7 ▁field ▁goal ▁attempts . ▁Virginia ▁made ▁one ▁more ▁basket , ▁but ▁required ▁ 1 4 ▁more ▁sh ots ▁than ▁Cham ina de ▁to ▁do ▁so . ▁For ▁the ▁Cav ali ers , ▁Sam pson ▁played ▁ 3 8 ▁minutes , ▁scoring ▁ 1 2 ▁points ▁and ▁pulling ▁down ▁ 1 7 ▁reb ounds . ▁He ▁had ▁six ▁of ▁Virginia ' s ▁ 2 5 ▁turno vers ▁in ▁the ▁contest . ▁ ▁After math ▁The ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁game ▁initially ▁was ▁not ▁widely ▁reported ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁media , ▁as ▁it ▁concluded ▁after ▁ 3 : 0 0 ▁in ▁the ▁morning ▁on ▁the ▁East ▁Coast . ▁The ▁only ▁sport sw riter ▁at ▁the ▁contest ▁who ▁was ▁not ▁based ▁in ▁Hawai i ▁was ▁Wil bon , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁dispatch ed ▁by ▁the ▁Post ▁to ▁cover ▁the ▁Alo ha ▁Bowl , ▁which ▁featured ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Maryland ; ▁he ▁decided ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁side ▁trip ▁to ▁the ▁Virginia – Ch am ina de ▁game . ▁In ▁addition , ▁the ▁match up ▁was ▁not ▁tele vised . ▁As ▁it ▁drew ▁to ▁a ▁close , ▁Chris ▁B erman ▁and ▁Tom ▁Me es ▁were ▁about ▁to ▁conclude ▁a ▁tele cast ▁of ▁Sports Center ▁on ▁ESP N . ▁The ▁anch ors ▁received ▁the ▁initial ▁report ▁of ▁the ▁final ▁score ▁from ▁a ▁wire ▁machine , ▁then ▁react ed ▁in ▁dis bel ief . ▁Short ly ▁after ward , ▁a ▁second ▁bullet in ▁confirm ing ▁the ▁result ▁was ▁given ▁to ▁them . ▁According ▁to ▁B erman ,