| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Larry Brown (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Brock Edgerly (fresh) 1 ast. SF - James Parker (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. PF - Russell Strouse (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - John Maddocks (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Peter Patton (fresh) 4 pts. 5 ast. SG - Ivan Wnukowski (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Paul Beattie (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Robert Bryant (fresh) 4 pts. C - Francis Brown (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Virginia Tech | James Parker inbounds the ball | 33-29 |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:41 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 33-29 |
| 19:16 | Duke | Francis Brown scores on a shot in the paint | 33-31 |
| 19:05 | Virginia Tech | James Parker misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 33-31 |
| 19:03 | Virginia Tech | James Parker snags the offensive board | 33-31 |
| 18:48 | Virginia Tech | John Maddocks is called for 3 seconds | 33-31 |
| 18:21 | Duke | Paul Beattie banks in the layup | 33-33 |
| 18:06 | Virginia Tech | Francis Brown swats the layup by Brock Edgerly | 33-33 |
| 18:04 | Duke | Francis Brown grabs the defensive rebound | 33-33 |
| 17:49 | Duke | Paul Beattie misses the easy layup | 33-33 |
| 17:48 | Virginia Tech | James Parker grabs the defensive rebound | 33-33 |
| 17:43 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly loses the dribble to Ivan Wnukowski | 33-33 |
| 17:18 | Duke | Robert Bryant connects on the driving attempt in the lane on a nice dish by Peter Patton and he's fouled by Russell Strouse - foul #2 on Russell Strouse, team foul #1 | 33-35 |
| 17:18 | Duke | Robert Bryant makes the free throw | 33-36 |
| 16:52 | Virginia Tech | Larry Brown misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Peter Patton - foul #1 on Peter Patton, team foul #1 | 33-36 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Robert Rezendes (SG), Jerry Lee (SF), James Rausch (PF), Paul Gunther (C) Brock Edgerly, James Parker, Russell Strouse, John Maddocks | |
| Subs | Duke | Casey Smith (PG), Scott Nelson (SF), William Kennedy (PF) Peter Patton, Paul Beattie, Robert Bryant | |
| 16:52 | Virginia Tech | Larry Brown makes the 1st free throw | 34-36 |
| 16:52 | Virginia Tech | Larry Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 35-36 |
| 16:26 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski knocks in the pull-up jumper from the free throw line set up by Scott Nelson and the foul's on Robert Rezendes - foul #2 on Robert Rezendes, team foul #2 | 35-38 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Paul Gibbs (SG) Larry Brown | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 16:26 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski makes the free throw | 35-39 |
| 16:05 | Virginia Tech | William Kennedy picks off the pass by James Rausch | 35-39 |
| 15:43 | Duke | Casey Smith misses badly on a jump hook from the baseline | 35-39 |
| 15:41 | Virginia Tech | Jerry Lee grabs the board | 35-39 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Robert Rezendes (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Paul Gibbs (fresh) 4 pts. 3 stl. SF - Jerry Lee (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - James Rausch (fresh) C - Paul Gunther (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Casey Smith (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ivan Wnukowski (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Scott Nelson (fresh) PF - William Kennedy (fresh) 2 reb. C - Francis Brown (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:37 | Virginia Tech | Paul Gibbs is hacked by Scott Nelson - foul #1 on Scott Nelson, team foul #2 | 35-39 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly (SG), James Parker (SF), Russell Strouse (PF), John Maddocks (C) Paul Gibbs, Jerry Lee, James Rausch, Paul Gunther | |
| Subs | Duke | Peter Patton (PG), Paul Beattie (SF) Ivan Wnukowski, Scott Nelson | |
| 15:22 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly knocks in the jumper from the free throw line set up by James Parker | 37-39 |
| 15:06 | Duke | Paul Beattie makes the driving attempt in the paint on a great pass from Peter Patton | 37-41 |
| 14:43 | Virginia Tech | John Maddocks knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 39-41 |
| 14:16 | Duke | Francis Brown hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right wing | 39-41 |
| 14:15 | Virginia Tech | Russell Strouse pulls down the rebound | 39-41 |
| 14:10 | Virginia Tech | James Parker hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 39-41 |
| 14:09 | Duke | Francis Brown pulls down the rebound | 39-41 |
| 14:03 | Duke | Peter Patton double dribbles | 39-41 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Larry Brown (PG), Jerry Lee (PF) Robert Rezendes, Russell Strouse | |
| Subs | Duke | Robert Bryant (PF), Richard Hooley (C) William Kennedy, Francis Brown | |
| 13:43 | Virginia Tech | Larry Brown is whistled for traveling | 39-41 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| Subs | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski (SG) Peter Patton | |
| 13:18 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski comes up short on the jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Brock Edgerly - foul #1 on Brock Edgerly, team foul #3 | 39-41 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Robert Rezendes (SG), James Rausch (PF), Paul Gunther (C) Brock Edgerly, James Parker, John Maddocks | |
| Subs | Duke | Scott Nelson (SF) Paul Beattie | |
| 13:18 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski misses the 1st free throw | 39-41 |
