| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Larry Gray (fresh) SG - Kyle Olson (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Michael Dennis (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Charles Raff (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - Lance Hargrave (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Michael Grays (fresh) 7 pts. SG - Donald Ducan (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Herman Maria (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Wayne Dobson (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Andrew Fairchild (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Michael Dennis inbounds the ball | 20-29 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:58 | Louisville | Larry Gray is fouled in the backcourt by Michael Grays - foul #1 on Michael Grays, team foul #1 | 20-29 |
| 19:38 | Louisville | Michael Grays picks off the pass by Lance Hargrave | 20-29 |
| 19:35 | Minnesota | Herman Maria blows the layup | 20-29 |
| 19:33 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave pulls down the rebound | 20-29 |
| 19:04 | Louisville | Michael Dennis knocks in the runner from the right block | 22-29 |
| 18:46 | Minnesota | Wayne Dobson can't connect on a fadeaway from the baseline | 22-29 |
| 18:45 | Minnesota | The offensive rebound goes to Donald Ducan | 22-29 |
| 18:37 | Minnesota | Herman Maria misses short on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 22-29 |
| 18:35 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave gets the rebound | 22-29 |
| 18:06 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave knocks in the shot in the lane on a nice dish by Michael Dennis | 24-29 |
| 17:57 | Minnesota | Herman Maria works out of a doubleteam and scores on a fadeaway from just outside the lane set up by Michael Grays | 24-31 |
| 17:37 | Louisville | Charles Raff can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right corner but the foul's on Michael Grays - foul #2 on Michael Grays, team foul #2 | 24-31 |
| 17:37 | Louisville | Charles Raff makes the 1st free throw | 25-31 |
| 17:37 | Louisville | Charles Raff makes the 2nd free throw | 26-31 |
| 17:37 | Louisville | Charles Raff makes the 3rd free throw | 27-31 |
| 17:25 | Minnesota | Michael Dennis is called for the reach on Andrew Fairchild - foul #3 on Michael Dennis, team foul #1 | 27-31 |
| Subs | Louisville | Cory Dyar (SF) Michael Dennis | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Bryce Edwards (SG) Donald Ducan | |
| 17:14 | Minnesota | Bryce Edwards clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 27-31 |
| 17:13 | Louisville | Cory Dyar pulls down the rebound | 27-31 |
| 16:49 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave comes up short on the driving attempt from the left block | 27-31 |
| 16:48 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave hits the follow up shot | 29-31 |
| 16:25 | Minnesota | Lance Hargrave is called for the reach on Andrew Fairchild - foul #2 on Lance Hargrave, team foul #2 | 29-31 |
| Subs | Louisville | William Rayford (PG), Timothy Hooser (SG), Mike Curtis (PF), Richard Saxon (C) Larry Gray, Kyle Olson, Charles Raff, Lance Hargrave | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Thomas Pomeroy (SG), Harold Chadbourne (PF), George Sparks (C) Herman Maria, Wayne Dobson, Andrew Fairchild | |
| 16:03 | Minnesota | Michael Grays connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 29-33 |
| 15:38 | Louisville | Richard Saxon is called for traveling | 29-33 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Donald Ducan (SG) Michael Grays | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - William Rayford (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Timothy Hooser (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Cory Dyar (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Mike Curtis (fresh) C - Richard Saxon (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Thomas Pomeroy (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Donald Ducan (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Bryce Edwards (fresh) PF - Harold Chadbourne (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - George Sparks (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:20 | Minnesota | Donald Ducan buries a jumper from the left side | 29-35 |
