| Lineup | Texas Tech | PG - Joe Dusek (fresh) SG - Kenneth Smith (fresh) SF - Ronnie Bradley (fresh) PF - Troy Wilson (fresh) C - Douglas Culpepper (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Norman Ferguson (fresh) SG - Wade Sutton (fresh) SF - Jeremy Stapler (fresh) PF - Albert Jones (fresh) C - John Brown (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Alabama | Albert Jones wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Texas Tech | Texas Tech is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:47 | Alabama | Norman Ferguson misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 0-0 |
| 19:46 | Alabama | John Brown hits the follow up shot | 0-2 |
| 19:17 | Texas Tech | John Brown swats the short shot by Troy Wilson | 0-2 |
| 19:16 | Alabama | Jeremy Stapler gets the rebound | 0-2 |
| 19:08 | Alabama | John Brown misses long on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Douglas Culpepper - foul #1 on Douglas Culpepper, team foul #1 | 0-2 |
| 19:08 | Alabama | John Brown makes the 1st free throw | 0-3 |
| 19:08 | Alabama | John Brown misses the 2nd free throw | 0-3 |
| 19:08 | Texas Tech | Douglas Culpepper grabs the board | 0-3 |
| 19:03 | Texas Tech | Joe Dusek drills a floater from the right wing | 2-3 |
| 18:48 | Alabama | Wade Sutton splits the doubleteam and buries a turnaround from close range set up by Norman Ferguson | 2-5 |
| 18:32 | Texas Tech | Troy Wilson clanks a driving attempt in the paint | 2-5 |
| 18:30 | Alabama | Albert Jones grabs the defensive rebound | 2-5 |
| 18:24 | Alabama | Albert Jones comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 2-5 |
| 18:22 | Texas Tech | Douglas Culpepper snags the defensive board | 2-5 |
| 18:06 | Texas Tech | Joe Dusek misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 2-5 |
| 18:05 | Alabama | Jeremy Stapler pulls down the rebound | 2-5 |
| 17:42 | Alabama | Jeremy Stapler's floater is tipped away by Troy Wilson | 2-5 |
| 17:40 | Texas Tech | Douglas Culpepper grabs the defensive rebound | 2-5 |
| 17:35 | Texas Tech | Ronnie Bradley misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 2-5 |
| 17:34 | Alabama | John Brown grabs the defensive rebound | 2-5 |
| 17:29 | Alabama | Norman Ferguson comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 2-5 |
| 17:28 | Texas Tech | Troy Wilson grabs the defensive rebound | 2-5 |
| 17:04 | Texas Tech | John Brown is called for the reach on Joe Dusek - foul #1 on John Brown, team foul #1 | 2-5 |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Vernon Griffin (C) Douglas Culpepper | |
| Subs | Alabama | Willy Bomar (PG), Kenneth Chen (SG), Ronald Walker (PF), Michael Pugh (C) Norman Ferguson, Wade Sutton, Albert Jones, John Brown | |
| 16:43 | Texas Tech | Vernon Griffin misses the shot near the basket | 2-5 |
| 16:41 | Texas Tech | Troy Wilson tips it home | 4-5 |
| 16:20 | Alabama | Willy Bomar misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 4-5 |
| 16:18 | Alabama | Ronald Walker tips it in | 4-7 |
| 16:04 | Texas Tech | Jeremy Stapler is called for the reach on Ronnie Bradley - foul #1 on Jeremy Stapler, team foul #2 | 4-7 |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Joe Remaley (SG), Samuel Murtagh (PF) Kenneth Smith, Troy Wilson | |
| Subs | Alabama | Jerry Cable (C) Jeremy Stapler | |
| 15:52 | Texas Tech | Ronnie Bradley knocks in the jumpshot from the left side on a great pass from Samuel Murtagh | 6-7 |
