| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Dikembe Abdullah (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Vernon (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Xiaoping Huang (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Paul Dunneback (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - Dean Canterbury (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Daniel Ebbert (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Thomas Moore (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Josh Webster (fresh) 1 ast. PF - John Blackburn (fresh) C - Robert Bates (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Syracuse | Josh Webster inbounds the ball | 23-22 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:41 | Syracuse | Thomas Moore buries a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Daniel Ebbert | 23-25 |
| 19:21 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback hits the front of the rim on the floater in the paint | 23-25 |
| 19:20 | Syracuse | Robert Bates grabs the defensive rebound | 23-25 |
| 19:06 | Syracuse | Thomas Moore is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 23-25 |
| 19:04 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback gets the rebound | 23-25 |
| 18:50 | Cincinnati | James Vernon makes the 3pt shot from the left wing | 26-25 |
| 18:30 | Syracuse | Josh Webster buries a 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Daniel Ebbert | 26-28 |
| 18:05 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah buries a 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from James Vernon | 29-28 |
| 18:00 | Syracuse | Thomas Moore works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 29-28 |
| 17:58 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury snags the defensive board | 29-28 |
| 17:37 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 29-28 |
| 17:23 | Syracuse | Daniel Ebbert misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 29-28 |
| 17:22 | Syracuse | Robert Bates hits the follow up shot | 29-30 |
| 16:59 | Cincinnati | James Vernon hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 29-30 |
| 16:58 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback snags the offensive board | 29-30 |
| 16:39 | Cincinnati | James Vernon comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 29-30 |
| 16:37 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback pulls down the offensive rebound | 29-30 |
| 16:17 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury can't connect on a runner in the lane but he's fouled by Robert Bates - foul #1 on Robert Bates, team foul #1 | 29-30 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken (PF) Paul Dunneback | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Lee Westmoreland (SF), David Nance (PF), Benjamin Ross (C) Josh Webster, John Blackburn, Robert Bates | |
| 16:17 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury misses the 1st free throw | 29-30 |
| 16:17 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury makes the 2nd free throw | 30-30 |
| 15:51 | Syracuse | Thomas Moore connects on the 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Lee Westmoreland | 30-33 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Dikembe Abdullah (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Vernon (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - Xiaoping Huang (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Maurice Lokken (fresh) C - Dean Canterbury (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Daniel Ebbert (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Thomas Moore (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Lee Westmoreland (fresh) 2 pts. PF - David Nance (fresh) C - Benjamin Ross (fresh) | |
| 15:26 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Lee Westmoreland - foul #2 on Lee Westmoreland, team foul #2 | 30-33 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski (PG), Robert Zentz (SG), Paul Dunneback (PF) Dikembe Abdullah, James Vernon, Dean Canterbury | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Dewey Carrier (PG), Timothy Holder (PF) Daniel Ebbert, David Nance | |
| 15:26 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang misses the 1st free throw | 30-33 |
| 15:26 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang makes the 2nd free throw | 31-33 |
| 15:15 | Syracuse | Thomas Moore misses long on a shot from the right side | 31-33 |
| 15:13 | Syracuse | Dewey Carrier gets the offensive rebound | 31-33 |
| 14:58 | Syracuse | Dewey Carrier hits the front of the rim on the wide open 3 from the right corner | 31-33 |
| 14:57 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang pulls down the rebound | 31-33 |
| 14:29 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz misses the 3 pointer from the left wing | 31-33 |
| 14:28 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback tips it in | 33-33 |
| 14:07 | Syracuse | Thomas Moore evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 33-33 |
