| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Thomas Lesley (fresh) SG - Charles Hypes (fresh) SF - Steven Pinzon (fresh) PF - Daniel Adams (fresh) C - Larry Vance (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Miami (FL) | PG - Jose Castillo (fresh) SG - Swietomierz Symanski (fresh) SF - Mark Herald (fresh) PF - Darrell Steves (fresh) C - Marcos Martin (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Miami (FL) | Marcos Martin wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | North Carolina | North Carolina is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Miami (FL) | Miami (FL) is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:43 | Miami (FL) | Darrell Steves hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 0-0 |
| 19:41 | North Carolina | The rebound goes to Larry Vance | 0-0 |
| 19:27 | North Carolina | Daniel Adams buries a floater from the right wing on a nice dish by Thomas Lesley | 2-0 |
| 19:09 | Miami (FL) | Marcos Martin loses the dribble to Steven Pinzon | 2-0 |
| 18:51 | North Carolina | Charles Hypes lays it up and in on a nice dish by Thomas Lesley | 4-0 |
| 18:47 | Miami (FL) | Mark Herald travels with the ball | 4-0 |
| 18:25 | North Carolina | Thomas Lesley drills a fadeaway from the right side | 6-0 |
| 18:10 | Miami (FL) | Swietomierz Symanski makes the 3 pointer from the left corner | 6-3 |
| 17:47 | North Carolina | Charles Hypes buries a 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Thomas Lesley | 9-3 |
| 17:24 | Miami (FL) | Mark Herald clanks a jumper from the free throw line | 9-3 |
| 17:23 | Miami (FL) | Jose Castillo pulls down the offensive rebound | 9-3 |
| 17:12 | Miami (FL) | Thomas Lesley picks off the pass by Marcos Martin | 9-3 |
| 16:43 | North Carolina | Darrell Steves steals the ball from Steven Pinzon | 9-3 |
| 16:28 | Miami (FL) | Jose Castillo hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right corner | 9-3 |
| 16:26 | North Carolina | Steven Pinzon grabs the board | 9-3 |
| 16:11 | North Carolina | Swietomierz Symanski is called for the reach on Steven Pinzon - foul #1 on Swietomierz Symanski, team foul #1 | 9-3 |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Oscar Mendez (PG), Lin Tang (SG), Lawrence Rinaldi (SF), David Henderson (PF), Ricardo Lopez (C) Jose Castillo, Swietomierz Symanski, Mark Herald, Darrell Steves, Marcos Martin | |
| 16:06 | North Carolina | Ricardo Lopez is called for the reach on Charles Hypes - foul #1 on Ricardo Lopez, team foul #2 | 9-3 |
| 15:54 | North Carolina | Charles Hypes knocks in the jumper in the paint set up by Thomas Lesley | 11-3 |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Thomas Lesley (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SG - Charles Hypes (fairly fresh) 7 pts. SF - Steven Pinzon (fairly fresh) PF - Daniel Adams (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Larry Vance (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Miami (FL) | PG - Oscar Mendez (fresh) SG - Lin Tang (fresh) SF - Lawrence Rinaldi (fresh) PF - David Henderson (fresh) C - Ricardo Lopez (fresh) | |
| 15:42 | Miami (FL) | Lin Tang can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 11-3 |
| 15:40 | Miami (FL) | Lawrence Rinaldi hits the follow up shot | 11-5 |
| 15:33 | North Carolina | Charles Hypes buries a 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Thomas Lesley | 14-5 |
| 15:20 | Miami (FL) | Lin Tang drills a jumper from the left wing | 14-7 |
| 15:13 | North Carolina | Ricardo Lopez is called for the reach on Thomas Lesley - foul #2 on Ricardo Lopez, team foul #3 | 14-7 |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Jose Castillo (PG), Darrell Steves (PF) Lin Tang, Ricardo Lopez | |
| 15:02 | North Carolina | Thomas Lesley's fadeaway is rejected by David Henderson | 14-7 |
