| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Willis Williams (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. SG - Radomil Lakowski (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - George Monks (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Paul Lehmann (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Matthew Wolfram (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Vernon Gray (fresh) 1 ast. SG - James McCurren (fresh) SF - James Zipp (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Donald Ordonez (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. C - Ivan Zausch (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | George Monks inbounds the ball | 34-30 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:41 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann misses short on a shot from the free throw line | 34-30 |
| 19:39 | Louisville | Radomil Lakowski misses the tip | 34-30 |
| 19:37 | Louisville | George Monks tips it back up and in | 36-30 |
| 19:17 | St. John's | Donald Ordonez can't finish the layup | 36-30 |
| 19:15 | Louisville | George Monks pulls down the rebound | 36-30 |
| 18:53 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway in the paint | 36-30 |
| 18:51 | St. John's | James Zipp snags the defensive board | 36-30 |
| 18:47 | St. John's | Vernon Gray hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left side | 36-30 |
| 18:46 | Louisville | Willis Williams pulls down the rebound | 36-30 |
| 18:22 | Louisville | Willis Williams comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 36-30 |
| 18:20 | St. John's | Donald Ordonez gets the rebound | 36-30 |
| 18:14 | St. John's | James McCurren misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 36-30 |
| 18:12 | St. John's | Vernon Gray tips it in | 36-32 |
| 17:55 | Louisville | A charge is called on Radomil Lakowski - foul #3 on Radomil Lakowski, team foul #1 | 36-32 |
| Subs | Louisville | Claud Zagen (SF), Mark Curry (C) George Monks, Matthew Wolfram | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 17:37 | St. John's | James McCurren misses short on a shot from the right wing | 36-32 |
| 17:36 | Louisville | Mark Curry pulls down the rebound | 36-32 |
| 17:16 | Louisville | Willis Williams scores on a 3 pointer from straight away | 39-32 |
| 17:01 | St. John's | Donald Ordonez knocks in the floater from the left block on a nice dish by Vernon Gray | 39-34 |
| 16:38 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann misses badly on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 39-34 |
| 16:37 | St. John's | The rebound goes to Ivan Zausch | 39-34 |
| 16:32 | St. John's | Radomil Lakowski steals the ball from James McCurren | 39-34 |
| 16:08 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann banks in the layup on a great pass from Willis Williams | 41-34 |
| 15:58 | St. John's | James McCurren knocks in the jumpshot from the left wing on a nice dish by Donald Ordonez | 41-36 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Willis Williams (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 5 ast. SG - Radomil Lakowski (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Claud Zagen (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Paul Lehmann (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Mark Curry (fresh) | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Vernon Gray (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - James McCurren (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - James Zipp (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Donald Ordonez (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. C - Ivan Zausch (fairly fresh) 5 reb. | |
| 15:43 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann buries a jumper from the left block on a nice dish by Claud Zagen | 43-36 |
| 15:39 | St. John's | James Zipp comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 43-36 |
| 15:38 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann grabs the defensive rebound | 43-36 |
| 15:20 | Louisville | Claud Zagen drills a 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Willis Williams | 46-36 |
| 15:14 | St. John's | Ivan Zausch's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 46-36 |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Stiltner (PG), George Monks (SF), Matthew Wolfram (C) Willis Williams, Claud Zagen, Mark Curry | |
| Subs | St. John's | Allen Durfee (PG), Claudio Rossi (C) Vernon Gray, Ivan Zausch | |
| 14:50 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann banks in the layup set up by Richard Stiltner | 48-36 |
| 14:46 | St. John's | James Zipp is called for traveling | 48-36 |
| 14:31 | Louisville | Radomil Lakowski clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 48-36 |
