| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Larry Gray (fresh) SG - Kyle Olson (fresh) SF - Michael Dennis (fresh) PF - Charles Raff (fresh) C - Lance Hargrave (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Richard Paquin (fresh) SG - Randall Hill (fresh) SF - Sherman Wheat (fresh) PF - Colin Munger (fresh) C - Lee Phillips (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:39 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave misses badly on a floater from the left wing | 0-0 |
| 19:37 | Pitt | Colin Munger grabs the board | 0-0 |
| 19:33 | Pitt | Richard Paquin throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 0-0 |
| 19:09 | Louisville | Michael Dennis travels with the ball | 0-0 |
| 19:06 | Pitt | Larry Gray is called for the reach on Richard Paquin in the backcourt - foul #1 on Larry Gray, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 18:57 | Pitt | Sherman Wheat's layup is rejected by Michael Dennis | 0-0 |
| 18:55 | Louisville | Charles Raff snags the defensive board | 0-0 |
| 18:31 | Louisville | Larry Gray knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 2-0 |
| 18:19 | Pitt | Richard Paquin comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 2-0 |
| 18:18 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave snags the defensive board | 2-0 |
| 17:49 | Louisville | Larry Gray misses long on a shot from the right wing | 2-0 |
| 17:48 | Pitt | Lee Phillips grabs the board | 2-0 |
| 17:35 | Pitt | Lee Phillips banks in the layup | 2-2 |
| 17:11 | Louisville | Charles Raff is fouled on the floor by Colin Munger - foul #1 on Colin Munger, team foul #1 | 2-2 |
| Subs | Louisville | William Rayford (PG), Cory Dyar (SF), Mike Curtis (PF) Larry Gray, Michael Dennis, Charles Raff | |
| Subs | Pitt | James Moore (PG), Daniel Plummer (SG), Cong Ching (SF), Frank Park (PF), Kenneth Briggs (C) Richard Paquin, Randall Hill, Sherman Wheat, Colin Munger, Lee Phillips | |
| 16:48 | Louisville | Kyle Olson connects on the 3pt jumper from the left corner on a nice dish by William Rayford | 5-2 |
| 16:27 | Pitt | Frank Park misses long on a turnaround from the right block | 5-2 |
| 16:25 | Louisville | Cory Dyar pulls down the rebound | 5-2 |
| 16:08 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave misses badly on a driving attempt in the paint | 5-2 |
| 16:06 | Pitt | Kenneth Briggs gets the rebound | 5-2 |
| 15:52 | Pitt | Cong Ching loses the dribble to William Rayford | 5-2 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - William Rayford (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Kyle Olson (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Cory Dyar (fresh) PF - Mike Curtis (fresh) C - Lance Hargrave (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - James Moore (fresh) SG - Daniel Plummer (fresh) SF - Cong Ching (fresh) PF - Frank Park (fresh) C - Kenneth Briggs (fresh) | |
| 15:24 | Louisville | Cory Dyar clanks a floater in the lane | 5-2 |
| 15:22 | Pitt | The rebound goes to Frank Park | 5-2 |
| 15:08 | Pitt | Frank Park hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Lance Hargrave - foul #1 on Lance Hargrave, team foul #2 | 5-2 |
| Subs | Louisville | Larry Gray (PG), Michael Dennis (SF), Charles Raff (PF), Richard Saxon (C) Kyle Olson, Cory Dyar, Mike Curtis, Lance Hargrave | |
| Subs | Pitt | Richard Paquin (PG), Randall Hill (SG), Lee Phillips (C) James Moore, Daniel Plummer, Kenneth Briggs | |
| 15:08 | Pitt | Frank Park makes the 1st free throw | 5-3 |
| 15:08 | Pitt | Frank Park makes the 2nd free throw | 5-4 |
| 15:06 | Louisville | Richard Paquin is called for the reach on Larry Gray in the backcourt - foul #1 on Richard Paquin, team foul #2 | 5-4 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Pitt | Colin Munger (PF) Frank Park | |
| 14:40 | Louisville | William Rayford connects on the 3pt attempt from the right corner on a great pass from Larry Gray | 8-4 |
| 14:36 | Pitt | Richard Paquin is fouled on the floor by Larry Gray - foul #2 on Larry Gray, team foul #3 | 8-4 |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Hooser (SG) Larry Gray | |
| Subs | Pitt | Sherman Wheat (SF) Cong Ching | |
| 14:22 | Pitt | Lee Phillips buries a driving attempt from the left block on a great pass from Richard Paquin | 8-6 |
