| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Guy Washington (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Otha Zets (fresh) 9 pts. SF - Scott Hornyak (fresh) 2 pts. PF - John Maddocks (fresh) C - Kenny Maher (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Daniel Johnson (fresh) 8 pts. 5 ast. SG - Casey Smith (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. SF - Gary Beckham (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Robert Bryant (fresh) 2 pts. C - Henry Payne (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Virginia Tech | Scott Hornyak inbounds the ball | 15-39 |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:38 | Virginia Tech | Guy Washington misses short on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 15-39 |
| 19:37 | Duke | Henry Payne gets the rebound | 15-39 |
| 19:16 | Duke | Daniel Johnson misses long on a driving attempt in the paint | 15-39 |
| 19:14 | Virginia Tech | Kenny Maher pulls down the rebound | 15-39 |
| 19:08 | Virginia Tech | Scott Hornyak is fouled on the floor by Henry Payne - foul #2 on Henry Payne, team foul #1 | 15-39 |
| 18:54 | Virginia Tech | Otha Zets works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 15-39 |
| 18:52 | Duke | Gary Beckham pulls down the rebound | 15-39 |
| 18:26 | Duke | Casey Smith is fouled on the floor by Scott Hornyak - foul #1 on Scott Hornyak, team foul #1 | 15-39 |
| 18:10 | Duke | Henry Payne banks in the layup | 15-41 |
| 17:53 | Virginia Tech | Scott Hornyak connects on the 3 from the right wing | 18-41 |
| 17:32 | Duke | The jump hook by Henry Payne is blocked by Scott Hornyak | 18-41 |
| 17:30 | Virginia Tech | Kenny Maher grabs the board | 18-41 |
| 17:24 | Virginia Tech | Scott Hornyak's floater is knocked away by Gary Beckham | 18-41 |
| 17:22 | Duke | Gary Beckham snags the defensive board | 18-41 |
| 16:58 | Duke | Casey Smith comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 18-41 |
| 16:56 | Duke | Henry Payne tips it in | 18-43 |
| 16:37 | Virginia Tech | Guy Washington clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 18-43 |
| 16:35 | Duke | The rebound goes to Gary Beckham | 18-43 |
| 16:06 | Duke | Robert Bryant scores on a floater near the basket on a nice dish by Casey Smith | 18-45 |
| 15:39 | Virginia Tech | Otha Zets is hacked by Daniel Johnson - foul #1 on Daniel Johnson, team foul #2 | 18-45 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Lester Valentine (PG), Joseph Vaughn (SG), Brock Edgerly (SF), Jerry Lee (PF), Russell Strouse (C) Guy Washington, Otha Zets, Scott Hornyak, John Maddocks, Kenny Maher | |
| Subs | Duke | Randy Vernon (PG), Ivan Wnukowski (SG), Gilbert Hamilton (SF), Leonard Hughes (PF), Darrell Darbonne (C) Daniel Johnson, Casey Smith, Gary Beckham, Robert Bryant, Henry Payne | |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Lester Valentine (fresh) SG - Joseph Vaughn (fresh) SF - Brock Edgerly (fresh) PF - Jerry Lee (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. C - Russell Strouse (fresh) 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Randy Vernon (fresh) SG - Ivan Wnukowski (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SF - Gilbert Hamilton (fresh) PF - Leonard Hughes (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Darrell Darbonne (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 15:29 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 18-45 |
| 15:27 | Virginia Tech | Jerry Lee misses the tip | 18-45 |
| 15:25 | Virginia Tech | Joseph Vaughn hits the follow up shot | 20-45 |
| 14:56 | Duke | Gilbert Hamilton is fouled on the floor by Russell Strouse - foul #4 on Russell Strouse, team foul #2 | 20-45 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | David Young (C) Russell Strouse | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 14:37 | Duke | Darrell Darbonne is fouled on the floor by David Young - foul #1 on David Young, team foul #3 | 20-45 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Otha Zets (SG), Scott Hornyak (SF) Lester Valentine, Joseph Vaughn | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 14:17 | Duke | Darrell Darbonne blows the dunk | 20-45 |
| 14:15 | Duke | Darrell Darbonne pulls down the offensive rebound | 20-45 |
