| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Ottah Abdallah (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Mundan Emanuel (fresh) 3 reb. SF - Sol Rizzo (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Nwa Adi (fresh) 4 pts. C - Andrew Sonoski (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Arkansas | PG - Richard Moses (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Keith Sharp (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Juan Martinez (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Andrew Gaspard (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Ralph Howland (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Villanova | Sol Rizzo inbounds the ball | 31-17 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Arkansas | Arkansas is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:35 | Villanova | Nwa Adi misses long on a jump hook from close range but he's hacked by Richard Moses - foul #2 on Richard Moses, team foul #1 | 31-17 |
| Subs | Villanova | Charles Peterson (PG), Steve Brown (SG), Ivan Borkoski (C) Ottah Abdallah, Mundan Emanuel, Andrew Sonoski | |
| Subs | Arkansas | | |
| 19:35 | Villanova | Nwa Adi makes the 1st free throw | 32-17 |
| 19:35 | Villanova | Nwa Adi makes the 2nd free throw | 33-17 |
| 19:10 | Arkansas | Keith Sharp hits a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 33-20 |
| 18:46 | Villanova | Sol Rizzo misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 33-20 |
| 18:44 | Arkansas | The rebound goes to Richard Moses | 33-20 |
| 18:19 | Arkansas | Juan Martinez misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 33-20 |
| 18:17 | Arkansas | Andrew Gaspard tips it in | 33-22 |
| 18:01 | Villanova | Steve Brown knocks in the jumpshot from the left side set up by Charles Peterson | 35-22 |
| 17:44 | Arkansas | Richard Moses hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Sol Rizzo - foul #3 on Sol Rizzo, team foul #1 | 35-22 |
| Subs | Villanova | Mundan Emanuel (SF) Sol Rizzo | |
| Subs | Arkansas | | |
| 17:44 | Arkansas | Richard Moses misses the 1st free throw | 35-22 |
| 17:44 | Arkansas | Richard Moses makes the 2nd free throw | 35-23 |
| 17:16 | Villanova | Charles Peterson comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right side | 35-23 |
| 17:15 | Villanova | The offensive rebound goes to Nwa Adi | 35-23 |
| 17:00 | Villanova | Charles Peterson is called for a backcourt violation | 35-23 |
| Subs | Villanova | Ottah Abdallah (PG), Pedro Cruz (SF), Andrew Sonoski (C) Charles Peterson, Mundan Emanuel, Ivan Borkoski | |
| Subs | Arkansas | Jonathan Piggott (C) Ralph Howland | |
| 16:47 | Arkansas | Andrew Gaspard splits the doubleteam but misses short on a jump hook from close range | 35-23 |
| 16:45 | Arkansas | Andrew Gaspard tips it home | 35-25 |
| 16:23 | Villanova | Pedro Cruz's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 35-25 |
| Subs | Villanova | Charles Peterson (SG), Mundan Emanuel (SF), Ivan Borkoski (C) Steve Brown, Pedro Cruz, Andrew Sonoski | |
| Subs | Arkansas | Raymond Wright (SF), Douglas Papineau (PF) Juan Martinez, Andrew Gaspard | |
| 15:54 | Arkansas | Richard Moses makes the jumper from close range | 35-27 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Ottah Abdallah (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Charles Peterson (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SF - Mundan Emanuel (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Nwa Adi (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Ivan Borkoski (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Arkansas | PG - Richard Moses (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Keith Sharp (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Raymond Wright (fresh) PF - Douglas Papineau (fresh) 2 reb. C - Jonathan Piggott (fresh) | |
| 15:33 | Villanova | Raymond Wright swats the short shot by Nwa Adi | 35-27 |
| 15:31 | Arkansas | Keith Sharp grabs the board | 35-27 |
| 15:26 | Arkansas | Richard Moses misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 35-27 |
| 15:24 | Villanova | Nwa Adi pulls down the rebound | 35-27 |
| 15:01 | Villanova | Ottah Abdallah is fouled on the floor by Richard Moses - foul #3 on Richard Moses, team foul #2 | 35-27 |
| Subs | Villanova | Steve Brown (SG), Sol Rizzo (SF), Pedro Cruz (PF), Andrew Sonoski (C) Ottah Abdallah, Mundan Emanuel, Nwa Adi, Ivan Borkoski | |
| Subs | Arkansas | John Kissell (PG), Donald Howard (SG), Juan Martinez (SF), Andrew Gaspard (PF), Ralph Howland (C) Richard Moses, Keith Sharp, Raymond Wright, Douglas Papineau, Jonathan Piggott | |