| 14:05 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken gets the rebound | 33-33 |
| 13:49 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz is whistled for traveling | 33-33 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah (PG), James Vernon (SF), Dean Canterbury (C) Bojan Wolinski, Xiaoping Huang, Paul Dunneback | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Daniel Ebbert (PG), Josh Webster (SF), Robert Bates (C) Dewey Carrier, Lee Westmoreland, Benjamin Ross | |
| 13:29 | Syracuse | Thomas Moore scores on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Robert Bates and he's hacked by Dean Canterbury - foul #3 on Dean Canterbury, team foul #1 | 33-35 |
| 13:29 | Syracuse | Thomas Moore makes the free throw | 33-36 |
| 13:07 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah hits a pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Robert Zentz | 35-36 |
| 12:43 | Syracuse | Thomas Moore clanks a 3 from the left corner | 35-36 |
| 12:42 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Dean Canterbury | 35-36 |
| 12:18 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah knocks in the floater from the left wing on a great pass from Maurice Lokken | 37-36 |
| 11:58 | Syracuse | Timothy Holder's pass is intercepted by Dikembe Abdullah | 37-36 |
| 11:38 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury lays it in | 39-36 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Dikembe Abdullah (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - Robert Zentz (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - James Vernon (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. PF - Maurice Lokken (fairly fresh) C - Dean Canterbury (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Daniel Ebbert (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Thomas Moore (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Josh Webster (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Timothy Holder (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. C - Robert Bates (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:26 | Syracuse | Timothy Holder hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from close range but the foul's on Robert Zentz - foul #4 on Robert Zentz, team foul #2 | 39-36 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang (SF), Paul Dunneback (PF) Robert Zentz, Maurice Lokken | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 11:26 | Syracuse | Timothy Holder makes the 1st free throw | 39-37 |
| 11:26 | Syracuse | Timothy Holder makes the 2nd free throw | 39-38 |
| 11:00 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback hits the finger roll on a great pass from James Vernon and he's fouled by Thomas Moore - foul #3 on Thomas Moore, team foul #3 | 41-38 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | John Blackburn (PF) Timothy Holder | |
| 11:00 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback misses the free throw | 41-38 |
| 11:00 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang gets the offensive rebound | 41-38 |
| 10:44 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang can't finish the layup | 41-38 |
| 10:43 | Syracuse | Thomas Moore snags the defensive board | 41-38 |
| 10:26 | Syracuse | Thomas Moore splits the doubleteam but misses short on a floater from the free throw line | 41-38 |
| 10:24 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback snags the defensive board | 41-38 |
| 09:56 | Cincinnati | Daniel Ebbert is called for the reach on Dean Canterbury - foul #1 on Daniel Ebbert, team foul #4 | 41-38 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski (PG), Maurice Lokken (C) Dikembe Abdullah, Dean Canterbury | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Dewey Carrier (PG), Lee Westmoreland (SF), Timothy Holder (PF), Benjamin Ross (C) Daniel Ebbert, Josh Webster, John Blackburn, Robert Bates | |
| 09:44 | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski makes the pull-up jumper from the right side on a great pass from James Vernon | 43-38 |
| 09:25 | Syracuse | James Vernon steals the ball from Benjamin Ross | 43-38 |
| 09:21 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang misses the easy layup | 43-38 |
| 09:20 | Syracuse | Timothy Holder snags the defensive board | 43-38 |
| 09:13 | Syracuse | Timothy Holder connects on the driving attempt from the baseline on a great pass from Lee Westmoreland and the foul's on Paul Dunneback - foul #1 on Paul Dunneback, team foul #3 | 43-40 |
| 09:13 | Syracuse | Timothy Holder makes the free throw | 43-41 |
| 08:57 | Cincinnati | Dewey Carrier picks off the pass by Maurice Lokken | 43-41 |
| 08:36 | Syracuse | Thomas Moore scores on a 3 from the left corner set up by Dewey Carrier | 43-44 |
| 08:10 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang clanks a 3pt shot from the right wing | 43-44 |
| 08:09 | Syracuse | Timothy Holder grabs the board | 43-44 |
