| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Cary Marshall (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Robert Norwood (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Peter Witt (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Richard Holland (fresh) 4 reb. C - Michael Colucci (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Michael Jackson (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SG - Robert Ribeiro (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Chris Foster (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. PF - Paul Oliphant (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Brian Espinosa (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 20:00 | St. John's | Chris Foster inbounds the ball | 20-41 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:42 | St. John's | Chris Foster's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 20-41 |
| 19:29 | Pitt | Brian Espinosa is called for the reach on Michael Colucci - foul #2 on Brian Espinosa, team foul #1 | 20-41 |
| 19:17 | Pitt | Michael Colucci makes the 3pt shot from straight away set up by Robert Norwood | 23-41 |
| 18:56 | St. John's | Michael Jackson buries a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 23-44 |
| 18:41 | Pitt | Robert Norwood's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 23-44 |
| 18:17 | St. John's | Cary Marshall steals the ball from Chris Foster | 23-44 |
| 18:00 | Pitt | Robert Norwood knocks in the 3pt jumper from straight away | 26-44 |
| 17:44 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant is fouled on the floor by Robert Norwood - foul #1 on Robert Norwood, team foul #1 | 26-44 |
| 17:34 | St. John's | Chris Foster misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 26-44 |
| 17:32 | St. John's | Brian Espinosa tips it home | 26-46 |
| 17:17 | Pitt | Robert Norwood misses the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on Robert Ribeiro - foul #2 on Robert Ribeiro, team foul #2 | 26-46 |
| Subs | Pitt | Manuel Barker (SF), Giuseppe Conti (PF) Peter Witt, Richard Holland | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 17:17 | Pitt | Robert Norwood makes the 1st free throw | 27-46 |
| 17:17 | Pitt | Robert Norwood makes the 2nd free throw | 28-46 |
| 16:56 | St. John's | Robert Ribeiro misses badly on a fadeaway near the basket | 28-46 |
| 16:55 | Pitt | Manuel Barker snags the defensive board | 28-46 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 16:34 | Pitt | Cary Marshall is fouled on the floor by Michael Jackson - foul #2 on Michael Jackson, team foul #3 | 28-46 |
| Subs | Pitt | Radomil Polakowski (SG), Kong Ming (PF) Robert Norwood, Michael Colucci | |
| Subs | St. John's | Stephen Little (SG), John Hart (SF), Thomas Powell (C) Robert Ribeiro, Chris Foster, Brian Espinosa | |
| 16:12 | Pitt | Cary Marshall clanks a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 28-46 |
| 16:10 | Pitt | Kong Ming tips it home | 30-46 |
| 15:41 | St. John's | John Hart misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 30-46 |
| 15:40 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant misses the tip | 30-46 |
| 15:39 | Pitt | Giuseppe Conti grabs the board | 30-46 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Cary Marshall (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - Radomil Polakowski (fresh) SF - Manuel Barker (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Kong Ming (fresh) 2 pts. C - Giuseppe Conti (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Michael Jackson (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. SG - Stephen Little (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Hart (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. PF - Paul Oliphant (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Thomas Powell (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:21 | Pitt | Cary Marshall is fouled on the floor by Thomas Powell - foul #1 on Thomas Powell, team foul #4 | 30-46 |