| 14:39 | Villanova | Sol Rizzo is whistled for traveling | 35-27 |
| Subs | Villanova | Ottah Abdallah (PG) Charles Peterson | |
| Subs | Arkansas | | |
| 14:20 | Arkansas | Steve Brown is called for the reach on Donald Howard - foul #1 on Steve Brown, team foul #2 | 35-27 |
| Subs | Villanova | Charles Peterson (PG) Ottah Abdallah | |
| Subs | Arkansas | | |
| 13:58 | Arkansas | Sol Rizzo steals it from Juan Martinez | 35-27 |
| 13:35 | Villanova | Pedro Cruz is whistled for traveling | 35-27 |
| Subs | Villanova | Ottah Abdallah (PG), Nwa Adi (PF), Ivan Borkoski (C) Charles Peterson, Pedro Cruz, Andrew Sonoski | |
| Subs | Arkansas | Keith Sharp (SG) Donald Howard | |
| 13:09 | Arkansas | Andrew Gaspard misses the lay-in but the foul's on Nwa Adi - foul #1 on Nwa Adi, team foul #3 | 35-27 |
| Subs | Villanova | Mundan Emanuel (SG), Pedro Cruz (PF), Andrew Sonoski (C) Steve Brown, Nwa Adi, Ivan Borkoski | |
| Subs | Arkansas | | |
| 13:09 | Arkansas | Andrew Gaspard makes the 1st free throw | 35-28 |
| 13:09 | Arkansas | Andrew Gaspard misses the 2nd free throw | 35-28 |
| 13:09 | Villanova | Andrew Sonoski gets the rebound | 35-28 |
| 12:45 | Villanova | Pedro Cruz misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Juan Martinez - foul #2 on Juan Martinez, team foul #3 | 35-28 |
| Subs | Villanova | Charles Peterson (PG), Steve Brown (SG), Ivan Borkoski (C) Ottah Abdallah, Mundan Emanuel, Andrew Sonoski | |
| Subs | Arkansas | | |
| 12:45 | Villanova | Pedro Cruz misses the 1st free throw | 35-28 |
| 12:45 | Villanova | Pedro Cruz misses the 2nd free throw | 35-28 |
| 12:45 | Arkansas | Andrew Gaspard grabs the defensive rebound | 35-28 |
| 12:29 | Arkansas | Ivan Borkoski is called for the reach on Ralph Howland - foul #2 on Ivan Borkoski, team foul #4 | 35-28 |
| Subs | Villanova | Ottah Abdallah (PG), Mundan Emanuel (SG), Nwa Adi (PF), Andrew Sonoski (C) Charles Peterson, Steve Brown, Pedro Cruz, Ivan Borkoski | |
| Subs | Arkansas | Jonathan Piggott (C) Ralph Howland | |
| 12:13 | Arkansas | Juan Martinez misses badly on a shot from the right wing | 35-28 |
| 12:12 | Arkansas | Andrew Gaspard tips it in | 35-30 |
| 11:56 | Villanova | Andrew Sonoski makes the turnaround from the left block set up by Mundan Emanuel | 37-30 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Ottah Abdallah (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Mundan Emanuel (fresh) 3 reb. SF - Sol Rizzo (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. PF - Nwa Adi (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Andrew Sonoski (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Arkansas | PG - John Kissell (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Keith Sharp (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Juan Martinez (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Andrew Gaspard (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 7 reb. C - Jonathan Piggott (fresh) | |
| 11:31 | Arkansas | John Kissell scores on a 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Keith Sharp | 37-33 |
| 11:29 | Villanova | John Kissell steals it from Ottah Abdallah in the backcourt | 37-33 |
| 11:26 | Arkansas | John Kissell lays it in | 37-35 |
| 10:57 | Villanova | Nwa Adi makes the shot from the left wing set up by Ottah Abdallah | 39-35 |
| 10:29 | Arkansas | Keith Sharp misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 39-35 |
| 10:28 | Villanova | Andrew Sonoski grabs the board | 39-35 |
| 10:10 | Villanova | Mundan Emanuel knocks in the jumper from the left block on a nice dish by Andrew Sonoski | 41-35 |
| 09:42 | Arkansas | Andrew Gaspard's fadeaway is rejected by Nwa Adi | 41-35 |
| 09:41 | Villanova | Sol Rizzo grabs the defensive rebound | 41-35 |
| 09:17 | Villanova | Andrew Gaspard denies the turnaround by Mundan Emanuel | 41-35 |
| 09:15 | Arkansas | Juan Martinez gets the rebound | 41-35 |
| 08:54 | Arkansas | Jonathan Piggott scores on a fadeaway from the free throw line on a great pass from Keith Sharp | 41-37 |
| 08:33 | Villanova | Sol Rizzo is called for the illegal screen - foul #4 on Sol Rizzo, team foul #5 | 41-37 |
| Subs | Villanova | Charles Peterson (PG), Steve Brown (SG), Pedro Cruz (SF), Ivan Borkoski (C) Ottah Abdallah, Mundan Emanuel, Sol Rizzo, Andrew Sonoski | |
| Subs | Arkansas | Richard Moses (PG), Donald Howard (SG), Raymond Wright (SF), Douglas Papineau (PF), Ralph Howland (C) John Kissell, Keith Sharp, Juan Martinez, Andrew Gaspard, Jonathan Piggott | |
