| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Alvin Pitre (fresh) SG - Harry Murdock (fresh) SF - Jason Jacobi (fresh) PF - Grady Olivieri (fresh) C - Rufus Christian (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Joseph Sloan (fresh) SG - Robert Wilkinson (fresh) SF - James Rosati (fresh) PF - Gregory Carstensen (fresh) C - John Lewis (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Virginia Tech | Rufus Christian wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a flex offense and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:45 | Virginia Tech | Alvin Pitre comes up short on the jumpshot from the right side but he's hacked by Gregory Carstensen - foul #1 on Gregory Carstensen, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:45 | Virginia Tech | Alvin Pitre makes the 1st free throw | 1-0 |
| 19:45 | Virginia Tech | Alvin Pitre makes the 2nd free throw | 2-0 |
| 19:25 | Denver | Robert Wilkinson knocks in the runner from the right block set up by John Lewis | 2-2 |
| 19:14 | Virginia Tech | Alvin Pitre scores on a turnaround from close range | 4-2 |
| 19:05 | Denver | James Rosati is open and scores on a fadeaway jumper from the left side on a great pass from Robert Wilkinson | 4-4 |
| 18:54 | Virginia Tech | Grady Olivieri clanks a shot from the left wing | 4-4 |
| 18:52 | Virginia Tech | Grady Olivieri grabs the offensive rebound | 4-4 |
| 18:40 | Virginia Tech | Grady Olivieri hits the front of the rim on the jump hook in the lane | 4-4 |
| 18:39 | Denver | Gregory Carstensen gets the rebound | 4-4 |
| 18:26 | Denver | James Rosati misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 4-4 |
| 18:24 | Virginia Tech | Rufus Christian snags the defensive board | 4-4 |
| 18:08 | Virginia Tech | Alvin Pitre's floater is knocked away by Robert Wilkinson | 4-4 |
| 18:07 | Denver | Joseph Sloan gets the rebound | 4-4 |
| 17:59 | Denver | Joseph Sloan hits a 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from Robert Wilkinson | 4-7 |
| 17:43 | Virginia Tech | Grady Olivieri is hacked by Gregory Carstensen - foul #2 on Gregory Carstensen, team foul #2 | 4-7 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Bill Jones (PG), Dennis Schroeder (SG), Cody Brown (SF), John Ainsworth (PF) Alvin Pitre, Harry Murdock, Jason Jacobi, Grady Olivieri | |
| Subs | Denver | Jim Jacobs (PF) Gregory Carstensen | |
| 17:24 | Virginia Tech | Dennis Schroeder hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 4-7 |
| 17:22 | Denver | James Rosati pulls down the rebound | 4-7 |
| 17:05 | Denver | Robert Wilkinson makes the 3 from straight away set up by Jim Jacobs | 4-10 |
| 16:50 | Virginia Tech | Bill Jones hits a 3pt attempt from the left corner on a nice dish by Cody Brown | 7-10 |
| 16:45 | Denver | James Rosati is hacked by Cody Brown - foul #1 on Cody Brown, team foul #1 | 7-10 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Grady Olivieri (PF) Rufus Christian | |
| Subs | Denver | Fred Taylor (PG), Jack Peterson (SG), Clarence Paulk (SF), William Luckey (C) Joseph Sloan, Robert Wilkinson, James Rosati, John Lewis | |
| 16:26 | Denver | Fred Taylor is called for traveling | 7-10 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Alvin Pitre (PG) Grady Olivieri | |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| 16:00 | Virginia Tech | Bill Jones comes up short on the shot from the right side but he's hacked by William Luckey - foul #1 on William Luckey, team foul #3 | 7-10 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Grady Olivieri (PF) Cody Brown | |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| 16:00 | Virginia Tech | Bill Jones makes the 1st free throw | 8-10 |
