| Lineup | Duke | PG - Donald Haugen (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SG - Gregory Wendel (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Mickey Doolan (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. PF - Bruce Simmons (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. C - Brian Riggs (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Robert Tovar (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Igor Grabski (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Johnson (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. PF - David Blair (fresh) C - James Malone (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Duke | Mickey Doolan inbounds the ball | 38-28 |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:40 | Duke | Brian Riggs is fouled on the floor by David Blair - foul #1 on David Blair, team foul #1 | 38-28 |
| 19:23 | Duke | Donald Haugen can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 38-28 |
| 19:21 | Virginia Tech | James Malone pulls down the rebound | 38-28 |
| 19:16 | Virginia Tech | Robert Tovar scores on a fadeaway near the basket on a great pass from Robert Johnson | 38-30 |
| 19:02 | Duke | Bruce Simmons misses badly on a fadeaway from the right side | 38-30 |
| 19:00 | Duke | Brian Riggs snags the offensive board | 38-30 |
| 18:48 | Duke | Donald Haugen knocks in the 3 pointer from the right wing | 41-30 |
| 18:34 | Virginia Tech | James Malone hits a floater from the baseline | 41-32 |
| 18:16 | Duke | Brian Riggs clanks a runner in the paint but he's hacked by James Malone - foul #1 on James Malone, team foul #2 | 41-32 |
| 18:16 | Duke | Brian Riggs makes the 1st free throw | 42-32 |
| 18:16 | Duke | Brian Riggs makes the 2nd free throw | 43-32 |
| 18:00 | Virginia Tech | James Malone banks in the wide open layup on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Robert Johnson | 43-34 |
| 17:44 | Duke | Bruce Simmons misses badly on a jump hook from the baseline but the foul's on David Blair - foul #2 on David Blair, team foul #3 | 43-34 |
| 17:44 | Duke | Bruce Simmons makes the 1st free throw | 44-34 |
| 17:44 | Duke | Bruce Simmons makes the 2nd free throw | 45-34 |
| 17:15 | Virginia Tech | James Malone hits the front of the rim on the jump hook in the paint | 45-34 |
| 17:13 | Duke | Brian Riggs grabs the board | 45-34 |
| 16:59 | Duke | Donald Haugen can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 45-34 |
| 16:58 | Virginia Tech | James Malone grabs the board | 45-34 |
| 16:40 | Virginia Tech | Robert Tovar makes the jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by James Malone | 45-36 |
| 16:28 | Duke | Brian Riggs clanks a floater from close range | 45-36 |
| 16:27 | Duke | Mickey Doolan pulls down the offensive rebound | 45-36 |
| 16:06 | Duke | Donald Haugen misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 45-36 |
| 16:05 | Duke | Mickey Doolan grabs the offensive board | 45-36 |
| 15:59 | Duke | Bruce Simmons double dribbles | 45-36 |
| Subs | Duke | Seymour Lee (PG), Richard Lovelady (SG), Donald Ross (SF), Fadey Stanowski (PF) Donald Haugen, Gregory Wendel, Mickey Doolan, Bruce Simmons | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Ryan Fedele (PG), Ivan Kopczynski (SG), David Burns (SF), De Huang (C) Robert Tovar, Igor Grabski, Robert Johnson, James Malone | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Seymour Lee (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Richard Lovelady (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Donald Ross (fresh) 10 pts. PF - Fadey Stanowski (fresh) 2 reb. C - Brian Riggs (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Ryan Fedele (fresh) SG - Ivan Kopczynski (fresh) 3 pf. SF - David Burns (fresh) PF - David Blair (fairly fresh) C - De Huang (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 15:41 | Virginia Tech | David Burns can't connect on a shot from the left wing | 45-36 |
| 15:39 | Duke | Fadey Stanowski grabs the defensive rebound | 45-36 |
| 15:33 | Duke | Donald Ross misses badly on a floater from just outside the lane | 45-36 |
| 15:32 | Virginia Tech | The rebound goes to David Blair | 45-36 |
| 15:08 | Virginia Tech | De Huang loses the ball out of bounds | 45-36 |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Robert Tovar (PG) Ryan Fedele | |
| 14:55 | Duke | Brian Riggs knocks in the driving attempt near the basket on a great pass from Seymour Lee | 47-36 |
