| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Dustin Cooperman (fresh) SG - David Nunn (fresh) SF - Jack Bissett (fresh) PF - Anthony Dillman (fresh) C - Joseph Wasson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - John Eilerman (fresh) SG - George Peralez (fresh) SF - Ricky Turner (fresh) PF - Michael Green (fresh) C - Joe Collins (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Syracuse | Joe Collins wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| 19:41 | Syracuse | Joe Collins knocks in the fadeaway from the right side set up by John Eilerman | 0-2 |
| 19:36 | West Virginia | Dustin Cooperman loses the dribble to George Peralez in the backcourt | 0-2 |
| 19:19 | Syracuse | John Eilerman clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 0-2 |
| 19:18 | West Virginia | Jack Bissett grabs the defensive rebound | 0-2 |
| 19:15 | West Virginia | David Nunn is fouled in the backcourt by Ricky Turner - foul #1 on Ricky Turner, team foul #1 | 0-2 |
| 18:59 | West Virginia | David Nunn misses long on a jumpshot from the right wing | 0-2 |
| 18:58 | Syracuse | John Eilerman gets the rebound | 0-2 |
| 18:39 | Syracuse | Ricky Turner knocks in the floater from the free throw line on a nice dish by John Eilerman | 0-4 |
| 18:37 | West Virginia | Jack Bissett loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 0-4 |
| 18:18 | Syracuse | George Peralez comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 0-4 |
| 18:17 | West Virginia | Anthony Dillman gets the rebound | 0-4 |
| 17:50 | West Virginia | Dustin Cooperman misses the runner from the baseline | 0-4 |
| 17:48 | Syracuse | George Peralez snags the defensive board | 0-4 |
| 17:26 | Syracuse | John Eilerman is alone and drills a 3 from the right wing set up by Michael Green | 0-7 |
| 17:21 | West Virginia | Dustin Cooperman is fouled on the floor by Joe Collins - foul #1 on Joe Collins, team foul #2 | 0-7 |
| Subs | West Virginia | James Bergsma (PG), Robert Boyle (SG), Tom Matthews (SF), Shaun Fournier (PF), Jason Sisler (C) Dustin Cooperman, David Nunn, Jack Bissett, Anthony Dillman, Joseph Wasson | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Daniel King (PF) Ricky Turner | |
| 17:08 | West Virginia | Robert Boyle drills a floater from close range on a great pass from James Bergsma | 2-7 |
| 16:55 | Syracuse | John Eilerman scores on a 3 from straight away on a nice dish by George Peralez | 2-10 |
| 16:43 | West Virginia | Robert Boyle drills a 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by James Bergsma | 5-10 |
| 16:23 | Syracuse | Daniel King is open and buries a jump hook from the baseline set up by John Eilerman | 5-12 |
| 15:54 | West Virginia | Robert Boyle is whistled for traveling | 5-12 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Dustin Cooperman (PG), David Nunn (SG), Jack Bissett (SF), Anthony Dillman (PF), Joseph Wasson (C) James Bergsma, Robert Boyle, Tom Matthews, Shaun Fournier, Jason Sisler | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Marvin Friedman (PG), Jim Maciel (C) John Eilerman, Joe Collins | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Dustin Cooperman (fresh) SG - David Nunn (fresh) SF - Jack Bissett (fresh) PF - Anthony Dillman (fresh) C - Joseph Wasson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Marvin Friedman (fresh) SG - George Peralez (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Michael Green (fairly fresh) PF - Daniel King (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Jim Maciel (fresh) | |
| 15:30 | Syracuse | George Peralez splits the doubleteam and buries a jumpshot from just outside the lane on a great pass from Michael Green | 5-14 |
| 15:17 | West Virginia | Dustin Cooperman is fouled on the floor by Marvin Friedman - foul #1 on Marvin Friedman, team foul #3 | 5-14 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Christopher Thomas (SG), Ricky Turner (SF) George Peralez, Michael Green | |
| 15:02 | West Virginia | Christopher Thomas picks off the pass by David Nunn | 5-14 |
| 14:52 | Syracuse | Daniel King hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left block | 5-14 |
| 14:50 | West Virginia | Jack Bissett gets the rebound | 5-14 |
