| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Trevor Meadows (fresh) 2 pts. SG - David Wolfe (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Michael Sax (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. PF - Robert Conley (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Ryan Dean (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Arizona | PG - Brian Campbell (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Carl Proctor (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Clyde Thompson (fresh) PF - Daniel Hamel (fresh) 2 reb. C - Steven Geoghegan (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Arizona | Clyde Thompson inbounds the ball | 34-21 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Arizona | Arizona is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:31 | Arizona | Brian Campbell is whistled for traveling | 34-21 |
| 19:18 | Syracuse | Michael Sax makes the fadeaway from the right block | 36-21 |
| 18:58 | Arizona | Michael Sax is called for the reach on Clyde Thompson - foul #1 on Michael Sax, team foul #1 | 36-21 |
| 18:40 | Arizona | Carl Proctor hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 36-21 |
| 18:38 | Arizona | Brian Campbell pulls down the offensive rebound | 36-21 |
| 18:17 | Arizona | Carl Proctor knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left wing set up by Brian Campbell | 36-23 |
| 18:10 | Syracuse | Trevor Meadows loses the ball out of bounds | 36-23 |
| 17:53 | Arizona | Clyde Thompson hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing but the foul's on Michael Sax - foul #2 on Michael Sax, team foul #2 | 36-23 |
| 17:53 | Arizona | Clyde Thompson makes the 1st free throw | 36-24 |
| 17:53 | Arizona | Clyde Thompson misses the 2nd free throw | 36-24 |
| 17:53 | Arizona | Clyde Thompson makes the 3rd free throw | 36-25 |
| 17:38 | Syracuse | Michael Sax loses the dribble to Brian Campbell | 36-25 |
| 17:14 | Arizona | Steven Geoghegan scores on a floater near the basket | 36-27 |
| 16:52 | Syracuse | Trevor Meadows drills a jumper from the right block | 38-27 |
| 16:30 | Arizona | Carl Proctor comes up short on the fadeaway from close range but the foul's on Michael Sax - foul #3 on Michael Sax, team foul #3 | 38-27 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Alexander (SG), Clifton Nord (SF), Charles Ikner (C) David Wolfe, Michael Sax, Ryan Dean | |
| Subs | Arizona | Ted Glasser (PG), Jeffrey Borders (SF), Glenn Hanson (PF), Thomas Sliger (C) Brian Campbell, Clyde Thompson, Daniel Hamel, Steven Geoghegan | |
| 16:30 | Arizona | Carl Proctor makes the 1st free throw | 38-28 |
| 16:30 | Arizona | Carl Proctor misses the 2nd free throw | 38-28 |
| 16:30 | Syracuse | Charles Ikner gets the rebound | 38-28 |
| 16:17 | Syracuse | Charles Alexander misses the jumpshot from the right side | 38-28 |
| 16:15 | Arizona | Jeffrey Borders grabs the board | 38-28 |
| 15:52 | Arizona | Carl Proctor's layup is rejected by Robert Conley | 38-28 |
| 15:51 | Syracuse | Trevor Meadows grabs the defensive rebound | 38-28 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Trevor Meadows (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Charles Alexander (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Clifton Nord (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Robert Conley (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Charles Ikner (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Arizona | PG - Ted Glasser (fresh) SG - Carl Proctor (fairly fresh) 7 pts. SF - Jeffrey Borders (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Glenn Hanson (fresh) C - Thomas Sliger (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 15:46 | Syracuse | Trevor Meadows misses the easy layup | 38-28 |
| 15:45 | Syracuse | Robert Conley pulls down the offensive rebound | 38-28 |
| 15:36 | Syracuse | Clifton Nord hits a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 40-28 |
| 15:23 | Arizona | Carl Proctor comes up short on the jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Charles Alexander - foul #1 on Charles Alexander, team foul #4 | 40-28 |
| Subs | Syracuse | David Wolfe (SG), Michael Sax (SF), Karl Desantis (PF) Trevor Meadows, Clifton Nord, Robert Conley | |
| Subs | Arizona | Brian Campbell (PG), Daniel Hamel (PF) Ted Glasser, Glenn Hanson | |
| 15:23 | Arizona | Carl Proctor makes the 1st free throw | 40-29 |
| 15:23 | Arizona | Carl Proctor misses the 2nd free throw | 40-29 |
| 15:23 | Syracuse | David Wolfe gets the rebound | 40-29 |
| 15:13 | Syracuse | Charles Alexander loses the dribble to Thomas Sliger | 40-29 |
| 14:45 | Arizona | Thomas Sliger buries a jump hook from the baseline on a nice dish by Brian Campbell | 40-31 |
