| Lineup | UConn | PG - David Bobbitt (fresh) SG - Robert Meador (fresh) SF - Tony Brown (fresh) PF - Todd Dombrosky (fresh) C - Lupe Lopez (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Trevor Meadows (fresh) SG - David Wolfe (fresh) SF - Clifton Nord (fresh) PF - Robert Conley (fresh) C - Ryan Dean (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Syracuse | Robert Conley wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 19:47 | Syracuse | Robert Conley's fadeaway is rejected by Todd Dombrosky | 0-0 |
| 19:45 | UConn | Tony Brown pulls down the rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:42 | UConn | Trevor Meadows takes the ball from David Bobbitt in the backcourt | 0-0 |
| 19:27 | Syracuse | Robert Meador is called for the reach on Robert Conley - foul #1 on Robert Meador, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:12 | Syracuse | Clifton Nord is fouled on the floor by Todd Dombrosky - foul #1 on Todd Dombrosky, team foul #2 | 0-0 |
| 18:59 | Syracuse | Robert Meador takes the ball from Ryan Dean | 0-0 |
| 18:30 | UConn | David Bobbitt hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 0-0 |
| 18:28 | UConn | Robert Meador tips it back up and in | 2-0 |
| 18:10 | Syracuse | Tony Brown steps in front of the Ryan Dean pass | 2-0 |
| 17:45 | UConn | David Bobbitt hits a 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Robert Meador | 5-0 |
| 17:28 | Syracuse | The short jumper by Ryan Dean is denied by Tony Brown | 5-0 |
| 17:26 | UConn | Robert Meador grabs the defensive rebound | 5-0 |
| 17:00 | UConn | Tony Brown can't connect on a jumpshot from the left side | 5-0 |
| 16:59 | Syracuse | Robert Conley grabs the board | 5-0 |
| 16:37 | Syracuse | Trevor Meadows's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 5-0 |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Michael Sax (SF), Charles Ikner (C) Clifton Nord, Ryan Dean | |
| 16:16 | UConn | David Bobbitt misses the 3 from the left corner | 5-0 |
| 16:15 | Syracuse | Charles Ikner snags the defensive board | 5-0 |
| 16:10 | Syracuse | David Wolfe misses the 3 pointer from the left corner | 5-0 |
| 16:09 | UConn | Lupe Lopez pulls down the rebound | 5-0 |
| 16:05 | UConn | Tony Brown is hacked by Charles Ikner - foul #1 on Charles Ikner, team foul #1 | 5-0 |
| Subs | UConn | Michael Scott (SG), Raymond Harris (PF) Robert Meador, Todd Dombrosky | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Alexander (SG) David Wolfe | |
| 15:51 | UConn | Raymond Harris can't connect on a floater from the baseline | 5-0 |
| 15:50 | UConn | Tony Brown hits the follow up shot | 7-0 |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - David Bobbitt (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Michael Scott (fresh) SF - Tony Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Raymond Harris (fresh) C - Lupe Lopez (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Trevor Meadows (fresh) SG - Charles Alexander (fresh) SF - Michael Sax (fresh) PF - Robert Conley (fresh) C - Charles Ikner (fresh) | |
| 15:28 | Syracuse | Michael Sax misses the fadeaway from the left wing but he's fouled by Tony Brown - foul #1 on Tony Brown, team foul #3 | 7-0 |
| Subs | UConn | Dennis Curry (PG) David Bobbitt | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Clifton Nord (SF), Karl Desantis (PF) Trevor Meadows, Robert Conley | |
| 15:28 | Syracuse | Michael Sax makes the 1st free throw | 7-1 |
| 15:28 | Syracuse | Michael Sax makes the 2nd free throw | 7-2 |
| 15:11 | UConn | 3 seconds is called on Lupe Lopez | 7-2 |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Ryan Dean (C) Charles Ikner | |
| 14:48 | Syracuse | Michael Sax buries a jump hook in the paint set up by Charles Alexander | 7-4 |
| 14:30 | UConn | Tony Brown hits the front of the rim on the jump hook in the paint | 7-4 |
| 14:29 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Ryan Dean | 7-4 |
