| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - David Gordon (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Russ Brown (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Jean Brown (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Bart Green (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Allan Lanham (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Arthur Brown (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Jeremy Greaney (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jim Crawford (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Jonathan Gillette (fresh) 15 pts. 5 reb. C - David Wooten (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Minnesota | Jean Brown inbounds the ball | 27-23 |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:38 | Minnesota | David Gordon is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 27-23 |
| 19:36 | Minnesota | Bart Green pulls down the offensive rebound | 27-23 |
| 19:14 | Minnesota | David Gordon hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 27-23 |
| 19:13 | Minnesota | Allan Lanham can't tip it in | 27-23 |
| 19:12 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette grabs the defensive rebound | 27-23 |
| 19:07 | Notre Dame | Arthur Brown clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 27-23 |
| 19:06 | Minnesota | The rebound goes to Bart Green | 27-23 |
| 18:42 | Minnesota | David Gordon is fouled on the floor by David Wooten - foul #3 on David Wooten, team foul #1 | 27-23 |
| Subs | Minnesota | | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Douglas Frederick (C) David Wooten | |
| 18:20 | Minnesota | Arthur Brown is called for the reach on David Gordon - foul #2 on Arthur Brown, team foul #2 | 27-23 |
| 18:02 | Minnesota | Jean Brown banks in the layup on a nice dish by David Gordon | 29-23 |
| 17:42 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette misses badly on a driving attempt from the baseline | 29-23 |
| 17:41 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette pulls down the offensive rebound | 29-23 |
| 17:24 | Notre Dame | Jeremy Greaney can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 29-23 |
| 17:23 | Minnesota | Jean Brown snags the defensive board | 29-23 |
| 16:56 | Minnesota | Jonathan Gillette swats the layup by Allan Lanham | 29-23 |
| 16:54 | Notre Dame | Jeremy Greaney gets the rebound | 29-23 |
| 16:27 | Notre Dame | Arthur Brown drills a 3 from the right corner | 29-26 |
| 16:09 | Minnesota | Douglas Frederick blocks the jumper by Bart Green | 29-26 |
| 16:07 | Notre Dame | The rebound goes to Jonathan Gillette | 29-26 |
| 15:50 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette misses short on a fadeaway from the right side but he's hacked by Russ Brown - foul #1 on Russ Brown, team foul #1 | 29-26 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Thomas Pomeroy (SG), Bryce Edwards (SF), Harold Chadbourne (PF), Andrew Fairchild (C) Russ Brown, Jean Brown, Bart Green, Allan Lanham | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | David Wooten (C) Douglas Frederick | |
| 15:50 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette misses the 1st free throw | 29-26 |
| 15:50 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette misses the 2nd free throw | 29-26 |
| 15:50 | Minnesota | Harold Chadbourne pulls down the rebound | 29-26 |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - David Gordon (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Thomas Pomeroy (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Bryce Edwards (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Harold Chadbourne (fresh) 5 reb. C - Andrew Fairchild (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Arthur Brown (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jeremy Greaney (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jim Crawford (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Jonathan Gillette (fresh) 15 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. C - David Wooten (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 15:31 | Minnesota | Bryce Edwards loses the ball out of bounds | 29-26 |
| 15:16 | Notre Dame | Arthur Brown buries a 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Jeremy Greaney | 29-29 |
| 14:50 | Minnesota | Harold Chadbourne dunks the ball | 31-29 |
| 14:37 | Notre Dame | Arthur Brown can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 31-29 |
| 14:36 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette hits the follow up shot | 31-31 |
| 14:08 | Minnesota | David Gordon loses the dribble to Jim Crawford | 31-31 |
