| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Merrill Wheeler (fresh) 15 pts. SG - Kelvin Louis (fresh) 4 ast. SF - Robert Anderson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. PF - Lino Majeski (fresh) 6 reb. C - Timothy Greenwood (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Timothy Ros (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Michael Mullet (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Samuel Cunningham (fresh) 5 pts. PF - David Cain (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Troy Kiss (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Rutgers | Samuel Cunningham inbounds the ball | 31-24 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 19:46 | Rutgers | Lino Majeski steals it from Timothy Ros | 31-24 |
| 19:30 | Cincinnati | Timothy Greenwood makes the shot from close range set up by Lino Majeski | 33-24 |
| 19:16 | Rutgers | Michael Mullet can't finish the layup | 33-24 |
| 19:14 | Rutgers | The offensive rebound goes to Troy Kiss | 33-24 |
| 18:53 | Rutgers | Samuel Cunningham connects on the jumper from the left side | 33-26 |
| 18:32 | Cincinnati | Kelvin Louis can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 33-26 |
| 18:31 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Troy Kiss | 33-26 |
| 18:24 | Rutgers | Michael Mullet is fouled on the floor by Kelvin Louis - foul #2 on Kelvin Louis, team foul #1 | 33-26 |
| 17:56 | Rutgers | Robert Anderson steals the ball from Michael Mullet | 33-26 |
| 17:52 | Cincinnati | Merrill Wheeler banks in the layup set up by Robert Anderson | 35-26 |
| 17:27 | Rutgers | Michael Mullet is hacked by Kelvin Louis - foul #3 on Kelvin Louis, team foul #2 | 35-26 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Steven Kane (SG) Kelvin Louis | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Brett Thompson (C) Troy Kiss | |
| 17:04 | Rutgers | Michael Mullet comes up short on the shot from the right block but he's hacked by Robert Anderson - foul #2 on Robert Anderson, team foul #3 | 35-26 |
| 17:04 | Rutgers | Michael Mullet makes the 1st free throw | 35-27 |
| 17:04 | Rutgers | Michael Mullet misses the 2nd free throw | 35-27 |
| 17:04 | Cincinnati | Timothy Greenwood snags the defensive board | 35-27 |
| 16:47 | Cincinnati | Lino Majeski is hacked by Samuel Cunningham - foul #1 on Samuel Cunningham, team foul #1 | 35-27 |
| 16:30 | Cincinnati | The jumper by Timothy Greenwood is denied by David Cain | 35-27 |
| 16:29 | Rutgers | Samuel Cunningham grabs the board | 35-27 |
| 16:08 | Rutgers | Michael Mullet hits a 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Samuel Cunningham | 35-30 |
| 15:46 | Cincinnati | Steven Kane drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Robert Anderson | 38-30 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Merrill Wheeler (fresh) 17 pts. SG - Steven Kane (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Robert Anderson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. PF - Lino Majeski (fairly fresh) 6 reb. C - Timothy Greenwood (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Timothy Ros (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Michael Mullet (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Samuel Cunningham (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - David Cain (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Brett Thompson (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:25 | Rutgers | Michael Mullet comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 38-30 |
| 15:23 | Rutgers | Samuel Cunningham pulls down the offensive rebound | 38-30 |
| 15:06 | Rutgers | Samuel Cunningham drills a shot from the free throw line | 38-32 |
| 14:43 | Cincinnati | Robert Anderson is fouled on the floor by Brett Thompson - foul #1 on Brett Thompson, team foul #2 | 38-32 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Klein (PG), Kelvin Louis (SG), Adam Johnson (SF), Peter Standifer (PF), Max Bryan (C) Merrill Wheeler, Steven Kane, Robert Anderson, Lino Majeski, Timothy Greenwood | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Michael Owen (PG), Steven Livingston (SG), Ricky Perkins (SF), Troy Kiss (C) Timothy Ros, Michael Mullet, Samuel Cunningham, David Cain | |
| 14:33 | Cincinnati | Kelvin Louis throws a bad pass out of bounds | 38-32 |
| 14:13 | Rutgers | Brett Thompson's pass is intercepted by Robert Klein | 38-32 |
| 13:50 | Cincinnati | Michael Owen is called for the reach on Robert Klein - foul #2 on Michael Owen, team foul #3 | 38-32 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Merrill Wheeler (PG) Robert Klein | |
| Subs | Rutgers | David Cain (PF) Brett Thompson | |
| 13:36 | Cincinnati | Adam Johnson misses the shot from the left side | 38-32 |
