| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - James Taylor (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Matthew Michell (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Ernest Battle (fresh) 1 pts. 5 reb. PF - Scott Turner (fresh) 6 pts. 3 pf. C - Brandon Bojorquez (fresh) 7 pts. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Ronnie Friedman (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Brian Webber (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Louis Hiatt (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Chester Majors (fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. C - Ray Brown (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | UConn | Louis Hiatt inbounds the ball | 30-22 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (-5) | |
| 19:31 | UConn | Chester Majors clanks a shot from the right wing | 30-22 |
| 19:29 | UConn | Chester Majors hits the follow up shot | 30-24 |
| 19:01 | Syracuse | James Taylor hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right side but the foul's on Brian Webber - foul #2 on Brian Webber, team foul #1 | 30-24 |
| 19:01 | Syracuse | James Taylor makes the 1st free throw | 31-24 |
| 19:01 | Syracuse | James Taylor makes the 2nd free throw | 32-24 |
| 18:37 | UConn | Chester Majors is denied on a layup by Brandon Bojorquez | 32-24 |
| 18:36 | UConn | Brian Webber pulls down the offensive rebound | 32-24 |
| 18:16 | UConn | Brian Webber lays it up and in | 32-26 |
| 17:59 | Syracuse | Scott Turner misses the driving attempt from the right block but he's fouled by Ray Brown - foul #2 on Ray Brown, team foul #2 | 32-26 |
| 17:59 | Syracuse | Scott Turner makes the 1st free throw | 33-26 |
| 17:59 | Syracuse | Scott Turner misses the 2nd free throw | 33-26 |
| 17:59 | UConn | Chester Majors gets the rebound | 33-26 |
| 17:33 | UConn | Ernest Battle is called for the reach on Ray Brown - foul #1 on Ernest Battle, team foul #1 | 33-26 |
| 17:22 | UConn | Brian Webber works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway in the lane but he's fouled by Matthew Michell - foul #3 on Matthew Michell, team foul #2 | 33-26 |
| 17:22 | UConn | Brian Webber makes the 1st free throw | 33-27 |
| 17:22 | UConn | Brian Webber misses the 2nd free throw | 33-27 |
| 17:22 | Syracuse | Brandon Bojorquez pulls down the rebound | 33-27 |
| 17:04 | Syracuse | Brandon Bojorquez's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 33-27 |
| 16:46 | UConn | Chester Majors is whistled for traveling | 33-27 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | UConn | Paul Jahnke (PF) Chester Majors | |
| 16:27 | Syracuse | Brandon Bojorquez can't throw it down | 33-27 |
| 16:25 | UConn | Ray Brown grabs the board | 33-27 |
| 15:56 | UConn | Louis Hiatt hits a floater from the free throw line set up by Ronnie Friedman | 33-29 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - James Taylor (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Matthew Michell (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Ernest Battle (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 5 reb. PF - Scott Turner (fresh) 7 pts. 3 pf. C - Brandon Bojorquez (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Ronnie Friedman (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - Brian Webber (fresh) 11 pts. SF - Louis Hiatt (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Paul Jahnke (fresh) C - Ray Brown (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:27 | Syracuse | Brandon Bojorquez can't connect on a jumpshot from the left wing | 33-29 |
| 15:26 | Syracuse | Matthew Michell tips it in | 35-29 |
| 15:09 | UConn | Matthew Michell takes the ball from Brian Webber after a doubleteam | 35-29 |
| 15:05 | Syracuse | Matthew Michell hits the finger roll | 37-29 |
| 14:44 | UConn | Paul Jahnke is hacked by Scott Turner - foul #4 on Scott Turner, team foul #3 | 37-29 |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Rucks (PG), Stanley Blakley (SG), Carl Brown (SF), Robert Wright (PF) James Taylor, Matthew Michell, Ernest Battle, Scott Turner | |
| Subs | UConn | Robert Jones (PG), Robert Coover (SG), Chester Majors (PF), Jim Ross (C) Ronnie Friedman, Brian Webber, Paul Jahnke, Ray Brown | |
| 14:35 | UConn | Chester Majors throws a bad pass out of bounds | 37-29 |
| 14:23 | Syracuse | Carl Brown misses the easy layup | 37-29 |
| 14:22 | Syracuse | Carl Brown misses the tip | 37-29 |
| 14:21 | Syracuse | Brandon Bojorquez misses the tip | 37-29 |
| 14:19 | UConn | Louis Hiatt grabs the defensive rebound | 37-29 |
