| Lineup | Duke | PG - John Koop (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Gordon (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Marlon Wilder (fresh) 3 pts. PF - John Belanger (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Denver Myles (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Jonathan Morgan (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Owens (fresh) SF - Brent Pisano (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Dikembe Abdullah (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Alfred Carmichael (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Northern Iowa | Brent Pisano inbounds the ball | 31-19 |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:41 | Northern Iowa | Alfred Carmichael clanks a runner from the left block | 31-19 |
| 19:39 | Duke | Marlon Wilder grabs the defensive rebound | 31-19 |
| 19:12 | Duke | John Koop hits a 3pt shot from the right corner on a nice dish by Michael Gordon | 34-19 |
| 18:47 | Northern Iowa | Dikembe Abdullah loses the ball out of bounds | 34-19 |
| 18:23 | Duke | Marlon Wilder is hacked by Brent Pisano - foul #2 on Brent Pisano, team foul #1 | 34-19 |
| 18:10 | Duke | Michael Gordon is fouled on the floor by Dikembe Abdullah - foul #1 on Dikembe Abdullah, team foul #2 | 34-19 |
| 17:47 | Duke | John Koop buries a 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Michael Gordon | 37-19 |
| 17:31 | Northern Iowa | Alfred Carmichael hits a jumper from the baseline on a great pass from John Owens and he's hacked by Michael Gordon - foul #1 on Michael Gordon, team foul #1 | 37-21 |
| 17:31 | Northern Iowa | Alfred Carmichael makes the free throw | 37-22 |
| 17:10 | Duke | John Koop hits a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 40-22 |
| 16:48 | Northern Iowa | Dikembe Abdullah clanks a 3pt shot from the right wing | 40-22 |
| 16:46 | Duke | Marlon Wilder snags the defensive board | 40-22 |
| 16:20 | Duke | Michael Gordon is hacked by John Owens - foul #3 on John Owens, team foul #3 | 40-22 |
| Subs | Duke | Richard Mizelle (SG), Kenneth Unrein (SF), Michael Massey (C) Michael Gordon, Marlon Wilder, Denver Myles | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Manuel Mitchell (PG), Kamau Ali (SG), Ralph Bodnar (SF), Robert Gipson (PF), David Clements (C) Jonathan Morgan, John Owens, Brent Pisano, Dikembe Abdullah, Alfred Carmichael | |
| 16:01 | Duke | Richard Mizelle hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 40-22 |
| 15:59 | Duke | John Koop tips it but misses | 40-22 |
| 15:57 | Duke | Kenneth Unrein misses the tip | 40-22 |
| 15:55 | Northern Iowa | Robert Gipson pulls down the rebound | 40-22 |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - John Koop (fresh) 17 pts. 2 ast. SG - Richard Mizelle (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Kenneth Unrein (fresh) 5 reb. PF - John Belanger (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Michael Massey (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Manuel Mitchell (fresh) SG - Kamau Ali (fresh) SF - Ralph Bodnar (fresh) PF - Robert Gipson (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - David Clements (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:32 | Northern Iowa | David Clements clanks a jumper from the free throw line | 40-22 |
| 15:31 | Duke | Michael Massey grabs the defensive rebound | 40-22 |
| 15:24 | Duke | Richard Mizelle hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 40-22 |
| 15:23 | Northern Iowa | Robert Gipson grabs the board | 40-22 |
| 15:17 | Northern Iowa | Kamau Ali knocks in the 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Manuel Mitchell | 40-25 |
| 15:04 | Duke | John Koop hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left block but he's fouled by Manuel Mitchell - foul #2 on Manuel Mitchell, team foul #4 | 40-25 |
| Subs | Duke | Michael Gordon (SG) Richard Mizelle | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Jonathan Morgan (PG), John Owens (SG), Brent Pisano (SF) Manuel Mitchell, Kamau Ali, Ralph Bodnar | |
| 15:04 | Duke | John Koop makes the 1st free throw | 41-25 |
| 15:04 | Duke | John Koop makes the 2nd free throw | 42-25 |
| 14:51 | Northern Iowa | Robert Gipson blows the layup | 42-25 |
| 14:50 | Northern Iowa | Brent Pisano tips it in | 42-27 |
| 14:28 | Duke | John Koop misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 42-27 |
| 14:27 | Northern Iowa | David Clements pulls down the rebound | 42-27 |
| 14:21 | Northern Iowa | John Owens misses the lay-in but the foul's on Michael Gordon - foul #2 on Michael Gordon, team foul #2 | 42-27 |
| Subs | Duke | Marlon Wilder (SF) Kenneth Unrein | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Dikembe Abdullah (PF), Alfred Carmichael (C) Robert Gipson, David Clements | |
| 14:21 | Northern Iowa | John Owens makes the 1st free throw | 42-28 |
| 14:21 | Northern Iowa | John Owens makes the 2nd free throw | 42-29 |
| 13:59 | Duke | John Koop misses long on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 42-29 |
| 13:57 | Duke | John Belanger grabs the offensive rebound | 42-29 |
| 13:36 | Duke | John Koop misses the fadeaway from the right wing | 42-29 |
