| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Michael Tinklenberg (fresh) SG - David Thomas (fresh) SF - Thomas Kelley (fresh) PF - Troy Bennett (fresh) C - Keith Pitts (fresh) | |
| Lineup | South Florida | PG - Roger Toribio (fresh) SG - Kyle Talley (fresh) SF - John Kitchen (fresh) PF - Patrick Davis (fresh) C - Charlie Moore (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Tennessee | Keith Pitts wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | South Florida | South Florida is playing a triangle offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 19:36 | Tennessee | Thomas Kelley connects on the jump hook from the baseline | 2-0 |
| 19:18 | South Florida | Patrick Davis clanks a 3 from the right corner | 2-0 |
| 19:17 | Tennessee | Keith Pitts snags the defensive board | 2-0 |
| 18:57 | Tennessee | Thomas Kelley is fouled on the floor by John Kitchen - foul #1 on John Kitchen, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 18:34 | Tennessee | Troy Bennett lays it in | 4-0 |
| 18:16 | South Florida | Kyle Talley can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 4-0 |
| 18:14 | South Florida | John Kitchen pulls down the offensive rebound | 4-0 |
| 17:57 | South Florida | Patrick Davis lays it up and in set up by Roger Toribio | 4-2 |
| 17:55 | Tennessee | Charlie Moore takes the ball from Thomas Kelley in the backcourt | 4-2 |
| 17:38 | South Florida | Charlie Moore misses the dunk | 4-2 |
| 17:37 | Tennessee | Michael Tinklenberg gets the rebound | 4-2 |
| 17:16 | Tennessee | Troy Bennett blows the layup | 4-2 |
| 17:14 | South Florida | Kyle Talley grabs the defensive rebound | 4-2 |
| 16:57 | South Florida | Patrick Davis misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 4-2 |
| 16:55 | Tennessee | Keith Pitts gets the rebound | 4-2 |
| 16:30 | Tennessee | Troy Bennett can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Patrick Davis - foul #1 on Patrick Davis, team foul #2 | 4-2 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Paul Bagley (PG), Peter Pham (SG), David Stephens (SF), Bradford Dingman (C) Michael Tinklenberg, David Thomas, Thomas Kelley, Keith Pitts | |
| Subs | South Florida | Gabriel Marino (PG), Joe Dennis (SG), James Dixon (SF), John Maestas (PF), Fernando Ortega (C) Roger Toribio, Kyle Talley, John Kitchen, Patrick Davis, Charlie Moore | |
| 16:30 | Tennessee | Troy Bennett makes the 1st free throw | 5-2 |
| 16:30 | Tennessee | Troy Bennett misses the 2nd free throw | 5-2 |
| 16:30 | South Florida | Fernando Ortega grabs the defensive rebound | 5-2 |
| 16:15 | South Florida | Fernando Ortega makes the jumper from the right side set up by Joe Dennis and he's fouled by Bradford Dingman - foul #1 on Bradford Dingman, team foul #1 | 5-4 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Joseph Armstrong (PF) Troy Bennett | |
| Subs | South Florida | | |
| 16:15 | South Florida | Fernando Ortega makes the free throw | 5-5 |
| 15:50 | Tennessee | Bradford Dingman misses badly on a jump hook near the basket but he's fouled by Gabriel Marino - foul #1 on Gabriel Marino, team foul #3 | 5-5 |
| 15:50 | Tennessee | Bradford Dingman makes the 1st free throw | 6-5 |
| 15:50 | Tennessee | Bradford Dingman makes the 2nd free throw | 7-5 |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Paul Bagley (fresh) SG - Peter Pham (fresh) SF - David Stephens (fresh) PF - Joseph Armstrong (fresh) C - Bradford Dingman (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | South Florida | PG - Gabriel Marino (fresh) SG - Joe Dennis (fresh) SF - James Dixon (fresh) PF - John Maestas (fresh) C - Fernando Ortega (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 15:24 | South Florida | James Dixon drills a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 7-8 |
| 15:18 | Tennessee | Joe Dennis is called for the reach on Joseph Armstrong in the backcourt - foul #1 on Joe Dennis, team foul #4 | 7-8 |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| Subs | South Florida | Kyle Talley (SG), John Kitchen (SF) Joe Dennis, James Dixon | |
| 15:01 | Tennessee | Paul Bagley misses the wide open 3 from the right wing | 7-8 |
| 15:00 | South Florida | Kyle Talley snags the defensive board | 7-8 |
| 14:45 | South Florida | Kyle Talley misses long on a fadeaway from the left side but he's fouled by Bradford Dingman - foul #2 on Bradford Dingman, team foul #2 | 7-8 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Michael Tinklenberg (PG), Troy Bennett (PF), Harold Nadeau (C) Paul Bagley, Joseph Armstrong, Bradford Dingman | |
