| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - William Mitchell (fresh) 8 pts. 2 stl. SG - Will Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Mercer (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Neal Royer (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Stephen Groves (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Larry Brown (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Gustavo Esposito (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Timothy Dow (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Leif Mazierski (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Xing-Fu Chi (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | North Carolina | Charles Mercer inbounds the ball | 30-28 |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a flex offense and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 19:44 | North Carolina | William Mitchell comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 30-28 |
| 19:42 | Virginia | Timothy Dow grabs the defensive rebound | 30-28 |
| 19:18 | Virginia | Will Brown is called for the reach on Larry Brown - foul #3 on Will Brown, team foul #1 | 30-28 |
| 19:02 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi connects on the jumper from the right block | 30-30 |
| 18:47 | North Carolina | Stephen Groves misses badly on a jumpshot from the right side | 30-30 |
| 18:45 | North Carolina | Neal Royer pulls down the offensive rebound | 30-30 |
| 18:36 | North Carolina | Charles Mercer misses short on a jump hook near the basket | 30-30 |
| 18:34 | North Carolina | William Mitchell hits the follow up shot | 32-30 |
| 18:13 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi buries a runner from the left block | 32-32 |
| 17:56 | North Carolina | Neal Royer clanks a fadeaway from the right side | 32-32 |
| 17:54 | North Carolina | Charles Mercer can't tip it in | 32-32 |
| 17:52 | Virginia | The rebound goes to Leif Mazierski | 32-32 |
| 17:37 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi can't connect on a fadeaway from the left wing | 32-32 |
| 17:35 | North Carolina | The rebound goes to Charles Mercer | 32-32 |
| 17:13 | North Carolina | Xing-Fu Chi blocks the short jumper by William Mitchell | 32-32 |
| 17:12 | Virginia | The rebound goes to Leif Mazierski | 32-32 |
| 16:51 | Virginia | Will Brown steps in front of the Gustavo Esposito pass | 32-32 |
| 16:41 | North Carolina | William Mitchell can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 32-32 |
| 16:40 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi gets the rebound | 32-32 |
| 16:11 | Virginia | Stephen Groves swats the dunk try by Xing-Fu Chi | 32-32 |
| 16:10 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi tips it back up and in | 32-34 |
| 15:47 | North Carolina | Stephen Groves misses long on a driving attempt near the basket | 32-34 |
| 15:45 | Virginia | Leif Mazierski grabs the board | 32-34 |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - William Mitchell (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 stl. SG - Will Brown (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Charles Mercer (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Neal Royer (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Stephen Groves (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Larry Brown (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SG - Gustavo Esposito (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SF - Timothy Dow (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Leif Mazierski (tiring) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Xing-Fu Chi (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 15:16 | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito can't connect on a fadeaway from the left wing | 32-34 |
| 15:14 | North Carolina | Neal Royer snags the defensive board | 32-34 |
| 15:08 | North Carolina | Neal Royer comes up short on the floater from the left side but the foul's on Leif Mazierski - foul #2 on Leif Mazierski, team foul #1 | 32-34 |
| Subs | North Carolina | John Smith (PG), Marshall Coleman (SG), Keith Wolf (SF), Henry Killian (C) William Mitchell, Will Brown, Charles Mercer, Stephen Groves | |
| Subs | Virginia | David Parker (SG), Omer Kukoc (SF), Dane Handy (PF), Jay Puleo (C) Gustavo Esposito, Timothy Dow, Leif Mazierski, Xing-Fu Chi | |
| 15:08 | North Carolina | Neal Royer makes the 1st free throw | 33-34 |
| 15:08 | North Carolina | Neal Royer makes the 2nd free throw | 34-34 |
| 14:42 | Virginia | Jay Puleo misses short on a jumper from the right side | 34-34 |
| 14:40 | Virginia | Jay Puleo gets the offensive rebound | 34-34 |
| 14:17 | Virginia | Omer Kukoc misses short on a shot from the free throw line but he's fouled by Keith Wolf - foul #2 on Keith Wolf, team foul #2 | 34-34 |