| 08:24 | Arkansas | Douglas Papineau misses the easy layup but the foul's on Nwa Adi - foul #2 on Nwa Adi, team foul #6 | 41-37 |
| 08:24 | Arkansas | Douglas Papineau misses the 1st free throw | 41-37 |
| 08:24 | Arkansas | Douglas Papineau misses the 2nd free throw | 41-37 |
| 08:24 | Villanova | The rebound goes to Nwa Adi | 41-37 |
| 08:01 | Villanova | Nwa Adi misses long on a floater from the right wing but the foul's on Ralph Howland - foul #2 on Ralph Howland, team foul #4 | 41-37 |
| 08:01 | Villanova | Nwa Adi misses the 1st free throw | 41-37 |
| 08:01 | Villanova | Nwa Adi misses the 2nd free throw | 41-37 |
| 08:01 | Arkansas | Ralph Howland grabs the board | 41-37 |
| 07:47 | Arkansas | Donald Howard misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 41-37 |
| 07:45 | Villanova | Ivan Borkoski pulls down the rebound | 41-37 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Charles Peterson (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Steve Brown (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Pedro Cruz (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Nwa Adi (tiring) 8 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Ivan Borkoski (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Arkansas | PG - Richard Moses (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Donald Howard (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Raymond Wright (fresh) PF - Douglas Papineau (fresh) 2 reb. C - Ralph Howland (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:20 | Villanova | Nwa Adi's floater is tipped away by Douglas Papineau | 41-37 |
| 07:19 | Arkansas | Richard Moses grabs the defensive rebound | 41-37 |
| 06:52 | Arkansas | Ivan Borkoski swats the layup by Douglas Papineau | 41-37 |
| 06:51 | Villanova | The rebound goes to Pedro Cruz | 41-37 |
| 06:22 | Villanova | Charles Peterson misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 41-37 |
| 06:20 | Arkansas | Raymond Wright grabs the defensive rebound | 41-37 |
| 06:12 | Arkansas | Raymond Wright drills a 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Richard Moses | 41-40 |
| 05:43 | Villanova | Nwa Adi misses the lay-in | 41-40 |
| 05:42 | Villanova | Charles Peterson tips it home | 43-40 |
| 05:21 | Arkansas | Donald Howard is hacked by Steve Brown - foul #2 on Steve Brown, team foul #7 | 43-40 |
| Subs | Villanova | Sol Rizzo (SF), Andrew Sonoski (C) Nwa Adi, Ivan Borkoski | |
| Subs | Arkansas | John Kissell (PG), Juan Martinez (SF), Andrew Gaspard (PF), Jonathan Piggott (C) Richard Moses, Raymond Wright, Douglas Papineau, Ralph Howland | |
| 05:21 | Arkansas | Donald Howard makes the 1st free throw | 43-41 |
| 05:21 | Arkansas | Donald Howard makes the 2nd free throw | 43-42 |
| 04:58 | Villanova | Pedro Cruz misses short on a floater from just outside the lane but the foul's on Andrew Gaspard - foul #1 on Andrew Gaspard, team foul #5 | 43-42 |
| Subs | Villanova | Ivan Borkoski (C) Andrew Sonoski | |
| Subs | Arkansas | Keith Sharp (SG) Donald Howard | |
| 04:58 | Villanova | Pedro Cruz makes the 1st free throw | 44-42 |
| 04:58 | Villanova | Pedro Cruz misses the 2nd free throw | 44-42 |
| 04:58 | Arkansas | Andrew Gaspard snags the defensive board | 44-42 |
| 04:29 | Arkansas | Keith Sharp hits the front of the rim on the wide open 3 pointer from the left wing | 44-42 |
| 04:27 | Villanova | Ivan Borkoski snags the defensive board | 44-42 |
| 04:03 | Villanova | Steve Brown misses the 3 from the right corner | 44-42 |
| 04:01 | Arkansas | Juan Martinez snags the defensive board | 44-42 |
| 03:40 | Arkansas | Andrew Gaspard is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 44-42 |
| 03:38 | Villanova | Pedro Cruz pulls down the rebound | 44-42 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Charles Peterson (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SG - Steve Brown (fairly fresh) 7 pts. SF - Pedro Cruz (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Sol Rizzo (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 4 pf. C - Ivan Borkoski (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Arkansas | PG - John Kissell (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Keith Sharp (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SF - Juan Martinez (fresh) 4 reb. PF - Andrew Gaspard (fresh) 14 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. C - Jonathan Piggott (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 03:30 | Villanova | Charles Peterson connects on the jump hook near the basket on a great pass from Pedro Cruz and he's hacked by John Kissell - foul #4 on John Kissell, team foul #6 | 46-42 |
