| Lineup | LSU | PG - Robert Landry (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael McCoy (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Bradley Ater (fresh) PF - Michael Meinhardt (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. C - Bradley Ziegenbein (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Cheng-Gong Xayasith (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Harold Payne (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Alton Parker (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. PF - Laurence Mozingo (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Leroy Carpenter (fresh) 2 pts. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | LSU | Bradley Ater inbounds the ball | 24-22 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+5) | |
| 19:41 | LSU | Robert Landry hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 24-22 |
| 19:39 | Tennessee | Alton Parker snags the defensive board | 24-22 |
| 19:34 | Tennessee | Cheng-Gong Xayasith can't finish the layup but the foul's on Michael McCoy - foul #1 on Michael McCoy, team foul #1 | 24-22 |
| 19:34 | Tennessee | Cheng-Gong Xayasith makes the 1st free throw | 24-23 |
| 19:34 | Tennessee | Cheng-Gong Xayasith makes the 2nd free throw | 24-24 |
| 19:07 | LSU | Bradley Ater hits a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 26-24 |
| 18:57 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Cheng-Gong Xayasith | 26-26 |
| 18:34 | LSU | Robert Landry is fouled on the floor by Harold Payne - foul #2 on Harold Payne, team foul #1 | 26-26 |
| 18:16 | LSU | Michael McCoy misses badly on a fadeaway from the right wing but he's hacked by Leroy Carpenter - foul #2 on Leroy Carpenter, team foul #2 | 26-26 |
| 18:16 | LSU | Michael McCoy makes the 1st free throw | 27-26 |
| 18:16 | LSU | Michael McCoy makes the 2nd free throw | 28-26 |
| 18:09 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo banks in the layup on a great pass from Leroy Carpenter | 28-28 |
| 17:57 | LSU | Michael McCoy is whistled for traveling | 28-28 |
| 17:45 | Tennessee | Leroy Carpenter is fouled on the floor by Bradley Ziegenbein - foul #1 on Bradley Ziegenbein, team foul #2 | 28-28 |
| 17:40 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo can't connect on a runner from the right block but he's hacked by Michael Meinhardt - foul #2 on Michael Meinhardt, team foul #3 | 28-28 |
| 17:40 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo misses the 1st free throw | 28-28 |
| 17:40 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo makes the 2nd free throw | 28-29 |
| 17:15 | LSU | Alton Parker is called for the reach on Bradley Ater - foul #1 on Alton Parker, team foul #3 | 28-29 |
| Subs | LSU | Todd Pollard (SF), Barry Baldwin (C) Bradley Ater, Michael Meinhardt | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Robert Goss (C) Leroy Carpenter | |
| 16:59 | LSU | Robert Landry can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 28-29 |
| 16:57 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to Alton Parker | 28-29 |
| 16:36 | Tennessee | Michael McCoy is called for the reach on Harold Payne - foul #2 on Michael McCoy, team foul #4 | 28-29 |
| Subs | LSU | Michael Meinhardt (PF) Bradley Ziegenbein | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera (SG) Cheng-Gong Xayasith | |
| 16:30 | Tennessee | Robert Goss drills a turnaround from close range | 28-31 |
| 16:09 | LSU | Michael McCoy hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 28-31 |
| 16:07 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt gets the offensive rebound | 28-31 |
| 15:54 | LSU | Robert Landry misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 28-31 |
| 15:52 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to Alton Parker | 28-31 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Robert Landry (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael McCoy (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Todd Pollard (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. PF - Michael Meinhardt (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. C - Barry Baldwin (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Harold Payne (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Randall Mosquera (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Alton Parker (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 9 reb. PF - Laurence Mozingo (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. C - Robert Goss (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:41 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera hits a driving attempt in the paint | 28-33 |
| 15:12 | LSU | Barry Baldwin loses the ball out of bounds | 28-33 |