| 14:34 | Virginia Tech | Ivan Kopczynski's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 47-36 |
| Subs | Duke | Donald Haugen (PG), Gregory Wendel (SG), Mickey Doolan (SF), Bruce Simmons (PF) Seymour Lee, Richard Lovelady, Fadey Stanowski, Brian Riggs | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Robert Johnson (SF) David Burns | |
| 14:17 | Duke | Donald Ross's pass is intercepted by David Blair | 47-36 |
| 13:52 | Virginia Tech | Donald Haugen steals it from Robert Tovar | 47-36 |
| 13:44 | Duke | Gregory Wendel lays it up and in on a great pass from Bruce Simmons | 49-36 |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 13:35 | Virginia Tech | Robert Johnson is called for a charge against the doubleteam - foul #3 on Robert Johnson, team foul #4 | 49-36 |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | James Malone (C) De Huang | |
| 13:23 | Duke | Gregory Wendel loses the dribble to Ivan Kopczynski | 49-36 |
| 13:20 | Virginia Tech | Robert Tovar lays it in set up by Ivan Kopczynski | 49-38 |
| 13:07 | Duke | Bruce Simmons misses badly on a fadeaway from just outside the lane but he's hacked by David Blair - foul #3 on David Blair, team foul #5 | 49-38 |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Ryan Fedele (PG), Joshua Nordstrom (PF) Robert Tovar, David Blair | |
| 13:07 | Duke | Bruce Simmons makes the 1st free throw | 50-38 |
| 13:07 | Duke | Bruce Simmons misses the 2nd free throw | 50-38 |
| 13:07 | Virginia Tech | The rebound goes to Joshua Nordstrom | 50-38 |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 12:38 | Virginia Tech | Ryan Fedele knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Robert Johnson | 50-41 |
| 12:27 | Duke | Donald Ross buries a turnaround in the paint on a great pass from Mickey Doolan | 52-41 |
| 12:08 | Virginia Tech | Joshua Nordstrom's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 52-41 |
| Subs | Duke | Richard Lovelady (SG), Steven Blose (SF), Fadey Stanowski (PF), Brian Riggs (C) Gregory Wendel, Mickey Doolan, Bruce Simmons, Donald Ross | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Robert Tovar (PG), Igor Grabski (SG), De Huang (C) Ryan Fedele, Ivan Kopczynski, Joshua Nordstrom | |
| 11:49 | Duke | Donald Haugen misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 52-41 |
| 11:48 | Virginia Tech | De Huang gets the rebound | 52-41 |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Donald Haugen (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 1 ast. SG - Richard Lovelady (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Steven Blose (fresh) PF - Fadey Stanowski (fresh) 3 reb. C - Brian Riggs (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Robert Tovar (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Igor Grabski (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Johnson (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - James Malone (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. C - De Huang (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 11:43 | Virginia Tech | Robert Johnson works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 52-41 |
| 11:42 | Duke | The rebound goes to Richard Lovelady | 52-41 |
| 11:28 | Duke | Donald Haugen connects on the 3 pointer from straight away set up by Fadey Stanowski | 55-41 |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 11:24 | Virginia Tech | The short jumper by Robert Tovar is denied by Fadey Stanowski | 55-41 |
| 11:23 | Virginia Tech | De Huang gets the offensive rebound | 55-41 |
| 11:09 | Virginia Tech | Robert Tovar is called for traveling | 55-41 |
| Subs | Duke | Seymour Lee (PG), Mickey Doolan (SF) Donald Haugen, Steven Blose | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | David Burns (SF), David Blair (PF) Robert Johnson, James Malone | |
| 10:53 | Duke | Brian Riggs misses the shot from the left wing | 55-41 |
| 10:52 | Duke | Fadey Stanowski misses the tip | 55-41 |
| 10:51 | Duke | Mickey Doolan snags the offensive board | 55-41 |
| 10:46 | Duke | Fadey Stanowski is called for traveling | 55-41 |
| Subs | Duke | Gregory Wendel (SG), Bruce Simmons (PF), Donald Ross (C) Richard Lovelady, Fadey Stanowski, Brian Riggs | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Ivan Kopczynski (SG) Igor Grabski | |
| 10:34 | Virginia Tech | Robert Tovar lays it in | 55-43 |
| 10:25 | Duke | David Burns steps in front of the Bruce Simmons pass | 55-43 |
| 10:22 | Virginia Tech | David Burns misses the lay-in | 55-43 |