| Subs | Pitt | Robert Norwood (SG), Peter Witt (SF), Richard Holland (PF), Michael Colucci (C) Cary Marshall, Radomil Polakowski, Kong Ming, Giuseppe Conti | |
| Subs | St. John's | Robert Ribeiro (PG), Chris Foster (SF), Brian Espinosa (C) Michael Jackson, John Hart, Thomas Powell | |
| 15:11 | Pitt | Manuel Barker clanks a 3 from the right corner | 30-46 |
| 15:10 | St. John's | Brian Espinosa grabs the board | 30-46 |
| 14:51 | St. John's | Robert Ribeiro misses short on a jumper from the free throw line | 30-46 |
| 14:49 | St. John's | Brian Espinosa tips it in | 30-48 |
| 14:36 | Pitt | Manuel Barker misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 30-48 |
| 14:34 | St. John's | Stephen Little grabs the defensive rebound | 30-48 |
| 14:32 | St. John's | Robert Ribeiro throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 30-48 |
| 14:22 | Pitt | Manuel Barker's floater is tipped away by Brian Espinosa | 30-48 |
| 14:20 | St. John's | The rebound goes to Robert Ribeiro | 30-48 |
| 14:05 | St. John's | Robert Norwood is called for the reach on Robert Ribeiro - foul #2 on Robert Norwood, team foul #2 | 30-48 |
| Subs | Pitt | Cary Marshall (PG) Manuel Barker | |
| Subs | St. John's | Michael Jackson (PG) Stephen Little | |
| 13:48 | St. John's | Chris Foster knocks in the 3pt shot from the left corner on a great pass from Paul Oliphant | 30-51 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 13:33 | Pitt | Richard Holland connects on the jumpshot from the right wing set up by Cary Marshall | 32-51 |
| 13:18 | St. John's | Brian Espinosa is whistled for traveling | 32-51 |
| Subs | Pitt | Radomil Polakowski (SG), Giuseppe Conti (C) Robert Norwood, Michael Colucci | |
| Subs | St. John's | Thomas Powell (PF), Steven Wiens (C) Paul Oliphant, Brian Espinosa | |
| 12:54 | Pitt | Cary Marshall is hacked by Thomas Powell - foul #2 on Thomas Powell, team foul #5 | 32-51 |
| Subs | Pitt | Manuel Barker (SF), Kong Ming (PF) Peter Witt, Richard Holland | |
| Subs | St. John's | Stephen Little (SF) Chris Foster | |
| 12:49 | Pitt | Manuel Barker scores on a 3 from the left wing | 35-51 |
| 12:32 | St. John's | Robert Ribeiro misses the easy layup | 35-51 |
| 12:31 | St. John's | Steven Wiens tips it in | 35-53 |
| 12:17 | Pitt | Cary Marshall comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 35-53 |
| 12:16 | Pitt | Giuseppe Conti gets the offensive rebound | 35-53 |
| 11:58 | Pitt | Cary Marshall misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 35-53 |
| 11:56 | St. John's | Thomas Powell snags the defensive board | 35-53 |
| 11:44 | St. John's | Robert Ribeiro is fouled on the floor by Giuseppe Conti - foul #1 on Giuseppe Conti, team foul #3 | 35-53 |
| Subs | Pitt | Robert Norwood (SG), Peter Witt (SF), Richard Holland (PF), Michael Colucci (C) Cary Marshall, Radomil Polakowski, Kong Ming, Giuseppe Conti | |
| Subs | St. John's | Chris Foster (SF), Paul Oliphant (PF), Brian Espinosa (C) Robert Ribeiro, Thomas Powell, Steven Wiens | |
| 11:24 | St. John's | Peter Witt is called for the reach on Michael Jackson - foul #2 on Peter Witt, team foul #4 | 35-53 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Manuel Barker (fresh) 9 pts. SG - Robert Norwood (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Peter Witt (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Richard Holland (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Michael Colucci (fresh) 6 pts. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Michael Jackson (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. SG - Stephen Little (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Chris Foster (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. PF - Paul Oliphant (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Brian Espinosa (fresh) 8 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 11:03 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant banks in the layup set up by Brian Espinosa | 35-55 |
| 10:47 | Pitt | Robert Norwood misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 35-55 |
| 10:45 | Pitt | Michael Colucci gets the offensive rebound | 35-55 |