| 14:07 | Louisville | Randall Hill steals the ball from William Rayford | 8-6 |
| 14:04 | Pitt | Randall Hill hits the finger roll | 8-8 |
| 13:47 | Louisville | Richard Saxon makes the jumper from the right side on a great pass from William Rayford | 10-8 |
| 13:34 | Pitt | Lee Phillips misses the pull-up jumper from the right side | 10-8 |
| 13:32 | Louisville | Charles Raff grabs the defensive rebound | 10-8 |
| 13:16 | Louisville | Michael Dennis misses short on a runner from the baseline | 10-8 |
| 13:15 | Louisville | Charles Raff gets the offensive rebound | 10-8 |
| 12:48 | Louisville | Timothy Hooser travels with the ball | 10-8 |
| Subs | Louisville | Kyle Olson (SG), Cory Dyar (SF), Lance Hargrave (C) William Rayford, Michael Dennis, Richard Saxon | |
| Subs | Pitt | James Moore (PG), Daniel Plummer (SG), Cong Ching (SF), Frank Park (PF), Kenneth Briggs (C) Richard Paquin, Randall Hill, Sherman Wheat, Colin Munger, Lee Phillips | |
| 12:30 | Pitt | Cong Ching knocks in the jump hook from the left block | 10-10 |
| 12:20 | Louisville | Timothy Hooser misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 10-10 |
| 12:18 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave tips it home | 12-10 |
| 11:59 | Pitt | Cong Ching misses long on a floater from close range but the foul's on Cory Dyar - foul #1 on Cory Dyar, team foul #4 | 12-10 |
| Subs | Louisville | Mike Curtis (PF) Charles Raff | |
| Subs | Pitt | Richard Paquin (PG), Randall Hill (SG), Colin Munger (PF), Lee Phillips (C) James Moore, Daniel Plummer, Frank Park, Kenneth Briggs | |
| 11:59 | Pitt | Cong Ching misses the 1st free throw | 12-10 |
| 11:59 | Pitt | Cong Ching makes the 2nd free throw | 12-11 |
| 11:36 | Louisville | Kyle Olson clanks a jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Richard Paquin - foul #2 on Richard Paquin, team foul #3 | 12-11 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Pitt | James Moore (PG), Sherman Wheat (SF) Richard Paquin, Cong Ching | |
| 11:36 | Louisville | Kyle Olson makes the 1st free throw | 13-11 |
| 11:36 | Louisville | Kyle Olson makes the 2nd free throw | 14-11 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Hooser (fresh) SG - Kyle Olson (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Cory Dyar (fresh) PF - Mike Curtis (fresh) C - Lance Hargrave (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - James Moore (fresh) SG - Randall Hill (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Sherman Wheat (fresh) PF - Colin Munger (fresh) C - Lee Phillips (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 11:22 | Pitt | James Moore double dribbles | 14-11 |
| Subs | Louisville | William Rayford (PG), Michael Dennis (SF) Timothy Hooser, Mike Curtis | |
| Subs | Pitt | Daniel Plummer (SG), Kenneth Briggs (C) Randall Hill, Lee Phillips | |
| 11:05 | Louisville | Michael Dennis hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway in the lane but he's hacked by Kenneth Briggs - foul #1 on Kenneth Briggs, team foul #4 | 14-11 |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Saxon (C) Lance Hargrave | |
| Subs | Pitt | Randall Hill (SG), Cong Ching (SF), Frank Park (PF), Lee Phillips (C) Daniel Plummer, Sherman Wheat, Colin Munger, Kenneth Briggs | |
| 11:05 | Louisville | Michael Dennis misses the 1st free throw | 14-11 |
| 11:05 | Louisville | Michael Dennis misses the 2nd free throw | 14-11 |
| 11:05 | Pitt | Frank Park pulls down the rebound | 14-11 |
| 10:49 | Pitt | Frank Park hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right block | 14-11 |
| 10:47 | Pitt | Lee Phillips hits the follow up shot | 14-13 |
| 10:22 | Louisville | Michael Dennis is fouled on the floor by Cong Ching - foul #1 on Cong Ching, team foul #5 | 14-13 |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Hooser (PG), Charles Raff (PF) William Rayford, Cory Dyar | |
| Subs | Pitt | Daniel Plummer (SG), Sherman Wheat (SF), Colin Munger (PF), Kenneth Briggs (C) Randall Hill, Cong Ching, Frank Park, Lee Phillips | |
| 09:53 | Louisville | Timothy Hooser is hacked by Daniel Plummer - foul #1 on Daniel Plummer, team foul #6 | 14-13 |
| Subs | Louisville | Lance Hargrave (C) Richard Saxon | |