| 14:21 | West Virginia | David Nunn is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on David Nunn, team foul #1 | 5-14 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Tom Matthews (SF), Shaun Fournier (PF), Jason Sisler (C) Jack Bissett, Anthony Dillman, Joseph Wasson | |
| Subs | Syracuse | George Peralez (SG), Joe Collins (C) Christopher Thomas, Jim Maciel | |
| 14:07 | Syracuse | George Peralez is fouled on the floor by David Nunn - foul #2 on David Nunn, team foul #2 | 5-14 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Robert Boyle (SG) David Nunn | |
| Subs | Syracuse | August Cisowski (SF) Ricky Turner | |
| 13:49 | Syracuse | Daniel King banks in the layup set up by Joe Collins and he's hacked by Jason Sisler - foul #1 on Jason Sisler, team foul #3 | 5-16 |
| Subs | West Virginia | James Bergsma (PG) Dustin Cooperman | |
| Subs | Syracuse | John Eilerman (PG), Michael Green (SF) Marvin Friedman, August Cisowski | |
| 13:49 | Syracuse | Daniel King makes the free throw | 5-17 |
| 13:20 | West Virginia | Robert Boyle misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 5-17 |
| 13:18 | Syracuse | Michael Green pulls down the rebound | 5-17 |
| 12:58 | Syracuse | Daniel King throws a bad pass out of bounds | 5-17 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Christopher Thomas (SG), Ricky Turner (SF), Jim Maciel (C) George Peralez, Daniel King, Joe Collins | |
| 12:37 | West Virginia | Shaun Fournier loses the dribble to Christopher Thomas | 5-17 |
| 12:34 | Syracuse | Christopher Thomas misses the easy layup | 5-17 |
| 12:32 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Shaun Fournier | 5-17 |
| 12:12 | West Virginia | James Bergsma hits a shot from close range | 7-17 |
| 11:56 | Syracuse | Christopher Thomas misses the jumper from the left wing | 7-17 |
| 11:55 | Syracuse | Jim Maciel tips it home | 7-19 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - James Bergsma (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Robert Boyle (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Tom Matthews (fairly fresh) PF - Shaun Fournier (fairly fresh) C - Jason Sisler (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - John Eilerman (tiring) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Christopher Thomas (fresh) 2 stl. SF - Ricky Turner (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Michael Green (tiring) C - Jim Maciel (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:32 | West Virginia | Robert Boyle clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 7-19 |
| 11:31 | Syracuse | Jim Maciel pulls down the rebound | 7-19 |
| 11:14 | Syracuse | John Eilerman is whistled for a carry | 7-19 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Dustin Cooperman (PG), Norbert Shackelford (SG), Jack Bissett (SF), Anthony Dillman (PF), Joseph Wasson (C) James Bergsma, Robert Boyle, Tom Matthews, Shaun Fournier, Jason Sisler | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Marvin Friedman (PG), George Peralez (SG), August Cisowski (SF), Joe Collins (C) John Eilerman, Christopher Thomas, Ricky Turner, Michael Green | |
| 11:09 | West Virginia | Dustin Cooperman double dribbles in the backcourt | 7-19 |
| 10:50 | Syracuse | Joe Collins hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left wing | 7-19 |
| 10:49 | Syracuse | Joe Collins tips it in | 7-21 |
| 10:45 | West Virginia | Jack Bissett is hacked by August Cisowski in the backcourt - foul #1 on August Cisowski, team foul #4 | 7-21 |
| 10:28 | West Virginia | Anthony Dillman misses the easy layup | 7-21 |
| 10:27 | West Virginia | Joseph Wasson can't tip it in | 7-21 |
| 10:25 | West Virginia | Joseph Wasson tips it back up and in | 9-21 |
| 10:13 | Syracuse | George Peralez shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 9-21 |
| 10:12 | West Virginia | Jack Bissett snags the defensive board | 9-21 |
| 09:50 | West Virginia | Dustin Cooperman misses short on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 9-21 |
| 09:49 | West Virginia | The offensive rebound goes to Joseph Wasson | 9-21 |
| 09:27 | West Virginia | Dustin Cooperman is hacked by Marvin Friedman - foul #2 on Marvin Friedman, team foul #5 | 9-21 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Robert Boyle (SG) Norbert Shackelford | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Christopher Thomas (PG), Ricky Turner (SF), Daniel King (PF) Marvin Friedman, August Cisowski, Jim Maciel | |
