23-23 |
| 12:58 | Kentucky | Charles Williams makes the 2nd free throw | 24-23 |
| 12:56 | Duke | Joel Perzanowski is hacked by Rodney Remick in the backcourt - foul #1 on Rodney Remick, team foul #2 | 24-23 |
| 12:28 | Duke | Mark Morgan hits a floater from the baseline set up by Ramon Ruiz | 24-25 |
| 12:00 | Kentucky | Gary Holl hits a fadeaway from the baseline | 26-25 |
| 11:40 | Duke | Ramon Ruiz is called for traveling | 26-25 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Stephen Steadham (PG), Harlan Kenney (SG), Michael Perkins (C) Rodney Remick, Joshua Hensel, Charles Williams | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Stephen Steadham (fresh) 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Harlan Kenney (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Terry Parnell (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Gary Holl (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Michael Perkins (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Mark Morgan (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. SG - Ramon Ruiz (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Charles Chesney (fairly fresh) PF - Joel Perzanowski (fresh) 4 pts. C - Jeff Thornton (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 11:23 | Kentucky | Gary Holl misses the easy layup | 26-25 |
| 11:22 | Duke | Mark Morgan grabs the defensive rebound | 26-25 |
| 10:57 | Duke | Ramon Ruiz clanks a 3 from straight away | 26-25 |
| 10:56 | Duke | Mark Morgan grabs the offensive board | 26-25 |
| 10:40 | Duke | Charles Chesney makes the pull-up jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Jeff Thornton and he's hacked by Michael Perkins - foul #1 on Michael Perkins, team foul #3 | 26-27 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Rodney Remick (SF), Charles Williams (PF), Gregg Bentley (C) Terry Parnell, Gary Holl, Michael Perkins | |
| Subs | Duke | Kevin Stegall (PG), Charles Deakins (SG), Harold Lehman (PF) Mark Morgan, Ramon Ruiz, Joel Perzanowski | |
| 10:40 | Duke | Charles Chesney makes the free throw | 26-28 |
| 10:20 | Kentucky | Charles Williams drills a shot from the left block | 28-28 |
| 09:51 | Duke | Harold Lehman connects on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Charles Deakins | 28-30 |
| 09:40 | Kentucky | Stephen Steadham drills a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 30-30 |
| 09:37 | Duke | Kevin Stegall's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 30-30 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Timothy Faucette (SF), Michael Perkins (PF) Harlan Kenney, Charles Williams | |
| Subs | Duke | William Rucker (SF) Charles Chesney | |
| 09:13 | Kentucky | Stephen Steadham comes up short on the shot from the baseline but he's fouled by Jeff Thornton - foul #2 on Jeff Thornton, team foul #5 | 30-30 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Joshua Hensel (SG) Rodney Remick | |
| Subs | Duke | Ramon Ruiz (SG), Joel Perzanowski (PF) Charles Deakins, Harold Lehman | |
| 09:13 | Kentucky | Stephen Steadham makes the 1st free throw | 31-30 |
| 09:13 | Kentucky | Stephen Steadham makes the 2nd free throw | 32-30 |
| 09:11 | Duke | Kevin Stegall loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 32-30 |
| 08:48 | Kentucky | Gregg Bentley scores on a fadeaway from just outside the lane on a great pass from Stephen Steadham | 34-30 |
| 08:29 | Duke | Joel Perzanowski is fouled on the floor by Timothy Faucette - foul #1 on Timothy Faucette, team foul #4 | 34-30 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Gary Holl (PF), Charles Williams (C) Michael Perkins, Gregg Bentley | |
| Subs | Duke | Mark Morgan (PG) Kevin Stegall | |
| 08:10 | Duke | Jeff Thornton clanks a driving attempt in the lane but the foul's on Charles Williams - foul #2 on Charles Williams, team foul #5 | 34-30 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Harlan Kenney (PG), Rodney Remick (SG) Stephen Steadham, Joshua Hensel | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 08:10 | Duke | Jeff Thornton misses the 1st free throw | 34-30 |
