| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - David Fishburn (fresh) SG - John Quinn (fresh) SF - John Plumb (fresh) PF - Roland Wheeler (fresh) C - Walton Bewley (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Miami (FL) | PG - Martin Gray (fresh) SG - Andrew Morton (fresh) SF - Benjamin Burns (fresh) PF - Thad Ugarte (fresh) C - Robert Kloss (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | North Carolina | Roland Wheeler wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Miami (FL) | Miami (FL) is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:36 | North Carolina | Walton Bewley clanks a floater in the lane but the foul's on Robert Kloss - foul #1 on Robert Kloss, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:36 | North Carolina | Walton Bewley misses the 1st free throw | 0-0 |
| 19:36 | North Carolina | Walton Bewley makes the 2nd free throw | 1-0 |
| 19:18 | Miami (FL) | Robert Kloss misses long on a shot from the left wing | 1-0 |
| 19:16 | North Carolina | Walton Bewley gets the rebound | 1-0 |
| 18:50 | North Carolina | John Quinn scores on a 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by John Plumb | 4-0 |
| 18:41 | Miami (FL) | Martin Gray is hacked by David Fishburn - foul #1 on David Fishburn, team foul #1 | 4-0 |
| 18:36 | Miami (FL) | Benjamin Burns misses badly on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 4-0 |
| 18:35 | North Carolina | Walton Bewley gets the rebound | 4-0 |
| 18:31 | North Carolina | David Fishburn lays it up and in on a nice dish by John Plumb | 6-0 |
| 18:22 | Miami (FL) | Thad Ugarte scores on a shot in the lane on a great pass from Benjamin Burns | 6-2 |
| 18:07 | North Carolina | Andrew Morton takes the ball from Walton Bewley | 6-2 |
| 17:43 | Miami (FL) | Robert Kloss scores on a fadeaway near the basket set up by Thad Ugarte | 6-4 |
| 17:20 | North Carolina | Walton Bewley misses badly on a jump hook near the basket | 6-4 |
| 17:19 | Miami (FL) | Benjamin Burns snags the defensive board | 6-4 |
| 17:13 | Miami (FL) | Thad Ugarte comes up short on the jumper from the baseline | 6-4 |
| 17:12 | Miami (FL) | Benjamin Burns snags the offensive board | 6-4 |
| 17:01 | Miami (FL) | Andrew Morton is called for traveling | 6-4 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Stanley Nolan (SG), Keith Mitchell (PF), Doyle Taggart (C) John Quinn, Roland Wheeler, Walton Bewley | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | | |
| 16:40 | North Carolina | John Plumb connects on the shot from the free throw line on a nice dish by Doyle Taggart | 8-4 |
| 16:32 | Miami (FL) | Martin Gray can't finish the layup but the foul's on David Fishburn - foul #2 on David Fishburn, team foul #2 | 8-4 |
| Subs | North Carolina | John Quinn (PG), Rodney Powell (SF) David Fishburn, John Plumb | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Michael Schilling (SG), David Nixon (SF), Dema Gradowski (PF), Everett Bush (C) Andrew Morton, Benjamin Burns, Thad Ugarte, Robert Kloss | |
| 16:32 | Miami (FL) | Martin Gray makes the 1st free throw | 8-5 |
| 16:32 | Miami (FL) | Martin Gray makes the 2nd free throw | 8-6 |
| 16:03 | North Carolina | John Quinn is hacked by Everett Bush - foul #1 on Everett Bush, team foul #2 | 8-6 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Walton Bewley (C) Doyle Taggart | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | | |
| 15:47 | North Carolina | Stanley Nolan is hacked by Everett Bush - foul #2 on Everett Bush, team foul #3 | 8-6 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Roland Wheeler (PF) Keith Mitchell | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Robert Kloss (C) Everett Bush | |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - John Quinn (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Stanley Nolan (fresh) SF - Rodney Powell (fresh) PF - Roland Wheeler (fresh) C - Walton Bewley (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Miami (FL) | PG - Martin Gray (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - Michael Schilling (fresh) SF - David Nixon (fresh) PF - Dema Gradowski (fresh) C - Robert Kloss (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:27 | North Carolina | Rodney Powell is called for 5 seconds | 8-6 |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Andrew Morton (SG) Martin Gray | |
| 15:13 | Miami (FL) | Andrew Morton makes the jumper from the right wing set up by Robert Kloss | 8-8 |
| 14:52 | North Carolina | Roland Wheeler dunks the ball | 10-8 |
| 14:42 | Miami (FL) | Dema Gradowski can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by John Quinn - foul #1 on John Quinn, team foul #3 | 10-8 |
