| Lineup | Clemson | PG - Ronald Ervin (fresh) SG - Thomas Schneider (fresh) SF - Patrick Kitchens (fresh) PF - David Slocum (fresh) C - Joel Curry (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Timothy Livermore (fresh) SG - Gerald Yuhas (fresh) SF - Norman Holmes (fresh) PF - Ronald Hayes (fresh) C - Dan Serpa (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Virginia Tech | Ronald Hayes wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Clemson | Clemson is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:53 | Virginia Tech | Dan Serpa misses badly on a fadeaway from the left wing | 0-0 |
| 19:52 | Virginia Tech | Dan Serpa tips it in | 0-2 |
| 19:40 | Clemson | Patrick Kitchens misses short on a jump hook from the baseline | 0-2 |
| 19:39 | Virginia Tech | Norman Holmes snags the defensive board | 0-2 |
| 19:33 | Virginia Tech | Norman Holmes can't connect on a shot near the basket | 0-2 |
| 19:31 | Clemson | Joel Curry pulls down the rebound | 0-2 |
| 19:12 | Clemson | Patrick Kitchens makes the jump hook in the paint on a nice dish by Joel Curry | 2-2 |
| 18:54 | Virginia Tech | Dan Serpa comes up short on the floater from the free throw line | 2-2 |
| 18:53 | Virginia Tech | Dan Serpa tips it home | 2-4 |
| 18:42 | Clemson | Ronald Ervin is hacked by Timothy Livermore - foul #1 on Timothy Livermore, team foul #1 | 2-4 |
| 18:30 | Clemson | David Slocum clanks a jumper near the basket | 2-4 |
| 18:29 | Virginia Tech | Ronald Hayes grabs the defensive rebound | 2-4 |
| 18:24 | Virginia Tech | Dan Serpa is whistled for a carry | 2-4 |
| 18:08 | Clemson | David Slocum misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Timothy Livermore - foul #2 on Timothy Livermore, team foul #2 | 2-4 |
| Subs | Clemson | | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Micheal McCrary (PG) Timothy Livermore | |
| 18:08 | Clemson | David Slocum makes the 1st free throw | 3-4 |
| 18:08 | Clemson | David Slocum misses the 2nd free throw | 3-4 |
| 18:08 | Virginia Tech | Dan Serpa grabs the defensive rebound | 3-4 |
| 17:49 | Virginia Tech | Ronald Hayes can't connect on a driving attempt near the basket | 3-4 |
| 17:48 | Clemson | David Slocum grabs the board | 3-4 |
| 17:29 | Clemson | Joel Curry misses badly on a shot from the right side | 3-4 |
| 17:27 | Virginia Tech | Dan Serpa pulls down the rebound | 3-4 |
| 17:13 | Virginia Tech | Joel Curry takes the ball from Dan Serpa | 3-4 |
| 16:44 | Clemson | Joel Curry is whistled for traveling | 3-4 |
| Subs | Clemson | Louis Shafer (PG), Barry Wright (SG), Robert Lane (SF), Anthony Garrett (PF), Steven Rogers (C) Ronald Ervin, Thomas Schneider, Patrick Kitchens, David Slocum, Joel Curry | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| 16:22 | Virginia Tech | Ronald Hayes can't finish the layup | 3-4 |
| 16:21 | Clemson | Barry Wright grabs the defensive rebound | 3-4 |
| 15:52 | Clemson | Steven Rogers's fadeaway is rejected by Dan Serpa | 3-4 |
| 15:50 | Virginia Tech | Dan Serpa gets the rebound | 3-4 |
| Lineup | Clemson | PG - Louis Shafer (fresh) SG - Barry Wright (fresh) SF - Robert Lane (fresh) PF - Anthony Garrett (fresh) C - Steven Rogers (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Micheal McCrary (fresh) SG - Gerald Yuhas (fairly fresh) SF - Norman Holmes (fairly fresh) PF - Ronald Hayes (fairly fresh) C - Dan Serpa (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 15:45 | Virginia Tech | Gerald Yuhas clanks a 3 from the right corner | 3-4 |
| 15:44 | Clemson | The rebound goes to Anthony Garrett | 3-4 |
| 15:38 | Clemson | Anthony Garrett misses the jumper from the right block but the foul's on Micheal McCrary - foul #1 on Micheal McCrary, team foul #3 | 3-4 |
| Subs | Clemson | Joel Curry (C) Steven Rogers | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| 15:38 | Clemson | Anthony Garrett makes the 1st free throw | 4-4 |