| 10:36 | Pitt | Peter Witt is hacked by Paul Oliphant - foul #1 on Paul Oliphant, team foul #6 | 35-55 |
| Subs | Pitt | Cary Marshall (PG) Manuel Barker | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 10:25 | Pitt | Michael Colucci clanks a jumper near the basket | 35-55 |
| 10:24 | Pitt | Michael Colucci grabs the offensive rebound | 35-55 |
| 10:04 | Pitt | Michael Colucci misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 35-55 |
| 10:03 | Pitt | Peter Witt hits the follow up shot | 37-55 |
| 09:51 | St. John's | Chris Foster scores on a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a nice dish by Michael Jackson | 37-58 |
| 09:41 | Pitt | Robert Norwood is denied on a layup by Paul Oliphant | 37-58 |
| 09:40 | St. John's | Michael Jackson gets the rebound | 37-58 |
| 09:12 | St. John's | Richard Holland steals the ball from Stephen Little | 37-58 |
| 09:00 | Pitt | Cary Marshall makes the 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Robert Norwood | 40-58 |
| 08:46 | St. John's | Stephen Little misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 40-58 |
| 08:44 | St. John's | Brian Espinosa misses the tip | 40-58 |
| 08:43 | Pitt | Peter Witt grabs the defensive rebound | 40-58 |
| 08:39 | Pitt | Cary Marshall is fouled on the floor by Stephen Little - foul #1 on Stephen Little, team foul #7 | 40-58 |
| Subs | Pitt | Radomil Polakowski (SG), Manuel Barker (SF), Kong Ming (PF), Giuseppe Conti (C) Robert Norwood, Peter Witt, Richard Holland, Michael Colucci | |
| Subs | St. John's | Robert Ribeiro (SG), John Hart (SF), Thomas Powell (PF), Steven Wiens (C) Stephen Little, Chris Foster, Paul Oliphant, Brian Espinosa | |
| 08:39 | Pitt | Cary Marshall makes the 1st free throw | 41-58 |
| 08:39 | Pitt | Cary Marshall makes the 2nd free throw | 42-58 |
| 08:17 | St. John's | Michael Jackson misses badly on a fadeaway from the left wing but he's hacked by Cary Marshall - foul #1 on Cary Marshall, team foul #5 | 42-58 |
| 08:17 | St. John's | Michael Jackson makes the 1st free throw | 42-59 |
| 08:17 | St. John's | Michael Jackson makes the 2nd free throw | 42-60 |
| 07:59 | Pitt | Manuel Barker misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 42-60 |
| 07:57 | St. John's | Robert Ribeiro grabs the defensive rebound | 42-60 |
| 07:38 | St. John's | John Hart misses short on a jumpshot from the right side but he's fouled by Cary Marshall - foul #2 on Cary Marshall, team foul #6 | 42-60 |
| Subs | Pitt | Michael Colucci (C) Cary Marshall | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 07:38 | St. John's | John Hart makes the 1st free throw | 42-61 |
| 07:38 | St. John's | John Hart makes the 2nd free throw | 42-62 |
| 07:16 | Pitt | Giuseppe Conti double dribbles | 42-62 |
| Subs | Pitt | Robert Norwood (SG) Radomil Polakowski | |
| Subs | St. John's | Chris Foster (SF), Paul Oliphant (PF), Brian Espinosa (C) John Hart, Thomas Powell, Steven Wiens | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Manuel Barker (fresh) 9 pts. SG - Robert Norwood (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SF - Kong Ming (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Giuseppe Conti (fresh) 5 reb. C - Michael Colucci (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Michael Jackson (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 5 ast. SG - Robert Ribeiro (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Chris Foster (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. PF - Paul Oliphant (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Brian Espinosa (fresh) 8 pts. 10 reb. | |
| 06:49 | St. John's | Robert Ribeiro's fadeaway is rejected by Giuseppe Conti | 42-62 |
| 06:47 | Pitt | Giuseppe Conti pulls down the rebound | 42-62 |
| 06:32 | Pitt | Kong Ming hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 42-62 |
| 06:30 | St. John's | The rebound goes to Paul Oliphant | 42-62 |
| 06:06 | St. John's | Michael Jackson buries a jumper from the left wing | 42-64 |
| 05:58 | Pitt | Paul Oliphant denies the turnaround by Giuseppe Conti | 42-64 |