| 15:00 | Louisville | Mike Curtis's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 29-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | Kyle Olson (PG), Lance Hargrave (C) Timothy Hooser, Richard Saxon | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Herman Maria (SF), Wayne Dobson (PF) Bryce Edwards, Harold Chadbourne | |
| 14:48 | Minnesota | Donald Ducan misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 29-35 |
| 14:47 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave grabs the board | 29-35 |
| 14:26 | Louisville | Cory Dyar hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 29-35 |
| 14:24 | Minnesota | The rebound goes to Thomas Pomeroy | 29-35 |
| 13:55 | Minnesota | Donald Ducan scores on a 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Thomas Pomeroy | 29-38 |
| 13:32 | Louisville | Mike Curtis misses badly on a fadeaway from close range | 29-38 |
| 13:30 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave gets the offensive rebound | 29-38 |
| 13:18 | Louisville | Mike Curtis can't throw it down but he's hacked by Herman Maria - foul #2 on Herman Maria, team foul #3 | 29-38 |
| Subs | Louisville | Larry Gray (PG), Charles Raff (SF), Richard Saxon (C) William Rayford, Cory Dyar, Lance Hargrave | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Michael Grays (PG), Bryce Edwards (SG), Andrew Fairchild (C) Thomas Pomeroy, Donald Ducan, George Sparks | |
| 13:18 | Louisville | Mike Curtis makes the 1st free throw | 30-38 |
| 13:18 | Louisville | Mike Curtis misses the 2nd free throw | 30-38 |
| 13:18 | Minnesota | Wayne Dobson grabs the defensive rebound | 30-38 |
| 13:07 | Minnesota | Bryce Edwards misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 30-38 |
| 13:06 | Louisville | Mike Curtis pulls down the rebound | 30-38 |
| 12:40 | Louisville | Kyle Olson connects on the floater from the free throw line set up by Larry Gray | 32-38 |
| 12:27 | Minnesota | Bryce Edwards comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 32-38 |
| 12:25 | Louisville | Charles Raff grabs the board | 32-38 |
| 11:58 | Louisville | Mike Curtis hits the finger roll | 34-38 |
| 11:41 | Minnesota | Wayne Dobson is hacked by Mike Curtis - foul #2 on Mike Curtis, team foul #3 | 34-38 |
| Subs | Louisville | William Rayford (SG), Cory Dyar (SF), Lance Hargrave (C) Kyle Olson, Mike Curtis, Richard Saxon | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Donald Ducan (SG), Harold Chadbourne (PF) Herman Maria, Wayne Dobson | |
| 11:28 | Minnesota | Donald Ducan clanks a jumpshot from the right wing but he's fouled by Larry Gray - foul #2 on Larry Gray, team foul #4 | 34-38 |
| 11:28 | Minnesota | Donald Ducan makes the 1st free throw | 34-39 |
| 11:28 | Minnesota | Donald Ducan makes the 2nd free throw | 34-40 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Larry Gray (fresh) 1 ast. SG - William Rayford (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Cory Dyar (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Charles Raff (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. C - Lance Hargrave (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Michael Grays (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Donald Ducan (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - Bryce Edwards (fresh) PF - Harold Chadbourne (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Andrew Fairchild (fresh) | |
| 11:02 | Louisville | William Rayford scores on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 37-40 |
| 10:49 | Minnesota | Andrew Fairchild drills a jumpshot from just outside the lane on a great pass from Harold Chadbourne | 37-42 |
| 10:34 | Louisville | Charles Raff's layup is rejected by Andrew Fairchild | 37-42 |
| 10:33 | Minnesota | Andrew Fairchild grabs the board | 37-42 |
| 10:16 | Minnesota | Donald Ducan is denied on a layup by Charles Raff | 37-42 |
| 10:15 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Charles Raff | 37-42 |
| 10:02 | Louisville | William Rayford misses the jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Michael Grays - foul #3 on Michael Grays, team foul #4 | 37-42 |
| Subs | Louisville | Kyle Olson (SG), Richard Saxon (PF) Larry Gray, Charles Raff | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Herman Maria (SF), Wayne Dobson (PF), George Sparks (C) Bryce Edwards, Harold Chadbourne, Andrew Fairchild | |
| 10:02 | Louisville | William Rayford makes the 1st free throw | 38-42 |
| 10:02 | Louisville | William Rayford makes the 2nd free throw | 39-42 |