| 13:34 | Cincinnati | Peter Standifer snags the offensive board | 38-32 |
| 13:17 | Cincinnati | Adam Johnson drills a shot from the left block set up by Merrill Wheeler | 40-32 |
| 13:13 | Rutgers | Michael Owen comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left side but the foul's on Peter Standifer - foul #1 on Peter Standifer, team foul #4 | 40-32 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Lino Majeski (PF) Peter Standifer | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Samuel Cunningham (SF) David Cain | |
| 13:13 | Rutgers | Michael Owen makes the 1st free throw | 40-33 |
| 13:13 | Rutgers | Michael Owen misses the 2nd free throw | 40-33 |
| 13:13 | Cincinnati | Max Bryan pulls down the rebound | 40-33 |
| 12:53 | Cincinnati | Kelvin Louis comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 40-33 |
| 12:51 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Troy Kiss | 40-33 |
| 12:33 | Rutgers | Samuel Cunningham misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 40-33 |
| 12:31 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Merrill Wheeler | 40-33 |
| 12:24 | Cincinnati | Adam Johnson is hacked by Troy Kiss - foul #3 on Troy Kiss, team foul #4 | 40-33 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Anderson (SF), Timothy Greenwood (C) Adam Johnson, Max Bryan | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Timothy Ros (PG), Michael Mullet (SG) Michael Owen, Steven Livingston | |
| 12:06 | Cincinnati | Timothy Greenwood makes the floater from the free throw line and he's fouled by Timothy Ros - foul #2 on Timothy Ros, team foul #5 | 42-33 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | David Cain (PF), Brett Thompson (C) Ricky Perkins, Troy Kiss | |
| 12:06 | Cincinnati | Timothy Greenwood makes the free throw | 43-33 |
| 11:42 | Rutgers | Michael Mullet clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 43-33 |
| 11:41 | Rutgers | Brett Thompson tips it in | 43-35 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Merrill Wheeler (fresh) 17 pts. 1 ast. SG - Kelvin Louis (fresh) 4 ast. 3 pf. SF - Robert Anderson (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. PF - Lino Majeski (fresh) 6 reb. C - Timothy Greenwood (fresh) 16 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Timothy Ros (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Michael Mullet (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Samuel Cunningham (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - David Cain (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Brett Thompson (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:30 | Cincinnati | Robert Anderson misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 43-35 |
| 11:29 | Cincinnati | Lino Majeski hits the follow up shot | 45-35 |
| 11:11 | Rutgers | David Cain clanks a jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Robert Anderson - foul #3 on Robert Anderson, team foul #5 | 45-35 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Klein (PG) Merrill Wheeler | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 11:11 | Rutgers | David Cain misses the 1st free throw | 45-35 |
| 11:11 | Rutgers | David Cain makes the 2nd free throw | 45-36 |
| 11:00 | Cincinnati | Timothy Greenwood misses long on a jumpshot from the right side | 45-36 |
| 10:58 | Cincinnati | Robert Klein pulls down the offensive rebound | 45-36 |
| 10:45 | Cincinnati | Samuel Cunningham picks off the pass by Lino Majeski | 45-36 |
| 10:42 | Rutgers | Samuel Cunningham slams it home | 45-38 |
| 10:30 | Cincinnati | Timothy Greenwood makes the shot from the left block set up by Robert Klein | 47-38 |
| 10:01 | Rutgers | Timothy Ros can't connect on a jumpshot from the free throw line but the foul's on Lino Majeski - foul #2 on Lino Majeski, team foul #6 | 47-38 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Merrill Wheeler (PG), Steven Kane (SG), Peter Standifer (PF) Robert Klein, Kelvin Louis, Lino Majeski | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Ricky Perkins (SF), Troy Kiss (C) Samuel Cunningham, Brett Thompson | |
| 10:01 | Rutgers | Timothy Ros makes the 1st free throw | 47-39 |
| 10:01 | Rutgers | Timothy Ros makes the 2nd free throw | 47-40 |
| 09:39 | Cincinnati | Timothy Greenwood drills a shot near the basket on a great pass from Merrill Wheeler | 49-40 |
| 09:16 | Rutgers | Michael Mullet misses the 3 from the right corner | 49-40 |
| 09:14 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Timothy Greenwood | 49-40 |
| 09:10 | Cincinnati | Merrill Wheeler can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 49-40 |
| 09:08 | Rutgers | David Cain gets the rebound | 49-40 |
| 09:03 | Rutgers | Ricky Perkins's fadeaway is rejected by Timothy Greenwood | 49-40 |
