| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - William Briscoe (fresh) SG - Pedro Lopez (fresh) SF - Dikembe Ahluwalia (fresh) PF - Patrick Eyler (fresh) C - David Prouty (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Christopher Brooks (fresh) SG - Kevin Davidson (fresh) SF - Wilfredo Rizzo (fresh) PF - Gary Kinnear (fresh) C - Rafael Barnes (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Rutgers | Patrick Eyler wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:53 | Rutgers | David Prouty is fouled on the floor by Rafael Barnes - foul #1 on Rafael Barnes, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:31 | Rutgers | Pedro Lopez comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 0-0 |
| 19:30 | Louisville | Christopher Brooks grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:24 | Louisville | Wilfredo Rizzo misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 0-0 |
| 19:22 | Louisville | The offensive rebound goes to Christopher Brooks | 0-0 |
| 18:59 | Louisville | Pedro Lopez picks off the pass by Christopher Brooks | 0-0 |
| 18:38 | Rutgers | Rafael Barnes swats the layup by Patrick Eyler | 0-0 |
| 18:36 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear pulls down the rebound | 0-0 |
| 18:31 | Louisville | Christopher Brooks connects on the 3 from the left wing set up by Wilfredo Rizzo | 0-3 |
| 18:17 | Rutgers | Patrick Eyler drills a fadeaway from the left block | 2-3 |
| 17:57 | Louisville | Christopher Brooks buries a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Wilfredo Rizzo | 2-6 |
| 17:50 | Rutgers | Dikembe Ahluwalia misses the lay-in | 2-6 |
| 17:48 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear snags the defensive board | 2-6 |
| 17:43 | Louisville | Kevin Davidson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 2-6 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Matthew Breault (PG), Piao China (SG), Jeffrey Job (SF), Shawn Rose (PF), Darryl Lee (C) Christopher Brooks, Kevin Davidson, Wilfredo Rizzo, Gary Kinnear, Rafael Barnes | |
| 17:30 | Rutgers | Pedro Lopez hits a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 5-6 |
| 17:26 | Louisville | Piao China connects on the floater from the left wing on a great pass from Darryl Lee | 5-8 |
| 16:57 | Rutgers | Dikembe Ahluwalia makes the 3 pointer from the right wing | 8-8 |
| 16:42 | Louisville | Piao China misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 8-8 |
| 16:41 | Rutgers | Patrick Eyler gets the rebound | 8-8 |
| 16:17 | Rutgers | Dikembe Ahluwalia can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 8-8 |
| 16:15 | Louisville | Darryl Lee grabs the board | 8-8 |
| 16:10 | Louisville | Darryl Lee loses the ball out of bounds | 8-8 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Joel Wilson (PF), Thomas Espinosa (C) Patrick Eyler, David Prouty | |
| Subs | Louisville | Christopher Brooks (PG), Wilfredo Rizzo (SF), Gary Kinnear (PF) Matthew Breault, Jeffrey Job, Shawn Rose | |
| 16:00 | Rutgers | Joel Wilson clanks a 3 pointer from the left wing | 8-8 |
| 15:58 | Rutgers | Thomas Espinosa grabs the offensive board | 8-8 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - William Briscoe (fresh) SG - Pedro Lopez (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Dikembe Ahluwalia (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Joel Wilson (fresh) C - Thomas Espinosa (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Christopher Brooks (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Piao China (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Wilfredo Rizzo (fresh) PF - Gary Kinnear (fresh) 2 reb. C - Darryl Lee (fresh) | |
| 15:41 | Rutgers | Dikembe Ahluwalia can't connect on a 3 from straight away | 8-8 |
| 15:39 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Gary Kinnear | 8-8 |
| 15:35 | Louisville | Christopher Brooks comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 8-8 |