| 13:54 | UConn | Jim Ross's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 37-29 |
| 13:25 | Syracuse | Robert Wright can't connect on a driving attempt in the paint | 37-29 |
| 13:24 | UConn | The rebound goes to Robert Jones | 37-29 |
| 13:01 | UConn | Chester Majors is called for traveling | 37-29 |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Taylor (PG), Matthew Michell (SG), Scott Turner (PF) James Rucks, Stanley Blakley, Brandon Bojorquez | |
| Subs | UConn | Brian Webber (SG) Robert Coover | |
| 12:32 | Syracuse | Robert Wright comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 37-29 |
| 12:31 | UConn | Louis Hiatt grabs the board | 37-29 |
| 12:16 | UConn | Brian Webber works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right side | 37-29 |
| 12:15 | UConn | Louis Hiatt tips it but misses | 37-29 |
| 12:14 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Carl Brown | 37-29 |
| 12:10 | Syracuse | Matthew Michell drills a jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Carl Brown | 39-29 |
| 11:46 | UConn | Jim Ross misses the wide open pull-up jumper from the right wing | 39-29 |
| 11:44 | Syracuse | Robert Wright pulls down the rebound | 39-29 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - James Taylor (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Matthew Michell (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SF - Carl Brown (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Scott Turner (fresh) 7 pts. 4 pf. C - Robert Wright (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Robert Jones (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. SG - Brian Webber (fresh) 11 pts. SF - Louis Hiatt (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. PF - Chester Majors (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Jim Ross (fresh) | |
| 11:15 | Syracuse | Scott Turner is fouled on the floor by Chester Majors - foul #4 on Chester Majors, team foul #3 | 39-29 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Ernest Battle (SF) Carl Brown | |
| Subs | UConn | Ronnie Friedman (PG), David Lamb (SF), Paul Jahnke (PF), Ray Brown (C) Robert Jones, Louis Hiatt, Chester Majors, Jim Ross | |
| 11:02 | Syracuse | Ronnie Friedman is called for the reach on Robert Wright - foul #2 on Ronnie Friedman, team foul #4 | 39-29 |
| 10:46 | Syracuse | James Taylor misses badly on a jumpshot from the left side but the foul's on Ray Brown - foul #3 on Ray Brown, team foul #5 | 39-29 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Brandon Bojorquez (C) Robert Wright | |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| 10:46 | Syracuse | James Taylor misses the 1st free throw | 39-29 |
| 10:46 | Syracuse | James Taylor misses the 2nd free throw | 39-29 |
| 10:46 | UConn | Ray Brown grabs the board | 39-29 |
| 10:21 | UConn | David Lamb hits a shot from close range on a nice dish by Paul Jahnke and he's fouled by Ernest Battle - foul #2 on Ernest Battle, team foul #4 | 39-31 |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Rucks (PG), Stanley Blakley (SG) James Taylor, Matthew Michell | |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| 10:21 | UConn | David Lamb makes the free throw | 39-32 |
| 10:01 | Syracuse | Scott Turner misses the dunk attempt | 39-32 |
| 10:00 | Syracuse | Brandon Bojorquez tips it back up and in | 41-32 |
| 09:31 | UConn | Brian Webber is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 41-32 |
| 09:29 | Syracuse | Ernest Battle grabs the board | 41-32 |
| 09:08 | Syracuse | Scott Turner clanks a jumper from the baseline | 41-32 |
| 09:07 | UConn | Paul Jahnke pulls down the rebound | 41-32 |
| 08:41 | UConn | Brian Webber makes the contested 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Ronnie Friedman | 41-35 |
| 08:20 | Syracuse | Brandon Bojorquez comes up short on the jump hook from the left block but he's fouled by Paul Jahnke - foul #2 on Paul Jahnke, team foul #6 | 41-35 |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Taylor (PG), Matthew Michell (SG), Robert Wright (PF) James Rucks, Stanley Blakley, Scott Turner | |
| Subs | UConn | Robert Coover (SG), Louis Hiatt (SF), Chester Majors (PF) Brian Webber, David Lamb, Paul Jahnke | |
| 08:20 | Syracuse | Brandon Bojorquez makes the 1st free throw | 42-35 |
| 08:20 | Syracuse | Brandon Bojorquez makes the 2nd free throw | 43-35 |
| 08:09 | UConn | Robert Coover misses the jumper from just outside the lane | 43-35 |
| 08:07 | Syracuse | James Taylor grabs the defensive rebound | 43-35 |