| Subs | Pitt | Randall Hill (SG), Lee Phillips (C) Daniel Plummer, Kenneth Briggs | |
| 09:32 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave loses the ball out of bounds | 14-13 |
| Subs | Louisville | Cory Dyar (SF) Michael Dennis | |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| 09:17 | Pitt | James Moore clanks a jumper from the left side | 14-13 |
| 09:16 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Lance Hargrave | 14-13 |
| 08:47 | Louisville | Cory Dyar can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 14-13 |
| 08:45 | Louisville | Kyle Olson tips it home | 16-13 |
| 08:29 | Pitt | Lee Phillips can't connect on a floater from the right side | 16-13 |
| 08:28 | Pitt | Lee Phillips tips it in | 16-15 |
| 08:08 | Louisville | A charge is called on Kyle Olson - foul #1 on Kyle Olson, team foul #5 | 16-15 |
| Subs | Louisville | William Rayford (PG), Mike Curtis (PF), Richard Saxon (C) Timothy Hooser, Charles Raff, Lance Hargrave | |
| Subs | Pitt | Daniel Plummer (SG), Cong Ching (SF), Frank Park (PF), Kenneth Briggs (C) Randall Hill, Sherman Wheat, Colin Munger, Lee Phillips | |
| 07:48 | Pitt | James Moore can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Kyle Olson - foul #2 on Kyle Olson, team foul #6 | 16-15 |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Hooser (SG), Michael Dennis (SF) Kyle Olson, Mike Curtis | |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| 07:48 | Pitt | James Moore makes the 1st free throw | 16-16 |
| 07:48 | Pitt | James Moore misses the 2nd free throw | 16-16 |
| 07:48 | Louisville | Richard Saxon snags the defensive board | 16-16 |
| 07:46 | Louisville | William Rayford throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 16-16 |
| 07:40 | Pitt | Frank Park knocks in the driving attempt in the lane and he's hacked by Cory Dyar - foul #2 on Cory Dyar, team foul #7 | 16-18 |
| Subs | Louisville | Mike Curtis (PF) Cory Dyar | |
| Subs | Pitt | Colin Munger (PF) James Moore | |
| 07:40 | Pitt | Frank Park makes the free throw | 16-19 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - William Rayford (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Timothy Hooser (fresh) SF - Michael Dennis (fresh) PF - Mike Curtis (fresh) C - Richard Saxon (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Frank Park (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. SG - Daniel Plummer (fresh) SF - Cong Ching (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Colin Munger (fresh) C - Kenneth Briggs (fresh) | |
| 07:25 | Louisville | Richard Saxon is hacked by Cong Ching - foul #2 on Cong Ching, team foul #7 | 16-19 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Pitt | James Moore (PG), Randall Hill (SG), Sherman Wheat (SF), Lee Phillips (C) Daniel Plummer, Cong Ching, Colin Munger, Kenneth Briggs | |
| 07:25 | Louisville | Richard Saxon makes the 1st free throw | 17-19 |
| 07:25 | Louisville | Richard Saxon misses the 2nd free throw | 17-19 |
| 07:25 | Pitt | Lee Phillips grabs the board | 17-19 |
| 07:06 | Pitt | James Moore knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 17-21 |
| 06:42 | Louisville | William Rayford knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 20-21 |
| 06:21 | Pitt | Frank Park lays it up and in | 20-23 |
| 06:06 | Louisville | Richard Saxon misses the lay-in | 20-23 |
| 06:04 | Pitt | The rebound goes to Frank Park | 20-23 |
| 05:57 | Pitt | Sherman Wheat is hacked by Michael Dennis - foul #1 on Michael Dennis, team foul #8 | 20-23 |
| Subs | Louisville | Charles Raff (PF), Lance Hargrave (C) Mike Curtis, Richard Saxon | |
| Subs | Pitt | Richard Paquin (PG), Daniel Plummer (SG), Colin Munger (PF), Kenneth Briggs (C) James Moore, Randall Hill, Frank Park, Lee Phillips | |
| 05:57 | Pitt | Sherman Wheat misses the 1st free throw | 20-23 |
| 05:57 | Louisville | Charles Raff grabs the defensive rebound | 20-23 |
| 05:43 | Louisville | Charles Raff banks in the layup | 22-23 |
| 05:23 | Pitt | Daniel Plummer comes up short on the jumpshot from the left wing but the foul's on Timothy Hooser - foul #1 on Timothy Hooser, team foul #9 | 22-23 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Pitt | Randall Hill (SG), Lee Phillips (C) Richard Paquin, Kenneth Briggs | |