| Subs | North Carolina | John White (C) Neal Royer | |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| 14:17 | Virginia | Omer Kukoc misses the 1st free throw | 34-34 |
| 14:17 | Virginia | Omer Kukoc makes the 2nd free throw | 34-35 |
| 13:55 | North Carolina | Larry Brown steps in front of the John Smith pass | 34-35 |
| 13:51 | Virginia | David Parker lays it in set up by Larry Brown | 34-37 |
| 13:34 | North Carolina | John Smith misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 34-37 |
| 13:33 | North Carolina | John White pulls down the offensive rebound | 34-37 |
| 13:13 | North Carolina | John Smith comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 34-37 |
| 13:12 | North Carolina | Henry Killian grabs the offensive rebound | 34-37 |
| 12:52 | North Carolina | John Smith misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 34-37 |
| 12:50 | North Carolina | Marshall Coleman tips it home | 36-37 |
| 12:47 | Virginia | David Parker's pass is intercepted by John Smith in the backcourt | 36-37 |
| 12:33 | North Carolina | John Smith throws a bad pass out of bounds | 36-37 |
| Subs | North Carolina | William Mitchell (PG), Larry White (SG), Merle Rowe (PF), Stephen Groves (C) John Smith, Keith Wolf, Henry Killian, John White | |
| Subs | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito (SG), Timothy Dow (SF), Leif Mazierski (PF), Xing-Fu Chi (C) David Parker, Omer Kukoc, Dane Handy, Jay Puleo | |
| 12:12 | Virginia | Leif Mazierski drills a floater from close range | 36-39 |
| 11:58 | North Carolina | Larry White misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 36-39 |
| 11:56 | Virginia | Timothy Dow gets the rebound | 36-39 |
| 11:27 | Virginia | Larry Brown drills a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 36-41 |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - William Mitchell (fresh) 10 pts. 2 stl. SG - Larry White (fresh) SF - Marshall Coleman (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Merle Rowe (fresh) C - Stephen Groves (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Larry Brown (tiring) 2 pts. 4 ast. SG - Gustavo Esposito (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Timothy Dow (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Leif Mazierski (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Xing-Fu Chi (fresh) 14 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:08 | North Carolina | Larry White hits a jumper from the left wing | 38-41 |
| 10:52 | Virginia | Timothy Dow is fouled on the floor by Marshall Coleman - foul #1 on Marshall Coleman, team foul #3 | 38-41 |
| Subs | North Carolina | John Smith (PG), Will Brown (SG), Charles Mercer (SF), Neal Royer (PF), John White (C) William Mitchell, Larry White, Marshall Coleman, Merle Rowe, Stephen Groves | |
| Subs | Virginia | Ronald Tinch (PG), David Parker (SG), Omer Kukoc (SF), Jay Puleo (PF) Larry Brown, Gustavo Esposito, Timothy Dow, Leif Mazierski | |
| 10:29 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi connects on the runner from the left block set up by David Parker | 38-43 |
| 10:00 | North Carolina | Neal Royer knocks in the shot from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Will Brown | 40-43 |
| 09:35 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi's fadeaway is rejected by John White | 40-43 |
| 09:33 | Virginia | Jay Puleo snags the offensive board | 40-43 |
| 09:14 | Virginia | Ronald Tinch is fouled on the floor by John Smith - foul #1 on John Smith, team foul #4 | 40-43 |
| Subs | North Carolina | William Mitchell (PG), Henry Killian (PF), Stephen Groves (C) John Smith, Neal Royer, John White | |
| Subs | Virginia | Larry Brown (PG), Gustavo Esposito (SG), Timothy Dow (SF), Dane Handy (PF) Ronald Tinch, David Parker, Omer Kukoc, Jay Puleo | |
| 09:03 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi comes up short on the floater near the basket | 40-43 |
| 09:01 | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito pulls down the offensive rebound | 40-43 |
| 08:41 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi is open and scores on a runner near the basket set up by Larry Brown | 40-45 |
| 08:12 | North Carolina | Stephen Groves drills a shot from close range on a nice dish by William Mitchell | 42-45 |
| 08:10 | Virginia | Larry Brown is hacked by Charles Mercer in the backcourt - foul #1 on Charles Mercer, team foul #5 | 42-45 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Marshall Coleman (SG), Keith Wolf (SF), Neal Royer (PF) Will Brown, Charles Mercer, Stephen Groves | |
| Subs | Virginia | Jay Puleo (C) Xing-Fu Chi | |
| 07:41 | Virginia | Jay Puleo lays it in | 42-47 |