| Lineup | Texas Tech | PG - Joe Dusek (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Joe Remaley (fresh) SF - Ronnie Bradley (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Samuel Murtagh (fresh) C - Vernon Griffin (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Willy Bomar (fresh) SG - Kenneth Chen (fresh) SF - Ronald Walker (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Michael Pugh (fresh) C - Jerry Cable (fresh) | |
| 15:46 | Alabama | Jerry Cable throws a bad pass out of bounds | 6-7 |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Ronald Gordon (PG), Douglas Culpepper (C) Joe Dusek, Ronnie Bradley | |
| Subs | Alabama | Wade Sutton (SG) Kenneth Chen | |
| 15:31 | Texas Tech | Vernon Griffin clanks a fadeaway from the free throw line | 6-7 |
| 15:30 | Alabama | Ronald Walker grabs the defensive rebound | 6-7 |
| 15:23 | Alabama | Michael Pugh clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 6-7 |
| 15:22 | Texas Tech | Douglas Culpepper grabs the board | 6-7 |
| 15:09 | Texas Tech | Samuel Murtagh misses long on a jumper in the lane | 6-7 |
| 15:07 | Alabama | Jerry Cable grabs the board | 6-7 |
| 15:01 | Alabama | Wade Sutton misses the jumpshot from the left wing but the foul's on Vernon Griffin - foul #1 on Vernon Griffin, team foul #2 | 6-7 |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Joe Dusek (PG), Kenneth Smith (SG) Ronald Gordon, Joe Remaley | |
| Subs | Alabama | Norman Ferguson (PG), Jeremy Stapler (SF), Albert Jones (PF), John Brown (C) Willy Bomar, Ronald Walker, Michael Pugh, Jerry Cable | |
| 15:01 | Alabama | Wade Sutton misses the 1st free throw | 6-7 |
| 15:01 | Alabama | Wade Sutton misses the 2nd free throw | 6-7 |
| 15:01 | Texas Tech | Douglas Culpepper gets the rebound | 6-7 |
| 14:46 | Texas Tech | Joe Dusek misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 6-7 |
| 14:44 | Texas Tech | Douglas Culpepper tips it home | 8-7 |
| 14:27 | Alabama | Wade Sutton misses badly on a turnaround from close range | 8-7 |
| 14:26 | Texas Tech | Douglas Culpepper grabs the defensive rebound | 8-7 |
| 14:18 | Texas Tech | Vernon Griffin throws a bad pass out of bounds | 8-7 |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Ronnie Bradley (SF), Troy Wilson (PF) Vernon Griffin, Douglas Culpepper | |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| 14:03 | Alabama | Ronnie Bradley is called for the reach on Albert Jones - foul #1 on Ronnie Bradley, team foul #3 | 8-7 |
| Subs | Texas Tech | | |
| Subs | Alabama | Willy Bomar (SG) Wade Sutton | |
| 13:51 | Alabama | Willy Bomar can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 8-7 |
| 13:49 | Texas Tech | Samuel Murtagh pulls down the rebound | 8-7 |
| 13:30 | Texas Tech | Samuel Murtagh is fouled on the floor by John Brown - foul #2 on John Brown, team foul #3 | 8-7 |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Douglas Culpepper (C) Samuel Murtagh | |
| Subs | Alabama | Kenneth Chen (SG), Ronald Walker (C) Norman Ferguson, John Brown | |
| 13:22 | Texas Tech | Kenneth Smith hits the front of the rim on the floater from just outside the lane | 8-7 |
| 13:20 | Alabama | Albert Jones pulls down the rebound | 8-7 |
| 13:16 | Alabama | Willy Bomar throws a bad pass out of bounds | 8-7 |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Ronald Gordon (PG) Joe Dusek | |
| Subs | Alabama | Michael Pugh (C) Albert Jones | |
| 12:58 | Texas Tech | Troy Wilson hits the finger roll and he's hacked by Michael Pugh - foul #1 on Michael Pugh, team foul #4 | 10-7 |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Joe Remaley (SG) Kenneth Smith | |
| Subs | Alabama | Wade Sutton (SG), Jerry Cable (C) Kenneth Chen, Jeremy Stapler | |
| 12:58 | Texas Tech | Troy Wilson misses the free throw | 10-7 |
| 12:58 | Alabama | Jerry Cable grabs the defensive rebound | 10-7 |