| Subs | North Carolina | John Plumb (SF) Rodney Powell | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Benjamin Burns (SF), Thad Ugarte (PF) David Nixon, Robert Kloss | |
| 14:42 | Miami (FL) | Dema Gradowski makes the 1st free throw | 10-9 |
| 14:42 | Miami (FL) | Dema Gradowski misses the 2nd free throw | 10-9 |
| 14:42 | North Carolina | Walton Bewley grabs the board | 10-9 |
| 14:15 | North Carolina | John Quinn's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 10-9 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Doyle Taggart (C) Walton Bewley | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Martin Gray (PG) Andrew Morton | |
| 14:02 | Miami (FL) | Michael Schilling clanks a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Stanley Nolan - foul #1 on Stanley Nolan, team foul #4 | 10-9 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Rodney Powell (SF), Keith Mitchell (PF) Stanley Nolan, Roland Wheeler | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | | |
| 14:02 | Miami (FL) | Michael Schilling makes the 1st free throw | 10-10 |
| 14:02 | Miami (FL) | Michael Schilling misses the 2nd free throw | 10-10 |
| 14:02 | North Carolina | Keith Mitchell grabs the defensive rebound | 10-10 |
| 13:47 | North Carolina | Martin Gray takes the ball from John Plumb | 10-10 |
| 13:44 | Miami (FL) | Martin Gray misses the easy layup | 10-10 |
| 13:43 | Miami (FL) | Dema Gradowski can't tip it in | 10-10 |
| 13:42 | North Carolina | Rodney Powell snags the defensive board | 10-10 |
| 13:15 | North Carolina | Rodney Powell hits the finger roll on a great pass from John Quinn | 12-10 |
| 12:56 | Miami (FL) | Dema Gradowski clanks a runner near the basket but he's hacked by Rodney Powell - foul #1 on Rodney Powell, team foul #5 | 12-10 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Stanley Nolan (SG), Roland Wheeler (PF), Walton Bewley (C) Rodney Powell, Keith Mitchell, Doyle Taggart | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Andrew Morton (SG), Robert Kloss (C) Michael Schilling, Thad Ugarte | |
| 12:56 | Miami (FL) | Dema Gradowski misses the 1st free throw | 12-10 |
| 12:56 | Miami (FL) | Dema Gradowski makes the 2nd free throw | 12-11 |
| 12:31 | North Carolina | Walton Bewley hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 12-11 |
| 12:30 | Miami (FL) | Robert Kloss grabs the board | 12-11 |
| 12:13 | Miami (FL) | Dema Gradowski misses the pull-up jumper from the right side but the foul's on Roland Wheeler - foul #1 on Roland Wheeler, team foul #6 | 12-11 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Doyle Taggart (C) John Plumb | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Michael Schilling (PG), David Nixon (SF) Martin Gray, Benjamin Burns | |
| 12:13 | Miami (FL) | Dema Gradowski misses the 1st free throw | 12-11 |
| 12:13 | Miami (FL) | Dema Gradowski makes the 2nd free throw | 12-12 |
| 11:56 | North Carolina | John Quinn knocks in the 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Stanley Nolan | 15-12 |
| 11:42 | Miami (FL) | Dema Gradowski is whistled for traveling | 15-12 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Rodney Powell (SF) Doyle Taggart | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Thad Ugarte (PF) Dema Gradowski | |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - John Quinn (tiring) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Stanley Nolan (fresh) SF - Rodney Powell (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Roland Wheeler (fresh) 2 pts. C - Walton Bewley (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Miami (FL) | PG - Michael Schilling (fresh) 1 pts. SG - Andrew Morton (fresh) 2 pts. SF - David Nixon (fresh) PF - Thad Ugarte (fresh) 2 pts. C - Robert Kloss (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:16 | North Carolina | John Quinn misses the fadeaway from the left wing | 15-12 |
| 11:14 | North Carolina | Walton Bewley can't tip it in | 15-12 |
| 11:12 | Miami (FL) | Robert Kloss snags the defensive board | 15-12 |
| 11:05 | Miami (FL) | David Nixon banks in the layup on a nice dish by Michael Schilling | 15-14 |
| 10:46 | North Carolina | Roland Wheeler dunks the ball and he's hacked by Michael Schilling - foul #1 on Michael Schilling, team foul #4 | 17-14 |
| Subs | North Carolina | John Plumb (SG), Doyle Taggart (C) Stanley Nolan, Walton Bewley | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Martin Gray (PG) Andrew Morton | |
| 10:46 | North Carolina | Roland Wheeler misses the free throw | 17-14 |