| 16:00 | Virginia Tech | Bill Jones makes the 2nd free throw | 9-10 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Alvin Pitre (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Dennis Schroeder (fresh) SF - Bill Jones (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Grady Olivieri (fresh) C - John Ainsworth (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Fred Taylor (fresh) SG - Jack Peterson (fresh) SF - Clarence Paulk (fresh) PF - Jim Jacobs (fresh) C - William Luckey (fresh) | |
| 15:40 | Denver | Jack Peterson misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 9-10 |
| 15:38 | Virginia Tech | Alvin Pitre snags the defensive board | 9-10 |
| 15:34 | Virginia Tech | Alvin Pitre travels with the ball | 9-10 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Cody Brown (SF) Alvin Pitre | |
| Subs | Denver | Robert Wilkinson (SG), James Rosati (SF) Jack Peterson, William Luckey | |
| 15:22 | Denver | Robert Wilkinson scores on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing set up by Fred Taylor | 9-12 |
| 14:59 | Virginia Tech | Dennis Schroeder scores on a 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Bill Jones | 12-12 |
| 14:42 | Denver | Dennis Schroeder knocks away the 3 by Clarence Paulk | 12-12 |
| 14:40 | Virginia Tech | Grady Olivieri grabs the board | 12-12 |
| 14:36 | Virginia Tech | Bill Jones scores on a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Dennis Schroeder | 15-12 |
| 14:21 | Denver | Clarence Paulk is hacked by Bill Jones - foul #1 on Bill Jones, team foul #2 | 15-12 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Alvin Pitre (PG), Rufus Christian (C) Grady Olivieri, John Ainsworth | |
| Subs | Denver | Joseph Sloan (PG), Jack Peterson (PF), John Lewis (C) Fred Taylor, Jim Jacobs, Clarence Paulk | |
| 14:12 | Denver | Dennis Schroeder picks off the pass by Jack Peterson | 15-12 |
| 14:09 | Virginia Tech | Cody Brown blows the layup | 15-12 |
| 14:07 | Virginia Tech | Rufus Christian tips it but misses | 15-12 |
| 14:06 | Denver | Jack Peterson grabs the defensive rebound | 15-12 |
| 13:48 | Denver | Joseph Sloan drills a 3 pointer from the left wing | 15-15 |
| 13:36 | Virginia Tech | Dennis Schroeder makes the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 17-15 |
| 13:17 | Denver | Robert Wilkinson misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 17-15 |
| 13:16 | Virginia Tech | Rufus Christian grabs the defensive rebound | 17-15 |
| 13:06 | Virginia Tech | Dennis Schroeder is fouled on the floor by John Lewis - foul #1 on John Lewis, team foul #4 | 17-15 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Grady Olivieri (PF) Cody Brown | |
| Subs | Denver | He-ping Wang (SF), Clarence Paulk (PF) Robert Wilkinson, James Rosati | |
| 12:49 | Virginia Tech | Alvin Pitre knocks in the fadeaway in the paint and he's fouled by Clarence Paulk - foul #1 on Clarence Paulk, team foul #5 | 19-15 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Harry Murdock (SG) Dennis Schroeder | |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| 12:49 | Virginia Tech | Alvin Pitre makes the free throw | 20-15 |
| 12:39 | Denver | He-ping Wang misses short on a 3 from straight away | 20-15 |
| 12:38 | Denver | Clarence Paulk grabs the offensive board | 20-15 |
| 12:25 | Denver | Joseph Sloan hits a jumper from the free throw line | 20-17 |
| 12:02 | Virginia Tech | Bill Jones misses the shot from close range but he's fouled by He-ping Wang - foul #1 on He-ping Wang, team foul #6 | 20-17 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Dennis Schroeder (SG), Cody Brown (SF), John Ainsworth (C) Alvin Pitre, Harry Murdock, Rufus Christian | |
| Subs | Denver | Fred Taylor (PG), Jim Jacobs (PF), William Luckey (C) Joseph Sloan, Jack Peterson, John Lewis | |
| 12:02 | Virginia Tech | Bill Jones misses the 1st free throw | 20-17 |