| Subs | Villanova | Ottah Abdallah (PG), Mundan Emanuel (SF), Andrew Sonoski (C) Steve Brown, Pedro Cruz, Ivan Borkoski | |
| Subs | Arkansas | Ralph Howland (C) Jonathan Piggott | |
| 03:30 | Villanova | Charles Peterson makes the free throw | 47-42 |
| 03:07 | Arkansas | Andrew Gaspard's fadeaway is rejected by Mundan Emanuel | 47-42 |
| 03:05 | Arkansas | Ralph Howland tips it back up and in | 47-44 |
| 02:51 | Villanova | Ottah Abdallah hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 47-44 |
| 02:49 | Villanova | Sol Rizzo tips it back up and in | 49-44 |
| 02:28 | Arkansas | Andrew Gaspard jams it against the doubleteam and he's fouled by Sol Rizzo - foul #5 on Sol Rizzo, team foul #8 | 49-46 |
| Subs | Villanova | Steve Brown (SG), Pedro Cruz (PF) Charles Peterson, Sol Rizzo | |
| Subs | Arkansas | | |
| 02:28 | Arkansas | Andrew Gaspard makes the free throw | 49-47 |
| 02:05 | Villanova | Steve Brown knocks in the shot from just outside the lane on a great pass from Mundan Emanuel | 51-47 |
| 01:58 | Arkansas | John Kissell throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 51-47 |
| Subs | Villanova | Nwa Adi (PF) Steve Brown | |
| Subs | Arkansas | | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Arkansas | Arkansas is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 01:45 | Villanova | Nwa Adi misses long on a floater near the basket | 51-47 |
| 01:43 | Arkansas | Juan Martinez grabs the defensive rebound | 51-47 |
| 01:22 | Arkansas | Keith Sharp misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 51-47 |
| 01:21 | Villanova | Andrew Sonoski grabs the defensive rebound | 51-47 |
| 01:14 | Villanova | Mundan Emanuel connects on the 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Pedro Cruz | 54-47 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Arkansas | Arkansas is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:57 | Arkansas | Keith Sharp hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right side | 54-47 |
| 00:56 | Villanova | Andrew Sonoski grabs the defensive rebound | 54-47 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Arkansas | Arkansas is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:55 | Villanova | Keith Sharp is called for the reach on Andrew Sonoski in the backcourt - foul #1 on Keith Sharp, team foul #7 | 54-47 |
| 00:55 | Villanova | Andrew Sonoski makes the 1st free throw | 55-47 |
| 00:55 | Villanova | Andrew Sonoski makes the 2nd free throw | 56-47 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Arkansas | Arkansas is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:49 | Arkansas | Andrew Sonoski picks off the pass by Juan Martinez | 56-47 |
| 00:46 | Villanova | John Kissell is called for the reach on Ottah Abdallah in the backcourt - foul #5 on John Kissell, team foul #8 | 56-47 |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| Subs | Arkansas | Richard Moses (PG) John Kissell | |
| 00:46 | Villanova | Ottah Abdallah makes the 1st free throw | 57-47 |
| 00:46 | Villanova | Ottah Abdallah makes the 2nd free throw | 58-47 |
| 00:38 | Arkansas | Ralph Howland lays it in on a great pass from Richard Moses | 58-49 |
| 00:37 | Villanova | Ottah Abdallah is fouled in the backcourt by Richard Moses - foul #4 on Richard Moses, team foul #9 | 58-49 |
| 00:37 | Villanova | Ottah Abdallah makes the 1st free throw | 59-49 |
| 00:37 | Villanova | Ottah Abdallah makes the 2nd free throw | 60-49 |
| 00:31 | Arkansas | Andrew Gaspard evades the doubleteam and hits a turnaround from the left block on a nice dish by Ralph Howland | 60-51 |
| 00:29 | Villanova | Ottah Abdallah is fouled in the backcourt by Richard Moses - foul #5 on Richard Moses, team foul #10 | 60-51 |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| Subs | Arkansas | Donald Howard (SG) Richard Moses | |
| 00:29 | Villanova | Ottah Abdallah makes the 1st free throw | 61-51 |
| 00:29 | Villanova | Ottah Abdallah misses the 2nd free throw | 61-51 |
| 00:29 | Arkansas | Juan Martinez grabs the defensive rebound | 61-51 |
| 00:24 | Arkansas | The jump hook by Andrew Gaspard is blocked by Andrew Sonoski | 61-51 |
| 00:22 | Villanova | Nwa Adi grabs the board | 61-51 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Arkansas | Arkansas is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:00 | Villanova | Ottah Abdallah runs out the clock | 61-51 |