| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Cary Marshall (fresh) SG - Robert Norwood (fresh) SF - Peter Witt (fresh) PF - Richard Holland (fresh) C - Michael Colucci (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Brandon Chitty (fresh) SG - Cruz Whitley (fresh) SF - Stjepan Kedzierski (fresh) PF - Garf Ziebart (fresh) C - William Cupples (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Pitt | Richard Holland wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (-4) | |
| 19:53 | Pitt | Michael Colucci makes the jumper in the lane on a nice dish by Cary Marshall | 2-0 |
| 19:40 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty drills a 3pt jumper from straight away | 2-3 |
| 19:14 | Pitt | Michael Colucci double dribbles | 2-3 |
| 18:46 | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley throws a bad pass out of bounds | 2-3 |
| 18:27 | Pitt | Cary Marshall is hacked by Brandon Chitty - foul #1 on Brandon Chitty, team foul #1 | 2-3 |
| 18:18 | Pitt | Richard Holland hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from straight away | 2-3 |
| 18:17 | Pitt | Robert Norwood tips it home | 4-3 |
| 18:04 | Rutgers | Michael Colucci blocks the jumper by Cruz Whitley | 4-3 |
| 18:03 | Pitt | Michael Colucci snags the defensive board | 4-3 |
| 17:53 | Pitt | Peter Witt drills a runner from close range on a great pass from Cary Marshall | 6-3 |
| 17:40 | Rutgers | Richard Holland blocks the short jumper by Stjepan Kedzierski | 6-3 |
| 17:38 | Rutgers | William Cupples snags the offensive board | 6-3 |
| 17:31 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 6-3 |
| 17:29 | Pitt | The rebound goes to Michael Colucci | 6-3 |
| 17:23 | Pitt | Michael Colucci misses badly on a jumpshot from the left side | 6-3 |
| 17:22 | Pitt | Michael Colucci gets the offensive rebound | 6-3 |
| 17:14 | Pitt | Robert Norwood can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 6-3 |
| 17:12 | Pitt | The offensive rebound goes to Cary Marshall | 6-3 |
| 17:07 | Pitt | Peter Witt misses long on a floater from the left block | 6-3 |
| 17:06 | Pitt | Peter Witt grabs the offensive rebound | 6-3 |
| 16:41 | Pitt | Robert Norwood can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 6-3 |
| 16:39 | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley grabs the board | 6-3 |
| 16:35 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty is hacked by Richard Holland - foul #1 on Richard Holland, team foul #1 | 6-3 |
| Subs | Pitt | Radomil Polakowski (SG), Manuel Barker (SF), Kong Ming (PF), Giuseppe Conti (C) Robert Norwood, Peter Witt, Richard Holland, Michael Colucci | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 16:20 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 6-3 |
| 16:18 | Pitt | The rebound goes to Manuel Barker | 6-3 |
| 16:01 | Pitt | Giuseppe Conti misses the pull-up jumper from the right wing but the foul's on William Cupples - foul #1 on William Cupples, team foul #2 | 6-3 |
| Subs | Pitt | Michael Colucci (C) Cary Marshall | |
| Subs | Rutgers | David Gimenez (PF) Garf Ziebart | |
| 16:01 | Pitt | Giuseppe Conti makes the 1st free throw | 7-3 |
| 16:01 | Pitt | Giuseppe Conti makes the 2nd free throw | 8-3 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Manuel Barker (fresh) SG - Radomil Polakowski (fresh) SF - Kong Ming (fresh) PF - Giuseppe Conti (fresh) 2 pts. C - Michael Colucci (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Brandon Chitty (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Cruz Whitley (fresh) SF - Stjepan Kedzierski (fresh) PF - David Gimenez (fresh) C - William Cupples (fresh) | |
| 15:44 | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley drills a floater from the left wing | 8-5 |
| 15:27 | Pitt | Radomil Polakowski comes up short on the jumpshot from the left side but he's fouled by Cruz Whitley - foul #1 on Cruz Whitley, team foul #3 | 8-5 |
| Subs | Pitt | Robert Norwood (SG) Kong Ming | |
| Subs | Rutgers | John James (SG), Tony Levine (SF), Vladimir Zieglen (C) Cruz Whitley, Stjepan Kedzierski, William Cupples | |
| 15:27 | Pitt | Radomil Polakowski makes the 1st free throw | 9-5 |
| 15:27 | Pitt | Radomil Polakowski misses the 2nd free throw | 9-5 |
| 15:27 | Rutgers | Vladimir Zieglen grabs the board | 9-5 |
| 15:00 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty makes the 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by John James | 9-8 |
| 14:37 | Pitt | Manuel Barker misses short on a fadeaway from close range but the foul's on Tony Levine - foul #1 on Tony Levine, team foul #4 | 9-8 |