| 15:34 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear tips it back up and in | 8-10 |
| 15:27 | Rutgers | Joel Wilson misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Gary Kinnear - foul #1 on Gary Kinnear, team foul #2 | 8-10 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Donald McWatters (SG), John Jenks (SF) Pedro Lopez, Dikembe Ahluwalia | |
| Subs | Louisville | Kevin Davidson (SG), Rafael Barnes (C) Piao China, Darryl Lee | |
| 15:27 | Rutgers | Joel Wilson makes the 1st free throw | 9-10 |
| 15:27 | Rutgers | Joel Wilson makes the 2nd free throw | 10-10 |
| 15:13 | Louisville | Rafael Barnes is fouled on the floor by Thomas Espinosa - foul #1 on Thomas Espinosa, team foul #1 | 10-10 |
| Subs | Rutgers | William Oestreich (PG), Patrick Eyler (PF) William Briscoe, John Jenks | |
| Subs | Louisville | Matthew Breault (PG), Jeffrey Job (SF), Shawn Rose (PF) Christopher Brooks, Wilfredo Rizzo, Gary Kinnear | |
| 14:52 | Louisville | Kevin Davidson hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 10-10 |
| 14:50 | Louisville | Jeffrey Job snags the offensive board | 10-10 |
| 14:31 | Louisville | Rafael Barnes hits the finger roll set up by Kevin Davidson | 10-12 |
| 14:12 | Rutgers | Joel Wilson buries a jump hook from the baseline | 12-12 |
| 14:01 | Louisville | Matthew Breault hits a jumpshot from the left wing set up by Kevin Davidson | 12-14 |
| 13:44 | Rutgers | Patrick Eyler is called for a backcourt violation | 12-14 |
| Subs | Rutgers | William Briscoe (PG), Pedro Lopez (SG), Dikembe Ahluwalia (SF), David Prouty (C) William Oestreich, Donald McWatters, Patrick Eyler, Thomas Espinosa | |
| Subs | Louisville | Christopher Brooks (PG), Piao China (SG), Wilfredo Rizzo (SF), Gary Kinnear (PF), Darryl Lee (C) Matthew Breault, Kevin Davidson, Jeffrey Job, Shawn Rose, Rafael Barnes | |
| 13:21 | Louisville | Christopher Brooks misses the 3 pointer from the left corner | 12-14 |
| 13:20 | Rutgers | David Prouty gets the rebound | 12-14 |
| 13:09 | Rutgers | Joel Wilson misses short on a shot from the left wing but he's fouled by Darryl Lee - foul #1 on Darryl Lee, team foul #3 | 12-14 |
| 13:09 | Rutgers | Joel Wilson misses the 1st free throw | 12-14 |
| 13:09 | Rutgers | Joel Wilson misses the 2nd free throw | 12-14 |
| 13:09 | Rutgers | David Prouty gets the offensive rebound | 12-14 |
| 12:53 | Rutgers | David Prouty can't connect on a runner from the left block | 12-14 |
| 12:51 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear snags the defensive board | 12-14 |
| 12:46 | Louisville | Piao China is called for traveling | 12-14 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Patrick Eyler (PF) Joel Wilson | |
| Subs | Louisville | Rafael Barnes (C) Darryl Lee | |
| 12:27 | Rutgers | Patrick Eyler comes up short on the runner near the basket but the foul's on Gary Kinnear - foul #2 on Gary Kinnear, team foul #4 | 12-14 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Kevin Davidson (SG), Shawn Rose (PF), Darryl Lee (C) Piao China, Gary Kinnear, Rafael Barnes | |
| 12:27 | Rutgers | Patrick Eyler makes the 1st free throw | 13-14 |
| 12:27 | Rutgers | Patrick Eyler makes the 2nd free throw | 14-14 |
| 12:11 | Louisville | Wilfredo Rizzo scores on a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Christopher Brooks | 14-17 |
| 12:04 | Rutgers | William Briscoe misses short on a floater in the paint | 14-17 |
| 12:02 | Rutgers | Patrick Eyler pulls down the offensive rebound | 14-17 |
| 11:46 | Rutgers | Wilfredo Rizzo steals it from Patrick Eyler | 14-17 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - William Briscoe (fresh) SG - Pedro Lopez (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Dikembe Ahluwalia (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Patrick Eyler (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - David Prouty (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Christopher Brooks (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Kevin Davidson (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Wilfredo Rizzo (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Shawn Rose (fresh) C - Darryl Lee (fresh) | |
