| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Ralph Howard (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SG - Eric Maxwell (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Richard Bostick (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Robert Marmon (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Harold Fowler (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Peter Patton (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Ivan Wnukowski (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Paul Beattie (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Robert Bryant (fresh) C - Francis Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Virginia | Richard Bostick inbounds the ball | 28-19 |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-5) | |
| 19:31 | Virginia | Paul Beattie steals it from Robert Marmon | 28-19 |
| 19:11 | Duke | Francis Brown misses short on a runner from the left block but he's hacked by Harold Fowler - foul #2 on Harold Fowler, team foul #1 | 28-19 |
| 19:11 | Duke | Francis Brown makes the 1st free throw | 28-20 |
| 19:11 | Duke | Francis Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 28-21 |
| 18:49 | Virginia | Richard Bostick misses the lay-in | 28-21 |
| 18:47 | Duke | Paul Beattie snags the defensive board | 28-21 |
| 18:45 | Duke | Ralph Howard is called for the reach on Ivan Wnukowski in the backcourt - foul #1 on Ralph Howard, team foul #2 | 28-21 |
| 18:25 | Duke | Francis Brown drills a turnaround from the baseline set up by Peter Patton | 28-23 |
| 17:56 | Virginia | Robert Marmon is whistled for a carry | 28-23 |
| Subs | Virginia | Clifton Chambers (PG), Fred Moses (SG), Quentin Cook (SF), Robert Mancha (PF), Leon Ferdinand (C) Ralph Howard, Eric Maxwell, Richard Bostick, Robert Marmon, Harold Fowler | |
| Subs | Duke | William Kennedy (PF), Richard Hooley (C) Robert Bryant, Francis Brown | |
| 17:38 | Duke | Leon Ferdinand is called for the reach on Richard Hooley - foul #3 on Leon Ferdinand, team foul #3 | 28-23 |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Subs | Duke | Casey Smith (PG), Scott Nelson (SF) Peter Patton, Paul Beattie | |
| 17:27 | Duke | Richard Hooley misses short on a fadeaway from the right block but he's hacked by Robert Mancha - foul #1 on Robert Mancha, team foul #4 | 28-23 |
| 17:27 | Duke | Richard Hooley makes the 1st free throw | 28-24 |
| 17:27 | Duke | Richard Hooley makes the 2nd free throw | 28-25 |
| 17:10 | Virginia | Robert Mancha misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 28-25 |
| 17:08 | Duke | The rebound goes to Richard Hooley | 28-25 |
| 16:55 | Duke | Casey Smith lays it in set up by Scott Nelson | 28-27 |
| 16:40 | Virginia | Leon Ferdinand buries a fadeaway from just outside the lane set up by Fred Moses | 30-27 |
| 16:15 | Duke | Richard Hooley is alone and drills a driving attempt in the lane set up by Scott Nelson | 30-29 |
| 15:51 | Virginia | Fred Moses drills a 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Quentin Cook | 33-29 |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Clifton Chambers (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - Fred Moses (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - Quentin Cook (fairly fresh) PF - Robert Mancha (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Leon Ferdinand (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Casey Smith (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Ivan Wnukowski (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Scott Nelson (fresh) 2 reb. PF - William Kennedy (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Richard Hooley (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 15:49 | Duke | Casey Smith is fouled in the backcourt by Leon Ferdinand - foul #4 on Leon Ferdinand, team foul #5 | 33-29 |
| Subs | Virginia | Ralph Howard (PG), Eric Maxwell (SG), Richard Bostick (SF), Robert Marmon (PF), Harold Fowler (C) Clifton Chambers, Fred Moses, Quentin Cook, Robert Mancha, Leon Ferdinand | |
| Subs | Duke | Peter Patton (PG), Paul Beattie (SF), Robert Bryant (PF), Francis Brown (C) Ivan Wnukowski, Scott Nelson, William Kennedy, Richard Hooley | |
| 15:20 | Duke | Paul Beattie connects on the shot from the right side on a nice dish by Francis Brown | 33-31 |
| 14:52 | Virginia | Harold Fowler misses short on a runner in the lane but he's hacked by Francis Brown - foul #1 on Francis Brown, team foul #1 | 33-31 |
| Subs | Virginia | Fred Moses (SF) Richard Bostick | |
| Subs | Duke | Scott Nelson (SG) Casey Smith | |