| Subs | Pitt | Peter Witt (SF), Richard Holland (PF) Radomil Polakowski, Michael Colucci | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley (PG), Stjepan Kedzierski (SF), Garf Ziebart (PF), William Cupples (C) Brandon Chitty, Tony Levine, David Gimenez, Vladimir Zieglen | |
| 14:37 | Pitt | Manuel Barker makes the 1st free throw | 10-8 |
| 14:37 | Pitt | Manuel Barker misses the 2nd free throw | 10-8 |
| 14:37 | Rutgers | William Cupples gets the rebound | 10-8 |
| 14:27 | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Manuel Barker - foul #1 on Manuel Barker, team foul #2 | 10-8 |
| Subs | Pitt | Cary Marshall (PG) Manuel Barker | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 14:27 | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley makes the 1st free throw | 10-9 |
| 14:27 | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley makes the 2nd free throw | 10-10 |
| 14:10 | Pitt | Richard Holland hits a 3 from the left corner | 13-10 |
| 13:44 | Rutgers | Richard Holland blocks the short jumper by Cruz Whitley | 13-10 |
| 13:42 | Rutgers | Garf Ziebart tips it in | 13-12 |
| 13:18 | Pitt | Giuseppe Conti connects on the 3pt jumper from straight away on a great pass from Robert Norwood | 16-12 |
| 13:11 | Rutgers | Stjepan Kedzierski hits a 3pt shot from the right corner on a nice dish by Cruz Whitley | 16-15 |
| 12:49 | Pitt | Robert Norwood scores on a 3 from the right wing | 19-15 |
| 12:33 | Rutgers | Stjepan Kedzierski throws a bad pass out of bounds | 19-15 |
| Subs | Pitt | Radomil Polakowski (SG), Manuel Barker (SF), Kong Ming (PF), Michael Colucci (C) Robert Norwood, Peter Witt, Richard Holland, Giuseppe Conti | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty (PG), David Gimenez (PF) John James, Garf Ziebart | |
| 12:06 | Pitt | Radomil Polakowski loses the dribble to David Gimenez | 19-15 |
| 11:52 | Rutgers | William Cupples is hacked by Manuel Barker - foul #2 on Manuel Barker, team foul #3 | 19-15 |
| Subs | Pitt | Richard Holland (PF) Manuel Barker | |
| Subs | Rutgers | John James (SG), Tony Levine (SF), Vladimir Zieglen (C) Cruz Whitley, Stjepan Kedzierski, William Cupples | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Cary Marshall (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Radomil Polakowski (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Kong Ming (fresh) PF - Richard Holland (fresh) 3 pts. 2 blk. C - Michael Colucci (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Brandon Chitty (fresh) 6 pts. SG - John James (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Tony Levine (fresh) PF - David Gimenez (fresh) C - Vladimir Zieglen (fresh) | |
| 11:33 | Rutgers | Richard Holland steps in front of the Brandon Chitty pass | 19-15 |
| 11:18 | Pitt | John James is called for the reach on Radomil Polakowski - foul #1 on John James, team foul #5 | 19-15 |
| Subs | Pitt | Peter Witt (SF) Kong Ming | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 11:05 | Pitt | Richard Holland misses short on a floater from the free throw line | 19-15 |
| 11:04 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty grabs the defensive rebound | 19-15 |
| 10:43 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 19-15 |
| 10:41 | Pitt | Michael Colucci pulls down the rebound | 19-15 |
| 10:35 | Pitt | Radomil Polakowski is fouled on the floor by Vladimir Zieglen - foul #1 on Vladimir Zieglen, team foul #6 | 19-15 |
| Subs | Pitt | Robert Norwood (SG), Kong Ming (PF) Radomil Polakowski, Richard Holland | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley (SG), Stjepan Kedzierski (SF), Garf Ziebart (PF), William Cupples (C) John James, Tony Levine, David Gimenez, Vladimir Zieglen | |
| 10:26 | Pitt | Robert Norwood travels with the ball | 19-15 |
| Subs | Pitt | Craig Thomas (PG) Cary Marshall | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 10:02 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty makes the 3pt shot from the right corner | 19-18 |
| 09:52 | Pitt | Kong Ming scores on a 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Michael Colucci | 22-18 |
| 09:33 | Rutgers | William Cupples connects on the fadeaway near the basket on a nice dish by Cruz Whitley | 22-20 |
| 09:12 | Pitt | Peter Witt knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 25-20 |
| 08:57 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty hits a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from William Cupples | 25-23 |
| 08:45 | Pitt | Michael Colucci makes the 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Robert Norwood | 28-23 |