| 14:28 | Syracuse | Charles Ikner is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on Charles Ikner, team foul #5 | 40-31 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Trevor Meadows (PG), Robert Conley (PF), Ryan Dean (C) Charles Alexander, Karl Desantis, Charles Ikner | |
| Subs | Arizona | Dwight Stone (SG), Clyde Thompson (SF), Steven Geoghegan (C) Carl Proctor, Jeffrey Borders, Thomas Sliger | |
| 14:03 | Arizona | Clyde Thompson misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 40-31 |
| 14:01 | Syracuse | David Wolfe grabs the defensive rebound | 40-31 |
| 13:46 | Syracuse | Michael Sax buries a shot from the right side set up by Ryan Dean | 42-31 |
| 13:18 | Arizona | Steven Geoghegan's fadeaway is rejected by Robert Conley | 42-31 |
| 13:17 | Arizona | Brian Campbell snags the offensive board | 42-31 |
| 12:59 | Arizona | Daniel Hamel is hacked by Robert Conley - foul #2 on Robert Conley, team foul #6 | 42-31 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Alexander (SG), Clifton Nord (SF) David Wolfe, Michael Sax | |
| Subs | Arizona | Ted Glasser (PG), Glenn Hanson (PF) Brian Campbell, Daniel Hamel | |
| 12:37 | Arizona | Clyde Thompson connects on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 42-34 |
| 12:15 | Syracuse | Clifton Nord misses the lay-in | 42-34 |
| 12:13 | Arizona | Steven Geoghegan gets the rebound | 42-34 |
| 11:52 | Arizona | Steven Geoghegan throws a bad pass out of bounds | 42-34 |
| Subs | Syracuse | David Wolfe (SG), Michael Sax (SF), Karl Desantis (PF), Charles Ikner (C) Trevor Meadows, Clifton Nord, Robert Conley, Ryan Dean | |
| Subs | Arizona | Carl Proctor (SG), Jeffrey Borders (SF), Thomas Sliger (C) Dwight Stone, Clyde Thompson, Steven Geoghegan | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Charles Alexander (fresh) 3 pts. SG - David Wolfe (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Michael Sax (fresh) 13 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Karl Desantis (fresh) 1 pts. C - Charles Ikner (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Arizona | PG - Ted Glasser (fresh) SG - Carl Proctor (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Jeffrey Borders (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Glenn Hanson (fresh) C - Thomas Sliger (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 11:42 | Syracuse | David Wolfe knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left side | 44-34 |
| 11:19 | Arizona | Glenn Hanson jams it set up by Ted Glasser | 44-36 |
| 11:12 | Syracuse | Charles Alexander misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 44-36 |
| 11:10 | Arizona | Glenn Hanson snags the defensive board | 44-36 |
| 10:49 | Arizona | Thomas Sliger's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 44-36 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Trevor Meadows (PG), Robert Conley (PF) Charles Alexander, Karl Desantis | |
| Subs | Arizona | Brian Campbell (PG), Daniel Hamel (PF), Steven Geoghegan (C) Ted Glasser, Glenn Hanson, Thomas Sliger | |
| 10:30 | Syracuse | Carl Proctor steps in front of the Michael Sax pass | 44-36 |
| 10:06 | Arizona | Steven Geoghegan misses short on a jumper in the lane | 44-36 |
| 10:04 | Arizona | Brian Campbell pulls down the offensive rebound | 44-36 |
| 09:49 | Arizona | Jeffrey Borders misses long on a 3 from the right wing | 44-36 |
| 09:48 | Arizona | Daniel Hamel gets the offensive rebound | 44-36 |
| 09:26 | Arizona | Trevor Meadows takes the ball from Jeffrey Borders | 44-36 |
| 09:13 | Syracuse | Trevor Meadows connects on the jumpshot from the right wing and he's fouled by Steven Geoghegan - foul #1 on Steven Geoghegan, team foul #1 | 46-36 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Alexander (SG), Clifton Nord (SF), Ryan Dean (C) David Wolfe, Michael Sax, Charles Ikner | |
| Subs | Arizona | Clyde Thompson (SF), Thomas Sliger (C) Jeffrey Borders, Steven Geoghegan | |
| 09:13 | Syracuse | Trevor Meadows makes the free throw | 47-36 |
| 08:47 | Arizona | Carl Proctor lays it in on a nice dish by Brian Campbell | 47-38 |
| 08:21 | Syracuse | Robert Conley comes up short on the fadeaway from the left block | 47-38 |
| 08:20 | Arizona | The rebound goes to Thomas Sliger | 47-38 |
| 07:51 | Arizona | Thomas Sliger misses short on a turnaround in the lane | 47-38 |