| 12:52 | Alabama | Michael Pugh banks in the layup set up by Willy Bomar | 10-9 |
| 12:35 | Texas Tech | Michael Pugh takes the ball from Troy Wilson | 10-9 |
| 12:18 | Alabama | Ronald Walker banks in the layup on a nice dish by Willy Bomar and he's hacked by Douglas Culpepper - foul #2 on Douglas Culpepper, team foul #4 | 10-11 |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Joe Dusek (PG), Samuel Murtagh (PF), Vernon Griffin (C) Ronald Gordon, Troy Wilson, Douglas Culpepper | |
| Subs | Alabama | Kenneth Chen (PG), Albert Jones (PF) Willy Bomar, Jerry Cable | |
| 12:18 | Alabama | Ronald Walker makes the free throw | 10-12 |
| 11:58 | Texas Tech | Wade Sutton steals the ball from Samuel Murtagh | 10-12 |
| 11:45 | Alabama | Samuel Murtagh denies the turnaround by Ronald Walker | 10-12 |
| 11:43 | Texas Tech | Samuel Murtagh gets the rebound | 10-12 |
| Lineup | Texas Tech | PG - Joe Dusek (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Joe Remaley (fresh) SF - Ronnie Bradley (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Samuel Murtagh (fresh) 2 reb. C - Vernon Griffin (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Kenneth Chen (fresh) SG - Wade Sutton (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Ronald Walker (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Albert Jones (fresh) 2 reb. C - Michael Pugh (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:39 | Texas Tech | Joe Dusek makes the 3 from straight away | 13-12 |
| 11:18 | Alabama | Albert Jones misses short on a floater from just outside the lane | 13-12 |
| 11:17 | Alabama | Kenneth Chen hits the follow up shot | 13-14 |
| 10:57 | Texas Tech | Ronnie Bradley's floater is tipped away by Albert Jones | 13-14 |
| 10:55 | Texas Tech | Vernon Griffin tips it home | 15-14 |
| 10:43 | Alabama | Wade Sutton misses long on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 15-14 |
| 10:42 | Texas Tech | Vernon Griffin grabs the board | 15-14 |
| 10:37 | Texas Tech | Joe Dusek knocks in the 3pt shot from the left wing | 18-14 |
| 10:17 | Alabama | Albert Jones clanks a fadeaway from the left block | 18-14 |
| 10:16 | Texas Tech | Vernon Griffin snags the defensive board | 18-14 |
| 10:04 | Texas Tech | Vernon Griffin scores on a fadeaway near the basket | 20-14 |
| 09:57 | Alabama | The jump hook by Albert Jones is blocked by Vernon Griffin | 20-14 |
| 09:56 | Alabama | Ronald Walker tips it home | 20-16 |
| 09:43 | Texas Tech | Samuel Murtagh hits a jumper from the left side set up by Joe Dusek | 22-16 |
| 09:27 | Alabama | Ronald Walker connects on the open turnaround from the right block set up by Wade Sutton | 22-18 |
| 09:10 | Texas Tech | Joe Dusek misses long on a shot from just outside the lane | 22-18 |
| 09:09 | Alabama | Ronald Walker gets the rebound | 22-18 |
| 08:53 | Alabama | Wade Sutton splits the doubleteam but misses short on a shot from the left side | 22-18 |
| 08:52 | Texas Tech | Samuel Murtagh grabs the board | 22-18 |
| 08:39 | Texas Tech | Joe Dusek drills a shot from the left block on a nice dish by Ronnie Bradley | 24-18 |
| 08:22 | Alabama | Ronald Walker can't finish the layup | 24-18 |
| 08:20 | Texas Tech | Ronnie Bradley snags the defensive board | 24-18 |
| 08:05 | Texas Tech | Joe Dusek knocks in the jumpshot from the left wing on a great pass from Joe Remaley and he's hacked by Kenneth Chen - foul #1 on Kenneth Chen, team foul #5 | 26-18 |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Kenneth Smith (SG), Troy Wilson (PF) Joe Remaley, Samuel Murtagh | |