| 14:30 | St. John's | The rebound goes to James Zipp | 48-36 |
| 14:25 | St. John's | James Zipp misses badly on a jump hook in the paint but he's hacked by George Monks - foul #1 on George Monks, team foul #2 | 48-36 |
| Subs | Louisville | Willis Williams (PG) Richard Stiltner | |
| Subs | St. John's | Leif Taberski (SF), Aldo Rossi (PF) James McCurren, Donald Ordonez | |
| 14:25 | St. John's | James Zipp makes the 1st free throw | 48-37 |
| 14:25 | St. John's | James Zipp makes the 2nd free throw | 48-38 |
| 13:58 | Louisville | Radomil Lakowski misses the pull-up jumper from the left side | 48-38 |
| 13:57 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann tips it home | 50-38 |
| 13:42 | St. John's | George Monks steals the ball from James Zipp | 50-38 |
| 13:13 | Louisville | Leif Taberski steps in front of the George Monks pass | 50-38 |
| 13:02 | St. John's | Claudio Rossi makes the floater from the free throw line | 50-40 |
| 12:47 | Louisville | Radomil Lakowski hits a fadeaway from the right wing | 52-40 |
| 12:35 | St. John's | James Zipp misses badly on a shot from the right side | 52-40 |
| 12:33 | St. John's | James Zipp gets the offensive rebound | 52-40 |
| 12:17 | St. John's | Allen Durfee is hacked by Paul Lehmann - foul #3 on Paul Lehmann, team foul #3 | 52-40 |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Stiltner (PG), Mark Curry (C) Willis Williams, Matthew Wolfram | |
| Subs | St. John's | Vernon Gray (PG), James McCurren (SG), Donald Ordonez (PF) Allen Durfee, James Zipp, Aldo Rossi | |
| 11:56 | St. John's | James McCurren scores on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 52-43 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Richard Stiltner (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Radomil Lakowski (tiring) 11 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - George Monks (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. PF - Paul Lehmann (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Mark Curry (fresh) | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Vernon Gray (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - James McCurren (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Leif Taberski (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Donald Ordonez (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. C - Claudio Rossi (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:38 | Louisville | James McCurren is called for the reach on Radomil Lakowski - foul #1 on James McCurren, team foul #1 | 52-43 |
| Subs | Louisville | Willis Williams (PG), Henry Blunt (SF), Matthew Wolfram (C) Richard Stiltner, George Monks, Mark Curry | |
| Subs | St. John's | James Zipp (SF), Ivan Zausch (C) Leif Taberski, Claudio Rossi | |
| 11:14 | Louisville | Ivan Zausch steps in front of the Henry Blunt pass | 52-43 |
| 11:01 | St. John's | James Zipp can't connect on a jump hook from the right block | 52-43 |
| 11:00 | St. John's | Donald Ordonez can't tip it in | 52-43 |
| 10:58 | Louisville | Radomil Lakowski grabs the board | 52-43 |
| 10:29 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann misses the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 52-43 |
| 10:27 | St. John's | The rebound goes to James McCurren | 52-43 |
| 10:22 | St. John's | James Zipp scores on a jumper from the left wing | 52-45 |
| 10:07 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann clanks a jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Vernon Gray - foul #1 on Vernon Gray, team foul #2 | 52-45 |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Stiltner (PG), George Monks (SF), Mark Curry (C) Willis Williams, Henry Blunt, Matthew Wolfram | |
| Subs | St. John's | Allen Durfee (PG), Leif Taberski (SF), Aldo Rossi (PF), Claudio Rossi (C) James McCurren, James Zipp, Donald Ordonez, Ivan Zausch | |
| 10:07 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann makes the 1st free throw | 53-45 |
| 10:07 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann makes the 2nd free throw | 54-45 |
| 09:56 | St. John's | Leif Taberski misses long on a shot from the right wing but he's fouled by Richard Stiltner - foul #1 on Richard Stiltner, team foul #4 | 54-45 |
| Subs | Louisville | Willis Williams (PG) Richard Stiltner | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 09:56 | St. John's | Leif Taberski makes the 1st free throw | 54-46 |
| 09:56 | St. John's | Leif Taberski makes the 2nd free throw | 54-47 |
| 09:34 | Louisville | Willis Williams comes up short on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 54-47 |
| 09:33 | Louisville | The offensive rebound goes to Radomil Lakowski | 54-47 |
| 09:10 | Louisville | Willis Williams hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 54-47 |
| 09:08 | Louisville | Mark Curry gets the offensive rebound | 54-47 |