| 13:34 | Duke | Michael Gordon can't tip it in | 42-29 |
| 13:32 | Northern Iowa | Brent Pisano snags the defensive board | 42-29 |
| 13:21 | Northern Iowa | Brent Pisano clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 42-29 |
| 13:20 | Duke | Michael Massey gets the rebound | 42-29 |
| 13:06 | Duke | Marlon Wilder knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left wing set up by Michael Gordon | 45-29 |
| 12:51 | Northern Iowa | John Belanger denies the turnaround by Brent Pisano | 45-29 |
| 12:50 | Northern Iowa | Dikembe Abdullah grabs the offensive rebound | 45-29 |
| 12:35 | Northern Iowa | Brent Pisano misses badly on a driving attempt from the left block | 45-29 |
| 12:34 | Duke | Michael Massey pulls down the rebound | 45-29 |
| 12:05 | Duke | John Koop hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 45-29 |
| 12:03 | Duke | Marlon Wilder pulls down the offensive rebound | 45-29 |
| 11:48 | Duke | Marlon Wilder misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 45-29 |
| 11:47 | Duke | Michael Gordon misses the tip | 45-29 |
| 11:45 | Northern Iowa | Dikembe Abdullah snags the defensive board | 45-29 |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - John Koop (fairly fresh) 19 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Gordon (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Marlon Wilder (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. PF - John Belanger (tiring) 2 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Michael Massey (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Jonathan Morgan (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Owens (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Brent Pisano (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Dikembe Abdullah (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. C - Alfred Carmichael (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:25 | Northern Iowa | Alfred Carmichael misses the easy layup | 45-29 |
| 11:23 | Duke | Marlon Wilder gets the rebound | 45-29 |
| 10:59 | Duke | John Belanger hits a pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by John Koop | 47-29 |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 10:52 | Northern Iowa | Michael Gordon picks off the pass by John Owens | 47-29 |
| 10:29 | Duke | Michael Gordon connects on the fadeaway in the lane set up by Marlon Wilder | 49-29 |
| 10:10 | Northern Iowa | John Owens's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 49-29 |
| Subs | Duke | Richard Mizelle (SG), Kenneth Unrein (SF), Denver Myles (C) Michael Gordon, Marlon Wilder, Michael Massey | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Manuel Mitchell (PG), Kamau Ali (SG), Ralph Bodnar (SF), Robert Gipson (PF), David Clements (C) Jonathan Morgan, John Owens, Brent Pisano, Dikembe Abdullah, Alfred Carmichael | |
| 09:43 | Duke | Richard Mizelle connects on the 3 pointer from straight away set up by Kenneth Unrein | 52-29 |
| 09:39 | Northern Iowa | Kamau Ali misses short on a shot from the left side but the foul's on John Belanger - foul #2 on John Belanger, team foul #3 | 52-29 |
| Subs | Duke | Emilio Santiago (PG) John Koop | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| 09:39 | Northern Iowa | Kamau Ali misses the 1st free throw | 52-29 |
| 09:39 | Northern Iowa | Kamau Ali misses the 2nd free throw | 52-29 |
| 09:39 | Duke | John Belanger snags the defensive board | 52-29 |
| 09:14 | Duke | John Belanger is hacked by David Clements - foul #1 on David Clements, team foul #5 | 52-29 |
| 08:45 | Duke | Richard Mizelle clanks a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 52-29 |
| 08:43 | Northern Iowa | Robert Gipson grabs the defensive rebound | 52-29 |
| 08:26 | Northern Iowa | Richard Mizelle takes the ball from Ralph Bodnar | 52-29 |
| 07:59 | Duke | Richard Mizelle clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 52-29 |
| 07:58 | Northern Iowa | Ralph Bodnar grabs the defensive rebound | 52-29 |
| 07:45 | Northern Iowa | Robert Gipson hits a shot near the basket | 52-31 |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Emilio Santiago (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Richard Mizelle (fresh) 9 pts. SF - Kenneth Unrein (fresh) 5 reb. PF - John Belanger (tiring) 4 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. C - Denver Myles (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Manuel Mitchell (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Kamau Ali (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Ralph Bodnar (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Robert Gipson (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - David Clements (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 07:19 | Duke | Richard Mizelle drills a 3 pointer from the right corner | 55-31 |
| 07:04 | Northern Iowa | David Clements misses badly on a turnaround in the paint | 55-31 |
| 07:03 | Duke | Richard Mizelle grabs the board | 55-31 |
| 06:43 | Duke | Ralph Bodnar is called for the reach on Richard Mizelle - foul #1 on Ralph Bodnar, team foul #6 | 55-31 |