| 11:41 | Louisville | Kevin Davidson clanks a runner from the baseline but he's hacked by Pedro Lopez - foul #1 on Pedro Lopez, team foul #2 | 14-17 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Thomas Espinosa (C) David Prouty | |
| Subs | Louisville | Jeffrey Job (SF), Rafael Barnes (C) Shawn Rose, Darryl Lee | |
| 11:41 | Louisville | Kevin Davidson makes the 1st free throw | 14-18 |
| 11:41 | Louisville | Kevin Davidson makes the 2nd free throw | 14-19 |
| 11:16 | Rutgers | Patrick Eyler can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 14-19 |
| 11:14 | Louisville | Rafael Barnes pulls down the rebound | 14-19 |
| 11:09 | Louisville | Christopher Brooks knocks in the 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Kevin Davidson | 14-22 |
| 11:01 | Rutgers | Dikembe Ahluwalia comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 14-22 |
| 10:59 | Louisville | Rafael Barnes pulls down the rebound | 14-22 |
| 10:54 | Louisville | Kevin Davidson misses the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 14-22 |
| 10:53 | Rutgers | Pedro Lopez snags the defensive board | 14-22 |
| 10:30 | Rutgers | Dikembe Ahluwalia comes up short on the fadeaway from the right wing but he's fouled by Jeffrey Job - foul #1 on Jeffrey Job, team foul #5 | 14-22 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Donald McWatters (SG), Joel Wilson (PF) Pedro Lopez, Patrick Eyler | |
| Subs | Louisville | Matthew Breault (PG), Piao China (SG), Shawn Rose (PF), Darryl Lee (C) Christopher Brooks, Kevin Davidson, Jeffrey Job, Rafael Barnes | |
| 10:30 | Rutgers | Dikembe Ahluwalia misses the 1st free throw | 14-22 |
| 10:30 | Rutgers | Dikembe Ahluwalia makes the 2nd free throw | 15-22 |
| 10:07 | Louisville | The short jumper by Darryl Lee is denied by Thomas Espinosa | 15-22 |
| 10:06 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Dikembe Ahluwalia | 15-22 |
| 09:44 | Rutgers | Dikembe Ahluwalia misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 15-22 |
| 09:42 | Louisville | Darryl Lee snags the defensive board | 15-22 |
| 09:37 | Louisville | Donald McWatters is called for the reach on Matthew Breault - foul #1 on Donald McWatters, team foul #3 | 15-22 |
| Subs | Rutgers | William Oestreich (PG), David Prouty (C) William Briscoe, Dikembe Ahluwalia | |
| Subs | Louisville | Christopher Brooks (PG), Jeffrey Job (SF), Rafael Barnes (C) Matthew Breault, Wilfredo Rizzo, Darryl Lee | |
| 09:23 | Louisville | Rafael Barnes can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Joel Wilson - foul #1 on Joel Wilson, team foul #4 | 15-22 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Pedro Lopez (SG) Thomas Espinosa | |
| Subs | Louisville | Rodney Washington (SF), Wilfredo Rizzo (PF) Jeffrey Job, Shawn Rose | |
| 09:23 | Louisville | Rafael Barnes makes the 1st free throw | 15-23 |
| 09:23 | Louisville | Rafael Barnes makes the 2nd free throw | 15-24 |
| 09:10 | Rutgers | Wilfredo Rizzo denies the turnaround by Joel Wilson | 15-24 |
| 09:09 | Louisville | Wilfredo Rizzo grabs the defensive rebound | 15-24 |
| 09:01 | Louisville | Wilfredo Rizzo is fouled on the floor by Pedro Lopez - foul #2 on Pedro Lopez, team foul #5 | 15-24 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Patrick Eyler (PF) Pedro Lopez | |
| Subs | Louisville | Jeffrey Job (SF), Shawn Rose (PF) Rodney Washington, Wilfredo Rizzo | |
| 08:46 | Louisville | Shawn Rose misses long on a floater from the left side | 15-24 |
| 08:45 | Rutgers | Patrick Eyler snags the defensive board | 15-24 |
| 08:40 | Rutgers | Joel Wilson loses the ball out of bounds | 15-24 |
| Subs | Rutgers | William Briscoe (PG) William Oestreich | |
| Subs | Louisville | Kevin Davidson (SG), Rodney Washington (SF), Wilfredo Rizzo (PF) Piao China, Jeffrey Job, Shawn Rose | |