| 08:28 | Rutgers | William Cupples misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 28-23 |
| 08:27 | Rutgers | Garf Ziebart grabs the offensive board | 28-23 |
| 08:14 | Rutgers | Stjepan Kedzierski clanks a 3 from the left corner but he's hacked by Robert Norwood - foul #1 on Robert Norwood, team foul #4 | 28-23 |
| Subs | Pitt | Cary Marshall (PG), Richard Holland (PF), Giuseppe Conti (C) Craig Thomas, Peter Witt, Michael Colucci | |
| Subs | Rutgers | John James (SG) Brandon Chitty | |
| 08:14 | Rutgers | Stjepan Kedzierski misses the 1st free throw | 28-23 |
| 08:14 | Rutgers | Stjepan Kedzierski makes the 2nd free throw | 28-24 |
| 08:14 | Rutgers | Stjepan Kedzierski misses the 3rd free throw | 28-24 |
| 08:14 | Pitt | The rebound goes to Richard Holland | 28-24 |
| 07:57 | Pitt | Richard Holland misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 28-24 |
| 07:55 | Rutgers | Stjepan Kedzierski grabs the defensive rebound | 28-24 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Cary Marshall (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Robert Norwood (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Kong Ming (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Richard Holland (fresh) 3 pts. 2 blk. C - Giuseppe Conti (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Cruz Whitley (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - John James (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Stjepan Kedzierski (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Garf Ziebart (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - William Cupples (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:49 | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley misses the lay-in | 28-24 |
| 07:47 | Pitt | Robert Norwood grabs the board | 28-24 |
| 07:36 | Pitt | Cary Marshall can't connect on a floater from the left side | 28-24 |
| 07:35 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to John James | 28-24 |
| 07:27 | Rutgers | Garf Ziebart misses badly on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 28-24 |
| 07:25 | Pitt | Robert Norwood pulls down the rebound | 28-24 |
| 07:20 | Pitt | Stjepan Kedzierski steals it from Giuseppe Conti | 28-24 |
| 06:58 | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right wing but he's hacked by Richard Holland - foul #2 on Richard Holland, team foul #5 | 28-24 |
| Subs | Pitt | Radomil Polakowski (SG), Ronald Delk (SF), Michael Colucci (C) Robert Norwood, Kong Ming, Richard Holland | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty (PG), Tony Levine (SF), David Gimenez (PF), Vladimir Zieglen (C) John James, Stjepan Kedzierski, Garf Ziebart, William Cupples | |
| 06:58 | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley makes the 1st free throw | 28-25 |
| 06:58 | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley makes the 2nd free throw | 28-26 |
| 06:43 | Pitt | Michael Colucci hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 28-26 |
| 06:42 | Rutgers | David Gimenez grabs the board | 28-26 |
| 06:22 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 28-26 |
| 06:20 | Rutgers | Vladimir Zieglen tips it back up and in | 28-28 |
| 06:04 | Pitt | David Gimenez blocks the jumper by Giuseppe Conti | 28-28 |
| 06:03 | Rutgers | Tony Levine grabs the board | 28-28 |
| 05:55 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty comes up short on the shot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Giuseppe Conti - foul #1 on Giuseppe Conti, team foul #6 | 28-28 |
| Subs | Pitt | Peter Witt (SF) Ronald Delk | |
| Subs | Rutgers | John James (SG), William Cupples (C) Cruz Whitley, Vladimir Zieglen | |
| 05:55 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty makes the 1st free throw | 28-29 |
| 05:55 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty misses the 2nd free throw | 28-29 |
| 05:55 | Pitt | Michael Colucci snags the defensive board | 28-29 |
| 05:34 | Pitt | William Cupples denies the turnaround by Cary Marshall | 28-29 |
| 05:33 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Tony Levine | 28-29 |
| 05:16 | Rutgers | Peter Witt steps in front of the Tony Levine pass | 28-29 |
| 05:12 | Pitt | Radomil Polakowski blows the layup | 28-29 |
| 05:10 | Pitt | Peter Witt misses the tip | 28-29 |
| 05:08 | Rutgers | William Cupples gets the rebound | 28-29 |
| 04:52 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty buries a 3pt shot from straight away set up by John James | 28-32 |
| 04:39 | Pitt | Cary Marshall misses long on a jumpshot from the left side but he's hacked by Brandon Chitty - foul #2 on Brandon Chitty, team foul #7 | 28-32 |