| 15:00 | North Carolina | Daniel Adams gets the offensive rebound | 14-7 |
| 14:35 | North Carolina | Thomas Lesley clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 14-7 |
| 14:33 | North Carolina | Larry Vance tips it but misses | 14-7 |
| 14:31 | Miami (FL) | Darrell Steves gets the rebound | 14-7 |
| 14:11 | Miami (FL) | Lawrence Rinaldi hits the front of the rim on the floater from close range | 14-7 |
| 14:09 | North Carolina | Steven Pinzon pulls down the rebound | 14-7 |
| 13:45 | North Carolina | Thomas Lesley misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 14-7 |
| 13:44 | Miami (FL) | Darrell Steves grabs the defensive rebound | 14-7 |
| 13:31 | Miami (FL) | Lawrence Rinaldi's pass is intercepted by Daniel Adams | 14-7 |
| 13:27 | North Carolina | Thomas Lesley makes the shot in the lane on a great pass from Steven Pinzon | 16-7 |
| 13:07 | Miami (FL) | Jose Castillo misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 16-7 |
| 13:06 | North Carolina | The rebound goes to Steven Pinzon | 16-7 |
| 13:02 | North Carolina | Larry Vance loses the dribble to Jose Castillo | 16-7 |
| 12:50 | Miami (FL) | Jose Castillo buries a 3 pointer from the left corner | 16-10 |
| 12:27 | North Carolina | Steven Pinzon misses the dunk | 16-10 |
| 12:26 | Miami (FL) | Darrell Steves grabs the defensive rebound | 16-10 |
| 12:21 | Miami (FL) | Jose Castillo misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 16-10 |
| 12:20 | North Carolina | Charles Hypes snags the defensive board | 16-10 |
| 12:06 | North Carolina | Charles Hypes misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 16-10 |
| 12:05 | Miami (FL) | The rebound goes to Darrell Steves | 16-10 |
| 11:55 | Miami (FL) | Oscar Mendez misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 16-10 |
| 11:54 | North Carolina | Larry Vance grabs the board | 16-10 |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Thomas Lesley (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 ast. SG - Charles Hypes (fairly fresh) 10 pts. SF - Steven Pinzon (tiring) 3 reb. PF - Daniel Adams (tiring) 2 pts. C - Larry Vance (tiring) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Miami (FL) | PG - Jose Castillo (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SG - Oscar Mendez (fairly fresh) SF - Lawrence Rinaldi (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Darrell Steves (fairly fresh) 4 reb. C - David Henderson (fairly fresh) | |
| 11:34 | North Carolina | Charles Hypes can't throw it down but he's fouled by Oscar Mendez - foul #1 on Oscar Mendez, team foul #4 | 16-10 |
| Subs | North Carolina | John Garner (PG), Jeremiah Hodge (SF), Earl Shaffer (PF), Tomas Vanalstyne (C) Thomas Lesley, Steven Pinzon, Daniel Adams, Larry Vance | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Swietomierz Symanski (PG), Lin Tang (SG), Mark Herald (SF), Marcos Martin (C) Jose Castillo, Oscar Mendez, Lawrence Rinaldi, Darrell Steves | |
| 11:34 | North Carolina | Charles Hypes misses the 1st free throw | 16-10 |
| 11:34 | North Carolina | Charles Hypes makes the 2nd free throw | 17-10 |
| 11:19 | Miami (FL) | David Henderson connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 17-12 |
| 10:58 | North Carolina | John Garner hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 17-12 |
| 10:57 | North Carolina | Charles Hypes gets the offensive rebound | 17-12 |
| 10:50 | North Carolina | Jeremiah Hodge loses the dribble to Swietomierz Symanski | 17-12 |
| 10:34 | Miami (FL) | David Henderson misses short on a floater from the baseline but he's fouled by Jeremiah Hodge - foul #1 on Jeremiah Hodge, team foul #1 | 17-12 |
| Subs | North Carolina | David Zerbe (SG) Charles Hypes | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Jose Castillo (PG) Lin Tang | |
