| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Louis Balsamo (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Thomas Bolden (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jeffrey Smith (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Edward Karst (fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. C - Harold Lovett (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Russell Lines (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Caleb Solorio (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Gary Shiflet (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - David Evans (fresh) 1 pts. C - Daniel McElligott (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Virginia Tech | Jeffrey Smith inbounds the ball | 27-26 |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:38 | Virginia Tech | Edward Karst can't connect on a shot from close range | 27-26 |
| 19:36 | Virginia Tech | Harold Lovett hits the follow up shot | 29-26 |
| 19:13 | Buffalo | Russell Lines knocks in the fadeaway from the left block set up by Gary Shiflet and the foul's on Jeffrey Smith - foul #2 on Jeffrey Smith, team foul #1 | 29-28 |
| 19:13 | Buffalo | Russell Lines makes the free throw | 29-29 |
| 19:11 | Virginia Tech | Louis Balsamo is hacked by Russell Lines in the backcourt - foul #2 on Russell Lines, team foul #1 | 29-29 |
| 18:56 | Virginia Tech | Harold Lovett drills a shot from the left side set up by Louis Balsamo | 31-29 |
| 18:37 | Buffalo | Russell Lines misses short on a 3 from the left corner | 31-29 |
| 18:35 | Buffalo | The offensive rebound goes to Caleb Solorio | 31-29 |
| 18:27 | Buffalo | Russell Lines misses the jumper from the right wing | 31-29 |
| 18:26 | Buffalo | Daniel McElligott hits the follow up shot | 31-31 |
| 18:06 | Virginia Tech | Jeffrey Smith misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 31-31 |
| 18:04 | Buffalo | Gary Shiflet pulls down the rebound | 31-31 |
| 17:48 | Buffalo | Gary Shiflet hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 31-31 |
| 17:47 | Virginia Tech | Harold Lovett pulls down the rebound | 31-31 |
| 17:29 | Virginia Tech | Thomas Bolden makes the jumper from the baseline set up by Jeffrey Smith and he's hacked by Caleb Solorio - foul #1 on Caleb Solorio, team foul #2 | 33-31 |
| 17:29 | Virginia Tech | Thomas Bolden misses the free throw | 33-31 |
| 17:29 | Buffalo | Daniel McElligott gets the rebound | 33-31 |
| 17:16 | Buffalo | Thomas Bolden takes the ball from David Evans | 33-31 |
| 16:48 | Virginia Tech | Edward Karst comes up short on the jumper from the left side | 33-31 |
| 16:47 | Virginia Tech | Jeffrey Smith snags the offensive board | 33-31 |
| 16:30 | Virginia Tech | The short jumper by Thomas Bolden is denied by Daniel McElligott | 33-31 |
| 16:28 | Virginia Tech | Thomas Bolden grabs the offensive rebound | 33-31 |
| 16:00 | Virginia Tech | Thomas Bolden is fouled on the floor by Russell Lines - foul #3 on Russell Lines, team foul #3 | 33-31 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Michael Grenz (PG), Joseph Radford (SG), Sergio Moreno (SF), Thomas Campbell (C) Louis Balsamo, Thomas Bolden, Jeffrey Smith, Harold Lovett | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Michael McOmber (PG), Fred Williams (SG), Thomas Patel (SF), Daniel Midgett (PF), James Zehrbach (C) Russell Lines, Caleb Solorio, Gary Shiflet, David Evans, Daniel McElligott | |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Michael Grenz (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Joseph Radford (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Sergio Moreno (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Edward Karst (fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. C - Thomas Campbell (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Michael McOmber (fresh) SG - Fred Williams (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Thomas Patel (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Daniel Midgett (fresh) 2 pts. C - James Zehrbach (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 15:36 | Virginia Tech | Joseph Radford misses short on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Thomas Patel - foul #1 on Thomas Patel, team foul #4 | 33-31 |
| 15:36 | Virginia Tech | Joseph Radford makes the 1st free throw | 34-31 |
| 15:36 | Virginia Tech | Joseph Radford makes the 2nd free throw | 35-31 |
| 15:22 | Buffalo | Fred Williams misses the jump hook in the lane but the foul's on Joseph Radford - foul #1 on Joseph Radford, team foul #2 | 35-31 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Robert Perrotta (C) Edward Karst | |