| 13:18 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski misses the 2nd free throw | 39-41 |
| 13:18 | Virginia Tech | James Rausch pulls down the rebound | 39-41 |
| 13:01 | Virginia Tech | Jerry Lee comes up short on the jumper from the right wing | 39-41 |
| 13:00 | Duke | Robert Bryant grabs the defensive rebound | 39-41 |
| 12:39 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski drills a jump hook in the lane on a nice dish by Casey Smith | 39-43 |
| 12:22 | Virginia Tech | Jerry Lee misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 39-43 |
| 12:21 | Duke | Casey Smith grabs the defensive rebound | 39-43 |
| 12:00 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski drills a fadeaway from the right wing on a nice dish by Casey Smith | 39-45 |
| 11:48 | Virginia Tech | Paul Gunther comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 39-45 |
| 11:47 | Duke | Richard Hooley gets the rebound | 39-45 |
| 11:43 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski blows the layup but he's hacked by James Rausch - foul #2 on James Rausch, team foul #4 | 39-45 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly (SG), James Parker (SF), Russell Strouse (PF), John Maddocks (C) Robert Rezendes, Jerry Lee, James Rausch, Paul Gunther | |
| Subs | Duke | Peter Patton (PG), Paul Beattie (SF), Francis Brown (C) Casey Smith, Scott Nelson, Richard Hooley | |
| 11:43 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski makes the 1st free throw | 39-46 |
| 11:43 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski makes the 2nd free throw | 39-47 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Larry Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Brock Edgerly (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Parker (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. PF - Russell Strouse (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - John Maddocks (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Peter Patton (fresh) 4 pts. 7 ast. SG - Ivan Wnukowski (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Paul Beattie (fresh) 10 pts. PF - Robert Bryant (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Francis Brown (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:21 | Virginia Tech | Francis Brown steps in front of the John Maddocks pass | 39-47 |
| 11:03 | Duke | Francis Brown misses the dunk but he's fouled by John Maddocks - foul #3 on John Maddocks, team foul #5 | 39-47 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| Subs | Duke | Scott Nelson (SG), William Kennedy (PF) Ivan Wnukowski, Robert Bryant | |
| 11:03 | Duke | Francis Brown makes the 1st free throw | 39-48 |
| 11:03 | Duke | Francis Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 39-49 |
| 10:45 | Virginia Tech | James Parker comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 39-49 |
| 10:43 | Duke | Francis Brown pulls down the rebound | 39-49 |
| 10:14 | Duke | The jump hook by Paul Beattie is blocked by Russell Strouse | 39-49 |
| 10:12 | Virginia Tech | Russell Strouse grabs the defensive rebound | 39-49 |
| 10:01 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly knocks in the floater from the left wing and he's hacked by Scott Nelson - foul #2 on Scott Nelson, team foul #3 | 41-49 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Robert Rezendes (PG) Larry Brown | |
| Subs | Duke | Casey Smith (SG), Richard Hooley (C) Scott Nelson, Francis Brown | |
| 10:01 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly makes the free throw | 42-49 |
| 09:47 | Duke | Casey Smith comes up short on the turnaround in the lane | 42-49 |
| 09:46 | Virginia Tech | Russell Strouse grabs the board | 42-49 |
| 09:32 | Virginia Tech | John Maddocks misses the easy layup | 42-49 |
| 09:30 | Virginia Tech | Robert Rezendes snags the offensive board | 42-49 |
| 09:06 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly connects on the 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by James Parker | 45-49 |
| 08:44 | Duke | Robert Rezendes steps in front of the Richard Hooley pass | 45-49 |
| 08:30 | Virginia Tech | The jump hook by John Maddocks is blocked by Richard Hooley | 45-49 |
| 08:28 | Virginia Tech | Russell Strouse tips it back up and in | 47-49 |
| 08:07 | Duke | Paul Beattie loses the ball out of bounds | 47-49 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Larry Brown (PG), Jerry Lee (SF), James Rausch (PF), Paul Gunther (C) Brock Edgerly, James Parker, Russell Strouse, John Maddocks | |
| Subs | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski (SG), Scott Nelson (SF), Robert Bryant (PF), Francis Brown (C) Peter Patton, Paul Beattie, William Kennedy, Richard Hooley | |
| 07:48 | Virginia Tech | James Rausch can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 47-49 |
| 07:46 | Virginia Tech | Jerry Lee tips it but misses | 47-49 |
| 07:45 | Duke | The rebound goes to Ivan Wnukowski | 47-49 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Larry Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Robert Rezendes (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Jerry Lee (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - James Rausch (fresh) C - Paul Gunther (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Casey Smith (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Ivan Wnukowski (fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Scott Nelson (fresh) PF - Robert Bryant (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Francis Brown (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:21 | Duke | Jerry Lee denies the turnaround by Francis Brown | 47-49 |
| 07:19 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski pulls down the offensive rebound | 47-49 |