| 10:34 | Miami (FL) | David Henderson makes the 1st free throw | 17-13 |
| 10:34 | Miami (FL) | David Henderson misses the 2nd free throw | 17-13 |
| 10:34 | North Carolina | The rebound goes to Earl Shaffer | 17-13 |
| 10:13 | North Carolina | David Zerbe drills a 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by John Garner | 20-13 |
| 09:59 | Miami (FL) | Jose Castillo misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 20-13 |
| 09:57 | Miami (FL) | Mark Herald grabs the offensive board | 20-13 |
| 09:45 | Miami (FL) | Jose Castillo's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 20-13 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Thomas Lesley (PG), Steven Pinzon (SF), Daniel Adams (PF), Larry Vance (C) John Garner, Jeremiah Hodge, Earl Shaffer, Tomas Vanalstyne | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Darrell Steves (PF) Marcos Martin | |
| 09:25 | North Carolina | David Zerbe misses the floater from the left side | 20-13 |
| 09:24 | Miami (FL) | Darrell Steves snags the defensive board | 20-13 |
| 09:05 | Miami (FL) | Mark Herald banks in the layup on a nice dish by Jose Castillo and he's fouled by Steven Pinzon - foul #1 on Steven Pinzon, team foul #2 | 20-15 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Charles Hypes (SG) David Zerbe | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | | |
| 09:05 | Miami (FL) | Mark Herald misses the free throw | 20-15 |
| 09:05 | North Carolina | Daniel Adams snags the defensive board | 20-15 |
| 08:59 | North Carolina | Darrell Steves is called for the reach on Larry Vance - foul #1 on Darrell Steves, team foul #5 | 20-15 |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Marcos Martin (C) Darrell Steves | |
| 08:46 | North Carolina | Daniel Adams knocks in the fadeaway from the right side on a nice dish by Thomas Lesley | 22-15 |
| 08:27 | Miami (FL) | Jose Castillo can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 22-15 |
| 08:26 | North Carolina | Daniel Adams snags the defensive board | 22-15 |
| 08:07 | North Carolina | Steven Pinzon's fadeaway is rejected by Marcos Martin | 22-15 |
| 08:05 | Miami (FL) | Mark Herald pulls down the rebound | 22-15 |
| 07:52 | Miami (FL) | Marcos Martin is hacked by Larry Vance - foul #1 on Larry Vance, team foul #3 | 22-15 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Earl Shaffer (PF) Daniel Adams | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Oscar Mendez (SG), Darrell Steves (PF) Jose Castillo, Marcos Martin | |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Thomas Lesley (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 ast. SG - Charles Hypes (fairly fresh) 11 pts. SF - Steven Pinzon (fairly fresh) 3 reb. PF - Earl Shaffer (fresh) C - Larry Vance (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Miami (FL) | PG - Swietomierz Symanski (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SG - Oscar Mendez (fresh) SF - Mark Herald (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Darrell Steves (fresh) 5 reb. C - David Henderson (tiring) 3 pts. | |
| 07:38 | Miami (FL) | Swietomierz Symanski drills a 3 from the right wing | 22-18 |
| 07:19 | North Carolina | Steven Pinzon misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 22-18 |
| 07:17 | Miami (FL) | The rebound goes to Oscar Mendez | 22-18 |
| 06:56 | Miami (FL) | Darrell Steves is denied on a layup by Larry Vance | 22-18 |
| 06:55 | North Carolina | Earl Shaffer snags the defensive board | 22-18 |
| 06:41 | North Carolina | Steven Pinzon misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Swietomierz Symanski - foul #2 on Swietomierz Symanski, team foul #6 | 22-18 |