| 14:52 | Virginia | Harold Fowler makes the 1st free throw | 34-31 |
| 14:52 | Virginia | Harold Fowler makes the 2nd free throw | 35-31 |
| 14:28 | Duke | Peter Patton is called for traveling | 35-31 |
| Subs | Virginia | Clifton Chambers (PG) Ralph Howard | |
| Subs | Duke | Richard Hooley (C) Francis Brown | |
| 14:11 | Virginia | Harold Fowler's floater is tipped away by Paul Beattie | 35-31 |
| 14:10 | Duke | The rebound goes to Paul Beattie | 35-31 |
| 13:47 | Duke | Paul Beattie drills a fadeaway from the baseline on a nice dish by Peter Patton and the foul's on Fred Moses - foul #1 on Fred Moses, team foul #6 | 35-33 |
| Subs | Virginia | Quentin Cook (SF), Robert Mancha (PF), Thomas Crews (C) Fred Moses, Robert Marmon, Harold Fowler | |
| Subs | Duke | Casey Smith (SG), William Kennedy (PF) Scott Nelson, Robert Bryant | |
| 13:47 | Duke | Paul Beattie makes the free throw | 35-34 |
| 13:24 | Virginia | Quentin Cook is called for the offensive foul - foul #1 on Quentin Cook, team foul #7 | 35-34 |
| Subs | Virginia | Ralph Howard (PG) Eric Maxwell | |
| Subs | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski (SG), Carter Squires (C) Peter Patton, Richard Hooley | |
| 13:21 | Duke | Ralph Howard is called for the reach on Paul Beattie in the backcourt - foul #2 on Ralph Howard, team foul #8 | 35-34 |
| Subs | Virginia | Eric Maxwell (SG) Clifton Chambers | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 13:21 | Duke | Paul Beattie misses the 1st free throw | 35-34 |
| 13:21 | Virginia | The rebound goes to Robert Mancha | 35-34 |
| 12:52 | Virginia | Ivan Wnukowski steps in front of the Ralph Howard pass | 35-34 |
| 12:48 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski hits the finger roll | 35-36 |
| 12:22 | Virginia | Ralph Howard is hacked by Carter Squires - foul #1 on Carter Squires, team foul #2 | 35-36 |
| Subs | Virginia | Clifton Chambers (PG), Fred Moses (SG), Richard Bostick (SF), Robert Marmon (PF), Harold Fowler (C) Ralph Howard, Eric Maxwell, Quentin Cook, Robert Mancha, Thomas Crews | |
| Subs | Duke | Scott Nelson (SF), Robert Bryant (PF), Francis Brown (C) Paul Beattie, William Kennedy, Carter Squires | |
| 11:58 | Virginia | Fred Moses misses long on a floater from the free throw line | 35-36 |
| 11:57 | Duke | Francis Brown grabs the defensive rebound | 35-36 |
| 11:55 | Duke | Scott Nelson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 35-36 |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Subs | Duke | Peter Patton (PG) Ivan Wnukowski | |
| 11:32 | Virginia | Richard Bostick hits a jumper from just outside the lane | 37-36 |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Clifton Chambers (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Fred Moses (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - Richard Bostick (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Robert Marmon (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Harold Fowler (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Peter Patton (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Casey Smith (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Scott Nelson (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Robert Bryant (fresh) C - Francis Brown (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:30 | Duke | Peter Patton's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 37-36 |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Subs | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski (SG), Richard Hooley (C) Casey Smith, Robert Bryant | |
| 11:14 | Virginia | Peter Patton steals the ball from Clifton Chambers | 37-36 |
| 10:53 | Duke | Francis Brown blows the layup | 37-36 |
| 10:52 | Virginia | Robert Marmon gets the rebound | 37-36 |
| 10:27 | Virginia | Robert Marmon clanks a jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Peter Patton - foul #1 on Peter Patton, team foul #3 | 37-36 |
| Subs | Virginia | Ralph Howard (PG), Eric Maxwell (SG), Quentin Cook (SF), Leon Ferdinand (C) Clifton Chambers, Fred Moses, Richard Bostick, Harold Fowler | |
| Subs | Duke | Casey Smith (SG), Paul Beattie (SF), Robert Bryant (PF) Ivan Wnukowski, Scott Nelson, Francis Brown | |
| 10:27 | Virginia | Robert Marmon makes the 1st free throw | 38-36 |
| 10:27 | Virginia | Robert Marmon makes the 2nd free throw | 39-36 |
| 09:59 | Duke | Paul Beattie is open and lays it up and in on a great pass from Robert Bryant | 39-38 |
| 09:30 | Virginia | Eric Maxwell misses short on a runner from the baseline but the foul's on Casey Smith - foul #1 on Casey Smith, team foul #4 | 39-38 |