| 07:52 | Syracuse | Robert Wright drills a 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Brandon Bojorquez | 46-35 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-5) | |
| 07:37 | UConn | Chester Majors scores on a jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Ronnie Friedman | 46-37 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - James Taylor (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Matthew Michell (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SF - Ernest Battle (fresh) 1 pts. 6 reb. PF - Robert Wright (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Brandon Bojorquez (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Ronnie Friedman (fresh) 4 ast. SG - Robert Coover (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Louis Hiatt (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. PF - Chester Majors (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. C - Ray Brown (fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:12 | Syracuse | Brandon Bojorquez makes the floater near the basket and the foul's on Ray Brown - foul #4 on Ray Brown, team foul #7 | 48-37 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Carl Brown (SF) Ernest Battle | |
| Subs | UConn | Robert Jones (PG), Jim Ross (C) Ronnie Friedman, Ray Brown | |
| 07:12 | Syracuse | Brandon Bojorquez makes the free throw | 49-37 |
| 06:53 | UConn | Robert Jones knocks in the driving attempt in the lane and he's hacked by Robert Wright - foul #4 on Robert Wright, team foul #5 | 49-39 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Scott Turner (PF) Brandon Bojorquez | |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| 06:53 | UConn | Robert Jones makes the free throw | 49-40 |
| 06:37 | Syracuse | Carl Brown is hacked by Jim Ross - foul #1 on Jim Ross, team foul #8 | 49-40 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | UConn | Brian Webber (SG) Robert Coover | |
| 06:37 | Syracuse | Carl Brown misses the 1st free throw | 49-40 |
| 06:37 | UConn | Jim Ross pulls down the rebound | 49-40 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (-5) | |
| 06:30 | UConn | Robert Jones hits the front of the rim on the shot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Robert Wright - foul #5 on Robert Wright, team foul #6 | 49-40 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Stanley Blakley (SF) Robert Wright | |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| 06:30 | UConn | Robert Jones misses the 1st free throw | 49-40 |
| 06:30 | UConn | Robert Jones misses the 2nd free throw | 49-40 |
| 06:30 | Syracuse | Scott Turner grabs the defensive rebound | 49-40 |
| 06:16 | Syracuse | Stanley Blakley is called for 5 seconds | 49-40 |
| 05:53 | UConn | Jim Ross clanks a fadeaway from close range | 49-40 |
| 05:51 | Syracuse | Stanley Blakley pulls down the rebound | 49-40 |
| 05:30 | Syracuse | Carl Brown misses long on a fadeaway from the left side | 49-40 |
| 05:28 | UConn | Jim Ross grabs the board | 49-40 |
| 05:24 | UConn | Brian Webber evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 49-40 |
| 05:22 | Syracuse | Stanley Blakley gets the rebound | 49-40 |
| 05:05 | Syracuse | Stanley Blakley can't finish the layup | 49-40 |
| 05:03 | Syracuse | Scott Turner tips it home | 51-40 |
| 05:03 | UConn | UConn calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 51-40 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Ernest Battle (SF), Brandon Bojorquez (C) Stanley Blakley, Carl Brown | |
| Subs | UConn | Ronnie Friedman (PG), Ray Brown (C) Robert Jones, Jim Ross | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-5) | |
| 04:50 | UConn | Louis Hiatt is called for a backcourt violation | 51-40 |
| 04:39 | Syracuse | Matthew Michell is fouled on the floor by Brian Webber - foul #3 on Brian Webber, team foul #9 | 51-40 |
| 04:39 | Syracuse | Matthew Michell misses the 1st free throw | 51-40 |
| 04:39 | UConn | The rebound goes to Ray Brown | 51-40 |
| 04:13 | UConn | Louis Hiatt is by himself and knocks in the fadeaway from the right wing set up by Brian Webber out of the doubleteam | 51-42 |
| 03:46 | Syracuse | Matthew Michell throws a bad pass out of bounds | 51-42 |
| 03:30 | UConn | Chester Majors hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left side | 51-42 |