| Subs | LSU | Michael Carson (SG), Bradley Ater (SF), Bradley Ziegenbein (PF) Michael McCoy, Todd Pollard, Michael Meinhardt | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Cheng-Gong Xayasith (PG), Leroy Carpenter (C) Randall Mosquera, Robert Goss | |
| 14:56 | Tennessee | Harold Payne misses the 3pt shot from the left corner | 28-33 |
| 14:55 | Tennessee | Alton Parker tips it back up and in | 28-35 |
| 14:31 | LSU | Robert Landry is open but comes up short on the floater from the right side | 28-35 |
| 14:30 | Tennessee | Leroy Carpenter grabs the defensive rebound | 28-35 |
| 14:24 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo misses the shot from the baseline | 28-35 |
| 14:23 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo pulls down the offensive rebound | 28-35 |
| 14:10 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo travels with the ball | 28-35 |
| Subs | LSU | Michael Meinhardt (PF) Barry Baldwin | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 13:43 | LSU | Robert Landry misses short on an open fadeaway from the left side | 28-35 |
| 13:41 | Tennessee | Cheng-Gong Xayasith grabs the board | 28-35 |
| 13:36 | Tennessee | Cheng-Gong Xayasith is called for traveling | 28-35 |
| Subs | LSU | Michael McCoy (SG) Michael Carson | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera (PF) Laurence Mozingo | |
| 13:18 | LSU | Alton Parker steals the ball from Michael Meinhardt | 28-35 |
| 12:58 | Tennessee | Harold Payne connects on the 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Cheng-Gong Xayasith | 28-38 |
| 12:34 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt makes the fadeaway from the free throw line on a nice dish by Bradley Ater | 30-38 |
| 12:22 | Tennessee | Harold Payne misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 30-38 |
| 12:21 | LSU | Robert Landry grabs the board | 30-38 |
| 11:58 | LSU | Randall Mosquera steps in front of the Bradley Ater pass | 30-38 |
| 11:39 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera hits a jump hook from the right block on a nice dish by Cheng-Gong Xayasith | 30-40 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Robert Landry (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael McCoy (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Bradley Ater (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Michael Meinhardt (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. C - Bradley Ziegenbein (fairly fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Cheng-Gong Xayasith (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Harold Payne (tiring) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Alton Parker (tiring) 4 pts. 10 reb. PF - Randall Mosquera (fresh) 8 pts. C - Leroy Carpenter (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:18 | LSU | Michael McCoy makes the 3 pointer from the left corner | 33-40 |
| 11:10 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera misses the lay-in but the foul's on Bradley Ater - foul #3 on Bradley Ater, team foul #5 | 33-40 |
| Subs | LSU | Todd Pollard (SF), Barry Baldwin (C) Bradley Ater, Bradley Ziegenbein | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Robert Dixon (PG), David Morgan (SF), Laurence Mozingo (PF), Robert Goss (C) Cheng-Gong Xayasith, Harold Payne, Alton Parker, Leroy Carpenter | |
| 11:10 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera misses the 1st free throw | 33-40 |
| 11:10 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera misses the 2nd free throw | 33-40 |
| 11:10 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt grabs the defensive rebound | 33-40 |
| 10:49 | LSU | Barry Baldwin comes up short on the shot in the lane but the foul's on Robert Goss - foul #2 on Robert Goss, team foul #4 | 33-40 |
| Subs | LSU | Michael Carson (SG) Robert Landry | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 10:49 | LSU | Barry Baldwin makes the 1st free throw | 34-40 |
| 10:49 | LSU | Barry Baldwin makes the 2nd free throw | 35-40 |
| 10:38 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo misses the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 35-40 |
| 10:37 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo tips it but misses | 35-40 |
| 10:35 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt snags the defensive board | 35-40 |
| 10:07 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right wing | 35-40 |
| 10:05 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt tips it back up and in | 37-40 |
| 09:54 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo knocks in the shot from the right block set up by Robert Dixon | 37-42 |
