| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Colby Ladd (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - James Wozniak (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Otis Ensign (fresh) 2 ast. PF - Dustin Young (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Joseph Gilliam (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Ivan Chrostowski (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Von Mitkowski (fresh) 3 pts. SF - John Thigpen (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Robert Wallace (fresh) 1 pts. C - Larry Watkins (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Wake Forest | Otis Ensign inbounds the ball | 29-21 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:43 | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd is fouled on the floor by Ivan Chrostowski - foul #2 on Ivan Chrostowski, team foul #1 | 29-21 |
| 19:28 | Wake Forest | Otis Ensign buries a pull-up jumper from the right side set up by Colby Ladd | 31-21 |
| 19:24 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski connects on the 3pt jumper from straight away on a great pass from Ivan Chrostowski | 31-24 |
| 19:19 | Wake Forest | Otis Ensign scores on a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a great pass from Joseph Gilliam | 34-24 |
| 19:00 | Louisville | Ivan Chrostowski drills a 3pt shot from straight away set up by Larry Watkins | 34-27 |
| 18:41 | Wake Forest | Joseph Gilliam double dribbles | 34-27 |
| 18:21 | Louisville | Larry Watkins buries a fadeaway from the left block | 34-29 |
| 17:52 | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 34-29 |
| 17:50 | Louisville | Larry Watkins gets the rebound | 34-29 |
| 17:26 | Louisville | Larry Watkins hits the front of the rim on the runner from the right block but the foul's on James Wozniak - foul #2 on James Wozniak, team foul #1 | 34-29 |
| 17:26 | Louisville | Larry Watkins makes the 1st free throw | 34-30 |
| 17:26 | Louisville | Larry Watkins makes the 2nd free throw | 34-31 |
| 17:09 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak throws a bad pass out of bounds | 34-31 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Howin Xue (PF) Robert Wallace | |
| 16:48 | Louisville | Ivan Chrostowski is whistled for traveling | 34-31 |
| 16:20 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 34-31 |
| 16:18 | Louisville | Howin Xue gets the rebound | 34-31 |
| 16:01 | Louisville | Ivan Chrostowski hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by James Wozniak - foul #3 on James Wozniak, team foul #2 | 34-31 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Jesse Smith (SG) James Wozniak | |
| Subs | Louisville | Robert Wallace (PF) Howin Xue | |
| 16:01 | Louisville | Ivan Chrostowski misses the 1st free throw | 34-31 |
| 16:01 | Louisville | Ivan Chrostowski makes the 2nd free throw | 34-32 |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Colby Ladd (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jesse Smith (fresh) SF - Otis Ensign (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. PF - Dustin Young (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Joseph Gilliam (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Ivan Chrostowski (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Von Mitkowski (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SF - John Thigpen (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Robert Wallace (fresh) 1 pts. C - Larry Watkins (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:35 | Wake Forest | Joseph Gilliam misses the jumper from the baseline but he's hacked by Larry Watkins - foul #2 on Larry Watkins, team foul #2 | 34-32 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | James Wozniak (SG) Jesse Smith | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 15:35 | Wake Forest | Joseph Gilliam misses the 1st free throw | 34-32 |
| 15:35 | Wake Forest | Joseph Gilliam misses the 2nd free throw | 34-32 |
| 15:35 | Louisville | Larry Watkins gets the rebound | 34-32 |
| 15:11 | Louisville | Ivan Chrostowski is alone and drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Von Mitkowski | 34-35 |
| 14:51 | Wake Forest | Joseph Gilliam misses long on a jumpshot from the right wing | 34-35 |
| 14:49 | Louisville | Robert Wallace grabs the defensive rebound | 34-35 |
| 14:39 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 34-35 |
| 14:37 | Wake Forest | Joseph Gilliam snags the defensive board | 34-35 |
| 14:18 | Wake Forest | Ivan Chrostowski steps in front of the Colby Ladd pass | 34-35 |