| 12:02 | Virginia Tech | Bill Jones makes the 2nd free throw | 21-17 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Bill Jones (tiring) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dennis Schroeder (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Cody Brown (fairly fresh) 1 ast. PF - Grady Olivieri (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - John Ainsworth (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Fred Taylor (fresh) 1 ast. SG - He-ping Wang (fresh) SF - Clarence Paulk (fresh) PF - Jim Jacobs (fresh) C - William Luckey (fresh) | |
| 11:51 | Denver | Jim Jacobs clanks a 3 from straight away | 21-17 |
| 11:49 | Denver | Clarence Paulk grabs the offensive rebound | 21-17 |
| 11:29 | Denver | He-ping Wang lays it in on a great pass from William Luckey | 21-19 |
| 11:11 | Virginia Tech | Bill Jones misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 21-19 |
| 11:09 | Denver | Jim Jacobs gets the rebound | 21-19 |
| 10:54 | Denver | Dennis Schroeder is called for the reach on He-ping Wang - foul #1 on Dennis Schroeder, team foul #3 | 21-19 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Alvin Pitre (PG), Rufus Christian (C) Bill Jones, Grady Olivieri | |
| Subs | Denver | Robert Wilkinson (SG), James Rosati (SF), John Lewis (C) He-ping Wang, Clarence Paulk, William Luckey | |
| 10:37 | Denver | James Rosati scores on a jump hook from the right block set up by Robert Wilkinson and he's fouled by Cody Brown - foul #2 on Cody Brown, team foul #4 | 21-21 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Harry Murdock (SG) Cody Brown | |
| Subs | Denver | Joseph Sloan (PG) Fred Taylor | |
| 10:37 | Denver | James Rosati makes the free throw | 21-22 |
| 10:16 | Virginia Tech | Dennis Schroeder misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by James Rosati - foul #1 on James Rosati, team foul #7 | 21-22 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Bill Jones (SF), Grady Olivieri (PF) Harry Murdock, John Ainsworth | |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| 10:16 | Virginia Tech | Dennis Schroeder misses the 1st free throw | 21-22 |
| 10:16 | Virginia Tech | Dennis Schroeder misses the 2nd free throw | 21-22 |
| 10:16 | Denver | Jim Jacobs grabs the defensive rebound | 21-22 |
| 10:00 | Denver | Robert Wilkinson is hacked by Alvin Pitre - foul #1 on Alvin Pitre, team foul #5 | 21-22 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | John Ainsworth (PF) Grady Olivieri | |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| 09:52 | Denver | Joseph Sloan clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 21-22 |
| 09:50 | Denver | Robert Wilkinson grabs the offensive board | 21-22 |
| 09:32 | Denver | James Rosati misses the floater near the basket but the foul's on Dennis Schroeder - foul #2 on Dennis Schroeder, team foul #6 | 21-22 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Harry Murdock (SG), Jason Jacobi (SF), Grady Olivieri (PF) Dennis Schroeder, Bill Jones, John Ainsworth | |
| Subs | Denver | Jack Peterson (PF), William Luckey (C) Jim Jacobs, John Lewis | |
| 09:32 | Denver | James Rosati misses the 1st free throw | 21-22 |
| 09:32 | Denver | James Rosati makes the 2nd free throw | 21-23 |
| 09:10 | Virginia Tech | Alvin Pitre clanks a jumpshot from the left side | 21-23 |
| 09:08 | Denver | Robert Wilkinson snags the defensive board | 21-23 |
| 08:47 | Denver | Joseph Sloan misses the lay-in | 21-23 |
| 08:45 | Virginia Tech | Rufus Christian grabs the defensive rebound | 21-23 |
| 08:31 | Virginia Tech | Alvin Pitre buries a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 23-23 |
| 08:16 | Denver | Robert Wilkinson comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 23-23 |
| 08:15 | Denver | James Rosati tips it home | 23-25 |