| 09:28 | LSU | Michael McCoy clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 37-42 |
| 09:26 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt can't tip it in | 37-42 |
| 09:25 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to David Morgan | 37-42 |
| 09:11 | Tennessee | Todd Pollard is called for the reach on Robert Goss - foul #2 on Todd Pollard, team foul #6 | 37-42 |
| Subs | LSU | Robert Landry (PG) Michael McCoy | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Cheng-Gong Xayasith (PG), Harold Payne (SG), Alton Parker (SF) Robert Dixon, Randall Mosquera, David Morgan | |
| 08:59 | Tennessee | Alton Parker comes up short on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 37-42 |
| 08:58 | Tennessee | Alton Parker can't tip it in | 37-42 |
| 08:57 | Tennessee | The offensive rebound goes to Cheng-Gong Xayasith | 37-42 |
| 08:52 | Tennessee | Alton Parker misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 37-42 |
| 08:50 | LSU | Barry Baldwin snags the defensive board | 37-42 |
| 08:23 | LSU | Alton Parker is called for the reach on Barry Baldwin - foul #2 on Alton Parker, team foul #5 | 37-42 |
| Subs | LSU | Bradley Ater (SF), Bradley Ziegenbein (C) Todd Pollard, Barry Baldwin | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Leroy Carpenter (C) Robert Goss | |
| 08:02 | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein buries a shot from the left block set up by Bradley Ater and he's hacked by Leroy Carpenter - foul #3 on Leroy Carpenter, team foul #6 | 39-42 |
| 08:02 | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein misses the free throw | 39-42 |
| 08:02 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to Leroy Carpenter | 39-42 |
| 07:47 | Tennessee | Leroy Carpenter drills a jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Cheng-Gong Xayasith | 39-44 |
| 07:18 | LSU | Robert Landry misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 39-44 |
| 07:17 | Tennessee | Leroy Carpenter grabs the defensive rebound | 39-44 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Robert Landry (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Carson (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Bradley Ater (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. PF - Michael Meinhardt (tiring) 8 pts. 10 reb. 2 stl. C - Bradley Ziegenbein (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Cheng-Gong Xayasith (fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. SG - Harold Payne (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Alton Parker (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 11 reb. PF - Laurence Mozingo (tiring) 13 pts. 5 reb. C - Leroy Carpenter (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| 06:59 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo drills a jumper near the basket set up by Cheng-Gong Xayasith and he's hacked by Bradley Ziegenbein - foul #2 on Bradley Ziegenbein, team foul #7 | 39-46 |
| Subs | LSU | Michael McCoy (SG), Todd Pollard (SF) Michael Carson, Michael Meinhardt | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera (SF), Robert Goss (C) Alton Parker, Leroy Carpenter | |
| 06:59 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo makes the free throw | 39-47 |
| 06:36 | LSU | Michael McCoy is fouled on the floor by Laurence Mozingo - foul #2 on Laurence Mozingo, team foul #7 | 39-47 |
| Subs | LSU | Barry Baldwin (C) Bradley Ater | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Robert Dixon (PG), Larry Dreher (SG), David Morgan (SF) Cheng-Gong Xayasith, Harold Payne, Laurence Mozingo | |
| 06:36 | LSU | Michael McCoy makes the 1st free throw | 40-47 |
| 06:36 | LSU | Michael McCoy makes the 2nd free throw | 41-47 |
| 06:27 | Tennessee | Robert Dixon hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right wing | 41-47 |
| 06:25 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera grabs the offensive rebound | 41-47 |
| 06:07 | Tennessee | David Morgan loses the dribble to Barry Baldwin | 41-47 |
| 05:41 | LSU | Robert Landry connects on the 3pt shot from straight away | 44-47 |
| 05:27 | Tennessee | Larry Dreher throws a bad pass out of bounds | 44-47 |
| Subs | LSU | Bradley Ater (PF) Bradley Ziegenbein | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Cheng-Gong Xayasith (PG), Harold Payne (SG), Alton Parker (SF), Leroy Carpenter (C) Robert Dixon, Larry Dreher, David Morgan, Robert Goss | |
| 05:00 | LSU | Michael McCoy is whistled for a carry | 44-47 |
| Subs | LSU | Michael Carson (SG), Bradley Ziegenbein (C) Todd Pollard, Barry Baldwin | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 04:50 | Tennessee | Leroy Carpenter misses the shot from the right wing | 44-47 |