| Subs | Virginia | Fred Moses (SF), Robert Mancha (PF) Quentin Cook, Robert Marmon | |
| Subs | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski (SG), William Kennedy (PF), Carter Squires (C) Peter Patton, Robert Bryant, Richard Hooley | |
| 09:30 | Virginia | Eric Maxwell makes the 1st free throw | 40-38 |
| 09:30 | Virginia | Eric Maxwell makes the 2nd free throw | 41-38 |
| 09:02 | Duke | Carter Squires buries a jump hook from the right block | 41-40 |
| 08:39 | Virginia | Fred Moses connects on the turnaround from close range and he's hacked by Carter Squires - foul #2 on Carter Squires, team foul #5 | 43-40 |
| Subs | Virginia | Clifton Chambers (PG), Richard Bostick (SF), Harold Fowler (C) Ralph Howard, Eric Maxwell, Leon Ferdinand | |
| Subs | Duke | Scott Nelson (SF) Paul Beattie | |
| 08:39 | Virginia | Fred Moses makes the free throw | 44-40 |
| 08:10 | Duke | Carter Squires misses badly on a floater from the left block but he's hacked by Harold Fowler - foul #3 on Harold Fowler, team foul #9 | 44-40 |
| Subs | Virginia | Eric Maxwell (SG) Fred Moses | |
| Subs | Duke | Peter Patton (PG), Robert Bryant (PF) Casey Smith, William Kennedy | |
| 08:10 | Duke | Carter Squires makes the 1st free throw | 44-41 |
| 08:10 | Duke | Carter Squires misses the 2nd free throw | 44-41 |
| 08:10 | Virginia | Robert Mancha grabs the board | 44-41 |
| 07:43 | Virginia | Eric Maxwell is denied on a layup by Robert Bryant | 44-41 |
| 07:41 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski pulls down the rebound | 44-41 |
| 07:18 | Duke | Scott Nelson buries a fadeaway jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Ivan Wnukowski | 44-43 |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Clifton Chambers (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - Eric Maxwell (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Richard Bostick (fairly fresh) 6 pts. PF - Robert Mancha (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Harold Fowler (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Peter Patton (fairly fresh) 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Ivan Wnukowski (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - Scott Nelson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Robert Bryant (fresh) C - Carter Squires (fairly fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 06:57 | Virginia | Harold Fowler loses the ball out of bounds | 44-43 |
| Subs | Virginia | Ralph Howard (PG), Fred Moses (SG), Quentin Cook (SF), Robert Marmon (PF), Leon Ferdinand (C) Clifton Chambers, Eric Maxwell, Richard Bostick, Robert Mancha, Harold Fowler | |
| Subs | Duke | Casey Smith (SG), Paul Beattie (SF), William Kennedy (PF), Francis Brown (C) Ivan Wnukowski, Scott Nelson, Robert Bryant, Carter Squires | |
| 06:35 | Duke | Paul Beattie's fadeaway is rejected by Quentin Cook | 44-43 |
| 06:34 | Virginia | The rebound goes to Leon Ferdinand | 44-43 |
| 06:10 | Virginia | Robert Marmon misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Peter Patton - foul #2 on Peter Patton, team foul #6 | 44-43 |
| Subs | Virginia | Thomas Crews (C) Leon Ferdinand | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 06:10 | Virginia | Robert Marmon misses the 1st free throw | 44-43 |
| 06:10 | Virginia | Robert Marmon misses the 2nd free throw | 44-43 |
| 06:10 | Duke | Francis Brown grabs the board | 44-43 |
| 05:43 | Duke | Casey Smith buries a turnaround from the right block on a nice dish by Peter Patton and he's hacked by Fred Moses - foul #2 on Fred Moses, team foul #10 | 44-45 |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Subs | Duke | Scott Nelson (SG), Robert Bryant (PF) Peter Patton, William Kennedy | |
| 05:43 | Duke | Casey Smith makes the free throw | 44-46 |
| 05:21 | Virginia | Robert Bryant is called for the reach on Robert Marmon - foul #2 on Robert Bryant, team foul #7 | 44-46 |
| Subs | Virginia | Clifton Chambers (PG), Eric Maxwell (SG), Richard Bostick (SF), Harold Fowler (C) Ralph Howard, Fred Moses, Quentin Cook, Thomas Crews | |
| Subs | Duke | Richard Hooley (C) Francis Brown | |
| 05:21 | Virginia | Robert Marmon makes the 1st free throw | 45-46 |
| 05:21 | Virginia | Robert Marmon makes the 2nd free throw | 46-46 |
| 04:56 | Duke | Casey Smith scores on a fadeaway jumper from the left side set up by Scott Nelson | 46-48 |
| 04:47 | Virginia | Eric Maxwell is whistled for a charge - foul #4 on Eric Maxwell, team foul #11 | 46-48 |
| Subs | Virginia | Robert Mancha (PF) Robert Marmon | |
| Subs | Duke | Peter Patton (PG), Ivan Wnukowski (SG) Casey Smith, Paul Beattie | |