| 09:48 | Minnesota | Donald Ducan comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 39-42 |
| 09:47 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave grabs the defensive rebound | 39-42 |
| 09:43 | Louisville | Kyle Olson misses short on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by George Sparks - foul #1 on George Sparks, team foul #5 | 39-42 |
| Subs | Louisville | Michael Dennis (SF), Mike Curtis (PF) Cory Dyar, Richard Saxon | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Thomas Pomeroy (SG) Donald Ducan | |
| 09:43 | Louisville | Kyle Olson misses the 1st free throw | 39-42 |
| 09:43 | Louisville | Kyle Olson makes the 2nd free throw | 40-42 |
| 09:15 | Minnesota | Thomas Pomeroy clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 40-42 |
| 09:13 | Louisville | Mike Curtis grabs the board | 40-42 |
| 08:49 | Louisville | William Rayford connects on the fadeaway from the left side on a nice dish by Kyle Olson | 42-42 |
| 08:33 | Minnesota | Michael Grays can't connect on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 42-42 |
| 08:32 | Minnesota | Thomas Pomeroy grabs the offensive board | 42-42 |
| 08:13 | Minnesota | Lance Hargrave steals the ball from Michael Grays | 42-42 |
| 07:46 | Louisville | Kyle Olson misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 42-42 |
| 07:44 | Louisville | The offensive rebound goes to Mike Curtis | 42-42 |
| 07:23 | Louisville | Mike Curtis is fouled on the floor by Wayne Dobson - foul #3 on Wayne Dobson, team foul #6 | 42-42 |
| Subs | Louisville | Larry Gray (PG), Charles Raff (PF), Richard Saxon (C) William Rayford, Mike Curtis, Lance Hargrave | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Donald Ducan (SG), Bryce Edwards (SF), Harold Chadbourne (PF), Andrew Fairchild (C) Michael Grays, Herman Maria, Wayne Dobson, George Sparks | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Larry Gray (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Kyle Olson (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Michael Dennis (fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. PF - Charles Raff (fresh) 7 pts. 8 reb. C - Richard Saxon (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Thomas Pomeroy (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Donald Ducan (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - Bryce Edwards (fresh) PF - Harold Chadbourne (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Andrew Fairchild (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:07 | Louisville | Larry Gray lays it up and in on a nice dish by Richard Saxon | 44-42 |
| 06:57 | Minnesota | Bryce Edwards scores on a shot in the lane | 44-44 |
| 06:34 | Louisville | Harold Chadbourne steps in front of the Charles Raff pass | 44-44 |
| 06:22 | Minnesota | Donald Ducan misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 44-44 |
| 06:20 | Louisville | Charles Raff grabs the board | 44-44 |
| 05:51 | Louisville | Kyle Olson scores on a jumpshot from the right wing on a great pass from Larry Gray | 46-44 |
| 05:32 | Minnesota | Thomas Pomeroy loses the ball out of bounds | 46-44 |
| Subs | Louisville | William Rayford (SG), Cory Dyar (SF) Kyle Olson, Michael Dennis | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Michael Grays (PG), Herman Maria (SF), Wayne Dobson (PF) Thomas Pomeroy, Bryce Edwards, Harold Chadbourne | |
| 05:10 | Louisville | Richard Saxon blows the layup | 46-44 |
| 05:08 | Minnesota | Wayne Dobson grabs the defensive rebound | 46-44 |
| 05:03 | Minnesota | Michael Grays misses short on an open 3pt jumper from straight away | 46-44 |
| 05:01 | Louisville | William Rayford grabs the defensive rebound | 46-44 |
| 04:57 | Louisville | Charles Raff connects on the floater from the left block set up by William Rayford | 48-44 |
| 04:37 | Minnesota | Herman Maria shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 48-44 |
| 04:35 | Louisville | Charles Raff gets the rebound | 48-44 |
| 04:08 | Louisville | Richard Saxon knocks in the runner in the lane on a great pass from William Rayford and he's hacked by Andrew Fairchild - foul #2 on Andrew Fairchild, team foul #7 | 50-44 |
| Subs | Louisville | Kyle Olson (PG), Lance Hargrave (C) Larry Gray, Charles Raff | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Bryce Edwards (SG), George Sparks (C) Donald Ducan, Andrew Fairchild | |
| 04:08 | Louisville | Richard Saxon makes the free throw | 51-44 |
