| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Daryl Hooser (fresh) SG - Brock Edgerly (fresh) SF - James Parker (fresh) PF - Jerry Lee (fresh) C - Kenny Maher (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Randy Vernon (fresh) SG - Gary Beckham (fresh) SF - Peter Patton (fresh) PF - Robert Bryant (fresh) C - Henry Payne (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Virginia Tech | Kenny Maher wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:46 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 0-0 |
| 19:45 | Virginia Tech | James Parker gets the offensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:26 | Virginia Tech | Daryl Hooser misses the 3 from the right corner | 0-0 |
| 19:24 | Virginia Tech | Kenny Maher tips it back up and in | 2-0 |
| 19:01 | Duke | Daryl Hooser is called for the reach on Gary Beckham - foul #1 on Daryl Hooser, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 18:45 | Duke | The jump hook by Randy Vernon is blocked by Kenny Maher | 2-0 |
| 18:44 | Virginia Tech | Kenny Maher pulls down the rebound | 2-0 |
| 18:40 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly clanks a shot from the right wing | 2-0 |
| 18:38 | Duke | Henry Payne gets the rebound | 2-0 |
| 18:33 | Duke | Randy Vernon's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 2-0 |
| 18:18 | Virginia Tech | James Parker buries a 3 from the left corner | 5-0 |
| 17:51 | Duke | Henry Payne misses the easy layup but the foul's on Brock Edgerly - foul #1 on Brock Edgerly, team foul #2 | 5-0 |
| 17:51 | Duke | Henry Payne misses the 1st free throw | 5-0 |
| 17:51 | Duke | Henry Payne misses the 2nd free throw | 5-0 |
| 17:51 | Virginia Tech | Kenny Maher grabs the board | 5-0 |
| 17:46 | Virginia Tech | Randy Vernon takes the ball from Brock Edgerly | 5-0 |
| 17:17 | Duke | Gary Beckham drills a 3pt jumper from straight away on a great pass from Robert Bryant | 5-3 |
| 17:12 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly can't connect on a fadeaway from the left side but he's hacked by Robert Bryant - foul #1 on Robert Bryant, team foul #1 | 5-3 |
| 17:12 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly makes the 1st free throw | 6-3 |
| 17:12 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly misses the 2nd free throw | 6-3 |
| 17:12 | Duke | Henry Payne snags the defensive board | 6-3 |
| 17:10 | Duke | Randy Vernon's pass is intercepted by Daryl Hooser in the backcourt | 6-3 |
| 17:09 | Virginia Tech | James Parker can't finish the layup | 6-3 |
| 17:08 | Duke | Peter Patton grabs the board | 6-3 |
| 16:49 | Duke | Henry Payne can't connect on a fadeaway from close range but he's fouled by Kenny Maher - foul #1 on Kenny Maher, team foul #3 | 6-3 |
| 16:49 | Duke | Henry Payne makes the 1st free throw | 6-4 |
| 16:49 | Duke | Henry Payne misses the 2nd free throw | 6-4 |
| 16:49 | Duke | The offensive rebound goes to Robert Bryant | 6-4 |
| 16:39 | Duke | Randy Vernon makes the fadeaway in the paint set up by Gary Beckham | 6-6 |
| 16:32 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly clanks a jump hook from the right block | 6-6 |
| 16:30 | Duke | Peter Patton gets the rebound | 6-6 |
| 16:26 | Duke | Gary Beckham knocks in the 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Peter Patton | 6-9 |
| 16:00 | Virginia Tech | Robert Bryant denies the turnaround by Brock Edgerly | 6-9 |
| 15:58 | Duke | Robert Bryant snags the defensive board | 6-9 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Daryl Hooser (fairly fresh) SG - Brock Edgerly (fairly fresh) 1 pts. SF - James Parker (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Jerry Lee (fresh) C - Kenny Maher (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Randy Vernon (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Gary Beckham (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Peter Patton (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Robert Bryant (fresh) 2 reb. C - Henry Payne (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:46 | Duke | Randy Vernon lays it up and in set up by Gary Beckham and he's hacked by Daryl Hooser - foul #2 on Daryl Hooser, team foul #4 | 6-11 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Robert Rezendes (PG), James Rausch (SG), David Young (SF), Russell Strouse (PF), John Maddocks (C) Daryl Hooser, Brock Edgerly, James Parker, Jerry Lee, Kenny Maher | |