| Subs | Alabama | Norman Ferguson (PG), Willy Bomar (SG), Jeremy Stapler (SF), Virgil Ayres (PF), Jerry Cable (C) Kenneth Chen, Wade Sutton, Ronald Walker, Albert Jones, Michael Pugh | |
| 08:05 | Texas Tech | Joe Dusek misses the free throw | 26-18 |
| 08:05 | Alabama | Virgil Ayres gets the rebound | 26-18 |
| 07:40 | Alabama | Virgil Ayres is called for a moving pick - foul #1 on Virgil Ayres, team foul #6 | 26-18 |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Ronald Gordon (PG) Joe Dusek | |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Lineup | Texas Tech | PG - Ronald Gordon (fresh) SG - Kenneth Smith (fresh) SF - Ronnie Bradley (tiring) 2 pts. PF - Troy Wilson (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Vernon Griffin (tiring) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Norman Ferguson (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Willy Bomar (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Jeremy Stapler (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Virgil Ayres (fresh) C - Jerry Cable (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 07:30 | Texas Tech | Ronald Gordon is hacked by Norman Ferguson - foul #1 on Norman Ferguson, team foul #7 | 26-18 |
| 07:30 | Texas Tech | Ronald Gordon makes the 1st free throw | 27-18 |
| 07:30 | Texas Tech | Ronald Gordon makes the 2nd free throw | 28-18 |
| 07:14 | Alabama | Jeremy Stapler misses short on a shot from the right wing | 28-18 |
| 07:13 | Alabama | Jerry Cable pulls down the offensive rebound | 28-18 |
| 06:56 | Alabama | Norman Ferguson is hacked by Kenneth Smith - foul #1 on Kenneth Smith, team foul #5 | 28-18 |
| 06:46 | Alabama | Norman Ferguson is hacked by Ronald Gordon - foul #1 on Ronald Gordon, team foul #6 | 28-18 |
| 06:18 | Alabama | Jeremy Stapler misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 28-18 |
| 06:16 | Texas Tech | Kenneth Smith pulls down the rebound | 28-18 |
| 05:59 | Texas Tech | Ronnie Bradley drills a 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Kenneth Smith | 31-18 |
| 05:53 | Alabama | Norman Ferguson misses short on a turnaround from the left block | 31-18 |
| 05:51 | Alabama | Jerry Cable hits the follow up shot | 31-20 |
| 05:27 | Texas Tech | Vernon Griffin is fouled on the floor by Jerry Cable - foul #1 on Jerry Cable, team foul #8 | 31-20 |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Joe Dusek (PG) Ronald Gordon | |
| Subs | Alabama | Kenneth Chen (SG), Albert Jones (PF), Ronald Walker (C) Willy Bomar, Virgil Ayres, Jerry Cable | |
| 05:27 | Texas Tech | Vernon Griffin misses the 1st free throw | 31-20 |
| 05:27 | Alabama | Albert Jones snags the defensive board | 31-20 |
| 05:16 | Alabama | Jeremy Stapler is whistled for a carry | 31-20 |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Samuel Murtagh (C) Vernon Griffin | |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| 05:04 | Texas Tech | Troy Wilson hits a driving attempt from the right block on a great pass from Kenneth Smith | 33-20 |
| 04:59 | Alabama | Jeremy Stapler drills a driving attempt from the left block set up by Norman Ferguson | 33-22 |
| 04:44 | Texas Tech | Kenneth Smith hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 33-22 |
| 04:42 | Alabama | Jeremy Stapler grabs the board | 33-22 |
| 04:38 | Alabama | Jeremy Stapler hits a jump hook from the baseline and he's fouled by Ronnie Bradley - foul #2 on Ronnie Bradley, team foul #7 | 33-24 |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Joe Remaley (SF) Ronnie Bradley | |
| Subs | Alabama | Wade Sutton (SG) Norman Ferguson | |
| 04:38 | Alabama | Jeremy Stapler makes the free throw | 33-25 |