| 09:04 | West Virginia | Robert Boyle is open and scores on a pull-up jumper from the right side on a great pass from Dustin Cooperman | 11-21 |
| 08:49 | Syracuse | Ricky Turner misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 11-21 |
| 08:48 | West Virginia | Anthony Dillman grabs the board | 11-21 |
| 08:19 | West Virginia | Joseph Wasson is fouled on the floor by Joe Collins - foul #2 on Joe Collins, team foul #6 | 11-21 |
| Subs | West Virginia | James Bergsma (PG), Tom Matthews (SF), Shaun Fournier (PF), Jason Sisler (C) Dustin Cooperman, Jack Bissett, Anthony Dillman, Joseph Wasson | |
| Subs | Syracuse | August Cisowski (SG), Michael Green (PF) George Peralez, Joe Collins | |
| 07:53 | West Virginia | Robert Boyle scores on a 3pt shot from the left wing set up by James Bergsma | 14-21 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - James Bergsma (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Robert Boyle (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Tom Matthews (fresh) PF - Shaun Fournier (fresh) C - Jason Sisler (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Christopher Thomas (fairly fresh) 2 stl. SG - August Cisowski (fresh) SF - Ricky Turner (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Michael Green (fairly fresh) C - Daniel King (fairly fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 07:31 | Syracuse | Daniel King is fouled on the floor by Tom Matthews - foul #1 on Tom Matthews, team foul #4 | 14-21 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Norbert Shackelford (SG) Robert Boyle | |
| Subs | Syracuse | John Eilerman (PG), Jim Maciel (C) Ricky Turner, Daniel King | |
| 07:24 | Syracuse | John Eilerman hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 14-21 |
| 07:23 | Syracuse | August Cisowski tips it back up and in | 14-23 |
| 06:57 | West Virginia | James Bergsma drills a 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Shaun Fournier | 17-23 |
| 06:52 | Syracuse | John Eilerman drills a 3 from the right wing | 17-26 |
| 06:25 | West Virginia | Jason Sisler is fouled on the floor by Michael Green - foul #1 on Michael Green, team foul #7 | 17-26 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Dustin Cooperman (PG), David Nunn (SG), Joseph Wasson (C) James Bergsma, Norbert Shackelford, Shaun Fournier | |
| Subs | Syracuse | George Peralez (SG) Christopher Thomas | |
| 06:25 | West Virginia | Jason Sisler makes the 1st free throw | 18-26 |
| 06:25 | West Virginia | Jason Sisler makes the 2nd free throw | 19-26 |
| 06:08 | Syracuse | George Peralez shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the 3 from straight away set up by John Eilerman | 19-29 |
| 05:44 | West Virginia | David Nunn can't finish the layup | 19-29 |
| 05:42 | Syracuse | Jim Maciel snags the defensive board | 19-29 |
| 05:29 | Syracuse | John Eilerman misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 19-29 |
| 05:28 | Syracuse | Jim Maciel grabs the offensive rebound | 19-29 |
| 05:17 | Syracuse | August Cisowski drills a 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Jim Maciel | 19-32 |
| 04:50 | West Virginia | David Nunn misses long on a jump hook near the basket | 19-32 |
| 04:49 | West Virginia | Joseph Wasson pulls down the offensive rebound | 19-32 |
| 04:27 | West Virginia | David Nunn jams it on a great pass from Tom Matthews and he's hacked by George Peralez - foul #1 on George Peralez, team foul #8 | 21-32 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jack Bissett (SF), Anthony Dillman (PF), Shaun Fournier (C) Tom Matthews, Jason Sisler, Joseph Wasson | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Christopher Thomas (SG), Ricky Turner (SF), Daniel King (C) George Peralez, August Cisowski, Jim Maciel | |
| 04:27 | West Virginia | David Nunn makes the free throw | 22-32 |
| 04:10 | Syracuse | Michael Green makes the floater from the left block | 22-34 |
| 03:41 | West Virginia | David Nunn steps out of bounds on the baseline | 22-34 |