| 10:46 | Miami (FL) | Robert Kloss gets the rebound | 17-14 |
| 10:38 | Miami (FL) | Martin Gray hits a floater from just outside the lane and he's hacked by Roland Wheeler - foul #2 on Roland Wheeler, team foul #7 | 17-16 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Keith Mitchell (PF) Roland Wheeler | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | | |
| 10:38 | Miami (FL) | Martin Gray makes the free throw | 17-17 |
| 10:11 | North Carolina | Rodney Powell comes up short on the driving attempt from the baseline | 17-17 |
| 10:10 | North Carolina | Rodney Powell tips it home | 19-17 |
| 09:49 | Miami (FL) | David Nixon banks in the layup set up by Martin Gray | 19-19 |
| 09:38 | North Carolina | Keith Mitchell misses short on a jumper from the right side | 19-19 |
| 09:36 | Miami (FL) | David Nixon pulls down the rebound | 19-19 |
| 09:23 | Miami (FL) | David Nixon blows the layup but the foul's on John Plumb - foul #1 on John Plumb, team foul #8 | 19-19 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Stanley Nolan (SG) Rodney Powell | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Benjamin Burns (SF), Dema Gradowski (PF) Michael Schilling, Thad Ugarte | |
| 09:23 | Miami (FL) | David Nixon makes the 1st free throw | 19-20 |
| 09:23 | Miami (FL) | David Nixon makes the 2nd free throw | 19-21 |
| 08:57 | North Carolina | Stanley Nolan misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 19-21 |
| 08:55 | North Carolina | The offensive rebound goes to Keith Mitchell | 19-21 |
| 08:36 | North Carolina | John Quinn misses long on a 3 from straight away | 19-21 |
| 08:35 | Miami (FL) | Robert Kloss snags the defensive board | 19-21 |
| 08:14 | Miami (FL) | David Nixon misses long on a driving attempt from close range | 19-21 |
| 08:13 | North Carolina | Doyle Taggart pulls down the rebound | 19-21 |
| 07:53 | North Carolina | John Plumb drills a 3pt shot from the right corner on a nice dish by Stanley Nolan | 22-21 |
| 07:37 | Miami (FL) | John Quinn is called for the reach on Martin Gray - foul #2 on John Quinn, team foul #9 | 22-21 |
| Subs | North Carolina | David Fishburn (PG), Rodney Powell (SF), Walton Bewley (C) John Quinn, John Plumb, Doyle Taggart | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Andrew Morton (SG), Thad Ugarte (PF) David Nixon, Robert Kloss | |
| 07:37 | Miami (FL) | Martin Gray misses the 1st free throw | 22-21 |
| 07:37 | North Carolina | Rodney Powell grabs the defensive rebound | 22-21 |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - David Fishburn (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Stanley Nolan (fresh) SF - Rodney Powell (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Keith Mitchell (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Walton Bewley (fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Miami (FL) | PG - Martin Gray (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Andrew Morton (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Benjamin Burns (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Thad Ugarte (fresh) 2 pts. C - Dema Gradowski (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 07:15 | North Carolina | David Fishburn drills a 3 pointer from the left corner | 25-21 |
| 07:08 | Miami (FL) | Dema Gradowski misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 25-21 |
| 07:06 | North Carolina | Rodney Powell gets the rebound | 25-21 |
| 06:50 | North Carolina | David Fishburn travels with the ball | 25-21 |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Michael Schilling (PG), Robert Kloss (C) Martin Gray, Dema Gradowski | |
| 06:43 | Miami (FL) | Walton Bewley steals it from Michael Schilling | 25-21 |
| 06:14 | North Carolina | Keith Mitchell loses the dribble to Michael Schilling | 25-21 |
| 06:09 | Miami (FL) | Michael Schilling hits the finger roll | 25-23 |
| 05:48 | North Carolina | Stanley Nolan misses short on a floater from the left side | 25-23 |
| 05:47 | Miami (FL) | Thad Ugarte gets the rebound | 25-23 |
| 05:43 | Miami (FL) | Michael Schilling misses long on a shot from the right block | 25-23 |
| 05:42 | North Carolina | Walton Bewley snags the defensive board | 25-23 |
| 05:37 | North Carolina | Benjamin Burns takes the ball from Stanley Nolan | 25-23 |
| 05:21 | Miami (FL) | Michael Schilling misses badly on a jumper from the free throw line | 25-23 |
| 05:20 | North Carolina | Walton Bewley snags the defensive board | 25-23 |
| 04:57 | North Carolina | Robert Kloss steps in front of the Rodney Powell pass | 25-23 |