| Subs | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski (SF), Richard Hooley (C) Peter Patton, Henry Payne | |
| 15:46 | Duke | Randy Vernon makes the free throw | 6-12 |
| 15:31 | Virginia Tech | John Maddocks is fouled on the floor by Richard Hooley - foul #1 on Richard Hooley, team foul #2 | 6-12 |
| 15:18 | Virginia Tech | Gary Beckham steals the ball from James Rausch | 6-12 |
| 15:02 | Duke | Gary Beckham comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 6-12 |
| 15:01 | Duke | Robert Bryant tips it in | 6-14 |
| 14:41 | Virginia Tech | David Young makes the 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by James Rausch | 9-14 |
| 14:19 | Duke | Randy Vernon knocks in the 3 from the right corner set up by Robert Bryant | 9-17 |
| 14:05 | Virginia Tech | Robert Rezendes comes up short on the jumpshot from the left side | 9-17 |
| 14:03 | Duke | The rebound goes to Ivan Wnukowski | 9-17 |
| 13:38 | Duke | Gary Beckham is hacked by Russell Strouse - foul #1 on Russell Strouse, team foul #5 | 9-17 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly (SG), James Parker (SF), Jerry Lee (PF), Kenny Maher (C) James Rausch, David Young, Russell Strouse, John Maddocks | |
| Subs | Duke | Daniel Johnson (PG), Peter Patton (SF), Henry Payne (C) Randy Vernon, Gary Beckham, Richard Hooley | |
| 13:21 | Duke | Peter Patton clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 9-17 |
| 13:20 | Virginia Tech | Jerry Lee grabs the defensive rebound | 9-17 |
| 13:14 | Virginia Tech | Jerry Lee makes the pull-up jumper from the left side set up by James Parker and he's hacked by Robert Bryant - foul #2 on Robert Bryant, team foul #3 | 11-17 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| Subs | Duke | Casey Smith (SG), Gary Beckham (PF) Ivan Wnukowski, Robert Bryant | |
| 13:14 | Virginia Tech | Jerry Lee makes the free throw | 12-17 |
| 12:58 | Duke | Gary Beckham can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 12-17 |
| 12:57 | Virginia Tech | Jerry Lee gets the rebound | 12-17 |
| 12:43 | Virginia Tech | James Parker clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 12-17 |
| 12:42 | Duke | Casey Smith grabs the defensive rebound | 12-17 |
| 12:22 | Duke | Henry Payne is whistled for a carry | 12-17 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Scott Baum (PG) Robert Rezendes | |
| Subs | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski (SG), Richard Hooley (C) Casey Smith, Gary Beckham | |
| 12:06 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 12-17 |
| 12:05 | Virginia Tech | James Parker hits the follow up shot | 14-17 |
| 11:47 | Duke | Kenny Maher steps in front of the Henry Payne pass | 14-17 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Scott Baum (fresh) SG - Brock Edgerly (fresh) 1 pts. SF - James Parker (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Jerry Lee (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Kenny Maher (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Daniel Johnson (fresh) SG - Ivan Wnukowski (fresh) SF - Peter Patton (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Henry Payne (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Richard Hooley (fresh) | |
| 11:22 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly scores on a jumpshot from just outside the lane on a great pass from Scott Baum | 16-17 |
| 11:15 | Duke | Peter Patton connects on the 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Ivan Wnukowski | 16-20 |
| 10:54 | Virginia Tech | Jerry Lee can't finish the layup | 16-20 |
| 10:52 | Duke | Peter Patton snags the defensive board | 16-20 |
| 10:47 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski double dribbles | 16-20 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Robert Rezendes (PG), James Rausch (SG), David Young (SF), Russell Strouse (PF), John Maddocks (C) Scott Baum, Brock Edgerly, James Parker, Jerry Lee, Kenny Maher | |
| Subs | Duke | Randy Vernon (PG), Casey Smith (SG), Gary Beckham (PF) Daniel Johnson, Ivan Wnukowski, Henry Payne | |
| 10:23 | Virginia Tech | James Rausch comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 16-20 |
| 10:21 | Duke | Peter Patton gets the rebound | 16-20 |
| 10:02 | Duke | Randy Vernon makes the 3pt attempt from the right wing on a great pass from Peter Patton | 16-23 |
| 09:57 | Virginia Tech | Robert Rezendes throws a bad pass out of bounds | 16-23 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Jerry Lee (PF) David Young | |