| Subs | South Florida | Roger Toribio (PG), Patrick Davis (PF) Gabriel Marino, Fernando Ortega | |
| 14:45 | South Florida | Kyle Talley makes the 1st free throw | 7-9 |
| 14:45 | South Florida | Kyle Talley misses the 2nd free throw | 7-9 |
| 14:45 | Tennessee | Harold Nadeau snags the defensive board | 7-9 |
| 14:17 | Tennessee | Troy Bennett is open and scores on a floater from the free throw line on a great pass from Michael Tinklenberg | 9-9 |
| 13:54 | South Florida | Patrick Davis makes the floater from the left block on a nice dish by Roger Toribio | 9-11 |
| 13:32 | Tennessee | David Stephens's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 9-11 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Paul Bagley (PG), David Thomas (SG), Thomas Kelley (SF), Joseph Armstrong (PF), Keith Pitts (C) Michael Tinklenberg, Peter Pham, David Stephens, Troy Bennett, Harold Nadeau | |
| Subs | South Florida | Gabriel Marino (PG), Joe Dennis (SG), James Dixon (SF), Edward Licon (PF), Charlie Moore (C) Roger Toribio, Kyle Talley, John Kitchen, Patrick Davis, John Maestas | |
| 13:08 | South Florida | Charlie Moore can't throw it down | 9-11 |
| 13:06 | Tennessee | Thomas Kelley grabs the defensive rebound | 9-11 |
| 12:40 | Tennessee | David Thomas comes up short on the shot in the lane but the foul's on Joe Dennis - foul #2 on Joe Dennis, team foul #5 | 9-11 |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| Subs | South Florida | Roger Toribio (PG), Fernando Ortega (PF) Joe Dennis, Edward Licon | |
| 12:40 | Tennessee | David Thomas misses the 1st free throw | 9-11 |
| 12:40 | Tennessee | David Thomas misses the 2nd free throw | 9-11 |
| 12:40 | South Florida | Charlie Moore gets the rebound | 9-11 |
| 12:25 | South Florida | Roger Toribio is fouled on the floor by Paul Bagley - foul #1 on Paul Bagley, team foul #3 | 9-11 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Michael Tinklenberg (PG), Troy Bennett (PF) Paul Bagley, Joseph Armstrong | |
| Subs | South Florida | Patrick Davis (PF) Fernando Ortega | |
| 12:16 | South Florida | Patrick Davis misses short on a jumper from the left block but he's hacked by Troy Bennett - foul #1 on Troy Bennett, team foul #4 | 9-11 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Harold Nadeau (C) Keith Pitts | |
| Subs | South Florida | | |
| 12:16 | South Florida | Patrick Davis makes the 1st free throw | 9-12 |
| 12:16 | South Florida | Patrick Davis makes the 2nd free throw | 9-13 |
| 11:52 | Tennessee | Roger Toribio takes the ball from Troy Bennett | 9-13 |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Michael Tinklenberg (fresh) 1 ast. SG - David Thomas (fresh) SF - Thomas Kelley (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Troy Bennett (fresh) 5 pts. C - Harold Nadeau (fresh) | |
| Lineup | South Florida | PG - Roger Toribio (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - Gabriel Marino (fairly fresh) SF - James Dixon (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Patrick Davis (fresh) 6 pts. C - Charlie Moore (fairly fresh) | |
| 11:38 | South Florida | Charlie Moore clanks a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 9-13 |
| 11:37 | South Florida | Patrick Davis tips it home | 9-15 |
| 11:09 | Tennessee | Michael Tinklenberg is fouled on the floor by Charlie Moore - foul #1 on Charlie Moore, team foul #6 | 9-15 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Paul Bagley (PG), Peter Pham (SG), David Stephens (SF) Michael Tinklenberg, David Thomas, Thomas Kelley | |
| Subs | South Florida | Kyle Talley (SG), John Kitchen (SF), John Maestas (PF), Fernando Ortega (C) Gabriel Marino, James Dixon, Patrick Davis, Charlie Moore | |
| 10:50 | Tennessee | Peter Pham misses the dunk | 9-15 |
| 10:48 | Tennessee | Harold Nadeau hits the follow up shot | 11-15 |
| 10:29 | South Florida | Fernando Ortega's pass is intercepted by Paul Bagley | 11-15 |
| 10:10 | Tennessee | David Stephens is called for traveling | 11-15 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Michael Tinklenberg (PG), Joseph Armstrong (PF), Keith Pitts (C) Paul Bagley, Troy Bennett, Harold Nadeau | |
| Subs | South Florida | | |
| 09:54 | South Florida | Joseph Armstrong steps in front of the Kyle Talley pass | 11-15 |
| 09:26 | Tennessee | Joseph Armstrong makes the floater in the paint set up by Peter Pham | 13-15 |