| 05:23 | Pitt | Daniel Plummer makes the 1st free throw | 22-24 |
| 05:23 | Pitt | Daniel Plummer misses the 2nd free throw | 22-24 |
| 05:23 | Pitt | Lee Phillips grabs the offensive rebound | 22-24 |
| 05:07 | Pitt | Randall Hill is hacked by Charles Raff - foul #1 on Charles Raff, team foul #10 | 22-24 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Pitt | Kenneth Briggs (C) Lee Phillips | |
| 05:07 | Pitt | Randall Hill misses the 1st free throw | 22-24 |
| 05:07 | Pitt | Randall Hill makes the 2nd free throw | 22-25 |
| 04:42 | Louisville | William Rayford misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 22-25 |
| 04:40 | Louisville | Michael Dennis tips it in | 24-25 |
| 04:21 | Pitt | Daniel Plummer knocks in the shot from the right side | 24-27 |
| 03:54 | Louisville | William Rayford misses long on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 24-27 |
| 03:52 | Pitt | The rebound goes to Colin Munger | 24-27 |
| 03:35 | Pitt | Colin Munger comes up short on the shot from the left wing | 24-27 |
| 03:33 | Pitt | Sherman Wheat tips it home | 24-29 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - William Rayford (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Timothy Hooser (fairly fresh) SF - Michael Dennis (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Charles Raff (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Lance Hargrave (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Randall Hill (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SG - Daniel Plummer (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Sherman Wheat (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Colin Munger (fresh) 2 reb. C - Kenneth Briggs (fresh) | |
| 03:19 | Louisville | Daniel Plummer steals it from Timothy Hooser | 24-29 |
| 03:16 | Pitt | Daniel Plummer lays it in | 24-31 |
| 03:12 | Louisville | Michael Dennis knocks in the runner in the lane on a great pass from William Rayford | 26-31 |
| 02:58 | Pitt | Randall Hill connects on the shot from the right side | 26-33 |
| 02:34 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave misses short on a jumper from the right block but he's hacked by Sherman Wheat - foul #1 on Sherman Wheat, team foul #8 | 26-33 |
| Subs | Louisville | Kyle Olson (SG), Cory Dyar (SF), Mike Curtis (PF) Timothy Hooser, Michael Dennis, Charles Raff | |
| Subs | Pitt | Richard Paquin (PG), Cong Ching (SF), Frank Park (PF), Lee Phillips (C) Randall Hill, Sherman Wheat, Colin Munger, Kenneth Briggs | |
| 02:34 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave makes the 1st free throw | 27-33 |
| 02:34 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave makes the 2nd free throw | 28-33 |
| 02:14 | Pitt | Richard Paquin is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 28-33 |
| 02:13 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave snags the defensive board | 28-33 |
| 01:52 | Louisville | Kyle Olson knocks in the 3 from the left wing set up by William Rayford | 31-33 |
| 01:37 | Pitt | Richard Paquin shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the shot from just outside the lane | 31-33 |
| 01:35 | Pitt | Frank Park tips it back up and in | 31-35 |
| 01:15 | Louisville | William Rayford comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 31-35 |
| 01:13 | Pitt | Lee Phillips gets the rebound | 31-35 |
| 01:02 | Pitt | Cong Ching loses the dribble to Mike Curtis | 31-35 |
| 00:39 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave can't finish the layup | 31-35 |
| 00:38 | Pitt | Frank Park gets the rebound | 31-35 |
| 00:27 | Pitt | Lee Phillips misses long on a runner from the baseline but he's fouled by Lance Hargrave - foul #2 on Lance Hargrave, team foul #11 | 31-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | Charles Raff (PF), Richard Saxon (C) Mike Curtis, Lance Hargrave | |
| Subs | Pitt | Randall Hill (SG), Colin Munger (PF) Daniel Plummer, Frank Park | |
| 00:27 | Pitt | Lee Phillips makes the 1st free throw | 31-36 |
| 00:27 | Pitt | Lee Phillips makes the 2nd free throw | 31-37 |
| 00:01 | Louisville | William Rayford misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 31-37 |
| 00:00 | Pitt | Lee Phillips pulls down the rebound | 31-37 |