| 15:38 | Clemson | Anthony Garrett misses the 2nd free throw | 4-4 |
| 15:38 | Virginia Tech | The rebound goes to Ronald Hayes | 4-4 |
| 15:31 | Virginia Tech | Ronald Hayes hits a runner in the paint and he's fouled by Anthony Garrett - foul #1 on Anthony Garrett, team foul #1 | 4-6 |
| Subs | Clemson | David Slocum (C) Joel Curry | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| 15:31 | Virginia Tech | Ronald Hayes makes the free throw | 4-7 |
| 15:16 | Clemson | Louis Shafer throws a bad pass out of bounds | 4-7 |
| Subs | Clemson | Thomas Schneider (SG), Patrick Kitchens (PF), Joel Curry (C) Barry Wright, Anthony Garrett, David Slocum | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| 14:54 | Virginia Tech | Norman Holmes can't connect on a fadeaway from the right wing | 4-7 |
| 14:52 | Clemson | Joel Curry grabs the board | 4-7 |
| 14:38 | Clemson | Patrick Kitchens can't connect on a fadeaway from the right wing | 4-7 |
| 14:37 | Clemson | Joel Curry grabs the offensive rebound | 4-7 |
| 14:30 | Clemson | Louis Shafer clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 4-7 |
| 14:28 | Clemson | Patrick Kitchens snags the offensive board | 4-7 |
| 14:19 | Clemson | Louis Shafer can't connect on a jumpshot from the right wing | 4-7 |
| 14:18 | Virginia Tech | Norman Holmes snags the defensive board | 4-7 |
| 14:03 | Virginia Tech | Dan Serpa makes the jumper from the right wing and the foul's on Louis Shafer - foul #1 on Louis Shafer, team foul #2 | 4-9 |
| Subs | Clemson | Ronald Ervin (PG), Barry Wright (SG), Anthony Garrett (PF), David Slocum (C) Louis Shafer, Thomas Schneider, Patrick Kitchens, Joel Curry | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Kenneth Juhl (SG), Howard Hughes (PF) Gerald Yuhas, Ronald Hayes | |
| 14:03 | Virginia Tech | Dan Serpa misses the free throw | 4-9 |
| 14:03 | Clemson | The rebound goes to David Slocum | 4-9 |
| 13:48 | Clemson | Robert Lane makes the jumper in the lane on a nice dish by Barry Wright | 6-9 |
| 13:26 | Virginia Tech | Norman Holmes scores on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 6-11 |
| 13:22 | Clemson | Robert Lane buries a fadeaway in the paint on a nice dish by Ronald Ervin | 8-11 |
| 13:18 | Virginia Tech | Ronald Ervin steps in front of the Micheal McCrary pass in the backcourt | 8-11 |
| 13:06 | Clemson | David Slocum blows the layup | 8-11 |
| 13:05 | Clemson | David Slocum hits the follow up shot | 10-11 |
| 12:54 | Virginia Tech | Howard Hughes is fouled on the floor by Ronald Ervin - foul #1 on Ronald Ervin, team foul #3 | 10-11 |
| Subs | Clemson | Thomas Schneider (SG), Patrick Kitchens (SF), Joel Curry (C) Barry Wright, Robert Lane, Anthony Garrett | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Ronald Hayes (PF) Dan Serpa | |
| 12:39 | Virginia Tech | Ronald Hayes's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 10-11 |
| Subs | Clemson | | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Gerald Yuhas (SG) Kenneth Juhl | |
| 12:24 | Clemson | Thomas Schneider misses the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 10-11 |
| 12:23 | Clemson | Patrick Kitchens tips it but misses | 10-11 |
| 12:22 | Virginia Tech | Howard Hughes grabs the defensive rebound | 10-11 |
| 12:15 | Virginia Tech | Howard Hughes knocks in the driving attempt from the right block set up by Ronald Hayes | 10-13 |
| 12:08 | Clemson | David Slocum hits a pull-up jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Joel Curry | 12-13 |
| 11:51 | Virginia Tech | Norman Holmes is called for traveling | 12-13 |