| 04:48 | Tennessee | The offensive rebound goes to Cheng-Gong Xayasith | 44-47 |
| 04:30 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera comes up short on the turnaround from the baseline | 44-47 |
| 04:28 | LSU | The rebound goes to Bradley Ziegenbein | 44-47 |
| 04:06 | LSU | Michael McCoy makes the jumper from just outside the lane | 46-47 |
| 03:57 | Tennessee | Alton Parker connects on the jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Cheng-Gong Xayasith | 46-49 |
| 03:37 | LSU | Michael McCoy can't connect on a jumpshot from the right wing | 46-49 |
| 03:36 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera snags the defensive board | 46-49 |
| 03:22 | Tennessee | Harold Payne is fouled on the floor by Michael McCoy - foul #3 on Michael McCoy, team foul #8 | 46-49 |
| Subs | LSU | Todd Pollard (PG), Dana Renteria (SF), Michael Meinhardt (PF), Barry Baldwin (C) Robert Landry, Michael McCoy, Bradley Ater, Bradley Ziegenbein | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo (PF), Robert Goss (C) Cheng-Gong Xayasith, Leroy Carpenter | |
| 03:22 | Tennessee | Harold Payne makes the 1st free throw | 46-50 |
| 03:22 | Tennessee | Harold Payne misses the 2nd free throw | 46-50 |
| 03:22 | LSU | Barry Baldwin grabs the board | 46-50 |
| 03:01 | LSU | Barry Baldwin is hacked by Robert Goss - foul #3 on Robert Goss, team foul #8 | 46-50 |
| Subs | LSU | | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Robert Dixon (PG) Harold Payne | |
| 03:01 | LSU | Barry Baldwin misses the 1st free throw | 46-50 |
| 03:01 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to Robert Goss | 46-50 |
| Lineup | LSU | PG - Todd Pollard (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Carson (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Dana Renteria (fresh) PF - Michael Meinhardt (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 10 reb. 2 stl. C - Barry Baldwin (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Robert Dixon (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Randall Mosquera (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. SF - Alton Parker (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 11 reb. PF - Laurence Mozingo (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 5 reb. C - Robert Goss (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 02:57 | Tennessee | Tennessee calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 46-50 |
| Subs | LSU | Robert Landry (PG), Michael McCoy (SG), Bradley Ater (SF) Todd Pollard, Michael Carson, Dana Renteria | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Cheng-Gong Xayasith (PG), Harold Payne (SG), Leroy Carpenter (C) Robert Dixon, Randall Mosquera, Robert Goss | |
| 02:44 | Tennessee | Leroy Carpenter's layup is rejected by Bradley Ater | 46-50 |
| 02:43 | LSU | Bradley Ater grabs the defensive rebound | 46-50 |
| 02:14 | LSU | Michael McCoy drills a 3 from straight away | 49-50 |
| 01:51 | Tennessee | Leroy Carpenter banks in the layup on a nice dish by Cheng-Gong Xayasith and he's fouled by Bradley Ater - foul #4 on Bradley Ater, team foul #9 | 49-52 |
| Subs | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein (C) Barry Baldwin | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 01:51 | Tennessee | Leroy Carpenter makes the free throw | 49-53 |
| 01:24 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt hits a runner near the basket set up by Robert Landry | 51-53 |
| 01:08 | Tennessee | Leroy Carpenter clanks a jump hook from the baseline | 51-53 |
| 01:06 | LSU | Bradley Ater grabs the defensive rebound | 51-53 |
| 00:47 | LSU | Robert Landry is whistled for traveling | 51-53 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+5) | |
| 00:20 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo misses long on a floater from the left block | 51-53 |
| 00:18 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo tips it home | 51-55 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+5) | |
| 00:13 | LSU | Robert Landry misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 51-55 |
| 00:12 | LSU | Bradley Ziegenbein gets the offensive rebound | 51-55 |
| 00:08 | LSU | Michael Meinhardt throws a bad pass out of bounds | 51-55 |
| Game Plan | LSU | LSU is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+5) | |
| 00:05 | Tennessee | Alton Parker is hacked by Robert Landry in the backcourt - foul #3 on Robert Landry, team foul #10 | 51-55 |
| 00:05 | Tennessee | Alton Parker makes the 1st free throw | 51-56 |
| 00:05 | Tennessee | Alton Parker makes the 2nd free throw | 51-57 |
| 00:01 | LSU | Bradley Ater clanks a 3 from the right wing | 51-57 |
| 00:00 | Tennessee | Cheng-Gong Xayasith grabs the board | 51-57 |