| 07:50 | Syracuse | Robert Conley gets the rebound | 47-38 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Trevor Meadows (fairly fresh) 7 pts. SG - Charles Alexander (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Clifton Nord (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. PF - Robert Conley (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Ryan Dean (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Arizona | PG - Brian Campbell (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SG - Carl Proctor (fairly fresh) 10 pts. SF - Clyde Thompson (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Daniel Hamel (fresh) 3 reb. C - Thomas Sliger (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:37 | Syracuse | Ryan Dean's pass is intercepted by Carl Proctor | 47-38 |
| 07:33 | Arizona | Brian Campbell lays it up and in on a great pass from Carl Proctor | 47-40 |
| 07:15 | Syracuse | Robert Conley misses short on a turnaround from close range | 47-40 |
| 07:14 | Syracuse | Clifton Nord tips it in | 49-40 |
| 06:49 | Arizona | Thomas Sliger's pass is intercepted by Trevor Meadows | 49-40 |
| 06:34 | Syracuse | Robert Conley buries a fadeaway near the basket | 51-40 |
| 06:10 | Arizona | Thomas Sliger lays it in | 51-42 |
| 05:52 | Syracuse | Ryan Dean misses long on a runner in the paint | 51-42 |
| 05:51 | Syracuse | Robert Conley grabs the offensive board | 51-42 |
| 05:51 | Syracuse | Syracuse calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 51-42 |
| Subs | Syracuse | David Wolfe (SG), Michael Sax (SF) Charles Alexander, Clifton Nord | |
| Subs | Arizona | Steven Geoghegan (C) Thomas Sliger | |
| 05:40 | Syracuse | Trevor Meadows's floater is tipped away by Daniel Hamel | 51-42 |
| 05:38 | Arizona | Daniel Hamel gets the rebound | 51-42 |
| 05:12 | Arizona | Steven Geoghegan hits the front of the rim on the jump hook in the lane | 51-42 |
| 05:10 | Syracuse | David Wolfe gets the rebound | 51-42 |
| 05:03 | Syracuse | Robert Conley can't connect on a turnaround from the right block | 51-42 |
| 05:01 | Arizona | Carl Proctor grabs the board | 51-42 |
| 04:56 | Arizona | Clyde Thompson comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 51-42 |
| 04:54 | Syracuse | Trevor Meadows gets the rebound | 51-42 |
| 04:49 | Syracuse | Michael Sax misses the easy layup | 51-42 |
| 04:48 | Syracuse | Ryan Dean tips it back up and in | 53-42 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Arizona | Arizona is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 04:27 | Arizona | Carl Proctor connects on the fadeaway from the left side | 53-44 |
| 04:11 | Syracuse | Steven Geoghegan is called for the reach on Ryan Dean - foul #2 on Steven Geoghegan, team foul #2 | 53-44 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Alexander (PG), Karl Desantis (PF), Charles Ikner (C) Trevor Meadows, Robert Conley, Ryan Dean | |
| Subs | Arizona | Ted Glasser (PG), Dwight Stone (SG), Jeffrey Borders (SF), Glenn Hanson (PF) Brian Campbell, Carl Proctor, Clyde Thompson, Daniel Hamel | |
| 04:01 | Syracuse | Karl Desantis is hacked by Glenn Hanson - foul #1 on Glenn Hanson, team foul #3 | 53-44 |
| 03:44 | Syracuse | David Wolfe hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 53-44 |
| 03:42 | Arizona | Ted Glasser snags the defensive board | 53-44 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Charles Alexander (fresh) 3 pts. SG - David Wolfe (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Michael Sax (fresh) 13 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Karl Desantis (fresh) 1 pts. C - Charles Ikner (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Arizona | PG - Ted Glasser (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Dwight Stone (fresh) SF - Jeffrey Borders (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Glenn Hanson (fresh) 2 pts. C - Steven Geoghegan (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Arizona | Arizona is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:21 | Arizona | Glenn Hanson can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Charles Ikner - foul #2 on Charles Ikner, team foul #7 | 53-44 |
| 03:21 | Arizona | Glenn Hanson makes the 1st free throw | 53-45 |
| 03:21 | Arizona | Glenn Hanson makes the 2nd free throw | 53-46 |
| 03:04 | Syracuse | Michael Sax knocks in the 3 from the right corner set up by Charles Alexander | 56-46 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Arizona | Arizona is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:00 | Arizona | Arizona calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 56-46 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Trevor Meadows (PG), Robert Conley (PF), Ryan Dean (C) Charles Alexander, Karl Desantis, Charles Ikner | |
| Subs | Arizona | Brian Campbell (PG), Carl Proctor (SG), Clyde Thompson (SF), Daniel Hamel (PF) Ted Glasser, Dwight Stone, Jeffrey Borders, Glenn Hanson | |
| 02:44 | Arizona | Ryan Dean is called for the reach on Brian Campbell - foul #4 on Ryan Dean, team foul #8 | 56-46 |
| 02:44 | Arizona | Brian Campbell misses the 1st free throw | 56-46 |