| 03:42 | Minnesota | Herman Maria works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 51-44 |
| 03:40 | Louisville | Kyle Olson pulls down the rebound | 51-44 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:24 | Louisville | Richard Saxon scores on a turnaround near the basket | 53-44 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Kyle Olson (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - William Rayford (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SF - Cory Dyar (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Richard Saxon (fairly fresh) 5 pts. C - Lance Hargrave (fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Michael Grays (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Bryce Edwards (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Herman Maria (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Wayne Dobson (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. C - George Sparks (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 03:02 | Minnesota | Herman Maria misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 53-44 |
| 03:00 | Louisville | Kyle Olson snags the defensive board | 53-44 |
| 03:00 | Louisville | Louisville calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 53-44 |
| Subs | Louisville | Larry Gray (PG), Michael Dennis (SF), Charles Raff (PF) William Rayford, Cory Dyar, Richard Saxon | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Donald Ducan (SG), Andrew Fairchild (C) Bryce Edwards, George Sparks | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 02:49 | Louisville | Charles Raff is fouled on the floor by Wayne Dobson - foul #4 on Wayne Dobson, team foul #8 | 53-44 |
| 02:49 | Louisville | Charles Raff makes the 1st free throw | 54-44 |
| 02:49 | Louisville | Charles Raff makes the 2nd free throw | 55-44 |
| 02:36 | Minnesota | Herman Maria evades the doubleteam and hits a 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by Michael Grays | 55-47 |
| 02:13 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave buries a shot from the left side on a great pass from Kyle Olson and he's fouled by Andrew Fairchild - foul #3 on Andrew Fairchild, team foul #9 | 57-47 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Minnesota | Thomas Pomeroy (PG), David Huntington (SG), Bryce Edwards (SF), Harold Chadbourne (PF), George Sparks (C) Michael Grays, Donald Ducan, Herman Maria, Wayne Dobson, Andrew Fairchild | |
| 02:13 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave misses the free throw | 57-47 |
| 02:13 | Minnesota | The rebound goes to George Sparks | 57-47 |
| 02:01 | Minnesota | Bryce Edwards is whistled for a carry | 57-47 |
| 01:46 | Louisville | Michael Dennis knocks in the driving attempt from the baseline on a nice dish by Charles Raff | 59-47 |
| 01:33 | Minnesota | George Sparks throws a bad pass out of bounds | 59-47 |
| 01:12 | Louisville | Kyle Olson misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 59-47 |
| 01:10 | Louisville | The offensive rebound goes to Lance Hargrave | 59-47 |
| 01:01 | Louisville | Kyle Olson makes the 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Larry Gray | 62-47 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:56 | Minnesota | David Huntington misses short on a floater from the left side | 62-47 |
| 00:55 | Minnesota | George Sparks grabs the offensive board | 62-47 |
| 00:52 | Minnesota | Kyle Olson takes the ball from George Sparks | 62-47 |
| 00:48 | Louisville | Kyle Olson throws it down | 64-47 |
| 00:41 | Minnesota | Harold Chadbourne clanks a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 64-47 |
| 00:39 | Minnesota | Harold Chadbourne pulls down the offensive rebound | 64-47 |
| 00:35 | Minnesota | Bryce Edwards misses short on a shot from the left wing | 64-47 |
| 00:34 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave pulls down the rebound | 64-47 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:11 | Louisville | David Huntington is called for the reach on Kyle Olson - foul #1 on David Huntington, team foul #10 | 64-47 |
| 00:11 | Louisville | Kyle Olson makes the 1st free throw | 65-47 |
| 00:11 | Louisville | Kyle Olson makes the 2nd free throw | 66-47 |
| 00:06 | Minnesota | David Huntington knocks in the jumper from the left side on a great pass from Thomas Pomeroy | 66-49 |
| 00:00 | Louisville | Larry Gray runs out the clock | 66-49 |