| 07:12 | North Carolina | William Mitchell scores on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 45-47 |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - William Mitchell (fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Marshall Coleman (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Keith Wolf (fresh) PF - Neal Royer (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. C - Henry Killian (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Larry Brown (tired) 2 pts. 5 ast. SG - Gustavo Esposito (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. SF - Timothy Dow (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Dane Handy (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Jay Puleo (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 06:46 | Virginia | Jay Puleo misses the easy layup | 45-47 |
| 06:44 | North Carolina | The rebound goes to Neal Royer | 45-47 |
| 06:20 | North Carolina | William Mitchell comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 45-47 |
| 06:18 | North Carolina | Neal Royer misses the tip | 45-47 |
| 06:16 | Virginia | Jay Puleo gets the rebound | 45-47 |
| 06:14 | Virginia | Larry Brown loses the dribble to William Mitchell in the backcourt | 45-47 |
| 06:11 | North Carolina | William Mitchell dunks the ball | 47-47 |
| 05:50 | Virginia | Timothy Dow hits the front of the rim on the wide open fadeaway from close range | 47-47 |
| 05:49 | North Carolina | Neal Royer snags the defensive board | 47-47 |
| 05:49 | North Carolina | North Carolina calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 47-47 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Will Brown (SG), Charles Mercer (SF), Stephen Groves (C) Marshall Coleman, Keith Wolf, Henry Killian | |
| Subs | Virginia | David Parker (PG), Omer Kukoc (SF), Leif Mazierski (PF), Xing-Fu Chi (C) Larry Brown, Timothy Dow, Dane Handy, Jay Puleo | |
| 05:34 | North Carolina | William Mitchell misses short on a jumper in the lane | 47-47 |
| 05:33 | Virginia | The rebound goes to Omer Kukoc | 47-47 |
| 05:27 | Virginia | Leif Mazierski clanks a turnaround from the baseline but he's hacked by Neal Royer - foul #2 on Neal Royer, team foul #6 | 47-47 |
| 05:27 | Virginia | Leif Mazierski makes the 1st free throw | 47-48 |
| 05:27 | Virginia | Leif Mazierski misses the 2nd free throw | 47-48 |
| 05:27 | North Carolina | The rebound goes to Neal Royer | 47-48 |
| 05:03 | North Carolina | Charles Mercer knocks in the jumper from the right side on a great pass from Will Brown and the foul's on Xing-Fu Chi - foul #1 on Xing-Fu Chi, team foul #2 | 49-48 |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| Subs | Virginia | Ronald Tinch (PG) Gustavo Esposito | |
| 05:03 | North Carolina | Charles Mercer makes the free throw | 50-48 |
| 04:43 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi misses badly on a floater near the basket but he's hacked by Stephen Groves - foul #1 on Stephen Groves, team foul #7 | 50-48 |
| Subs | North Carolina | John Smith (PG), Merle Rowe (PF) William Mitchell, Neal Royer | |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| 04:43 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi makes the 1st free throw | 50-49 |
| 04:43 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi makes the 2nd free throw | 50-50 |
| 04:33 | North Carolina | Charles Mercer hits the finger roll and he's fouled by Ronald Tinch - foul #3 on Ronald Tinch, team foul #3 | 52-50 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Henry Killian (PF) Merle Rowe | |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| 04:33 | North Carolina | Charles Mercer makes the free throw | 53-50 |
| 04:05 | Virginia | Omer Kukoc can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 53-50 |
| 04:03 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi can't tip it in | 53-50 |
| 04:02 | North Carolina | Stephen Groves grabs the defensive rebound | 53-50 |
| 03:51 | North Carolina | John Smith makes the 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Henry Killian | 56-50 |
| 03:22 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi lays it in on a great pass from David Parker | 56-52 |
| 03:07 | North Carolina | Charles Mercer scores on a runner in the paint | 58-52 |
| 03:07 | Virginia | Virginia calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 58-52 |
| Subs | North Carolina | William Mitchell (PG), Neal Royer (PF) John Smith, Henry Killian | |
| Subs | Virginia | Larry Brown (PG), Gustavo Esposito (SG), Timothy Dow (SF), Jay Puleo (PF) Ronald Tinch, David Parker, Omer Kukoc, Leif Mazierski | |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - William Mitchell (fresh) 15 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. SG - Will Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - Charles Mercer (fresh) 10 pts. PF - Neal Royer (fresh) 8 pts. 9 reb. C - Stephen Groves (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Larry Brown (tiring) 2 pts. 5 ast. SG - Gustavo Esposito (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. SF - Timothy Dow (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Jay Puleo (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. C - Xing-Fu Chi (fresh) 22 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 03:05 | Virginia | Will Brown steps in front of the Gustavo Esposito pass in the backcourt | 58-52 |