| 05:57 | St. John's | Robert Ribeiro grabs the board | 42-64 |
| 05:51 | St. John's | Robert Ribeiro scores on a floater in the paint on a nice dish by Chris Foster | 42-66 |
| 05:31 | Pitt | Michael Colucci slams it home | 44-66 |
| 05:02 | St. John's | Robert Ribeiro misses badly on a jumper from just outside the lane | 44-66 |
| 05:00 | Pitt | Manuel Barker grabs the board | 44-66 |
| 04:55 | Pitt | Michael Colucci's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 44-66 |
| Subs | Pitt | Radomil Polakowski (PG), Craig Thomas (SG), Ronald Delk (SF) Robert Norwood, Kong Ming, Michael Colucci | |
| Subs | St. John's | Stephen Little (PG), John Hart (SF), Thomas Powell (PF), Steven Wiens (C) Michael Jackson, Chris Foster, Paul Oliphant, Brian Espinosa | |
| 04:32 | St. John's | John Hart throws a bad pass out of bounds | 44-66 |
| 04:22 | Pitt | Craig Thomas misses the 3pt shot from the left corner | 44-66 |
| 04:21 | St. John's | Stephen Little gets the rebound | 44-66 |
| 04:07 | St. John's | Craig Thomas is called for the reach on Robert Ribeiro - foul #1 on Craig Thomas, team foul #7 | 44-66 |
| 04:07 | St. John's | Robert Ribeiro makes the 1st free throw | 44-67 |
| 04:07 | St. John's | Robert Ribeiro makes the 2nd free throw | 44-68 |
| 03:56 | Pitt | Radomil Polakowski comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 44-68 |
| 03:55 | Pitt | Ronald Delk snags the offensive board | 44-68 |
| 03:34 | Pitt | Giuseppe Conti knocks in the 3 pointer from the left wing | 47-68 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:17 | St. John's | Stephen Little hits a 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Robert Ribeiro | 47-71 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Radomil Polakowski (fresh) SG - Craig Thomas (fresh) SF - Ronald Delk (fresh) PF - Giuseppe Conti (tiring) 3 pts. 6 reb. C - Manuel Barker (fairly fresh) 9 pts. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Robert Ribeiro (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SG - Stephen Little (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Hart (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. PF - Thomas Powell (fresh) 3 reb. C - Steven Wiens (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 02:56 | Pitt | Steven Wiens blocks the jumper by Giuseppe Conti | 47-71 |
| 02:55 | Pitt | Giuseppe Conti grabs the offensive rebound | 47-71 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:42 | Pitt | Craig Thomas can't connect on a fadeaway from the left wing | 47-71 |
| 02:40 | St. John's | Steven Wiens snags the defensive board | 47-71 |
| 02:22 | St. John's | Stephen Little drills a 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from John Hart | 47-74 |
| 02:06 | Pitt | Manuel Barker comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 47-74 |
| 02:04 | St. John's | Thomas Powell gets the rebound | 47-74 |
| 01:41 | St. John's | Robert Ribeiro clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 47-74 |
| 01:39 | St. John's | The offensive rebound goes to Stephen Little | 47-74 |
| 01:22 | St. John's | Robert Ribeiro hits a fadeaway in the lane | 47-76 |
| 01:02 | Pitt | Manuel Barker clanks a shot from the left side | 47-76 |
| 01:01 | Pitt | Ronald Delk hits the follow up shot | 49-76 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:37 | St. John's | Stephen Little drills a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 49-78 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:30 | Pitt | Manuel Barker misses the jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on Steven Wiens - foul #1 on Steven Wiens, team foul #8 | 49-78 |
| Subs | Pitt | Kong Ming (PF) Craig Thomas | |
| Subs | St. John's | Michael Jackson (PG), Chris Foster (SF), Paul Oliphant (PF), Brian Espinosa (C) Stephen Little, John Hart, Thomas Powell, Steven Wiens | |
| 00:30 | Pitt | Manuel Barker makes the 1st free throw | 50-78 |
| 00:30 | Pitt | Manuel Barker makes the 2nd free throw | 51-78 |
| 00:00 | St. John's | Michael Jackson runs out the clock | 51-78 |