| 08:51 | Louisville | George Monks dunks the ball on a nice dish by Radomil Lakowski | 56-47 |
| 08:43 | St. John's | Aldo Rossi drills a floater from the baseline on a great pass from Allen Durfee | 56-49 |
| 08:18 | Louisville | Radomil Lakowski connects on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 59-49 |
| 08:12 | St. John's | Leif Taberski is fouled on the floor by George Monks - foul #2 on George Monks, team foul #5 | 59-49 |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Stiltner (PG), Benjamin Byram (SG), Claud Zagen (SF), Matthew Wolfram (C) Willis Williams, Radomil Lakowski, George Monks, Mark Curry | |
| Subs | St. John's | James McCurren (SG), Donald Ordonez (PF), Ivan Zausch (C) Vernon Gray, Aldo Rossi, Claudio Rossi | |
| 07:59 | St. John's | James McCurren misses badly on a jumper from the right side but the foul's on Benjamin Byram - foul #2 on Benjamin Byram, team foul #6 | 59-49 |
| Subs | Louisville | Radomil Lakowski (SG) Benjamin Byram | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 07:59 | St. John's | James McCurren makes the 1st free throw | 59-50 |
| 07:59 | St. John's | James McCurren makes the 2nd free throw | 59-51 |
| 07:38 | Louisville | Radomil Lakowski misses the 3 from the left corner | 59-51 |
| 07:37 | Louisville | Richard Stiltner grabs the offensive rebound | 59-51 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Richard Stiltner (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Radomil Lakowski (tiring) 14 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - Claud Zagen (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. PF - Paul Lehmann (tiring) 15 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Matthew Wolfram (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Allen Durfee (fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. SG - James McCurren (fairly fresh) 7 pts. SF - Leif Taberski (fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Donald Ordonez (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. C - Ivan Zausch (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| 07:13 | Louisville | Radomil Lakowski scores on a 3pt attempt from straight away set up by Richard Stiltner | 62-51 |
| 06:59 | St. John's | Donald Ordonez can't connect on a turnaround from close range | 62-51 |
| 06:57 | Louisville | Matthew Wolfram snags the defensive board | 62-51 |
| 06:38 | Louisville | Matthew Wolfram is whistled for traveling | 62-51 |
| Subs | Louisville | Willis Williams (PG), Benjamin Byram (SG), George Monks (SF), Mark Curry (C) Richard Stiltner, Radomil Lakowski, Claud Zagen, Matthew Wolfram | |
| Subs | St. John's | James Zipp (SF) Leif Taberski | |
| 06:30 | St. John's | James Zipp hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 62-51 |
| 06:28 | St. John's | James Zipp grabs the offensive rebound | 62-51 |
| 06:12 | St. John's | Benjamin Byram steals the ball from Donald Ordonez | 62-51 |
| 06:07 | Louisville | Benjamin Byram hits the finger roll | 64-51 |
| 06:01 | St. John's | Ivan Zausch's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 64-51 |
| Subs | Louisville | Radomil Lakowski (SG), Matthew Wolfram (C) Benjamin Byram, Mark Curry | |
| Subs | St. John's | Vernon Gray (PG), Aldo Rossi (SF), Claudio Rossi (C) Allen Durfee, James McCurren, Ivan Zausch | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/man to man (+1) | |
| 05:34 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann misses long on a jumpshot from the right side | 64-51 |
| 05:32 | St. John's | Vernon Gray grabs the defensive rebound | 64-51 |
| 05:27 | St. John's | James Zipp buries a 3 from the left wing | 64-54 |
| 04:58 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann clanks a shot from the left side | 64-54 |
| 04:57 | Louisville | Matthew Wolfram gets the offensive rebound | 64-54 |
| 04:38 | Louisville | George Monks hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the free throw line but the foul's on Aldo Rossi - foul #2 on Aldo Rossi, team foul #3 | 64-54 |
| Subs | Louisville | Mark Curry (C) Matthew Wolfram | |
| Subs | St. John's | James McCurren (SG), Leif Taberski (SF) James Zipp, Donald Ordonez | |
| 04:38 | Louisville | George Monks makes the 1st free throw | 65-54 |
| 04:38 | Louisville | George Monks makes the 2nd free throw | 66-54 |
| 04:19 | St. John's | Claudio Rossi is hacked by Mark Curry - foul #1 on Mark Curry, team foul #7 | 66-54 |
| Subs | Louisville | Benjamin Byram (SG) Radomil Lakowski | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 04:19 | St. John's | Claudio Rossi makes the 1st free throw | 66-55 |
| 04:19 | St. John's | Claudio Rossi misses the 2nd free throw | 66-55 |
| 04:19 | Louisville | Mark Curry gets the rebound | 66-55 |
| 04:03 | Louisville | James McCurren picks off the pass by Mark Curry | 66-55 |