| 14:10 | Syracuse | Clifton Nord knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Karl Desantis | 7-6 |
| 13:49 | UConn | The short jumper by Lupe Lopez is denied by Karl Desantis | 7-6 |
| 13:48 | Syracuse | Karl Desantis grabs the board | 7-6 |
| 13:29 | Syracuse | Charles Alexander comes up short on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 7-6 |
| 13:27 | UConn | Dennis Curry gets the rebound | 7-6 |
| 13:04 | UConn | Tony Brown misses long on a shot from the free throw line but he's fouled by Michael Sax - foul #1 on Michael Sax, team foul #2 | 7-6 |
| Subs | UConn | David Bobbitt (PG), Robert Meador (SG), Todd Dombrosky (PF), Roderick Forrest (C) Dennis Curry, Michael Scott, Raymond Harris, Lupe Lopez | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Trevor Meadows (PG), David Wolfe (SG), Robert Conley (SF), Charles Ikner (C) Charles Alexander, Michael Sax, Clifton Nord, Ryan Dean | |
| 13:04 | UConn | Tony Brown makes the 1st free throw | 8-6 |
| 13:04 | UConn | Tony Brown misses the 2nd free throw | 8-6 |
| 13:04 | Syracuse | Karl Desantis grabs the board | 8-6 |
| 12:47 | Syracuse | David Wolfe hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right side | 8-6 |
| 12:45 | Syracuse | Trevor Meadows tips it in | 8-8 |
| 12:23 | UConn | David Wolfe is called for the reach on Robert Meador - foul #1 on David Wolfe, team foul #3 | 8-8 |
| Subs | UConn | Dennis Curry (SF) Tony Brown | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 11:54 | UConn | The short jumper by Dennis Curry is denied by Karl Desantis | 8-8 |
| 11:52 | Syracuse | Charles Ikner grabs the defensive rebound | 8-8 |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - David Bobbitt (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Robert Meador (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Dennis Curry (fresh) PF - Todd Dombrosky (fresh) C - Roderick Forrest (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Trevor Meadows (fresh) 2 pts. SG - David Wolfe (fresh) SF - Robert Conley (fresh) PF - Karl Desantis (fairly fresh) 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Charles Ikner (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 11:31 | Syracuse | Karl Desantis's pass is intercepted by Roderick Forrest | 8-8 |
| 11:14 | UConn | David Bobbitt scores on a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a nice dish by Dennis Curry | 11-8 |
| 10:52 | Syracuse | David Wolfe clanks a floater from just outside the lane | 11-8 |
| 10:51 | Syracuse | Karl Desantis hits the follow up shot | 11-10 |
| 10:37 | UConn | Todd Dombrosky is whistled for traveling | 11-10 |
| Subs | UConn | Lupe Lopez (C) Roderick Forrest | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Clifton Nord (SF), Ryan Dean (C) Karl Desantis, Charles Ikner | |
| 10:15 | Syracuse | David Wolfe drills a jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Trevor Meadows | 11-12 |
| 09:52 | UConn | David Bobbitt splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 11-12 |
| 09:51 | UConn | Lupe Lopez tips it back up and in | 13-12 |
| 09:34 | Syracuse | David Wolfe is hacked by David Bobbitt - foul #1 on David Bobbitt, team foul #4 | 13-12 |
| Subs | UConn | Michael Scott (SG), Tony Brown (SF), Raymond Harris (PF) Robert Meador, Dennis Curry, Todd Dombrosky | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Alexander (SG) David Wolfe | |
| 09:19 | Syracuse | Ryan Dean misses the fadeaway from the right block | 13-12 |
| 09:18 | Syracuse | Ryan Dean tips it in | 13-14 |
| 08:52 | UConn | Lupe Lopez drills a jumper in the lane set up by David Bobbitt and he's hacked by Ryan Dean - foul #1 on Ryan Dean, team foul #4 | 15-14 |
| Subs | UConn | Ben Clayson (PG) David Bobbitt | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Michael Sax (SG) Trevor Meadows | |
| 08:52 | UConn | Lupe Lopez misses the free throw | 15-14 |