| 10:20 | Virginia Tech | De Huang gets the offensive rebound | 55-43 |
| 10:11 | Virginia Tech | Ivan Kopczynski makes the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Robert Tovar | 55-46 |
| 09:57 | Duke | Bruce Simmons misses the dunk attempt | 55-46 |
| 09:56 | Virginia Tech | De Huang grabs the board | 55-46 |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 09:51 | Virginia Tech | Robert Tovar is fouled on the floor by Donald Ross - foul #1 on Donald Ross, team foul #1 | 55-46 |
| Subs | Duke | Donald Haugen (PG) Seymour Lee | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Robert Johnson (SF) David Burns | |
| 09:22 | Virginia Tech | David Blair comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing but the foul's on Bruce Simmons - foul #1 on Bruce Simmons, team foul #2 | 55-46 |
| Subs | Duke | Brian Riggs (C) Donald Ross | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Ryan Fedele (PG), Joshua Nordstrom (C) Robert Tovar, De Huang | |
| 09:22 | Virginia Tech | David Blair makes the 1st free throw | 55-47 |
| 09:22 | Virginia Tech | David Blair misses the 2nd free throw | 55-47 |
| 09:22 | Duke | Bruce Simmons gets the rebound | 55-47 |
| 09:11 | Duke | Donald Haugen buries a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 58-47 |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 08:45 | Virginia Tech | Ivan Kopczynski can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 58-47 |
| 08:43 | Duke | Brian Riggs grabs the board | 58-47 |
| 08:38 | Duke | Donald Haugen can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 58-47 |
| 08:37 | Duke | Mickey Doolan tips it in | 60-47 |
| 08:09 | Virginia Tech | Robert Johnson evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3pt shot from straight away | 60-47 |
| 08:07 | Duke | Bruce Simmons grabs the defensive rebound | 60-47 |
| 07:41 | Duke | Donald Haugen scores on a 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Brian Riggs | 63-47 |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Donald Haugen (fairly fresh) 24 pts. 1 ast. SG - Gregory Wendel (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SF - Mickey Doolan (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. PF - Bruce Simmons (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 7 reb. C - Brian Riggs (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Ryan Fedele (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Ivan Kopczynski (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Robert Johnson (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - David Blair (tiring) 1 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Joshua Nordstrom (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 07:34 | Virginia Tech | Joshua Nordstrom knocks in the fadeaway near the basket | 63-49 |
| 07:20 | Duke | Bruce Simmons hits a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Donald Haugen | 65-49 |
| 07:05 | Virginia Tech | Ivan Kopczynski makes the jumper from just outside the lane | 65-51 |
| 06:45 | Duke | David Blair blocks the short jumper by Mickey Doolan | 65-51 |
| 06:43 | Duke | Brian Riggs hits the follow up shot | 67-51 |
| 06:35 | Virginia Tech | Ivan Kopczynski misses the shot from the left side | 67-51 |
| 06:34 | Duke | Brian Riggs pulls down the rebound | 67-51 |
| 06:14 | Duke | David Blair swats the dunk try by Bruce Simmons | 67-51 |
| 06:13 | Duke | The offensive rebound goes to Bruce Simmons | 67-51 |
| 05:52 | Duke | Gregory Wendel loses the ball out of bounds | 67-51 |
| Subs | Duke | Seymour Lee (PG), Richard Lovelady (SG), Donald Ross (SF), Fadey Stanowski (PF) Donald Haugen, Gregory Wendel, Mickey Doolan, Bruce Simmons | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Robert Tovar (PG), Igor Grabski (SG), David Burns (SF), James Malone (PF), De Huang (C) Ryan Fedele, Ivan Kopczynski, Robert Johnson, David Blair, Joshua Nordstrom | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 05:45 | Virginia Tech | Robert Tovar misses the driving attempt from the right block | 67-51 |
| 05:43 | Virginia Tech | Robert Tovar tips it back up and in | 67-53 |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 05:14 | Duke | Richard Lovelady makes the floater from the right side on a nice dish by Seymour Lee and the foul's on Igor Grabski - foul #3 on Igor Grabski, team foul #6 | 69-53 |
| 05:14 | Duke | Richard Lovelady makes the free throw | 70-53 |
| 05:06 | Virginia Tech | Brian Riggs is called for the reach on David Burns - foul #2 on Brian Riggs, team foul #3 | 70-53 |