| 08:18 | Louisville | Christopher Brooks drills a floater from the left side set up by Kevin Davidson | 15-26 |
| 07:55 | Rutgers | Donald McWatters misses short on a jumper from the right wing | 15-26 |
| 07:53 | Rutgers | Patrick Eyler hits the follow up shot | 17-26 |
| 07:34 | Louisville | Wilfredo Rizzo loses the dribble to Donald McWatters | 17-26 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - William Briscoe (fresh) SG - Donald McWatters (fresh) SF - Joel Wilson (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Patrick Eyler (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - David Prouty (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Christopher Brooks (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - Kevin Davidson (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SF - Rodney Washington (fresh) PF - Wilfredo Rizzo (fairly fresh) 3 pts. C - Rafael Barnes (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:12 | Rutgers | Patrick Eyler loses the dribble to Wilfredo Rizzo | 17-26 |
| 06:51 | Louisville | Christopher Brooks clanks a 3 from the right corner | 17-26 |
| 06:50 | Louisville | Rafael Barnes tips it but misses | 17-26 |
| 06:48 | Rutgers | Patrick Eyler snags the defensive board | 17-26 |
| 06:39 | Rutgers | Patrick Eyler connects on the 3pt attempt from straight away set up by Joel Wilson | 20-26 |
| 06:14 | Louisville | The short jumper by Wilfredo Rizzo is denied by David Prouty | 20-26 |
| 06:12 | Rutgers | William Briscoe snags the defensive board | 20-26 |
| 06:08 | Rutgers | Joel Wilson can't connect on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 20-26 |
| 06:07 | Rutgers | Patrick Eyler pulls down the offensive rebound | 20-26 |
| 05:54 | Rutgers | Patrick Eyler is called for traveling | 20-26 |
| Subs | Rutgers | William Oestreich (PG), Osvaldo Alonzo (SG), Dikembe Ahluwalia (SF), Thomas Espinosa (PF), John Jenks (C) William Briscoe, Donald McWatters, Joel Wilson, Patrick Eyler, David Prouty | |
| Subs | Louisville | Matthew Breault (PG), Piao China (SG), Jeffrey Job (SF), Shawn Rose (PF), Darryl Lee (C) Christopher Brooks, Kevin Davidson, Rodney Washington, Wilfredo Rizzo, Rafael Barnes | |
| 05:42 | Louisville | Piao China scores on a 3pt shot from the right wing on a great pass from Darryl Lee | 20-29 |
| 05:24 | Rutgers | Osvaldo Alonzo scores on a 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by William Oestreich | 23-29 |
| 05:13 | Louisville | Jeffrey Job misses the jumpshot from the right wing | 23-29 |
| 05:11 | Rutgers | Thomas Espinosa pulls down the rebound | 23-29 |
| 04:57 | Rutgers | Dikembe Ahluwalia is hacked by Matthew Breault - foul #1 on Matthew Breault, team foul #6 | 23-29 |
| Subs | Rutgers | William Briscoe (PG), Donald McWatters (SG) William Oestreich, Osvaldo Alonzo | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 04:47 | Rutgers | Thomas Espinosa connects on the runner near the basket on a nice dish by Donald McWatters and he's hacked by Matthew Breault - foul #2 on Matthew Breault, team foul #7 | 25-29 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Christopher Brooks (PG) Matthew Breault | |
| 04:47 | Rutgers | Thomas Espinosa makes the free throw | 26-29 |
| 04:31 | Louisville | Shawn Rose misses badly on a jump hook from the baseline | 26-29 |
| 04:30 | Louisville | Jeffrey Job tips it back up and in | 26-31 |
| 04:16 | Rutgers | Donald McWatters is fouled on the floor by Piao China - foul #1 on Piao China, team foul #8 | 26-31 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Joel Wilson (PF) John Jenks | |
| Subs | Louisville | Wilfredo Rizzo (SF) Jeffrey Job | |
| 04:16 | Rutgers | Donald McWatters misses the 1st free throw | 26-31 |
| 04:16 | Louisville | Shawn Rose snags the defensive board | 26-31 |
| 03:58 | Louisville | Wilfredo Rizzo hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt from the baseline | 26-31 |
| 03:56 | Rutgers | Thomas Espinosa gets the rebound | 26-31 |