| 04:14 | Texas Tech | Joe Dusek's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 33-25 |
| Subs | Texas Tech | | |
| Subs | Alabama | Michael Pugh (PF), Jerry Cable (C) Albert Jones, Ronald Walker | |
| 03:58 | Alabama | Samuel Murtagh swats the layup by Michael Pugh | 33-25 |
| 03:56 | Alabama | Jeremy Stapler tips it but misses | 33-25 |
| 03:54 | Texas Tech | Troy Wilson snags the defensive board | 33-25 |
| 03:49 | Texas Tech | Joe Dusek comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 33-25 |
| 03:48 | Texas Tech | Kenneth Smith hits the follow up shot | 35-25 |
| 03:27 | Alabama | Kenneth Chen hits a 3 pointer from the right corner | 35-28 |
| Lineup | Texas Tech | PG - Joe Dusek (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SG - Kenneth Smith (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Joe Remaley (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Troy Wilson (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Samuel Murtagh (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Kenneth Chen (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Wade Sutton (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jeremy Stapler (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. PF - Michael Pugh (fresh) 2 pts. C - Jerry Cable (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 03:12 | Texas Tech | Troy Wilson banks in the layup | 37-28 |
| 02:58 | Alabama | Kenneth Smith takes the ball from Wade Sutton | 37-28 |
| 02:31 | Texas Tech | Samuel Murtagh knocks in the turnaround in the lane | 39-28 |
| 02:17 | Alabama | Wade Sutton shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 39-28 |
| 02:15 | Alabama | Michael Pugh pulls down the offensive rebound | 39-28 |
| 02:03 | Alabama | Wade Sutton loses the ball out of bounds against a doubleteam | 39-28 |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Ronald Gordon (PG), Ronnie Bradley (SF), Douglas Culpepper (C) Joe Dusek, Joe Remaley, Samuel Murtagh | |
| Subs | Alabama | Norman Ferguson (PG), Willy Bomar (SG), Albert Jones (PF), John Brown (C) Kenneth Chen, Wade Sutton, Michael Pugh, Jerry Cable | |
| 01:45 | Texas Tech | Troy Wilson misses long on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Albert Jones - foul #1 on Albert Jones, team foul #9 | 39-28 |
| 01:45 | Texas Tech | Troy Wilson misses the 1st free throw | 39-28 |
| 01:45 | Texas Tech | Troy Wilson makes the 2nd free throw | 40-28 |
| 01:31 | Alabama | Willy Bomar double dribbles | 40-28 |
| 01:12 | Texas Tech | Ronald Gordon's pass is intercepted by Norman Ferguson | 40-28 |
| 00:50 | Alabama | Norman Ferguson hits a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Albert Jones | 40-31 |
| 00:40 | Texas Tech | Troy Wilson misses the pull-up jumper from the left side | 40-31 |
| 00:39 | Alabama | Willy Bomar grabs the board | 40-31 |
| 00:34 | Alabama | Willy Bomar misses long on a fadeaway from the left block | 40-31 |
| 00:33 | Alabama | Albert Jones pulls down the offensive rebound | 40-31 |
| 00:22 | Alabama | Willy Bomar drills a shot from the free throw line and the foul's on Kenneth Smith - foul #2 on Kenneth Smith, team foul #8 | 40-33 |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Joe Dusek (PG), Samuel Murtagh (PF) Kenneth Smith, Troy Wilson | |
| Subs | Alabama | Wade Sutton (SG), Ronald Walker (SF), Michael Pugh (PF) Norman Ferguson, Jeremy Stapler, Albert Jones | |
| 00:22 | Alabama | Willy Bomar misses the free throw | 40-33 |
| 00:22 | Texas Tech | Samuel Murtagh snags the defensive board | 40-33 |
| 00:00 | Texas Tech | Joe Dusek clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 40-33 |