| 13:46 | Notre Dame | Arthur Brown misses long on a fadeaway from the right wing | 31-31 |
| 13:45 | Minnesota | David Gordon grabs the board | 31-31 |
| 13:24 | Minnesota | Bryce Edwards clanks a jumper in the paint | 31-31 |
| 13:23 | Minnesota | Harold Chadbourne snags the offensive board | 31-31 |
| 13:08 | Minnesota | David Gordon comes up short on the jumpshot from the free throw line but the foul's on Arthur Brown - foul #3 on Arthur Brown, team foul #3 | 31-31 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Russ Brown (SG), Jean Brown (SF), Bart Green (PF), Allan Lanham (C) Thomas Pomeroy, Bryce Edwards, Harold Chadbourne, Andrew Fairchild | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 13:08 | Minnesota | David Gordon makes the 1st free throw | 32-31 |
| 13:08 | Minnesota | David Gordon misses the 2nd free throw | 32-31 |
| 13:08 | Notre Dame | The rebound goes to Jeremy Greaney | 32-31 |
| 12:43 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette's pass is intercepted by David Gordon | 32-31 |
| 12:26 | Minnesota | David Gordon misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 32-31 |
| 12:24 | Minnesota | Jean Brown can't tip it in | 32-31 |
| 12:22 | Notre Dame | David Wooten snags the defensive board | 32-31 |
| 11:58 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette can't finish the layup | 32-31 |
| 11:57 | Minnesota | Jean Brown snags the defensive board | 32-31 |
| 11:33 | Minnesota | David Gordon misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 32-31 |
| 11:32 | Notre Dame | David Wooten pulls down the rebound | 32-31 |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - David Gordon (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Russ Brown (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Jean Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. PF - Bart Green (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Allan Lanham (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Arthur Brown (tiring) 6 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Jeremy Greaney (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jim Crawford (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Jonathan Gillette (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 9 reb. 2 blk. C - David Wooten (fairly fresh) 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:11 | Notre Dame | Jean Brown picks off the pass by David Wooten | 32-31 |
| 10:53 | Minnesota | Bart Green hits the easy wide open finger roll | 34-31 |
| 10:24 | Notre Dame | Arthur Brown's pass is intercepted by Bart Green | 34-31 |
| 09:58 | Minnesota | David Gordon makes the contested 3pt jumper from the right corner on a nice dish by Russ Brown | 37-31 |
| 09:32 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette banks in the layup | 37-33 |
| 09:16 | Minnesota | David Gordon hits a 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Bart Green | 40-33 |
| 08:51 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt from the left block but he's hacked by Bart Green - foul #2 on Bart Green, team foul #2 | 40-33 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Thomas Pomeroy (PG), Bryce Edwards (SF), Harold Chadbourne (PF), Andrew Fairchild (C) David Gordon, Jean Brown, Bart Green, Allan Lanham | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | James Foster (PG), Ernest Dexter (SF) Arthur Brown, Jim Crawford | |
| 08:51 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette makes the 1st free throw | 40-34 |
| 08:51 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette makes the 2nd free throw | 40-35 |
| 08:30 | Minnesota | Bryce Edwards comes up short on the fadeaway from the right side but he's hacked by David Wooten - foul #4 on David Wooten, team foul #4 | 40-35 |
| Subs | Minnesota | | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Douglas Frederick (C) David Wooten | |
| 08:30 | Minnesota | Bryce Edwards makes the 1st free throw | 41-35 |
| 08:30 | Minnesota | Bryce Edwards misses the 2nd free throw | 41-35 |
| 08:30 | Notre Dame | Douglas Frederick gets the rebound | 41-35 |
| 08:09 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette hits a runner from the right block on a nice dish by James Foster | 41-37 |
| 08:05 | Minnesota | Thomas Pomeroy is fouled in the backcourt by James Foster - foul #2 on James Foster, team foul #5 | 41-37 |
| 07:48 | Minnesota | Jeremy Greaney picks off the pass by Thomas Pomeroy | 41-37 |
| 07:45 | Notre Dame | James Foster lays it up and in on a great pass from Jeremy Greaney | 41-39 |