| Subs | Duke | Carter Squires (C) Richard Hooley | |
| 09:50 | Duke | Randy Vernon's fadeaway is rejected by Jerry Lee | 16-23 |
| 09:48 | Virginia Tech | John Maddocks pulls down the rebound | 16-23 |
| 09:30 | Virginia Tech | Russell Strouse comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 16-23 |
| 09:29 | Virginia Tech | The offensive rebound goes to Robert Rezendes | 16-23 |
| 09:12 | Virginia Tech | Robert Rezendes is whistled for a carry | 16-23 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly (SG), James Parker (SF), Kenny Maher (C) James Rausch, Russell Strouse, John Maddocks | |
| Subs | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski (SF), Henry Payne (C) Peter Patton, Carter Squires | |
| 08:51 | Duke | Gary Beckham misses badly on a fadeaway from close range | 16-23 |
| 08:49 | Virginia Tech | Kenny Maher gets the rebound | 16-23 |
| 08:43 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly buries a 3 from the left corner | 19-23 |
| 08:30 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski is hacked by James Parker - foul #1 on James Parker, team foul #6 | 19-23 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Scott Baum (PG) Robert Rezendes | |
| Subs | Duke | Richard Hooley (C) Gary Beckham | |
| 08:12 | Duke | Randy Vernon is whistled for a carry | 19-23 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Russell Strouse (PF) Jerry Lee | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 07:49 | Virginia Tech | James Parker loses the ball out of bounds | 19-23 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| Subs | Duke | Daniel Johnson (PG), Gary Beckham (PF) Randy Vernon, Henry Payne | |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Scott Baum (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Brock Edgerly (fresh) 6 pts. SF - James Parker (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Russell Strouse (fresh) C - Kenny Maher (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Daniel Johnson (fresh) SG - Casey Smith (fresh) SF - Ivan Wnukowski (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Gary Beckham (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. C - Richard Hooley (fresh) | |
| 07:26 | Duke | James Parker is called for the reach on Casey Smith - foul #2 on James Parker, team foul #7 | 19-23 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Robert Rezendes (PG), James Rausch (SG), John Maddocks (PF) Scott Baum, Brock Edgerly, James Parker | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 07:26 | Duke | Casey Smith makes the 1st free throw | 19-24 |
| 07:26 | Duke | Casey Smith misses the 2nd free throw | 19-24 |
| 07:26 | Virginia Tech | The rebound goes to Kenny Maher | 19-24 |
| 07:02 | Virginia Tech | Kenny Maher misses the dunk | 19-24 |
| 07:01 | Duke | Gary Beckham grabs the board | 19-24 |
| 06:45 | Duke | Gary Beckham scores on a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Daniel Johnson | 19-27 |
| 06:25 | Virginia Tech | Daniel Johnson takes the ball from Robert Rezendes | 19-27 |
| 06:15 | Duke | Gary Beckham hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right side but he's hacked by John Maddocks - foul #1 on John Maddocks, team foul #8 | 19-27 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly (SG), Jerry Lee (PF) James Rausch, Kenny Maher | |
| Subs | Duke | Randy Vernon (PG), Peter Patton (SF), Robert Bryant (PF), Henry Payne (C) Daniel Johnson, Casey Smith, Ivan Wnukowski, Richard Hooley | |
| 06:15 | Duke | Gary Beckham misses the 1st free throw | 19-27 |
| 06:15 | Duke | Gary Beckham makes the 2nd free throw | 19-28 |
| 06:03 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly double dribbles | 19-28 |
| 05:46 | Duke | Gary Beckham clanks a fadeaway from the left side but he's hacked by Brock Edgerly - foul #2 on Brock Edgerly, team foul #9 | 19-28 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Scott Baum (PG), James Rausch (SG), David Young (SF) Robert Rezendes, Brock Edgerly, Russell Strouse | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 05:46 | Duke | Gary Beckham makes the 1st free throw | 19-29 |
| 05:46 | Duke | Gary Beckham misses the 2nd free throw | 19-29 |
| 05:46 | Virginia Tech | Jerry Lee grabs the defensive rebound | 19-29 |
| 05:20 | Virginia Tech | Gary Beckham steps in front of the Jerry Lee pass | 19-29 |