| Subs | North Carolina | John Garner (PG), David Zerbe (SG), Tomas Vanalstyne (C) Thomas Lesley, Charles Hypes, Larry Vance | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Jose Castillo (PG), Lin Tang (SG) Swietomierz Symanski, Oscar Mendez | |
| 06:41 | North Carolina | Steven Pinzon makes the 1st free throw | 23-18 |
| 06:41 | North Carolina | Steven Pinzon misses the 2nd free throw | 23-18 |
| 06:41 | Miami (FL) | The rebound goes to David Henderson | 23-18 |
| 06:20 | Miami (FL) | Lin Tang throws a bad pass out of bounds | 23-18 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Jeremiah Hodge (SF), Daniel Adams (PF) Steven Pinzon, Earl Shaffer | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Oscar Mendez (SG), Marcos Martin (C) Lin Tang, David Henderson | |
| 06:07 | North Carolina | David Zerbe loses the ball out of bounds | 23-18 |
| Subs | North Carolina | | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | David Henderson (C) Marcos Martin | |
| 05:41 | Miami (FL) | Jose Castillo misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 23-18 |
| 05:39 | Miami (FL) | Darrell Steves can't tip it in | 23-18 |
| 05:38 | North Carolina | Daniel Adams grabs the defensive rebound | 23-18 |
| 05:25 | North Carolina | Daniel Adams misses badly on a jumpshot from the right side but the foul's on Jose Castillo - foul #1 on Jose Castillo, team foul #7 | 23-18 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Thomas Lesley (PG), Charles Hypes (SG) John Garner, David Zerbe | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Lin Tang (SG), Marcos Martin (C) Oscar Mendez, David Henderson | |
| 05:25 | North Carolina | Daniel Adams makes the 1st free throw | 24-18 |
| 05:25 | North Carolina | Daniel Adams makes the 2nd free throw | 25-18 |
| 05:05 | Miami (FL) | Darrell Steves is hacked by Jeremiah Hodge - foul #2 on Jeremiah Hodge, team foul #4 | 25-18 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Steven Pinzon (SF), Larry Vance (C) Jeremiah Hodge, Tomas Vanalstyne | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | David Henderson (PF) Darrell Steves | |
| 04:41 | Miami (FL) | Mark Herald misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 25-18 |
| 04:39 | North Carolina | Daniel Adams gets the rebound | 25-18 |
| 04:21 | North Carolina | The jump hook by Daniel Adams is blocked by Marcos Martin | 25-18 |
| 04:19 | Miami (FL) | Mark Herald gets the rebound | 25-18 |
| 04:04 | Miami (FL) | Mark Herald can't connect on a jumper from the right block | 25-18 |
| 04:03 | North Carolina | Thomas Lesley pulls down the rebound | 25-18 |
| 03:50 | North Carolina | Charles Hypes misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 25-18 |
| 03:49 | North Carolina | Thomas Lesley grabs the offensive board | 25-18 |
| Lineup | North Carolina | PG - Thomas Lesley (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 ast. SG - Charles Hypes (fairly fresh) 11 pts. SF - Steven Pinzon (tiring) 1 pts. 3 reb. PF - Daniel Adams (tiring) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Larry Vance (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Miami (FL) | PG - Jose Castillo (tiring) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lin Tang (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Mark Herald (tiring) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - David Henderson (tired) 3 pts. C - Marcos Martin (fairly fresh) 2 blk. | |
| 03:35 | North Carolina | Larry Vance is hacked by Jose Castillo - foul #2 on Jose Castillo, team foul #8 | 25-18 |
| Subs | North Carolina | David Zerbe (SG), Jeremiah Hodge (SF), Earl Shaffer (PF) Charles Hypes, Steven Pinzon, Daniel Adams | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Swietomierz Symanski (SG), Lawrence Rinaldi (SF), Darrell Steves (PF), Ricardo Lopez (C) Lin Tang, Mark Herald, David Henderson, Marcos Martin | |