| 13:57 | Duke | Randy Vernon makes the 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Ivan Wnukowski | 20-48 |
| 13:37 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly misses long on a shot from just outside the lane | 20-48 |
| 13:35 | Duke | Gilbert Hamilton snags the defensive board | 20-48 |
| 13:09 | Duke | Leonard Hughes is fouled on the floor by David Young - foul #2 on David Young, team foul #4 | 20-48 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Guy Washington (PG), Kenny Maher (C) Brock Edgerly, David Young | |
| Subs | Duke | Daniel Johnson (PG), Casey Smith (SG), Gary Beckham (SF), Robert Bryant (PF), Henry Payne (C) Randy Vernon, Ivan Wnukowski, Gilbert Hamilton, Leonard Hughes, Darrell Darbonne | |
| 12:51 | Duke | Gary Beckham blows the layup but he's fouled by Scott Hornyak - foul #2 on Scott Hornyak, team foul #5 | 20-48 |
| 12:51 | Duke | Gary Beckham makes the 1st free throw | 20-49 |
| 12:51 | Duke | Gary Beckham makes the 2nd free throw | 20-50 |
| 12:38 | Virginia Tech | Otha Zets shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 20-50 |
| 12:36 | Duke | Daniel Johnson snags the defensive board | 20-50 |
| 12:13 | Duke | Daniel Johnson scores on a shot from the left wing set up by Gary Beckham | 20-52 |
| 11:44 | Virginia Tech | Kenny Maher can't connect on a shot from the baseline but he's fouled by Henry Payne - foul #3 on Henry Payne, team foul #3 | 20-52 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Lester Valentine (PG), Joseph Vaughn (SG), Brock Edgerly (SF), John Maddocks (PF) Guy Washington, Otha Zets, Scott Hornyak, Jerry Lee | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 11:44 | Virginia Tech | Kenny Maher misses the 1st free throw | 20-52 |
| 11:44 | Virginia Tech | Kenny Maher makes the 2nd free throw | 21-52 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Lester Valentine (fresh) SG - Joseph Vaughn (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Brock Edgerly (fresh) PF - John Maddocks (fresh) C - Kenny Maher (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Daniel Johnson (fresh) 10 pts. 5 ast. SG - Casey Smith (fresh) 5 pts. 5 ast. SF - Gary Beckham (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. PF - Robert Bryant (fresh) 4 pts. C - Henry Payne (fresh) 11 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:20 | Duke | Henry Payne throws a bad pass out of bounds | 21-52 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | David Young (C) Kenny Maher | |
| Subs | Duke | Leonard Hughes (PF) Robert Bryant | |
| 11:04 | Virginia Tech | Leonard Hughes steals it from Lester Valentine | 21-52 |
| 10:44 | Duke | Daniel Johnson is hacked by Lester Valentine - foul #1 on Lester Valentine, team foul #6 | 21-52 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| Subs | Duke | Darrell Darbonne (C) Henry Payne | |
| 10:18 | Duke | Lester Valentine takes the ball from Darrell Darbonne | 21-52 |
| 10:14 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly lays it up and in on a nice dish by Lester Valentine | 23-52 |
| 09:51 | Duke | Leonard Hughes clanks a fadeaway from the right wing | 23-52 |
| 09:50 | Virginia Tech | John Maddocks grabs the defensive rebound | 23-52 |
| 09:44 | Virginia Tech | John Maddocks misses the dunk but the foul's on Leonard Hughes - foul #1 on Leonard Hughes, team foul #4 | 23-52 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| Subs | Duke | Robert Bryant (PF) Leonard Hughes | |
| 09:44 | Virginia Tech | John Maddocks makes the 1st free throw | 24-52 |
| 09:44 | Virginia Tech | John Maddocks makes the 2nd free throw | 25-52 |
| 09:22 | Duke | Casey Smith comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 25-52 |
| 09:20 | Duke | Robert Bryant grabs the offensive board | 25-52 |
| 08:59 | Duke | Robert Bryant misses badly on a floater from the baseline | 25-52 |
| 08:57 | Virginia Tech | John Maddocks grabs the defensive rebound | 25-52 |
| 08:51 | Virginia Tech | David Young misses long on a floater from close range but he's fouled by Darrell Darbonne - foul #1 on Darrell Darbonne, team foul #5 | 25-52 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| Subs | Duke | Randy Vernon (PG), Ivan Wnukowski (SG), Gilbert Hamilton (SF), Henry Payne (C) Daniel Johnson, Casey Smith, Gary Beckham, Darrell Darbonne | |
