| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - Scott Welch (fresh) SG - Thomas Caron (fresh) SF - Peter Nichols (fresh) PF - Vincent Walker (fresh) C - August Hayman (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - Lucio Giordano (fresh) SG - Jerry Dunlap (fresh) SF - Matthew Shives (fresh) PF - Alfredo Valdez (fresh) C - Szczesny Zubik (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Nebraska | Vincent Walker wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Nebraska | Nebraska is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Dayton | Dayton is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| 19:50 | Nebraska | Scott Welch hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 0-0 |
| 19:49 | Dayton | Szczesny Zubik grabs the board | 0-0 |
| 19:30 | Dayton | Alfredo Valdez is hacked by August Hayman - foul #1 on August Hayman, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:18 | Dayton | Lucio Giordano misses long on a jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Thomas Caron - foul #1 on Thomas Caron, team foul #2 | 0-0 |
| 19:18 | Dayton | Lucio Giordano makes the 1st free throw | 0-1 |
| 19:18 | Dayton | Lucio Giordano makes the 2nd free throw | 0-2 |
| 19:06 | Nebraska | Vincent Walker can't connect on a floater from the right side but the foul's on Szczesny Zubik - foul #1 on Szczesny Zubik, team foul #1 | 0-2 |
| 19:06 | Nebraska | Vincent Walker makes the 1st free throw | 1-2 |
| 19:06 | Nebraska | Vincent Walker misses the 2nd free throw | 1-2 |
| 19:06 | Dayton | Szczesny Zubik snags the defensive board | 1-2 |
| 18:50 | Dayton | Alfredo Valdez banks in the layup on a great pass from Lucio Giordano | 1-4 |
| 18:42 | Nebraska | Vincent Walker throws it down | 3-4 |
| 18:33 | Dayton | Szczesny Zubik hits a jumper from the baseline on a nice dish by Jerry Dunlap | 3-6 |
| 18:19 | Nebraska | Scott Welch misses short on a 3 from straight away | 3-6 |
| 18:18 | Dayton | Szczesny Zubik gets the rebound | 3-6 |
| 18:10 | Dayton | Lucio Giordano makes the wide open fadeaway from the free throw line set up by Alfredo Valdez out of the doubleteam | 3-8 |
| 17:52 | Nebraska | Thomas Caron evades the doubleteam but misses long on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 3-8 |
| 17:50 | Dayton | Alfredo Valdez grabs the board | 3-8 |
| 17:32 | Dayton | Scott Welch steals it from Jerry Dunlap | 3-8 |
| 17:29 | Nebraska | Thomas Caron lays it up and in on a great pass from Scott Welch | 5-8 |
| 17:13 | Dayton | Szczesny Zubik is by himself and knocks in the jumpshot from the free throw line set up by Jerry Dunlap | 5-10 |
| 16:57 | Nebraska | Vincent Walker loses the dribble to Alfredo Valdez | 5-10 |
| 16:46 | Dayton | Alfredo Valdez makes the contested 3pt shot from the right wing | 5-13 |
| 16:40 | Nebraska | Scott Welch scores on a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Vincent Walker | 8-13 |
| 16:20 | Dayton | Alfredo Valdez is fouled on the floor by Peter Nichols - foul #1 on Peter Nichols, team foul #3 | 8-13 |
| Subs | Nebraska | William Shine (PG), Keith Newton (SG), Randy Brown (SF), Ralph Doty (PF), John Dargan (C) Scott Welch, Thomas Caron, Peter Nichols, Vincent Walker, August Hayman | |
| Subs | Dayton | Wilfredo Martin (SG), Michael Durante (SF), Lawrence Stultz (PF), Mensah Accomando (C) Jerry Dunlap, Matthew Shives, Alfredo Valdez, Szczesny Zubik | |
| 16:09 | Dayton | Lucio Giordano buries a jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Michael Durante | 8-15 |
| 15:54 | Nebraska | Michael Durante is called for the reach on Randy Brown - foul #1 on Michael Durante, team foul #2 | 8-15 |
| Subs | Nebraska | | |
| Subs | Dayton | Jerry Dunlap (SG) Lucio Giordano | |
| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - William Shine (fresh) SG - Keith Newton (fresh) SF - Randy Brown (fresh) PF - Ralph Doty (fresh) C - John Dargan (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - Wilfredo Martin (fresh) SG - Jerry Dunlap (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Michael Durante (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Lawrence Stultz (fresh) C - Mensah Accomando (fresh) | |
| 15:42 | Nebraska | William Shine clanks a jumpshot from the left wing but he's hacked by Lawrence Stultz - foul #1 on Lawrence Stultz, team foul #3 | 8-15 |
