| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Clifton Peters (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Garrison (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Kenneth Mount (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - James Owens (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Graig Gilliland (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Michael Kozak (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Timothy Ford (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Jeffrey Sultan (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Raymond Murray (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Rodney Alejos (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Illinois | Kenneth Mount inbounds the ball | 26-27 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:46 | Illinois | John Garrison can't connect on a 3 from the right wing | 26-27 |
| 19:44 | Wisconsin | Rodney Alejos snags the defensive board | 26-27 |
| 19:20 | Wisconsin | Raymond Murray misses badly on the uncontested floater from the right wing | 26-27 |
| 19:19 | Wisconsin | Raymond Murray can't tip it in | 26-27 |
| 19:17 | Wisconsin | Rodney Alejos pulls down the offensive rebound | 26-27 |
| 18:53 | Wisconsin | Jeffrey Sultan makes the 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Michael Kozak | 26-30 |
| 18:25 | Illinois | Clifton Peters can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 26-30 |
| 18:24 | Illinois | Graig Gilliland misses the tip | 26-30 |
| 18:23 | Wisconsin | Jeffrey Sultan grabs the defensive rebound | 26-30 |
| 18:08 | Wisconsin | Rodney Alejos can't connect on a driving attempt from the left block | 26-30 |
| 18:06 | Illinois | Kenneth Mount pulls down the rebound | 26-30 |
| 17:43 | Illinois | John Garrison knocks in the shot from just outside the lane on a great pass from Clifton Peters | 28-30 |
| 17:41 | Wisconsin | Timothy Ford is called for traveling in the backcourt | 28-30 |
| Subs | Illinois | Fred Zeh (PG), Jack Robinson (SG), Ralph Williams (SF), Jeremy Santucci (PF), Logan Powers (C) Clifton Peters, John Garrison, Kenneth Mount, James Owens, Graig Gilliland | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | | |
| 17:12 | Illinois | Jeremy Santucci misses badly on a jumpshot from the left side but the foul's on Raymond Murray - foul #1 on Raymond Murray, team foul #1 | 28-30 |
| 17:12 | Illinois | Jeremy Santucci makes the 1st free throw | 29-30 |
| 17:12 | Illinois | Jeremy Santucci misses the 2nd free throw | 29-30 |
| 17:12 | Illinois | Logan Powers grabs the offensive rebound | 29-30 |
| 16:48 | Illinois | Raymond Murray is called for the reach on Jack Robinson - foul #2 on Raymond Murray, team foul #2 | 29-30 |
| 16:28 | Illinois | Fred Zeh connects on the 3 from the right corner set up by Ralph Williams | 32-30 |
| 16:06 | Wisconsin | Michael Kozak misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 32-30 |
| 16:04 | Wisconsin | Jeffrey Sultan snags the offensive board | 32-30 |
| 15:50 | Wisconsin | Jeffrey Sultan is open but comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 32-30 |
| 15:49 | Illinois | Jeremy Santucci grabs the defensive rebound | 32-30 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Fred Zeh (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jack Robinson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Ralph Williams (fairly fresh) PF - Jeremy Santucci (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Logan Powers (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Michael Kozak (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SG - Timothy Ford (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SF - Jeffrey Sultan (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. PF - Raymond Murray (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Rodney Alejos (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 15:24 | Illinois | Fred Zeh knocks in the 3pt shot from the right wing on a great pass from Jeremy Santucci | 35-30 |
| 15:03 | Wisconsin | Raymond Murray can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 35-30 |
| 15:01 | Wisconsin | Rodney Alejos pulls down the offensive rebound | 35-30 |
| 14:47 | Wisconsin | Raymond Murray scores on a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Michael Kozak | 35-33 |
| 14:31 | Illinois | Rodney Alejos takes the ball from Jack Robinson | 35-33 |
| 14:12 | Wisconsin | Jeffrey Sultan misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 35-33 |
| 14:11 | Wisconsin | Raymond Murray pulls down the offensive rebound | 35-33 |