| 04:44 | Miami (FL) | Thad Ugarte misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Keith Mitchell - foul #1 on Keith Mitchell, team foul #10 | 25-23 |
| Subs | North Carolina | John Plumb (SF), Doyle Taggart (PF) Rodney Powell, Keith Mitchell | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Martin Gray (PG), David Nixon (SF), Everett Bush (C) Andrew Morton, Benjamin Burns, Robert Kloss | |
| 04:44 | Miami (FL) | Thad Ugarte misses the 1st free throw | 25-23 |
| 04:44 | Miami (FL) | Thad Ugarte makes the 2nd free throw | 25-24 |
| 04:17 | North Carolina | John Plumb can't connect on a shot from just outside the lane | 25-24 |
| 04:15 | Miami (FL) | Everett Bush pulls down the rebound | 25-24 |
| 03:54 | Miami (FL) | Martin Gray misses the 3 from the right corner | 25-24 |
| 03:52 | North Carolina | The rebound goes to Doyle Taggart | 25-24 |
| 03:29 | North Carolina | John Plumb misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 25-24 |
| 03:27 | Miami (FL) | The rebound goes to David Nixon | 25-24 |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - David Fishburn (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SG - Stanley Nolan (tiring) SF - John Plumb (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Doyle Taggart (fresh) 2 reb. C - Walton Bewley (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Miami (FL) | PG - Martin Gray (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Schilling (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - David Nixon (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Thad Ugarte (fairly fresh) 3 pts. C - Everett Bush (fresh) | |
| 03:17 | Miami (FL) | Everett Bush misses the jumpshot from the left side but he's fouled by Walton Bewley - foul #1 on Walton Bewley, team foul #11 | 25-24 |
| Subs | North Carolina | John Quinn (SG), Roland Wheeler (PF) Stanley Nolan, Walton Bewley | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Dema Gradowski (PF) Thad Ugarte | |
| 03:17 | Miami (FL) | Everett Bush makes the 1st free throw | 25-25 |
| 03:17 | Miami (FL) | Everett Bush makes the 2nd free throw | 25-26 |
| 02:58 | North Carolina | Martin Gray picks off the pass by Doyle Taggart | 25-26 |
| 02:41 | Miami (FL) | Dema Gradowski misses long on a floater near the basket | 25-26 |
| 02:40 | Miami (FL) | Everett Bush grabs the offensive board | 25-26 |
| 02:27 | Miami (FL) | Martin Gray misses short on a fadeaway from the right wing but he's fouled by Doyle Taggart - foul #1 on Doyle Taggart, team foul #12 | 25-26 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Walton Bewley (C) Doyle Taggart | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Andrew Morton (SG) Michael Schilling | |
| 02:27 | Miami (FL) | Martin Gray makes the 1st free throw | 25-27 |
| 02:27 | Miami (FL) | Martin Gray misses the 2nd free throw | 25-27 |
| 02:27 | North Carolina | John Quinn pulls down the rebound | 25-27 |
| 02:03 | North Carolina | Andrew Morton picks off the pass by John Plumb | 25-27 |
| 01:58 | Miami (FL) | Martin Gray lays it in set up by Andrew Morton | 25-29 |
| 01:37 | North Carolina | David Fishburn throws a bad pass out of bounds | 25-29 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Rodney Powell (SF) John Plumb | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Michael Schilling (PG), Benjamin Burns (SF), Robert Kloss (C) Martin Gray, David Nixon, Everett Bush | |
| 01:22 | Miami (FL) | Michael Schilling can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 25-29 |
| 01:20 | Miami (FL) | Robert Kloss gets the offensive rebound | 25-29 |
| 01:06 | Miami (FL) | Michael Schilling connects on the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Benjamin Burns | 25-32 |
| 00:37 | North Carolina | Roland Wheeler clanks a runner from the right block | 25-32 |
| 00:36 | North Carolina | Rodney Powell grabs the offensive rebound | 25-32 |
| 00:12 | North Carolina | Dema Gradowski takes the ball from Roland Wheeler | 25-32 |
| 00:03 | Miami (FL) | Walton Bewley is called for the reach on Robert Kloss - foul #2 on Walton Bewley, team foul #13 | 25-32 |
| Subs | North Carolina | John Plumb (SG), Keith Mitchell (PF), Doyle Taggart (C) John Quinn, Roland Wheeler, Walton Bewley | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Martin Gray (PG), David Nixon (SF), Everett Bush (PF) Andrew Morton, Benjamin Burns, Dema Gradowski | |
| 00:03 | Miami (FL) | Robert Kloss makes the 1st free throw | 25-33 |
| 00:03 | Miami (FL) | Robert Kloss misses the 2nd free throw | 25-33 |
| 00:03 | North Carolina | Doyle Taggart pulls down the rebound | 25-33 |
| 00:00 | North Carolina | Doyle Taggart can't connect on a halfcourt shot | 25-33 |