| 07:25 | Minnesota | Andrew Fairchild scores on a fadeaway from just outside the lane set up by Russ Brown | 43-39 |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - Thomas Pomeroy (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Russ Brown (fairly fresh) 4 ast. SF - Bryce Edwards (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Harold Chadbourne (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Andrew Fairchild (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - James Foster (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jeremy Greaney (tiring) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - Ernest Dexter (fresh) PF - Jonathan Gillette (tiring) 23 pts. 9 reb. 2 blk. C - Douglas Frederick (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 07:20 | Notre Dame | Jeremy Greaney buries a floater from the left side on a great pass from James Foster | 43-41 |
| 07:09 | Minnesota | Thomas Pomeroy misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 43-41 |
| 07:07 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette snags the defensive board | 43-41 |
| 07:00 | Notre Dame | Ernest Dexter hits the front of the rim on the shot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Thomas Pomeroy - foul #1 on Thomas Pomeroy, team foul #3 | 43-41 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Allan Lanham (C) Andrew Fairchild | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Jim Crawford (SF), David Wooten (C) Jeremy Greaney, Jonathan Gillette | |
| 07:00 | Notre Dame | Ernest Dexter misses the 1st free throw | 43-41 |
| 07:00 | Notre Dame | Ernest Dexter makes the 2nd free throw | 43-42 |
| 06:35 | Minnesota | Bryce Edwards can't connect on a driving attempt near the basket | 43-42 |
| 06:34 | Minnesota | Bryce Edwards grabs the offensive board | 43-42 |
| 06:25 | Minnesota | Jim Crawford blocks the short jumper by Russ Brown | 43-42 |
| 06:24 | Minnesota | Russ Brown misses the tip | 43-42 |
| 06:23 | Notre Dame | The rebound goes to Ernest Dexter | 43-42 |
| 05:55 | Notre Dame | James Foster hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 43-42 |
| 05:53 | Minnesota | Bryce Edwards pulls down the rebound | 43-42 |
| 05:26 | Minnesota | Thomas Pomeroy scores on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 45-42 |
| 05:11 | Notre Dame | David Wooten is denied on a layup by Harold Chadbourne | 45-42 |
| 05:09 | Notre Dame | Jim Crawford tips it but misses | 45-42 |
| 05:08 | Minnesota | Allan Lanham pulls down the rebound | 45-42 |
| 04:52 | Minnesota | Allan Lanham is fouled on the floor by Ernest Dexter - foul #1 on Ernest Dexter, team foul #6 | 45-42 |
| Subs | Minnesota | David Gordon (PG), Jean Brown (SF), Bart Green (PF) Russ Brown, Bryce Edwards, Harold Chadbourne | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Arthur Brown (PG), Jonathan Gillette (PF) Jim Crawford, Douglas Frederick | |
| 04:40 | Minnesota | Bart Green is called for traveling | 45-42 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Andrew Fairchild (C) Allan Lanham | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 04:25 | Notre Dame | A charge is called on James Foster - foul #3 on James Foster, team foul #7 | 45-42 |
| Subs | Minnesota | | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Jeremy Greaney (SG) James Foster | |
| 04:04 | Minnesota | David Gordon shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the floater from the right side | 45-42 |
| 04:02 | Minnesota | Jean Brown tips it home | 47-42 |
| 03:34 | Notre Dame | Ernest Dexter clanks a shot from the right wing | 47-42 |
| 03:32 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette can't tip it in | 47-42 |
| 03:31 | Minnesota | Bart Green grabs the defensive rebound | 47-42 |
| 03:03 | Minnesota | David Gordon can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 47-42 |
| 03:01 | Minnesota | The offensive rebound goes to Jean Brown | 47-42 |
| Lineup | Minnesota | PG - David Gordon (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Thomas Pomeroy (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jean Brown (fresh) 4 pts. 8 reb. 2 stl. PF - Bart Green (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Andrew Fairchild (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Arthur Brown (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Jeremy Greaney (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SF - Ernest Dexter (fairly fresh) 1 pts. PF - Jonathan Gillette (fairly fresh) 23 pts. 11 reb. 2 blk. C - David Wooten (tiring) 4 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 02:33 | Minnesota | Andrew Fairchild misses badly on a jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Arthur Brown - foul #4 on Arthur Brown, team foul #8 | 47-42 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Bryce Edwards (SG), Allan Lanham (C) Thomas Pomeroy, Bart Green | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Jim Crawford (SF), Douglas Frederick (C) Ernest Dexter, David Wooten | |