| Subs | Clemson | Louis Shafer (PG) Ronald Ervin | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| Lineup | Clemson | PG - Louis Shafer (fresh) SG - Thomas Schneider (fresh) SF - Patrick Kitchens (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - David Slocum (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Joel Curry (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Micheal McCrary (tiring) SG - Gerald Yuhas (fairly fresh) SF - Norman Holmes (tiring) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Ronald Hayes (tiring) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Howard Hughes (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:36 | Clemson | Howard Hughes is called for the reach on Joel Curry - foul #1 on Howard Hughes, team foul #4 | 12-13 |
| Subs | Clemson | Ronald Ervin (SG), Steven Rogers (C) Thomas Schneider, Joel Curry | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Dan Serpa (C) Howard Hughes | |
| 11:19 | Clemson | David Slocum makes the floater from the free throw line | 14-13 |
| 10:59 | Virginia Tech | Dan Serpa slams it home on a nice dish by Gerald Yuhas | 14-15 |
| 10:39 | Clemson | David Slocum knocks in the jump hook from the baseline | 16-15 |
| 10:20 | Virginia Tech | Gerald Yuhas misses short on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 16-15 |
| 10:18 | Clemson | The rebound goes to David Slocum | 16-15 |
| 09:49 | Clemson | Patrick Kitchens buries a jump hook from the baseline and he's fouled by Ronald Hayes - foul #1 on Ronald Hayes, team foul #5 | 18-15 |
| Subs | Clemson | Thomas Schneider (SG), Robert Lane (SF), Joel Curry (C) Ronald Ervin, David Slocum, Steven Rogers | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Kenneth Juhl (SG), Howard Hughes (PF) Gerald Yuhas, Ronald Hayes | |
| 09:49 | Clemson | Patrick Kitchens misses the free throw | 18-15 |
| 09:49 | Virginia Tech | Dan Serpa gets the rebound | 18-15 |
| 09:45 | Virginia Tech | Micheal McCrary hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 18-15 |
| 09:43 | Virginia Tech | The offensive rebound goes to Norman Holmes | 18-15 |
| 09:32 | Virginia Tech | Norman Holmes is hacked by Louis Shafer - foul #2 on Louis Shafer, team foul #4 | 18-15 |
| Subs | Clemson | Ronald Ervin (PG), Anthony Garrett (PF) Louis Shafer, Patrick Kitchens | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| 09:27 | Virginia Tech | Thomas Schneider is called for the reach on Micheal McCrary - foul #1 on Thomas Schneider, team foul #5 | 18-15 |
| 09:22 | Virginia Tech | Dan Serpa is whistled for traveling | 18-15 |
| 09:08 | Clemson | Ronald Ervin misses the pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Norman Holmes - foul #1 on Norman Holmes, team foul #6 | 18-15 |
| 09:08 | Clemson | Ronald Ervin misses the 1st free throw | 18-15 |
| 09:08 | Clemson | Ronald Ervin makes the 2nd free throw | 19-15 |
| 08:57 | Virginia Tech | Howard Hughes misses the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 19-15 |
| 08:55 | Clemson | Robert Lane snags the defensive board | 19-15 |
| 08:35 | Clemson | Howard Hughes denies the turnaround by Anthony Garrett | 19-15 |
| 08:33 | Clemson | Ronald Ervin tips it back up and in | 21-15 |
| 08:17 | Virginia Tech | Dan Serpa misses the jumper from just outside the lane | 21-15 |
| 08:16 | Clemson | Ronald Ervin grabs the board | 21-15 |
| 07:57 | Clemson | Thomas Schneider drills a 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Robert Lane | 24-15 |
| 07:36 | Virginia Tech | Dan Serpa lays it up and in and he's fouled by Joel Curry - foul #1 on Joel Curry, team foul #6 | 24-17 |
| Subs | Clemson | Barry Wright (PG), Patrick Kitchens (SF), David Slocum (PF) Ronald Ervin, Robert Lane, Anthony Garrett | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Gerald Yuhas (SG), Ronald Hayes (PF) Kenneth Juhl, Howard Hughes | |
| 07:36 | Virginia Tech | Dan Serpa makes the free throw | 24-18 |