| 08:51 | Virginia Tech | David Young makes the 1st free throw | 26-52 |
| 08:51 | Virginia Tech | David Young makes the 2nd free throw | 27-52 |
| 08:22 | Duke | Henry Payne hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left block but the foul's on Lester Valentine - foul #2 on Lester Valentine, team foul #7 | 27-52 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | James Parker (SF) Joseph Vaughn | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 08:22 | Duke | Henry Payne makes the 1st free throw | 27-53 |
| 08:22 | Duke | Henry Payne misses the 2nd free throw | 27-53 |
| 08:22 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly gets the rebound | 27-53 |
| 08:08 | Virginia Tech | David Young is called for the offensive foul - foul #3 on David Young, team foul #8 | 27-53 |
| 07:51 | Duke | Henry Payne drills a jumper near the basket on a nice dish by Robert Bryant and he's hacked by David Young - foul #4 on David Young, team foul #9 | 27-55 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Russell Strouse (PF) David Young | |
| Subs | Duke | Casey Smith (SG) Ivan Wnukowski | |
| 07:51 | Duke | Henry Payne makes the free throw | 27-56 |
| 07:43 | Virginia Tech | James Parker can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 27-56 |
| 07:42 | Duke | The rebound goes to Robert Bryant | 27-56 |
| 07:30 | Duke | Henry Payne drills a jumpshot from the free throw line on a great pass from Randy Vernon | 27-58 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Lester Valentine (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Brock Edgerly (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - James Parker (fresh) PF - Russell Strouse (fresh) 4 pf. C - John Maddocks (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Randy Vernon (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Casey Smith (fresh) 5 pts. 5 ast. SF - Gilbert Hamilton (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Robert Bryant (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Henry Payne (fresh) 17 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:22 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly comes up short on the jumpshot from the free throw line but he's fouled by Casey Smith - foul #1 on Casey Smith, team foul #6 | 27-58 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Joseph Vaughn (SG) Lester Valentine | |
| Subs | Duke | Daniel Johnson (PG), Gary Beckham (SF), Leonard Hughes (PF) Randy Vernon, Gilbert Hamilton, Robert Bryant | |
| 07:22 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly misses the 1st free throw | 27-58 |
| 07:22 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly makes the 2nd free throw | 28-58 |
| 07:01 | Duke | Brock Edgerly steps in front of the Leonard Hughes pass | 28-58 |
| 06:48 | Virginia Tech | James Parker lays it in and he's fouled by Casey Smith - foul #2 on Casey Smith, team foul #7 | 30-58 |
| 06:48 | Virginia Tech | James Parker makes the free throw | 31-58 |
| 06:22 | Duke | Leonard Hughes misses long on a fadeaway from close range | 31-58 |
| 06:20 | Duke | Henry Payne can't tip it in | 31-58 |
| 06:19 | Duke | Leonard Hughes tips it home | 31-60 |
| 06:14 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 31-60 |
| 06:13 | Duke | The rebound goes to Leonard Hughes | 31-60 |
| 05:51 | Duke | Russell Strouse is called for the reach on Daniel Johnson - foul #5 on Russell Strouse, team foul #10 | 31-60 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Lester Valentine (PG), David Young (PF) Joseph Vaughn, Russell Strouse | |
| Subs | Duke | Robert Bryant (PF), Darrell Darbonne (C) Leonard Hughes, Henry Payne | |
| 05:51 | Duke | Daniel Johnson misses the 1st free throw | 31-60 |
| 05:51 | Duke | Daniel Johnson misses the 2nd free throw | 31-60 |
| 05:51 | Virginia Tech | John Maddocks gets the rebound | 31-60 |
| 05:27 | Virginia Tech | James Parker clanks a shot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Darrell Darbonne - foul #2 on Darrell Darbonne, team foul #8 | 31-60 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| Subs | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski (SG) Casey Smith | |