| 02:33 | Minnesota | Andrew Fairchild makes the 1st free throw | 48-42 |
| 02:33 | Minnesota | Andrew Fairchild misses the 2nd free throw | 48-42 |
| 02:33 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette grabs the defensive rebound | 48-42 |
| 02:04 | Notre Dame | Jeremy Greaney misses long on a runner from close range but he's fouled by Bryce Edwards - foul #2 on Bryce Edwards, team foul #4 | 48-42 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Russ Brown (SG), Harold Chadbourne (PF) Jean Brown, Andrew Fairchild | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 02:04 | Notre Dame | Jeremy Greaney misses the 1st free throw | 48-42 |
| 02:04 | Notre Dame | Jeremy Greaney makes the 2nd free throw | 48-43 |
| 02:02 | Minnesota | Minnesota calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 48-43 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Jean Brown (SF) Bryce Edwards | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 01:37 | Minnesota | Harold Chadbourne misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 48-43 |
| 01:35 | Notre Dame | Douglas Frederick pulls down the rebound | 48-43 |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 01:18 | Notre Dame | David Gordon steps in front of the Jim Crawford pass | 48-43 |
| 01:14 | Minnesota | Harold Chadbourne hits the finger roll on a nice dish by David Gordon | 50-43 |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:45 | Notre Dame | David Gordon steals it from Jonathan Gillette | 50-43 |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a motion offense and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:43 | Minnesota | Arthur Brown is called for the reach on David Gordon in the backcourt - foul #5 on Arthur Brown, team foul #9 | 50-43 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Thomas Pomeroy (SG), Bart Green (PF) Russ Brown, Harold Chadbourne | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | James Foster (PG), David Wooten (C) Arthur Brown, Douglas Frederick | |
| 00:43 | Minnesota | David Gordon misses the 1st free throw | 50-43 |
| 00:43 | Notre Dame | Jonathan Gillette grabs the defensive rebound | 50-43 |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:37 | Notre Dame | The short jumper by Jonathan Gillette is denied by Bart Green | 50-43 |
| 00:35 | Minnesota | Allan Lanham snags the defensive board | 50-43 |
| 00:33 | Minnesota | James Foster is called for the reach on Allan Lanham in the backcourt - foul #4 on James Foster, team foul #10 | 50-43 |
| 00:33 | Minnesota | Allan Lanham makes the 1st free throw | 51-43 |
| 00:33 | Minnesota | Allan Lanham makes the 2nd free throw | 52-43 |
| 00:27 | Notre Dame | Jim Crawford is fouled on the floor by Thomas Pomeroy - foul #2 on Thomas Pomeroy, team foul #5 | 52-43 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Russ Brown (SG) Thomas Pomeroy | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 00:24 | Notre Dame | James Foster scores on a 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Jeremy Greaney | 52-46 |
| 00:23 | Minnesota | David Gordon is hacked by James Foster in the backcourt - foul #5 on James Foster, team foul #11 | 52-46 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Thomas Pomeroy (SG), Bryce Edwards (SF) Russ Brown, Jean Brown | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Clifford Bishop (PG) James Foster | |
| 00:23 | Minnesota | David Gordon makes the 1st free throw | 53-46 |
| 00:23 | Minnesota | David Gordon makes the 2nd free throw | 54-46 |
| 00:18 | Notre Dame | Jeremy Greaney scores on a 3 from the right corner on a nice dish by Jim Crawford | 54-49 |
| 00:18 | Minnesota | Minnesota calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 54-49 |
| 00:16 | Minnesota | Thomas Pomeroy is fouled in the backcourt by Clifford Bishop - foul #1 on Clifford Bishop, team foul #12 | 54-49 |
| 00:16 | Minnesota | Thomas Pomeroy makes the 1st free throw | 55-49 |
| 00:16 | Minnesota | Thomas Pomeroy makes the 2nd free throw | 56-49 |
| 00:09 | Notre Dame | Jeremy Greaney misses the 3 pointer from straight away | 56-49 |
| 00:08 | Minnesota | The rebound goes to David Gordon | 56-49 |
| 00:08 | Minnesota | Minnesota calls a full timeout (2 :30 1 full remaining) | 56-49 |
| Subs | Minnesota | Jean Brown (SF) Bryce Edwards | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| Game Plan | Minnesota | Minnesota is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:00 | Minnesota | David Gordon runs out the clock | 56-49 |