| 05:16 | Duke | Peter Patton lays it up and in on a great pass from Gary Beckham | 19-31 |
| 05:01 | Virginia Tech | David Young is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on David Young, team foul #10 | 19-31 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Kenny Maher (C) John Maddocks | |
| Subs | Duke | Casey Smith (SG) Gary Beckham | |
| 04:50 | Duke | Randy Vernon buries a shot from the right wing set up by Peter Patton | 19-33 |
| 04:29 | Virginia Tech | Kenny Maher misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 19-33 |
| 04:28 | Virginia Tech | Jerry Lee tips it in | 21-33 |
| 04:12 | Duke | David Young steps in front of the Peter Patton pass | 21-33 |
| 03:47 | Virginia Tech | Kenny Maher double dribbles | 21-33 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Daryl Hooser (PG), Brock Edgerly (SG), James Parker (SF) Scott Baum, James Rausch, David Young | |
| Subs | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski (SF), Richard Hooley (C) Peter Patton, Henry Payne | |
| 03:32 | Duke | Robert Bryant hits a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 21-35 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Daryl Hooser (fresh) SG - Brock Edgerly (fresh) 6 pts. SF - James Parker (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Jerry Lee (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Kenny Maher (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Randy Vernon (fresh) 13 pts. SG - Casey Smith (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Ivan Wnukowski (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Robert Bryant (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Richard Hooley (fresh) | |
| 03:28 | Virginia Tech | James Parker comes up short on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 21-35 |
| 03:27 | Duke | Robert Bryant grabs the defensive rebound | 21-35 |
| 03:19 | Duke | Randy Vernon clanks a 3 from straight away | 21-35 |
| 03:17 | Virginia Tech | James Parker snags the defensive board | 21-35 |
| 03:10 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 21-35 |
| 03:09 | Virginia Tech | Daryl Hooser gets the offensive rebound | 21-35 |
| 03:00 | Virginia Tech | Kenny Maher comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 21-35 |
| 02:59 | Duke | The rebound goes to Richard Hooley | 21-35 |
| 02:52 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski misses the dunk | 21-35 |
| 02:51 | Duke | Richard Hooley misses the tip | 21-35 |
| 02:49 | Virginia Tech | James Parker grabs the board | 21-35 |
| 02:42 | Virginia Tech | Jerry Lee scores on a 3pt shot from the right corner on a nice dish by Brock Edgerly | 24-35 |
| 02:18 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left side | 24-35 |
| 02:16 | Duke | Robert Bryant gets the offensive rebound | 24-35 |
| 01:59 | Duke | Richard Hooley steps out of bounds on the baseline | 24-35 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Russell Strouse (PF), John Maddocks (C) Jerry Lee, Kenny Maher | |
| Subs | Duke | Daniel Johnson (PG), Gary Beckham (SG) Randy Vernon, Casey Smith | |
| 01:43 | Virginia Tech | Daniel Johnson steps in front of the Russell Strouse pass | 24-35 |
| 01:34 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski misses the dunk attempt but he's hacked by Daryl Hooser - foul #3 on Daryl Hooser, team foul #11 | 24-35 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Robert Rezendes (PG) Daryl Hooser | |
| Subs | Duke | Peter Patton (SF), Henry Payne (C) Robert Bryant, Richard Hooley | |
| 01:34 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski makes the 1st free throw | 24-36 |
| 01:34 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski misses the 2nd free throw | 24-36 |
| 01:34 | Virginia Tech | John Maddocks pulls down the rebound | 24-36 |
| 01:18 | Virginia Tech | James Parker drills a jumper from the left side set up by Robert Rezendes | 26-36 |
| 01:11 | Duke | Daniel Johnson throws it down on a nice dish by Ivan Wnukowski | 26-38 |
| 01:06 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 26-38 |
| 01:05 | Duke | Daniel Johnson grabs the board | 26-38 |
| 00:41 | Duke | Peter Patton loses the dribble to John Maddocks | 26-38 |
| 00:29 | Virginia Tech | Ivan Wnukowski takes the ball from Russell Strouse | 26-38 |
| 00:04 | Duke | Henry Payne buries a turnaround from close range | 26-40 |
| 00:00 | Virginia Tech | James Parker hits the front of the rim on the halfcourt shot | 26-40 |