| 14:02 | Wisconsin | Jack Robinson steals it from Timothy Ford | 35-33 |
| 13:57 | Illinois | Jack Robinson lays it up and in | 37-33 |
| 13:41 | Wisconsin | Michael Kozak misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Ralph Williams - foul #2 on Ralph Williams, team foul #1 | 37-33 |
| Subs | Illinois | Clifton Peters (PG), John Garrison (SG), Kenneth Mount (SF), James Owens (PF), Graig Gilliland (C) Fred Zeh, Jack Robinson, Ralph Williams, Jeremy Santucci, Logan Powers | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Monty Chambers (SG), Christopher Christofferso (SF), John Replenski (PF), Ricky Tallent (C) Timothy Ford, Jeffrey Sultan, Raymond Murray, Rodney Alejos | |
| 13:41 | Wisconsin | Michael Kozak makes the 1st free throw | 37-34 |
| 13:41 | Wisconsin | Michael Kozak makes the 2nd free throw | 37-35 |
| 13:16 | Illinois | John Garrison can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 37-35 |
| 13:14 | Wisconsin | The rebound goes to John Replenski | 37-35 |
| 13:10 | Wisconsin | Monty Chambers drills a fadeaway from the right side set up by Michael Kozak | 37-37 |
| 12:51 | Illinois | James Owens scores on a jump hook in the lane on a great pass from Clifton Peters and the foul's on John Replenski - foul #2 on John Replenski, team foul #3 | 39-37 |
| 12:51 | Illinois | James Owens misses the free throw | 39-37 |
| 12:51 | Wisconsin | Ricky Tallent grabs the board | 39-37 |
| 12:35 | Wisconsin | Clifton Peters picks off the pass by Monty Chambers | 39-37 |
| 12:32 | Illinois | John Garrison misses the lay-in | 39-37 |
| 12:31 | Wisconsin | Ricky Tallent grabs the board | 39-37 |
| 12:10 | Wisconsin | Michael Kozak misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 39-37 |
| 12:08 | Illinois | Graig Gilliland gets the rebound | 39-37 |
| 11:48 | Illinois | Monty Chambers steals the ball from James Owens | 39-37 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Clifton Peters (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - John Garrison (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Kenneth Mount (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - James Owens (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. C - Graig Gilliland (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Michael Kozak (tiring) 10 pts. 6 ast. SG - Monty Chambers (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. SF - Christopher Christofferso (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. PF - John Replenski (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Ricky Tallent (fairly fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 11:26 | Wisconsin | Michael Kozak drills a 3pt shot from the right wing on a great pass from Ricky Tallent | 39-40 |
| 11:02 | Illinois | Monty Chambers is called for the reach on John Garrison - foul #2 on Monty Chambers, team foul #4 | 39-40 |
| Subs | Illinois | Fred Zeh (SG) John Garrison | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Timothy Ford (PG) Michael Kozak | |
| 10:41 | Illinois | Fred Zeh clanks a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 39-40 |
| 10:39 | Wisconsin | Timothy Ford snags the defensive board | 39-40 |
| 10:33 | Wisconsin | Christopher Christofferso's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 39-40 |
| Subs | Illinois | Ralph Williams (SF), Logan Powers (C) Kenneth Mount, Graig Gilliland | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Jeffrey Sultan (SF), Raymond Murray (PF), Rodney Alejos (C) Christopher Christofferso, John Replenski, Ricky Tallent | |
| 10:20 | Illinois | Timothy Ford takes the ball from Fred Zeh | 39-40 |
| 10:11 | Wisconsin | Rodney Alejos misses the wide open shot in the paint | 39-40 |
| 10:10 | Illinois | Logan Powers pulls down the rebound | 39-40 |
| 09:59 | Illinois | Clifton Peters buries a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 42-40 |
| 09:50 | Wisconsin | Raymond Murray hits a wide open jumpshot from just outside the lane set up by Rodney Alejos | 42-42 |
| 09:33 | Illinois | James Owens comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 42-42 |
| 09:32 | Wisconsin | The rebound goes to Jeffrey Sultan | 42-42 |
| 09:07 | Wisconsin | James Owens denies the turnaround by Raymond Murray | 42-42 |
| 09:06 | Illinois | Clifton Peters snags the defensive board | 42-42 |
| 08:38 | Illinois | James Owens is fouled on the floor by Raymond Murray - foul #3 on Raymond Murray, team foul #5 | 42-42 |