| 07:51 | Syracuse | Thomas Moore works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left wing | 43-44 |
| 07:49 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken snags the defensive board | 43-44 |
| 07:24 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback misses the driving attempt from the baseline | 43-44 |
| 07:23 | Syracuse | Timothy Holder grabs the board | 43-44 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Bojan Wolinski (fresh) 2 pts. SG - James Vernon (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SF - Xiaoping Huang (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. PF - Paul Dunneback (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 10 reb. C - Maurice Lokken (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Dewey Carrier (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Thomas Moore (tiring) 15 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Lee Westmoreland (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Timothy Holder (fresh) 9 pts. 9 reb. 3 pf. C - Benjamin Ross (fresh) | |
| 07:19 | Syracuse | Benjamin Ross is whistled for a carry | 43-44 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah (PG), Robert Zentz (SG), Dean Canterbury (C) Bojan Wolinski, James Vernon, Maurice Lokken | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Daniel Ebbert (PG), Josh Webster (SF), Robert Bates (C) Thomas Moore, Lee Westmoreland, Benjamin Ross | |
| 06:54 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang hits a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Robert Zentz | 46-44 |
| 06:37 | Syracuse | Robert Bates misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 46-44 |
| 06:36 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback grabs the defensive rebound | 46-44 |
| 06:31 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 46-44 |
| 06:29 | Syracuse | Timothy Holder pulls down the rebound | 46-44 |
| 06:02 | Syracuse | Timothy Holder connects on the fadeaway from the left wing set up by Josh Webster | 46-46 |
| 05:36 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Josh Webster - foul #2 on Josh Webster, team foul #5 | 46-46 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken (PF) Paul Dunneback | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Thomas Moore (SG), John Blackburn (PF) Dewey Carrier, Timothy Holder | |
| 05:36 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang makes the 1st free throw | 47-46 |
| 05:36 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang makes the 2nd free throw | 48-46 |
| 05:14 | Syracuse | Robert Bates is open and buries a floater from the right block set up by Josh Webster | 48-48 |
| 04:55 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury travels with the ball | 48-48 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | James Vernon (SF) Xiaoping Huang | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 04:41 | Syracuse | Robert Bates buries a 3 pointer from straight away set up by Thomas Moore | 48-51 |
| 04:16 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken misses the floater from the right wing | 48-51 |
| 04:14 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury tips it in | 50-51 |
| 03:54 | Syracuse | Robert Bates misses the 3pt shot from the left corner | 50-51 |
| 03:52 | Syracuse | Robert Bates snags the offensive board | 50-51 |
| 03:36 | Syracuse | Robert Bates connects on the jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Daniel Ebbert | 50-53 |
| 03:17 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz clanks a 3pt attempt from straight away | 50-53 |
| 03:15 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah tips it back up and in | 52-53 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Dikembe Abdullah (fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. SG - Robert Zentz (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. SF - James Vernon (fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. PF - Maurice Lokken (fresh) 2 reb. C - Dean Canterbury (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Daniel Ebbert (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SG - Thomas Moore (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Josh Webster (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. PF - John Blackburn (fresh) C - Robert Bates (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 02:54 | Syracuse | Thomas Moore is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #4 on Thomas Moore, team foul #6 | 52-53 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski (PG), Paul Dunneback (PF) Dikembe Abdullah, Dean Canterbury | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Dewey Carrier (PG), Lee Westmoreland (SF), Timothy Holder (PF), Benjamin Ross (C) Daniel Ebbert, Josh Webster, John Blackburn, Robert Bates | |
| 02:52 | Cincinnati | Cincinnati calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 52-53 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah (PG) Bojan Wolinski | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Daniel Ebbert (PG) Dewey Carrier | |