| 08:04 | Virginia Tech | Alvin Pitre is called for 3 seconds in the lane | 23-25 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Bill Jones (SF), John Ainsworth (C) Jason Jacobi, Rufus Christian | |
| Subs | Denver | Fred Taylor (PG), Clarence Paulk (SF), Jim Jacobs (PF), John Lewis (C) Joseph Sloan, Robert Wilkinson, James Rosati, William Luckey | |
| 08:02 | Denver | Fred Taylor throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 23-25 |
| 07:52 | Virginia Tech | Grady Olivieri misses badly on a jumper from the free throw line | 23-25 |
| 07:51 | Virginia Tech | Grady Olivieri snags the offensive board | 23-25 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Alvin Pitre (fairly fresh) 9 pts. SG - Harry Murdock (fresh) SF - Bill Jones (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. PF - Grady Olivieri (fairly fresh) 3 reb. C - John Ainsworth (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Fred Taylor (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Jack Peterson (fresh) SF - Clarence Paulk (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Jim Jacobs (fresh) 2 reb. C - John Lewis (fresh) | |
| 07:30 | Virginia Tech | John Ainsworth misses badly on a jump hook from the right block but he's fouled by Jack Peterson - foul #1 on Jack Peterson, team foul #8 | 23-25 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Rufus Christian (C) Harry Murdock | |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| 07:30 | Virginia Tech | John Ainsworth misses the 1st free throw | 23-25 |
| 07:30 | Virginia Tech | John Ainsworth makes the 2nd free throw | 24-25 |
| 07:20 | Denver | Fred Taylor blows the dunk but the foul's on John Ainsworth - foul #1 on John Ainsworth, team foul #7 | 24-25 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Harry Murdock (SG) Grady Olivieri | |
| Subs | Denver | He-ping Wang (SG) Jack Peterson | |
| 07:20 | Denver | Fred Taylor makes the 1st free throw | 24-26 |
| 07:20 | Denver | Fred Taylor makes the 2nd free throw | 24-27 |
| 07:07 | Virginia Tech | Harry Murdock misses short on a 3 from the left corner | 24-27 |
| 07:06 | Denver | He-ping Wang snags the defensive board | 24-27 |
| 06:49 | Denver | Clarence Paulk clanks a 3 from the left corner | 24-27 |
| 06:47 | Virginia Tech | The rebound goes to Harry Murdock | 24-27 |
| 06:32 | Virginia Tech | Rufus Christian misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 24-27 |
| 06:30 | Virginia Tech | Rufus Christian tips it but misses | 24-27 |
| 06:28 | Virginia Tech | Rufus Christian grabs the offensive board | 24-27 |
| 06:15 | Virginia Tech | Bill Jones is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #2 on Bill Jones, team foul #8 | 24-27 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Dennis Schroeder (SG), Jason Jacobi (SF), Grady Olivieri (PF) Harry Murdock, Bill Jones, Rufus Christian | |
| Subs | Denver | Robert Wilkinson (SG), James Rosati (SF), William Luckey (C) He-ping Wang, Jim Jacobs, John Lewis | |
| 06:04 | Denver | James Rosati's pass is intercepted by Grady Olivieri | 24-27 |
| 05:41 | Virginia Tech | Dennis Schroeder buries a 3pt attempt from straight away | 27-27 |
| 05:22 | Denver | Fred Taylor is whistled for traveling | 27-27 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Harry Murdock (SG), Rufus Christian (C) Dennis Schroeder, John Ainsworth | |
| Subs | Denver | Joseph Sloan (PG), Jack Peterson (PF) Fred Taylor, Clarence Paulk | |
| 05:15 | Virginia Tech | Harry Murdock can't connect on a 3 from the right corner | 27-27 |
| 05:13 | Denver | James Rosati grabs the board | 27-27 |
| 04:49 | Denver | Jack Peterson misses the dunk | 27-27 |
| 04:47 | Virginia Tech | Alvin Pitre snags the defensive board | 27-27 |
| 04:33 | Virginia Tech | Grady Olivieri is hacked by Jack Peterson - foul #2 on Jack Peterson, team foul #9 | 27-27 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Bill Jones (SF), John Ainsworth (PF) Harry Murdock, Jason Jacobi | |