| 09:08 | South Florida | Fernando Ortega makes the 3pt attempt from straight away set up by John Kitchen | 13-18 |
| 08:47 | Tennessee | Michael Tinklenberg hits a jump hook in the lane on a great pass from Peter Pham | 15-18 |
| 08:31 | South Florida | Roger Toribio misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 15-18 |
| 08:30 | Tennessee | Peter Pham gets the rebound | 15-18 |
| 08:25 | Tennessee | Peter Pham throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 15-18 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Paul Bagley (PG), David Thomas (SG), Thomas Kelley (SF), Troy Bennett (PF), Harold Nadeau (C) Michael Tinklenberg, Peter Pham, David Stephens, Joseph Armstrong, Keith Pitts | |
| Subs | South Florida | Gabriel Marino (PG), James Dixon (SF), Patrick Davis (PF), Charlie Moore (C) Roger Toribio, John Kitchen, John Maestas, Fernando Ortega | |
| 08:05 | South Florida | Thomas Kelley is called for the reach on James Dixon - foul #1 on Thomas Kelley, team foul #5 | 15-18 |
| 07:42 | South Florida | Patrick Davis loses the dribble to Thomas Kelley | 15-18 |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Paul Bagley (fresh) SG - David Thomas (fresh) SF - Thomas Kelley (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Troy Bennett (fresh) 5 pts. C - Harold Nadeau (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | South Florida | PG - Gabriel Marino (fresh) SG - Kyle Talley (fairly fresh) 1 pts. SF - James Dixon (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Patrick Davis (fresh) 8 pts. C - Charlie Moore (fresh) | |
| 07:37 | Tennessee | Paul Bagley is hacked by Gabriel Marino in the backcourt - foul #2 on Gabriel Marino, team foul #7 | 15-18 |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| Subs | South Florida | Roger Toribio (PG) Gabriel Marino | |
| 07:37 | Tennessee | Paul Bagley makes the 1st free throw | 16-18 |
| 07:37 | Tennessee | Paul Bagley makes the 2nd free throw | 17-18 |
| 07:16 | South Florida | Harold Nadeau takes the ball from Charlie Moore | 17-18 |
| 06:55 | Tennessee | Troy Bennett hits a jumper from the right side | 19-18 |
| 06:43 | South Florida | Patrick Davis can't finish the layup | 19-18 |
| 06:41 | South Florida | The offensive rebound goes to James Dixon | 19-18 |
| 06:23 | South Florida | James Dixon makes the jumper from the left side on a great pass from Roger Toribio | 19-20 |
| 05:57 | Tennessee | Troy Bennett lays it up and in on a great pass from Paul Bagley and he's fouled by Patrick Davis - foul #2 on Patrick Davis, team foul #8 | 21-20 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Michael Tinklenberg (PG), Peter Pham (SG), David Stephens (SF), Keith Pitts (C) Paul Bagley, David Thomas, Thomas Kelley, Harold Nadeau | |
| Subs | South Florida | John Kitchen (SF), John Maestas (PF), Edward Licon (C) James Dixon, Patrick Davis, Charlie Moore | |
| 05:57 | Tennessee | Troy Bennett makes the free throw | 22-20 |
| 05:44 | South Florida | John Kitchen hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 22-20 |
| 05:42 | South Florida | John Maestas gets the offensive rebound | 22-20 |
| 05:34 | South Florida | Roger Toribio is hacked by Troy Bennett - foul #2 on Troy Bennett, team foul #6 | 22-20 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Joseph Armstrong (PF) Troy Bennett | |
| Subs | South Florida | | |
| 05:24 | South Florida | Kyle Talley's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 22-20 |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| Subs | South Florida | Fernando Ortega (PF) Roger Toribio | |
| 05:22 | Tennessee | John Maestas steps in front of the Joseph Armstrong pass in the backcourt | 22-20 |
| 05:08 | South Florida | Kyle Talley drills a shot from the baseline | 22-22 |
| 04:39 | Tennessee | Joseph Armstrong's layup is rejected by Edward Licon | 22-22 |
| 04:37 | South Florida | John Maestas snags the defensive board | 22-22 |
| 04:30 | South Florida | Kyle Talley misses the jumper from the left wing | 22-22 |
| 04:29 | Tennessee | Joseph Armstrong grabs the defensive rebound | 22-22 |
| 04:07 | Tennessee | David Stephens is fouled on the floor by John Kitchen - foul #2 on John Kitchen, team foul #9 | 22-22 |
| Subs | Tennessee | David Thomas (SG), Bradford Dingman (C) Peter Pham, Keith Pitts | |
| Subs | South Florida | Roger Toribio (PG), James Dixon (SF), Charlie Moore (C) John Kitchen, Fernando Ortega, Edward Licon | |