| 08:10 | Duke | Jeff Thornton misses the 2nd free throw | 34-30 |
| 08:10 | Duke | Joel Perzanowski gets the offensive rebound | 34-30 |
| 07:52 | Duke | Jeff Thornton can't finish the layup | 34-30 |
| 07:51 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Timothy Faucette | 34-30 |
| 07:28 | Kentucky | Timothy Faucette makes the 3 from the right wing | 37-30 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Harlan Kenney (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Rodney Remick (fresh) SF - Timothy Faucette (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. PF - Gary Holl (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Charles Williams (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Mark Morgan (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. SG - Ramon Ruiz (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - William Rucker (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. PF - Joel Perzanowski (fairly fresh) 4 pts. C - Jeff Thornton (tiring) 5 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 07:22 | Duke | Jeff Thornton connects on the floater from the left side on a great pass from William Rucker | 37-32 |
| 06:53 | Kentucky | Gary Holl misses long on a fadeaway from the left wing | 37-32 |
| 06:52 | Kentucky | Charles Williams tips it but misses | 37-32 |
| 06:51 | Kentucky | Gary Holl tips it home | 39-32 |
| 06:36 | Duke | Mark Morgan misses long on a driving attempt from the baseline but he's fouled by Timothy Faucette - foul #2 on Timothy Faucette, team foul #6 | 39-32 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Stephen Steadham (PG), Joshua Hensel (SG), Terry Parnell (SF), Michael Perkins (PF), Gregg Bentley (C) Harlan Kenney, Rodney Remick, Timothy Faucette, Gary Holl, Charles Williams | |
| Subs | Duke | Charles Deakins (SG), Charles Chesney (SF), Harold Lehman (PF) Ramon Ruiz, William Rucker, Jeff Thornton | |
| 06:36 | Duke | Mark Morgan makes the 1st free throw | 39-33 |
| 06:36 | Duke | Mark Morgan makes the 2nd free throw | 39-34 |
| 06:07 | Kentucky | Gregg Bentley connects on the fadeaway from the baseline | 41-34 |
| 05:38 | Duke | Harold Lehman loses the ball out of bounds | 41-34 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Harlan Kenney (SG) Joshua Hensel | |
| Subs | Duke | Kevin Stegall (PG), Jeff Thornton (C) Mark Morgan, Joel Perzanowski | |
| 05:24 | Kentucky | Stephen Steadham misses long on a shot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Kevin Stegall - foul #2 on Kevin Stegall, team foul #6 | 41-34 |
| 05:24 | Kentucky | Stephen Steadham makes the 1st free throw | 42-34 |
| 05:24 | Kentucky | Stephen Steadham makes the 2nd free throw | 43-34 |
| 04:55 | Duke | Kevin Stegall misses long on a turnaround from close range | 43-34 |
| 04:54 | Kentucky | Gregg Bentley grabs the board | 43-34 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (-5) | |
| 04:33 | Kentucky | Stephen Steadham is whistled for traveling | 43-34 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Rodney Remick (PG), Joshua Hensel (SG), Walker King (SF), Gary Holl (PF), Charles Williams (C) Stephen Steadham, Harlan Kenney, Terry Parnell, Michael Perkins, Gregg Bentley | |
| Subs | Duke | Ramon Ruiz (SG), Joel Perzanowski (PF) Charles Deakins, Harold Lehman | |
| 04:13 | Duke | Kevin Stegall misses badly on a driving attempt from the baseline but he's fouled by Rodney Remick - foul #2 on Rodney Remick, team foul #7 | 43-34 |
| 04:13 | Duke | Kevin Stegall misses the 1st free throw | 43-34 |
| 04:13 | Duke | Kevin Stegall misses the 2nd free throw | 43-34 |
| 04:13 | Kentucky | Gary Holl snags the defensive board | 43-34 |
| 03:57 | Kentucky | Charles Williams is fouled on the floor by Jeff Thornton - foul #3 on Jeff Thornton, team foul #7 | 43-34 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Timothy Faucette (SF) Walker King | |