| Lineup | Clemson | PG - Barry Wright (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Thomas Schneider (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Patrick Kitchens (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - David Slocum (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. C - Joel Curry (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Micheal McCrary (tiring) SG - Gerald Yuhas (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Norman Holmes (tired) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Ronald Hayes (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Dan Serpa (tiring) 11 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 07:18 | Clemson | David Slocum misses the jumpshot from the left wing but the foul's on Micheal McCrary - foul #2 on Micheal McCrary, team foul #7 | 24-18 |
| Subs | Clemson | | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Timothy Livermore (PG), Howard Hughes (C) Micheal McCrary, Dan Serpa | |
| 07:18 | Clemson | David Slocum makes the 1st free throw | 25-18 |
| 07:18 | Clemson | David Slocum makes the 2nd free throw | 26-18 |
| 06:54 | Virginia Tech | Ronald Hayes misses short on a driving attempt from the baseline | 26-18 |
| 06:52 | Clemson | Joel Curry grabs the board | 26-18 |
| 06:43 | Clemson | Thomas Schneider loses the ball out of bounds | 26-18 |
| Subs | Clemson | Ronald Ervin (PG) Barry Wright | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| 06:41 | Virginia Tech | Timothy Livermore is hacked by Ronald Ervin in the backcourt - foul #2 on Ronald Ervin, team foul #7 | 26-18 |
| Subs | Clemson | Barry Wright (PG) Ronald Ervin | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| 06:41 | Virginia Tech | Timothy Livermore makes the 1st free throw | 26-19 |
| 06:41 | Virginia Tech | Timothy Livermore misses the 2nd free throw | 26-19 |
| 06:41 | Clemson | Patrick Kitchens grabs the defensive rebound | 26-19 |
| 06:23 | Clemson | Thomas Schneider is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #2 on Thomas Schneider, team foul #8 | 26-19 |
| Subs | Clemson | Wei-Quo Hou (SG) Thomas Schneider | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| 06:12 | Virginia Tech | Norman Holmes comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 26-19 |
| 06:11 | Clemson | David Slocum grabs the defensive rebound | 26-19 |
| 05:48 | Clemson | David Slocum scores on a turnaround from the right block set up by Wei-Quo Hou | 28-19 |
| 05:30 | Virginia Tech | Ronald Hayes knocks in the shot near the basket | 28-21 |
| 05:16 | Clemson | Patrick Kitchens buries a fadeaway from the right wing on a great pass from Barry Wright | 30-21 |
| 05:08 | Virginia Tech | Timothy Livermore buries a 3 pointer from the left corner | 30-24 |
| 04:52 | Clemson | Ronald Hayes is called for the reach on David Slocum - foul #2 on Ronald Hayes, team foul #8 | 30-24 |
| Subs | Clemson | Robert Lane (SF) Patrick Kitchens | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Kenneth Juhl (SG), Dan Serpa (C) Gerald Yuhas, Ronald Hayes | |
| 04:52 | Clemson | David Slocum makes the 1st free throw | 31-24 |
| 04:52 | Clemson | David Slocum makes the 2nd free throw | 32-24 |
| 04:44 | Virginia Tech | Timothy Livermore hits a shot from the left side on a great pass from Kenneth Juhl | 32-26 |
| 04:25 | Clemson | David Slocum misses badly on a floater from just outside the lane | 32-26 |
| 04:24 | Virginia Tech | Dan Serpa grabs the board | 32-26 |
| 04:05 | Virginia Tech | Kenneth Juhl misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 32-26 |
| 04:04 | Virginia Tech | Dan Serpa grabs the offensive board | 32-26 |
| 03:43 | Virginia Tech | Norman Holmes connects on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 32-29 |
| 03:26 | Clemson | Robert Lane is hacked by Norman Holmes - foul #2 on Norman Holmes, team foul #9 | 32-29 |
| Subs | Clemson | Ronald Ervin (PG), Thomas Schneider (SG), Anthony Garrett (PF), Patrick Kitchens (C) Barry Wright, Wei-Quo Hou, David Slocum, Joel Curry | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Micheal McCrary (SF), Ronald Hayes (PF) Norman Holmes, Howard Hughes | |
| 03:26 | Clemson | Robert Lane misses the 1st free throw | 32-29 |
| 03:26 | Virginia Tech | Dan Serpa grabs the board | 32-29 |