| 08:52 | Syracuse | Ryan Dean pulls down the rebound | 15-14 |
| 08:39 | Syracuse | Raymond Harris swats the shot by Ryan Dean | 15-14 |
| 08:38 | UConn | The rebound goes to Tony Brown | 15-14 |
| 08:11 | UConn | Tony Brown misses short on a shot near the basket but he's hacked by Clifton Nord - foul #1 on Clifton Nord, team foul #5 | 15-14 |
| Subs | UConn | Dennis Curry (PG), Robert Meador (SG), Todd Dombrosky (PF) Ben Clayson, Michael Scott, Raymond Harris | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Trevor Meadows (PG), David Wolfe (SG), Karl Desantis (PF) Charles Alexander, Michael Sax, Robert Conley | |
| 08:11 | UConn | Tony Brown makes the 1st free throw | 16-14 |
| 08:11 | UConn | Tony Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 17-14 |
| 08:00 | Syracuse | David Wolfe clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 17-14 |
| 07:59 | Syracuse | Ryan Dean tips it in | 17-16 |
| 07:37 | UConn | Tony Brown comes up short on the shot in the paint | 17-16 |
| 07:36 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Ryan Dean | 17-16 |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Dennis Curry (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Robert Meador (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Tony Brown (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Todd Dombrosky (fresh) C - Lupe Lopez (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Trevor Meadows (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - David Wolfe (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Clifton Nord (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Karl Desantis (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Ryan Dean (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:21 | Syracuse | David Wolfe is fouled on the floor by Robert Meador - foul #2 on Robert Meador, team foul #5 | 17-16 |
| Subs | UConn | David Bobbitt (PG), Michael Scott (SG) Dennis Curry, Robert Meador | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Michael Sax (SF), Charles Ikner (C) Clifton Nord, Ryan Dean | |
| 07:10 | Syracuse | Michael Sax is hacked by Tony Brown - foul #2 on Tony Brown, team foul #6 | 17-16 |
| Subs | UConn | Francis Adams (SF) Tony Brown | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Robert Conley (PF) Karl Desantis | |
| 06:56 | Syracuse | Trevor Meadows misses badly on a fadeaway from close range | 17-16 |
| 06:55 | Syracuse | Robert Conley tips it back up and in | 17-18 |
| 06:34 | UConn | Lupe Lopez blows the layup | 17-18 |
| 06:32 | Syracuse | Charles Ikner gets the rebound | 17-18 |
| 06:23 | Syracuse | Trevor Meadows misses long on a floater in the lane but he's hacked by David Bobbitt - foul #2 on David Bobbitt, team foul #7 | 17-18 |
| Subs | UConn | Dennis Curry (PG), Raymond Harris (PF) David Bobbitt, Todd Dombrosky | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 06:23 | Syracuse | Trevor Meadows makes the 1st free throw | 17-19 |
| 06:23 | Syracuse | Trevor Meadows makes the 2nd free throw | 17-20 |
| 06:05 | UConn | Lupe Lopez is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on Lupe Lopez, team foul #8 | 17-20 |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Clifton Nord (SF), Ryan Dean (C) Michael Sax, Charles Ikner | |
| 05:44 | Syracuse | Clifton Nord hits a fadeaway jumper from the left side on a great pass from Trevor Meadows | 17-22 |
| 05:18 | UConn | Raymond Harris is called for the offensive foul - foul #1 on Raymond Harris, team foul #9 | 17-22 |
| Subs | UConn | Roderick Forrest (C) Lupe Lopez | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Alexander (PG), Michael Sax (SG) Trevor Meadows, David Wolfe | |
| 05:06 | Syracuse | Michael Sax's fadeaway is rejected by Raymond Harris | 17-22 |
| 05:04 | UConn | Raymond Harris pulls down the rebound | 17-22 |
| 04:44 | UConn | The short jumper by Francis Adams is denied by Robert Conley | 17-22 |