| 09:02 | Cincinnati | Timothy Greenwood grabs the board | 49-40 |
| 08:43 | Cincinnati | Timothy Greenwood's floater is tipped away by Troy Kiss | 49-40 |
| 08:41 | Rutgers | Ricky Perkins gets the rebound | 49-40 |
| 08:15 | Rutgers | Ricky Perkins is alone and drills a floater from the right wing set up by Timothy Ros | 49-42 |
| 07:49 | Cincinnati | Timothy Greenwood is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #1 on Timothy Greenwood, team foul #7 | 49-42 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Kelvin Louis (SG), Adam Johnson (SF), Lino Majeski (PF), Max Bryan (C) Steven Kane, Robert Anderson, Peter Standifer, Timothy Greenwood | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Michael Owen (PG), Steven Livingston (SG), Samuel Cunningham (SF), Brett Thompson (C) Timothy Ros, Michael Mullet, David Cain, Troy Kiss | |
| 07:22 | Rutgers | Samuel Cunningham scores on a driving attempt from the right block | 49-44 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Merrill Wheeler (fresh) 17 pts. 2 ast. SG - Kelvin Louis (fresh) 4 ast. 3 pf. SF - Adam Johnson (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Lino Majeski (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. C - Max Bryan (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Michael Owen (fresh) 1 pts. SG - Steven Livingston (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Samuel Cunningham (fresh) 13 pts. 3 reb. PF - Ricky Perkins (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Brett Thompson (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:06 | Cincinnati | Samuel Cunningham is called for the reach on Lino Majeski - foul #2 on Samuel Cunningham, team foul #6 | 49-44 |
| 06:50 | Cincinnati | Adam Johnson comes up short on the shot from the free throw line | 49-44 |
| 06:49 | Rutgers | Brett Thompson snags the defensive board | 49-44 |
| 06:29 | Rutgers | Steven Livingston comes up short on the fadeaway from the free throw line but he's hacked by Kelvin Louis - foul #4 on Kelvin Louis, team foul #8 | 49-44 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Timothy Greenwood (C) Max Bryan | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 06:29 | Rutgers | Steven Livingston makes the 1st free throw | 49-45 |
| 06:29 | Rutgers | Steven Livingston misses the 2nd free throw | 49-45 |
| 06:29 | Cincinnati | Lino Majeski gets the rebound | 49-45 |
| 06:15 | Cincinnati | Timothy Greenwood knocks in the driving attempt from the baseline on a nice dish by Kelvin Louis | 51-45 |
| 05:54 | Rutgers | Samuel Cunningham buries a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 51-47 |
| 05:45 | Cincinnati | Timothy Greenwood comes up short on the turnaround from the right block but he's fouled by Brett Thompson - foul #2 on Brett Thompson, team foul #7 | 51-47 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Klein (PG), Robert Anderson (SF) Merrill Wheeler, Adam Johnson | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Timothy Ros (PG), Michael Mullet (SG), David Cain (PF), Troy Kiss (C) Michael Owen, Steven Livingston, Ricky Perkins, Brett Thompson | |
| 05:45 | Cincinnati | Timothy Greenwood makes the 1st free throw | 52-47 |
| 05:45 | Cincinnati | Timothy Greenwood misses the 2nd free throw | 52-47 |
| 05:45 | Rutgers | Troy Kiss gets the rebound | 52-47 |
| 05:22 | Rutgers | David Cain is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a driving attempt from close range | 52-47 |
| 05:21 | Rutgers | Troy Kiss grabs the offensive board | 52-47 |
| 05:02 | Rutgers | Samuel Cunningham clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 52-47 |
| 05:01 | Cincinnati | Lino Majeski snags the defensive board | 52-47 |
| 04:38 | Cincinnati | Kelvin Louis hits a 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Robert Klein | 55-47 |
| 04:14 | Rutgers | Michael Mullet hits a 3pt shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Timothy Ros | 55-50 |
| 04:02 | Cincinnati | Kelvin Louis buries a 3pt attempt from the left corner on a nice dish by Robert Klein | 58-50 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 03:49 | Rutgers | Samuel Cunningham makes the jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Michael Mullet | 58-52 |
| 03:36 | Cincinnati | Robert Klein drills a 3pt shot from the right wing | 61-52 |
| 03:15 | Rutgers | Robert Klein is called for the reach on Timothy Ros - foul #1 on Robert Klein, team foul #9 | 61-52 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Merrill Wheeler (PG), Steven Kane (SG), Peter Standifer (PF), Max Bryan (C) Robert Klein, Kelvin Louis, Lino Majeski, Timothy Greenwood | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Steven Livingston (SG), Ricky Perkins (SF), Brett Thompson (C) Michael Mullet, Samuel Cunningham, Troy Kiss | |