| 04:18 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski misses the turnaround in the lane | 46-48 |
| 04:17 | Duke | Robert Bryant snags the offensive board | 46-48 |
| 03:53 | Duke | Peter Patton is wide open but clanks a 3 from straight away | 46-48 |
| 03:52 | Virginia | The rebound goes to Robert Mancha | 46-48 |
| 03:23 | Virginia | Harold Fowler hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the right side | 46-48 |
| 03:21 | Duke | Richard Hooley snags the defensive board | 46-48 |
| 03:19 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski is hacked by Eric Maxwell in the backcourt - foul #5 on Eric Maxwell, team foul #12 | 46-48 |
| Subs | Virginia | Ralph Howard (PG), Fred Moses (SG), Quentin Cook (SF), Robert Marmon (PF), Leon Ferdinand (C) Clifton Chambers, Eric Maxwell, Richard Bostick, Robert Mancha, Harold Fowler | |
| Subs | Duke | Casey Smith (PG), Paul Beattie (SF), William Kennedy (PF), Francis Brown (C) Peter Patton, Scott Nelson, Robert Bryant, Richard Hooley | |
| 03:19 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski misses the 1st free throw | 46-48 |
| 03:19 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski makes the 2nd free throw | 46-49 |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Ralph Howard (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SG - Fred Moses (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Quentin Cook (fresh) PF - Robert Marmon (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Leon Ferdinand (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Duke | PG - Casey Smith (fresh) 7 pts. SG - Ivan Wnukowski (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SF - Paul Beattie (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - William Kennedy (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Francis Brown (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 02:50 | Virginia | Fred Moses drills a floater from the left wing on a nice dish by Quentin Cook and the foul's on Paul Beattie - foul #3 on Paul Beattie, team foul #8 | 48-49 |
| 02:50 | Virginia | Fred Moses makes the free throw | 49-49 |
| 02:48 | Duke | Duke calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 49-49 |
| 02:34 | Duke | Casey Smith's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 49-49 |
| Subs | Virginia | Harold Fowler (C) Leon Ferdinand | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 02:30 | Virginia | Virginia calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 49-49 |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Subs | Duke | Peter Patton (PG), Robert Bryant (PF) Casey Smith, William Kennedy | |
| 02:05 | Virginia | Robert Marmon knocks in the fadeaway in the lane on a nice dish by Ralph Howard | 51-49 |
| 01:40 | Duke | Robert Bryant misses short on a floater from the right block | 51-49 |
| 01:38 | Duke | Paul Beattie tips it in | 51-51 |
| 01:38 | Virginia | Virginia calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 51-51 |
| Subs | Virginia | Richard Bostick (SF) Quentin Cook | |
| Subs | Duke | | |
| 01:29 | Virginia | Harold Fowler misses the shot from the left block | 51-51 |
| 01:27 | Duke | Paul Beattie gets the rebound | 51-51 |
| 00:58 | Duke | Francis Brown misses long on a turnaround from close range | 51-51 |
| 00:56 | Duke | Paul Beattie tips it back up and in | 51-53 |
| 00:27 | Virginia | Robert Marmon is called for a charge - foul #2 on Robert Marmon, team foul #13 | 51-53 |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-5) | |
| 00:24 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski is hacked by Fred Moses in the backcourt - foul #3 on Fred Moses, team foul #14 | 51-53 |
| 00:24 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski makes the 1st free throw | 51-54 |
| 00:24 | Duke | Ivan Wnukowski misses the 2nd free throw | 51-54 |
| 00:24 | Virginia | Harold Fowler gets the rebound | 51-54 |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+5) | |
| 00:11 | Virginia | Fred Moses scores on a 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Richard Bostick | 54-54 |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+5) | |
| 00:04 | Duke | Francis Brown buries a pull-up jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Ivan Wnukowski | 54-56 |
| 00:04 | Virginia | Virginia calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 2 full remaining) | 54-56 |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Duke | Duke is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-5) | |
| 00:00 | Virginia | Richard Bostick misses long on a halfcourt shot | 54-56 |