| Subs | Illinois | John Garrison (PG), Jack Robinson (SG), Kenneth Mount (SF), Jeremy Santucci (PF), Graig Gilliland (C) Clifton Peters, Fred Zeh, Ralph Williams, James Owens, Logan Powers | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Michael Kozak (PG), James Douglass (SG), Christopher Christofferso (SF), John Replenski (PF), Ricky Tallent (C) Timothy Ford, Monty Chambers, Jeffrey Sultan, Raymond Murray, Rodney Alejos | |
| 08:17 | Illinois | Kenneth Mount buries a fadeaway from the left block | 44-42 |
| 07:53 | Wisconsin | Ricky Tallent hits the front of the rim on the jumper from just outside the lane | 44-42 |
| 07:52 | Wisconsin | Ricky Tallent misses the tip | 44-42 |
| 07:50 | Wisconsin | Ricky Tallent gets the offensive rebound | 44-42 |
| 07:39 | Wisconsin | John Garrison is called for the reach on Michael Kozak - foul #1 on John Garrison, team foul #2 | 44-42 |
| Subs | Illinois | Fred Zeh (PG) Kenneth Mount | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Monty Chambers (SG) James Douglass | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Fred Zeh (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Garrison (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Jack Robinson (fresh) 4 pts. 2 stl. PF - Jeremy Santucci (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Graig Gilliland (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Michael Kozak (tiring) 13 pts. 6 ast. SG - Monty Chambers (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. SF - Christopher Christofferso (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. PF - John Replenski (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Ricky Tallent (fairly fresh) 6 reb. | |
| 07:33 | Wisconsin | Monty Chambers is fouled on the floor by John Garrison - foul #2 on John Garrison, team foul #3 | 44-42 |
| 07:23 | Wisconsin | Michael Kozak misses the shot from the left side | 44-42 |
| 07:21 | Wisconsin | Ricky Tallent grabs the offensive rebound | 44-42 |
| 07:05 | Wisconsin | John Replenski lays it in on a great pass from Michael Kozak and he's fouled by Graig Gilliland - foul #1 on Graig Gilliland, team foul #4 | 44-44 |
| Subs | Illinois | Kenneth Mount (SF), Logan Powers (C) Jack Robinson, Graig Gilliland | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Timothy Ford (PG) Michael Kozak | |
| 07:05 | Wisconsin | John Replenski makes the free throw | 44-45 |
| 06:37 | Illinois | Kenneth Mount clanks a jumpshot from the left wing but he's hacked by John Replenski - foul #3 on John Replenski, team foul #6 | 44-45 |
| Subs | Illinois | Ralph Williams (SF) Jeremy Santucci | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Jeffrey Sultan (SF), Raymond Murray (PF), Rodney Alejos (C) Christopher Christofferso, John Replenski, Ricky Tallent | |
| 06:37 | Illinois | Kenneth Mount makes the 1st free throw | 45-45 |
| 06:37 | Illinois | Kenneth Mount misses the 2nd free throw | 45-45 |
| 06:37 | Wisconsin | The rebound goes to Raymond Murray | 45-45 |
| 06:28 | Wisconsin | Jeffrey Sultan is called for a moving pick - foul #3 on Jeffrey Sultan, team foul #7 | 45-45 |
| Subs | Illinois | James Owens (PF) Kenneth Mount | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | | |
| 06:11 | Illinois | John Garrison scores on a 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Logan Powers | 48-45 |
| 05:56 | Wisconsin | Rodney Alejos makes the runner near the basket set up by Raymond Murray | 48-47 |
| 05:44 | Illinois | John Garrison misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 48-47 |
| 05:43 | Illinois | Logan Powers grabs the offensive rebound | 48-47 |
| 05:22 | Illinois | James Owens clanks a fadeaway from the baseline | 48-47 |
| 05:20 | Illinois | John Garrison grabs the offensive rebound | 48-47 |
| 05:08 | Illinois | Fred Zeh hits the front of the rim on the shot from the free throw line but he's hacked by Timothy Ford - foul #1 on Timothy Ford, team foul #8 | 48-47 |
| Subs | Illinois | Jack Robinson (SG), Kenneth Mount (SF), Jeremy Santucci (PF), Graig Gilliland (C) John Garrison, Ralph Williams, James Owens, Logan Powers | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Michael Kozak (PG), James Douglass (SG), Christopher Christofferso (SF), John Replenski (PF), Ricky Tallent (C) Timothy Ford, Monty Chambers, Jeffrey Sultan, Raymond Murray, Rodney Alejos | |
| 05:08 | Illinois | Fred Zeh makes the 1st free throw | 49-47 |
| 05:08 | Illinois | Fred Zeh makes the 2nd free throw | 50-47 |
| 05:05 | Wisconsin | Christopher Christofferso is called for the offensive foul in the backcourt - foul #3 on Christopher Christofferso, team foul #9 | 50-47 |