| 03:15 | Rutgers | Timothy Ros misses the 1st free throw | 61-52 |
| 03:15 | Cincinnati | Max Bryan gets the rebound | 61-52 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Merrill Wheeler (fresh) 17 pts. 2 ast. SG - Steven Kane (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Robert Anderson (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. PF - Peter Standifer (fresh) C - Max Bryan (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Timothy Ros (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Steven Livingston (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SF - Ricky Perkins (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - David Cain (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Brett Thompson (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 03:03 | Cincinnati | Robert Anderson misses long on a 3 from straight away | 61-52 |
| 03:01 | Rutgers | David Cain pulls down the rebound | 61-52 |
| 02:57 | Rutgers | Rutgers calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 61-52 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Kelvin Louis (SG), Lino Majeski (PF), Timothy Greenwood (C) Steven Kane, Peter Standifer, Max Bryan | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Michael Mullet (SG), Samuel Cunningham (SF) Steven Livingston, Ricky Perkins | |
| 02:51 | Rutgers | Samuel Cunningham throws a bad pass out of bounds | 61-52 |
| 02:35 | Cincinnati | Lino Majeski misses short on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 61-52 |
| 02:34 | Rutgers | Samuel Cunningham snags the defensive board | 61-52 |
| 02:30 | Rutgers | Samuel Cunningham hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 61-52 |
| 02:29 | Rutgers | Samuel Cunningham tips it but misses | 61-52 |
| 02:28 | Rutgers | Michael Mullet snags the offensive board | 61-52 |
| 02:20 | Rutgers | Samuel Cunningham scores on a fadeaway from the left wing on a great pass from Timothy Ros | 61-54 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 02:00 | Cincinnati | Merrill Wheeler is hacked by Timothy Ros - foul #3 on Timothy Ros, team foul #8 | 61-54 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Troy Kiss (C) Brett Thompson | |
| 02:00 | Cincinnati | Merrill Wheeler makes the 1st free throw | 62-54 |
| 02:00 | Cincinnati | Merrill Wheeler makes the 2nd free throw | 63-54 |
| 01:40 | Rutgers | Michael Mullet is fouled on the floor by Kelvin Louis - foul #5 on Kelvin Louis, team foul #10 | 63-54 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Steven Kane (SG) Kelvin Louis | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 01:40 | Rutgers | Michael Mullet makes the 1st free throw | 63-55 |
| 01:40 | Rutgers | Michael Mullet makes the 2nd free throw | 63-56 |
| 01:28 | Cincinnati | Steven Kane is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Steven Kane, team foul #11 | 63-56 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 01:05 | Rutgers | Samuel Cunningham misses the wide open fadeaway from just outside the lane | 63-56 |
| 01:04 | Cincinnati | Robert Anderson grabs the board | 63-56 |
| 00:49 | Cincinnati | Merrill Wheeler hits a 3 pointer from straight away on a great pass from Robert Anderson | 66-56 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 00:45 | Rutgers | Michael Mullet misses badly on a runner from the baseline | 66-56 |
| 00:44 | Cincinnati | Timothy Greenwood pulls down the rebound | 66-56 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:43 | Cincinnati | Timothy Ros is called for the reach on Timothy Greenwood in the backcourt - foul #4 on Timothy Ros, team foul #9 | 66-56 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Klein (PG), Adam Johnson (SF), Peter Standifer (PF) Merrill Wheeler, Robert Anderson, Lino Majeski | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Steven Livingston (PG), David Baker (SG), Michael Owen (SF), Ricky Perkins (PF), Brett Thompson (C) Timothy Ros, Michael Mullet, Samuel Cunningham, David Cain, Troy Kiss | |
| 00:43 | Cincinnati | Timothy Greenwood makes the 1st free throw | 67-56 |
| 00:43 | Cincinnati | Timothy Greenwood misses the 2nd free throw | 67-56 |
| 00:43 | Rutgers | Brett Thompson pulls down the rebound | 67-56 |
| 00:37 | Rutgers | Steven Livingston hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 67-56 |
| 00:35 | Rutgers | Ricky Perkins pulls down the offensive rebound | 67-56 |
| 00:33 | Rutgers | Brett Thompson misses long on a fadeaway in the lane | 67-56 |
| 00:32 | Rutgers | Ricky Perkins gets the offensive rebound | 67-56 |
| 00:28 | Rutgers | Peter Standifer picks off the pass by Brett Thompson | 67-56 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 00:00 | Cincinnati | Robert Klein runs out the clock | 67-56 |