| 07:04 | Duke | Scott Nelson misses the jumpshot from the right side | 47-49 |
| 07:03 | Duke | Scott Nelson hits the follow up shot | 47-51 |
| 06:49 | Virginia Tech | James Rausch comes up short on the jump hook near the basket | 47-51 |
| 06:48 | Virginia Tech | Paul Gunther hits the follow up shot | 49-51 |
| 06:22 | Duke | Francis Brown knocks in the driving attempt from the baseline set up by Casey Smith | 49-53 |
| 06:03 | Virginia Tech | James Rausch clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 49-53 |
| 06:02 | Duke | The rebound goes to Casey Smith | 49-53 |
| 05:35 | Duke | Casey Smith scores on a 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Ivan Wnukowski | 49-56 |
| 05:35 | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 49-56 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly (SG), James Parker (SF), Russell Strouse (PF), John Maddocks (C) Robert Rezendes, Jerry Lee, James Rausch, Paul Gunther | |
| Subs | Duke | Peter Patton (PG), Paul Beattie (SF) Casey Smith, Scott Nelson | |
| 05:17 | Virginia Tech | Brock Edgerly scores on a 3pt shot from the right corner set up by James Parker | 52-56 |
| 05:13 | Duke | Peter Patton's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 52-56 |
| 04:51 | Virginia Tech | James Parker is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on James Parker, team foul #6 | 52-56 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| Subs | Duke | Richard Hooley (C) Francis Brown | |
| 04:26 | Duke | Peter Patton buries a 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Robert Bryant | 52-59 |
| 04:09 | Virginia Tech | Robert Bryant blocks the short jumper by John Maddocks | 52-59 |
| 04:07 | Duke | Peter Patton grabs the defensive rebound | 52-59 |
| 03:42 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski buries a jump hook in the lane on a great pass from Peter Patton | 52-61 |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:29 | Virginia Tech | John Maddocks misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 52-61 |
| 03:28 | Virginia Tech | James Parker can't tip it in | 52-61 |
| 03:26 | Duke | The rebound goes to Robert Bryant | 52-61 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Larry Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Brock Edgerly (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Parker (fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. PF - Russell Strouse (fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. C - John Maddocks (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Peter Patton (fresh) 7 pts. 8 ast. SG - Ivan Wnukowski (fresh) 16 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Paul Beattie (fresh) 10 pts. PF - Robert Bryant (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Richard Hooley (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 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) | |
| 03:03 | Duke | Paul Beattie scores on a floater from just outside the lane on a great pass from Peter Patton | 52-63 |
| 02:52 | Virginia Tech | Larry Brown hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 52-63 |
| 02:50 | Duke | Peter Patton grabs the board | 52-63 |
| 02:36 | Duke | The pull-up jumper by Ivan Wnukowski is blocked by John Maddocks | 52-63 |
| 02:35 | Virginia Tech | The rebound goes to John Maddocks | 52-63 |
| 02:29 | Virginia Tech | Larry Brown buries a 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from James Parker | 55-63 |
| 02:08 | Duke | Peter Patton is fouled on the floor by James Parker - foul #2 on James Parker, team foul #7 | 55-63 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Robert Rezendes (PG), Paul Gibbs (SG), Jerry Lee (SF), James Rausch (PF), Paul Gunther (C) Larry Brown, Brock Edgerly, James Parker, Russell Strouse, John Maddocks | |
| Subs | Duke | Casey Smith (SG), Scott Nelson (SF), William Kennedy (PF), Francis Brown (C) Ivan Wnukowski, Paul Beattie, Robert Bryant, Richard Hooley | |
| 02:08 | Duke | Peter Patton makes the 1st free throw | 55-64 |
| 02:08 | Duke | Peter Patton misses the 2nd free throw | 55-64 |
| 02:08 | Virginia Tech | James Rausch gets the rebound | 55-64 |
| 02:08 | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 55-64 |
| 01:58 | Virginia Tech | Paul Gibbs misses the floater from the free throw line | 55-64 |
| 01:56 | Duke | Peter Patton snags the defensive board | 55-64 |
| 01:56 | Duke | Duke calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 55-64 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Larry Brown (PG), Brock Edgerly (SG), James Parker (SF), Russell Strouse (PF), John Maddocks (C) Robert Rezendes, Paul Gibbs, Jerry Lee, James Rausch, Paul Gunther | |
| Subs | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski (SG), Paul Beattie (SF), Robert Bryant (PF) Casey Smith, Scott Nelson, William Kennedy | |
| 01:29 | Duke | Paul Beattie knocks in the shot near the basket on a great pass from Ivan Wnukowski | 55-66 |
| 01:06 | Virginia Tech | James Parker misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 55-66 |
| 01:05 | Virginia Tech | Russell Strouse snags the offensive board | 55-66 |
| 00:49 | Virginia Tech | Russell Strouse comes up short on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 55-66 |
| 00:47 | Duke | The rebound goes to Robert Bryant | 55-66 |
| 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) | |
| 00:19 | Duke | Robert Bryant scores on a jumpshot from the left wing | 55-68 |
| 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) | |
| 00:13 | Virginia Tech | Larry Brown comes up short on the jumper from the left side | 55-68 |
| 00:11 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski grabs the board | 55-68 |
| 00:00 | Duke | Peter Patton runs out the clock | 55-68 |