| 04:56 | Virginia Tech | De Huang is fouled on the floor by Brian Riggs - foul #3 on Brian Riggs, team foul #4 | 70-53 |
| 04:44 | Virginia Tech | Robert Tovar misses the fadeaway from the right side | 70-53 |
| 04:43 | Virginia Tech | De Huang tips it back up and in | 70-55 |
| 04:24 | Duke | Seymour Lee clanks a pull-up jumper from the left side | 70-55 |
| 04:23 | Virginia Tech | James Malone snags the defensive board | 70-55 |
| 04:10 | Virginia Tech | James Malone is hacked by Fadey Stanowski - foul #2 on Fadey Stanowski, team foul #5 | 70-55 |
| Subs | Duke | Robert Barber (PF) Brian Riggs | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| 04:03 | Virginia Tech | Igor Grabski misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 70-55 |
| 04:02 | Duke | Donald Ross grabs the defensive rebound | 70-55 |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 03:56 | Duke | Richard Lovelady's floater is tipped away by De Huang | 70-55 |
| 03:55 | Duke | Fadey Stanowski grabs the offensive rebound | 70-55 |
| 03:39 | Duke | Donald Ross's fadeaway is rejected by De Huang | 70-55 |
| 03:38 | Virginia Tech | The rebound goes to De Huang | 70-55 |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Seymour Lee (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SG - Richard Lovelady (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Donald Ross (fresh) 12 pts. PF - Robert Barber (fresh) C - Fadey Stanowski (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Robert Tovar (fresh) 14 pts. 3 ast. SG - Igor Grabski (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - David Burns (fresh) PF - James Malone (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. C - De Huang (fresh) 2 pts. 9 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 03:28 | Virginia Tech | Robert Tovar is whistled for traveling | 70-55 |
| Subs | Duke | Donald Haugen (PG), Mickey Doolan (SF) Seymour Lee, Robert Barber | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Ivan Kopczynski (SG), Robert Johnson (SF) Igor Grabski, David Burns | |
| 03:04 | Duke | Donald Haugen is called for traveling | 70-55 |
| Subs | Duke | Seymour Lee (PG), Steven Blose (SG), Robert Barber (PF) Donald Haugen, Richard Lovelady, Mickey Doolan | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Ryan Fedele (PG), Keith Hoban (SG), David Burns (SF), Joshua Nordstrom (PF) Robert Tovar, Ivan Kopczynski, Robert Johnson, James Malone | |
| 02:44 | Virginia Tech | David Burns comes up short on the shot from the free throw line | 70-55 |
| 02:43 | Duke | Donald Ross grabs the defensive rebound | 70-55 |
| 02:25 | Duke | Fadey Stanowski drills a jumper from the baseline set up by Seymour Lee | 72-55 |
| 02:11 | Virginia Tech | Seymour Lee steals it from Keith Hoban | 72-55 |
| 01:58 | Duke | Steven Blose is hacked by Keith Hoban - foul #2 on Keith Hoban, team foul #7 | 72-55 |
| Subs | Duke | Richard Lovelady (SG) Robert Barber | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Igor Grabski (SG) Keith Hoban | |
| 01:58 | Duke | Steven Blose makes the 1st free throw | 73-55 |
| 01:58 | Duke | Steven Blose makes the 2nd free throw | 74-55 |
| 01:46 | Virginia Tech | Igor Grabski can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 74-55 |
| 01:44 | Virginia Tech | David Burns grabs the offensive rebound | 74-55 |
| 01:28 | Virginia Tech | Joshua Nordstrom double dribbles | 74-55 |
| Subs | Duke | Robert Barber (PF) Steven Blose | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| 01:08 | Duke | De Huang is called for the reach on Seymour Lee - foul #1 on De Huang, team foul #8 | 74-55 |
| 01:08 | Duke | Seymour Lee makes the 1st free throw | 75-55 |
| 01:08 | Duke | Seymour Lee makes the 2nd free throw | 76-55 |
| 00:59 | Virginia Tech | Ryan Fedele is hacked by Seymour Lee - foul #3 on Seymour Lee, team foul #6 | 76-55 |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:56 | Virginia Tech | De Huang comes up short on the shot from the right wing | 76-55 |
| 00:54 | Duke | Richard Lovelady pulls down the rebound | 76-55 |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:33 | Duke | Donald Ross drills a fadeaway from the free throw line on a nice dish by Seymour Lee | 78-55 |
| 00:27 | Virginia Tech | Joshua Nordstrom misses the easy layup | 78-55 |
| 00:26 | Virginia Tech | Joshua Nordstrom misses the tip | 78-55 |
| 00:25 | Duke | Donald Ross pulls down the rebound | 78-55 |
| 00:00 | Duke | Seymour Lee runs out the clock | 78-55 |