| 15:42 | Nebraska | William Shine misses the 1st free throw | 8-15 |
| 15:42 | Nebraska | William Shine makes the 2nd free throw | 9-15 |
| 15:24 | Dayton | Lawrence Stultz blows the layup | 9-15 |
| 15:22 | Nebraska | Keith Newton pulls down the rebound | 9-15 |
| 15:12 | Nebraska | Ralph Doty can't connect on a driving attempt from the baseline | 9-15 |
| 15:10 | Nebraska | John Dargan tips it home | 11-15 |
| 14:59 | Dayton | Lawrence Stultz misses long on a fadeaway from the right side | 11-15 |
| 14:58 | Dayton | Jerry Dunlap tips it in | 11-17 |
| 14:35 | Nebraska | Keith Newton misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 11-17 |
| 14:34 | Nebraska | William Shine misses the tip | 11-17 |
| 14:33 | Dayton | Mensah Accomando grabs the board | 11-17 |
| 14:16 | Dayton | Mensah Accomando knocks in the driving attempt near the basket | 11-19 |
| 13:57 | Nebraska | Keith Newton misses the 3 from the left corner | 11-19 |
| 13:55 | Dayton | Mensah Accomando snags the defensive board | 11-19 |
| 13:40 | Dayton | Jerry Dunlap misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 11-19 |
| 13:39 | Dayton | The offensive rebound goes to Lawrence Stultz | 11-19 |
| 13:18 | Dayton | Mensah Accomando can't connect on a driving attempt from close range | 11-19 |
| 13:16 | Nebraska | The rebound goes to Randy Brown | 11-19 |
| 13:07 | Nebraska | John Dargan can't connect on a fadeaway from the right block | 11-19 |
| 13:05 | Dayton | Mensah Accomando snags the defensive board | 11-19 |
| 12:50 | Dayton | Jerry Dunlap knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right wing on a nice dish by Wilfredo Martin | 11-22 |
| 12:29 | Nebraska | The jumper by William Shine is denied by Mensah Accomando | 11-22 |
| 12:27 | Dayton | Lawrence Stultz grabs the defensive rebound | 11-22 |
| 12:00 | Dayton | Jerry Dunlap clanks a 3pt shot from the right corner | 11-22 |
| 11:58 | Nebraska | William Shine pulls down the rebound | 11-22 |
| 11:47 | Nebraska | Ralph Doty blows the layup | 11-22 |
| 11:46 | Nebraska | Randy Brown pulls down the offensive rebound | 11-22 |
| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - William Shine (fairly fresh) 1 pts. SG - Keith Newton (fairly fresh) SF - Randy Brown (fairly fresh) PF - Ralph Doty (fairly fresh) C - John Dargan (tiring) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - Wilfredo Martin (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Jerry Dunlap (tiring) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Michael Durante (fairly fresh) 1 ast. PF - Lawrence Stultz (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Mensah Accomando (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:37 | Nebraska | Keith Newton is hacked by Jerry Dunlap - foul #1 on Jerry Dunlap, team foul #4 | 11-22 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Scott Welch (PG), Thomas Caron (SG), Peter Nichols (SF), Vincent Walker (PF), August Hayman (C) William Shine, Keith Newton, Randy Brown, Ralph Doty, John Dargan | |
| Subs | Dayton | Lucio Giordano (PG), Matthew Shives (SG), Alfredo Valdez (SF), Leroy Pearce (PF), Szczesny Zubik (C) Wilfredo Martin, Jerry Dunlap, Michael Durante, Lawrence Stultz, Mensah Accomando | |
| 11:20 | Nebraska | Vincent Walker misses short on a runner from the left block | 11-22 |
| 11:18 | Dayton | Matthew Shives gets the rebound | 11-22 |
| 11:12 | Dayton | Lucio Giordano knocks in the 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Szczesny Zubik | 11-25 |
| 11:01 | Nebraska | Thomas Caron is called for a charge against the doubleteam - foul #2 on Thomas Caron, team foul #4 | 11-25 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Tommy McBane (SG) Thomas Caron | |
| Subs | Dayton | | |
| 10:43 | Dayton | Matthew Shives hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on Tommy McBane - foul #1 on Tommy McBane, team foul #5 | 11-25 |
| 10:43 | Dayton | Matthew Shives makes the 1st free throw | 11-26 |
| 10:43 | Dayton | Matthew Shives makes the 2nd free throw | 11-27 |
| 10:26 | Nebraska | A charge is called on Peter Nichols - foul #2 on Peter Nichols, team foul #6 | 11-27 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Keith Newton (SF) Peter Nichols | |
| Subs | Dayton | | |
| 10:09 | Dayton | Alfredo Valdez is doubleteamed and throws a bad pass out of bounds | 11-27 |
| Subs | Nebraska | | |