| 14:14 | Louisville | John Thigpen banks in the layup set up by Ivan Chrostowski | 34-37 |
| 13:53 | Wake Forest | Dustin Young misses short on a shot from the left block | 34-37 |
| 13:51 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski grabs the defensive rebound | 34-37 |
| 13:25 | Louisville | Ivan Chrostowski connects on the floater from just outside the lane | 34-39 |
| 13:09 | Wake Forest | Dustin Young hits the front of the rim on the jump hook in the lane | 34-39 |
| 13:08 | Wake Forest | Joseph Gilliam grabs the offensive board | 34-39 |
| 12:43 | Wake Forest | Von Mitkowski takes the ball from James Wozniak | 34-39 |
| 12:40 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski lays it up and in | 34-41 |
| 12:21 | Wake Forest | Joseph Gilliam connects on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 36-41 |
| 11:52 | Louisville | Larry Watkins misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 36-41 |
| 11:51 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak gets the rebound | 36-41 |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Colby Ladd (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - James Wozniak (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Otis Ensign (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. PF - Dustin Young (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Joseph Gilliam (tiring) 11 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Ivan Chrostowski (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SG - Von Mitkowski (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Thigpen (tiring) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Robert Wallace (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Larry Watkins (tiring) 9 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:37 | Wake Forest | Dustin Young knocks in the jumper from the right wing set up by Joseph Gilliam and the foul's on Larry Watkins - foul #3 on Larry Watkins, team foul #3 | 38-41 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Timothy Dewalt (SF), Warren Eckert (C) Otis Ensign, Joseph Gilliam | |
| Subs | Louisville | Shawn Deans (SF), Howin Xue (PF), Willard Hensler (C) John Thigpen, Robert Wallace, Larry Watkins | |
| 11:37 | Wake Forest | Dustin Young makes the free throw | 39-41 |
| 11:08 | Louisville | Ivan Chrostowski can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 39-41 |
| 11:07 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski snags the offensive board | 39-41 |
| 10:41 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski can't connect on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 39-41 |
| 10:40 | Wake Forest | Dustin Young pulls down the rebound | 39-41 |
| 10:14 | Wake Forest | Dustin Young makes the floater near the basket on a nice dish by Colby Ladd | 41-41 |
| 09:59 | Louisville | Howin Xue comes up short on the jump hook from the left block | 41-41 |
| 09:57 | Wake Forest | Warren Eckert grabs the defensive rebound | 41-41 |
| 09:28 | Wake Forest | Dustin Young hits the front of the rim on the jumper from just outside the lane | 41-41 |
| 09:26 | Louisville | Shawn Deans grabs the defensive rebound | 41-41 |
| 09:21 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski hits a 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Willard Hensler | 41-44 |
| 09:06 | Wake Forest | Von Mitkowski steps in front of the Timothy Dewalt pass | 41-44 |
| 09:02 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski hits the finger roll | 41-46 |
| 09:00 | Wake Forest | Ivan Chrostowski takes the ball from Colby Ladd in the backcourt | 41-46 |
| 08:59 | Louisville | Shawn Deans lays it up and in set up by Ivan Chrostowski | 41-48 |
| 08:30 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 41-48 |
| 08:29 | Louisville | Shawn Deans grabs the defensive rebound | 41-48 |
| 08:05 | Louisville | Ivan Chrostowski buries a 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Von Mitkowski | 41-51 |
| 08:01 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak scores on a 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Colby Ladd | 44-51 |
| 07:41 | Louisville | Willard Hensler is hacked by James Wozniak - foul #4 on James Wozniak, team foul #3 | 44-51 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Bret Vaughn (PG), Jesse Smith (SG), Otis Ensign (SF), Joseph Gilliam (C) Colby Ladd, James Wozniak, Timothy Dewalt, Dustin Young | |