| 02:48 | North Carolina | William Mitchell hits the front of the rim on the shot from the free throw line but he's fouled by Larry Brown - foul #2 on Larry Brown, team foul #4 | 58-52 |
| 02:48 | North Carolina | William Mitchell makes the 1st free throw | 59-52 |
| 02:48 | North Carolina | William Mitchell misses the 2nd free throw | 59-52 |
| 02:48 | Virginia | Jay Puleo pulls down the rebound | 59-52 |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a flex offense and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 02:28 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi makes the jumper from the right block on a nice dish by Gustavo Esposito | 59-54 |
| 02:14 | North Carolina | William Mitchell is hacked by Larry Brown - foul #3 on Larry Brown, team foul #5 | 59-54 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Marshall Coleman (SG), Keith Wolf (SF) Will Brown, Charles Mercer | |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| 01:51 | North Carolina | William Mitchell drills a jumpshot from the free throw line set up by Marshall Coleman | 61-54 |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a flex offense and a fullcourt press (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 01:49 | Virginia | Stephen Groves is called for the reach on Larry Brown in the backcourt - foul #2 on Stephen Groves, team foul #8 | 61-54 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Will Brown (SG), Charles Mercer (SF) Marshall Coleman, Keith Wolf | |
| Subs | Virginia | Leif Mazierski (PF) Jay Puleo | |
| 01:49 | Virginia | Larry Brown makes the 1st free throw | 61-55 |
| 01:49 | Virginia | Larry Brown misses the 2nd free throw | 61-55 |
| 01:49 | North Carolina | Charles Mercer gets the rebound | 61-55 |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 01:27 | North Carolina | William Mitchell scores on a 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Charles Mercer | 64-55 |
| 01:06 | Virginia | Leif Mazierski comes up short on the jumper near the basket | 64-55 |
| 01:05 | Virginia | Xing-Fu Chi hits the follow up shot | 64-57 |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 00:43 | North Carolina | Xing-Fu Chi steals it from William Mitchell | 64-57 |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 00:39 | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito misses badly on a floater from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Will Brown - foul #4 on Will Brown, team foul #9 | 64-57 |
| 00:39 | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito misses the 1st free throw | 64-57 |
| 00:39 | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito makes the 2nd free throw | 64-58 |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| 00:36 | North Carolina | Gustavo Esposito is called for the reach on Will Brown in the backcourt - foul #1 on Gustavo Esposito, team foul #6 | 64-58 |
| Subs | North Carolina | John White (C) Stephen Groves | |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| 00:35 | North Carolina | Gustavo Esposito is called for the reach on Will Brown - foul #2 on Gustavo Esposito, team foul #7 | 64-58 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Marshall Coleman (SF) Charles Mercer | |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| 00:35 | North Carolina | Will Brown makes the 1st free throw | 65-58 |
| 00:35 | North Carolina | Will Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 66-58 |
| 00:29 | Virginia | Gustavo Esposito throws a bad pass out of bounds | 66-58 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Charles Mercer (SF) Marshall Coleman | |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:26 | North Carolina | William Mitchell is hacked by Larry Brown in the backcourt - foul #4 on Larry Brown, team foul #8 | 66-58 |
| 00:26 | North Carolina | William Mitchell makes the 1st free throw | 67-58 |
| 00:26 | North Carolina | William Mitchell misses the 2nd free throw | 67-58 |
| 00:26 | North Carolina | John White pulls down the offensive rebound | 67-58 |
| 00:24 | North Carolina | John White is hacked by Timothy Dow - foul #1 on Timothy Dow, team foul #9 | 67-58 |
| 00:24 | North Carolina | John White makes the 1st free throw | 68-58 |
| 00:24 | North Carolina | John White misses the 2nd free throw | 68-58 |
| 00:24 | North Carolina | Charles Mercer grabs the offensive rebound | 68-58 |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 00:00 | North Carolina | William Mitchell runs out the clock | 68-58 |