| 03:35 | North Carolina | Larry Vance makes the 1st free throw | 26-18 |
| 03:35 | North Carolina | Larry Vance misses the 2nd free throw | 26-18 |
| 03:35 | Miami (FL) | Lawrence Rinaldi pulls down the rebound | 26-18 |
| 03:25 | Miami (FL) | Jose Castillo scores on a 3 from the right corner | 26-21 |
| 03:14 | North Carolina | Larry Vance can't connect on a jump hook in the lane but he's fouled by Lawrence Rinaldi - foul #1 on Lawrence Rinaldi, team foul #9 | 26-21 |
| Subs | North Carolina | John Garner (PG) Thomas Lesley | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Oscar Mendez (SG), Mark Herald (SF) Jose Castillo, Lawrence Rinaldi | |
| 03:14 | North Carolina | Larry Vance makes the 1st free throw | 27-21 |
| 03:14 | North Carolina | Larry Vance misses the 2nd free throw | 27-21 |
| 03:14 | North Carolina | The offensive rebound goes to Earl Shaffer | 27-21 |
| 02:56 | North Carolina | David Zerbe makes the 3pt attempt from the left wing set up by John Garner | 30-21 |
| 02:27 | Miami (FL) | Mark Herald comes up short on the runner from close range | 30-21 |
| 02:25 | North Carolina | The rebound goes to Jeremiah Hodge | 30-21 |
| 02:16 | North Carolina | David Zerbe misses badly on a jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Ricardo Lopez - foul #3 on Ricardo Lopez, team foul #10 | 30-21 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Thomas Lesley (PG), Steven Pinzon (SF), Tomas Vanalstyne (C) John Garner, Jeremiah Hodge, Larry Vance | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Jose Castillo (PG), Lawrence Rinaldi (SF), David Henderson (C) Oscar Mendez, Mark Herald, Ricardo Lopez | |
| 02:16 | North Carolina | David Zerbe makes the 1st free throw | 31-21 |
| 02:16 | North Carolina | David Zerbe makes the 2nd free throw | 32-21 |
| 01:57 | Miami (FL) | Steven Pinzon denies the turnaround by Lawrence Rinaldi | 32-21 |
| 01:55 | North Carolina | David Zerbe grabs the defensive rebound | 32-21 |
| 01:51 | North Carolina | David Henderson picks off the pass by Thomas Lesley | 32-21 |
| 01:38 | Miami (FL) | Jose Castillo comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 32-21 |
| 01:36 | North Carolina | David Zerbe grabs the defensive rebound | 32-21 |
| 01:17 | North Carolina | David Zerbe comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 32-21 |
| 01:16 | Miami (FL) | Lawrence Rinaldi grabs the defensive rebound | 32-21 |
| 00:59 | Miami (FL) | Lawrence Rinaldi misses short on a driving attempt near the basket but he's hacked by Tomas Vanalstyne - foul #1 on Tomas Vanalstyne, team foul #5 | 32-21 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Charles Hypes (SG), Daniel Adams (PF) David Zerbe, Earl Shaffer | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Mark Herald (PF), Marcos Martin (C) Darrell Steves, David Henderson | |
| 00:59 | Miami (FL) | Lawrence Rinaldi misses the 1st free throw | 32-21 |
| 00:59 | Miami (FL) | Lawrence Rinaldi makes the 2nd free throw | 32-22 |
| 00:40 | North Carolina | A charge is called on Daniel Adams - foul #1 on Daniel Adams, team foul #6 | 32-22 |
| Subs | North Carolina | John Garner (PG) Thomas Lesley | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | Darrell Steves (PF) Lawrence Rinaldi | |
| 00:18 | Miami (FL) | Jose Castillo drills a 3 from the right corner | 32-25 |
| 00:04 | North Carolina | Steven Pinzon is fouled on the floor by Mark Herald - foul #1 on Mark Herald, team foul #11 | 32-25 |
| Subs | North Carolina | Larry Vance (C) Tomas Vanalstyne | |
| Subs | Miami (FL) | David Henderson (C) Marcos Martin | |
| 00:04 | North Carolina | Steven Pinzon misses the 1st free throw | 32-25 |
| 00:04 | North Carolina | Steven Pinzon makes the 2nd free throw | 33-25 |
| 00:00 | Miami (FL) | Mark Herald hits the front of the rim on the halfcourt shot | 33-25 |