| 02:32 | Cincinnati | Timothy Holder steals the ball from Robert Zentz | 52-53 |
| 02:32 | Syracuse | Syracuse calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 52-53 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang (SF), Dean Canterbury (C) James Vernon, Maurice Lokken | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Josh Webster (SF), Robert Bates (C) Lee Westmoreland, Benjamin Ross | |
| 02:21 | Syracuse | Thomas Moore can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 52-53 |
| 02:19 | Syracuse | Timothy Holder hits the follow up shot | 52-55 |
| 02:15 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 52-55 |
| 01:57 | Syracuse | Robert Bates is open and buries a fadeaway from the left wing on a great pass from Daniel Ebbert | 52-57 |
| 01:32 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 52-57 |
| 01:30 | Syracuse | Robert Bates gets the rebound | 52-57 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 01:09 | Syracuse | Dikembe Abdullah steals it from Robert Bates | 52-57 |
| 00:54 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang misses the 3 from the right corner | 52-57 |
| 00:53 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury gets the offensive rebound | 52-57 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:48 | Cincinnati | Xiaoping Huang misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 52-57 |
| 00:46 | Syracuse | Thomas Moore snags the defensive board | 52-57 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:45 | Syracuse | Thomas Moore is hacked by Robert Zentz in the backcourt - foul #5 on Robert Zentz, team foul #4 | 52-57 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | James Vernon (SG) Robert Zentz | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Dewey Carrier (PG), John Blackburn (PF) Daniel Ebbert, Timothy Holder | |
| 00:43 | Syracuse | Xiaoping Huang is called for the reach on Josh Webster - foul #1 on Xiaoping Huang, team foul #5 | 52-57 |
| 00:42 | Syracuse | Thomas Moore is fouled on the floor by Xiaoping Huang - foul #2 on Xiaoping Huang, team foul #6 | 52-57 |
| 00:41 | Syracuse | Thomas Moore is hacked by Dikembe Abdullah - foul #3 on Dikembe Abdullah, team foul #7 | 52-57 |
| 00:41 | Syracuse | Thomas Moore makes the 1st free throw | 52-58 |
| 00:41 | Syracuse | Thomas Moore makes the 2nd free throw | 52-59 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 00:36 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury misses short on a turnaround from close range | 52-59 |
| 00:35 | Syracuse | Josh Webster snags the defensive board | 52-59 |
| 00:35 | Syracuse | Syracuse calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 52-59 |
| 00:34 | Syracuse | Dikembe Abdullah is called for the reach on Josh Webster in the backcourt - foul #4 on Dikembe Abdullah, team foul #8 | 52-59 |
| 00:34 | Syracuse | Josh Webster makes the 1st free throw | 52-60 |
| 00:34 | Syracuse | Josh Webster makes the 2nd free throw | 52-61 |
| 00:26 | Cincinnati | John Blackburn steals the ball from Dikembe Abdullah | 52-61 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 00:24 | Syracuse | Robert Bates is hacked by James Vernon in the backcourt - foul #1 on James Vernon, team foul #9 | 52-61 |
| 00:24 | Syracuse | Robert Bates misses the 1st free throw | 52-61 |
| 00:24 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury gets the rebound | 52-61 |
| 00:20 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 52-61 |
| 00:19 | Cincinnati | James Vernon snags the offensive board | 52-61 |
| 00:16 | Cincinnati | James Vernon misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 52-61 |
| 00:14 | Cincinnati | The offensive rebound goes to Paul Dunneback | 52-61 |
| 00:12 | Cincinnati | James Vernon misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 52-61 |
| 00:11 | Syracuse | Robert Bates gets the rebound | 52-61 |
| 00:11 | Syracuse | Syracuse calls a full timeout (2 :30 1 full remaining) | 52-61 |
| 00:09 | Syracuse | Thomas Moore is fouled in the backcourt by Dikembe Abdullah - foul #5 on Dikembe Abdullah, team foul #10 | 52-61 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski (PG) Dikembe Abdullah | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 00:09 | Syracuse | Thomas Moore makes the 1st free throw | 52-62 |
| 00:09 | Syracuse | Thomas Moore makes the 2nd free throw | 52-63 |
| 00:04 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback buries a fadeaway jumper from the right wing set up by Bojan Wolinski and he's hacked by Thomas Moore - foul #5 on Thomas Moore, team foul #7 | 54-63 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Daniel Ebbert (PG), Timothy Holder (PF) Thomas Moore, John Blackburn | |
| 00:04 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback misses the free throw | 54-63 |
| 00:04 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Robert Bates | 54-63 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Daniel Ebbert runs out the clock | 54-63 |