| 05:27 | Virginia Tech | James Parker makes the 1st free throw | 32-60 |
| 05:27 | Virginia Tech | James Parker makes the 2nd free throw | 33-60 |
| 04:58 | Duke | Daniel Johnson hits a driving attempt in the paint on a great pass from Gary Beckham | 33-62 |
| 04:42 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 33-62 |
| 04:40 | Virginia Tech | The offensive rebound goes to John Maddocks | 33-62 |
| 04:35 | Virginia Tech | James Parker double dribbles | 33-62 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Joseph Vaughn (SG) James Parker | |
| Subs | Duke | Randy Vernon (PG), Gilbert Hamilton (SF) Daniel Johnson, Gary Beckham | |
| 04:08 | Duke | Randy Vernon connects on the runner from the left block | 33-64 |
| 04:03 | Virginia Tech | Lester Valentine hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 33-64 |
| 04:02 | Duke | Gilbert Hamilton gets the rebound | 33-64 |
| 03:41 | Duke | Robert Bryant clanks a jump hook in the lane | 33-64 |
| 03:40 | Duke | Randy Vernon tips it back up and in | 33-66 |
| 03:25 | Virginia Tech | John Maddocks clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 33-66 |
| 03:23 | Virginia Tech | Joseph Vaughn snags the offensive board | 33-66 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Lester Valentine (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Joseph Vaughn (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Brock Edgerly (tiring) 3 pts. PF - David Young (fresh) 2 pts. 4 pf. C - John Maddocks (tiring) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Randy Vernon (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ivan Wnukowski (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SF - Gilbert Hamilton (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Robert Bryant (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Darrell Darbonne (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 03:16 | Virginia Tech | David Young misses badly on a jumper from the left wing but the foul's on Robert Bryant - foul #1 on Robert Bryant, team foul #9 | 33-66 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | James Parker (SF) Brock Edgerly | |
| Subs | Duke | Daniel Johnson (PG), Casey Smith (SG), Gary Beckham (SF), Leonard Hughes (PF), Henry Payne (C) Randy Vernon, Ivan Wnukowski, Gilbert Hamilton, Robert Bryant, Darrell Darbonne | |
| 03:16 | Virginia Tech | David Young misses the 1st free throw | 33-66 |
| 03:16 | Virginia Tech | David Young makes the 2nd free throw | 34-66 |
| 02:52 | Duke | Casey Smith knocks in the 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Daniel Johnson | 34-69 |
| 02:41 | Virginia Tech | David Young misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 34-69 |
| 02:40 | Duke | Daniel Johnson grabs the board | 34-69 |
| 02:12 | Duke | Gary Beckham misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 34-69 |
| 02:11 | Virginia Tech | David Young gets the rebound | 34-69 |
| 02:05 | Virginia Tech | Joseph Vaughn can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 34-69 |
| 02:03 | Duke | Casey Smith pulls down the rebound | 34-69 |
| 01:38 | Duke | Henry Payne makes the jumpshot from the right side set up by Casey Smith | 34-71 |
| 01:28 | Virginia Tech | John Maddocks lays it in | 36-71 |
| 01:05 | Duke | Henry Payne makes the driving attempt from the right block on a nice dish by Leonard Hughes | 36-73 |
| 00:57 | Virginia Tech | John Maddocks throws a bad pass out of bounds | 36-73 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly (SF) James Parker | |
| Subs | Duke | Robert Bryant (PF) Leonard Hughes | |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:29 | Duke | Robert Bryant is called for the offensive foul - foul #2 on Robert Bryant, team foul #10 | 36-73 |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+5) | |
| 00:23 | Virginia Tech | Daniel Johnson is called for the reach on Lester Valentine - foul #2 on Daniel Johnson, team foul #11 | 36-73 |
| 00:23 | Virginia Tech | Lester Valentine makes the 1st free throw | 37-73 |
| 00:23 | Virginia Tech | Lester Valentine misses the 2nd free throw | 37-73 |
| 00:23 | Duke | Robert Bryant grabs the defensive rebound | 37-73 |
| 00:00 | Duke | Daniel Johnson runs out the clock | 37-73 |