| Subs | Illinois | Clifton Peters (PG) Fred Zeh | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | | |
| 04:52 | Illinois | Jack Robinson can't connect on a jumpshot from the right side but he's hacked by Michael Kozak - foul #1 on Michael Kozak, team foul #10 | 50-47 |
| 04:52 | Illinois | Jack Robinson misses the 1st free throw | 50-47 |
| 04:52 | Illinois | Jack Robinson makes the 2nd free throw | 51-47 |
| 04:39 | Wisconsin | Michael Kozak hits a wide open jumpshot from just outside the lane on a nice dish by James Douglass | 51-49 |
| 04:10 | Illinois | Clifton Peters throws a bad pass out of bounds | 51-49 |
| Subs | Illinois | James Owens (PF) Jeremy Santucci | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | | |
| 03:49 | Wisconsin | Michael Kozak connects on the fadeaway from the left wing | 51-51 |
| 03:28 | Illinois | Clifton Peters is fouled on the floor by Ricky Tallent - foul #1 on Ricky Tallent, team foul #11 | 51-51 |
| Subs | Illinois | Fred Zeh (SG), Ralph Williams (SF), Logan Powers (C) Jack Robinson, Kenneth Mount, Graig Gilliland | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Timothy Ford (PG), Jeffrey Sultan (SF), Raymond Murray (PF), Rodney Alejos (C) Michael Kozak, Christopher Christofferso, John Replenski, Ricky Tallent | |
| 03:28 | Illinois | Clifton Peters makes the 1st free throw | 52-51 |
| 03:28 | Illinois | Clifton Peters makes the 2nd free throw | 53-51 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Clifton Peters (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Fred Zeh (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SF - Ralph Williams (fresh) PF - James Owens (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Logan Powers (fresh) 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Timothy Ford (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 stl. SG - James Douglass (fresh) 2 reb. SF - Jeffrey Sultan (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. PF - Raymond Murray (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. C - Rodney Alejos (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 03:11 | Wisconsin | Jeffrey Sultan loses the ball out of bounds | 53-51 |
| Subs | Illinois | John Garrison (SG), Jeremy Santucci (PF) Clifton Peters, James Owens | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Monty Chambers (SG) James Douglass | |
| 02:42 | Illinois | Jeffrey Sultan blocks the jumper by John Garrison | 53-51 |
| 02:41 | Illinois | Logan Powers tips it back up and in | 55-51 |
| 02:30 | Wisconsin | Rodney Alejos clanks a floater from the left side but he's hacked by Logan Powers - foul #1 on Logan Powers, team foul #5 | 55-51 |
| 02:30 | Wisconsin | Rodney Alejos makes the 1st free throw | 55-52 |
| 02:30 | Wisconsin | Rodney Alejos makes the 2nd free throw | 55-53 |
| 02:26 | Illinois | Illinois calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 55-53 |
| Subs | Illinois | Jack Robinson (SG), Kenneth Mount (SF), Graig Gilliland (C) John Garrison, Ralph Williams, Logan Powers | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | | |
| 02:12 | Illinois | Jack Robinson loses the dribble to Monty Chambers | 55-53 |
| 02:09 | Wisconsin | Monty Chambers lays it up and in | 55-55 |
| 01:44 | Illinois | Jeremy Santucci scores on a fadeaway from close range on a great pass from Fred Zeh | 57-55 |
| 01:20 | Wisconsin | Rodney Alejos's fadeaway is rejected by Graig Gilliland | 57-55 |
| 01:19 | Illinois | Graig Gilliland gets the rebound | 57-55 |
| 01:19 | Illinois | Illinois calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 57-55 |
| Subs | Illinois | Clifton Peters (PG), John Garrison (SG), James Owens (PF) Fred Zeh, Jack Robinson, Jeremy Santucci | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Michael Kozak (PG) Monty Chambers | |
| 01:05 | Illinois | Kenneth Mount comes up short on the jumper from the free throw line | 57-55 |
| 01:03 | Wisconsin | Rodney Alejos grabs the defensive rebound | 57-55 |
| 00:42 | Wisconsin | Jeffrey Sultan connects on the jumpshot from the right side | 57-57 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:16 | Illinois | John Garrison comes up short on the fadeaway near the basket | 57-57 |
| 00:14 | Illinois | James Owens snags the offensive board | 57-57 |
| 00:02 | Illinois | James Owens misses the lay-in | 57-57 |
| 00:01 | Illinois | Graig Gilliland hits the follow up shot | 59-57 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:00 | Wisconsin | Michael Kozak hits the front of the rim on the fullcourt shot | 59-57 |