| Subs | Buffalo | | |
| 15:22 | Buffalo | Fred Williams misses the 1st free throw | 35-31 |
| 15:22 | Buffalo | Fred Williams makes the 2nd free throw | 35-32 |
| 14:56 | Virginia Tech | Thomas Campbell knocks in the fadeaway from the left block | 37-32 |
| 14:45 | Buffalo | Thomas Campbell swats the layup by Fred Williams | 37-32 |
| 14:43 | Virginia Tech | Sergio Moreno grabs the defensive rebound | 37-32 |
| 14:29 | Virginia Tech | Thomas Campbell connects on the jump hook from the baseline and the foul's on Thomas Patel - foul #2 on Thomas Patel, team foul #5 | 39-32 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Thomas Bolden (SG), Jeffrey Smith (SF), Edward Karst (PF) Joseph Radford, Sergio Moreno, Robert Perrotta | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Russell Lines (PG), Caleb Solorio (SG), Gary Shiflet (SF), David Evans (PF) Fred Williams, Michael McOmber, Thomas Patel, James Zehrbach | |
| 14:29 | Virginia Tech | Thomas Campbell makes the free throw | 40-32 |
| 14:12 | Buffalo | Caleb Solorio double dribbles | 40-32 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Louis Balsamo (PG) Michael Grenz | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Daniel McElligott (C) Daniel Midgett | |
| 13:46 | Virginia Tech | Edward Karst's fadeaway is rejected by Daniel McElligott | 40-32 |
| 13:44 | Buffalo | The rebound goes to David Evans | 40-32 |
| 13:24 | Buffalo | Caleb Solorio knocks in the floater from the right side on a nice dish by Russell Lines | 40-34 |
| 13:22 | Virginia Tech | Russell Lines is called for the reach on Louis Balsamo in the backcourt - foul #4 on Russell Lines, team foul #6 | 40-34 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Harold Lovett (C) Thomas Campbell | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Michael McOmber (PG) Russell Lines | |
| 13:08 | Virginia Tech | Edward Karst is whistled for traveling | 40-34 |
| 12:42 | Buffalo | David Evans scores on a turnaround from the baseline on a great pass from Daniel McElligott | 40-36 |
| 12:17 | Virginia Tech | Jeffrey Smith makes the 3 pointer from straight away | 43-36 |
| 12:00 | Buffalo | Caleb Solorio misses the jumper from the right side but the foul's on Louis Balsamo - foul #3 on Louis Balsamo, team foul #3 | 43-36 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Michael Grenz (PG), Joseph Radford (SG), Sergio Moreno (SF) Louis Balsamo, Thomas Bolden, Jeffrey Smith | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Fred Williams (SF), Daniel Midgett (PF), James Zehrbach (C) Gary Shiflet, David Evans, Daniel McElligott | |
| 12:00 | Buffalo | Caleb Solorio misses the 1st free throw | 43-36 |
| 12:00 | Buffalo | Caleb Solorio makes the 2nd free throw | 43-37 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Michael Grenz (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Joseph Radford (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Sergio Moreno (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Edward Karst (fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. C - Harold Lovett (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Michael McOmber (fresh) SG - Caleb Solorio (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Fred Williams (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Daniel Midgett (fresh) 2 pts. C - James Zehrbach (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 11:35 | Virginia Tech | Michael McOmber steals the ball from Joseph Radford | 43-37 |
| 11:16 | Buffalo | Caleb Solorio scores on a 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Michael McOmber | 43-40 |
| 10:59 | Virginia Tech | Joseph Radford buries a fadeaway from the left side set up by Michael Grenz | 45-40 |
| 10:40 | Buffalo | Caleb Solorio misses the shot from the right side | 45-40 |
| 10:39 | Virginia Tech | Sergio Moreno grabs the defensive rebound | 45-40 |
| 10:36 | Virginia Tech | Michael Grenz throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 45-40 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Thomas Bolden (SG), Jeffrey Smith (SF), Thomas Campbell (PF), Robert Perrotta (C) Joseph Radford, Sergio Moreno, Edward Karst, Harold Lovett | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Gary Shiflet (SF), David Evans (PF), Daniel McElligott (C) Caleb Solorio, Daniel Midgett, James Zehrbach | |