| 03:41 | Rutgers | Dikembe Ahluwalia hits the front of the rim on the floater from the baseline | 26-31 |
| 03:40 | Rutgers | The offensive rebound goes to Joel Wilson | 26-31 |
| 03:22 | Rutgers | Dikembe Ahluwalia can't connect on a 3 from the left corner | 26-31 |
| 03:20 | Louisville | Darryl Lee grabs the board | 26-31 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - William Briscoe (fresh) SG - Donald McWatters (fresh) SF - Dikembe Ahluwalia (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Joel Wilson (fresh) 4 pts. C - Thomas Espinosa (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Christopher Brooks (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - Piao China (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Wilfredo Rizzo (fresh) 3 pts. 2 stl. PF - Shawn Rose (fresh) C - Darryl Lee (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 03:13 | Louisville | Piao China is hacked by Donald McWatters - foul #2 on Donald McWatters, team foul #6 | 26-31 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Pedro Lopez (SG), Patrick Eyler (PF) Donald McWatters, Joel Wilson | |
| Subs | Louisville | Matthew Breault (PG), Kevin Davidson (SG), Jeffrey Job (SF), Gary Kinnear (PF), Rafael Barnes (C) Christopher Brooks, Piao China, Wilfredo Rizzo, Shawn Rose, Darryl Lee | |
| 03:01 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Dikembe Ahluwalia - foul #1 on Dikembe Ahluwalia, team foul #7 | 26-31 |
| Subs | Rutgers | David Prouty (C) Thomas Espinosa | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 03:01 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear misses the 1st free throw | 26-31 |
| 03:01 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear makes the 2nd free throw | 26-32 |
| 02:42 | Rutgers | William Briscoe misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 26-32 |
| 02:41 | Louisville | Kevin Davidson gets the rebound | 26-32 |
| 02:36 | Louisville | Kevin Davidson buries a runner in the paint | 26-34 |
| 02:22 | Rutgers | William Briscoe knocks in the shot from just outside the lane | 28-34 |
| 02:18 | Louisville | Kevin Davidson can't connect on a fadeaway near the basket | 28-34 |
| 02:16 | Louisville | Rafael Barnes snags the offensive board | 28-34 |
| 01:59 | Louisville | Kevin Davidson buries a fadeaway from the free throw line on a great pass from Matthew Breault and the foul's on Pedro Lopez - foul #3 on Pedro Lopez, team foul #8 | 28-36 |
| Subs | Rutgers | William Oestreich (PG), Donald McWatters (SG), Joel Wilson (SF) William Briscoe, Pedro Lopez, Dikembe Ahluwalia | |
| Subs | Louisville | Christopher Brooks (PG), Wilfredo Rizzo (SF), Darryl Lee (C) Matthew Breault, Jeffrey Job, Rafael Barnes | |
| 01:59 | Louisville | Kevin Davidson misses the free throw | 28-36 |
| 01:59 | Rutgers | Patrick Eyler grabs the defensive rebound | 28-36 |
| 01:45 | Rutgers | Gary Kinnear denies the turnaround by David Prouty | 28-36 |
| 01:44 | Rutgers | Patrick Eyler snags the offensive board | 28-36 |
| 01:26 | Rutgers | Joel Wilson misses long on a shot from the right side | 28-36 |
| 01:24 | Louisville | Wilfredo Rizzo grabs the board | 28-36 |
| 01:20 | Louisville | Kevin Davidson hits a runner in the paint set up by Christopher Brooks | 28-38 |
| 01:01 | Rutgers | Patrick Eyler knocks in the runner from the left block set up by William Oestreich | 30-38 |
| 00:39 | Louisville | Wilfredo Rizzo hits a floater from the left wing on a nice dish by Kevin Davidson | 30-40 |
| 00:22 | Rutgers | Patrick Eyler comes up short on the floater from the baseline | 30-40 |
| 00:21 | Louisville | Wilfredo Rizzo gets the rebound | 30-40 |
| 00:17 | Louisville | Kevin Davidson clanks a floater from the free throw line | 30-40 |
| 00:16 | Louisville | Christopher Brooks tips it back up and in | 30-42 |
| 00:01 | Rutgers | David Prouty clanks a 3 from the left wing | 30-42 |
| 00:00 | Louisville | Christopher Brooks grabs the board | 30-42 |