| 04:42 | UConn | Dennis Curry snags the offensive board | 17-22 |
| 04:30 | UConn | Francis Adams blows the dunk but the foul's on Ryan Dean - foul #2 on Ryan Dean, team foul #6 | 17-22 |
| Subs | UConn | Todd Dombrosky (PF), Lupe Lopez (C) Raymond Harris, Roderick Forrest | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Karl Desantis (PF), Charles Ikner (C) Robert Conley, Ryan Dean | |
| 04:30 | UConn | Francis Adams makes the 1st free throw | 18-22 |
| 04:30 | UConn | Francis Adams makes the 2nd free throw | 19-22 |
| 04:14 | Syracuse | The short jumper by Michael Sax is denied by Todd Dombrosky | 19-22 |
| 04:12 | UConn | Lupe Lopez grabs the defensive rebound | 19-22 |
| 03:52 | UConn | Todd Dombrosky is called for the offensive foul - foul #2 on Todd Dombrosky, team foul #10 | 19-22 |
| Subs | UConn | David Bobbitt (PG), Robert Meador (SG), Tony Brown (SF) Dennis Curry, Michael Scott, Francis Adams | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Trevor Meadows (PG), David Wolfe (SG) Charles Alexander, Clifton Nord | |
| 03:34 | Syracuse | Charles Ikner loses the ball out of bounds | 19-22 |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Robert Conley (PF) Karl Desantis | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - David Bobbitt (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Robert Meador (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Tony Brown (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Todd Dombrosky (fresh) 2 blk. C - Lupe Lopez (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Trevor Meadows (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - David Wolfe (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Michael Sax (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Robert Conley (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Charles Ikner (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 03:29 | UConn | David Bobbitt travels in the backcourt | 19-22 |
| 03:05 | Syracuse | David Bobbitt steals it from Michael Sax | 19-22 |
| 02:44 | UConn | David Bobbitt's pass out of the doubleteam is intercepted by Charles Ikner | 19-22 |
| 02:21 | Syracuse | David Wolfe buries a 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Trevor Meadows | 19-25 |
| 02:02 | UConn | Lupe Lopez knocks in the jump hook from close range set up by Todd Dombrosky | 21-25 |
| 01:43 | Syracuse | Trevor Meadows is fouled on the floor by Lupe Lopez - foul #2 on Lupe Lopez, team foul #11 | 21-25 |
| Subs | UConn | Raymond Harris (PF) Todd Dombrosky | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Clifton Nord (SF), Ryan Dean (C) Michael Sax, Charles Ikner | |
| 01:43 | Syracuse | Trevor Meadows makes the 1st free throw | 21-26 |
| 01:43 | Syracuse | Trevor Meadows makes the 2nd free throw | 21-27 |
| 01:19 | UConn | David Bobbitt splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 21-27 |
| 01:17 | Syracuse | Clifton Nord grabs the board | 21-27 |
| 01:00 | Syracuse | Robert Meador is called for the reach on Ryan Dean - foul #3 on Robert Meador, team foul #12 | 21-27 |
| Subs | UConn | Michael Scott (SG) Robert Meador | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Alexander (SG) David Wolfe | |
| 01:00 | Syracuse | Ryan Dean makes the 1st free throw | 21-28 |
| 01:00 | Syracuse | Ryan Dean makes the 2nd free throw | 21-29 |
| 00:42 | UConn | Tony Brown misses the jumper from the left side | 21-29 |
| 00:40 | Syracuse | Charles Alexander gets the rebound | 21-29 |
| 00:21 | Syracuse | Ryan Dean loses the ball out of bounds | 21-29 |
| Subs | UConn | Dennis Curry (PG), Todd Dombrosky (PF), Roderick Forrest (C) David Bobbitt, Raymond Harris, Lupe Lopez | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Karl Desantis (PF) Robert Conley | |
| 00:01 | UConn | Tony Brown slams it home | 23-29 |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Trevor Meadows hits the front of the rim on the fullcourt shot | 23-29 |