| 10:28 | Buffalo | Jeffrey Smith is called for the reach on Gary Shiflet - foul #3 on Jeffrey Smith, team foul #4 | 45-40 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Louis Balsamo (PG) Michael Grenz | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Thomas Patel (SG) Michael McOmber | |
| 10:10 | Buffalo | Thomas Patel clanks a 3 from the left corner | 45-40 |
| 10:09 | Virginia Tech | Robert Perrotta gets the rebound | 45-40 |
| 09:48 | Virginia Tech | Jeffrey Smith misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 45-40 |
| 09:47 | Buffalo | Gary Shiflet snags the defensive board | 45-40 |
| 09:27 | Buffalo | Thomas Patel hits a 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Fred Williams | 45-43 |
| 09:22 | Virginia Tech | Louis Balsamo misses short on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 45-43 |
| 09:21 | Virginia Tech | Thomas Campbell tips it in | 47-43 |
| 08:57 | Buffalo | Daniel McElligott is whistled for a carry | 47-43 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Joseph Radford (SG), Edward Karst (PF), Harold Lovett (C) Thomas Bolden, Thomas Campbell, Robert Perrotta | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Michael McOmber (PG), Caleb Solorio (SG) Fred Williams, Thomas Patel | |
| 08:35 | Virginia Tech | Edward Karst jams it and the foul's on David Evans - foul #2 on David Evans, team foul #7 | 49-43 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Michael Grenz (PG) Louis Balsamo | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Thomas Patel (SF), Daniel Midgett (C) Gary Shiflet, Daniel McElligott | |
| 08:35 | Virginia Tech | Edward Karst makes the free throw | 50-43 |
| 08:10 | Buffalo | David Evans buries a runner from the left block set up by Michael McOmber | 50-45 |
| 07:55 | Virginia Tech | Jeffrey Smith knocks in the 3 from straight away | 53-45 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Michael Grenz (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Joseph Radford (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jeffrey Smith (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. PF - Edward Karst (fresh) 15 pts. 6 reb. C - Harold Lovett (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Michael McOmber (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Caleb Solorio (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Thomas Patel (fresh) 4 pts. PF - David Evans (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Daniel Midgett (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 07:38 | Buffalo | Caleb Solorio misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 53-45 |
| 07:36 | Buffalo | David Evans hits the follow up shot | 53-47 |
| 07:19 | Virginia Tech | Edward Karst's layup is rejected by Thomas Patel | 53-47 |
| 07:18 | Buffalo | Thomas Patel snags the defensive board | 53-47 |
| 06:58 | Buffalo | Michael McOmber can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 53-47 |
| 06:57 | Virginia Tech | Harold Lovett grabs the defensive rebound | 53-47 |
| 06:42 | Virginia Tech | Edward Karst misses the easy layup | 53-47 |
| 06:41 | Buffalo | Michael McOmber pulls down the rebound | 53-47 |
| 06:29 | Buffalo | Thomas Patel loses the ball out of bounds | 53-47 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Louis Balsamo (PG), Thomas Bolden (SG), Thomas Campbell (C) Joseph Radford, Jeffrey Smith, Harold Lovett | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Russell Lines (PG), Gary Shiflet (SF), Daniel McElligott (C) Michael McOmber, Thomas Patel, David Evans | |
| 06:00 | Virginia Tech | Edward Karst comes up short on the shot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Daniel Midgett - foul #2 on Daniel Midgett, team foul #8 | 53-47 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Sergio Moreno (SF) Michael Grenz | |
| Subs | Buffalo | | |
| 06:00 | Virginia Tech | Edward Karst misses the 1st free throw | 53-47 |
| 06:00 | Virginia Tech | Edward Karst misses the 2nd free throw | 53-47 |
| 06:00 | Buffalo | The rebound goes to Daniel Midgett | 53-47 |
| 05:44 | Buffalo | Daniel McElligott scores on a jumper in the lane on a nice dish by Caleb Solorio | 53-49 |
| 05:20 | Virginia Tech | Edward Karst jams it | 55-49 |
| 04:58 | Buffalo | Louis Balsamo is called for the reach on Russell Lines - foul #4 on Louis Balsamo, team foul #5 | 55-49 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Joseph Radford (SF) Sergio Moreno | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Michael McOmber (SG), Thomas Patel (PF) Caleb Solorio, Daniel Midgett | |