| Subs | Louisville | Ray Overstreet (SG), John Thigpen (SF), Robert Wallace (PF), Larry Watkins (C) Ivan Chrostowski, Von Mitkowski, Howin Xue, Willard Hensler | |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Bret Vaughn (fresh) SG - Jesse Smith (fresh) SF - Otis Ensign (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. PF - Warren Eckert (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Joseph Gilliam (fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Shawn Deans (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SG - Ray Overstreet (fresh) 2 pts. SF - John Thigpen (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Robert Wallace (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Larry Watkins (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:20 | Louisville | Larry Watkins is fouled on the floor by Joseph Gilliam - foul #1 on Joseph Gilliam, team foul #4 | 44-51 |
| 06:53 | Louisville | Shawn Deans misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 44-51 |
| 06:51 | Wake Forest | Warren Eckert gets the rebound | 44-51 |
| 06:26 | Wake Forest | Jesse Smith can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 44-51 |
| 06:25 | Louisville | John Thigpen grabs the defensive rebound | 44-51 |
| 06:00 | Louisville | Robert Wallace hits the front of the rim on the jump hook from close range but he's hacked by Joseph Gilliam - foul #2 on Joseph Gilliam, team foul #5 | 44-51 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Dustin Young (PF) Warren Eckert | |
| Subs | Louisville | Ivan Chrostowski (PG) Ray Overstreet | |
| 06:00 | Louisville | Robert Wallace makes the 1st free throw | 44-52 |
| 06:00 | Louisville | Robert Wallace misses the 2nd free throw | 44-52 |
| 06:00 | Wake Forest | Dustin Young grabs the defensive rebound | 44-52 |
| 05:44 | Wake Forest | Joseph Gilliam is hacked by Larry Watkins - foul #4 on Larry Watkins, team foul #4 | 44-52 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | James Wozniak (SG) Jesse Smith | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 05:17 | Wake Forest | Dustin Young can't connect on a runner from the baseline | 44-52 |
| 05:16 | Louisville | Larry Watkins grabs the defensive rebound | 44-52 |
| 04:56 | Louisville | John Thigpen loses the ball out of bounds | 44-52 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd (PG) Bret Vaughn | |
| Subs | Louisville | Von Mitkowski (SG), Howin Xue (PF) Shawn Deans, Robert Wallace | |
| 04:30 | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd throws a bad pass out of bounds | 44-52 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Willard Hensler (C) Larry Watkins | |
| 04:01 | Louisville | Ivan Chrostowski misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 44-52 |
| 04:00 | Wake Forest | Dustin Young pulls down the rebound | 44-52 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 03:49 | Wake Forest | Otis Ensign misses long on a shot from the free throw line but he's hacked by John Thigpen - foul #1 on John Thigpen, team foul #5 | 44-52 |
| 03:49 | Wake Forest | Otis Ensign makes the 1st free throw | 45-52 |
| 03:49 | Wake Forest | Otis Ensign makes the 2nd free throw | 46-52 |
| 03:20 | Louisville | John Thigpen knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 46-55 |
| Lineup | Wake Forest | PG - Colby Ladd (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 ast. SG - James Wozniak (tiring) 9 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. SF - Otis Ensign (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. PF - Dustin Young (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. C - Joseph Gilliam (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Ivan Chrostowski (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Von Mitkowski (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - John Thigpen (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. PF - Howin Xue (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Willard Hensler (fresh) | |
| 03:04 | Wake Forest | James Wozniak misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 46-55 |
| 03:02 | Wake Forest | Dustin Young tips it back up and in | 48-55 |
| 03:00 | Louisville | Louisville calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 48-55 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Robert Wallace (PF), Larry Watkins (C) Howin Xue, Willard Hensler | |
| 02:44 | Louisville | John Thigpen is hacked by James Wozniak - foul #5 on James Wozniak, team foul #6 | 48-55 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | Jesse Smith (SG) James Wozniak | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 02:24 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski misses the 3pt shot from the left corner | 48-55 |