| 04:07 | Tennessee | David Stephens makes the 1st free throw | 23-22 |
| 04:07 | Tennessee | David Stephens makes the 2nd free throw | 24-22 |
| 03:53 | South Florida | Roger Toribio's pass is intercepted by Joseph Armstrong | 24-22 |
| 03:50 | Tennessee | Michael Tinklenberg is hacked by Roger Toribio in the backcourt - foul #1 on Roger Toribio, team foul #10 | 24-22 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Paul Bagley (SF) David Stephens | |
| Subs | South Florida | Gabriel Marino (PG), Joe Dennis (SG), John Kitchen (SF), Patrick Davis (PF) Roger Toribio, Kyle Talley, James Dixon, John Maestas | |
| 03:50 | Tennessee | Michael Tinklenberg makes the 1st free throw | 25-22 |
| 03:50 | Tennessee | Michael Tinklenberg makes the 2nd free throw | 26-22 |
| 03:28 | South Florida | John Kitchen clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 26-22 |
| 03:26 | Tennessee | Bradford Dingman grabs the defensive rebound | 26-22 |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Michael Tinklenberg (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - David Thomas (fresh) SF - Paul Bagley (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Joseph Armstrong (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. C - Bradford Dingman (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | South Florida | PG - Gabriel Marino (fresh) SG - Joe Dennis (fresh) SF - John Kitchen (fairly fresh) PF - Patrick Davis (fresh) 8 pts. C - Charlie Moore (fairly fresh) | |
| 03:02 | Tennessee | Paul Bagley clanks a 3pt shot from the right corner | 26-22 |
| 03:00 | Tennessee | The offensive rebound goes to Bradford Dingman | 26-22 |
| 02:42 | Tennessee | Bradford Dingman drills a turnaround near the basket on a nice dish by Michael Tinklenberg | 28-22 |
| 02:18 | South Florida | Joe Dennis misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 28-22 |
| 02:16 | South Florida | Charlie Moore grabs the offensive rebound | 28-22 |
| 02:01 | South Florida | Joe Dennis can't throw it down but he's hacked by David Thomas - foul #1 on David Thomas, team foul #7 | 28-22 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Peter Pham (SG), Thomas Kelley (SF), Troy Bennett (PF), Keith Pitts (C) David Thomas, Paul Bagley, Joseph Armstrong, Bradford Dingman | |
| Subs | South Florida | James Dixon (SF), John Maestas (PF), Fernando Ortega (C) John Kitchen, Patrick Davis, Charlie Moore | |
| 02:01 | South Florida | Joe Dennis makes the 1st free throw | 28-23 |
| 02:01 | South Florida | Joe Dennis makes the 2nd free throw | 28-24 |
| 01:42 | Tennessee | Michael Tinklenberg can't connect on a floater from the left side but he's fouled by Joe Dennis - foul #3 on Joe Dennis, team foul #11 | 28-24 |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| Subs | South Florida | Roger Toribio (PG) Joe Dennis | |
| 01:42 | Tennessee | Michael Tinklenberg misses the 1st free throw | 28-24 |
| 01:42 | Tennessee | Michael Tinklenberg makes the 2nd free throw | 29-24 |
| 01:18 | South Florida | John Maestas comes up short on the fadeaway from the baseline | 29-24 |
| 01:16 | South Florida | Fernando Ortega snags the offensive board | 29-24 |
| 00:58 | South Florida | John Maestas misses short on a shot from the left block but he's fouled by Troy Bennett - foul #3 on Troy Bennett, team foul #8 | 29-24 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Paul Bagley (PG), Harold Nadeau (PF) Michael Tinklenberg, Troy Bennett | |
| Subs | South Florida | Edward Licon (C) Fernando Ortega | |
| 00:58 | South Florida | John Maestas makes the 1st free throw | 29-25 |
| 00:58 | South Florida | John Maestas makes the 2nd free throw | 29-26 |
| 00:29 | Tennessee | Paul Bagley hits a 3pt shot from the left corner set up by Peter Pham | 32-26 |
| 00:02 | South Florida | Gabriel Marino is fouled on the floor by Peter Pham - foul #1 on Peter Pham, team foul #9 | 32-26 |
| Subs | Tennessee | David Thomas (SG), David Stephens (SF), Joseph Armstrong (PF), Bradford Dingman (C) Peter Pham, Thomas Kelley, Harold Nadeau, Keith Pitts | |
| Subs | South Florida | Kyle Talley (SG), John Kitchen (SF), Patrick Davis (PF) Roger Toribio, James Dixon, John Maestas | |
| 00:02 | South Florida | Gabriel Marino makes the 1st free throw | 32-27 |
| 00:02 | South Florida | Gabriel Marino misses the 2nd free throw | 32-27 |
| 00:02 | Tennessee | David Thomas gets the rebound | 32-27 |
| 00:00 | Tennessee | David Thomas misses short on a fullcourt shot | 32-27 |