| Lineup | Clemson | PG - Ronald Ervin (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Thomas Schneider (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Robert Lane (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Anthony Garrett (fresh) 1 pts. C - Patrick Kitchens (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Virginia Tech | PG - Timothy Livermore (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SG - Kenneth Juhl (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Micheal McCrary (fairly fresh) PF - Ronald Hayes (tiring) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Dan Serpa (tiring) 11 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 03:10 | Virginia Tech | Micheal McCrary misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 32-29 |
| 03:09 | Virginia Tech | Dan Serpa tips it but misses | 32-29 |
| 03:07 | Clemson | The rebound goes to Anthony Garrett | 32-29 |
| 03:03 | Clemson | Robert Lane misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 32-29 |
| 03:01 | Virginia Tech | Timothy Livermore grabs the board | 32-29 |
| 02:56 | Virginia Tech | Timothy Livermore connects on the jumpshot from just outside the lane set up by Kenneth Juhl | 32-31 |
| 02:53 | Clemson | Ronald Ervin loses the dribble to Timothy Livermore in the backcourt | 32-31 |
| 02:48 | Virginia Tech | Dan Serpa's layup is rejected by Anthony Garrett | 32-31 |
| 02:47 | Clemson | The rebound goes to Robert Lane | 32-31 |
| 02:28 | Clemson | Ronald Ervin misses long on a jumpshot from the free throw line but the foul's on Dan Serpa - foul #1 on Dan Serpa, team foul #10 | 32-31 |
| Subs | Clemson | David Slocum (PF), Joel Curry (C) Robert Lane, Anthony Garrett | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Gerald Yuhas (SG) Kenneth Juhl | |
| 02:28 | Clemson | Ronald Ervin makes the 1st free throw | 33-31 |
| 02:28 | Clemson | Ronald Ervin misses the 2nd free throw | 33-31 |
| 02:28 | Virginia Tech | The rebound goes to Ronald Hayes | 33-31 |
| 02:21 | Virginia Tech | Dan Serpa misses long on a floater from close range | 33-31 |
| 02:20 | Clemson | David Slocum gets the rebound | 33-31 |
| 02:18 | Clemson | Ronald Ervin's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 33-31 |
| 02:12 | Virginia Tech | Joel Curry steals the ball from Ronald Hayes | 33-31 |
| 01:55 | Clemson | Ronald Ervin connects on the floater from the free throw line on a nice dish by David Slocum | 35-31 |
| 01:39 | Virginia Tech | Timothy Livermore is hacked by Ronald Ervin - foul #3 on Ronald Ervin, team foul #9 | 35-31 |
| Subs | Clemson | Louis Shafer (PG), Steven Rogers (C) Ronald Ervin, Joel Curry | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | | |
| 01:39 | Virginia Tech | Timothy Livermore makes the 1st free throw | 35-32 |
| 01:39 | Virginia Tech | Timothy Livermore makes the 2nd free throw | 35-33 |
| 01:18 | Clemson | Patrick Kitchens misses the dunk attempt | 35-33 |
| 01:16 | Clemson | Louis Shafer hits the follow up shot | 37-33 |
| 00:51 | Virginia Tech | Dan Serpa is denied on a dunk by David Slocum | 37-33 |
| 00:50 | Clemson | Thomas Schneider gets the rebound | 37-33 |
| 00:34 | Clemson | Steven Rogers misses the shot from the baseline but he's hacked by Dan Serpa - foul #2 on Dan Serpa, team foul #11 | 37-33 |
| Subs | Clemson | Joel Curry (PF) David Slocum | |
| Subs | Virginia Tech | Howard Hughes (C) Dan Serpa | |
| 00:34 | Clemson | Steven Rogers makes the 1st free throw | 38-33 |
| 00:34 | Clemson | Steven Rogers makes the 2nd free throw | 39-33 |
| 00:22 | Virginia Tech | Gerald Yuhas loses the dribble to Patrick Kitchens | 39-33 |
| 00:17 | Clemson | Patrick Kitchens lays it up and in | 41-33 |
| 00:05 | Virginia Tech | Ronald Hayes misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 41-33 |
| 00:03 | Clemson | Joel Curry grabs the defensive rebound | 41-33 |
| 00:00 | Clemson | Joel Curry can't connect on a halfcourt shot | 41-33 |