| Subs | Duke | Michael Massey (PF), Frederick Barr (C) John Belanger, Denver Myles | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Troy Flint (SG), Daniel Bennett (C) Ralph Bodnar, David Clements | |
| 06:18 | Duke | Richard Mizelle misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 55-31 |
| 06:16 | Northern Iowa | Robert Gipson grabs the board | 55-31 |
| 05:56 | Northern Iowa | Kamau Ali misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 55-31 |
| 05:55 | Duke | The rebound goes to Richard Mizelle | 55-31 |
| 05:53 | Duke | Emilio Santiago is fouled in the backcourt by Manuel Mitchell - foul #3 on Manuel Mitchell, team foul #7 | 55-31 |
| 05:53 | Duke | Emilio Santiago misses the 1st free throw | 55-31 |
| 05:53 | Northern Iowa | Daniel Bennett snags the defensive board | 55-31 |
| 05:32 | Northern Iowa | Kenneth Unrein steps in front of the Kamau Ali pass | 55-31 |
| 05:29 | Duke | Richard Mizelle lays it in on a nice dish by Kenneth Unrein | 57-31 |
| 05:22 | Northern Iowa | Troy Flint misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 57-31 |
| 05:21 | Northern Iowa | Robert Gipson tips it back up and in | 57-33 |
| 05:02 | Duke | Richard Mizelle connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Emilio Santiago | 59-33 |
| 04:43 | Northern Iowa | Daniel Bennett drills a runner in the paint and he's fouled by Michael Massey - foul #3 on Michael Massey, team foul #4 | 59-35 |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Ralph Bodnar (SF) Kamau Ali | |
| 04:43 | Northern Iowa | Daniel Bennett makes the free throw | 59-36 |
| 04:26 | Duke | Richard Mizelle is fouled on the floor by Troy Flint - foul #1 on Troy Flint, team foul #8 | 59-36 |
| 04:26 | Duke | Richard Mizelle misses the 1st free throw | 59-36 |
| 04:26 | Northern Iowa | Robert Gipson gets the rebound | 59-36 |
| 04:11 | Northern Iowa | Ralph Bodnar double dribbles | 59-36 |
| 03:45 | Duke | Michael Massey misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Daniel Bennett - foul #1 on Daniel Bennett, team foul #9 | 59-36 |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Kamau Ali (SG), David Clements (PF) Troy Flint, Robert Gipson | |
| 03:45 | Duke | Michael Massey misses the 1st free throw | 59-36 |
| 03:45 | Duke | Michael Massey makes the 2nd free throw | 60-36 |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Emilio Santiago (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SG - Richard Mizelle (fairly fresh) 16 pts. SF - Kenneth Unrein (fairly fresh) 5 reb. PF - Michael Massey (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Frederick Barr (fairly fresh) 5 pts. | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Manuel Mitchell (fairly fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Kamau Ali (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Ralph Bodnar (fresh) 2 reb. PF - David Clements (fresh) 3 reb. C - Daniel Bennett (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:35 | Northern Iowa | David Clements clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner but he's hacked by Michael Massey - foul #4 on Michael Massey, team foul #5 | 60-36 |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Robert Gipson (C) Daniel Bennett | |
| 03:35 | Northern Iowa | David Clements makes the 1st free throw | 60-37 |
| 03:35 | Northern Iowa | David Clements makes the 2nd free throw | 60-38 |
| 03:35 | Northern Iowa | David Clements makes the 3rd free throw | 60-39 |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:13 | Duke | Richard Mizelle drills a 3 pointer from straight away | 63-39 |
| 02:53 | Northern Iowa | Robert Gipson misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 63-39 |
| 02:51 | Northern Iowa | Kamau Ali tips it in | 63-41 |
| 02:37 | Duke | Emilio Santiago is fouled on the floor by Kamau Ali - foul #1 on Kamau Ali, team foul #10 | 63-41 |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Daniel Bennett (C) Robert Gipson | |
| 02:37 | Duke | Emilio Santiago makes the 1st free throw | 64-41 |
| 02:37 | Duke | Emilio Santiago makes the 2nd free throw | 65-41 |
| 02:20 | Northern Iowa | Daniel Bennett comes up short on the jumper from the right wing | 65-41 |
| 02:19 | Duke | Frederick Barr grabs the board | 65-41 |
| 01:54 | Duke | Richard Mizelle is whistled for traveling | 65-41 |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Robert Gipson (PF) Daniel Bennett | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 01:39 | Northern Iowa | Kamau Ali knocks in the shot in the lane on a nice dish by Ralph Bodnar | 65-43 |
| 01:15 | Duke | Richard Mizelle misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 65-43 |
| 01:13 | Northern Iowa | Robert Gipson gets the rebound | 65-43 |
| 00:48 | Northern Iowa | Ralph Bodnar misses long on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 65-43 |
| 00:46 | Duke | Emilio Santiago pulls down the rebound | 65-43 |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:22 | Duke | Robert Gipson swats the shot by Richard Mizelle | 65-43 |
| 00:20 | Duke | Emilio Santiago grabs the offensive rebound | 65-43 |
| 00:00 | Duke | Emilio Santiago runs out the clock | 65-43 |