| Subs | Pitt | Robert Norwood (SG), Kong Ming (PF) Radomil Polakowski, Giuseppe Conti | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Alfredo Gallo (PG), Stjepan Kedzierski (SF), Garf Ziebart (PF) Brandon Chitty, Tony Levine, David Gimenez | |
| 04:39 | Pitt | Cary Marshall makes the 1st free throw | 29-32 |
| 04:39 | Pitt | Cary Marshall misses the 2nd free throw | 29-32 |
| 04:39 | Pitt | The offensive rebound goes to Michael Colucci | 29-32 |
| 04:28 | Pitt | John James steals the ball from Peter Witt | 29-32 |
| 04:25 | Rutgers | John James misses the dunk | 29-32 |
| 04:23 | Rutgers | John James tips it but misses | 29-32 |
| 04:21 | Pitt | Robert Norwood grabs the defensive rebound | 29-32 |
| 04:04 | Pitt | Michael Colucci can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 29-32 |
| 04:02 | Rutgers | John James grabs the defensive rebound | 29-32 |
| 03:39 | Rutgers | Stjepan Kedzierski throws a bad pass out of bounds | 29-32 |
| Subs | Pitt | Manuel Barker (PG), Richard Holland (PF) Cary Marshall, Peter Witt | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty (PG), Cruz Whitley (SG), Vladimir Zieglen (C) Alfredo Gallo, John James, William Cupples | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Manuel Barker (fresh) 1 pts. SG - Robert Norwood (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Kong Ming (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Richard Holland (fresh) 3 pts. 2 blk. C - Michael Colucci (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Brandon Chitty (fresh) 16 pts. SG - Cruz Whitley (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Stjepan Kedzierski (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Garf Ziebart (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Vladimir Zieglen (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:18 | Pitt | Garf Ziebart steps in front of the Michael Colucci pass | 29-32 |
| 02:54 | Rutgers | Stjepan Kedzierski misses the floater from close range | 29-32 |
| 02:53 | Pitt | Manuel Barker grabs the defensive rebound | 29-32 |
| 02:40 | Pitt | Kong Ming clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 29-32 |
| 02:39 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty grabs the board | 29-32 |
| 02:11 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 29-32 |
| 02:09 | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley grabs the offensive board | 29-32 |
| 02:01 | Rutgers | Kong Ming is called for the reach on Stjepan Kedzierski - foul #1 on Kong Ming, team foul #7 | 29-32 |
| Subs | Pitt | Cary Marshall (PG), Peter Witt (SF) Kong Ming, Michael Colucci | |
| Subs | Rutgers | David Gimenez (PF), William Cupples (C) Garf Ziebart, Vladimir Zieglen | |
| 02:01 | Rutgers | Stjepan Kedzierski makes the 1st free throw | 29-33 |
| 02:01 | Rutgers | Stjepan Kedzierski makes the 2nd free throw | 29-34 |
| 01:45 | Pitt | David Gimenez blocks the short jumper by Richard Holland | 29-34 |
| 01:43 | Rutgers | William Cupples grabs the defensive rebound | 29-34 |
| 01:26 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty clanks a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 29-34 |
| 01:25 | Rutgers | William Cupples hits the follow up shot | 29-36 |
| 01:17 | Pitt | Peter Witt buries a 3 from the left corner | 32-36 |
| 01:09 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 32-36 |
| 01:08 | Rutgers | William Cupples grabs the offensive rebound | 32-36 |
| 00:56 | Rutgers | William Cupples knocks in the turnaround from the baseline set up by Brandon Chitty | 32-38 |
| 00:46 | Pitt | Richard Holland hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 32-38 |
| 00:44 | Rutgers | William Cupples pulls down the rebound | 32-38 |
| 00:25 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 32-38 |
| 00:23 | Rutgers | William Cupples pulls down the offensive rebound | 32-38 |
| 00:05 | Rutgers | David Gimenez banks in the layup and he's fouled by Richard Holland - foul #3 on Richard Holland, team foul #8 | 32-40 |
| Subs | Pitt | Radomil Polakowski (SG), Kong Ming (SF), Giuseppe Conti (PF), Michael Colucci (C) Robert Norwood, Peter Witt, Richard Holland, Manuel Barker | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Alfredo Gallo (PG), John James (SG), Garf Ziebart (PF) Brandon Chitty, Cruz Whitley, Stjepan Kedzierski | |
| 00:05 | Rutgers | David Gimenez makes the free throw | 32-41 |
| 00:01 | Pitt | Michael Colucci misses long on a 3pt shot from straight away | 32-41 |
| 00:00 | Pitt | Michael Colucci gets the offensive rebound | 32-41 |