| 04:38 | Buffalo | Michael McOmber's pass is intercepted by Louis Balsamo | 55-49 |
| 04:18 | Virginia Tech | Joseph Radford is hacked by Michael McOmber - foul #2 on Michael McOmber, team foul #9 | 55-49 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Jeffrey Smith (SF), Harold Lovett (C) Thomas Bolden, Edward Karst | |
| Subs | Buffalo | David Evans (PF) Thomas Patel | |
| 04:18 | Virginia Tech | Joseph Radford misses the 1st free throw | 55-49 |
| 04:18 | Buffalo | David Evans gets the rebound | 55-49 |
| 04:10 | Buffalo | David Evans hits a shot from the left block set up by Russell Lines | 55-51 |
| 03:46 | Virginia Tech | Jeffrey Smith clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 55-51 |
| 03:44 | Buffalo | David Evans snags the defensive board | 55-51 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Louis Balsamo (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. 4 pf. SG - Joseph Radford (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jeffrey Smith (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. PF - Thomas Campbell (fresh) 7 pts. C - Harold Lovett (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Russell Lines (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. 4 pf. SG - Michael McOmber (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Gary Shiflet (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. PF - David Evans (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. C - Daniel McElligott (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 03:21 | Buffalo | Michael McOmber connects on the shot from the left side on a great pass from Russell Lines | 55-53 |
| 02:58 | Virginia Tech | Thomas Campbell clanks a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on David Evans - foul #3 on David Evans, team foul #10 | 55-53 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Michael Grenz (PG), Thomas Bolden (SG) Louis Balsamo, Joseph Radford | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Caleb Solorio (SG), Fred Williams (SF), Daniel Midgett (C) Michael McOmber, Gary Shiflet, Daniel McElligott | |
| 02:58 | Virginia Tech | Thomas Campbell makes the 1st free throw | 56-53 |
| 02:58 | Virginia Tech | Thomas Campbell misses the 2nd free throw | 56-53 |
| 02:58 | Buffalo | David Evans pulls down the rebound | 56-53 |
| 02:58 | Buffalo | Buffalo calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 56-53 |
| 02:44 | Buffalo | Caleb Solorio misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 56-53 |
| 02:43 | Buffalo | Daniel Midgett grabs the offensive board | 56-53 |
| 02:22 | Buffalo | Caleb Solorio misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 56-53 |
| 02:21 | Buffalo | Daniel Midgett tips it but misses | 56-53 |
| 02:19 | Buffalo | Fred Williams tips it but misses | 56-53 |
| 02:17 | Virginia Tech | Jeffrey Smith gets the rebound | 56-53 |
| 02:17 | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 56-53 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Louis Balsamo (PG), Edward Karst (PF) Michael Grenz, Thomas Campbell | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Gary Shiflet (SF), Daniel McElligott (C) Fred Williams, Daniel Midgett | |
| 02:02 | Virginia Tech | Edward Karst clanks a jumpshot from the left wing | 56-53 |
| 02:00 | Buffalo | Daniel McElligott snags the defensive board | 56-53 |
| 01:46 | Buffalo | Russell Lines misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 56-53 |
| 01:45 | Buffalo | David Evans pulls down the offensive rebound | 56-53 |
| 01:33 | Buffalo | David Evans comes up short on the jumper in the paint | 56-53 |
| 01:31 | Buffalo | Daniel McElligott can't tip it in | 56-53 |
| 01:29 | Buffalo | David Evans tips it in | 56-55 |
| 01:06 | Virginia Tech | Russell Lines steals it from Thomas Bolden | 56-55 |
| 00:53 | Buffalo | Gary Shiflet lays it up and in set up by Caleb Solorio | 56-57 |
| 00:41 | Virginia Tech | Thomas Bolden clanks a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 56-57 |
| 00:40 | Buffalo | Daniel McElligott gets the rebound | 56-57 |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:20 | Buffalo | David Evans misses badly on a shot from the left block but he's hacked by Harold Lovett - foul #3 on Harold Lovett, team foul #6 | 56-57 |
| 00:20 | Buffalo | David Evans makes the 1st free throw | 56-58 |
| 00:20 | Buffalo | David Evans makes the 2nd free throw | 56-59 |
| 00:01 | Virginia Tech | Jeffrey Smith comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 56-59 |
| 00:00 | Buffalo | The rebound goes to David Evans | 56-59 |