| 02:22 | Wake Forest | Joseph Gilliam grabs the defensive rebound | 48-55 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 01:54 | Wake Forest | John Thigpen swats the short shot by Joseph Gilliam | 48-55 |
| 01:53 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Larry Watkins | 48-55 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 01:52 | Louisville | Larry Watkins is fouled in the backcourt by Jesse Smith - foul #1 on Jesse Smith, team foul #7 | 48-55 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Shawn Deans (SF) John Thigpen | |
| 01:52 | Louisville | Larry Watkins misses the 1st free throw | 48-55 |
| 01:52 | Wake Forest | Joseph Gilliam gets the rebound | 48-55 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a flex offense and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 01:35 | Wake Forest | Jesse Smith connects on the 3 from the left corner | 51-55 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 01:18 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski hits a 3 pointer from the right corner | 51-58 |
| 01:08 | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right block but the foul's on Ivan Chrostowski - foul #3 on Ivan Chrostowski, team foul #6 | 51-58 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| Subs | Louisville | John Thigpen (SF) Shawn Deans | |
| 01:08 | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd makes the 1st free throw | 52-58 |
| 01:08 | Wake Forest | Colby Ladd makes the 2nd free throw | 53-58 |
| 00:40 | Louisville | John Thigpen buries a shot from the baseline | 53-60 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:36 | Wake Forest | Joseph Gilliam can't throw it down but he's fouled by Larry Watkins - foul #5 on Larry Watkins, team foul #7 | 53-60 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Howin Xue (C) Larry Watkins | |
| 00:36 | Wake Forest | Joseph Gilliam makes the 1st free throw | 54-60 |
| 00:36 | Wake Forest | Joseph Gilliam makes the 2nd free throw | 55-60 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:35 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski is fouled in the backcourt by Jesse Smith - foul #2 on Jesse Smith, team foul #8 | 55-60 |
| Subs | Wake Forest | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Shawn Deans (SF) John Thigpen | |
| 00:35 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski makes the 1st free throw | 55-61 |
| 00:35 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski makes the 2nd free throw | 55-62 |
| 00:28 | Wake Forest | Otis Ensign is whistled for a carry | 55-62 |
| 00:27 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski is fouled in the backcourt by Colby Ladd - foul #1 on Colby Ladd, team foul #9 | 55-62 |
| 00:27 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski makes the 1st free throw | 55-63 |
| 00:27 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski misses the 2nd free throw | 55-63 |
| 00:27 | Wake Forest | Joseph Gilliam pulls down the rebound | 55-63 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:21 | Wake Forest | Jesse Smith drills a 3 pointer from straight away | 58-63 |
| 00:21 | Louisville | Louisville calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 58-63 |
| 00:18 | Louisville | Ivan Chrostowski is fouled in the backcourt by Colby Ladd - foul #2 on Colby Ladd, team foul #10 | 58-63 |
| 00:18 | Louisville | Ivan Chrostowski makes the 1st free throw | 58-64 |
| 00:18 | Louisville | Ivan Chrostowski makes the 2nd free throw | 58-65 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:13 | Wake Forest | Otis Ensign misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 58-65 |
| 00:12 | Louisville | Robert Wallace snags the defensive board | 58-65 |
| 00:10 | Louisville | Colby Ladd is called for the reach on Robert Wallace in the backcourt - foul #3 on Colby Ladd, team foul #11 | 58-65 |
| 00:10 | Louisville | Robert Wallace makes the 1st free throw | 58-66 |
| 00:10 | Louisville | Robert Wallace makes the 2nd free throw | 58-67 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:04 | Wake Forest | Jesse Smith hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 58-67 |
| 00:03 | Louisville | Howin Xue grabs the board | 58-67 |
| 00:03 | Louisville | Louisville calls a full timeout (2 :30 1 full remaining) | 58-67 |
| Game Plan | Wake Forest | Wake Forest is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:00 | Louisville | Ivan Chrostowski runs out the clock | 58-67 |