| Subs | Duke | Mark Morgan (PG), William Rucker (SF) Kevin Stegall, Charles Chesney | |
| 03:57 | Kentucky | Charles Williams makes the 1st free throw | 44-34 |
| 03:57 | Kentucky | Charles Williams makes the 2nd free throw | 45-34 |
| 03:37 | Duke | Joel Perzanowski misses badly on a jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Charles Williams - foul #3 on Charles Williams, team foul #8 | 45-34 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Stephen Steadham (PG), Harlan Kenney (SG) Rodney Remick, Joshua Hensel | |
| Subs | Duke | Charles Deakins (SG) Ramon Ruiz | |
| 03:37 | Duke | Joel Perzanowski makes the 1st free throw | 45-35 |
| 03:37 | Duke | Joel Perzanowski misses the 2nd free throw | 45-35 |
| 03:37 | Kentucky | Timothy Faucette grabs the board | 45-35 |
| 03:35 | Kentucky | Jeff Thornton is called for the reach on Charles Williams in the backcourt - foul #4 on Jeff Thornton, team foul #8 | 45-35 |
| 03:35 | Kentucky | Charles Williams makes the 1st free throw | 46-35 |
| 03:35 | Kentucky | Charles Williams misses the 2nd free throw | 46-35 |
| 03:35 | Duke | Jeff Thornton grabs the board | 46-35 |
| 03:17 | Duke | Joel Perzanowski misses short on a runner in the paint | 46-35 |
| 03:16 | Kentucky | Timothy Faucette gets the rebound | 46-35 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Stephen Steadham (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Harlan Kenney (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Timothy Faucette (fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. PF - Gary Holl (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Charles Williams (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Mark Morgan (tiring) 12 pts. 5 reb. SG - Charles Deakins (fresh) 1 ast. SF - William Rucker (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. PF - Joel Perzanowski (tiring) 5 pts. C - Jeff Thornton (tiring) 7 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. 4 pf. | |
| 02:47 | Kentucky | Timothy Faucette makes the fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Stephen Steadham | 48-35 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-5) | |
| 02:36 | Duke | Mark Morgan is denied on a dunk by Gary Holl | 48-35 |
| 02:35 | Kentucky | Gary Holl grabs the defensive rebound | 48-35 |
| 02:11 | Kentucky | Timothy Faucette comes up short on the jumper from just outside the lane | 48-35 |
| 02:10 | Kentucky | The offensive rebound goes to Harlan Kenney | 48-35 |
| 01:57 | Kentucky | Gary Holl hits a driving attempt from the right block on a great pass from Timothy Faucette | 50-35 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-5) | |
| 01:38 | Duke | William Rucker is called for traveling | 50-35 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Gregg Bentley (C) Charles Williams | |
| Subs | Duke | Ramon Ruiz (SG), Charles Chesney (SF) Charles Deakins, William Rucker | |
| 01:17 | Kentucky | Gary Holl is denied on a dunk by Jeff Thornton | 50-35 |
| 01:16 | Duke | Jeff Thornton gets the rebound | 50-35 |
| 01:01 | Duke | Ramon Ruiz is fouled on the floor by Stephen Steadham - foul #4 on Stephen Steadham, team foul #9 | 50-35 |
| 01:01 | Duke | Ramon Ruiz makes the 1st free throw | 50-36 |
| 01:01 | Duke | Ramon Ruiz makes the 2nd free throw | 50-37 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-5) | |
| 00:41 | Kentucky | Gary Holl throws a bad pass out of bounds | 50-37 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-5) | |
| 00:35 | Duke | Charles Chesney is whistled for traveling | 50-37 |
| 00:07 | Kentucky | Gregg Bentley's floater is tipped away by Charles Chesney | 50-37 |
| 00:06 | Kentucky | Gary Holl tips it back up and in | 52-37 |
| 00:02 | Duke | The short jumper by Mark Morgan is denied by Gary Holl | 52-37 |
| 00:00 | Kentucky | Gary Holl snags the defensive board | 52-37 |