| Subs | West Virginia | James Bergsma (PG), Robert Boyle (SG) Dustin Cooperman, David Nunn | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Marvin Friedman (PG), George Peralez (SG), Joe Collins (C) John Eilerman, Christopher Thomas, Michael Green | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - James Bergsma (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Robert Boyle (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Jack Bissett (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Anthony Dillman (fresh) 2 reb. C - Shaun Fournier (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Marvin Friedman (fresh) SG - George Peralez (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Ricky Turner (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Daniel King (fairly fresh) 5 pts. C - Joe Collins (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 03:20 | Syracuse | Joe Collins misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Shaun Fournier - foul #1 on Shaun Fournier, team foul #5 | 22-34 |
| 03:20 | Syracuse | Joe Collins misses the 1st free throw | 22-34 |
| 03:20 | Syracuse | Joe Collins makes the 2nd free throw | 22-35 |
| 02:51 | West Virginia | Anthony Dillman throws it down | 24-35 |
| 02:35 | Syracuse | Ricky Turner misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 24-35 |
| 02:33 | West Virginia | Robert Boyle gets the rebound | 24-35 |
| 02:31 | West Virginia | Joe Collins is called for the reach on Robert Boyle in the backcourt - foul #3 on Joe Collins, team foul #9 | 24-35 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Joseph Wasson (C) Shaun Fournier | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Christopher Thomas (SG), Michael Green (PF) George Peralez, Joe Collins | |
| 02:31 | West Virginia | Robert Boyle makes the 1st free throw | 25-35 |
| 02:31 | West Virginia | Robert Boyle makes the 2nd free throw | 26-35 |
| 02:23 | Syracuse | Marvin Friedman drills a 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Ricky Turner | 26-38 |
| 02:07 | West Virginia | Robert Boyle is whistled for a carry | 26-38 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Dustin Cooperman (PG), David Nunn (SG) James Bergsma, Jack Bissett | |
| Subs | Syracuse | August Cisowski (SF) Ricky Turner | |
| 01:46 | Syracuse | Christopher Thomas is hacked by David Nunn - foul #3 on David Nunn, team foul #6 | 26-38 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Tom Matthews (SF) David Nunn | |
| Subs | Syracuse | George Peralez (SG), Jim Maciel (C) Christopher Thomas, Daniel King | |
| 01:25 | Syracuse | George Peralez travels with the ball | 26-38 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jason Sisler (PF) Anthony Dillman | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 01:23 | West Virginia | Dustin Cooperman double dribbles in the backcourt | 26-38 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Shaun Fournier (PF) Joseph Wasson | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 01:13 | Syracuse | George Peralez makes the contested 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Michael Green | 26-41 |
| 00:50 | West Virginia | Jim Maciel steals it from Shaun Fournier | 26-41 |
| 00:32 | Syracuse | George Peralez misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 26-41 |
| 00:30 | West Virginia | Tom Matthews snags the defensive board | 26-41 |
| 00:20 | West Virginia | Dustin Cooperman is called for 10 seconds | 26-41 |
| Subs | West Virginia | James Bergsma (PG), Norbert Shackelford (SG), Jack Bissett (SF), Joseph Wasson (C) Dustin Cooperman, Robert Boyle, Tom Matthews, Shaun Fournier | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Christopher Thomas (SG), Ricky Turner (SF), Daniel King (PF) George Peralez, August Cisowski, Michael Green | |
| 00:05 | Syracuse | Christopher Thomas travels with the ball | 26-41 |
| 00:03 | West Virginia | James Bergsma is hacked by Marvin Friedman in the backcourt - foul #3 on Marvin Friedman, team foul #10 | 26-41 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Anthony Dillman (PF) Jason Sisler | |
| Subs | Syracuse | John Eilerman (PG) Marvin Friedman | |
| 00:03 | West Virginia | James Bergsma makes the 1st free throw | 27-41 |
| 00:03 | West Virginia | James Bergsma makes the 2nd free throw | 28-41 |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Ricky Turner comes up short on the halfcourt shot | 28-41 |