| 02:44 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Ryan Dean | 56-46 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Arizona | Arizona is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 02:29 | Syracuse | Steven Geoghegan is called for the reach on Robert Conley - foul #3 on Steven Geoghegan, team foul #4 | 56-46 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Joseph Cline (PG), Charles Alexander (SG), Clifton Nord (SF), Karl Desantis (PF), Charles Ikner (C) Trevor Meadows, David Wolfe, Michael Sax, Robert Conley, Ryan Dean | |
| Subs | Arizona | | |
| 02:03 | Syracuse | Charles Ikner misses long on a shot near the basket but he's fouled by Steven Geoghegan - foul #4 on Steven Geoghegan, team foul #5 | 56-46 |
| 02:03 | Syracuse | Charles Ikner makes the 1st free throw | 57-46 |
| 02:03 | Syracuse | Charles Ikner makes the 2nd free throw | 58-46 |
| 01:39 | Arizona | Clyde Thompson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 58-46 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Arizona | Arizona is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 01:23 | Syracuse | Charles Alexander scores on a shot from the free throw line | 60-46 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Arizona | Arizona is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 01:15 | Arizona | Brian Campbell misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 60-46 |
| 01:13 | Arizona | Carl Proctor grabs the offensive rebound | 60-46 |
| 00:58 | Arizona | Daniel Hamel is fouled on the floor by Charles Ikner - foul #3 on Charles Ikner, team foul #9 | 60-46 |
| 00:58 | Arizona | Daniel Hamel makes the 1st free throw | 60-47 |
| 00:58 | Arizona | Daniel Hamel makes the 2nd free throw | 60-48 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Arizona | Arizona is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:30 | Syracuse | Clifton Nord is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Clifton Nord, team foul #10 | 60-48 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Arizona | Arizona is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:23 | Arizona | Steven Geoghegan scores on a turnaround near the basket set up by Brian Campbell and the foul's on Charles Ikner - foul #4 on Charles Ikner, team foul #11 | 60-50 |
| 00:23 | Arizona | Steven Geoghegan makes the free throw | 60-51 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Arizona | Arizona is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:21 | Syracuse | Joseph Cline is hacked by Brian Campbell in the backcourt - foul #2 on Brian Campbell, team foul #6 | 60-51 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Trevor Meadows (PG), David Wolfe (SG), Michael Sax (SF), Robert Conley (PF), Ryan Dean (C) Joseph Cline, Charles Alexander, Clifton Nord, Karl Desantis, Charles Ikner | |
| Subs | Arizona | | |
| 00:19 | Syracuse | David Wolfe is fouled on the floor by Daniel Hamel - foul #3 on Daniel Hamel, team foul #7 | 60-51 |
| 00:19 | Syracuse | David Wolfe misses the 1st free throw | 60-51 |
| 00:19 | Arizona | Steven Geoghegan snags the defensive board | 60-51 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Arizona | Arizona is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:14 | Arizona | Brian Campbell misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 60-51 |
| 00:12 | Arizona | Steven Geoghegan snags the offensive board | 60-51 |
| 00:10 | Arizona | Brian Campbell comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 60-51 |
| 00:09 | Syracuse | Robert Conley gets the rebound | 60-51 |
| 00:08 | Syracuse | Robert Conley is hacked by Brian Campbell in the backcourt - foul #3 on Brian Campbell, team foul #8 | 60-51 |
| 00:08 | Syracuse | Robert Conley makes the 1st free throw | 61-51 |
| 00:08 | Syracuse | Robert Conley makes the 2nd free throw | 62-51 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Arizona | Arizona is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:02 | Arizona | Clyde Thompson is hacked by Michael Sax - foul #4 on Michael Sax, team foul #12 | 62-51 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Joseph Cline (PG), Charles Alexander (SG), Clifton Nord (SF), Karl Desantis (PF), Charles Ikner (C) Trevor Meadows, David Wolfe, Michael Sax, Robert Conley, Ryan Dean | |
| Subs | Arizona | | |
| 00:02 | Arizona | Clyde Thompson makes the 1st free throw | 62-52 |
| 00:02 | Arizona | Clyde Thompson misses the 2nd free throw | 62-52 |
| 00:02 | Syracuse | Charles Alexander pulls down the rebound | 62-52 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Arizona | Arizona is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Charles Alexander runs out the clock | 62-52 |