| Subs | Denver | Jim Jacobs (PF), John Lewis (C) Jack Peterson, William Luckey | |
| 04:33 | Virginia Tech | Grady Olivieri makes the 1st free throw | 28-27 |
| 04:33 | Virginia Tech | Grady Olivieri makes the 2nd free throw | 29-27 |
| 04:24 | Denver | Joseph Sloan hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 29-27 |
| 04:23 | Denver | Jim Jacobs tips it home | 29-29 |
| 04:05 | Virginia Tech | Grady Olivieri connects on the 3 pointer from the left wing set up by Alvin Pitre | 32-29 |
| 03:39 | Denver | Bill Jones steals the ball from Robert Wilkinson | 32-29 |
| 03:36 | Virginia Tech | Bill Jones misses the easy layup | 32-29 |
| 03:35 | Denver | John Lewis grabs the board | 32-29 |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Alvin Pitre (tiring) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Grady Olivieri (tiring) 5 pts. 3 reb. SF - Bill Jones (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. PF - John Ainsworth (fairly fresh) 1 pts. C - Rufus Christian (tiring) 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Joseph Sloan (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Robert Wilkinson (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SF - James Rosati (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Jim Jacobs (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - John Lewis (fresh) | |
| 03:25 | Denver | Joseph Sloan misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 32-29 |
| 03:23 | Denver | John Lewis grabs the offensive rebound | 32-29 |
| 03:06 | Denver | Joseph Sloan misses the 3 pointer from the left corner | 32-29 |
| 03:04 | Denver | John Lewis pulls down the offensive rebound | 32-29 |
| 02:52 | Denver | Jim Jacobs can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 32-29 |
| 02:51 | Virginia Tech | Alvin Pitre snags the defensive board | 32-29 |
| 02:29 | Virginia Tech | Bill Jones misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 32-29 |
| 02:28 | Virginia Tech | John Ainsworth pulls down the offensive rebound | 32-29 |
| 02:21 | Virginia Tech | Bill Jones comes up short on the shot from the right wing | 32-29 |
| 02:20 | Denver | James Rosati pulls down the rebound | 32-29 |
| 02:00 | Denver | James Rosati drills a jumpshot from just outside the lane on a great pass from Jim Jacobs | 32-31 |
| 01:39 | Virginia Tech | Alvin Pitre misses the floater in the lane | 32-31 |
| 01:37 | Denver | The rebound goes to Jim Jacobs | 32-31 |
| 01:31 | Denver | Jim Jacobs hits the finger roll | 32-33 |
| 01:13 | Virginia Tech | Bill Jones misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 32-33 |
| 01:11 | Denver | Jim Jacobs grabs the board | 32-33 |
| 01:01 | Denver | James Rosati can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 32-33 |
| 01:00 | Denver | Robert Wilkinson tips it but misses | 32-33 |
| 00:59 | Virginia Tech | John Ainsworth snags the defensive board | 32-33 |
| 00:43 | Virginia Tech | Grady Olivieri connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing and he's hacked by Robert Wilkinson - foul #1 on Robert Wilkinson, team foul #10 | 34-33 |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Cody Brown (PG), Dennis Schroeder (SG) Alvin Pitre, John Ainsworth | |
| Subs | Denver | Fred Taylor (PG), Jack Peterson (SG), Clarence Paulk (SF), Gregory Carstensen (PF), William Luckey (C) Joseph Sloan, Robert Wilkinson, James Rosati, Jim Jacobs, John Lewis | |
| 00:43 | Virginia Tech | Grady Olivieri makes the free throw | 35-33 |
| 00:30 | Denver | Clarence Paulk makes the 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Jack Peterson | 35-36 |
| 00:00 | Virginia Tech | Bill Jones loses the dribble to Gregory Carstensen | 35-36 |