| 03:54 | St. John's | Aldo Rossi hits a runner in the paint and he's fouled by Paul Lehmann - foul #4 on Paul Lehmann, team foul #8 | 66-57 |
| Subs | Louisville | Radomil Lakowski (SG), Claud Zagen (SF) Benjamin Byram, George Monks | |
| Subs | St. John's | Allen Durfee (PG), Ivan Zausch (C) Vernon Gray, Claudio Rossi | |
| 03:54 | St. John's | Aldo Rossi misses the free throw | 66-57 |
| 03:54 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Mark Curry | 66-57 |
| 03:36 | Louisville | Radomil Lakowski's fadeaway is rejected by Ivan Zausch | 66-57 |
| 03:34 | Louisville | Mark Curry tips it in | 68-57 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Willis Williams (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 ast. SG - Radomil Lakowski (tired) 17 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - Claud Zagen (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. PF - Paul Lehmann (tired) 15 pts. 5 reb. 4 pf. C - Mark Curry (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Allen Durfee (fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. SG - James McCurren (fairly fresh) 7 pts. SF - Leif Taberski (fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Aldo Rossi (fairly fresh) 8 pts. C - Ivan Zausch (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| 03:16 | St. John's | Aldo Rossi can't connect on a jumper from the baseline | 68-57 |
| 03:15 | St. John's | The offensive rebound goes to Ivan Zausch | 68-57 |
| 02:58 | St. John's | Ivan Zausch hits a floater from close range set up by Allen Durfee | 68-59 |
| 02:44 | Louisville | Claud Zagen clanks a jumpshot from the free throw line but he's hacked by Leif Taberski - foul #1 on Leif Taberski, team foul #4 | 68-59 |
| Subs | Louisville | Matthew Wolfram (C) Mark Curry | |
| Subs | St. John's | Vernon Gray (SG), James Zipp (SF), Michael Clevenger (PF) James McCurren, Leif Taberski, Aldo Rossi | |
| 02:44 | Louisville | Claud Zagen misses the 1st free throw | 68-59 |
| 02:44 | Louisville | Claud Zagen misses the 2nd free throw | 68-59 |
| 02:44 | St. John's | Ivan Zausch grabs the board | 68-59 |
| 02:44 | St. John's | St. John's calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 68-59 |
| 02:31 | St. John's | Ivan Zausch misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Matthew Wolfram - foul #2 on Matthew Wolfram, team foul #9 | 68-59 |
| Subs | Louisville | George Monks (SF) Claud Zagen | |
| Subs | St. John's | Leif Taberski (SF), Donald Ordonez (PF) Allen Durfee, Michael Clevenger | |
| 02:31 | St. John's | Ivan Zausch misses the 1st free throw | 68-59 |
| 02:31 | St. John's | Ivan Zausch makes the 2nd free throw | 68-60 |
| 02:17 | Louisville | Radomil Lakowski clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 68-60 |
| 02:16 | St. John's | The rebound goes to James Zipp | 68-60 |
| 02:11 | St. John's | Ivan Zausch is whistled for traveling | 68-60 |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Stiltner (PG), Benjamin Byram (SG) Willis Williams, Radomil Lakowski | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 01:45 | Louisville | Leif Taberski is called for the reach on George Monks - foul #2 on Leif Taberski, team foul #5 | 68-60 |
| Subs | Louisville | Willis Williams (PG), Radomil Lakowski (SG) Richard Stiltner, Benjamin Byram | |
| Subs | St. John's | James McCurren (SG) Leif Taberski | |
| 01:20 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann knocks in the fadeaway from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Willis Williams | 70-60 |
| 01:18 | St. John's | Vernon Gray loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 70-60 |
| 01:03 | Louisville | George Monks is hacked by James Zipp - foul #2 on James Zipp, team foul #6 | 70-60 |
| 00:42 | Louisville | Radomil Lakowski is called for a pushoff foul - foul #4 on Radomil Lakowski, team foul #10 | 70-60 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a halfcourt press/man to man (+1) | |
| 00:36 | St. John's | James McCurren misses badly on a fadeaway from the left wing | 70-60 |
| 00:35 | St. John's | Donald Ordonez tips it home | 70-62 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| 00:32 | Louisville | Matthew Wolfram is hacked by Vernon Gray in the backcourt - foul #2 on Vernon Gray, team foul #7 | 70-62 |
| Subs | Louisville | Robert Gibbens (PF) Paul Lehmann | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 00:32 | Louisville | Matthew Wolfram makes the 1st free throw | 71-62 |
| 00:32 | Louisville | Matthew Wolfram makes the 2nd free throw | 72-62 |
| 00:24 | St. John's | Donald Ordonez throws a bad pass out of bounds | 72-62 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a halfcourt press/man to man (+1) | |
| 00:00 | Louisville | Willis Williams runs out the clock | 72-62 |