| 03:29 | Syracuse | Scott Turner gets the rebound | 51-42 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - James Taylor (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Matthew Michell (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SF - Ernest Battle (fresh) 1 pts. 6 reb. PF - Scott Turner (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. C - Brandon Bojorquez (fresh) 14 pts. 4 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Ronnie Friedman (fresh) 4 ast. SG - Brian Webber (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Louis Hiatt (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. PF - Chester Majors (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. C - Ray Brown (fresh) 1 pts. 5 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 03:04 | Syracuse | Brandon Bojorquez can't finish the layup | 51-42 |
| 03:02 | Syracuse | Ernest Battle pulls down the offensive rebound | 51-42 |
| 02:48 | Syracuse | Brandon Bojorquez connects on the floater from the left wing on a nice dish by James Taylor | 53-42 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-5) | |
| 02:29 | UConn | Louis Hiatt misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by James Taylor - foul #1 on James Taylor, team foul #7 | 53-42 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | UConn | Robert Jones (PG), Robert Coover (SG), Paul Jahnke (PF), Jim Ross (C) Ronnie Friedman, Brian Webber, Chester Majors, Ray Brown | |
| 02:29 | UConn | Louis Hiatt makes the 1st free throw | 53-43 |
| 02:29 | UConn | Louis Hiatt misses the 2nd free throw | 53-43 |
| 02:29 | Syracuse | Scott Turner pulls down the rebound | 53-43 |
| 02:04 | Syracuse | Scott Turner comes up short on the floater near the basket | 53-43 |
| 02:03 | UConn | Paul Jahnke pulls down the rebound | 53-43 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-5) | |
| 01:57 | UConn | Jim Ross misses long on a turnaround from the left block but the foul's on Ernest Battle - foul #3 on Ernest Battle, team foul #8 | 53-43 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | UConn | David Lamb (SF) Louis Hiatt | |
| 01:57 | UConn | Jim Ross makes the 1st free throw | 53-44 |
| 01:57 | UConn | Jim Ross makes the 2nd free throw | 53-45 |
| 01:33 | Syracuse | Brandon Bojorquez misses the lay-in | 53-45 |
| 01:31 | Syracuse | Ernest Battle grabs the offensive rebound | 53-45 |
| 01:07 | Syracuse | Matthew Michell's pass is intercepted by Paul Jahnke | 53-45 |
| 01:07 | UConn | UConn calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 53-45 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | UConn | Ronnie Friedman (PG), Brian Webber (SG), Louis Hiatt (SF), Chester Majors (PF), Ray Brown (C) Robert Jones, Robert Coover, David Lamb, Paul Jahnke, Jim Ross | |
| 00:54 | UConn | Brian Webber shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Ronnie Friedman | 53-48 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-5) | |
| 00:30 | Syracuse | Ray Brown blocks the short jumper by Brandon Bojorquez | 53-48 |
| 00:29 | UConn | Ray Brown gets the rebound | 53-48 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-5) | |
| 00:23 | UConn | Ronnie Friedman hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 53-48 |
| 00:22 | Syracuse | Scott Turner pulls down the rebound | 53-48 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-5) | |
| 00:20 | Syracuse | Scott Turner is hacked by Brian Webber in the backcourt - foul #4 on Brian Webber, team foul #10 | 53-48 |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Rucks (PG), Stanley Blakley (SF) James Taylor, Ernest Battle | |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| 00:20 | Syracuse | Scott Turner makes the 1st free throw | 54-48 |
| 00:20 | Syracuse | Scott Turner makes the 2nd free throw | 55-48 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-5) | |
| 00:14 | UConn | Stanley Blakley steals the ball from Brian Webber | 55-48 |
| 00:14 | Syracuse | Syracuse calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 55-48 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Ernest Battle (SF) Matthew Michell | |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| 00:13 | Syracuse | James Rucks is fouled in the backcourt by Ronnie Friedman - foul #3 on Ronnie Friedman, team foul #11 | 55-48 |
| 00:13 | Syracuse | James Rucks makes the 1st free throw | 56-48 |
| 00:13 | Syracuse | James Rucks misses the 2nd free throw | 56-48 |
| 00:13 | UConn | Ray Brown grabs the board | 56-48 |
| 00:08 | UConn | Ronnie Friedman can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 56-48 |
| 00:06 | Syracuse | Stanley Blakley grabs the defensive rebound | 56-48 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-5) | |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | James Rucks runs out the clock | 56-48 |