| Subs | Dayton | Wilfredo Martin (SG) Leroy Pearce | |
| 10:02 | Nebraska | Lucio Giordano steals it from Keith Newton | 11-27 |
| 09:46 | Dayton | Lucio Giordano hits the front of the rim on the shot from just outside the lane | 11-27 |
| 09:44 | Nebraska | The rebound goes to Vincent Walker | 11-27 |
| 09:25 | Nebraska | Wilfredo Martin steals it from Vincent Walker | 11-27 |
| 09:22 | Dayton | Alfredo Valdez hits the finger roll set up by Wilfredo Martin | 11-29 |
| 09:13 | Nebraska | Scott Welch comes up short on the fadeaway from the right side | 11-29 |
| 09:12 | Dayton | Alfredo Valdez grabs the defensive rebound | 11-29 |
| 08:52 | Dayton | Alfredo Valdez clanks a fadeaway from the right block | 11-29 |
| 08:51 | Nebraska | Keith Newton pulls down the rebound | 11-29 |
| 08:47 | Nebraska | Tommy McBane misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 11-29 |
| 08:45 | Nebraska | Vincent Walker tips it home | 13-29 |
| 08:28 | Dayton | Matthew Shives misses long on a 3 from straight away | 13-29 |
| 08:27 | Dayton | Szczesny Zubik grabs the offensive rebound | 13-29 |
| 08:08 | Dayton | Lucio Giordano can't connect on an uncontested shot from the left side | 13-29 |
| 08:06 | Nebraska | The rebound goes to Keith Newton | 13-29 |
| 08:00 | Nebraska | Keith Newton connects on the jumpshot from the right side | 15-29 |
| 07:35 | Dayton | Szczesny Zubik is open and buries a driving attempt in the paint set up by Alfredo Valdez out of the doubleteam and he's fouled by Tommy McBane - foul #2 on Tommy McBane, team foul #7 | 15-31 |
| Subs | Nebraska | William Shine (PG), Randy Brown (SG), Ralph Doty (PF) Scott Welch, Tommy McBane, Vincent Walker | |
| Subs | Dayton | Jerry Dunlap (SG), Michael Durante (SF), Lawrence Stultz (PF) Wilfredo Martin, Matthew Shives, Alfredo Valdez | |
| 07:35 | Dayton | Szczesny Zubik makes the free throw | 15-32 |
| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - William Shine (fresh) 1 pts. SG - Randy Brown (fresh) SF - Keith Newton (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Ralph Doty (fresh) C - August Hayman (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - Lucio Giordano (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jerry Dunlap (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Michael Durante (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Lawrence Stultz (fresh) 2 reb. C - Szczesny Zubik (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:21 | Nebraska | August Hayman's layup is rejected by Lawrence Stultz | 15-32 |
| 07:19 | Dayton | The rebound goes to Jerry Dunlap | 15-32 |
| 07:17 | Dayton | William Shine is called for the reach on Lucio Giordano in the backcourt - foul #1 on William Shine, team foul #8 | 15-32 |
| Subs | Nebraska | | |
| Subs | Dayton | Mensah Accomando (C) Szczesny Zubik | |
| 07:17 | Dayton | Lucio Giordano makes the 1st free throw | 15-33 |
| 07:17 | Dayton | Lucio Giordano makes the 2nd free throw | 15-34 |
| 07:04 | Nebraska | Michael Durante takes the ball from Keith Newton | 15-34 |
| 07:01 | Dayton | Lucio Giordano can't throw it down | 15-34 |
| 06:59 | Dayton | Lawrence Stultz grabs the offensive board | 15-34 |
| 06:31 | Dayton | Lucio Giordano is called for traveling | 15-34 |
| Subs | Nebraska | John Dargan (C) August Hayman | |
| Subs | Dayton | | |
| 06:03 | Nebraska | Randy Brown misses the 3 pointer from the right corner | 15-34 |
| 06:02 | Dayton | Michael Durante pulls down the rebound | 15-34 |
| 05:45 | Dayton | Michael Durante makes the jumper from the left wing set up by Mensah Accomando and the foul's on William Shine - foul #2 on William Shine, team foul #9 | 15-36 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Scott Welch (PG), Vincent Walker (PF) William Shine, Ralph Doty | |
| Subs | Dayton | Alfredo Valdez (SF) Jerry Dunlap | |
| 05:45 | Dayton | Michael Durante makes the free throw | 15-37 |
| 05:33 | Nebraska | Vincent Walker misses badly on a floater in the lane but the foul's on Lawrence Stultz - foul #2 on Lawrence Stultz, team foul #5 | 15-37 |
| Subs | Nebraska | | |
| Subs | Dayton | Matthew Shives (SG) Michael Durante | |
| 05:33 | Nebraska | Vincent Walker misses the 1st free throw | 15-37 |
| 05:33 | Nebraska | Vincent Walker misses the 2nd free throw | 15-37 |
| 05:33 | Dayton | Lawrence Stultz snags the defensive board | 15-37 |
| 05:11 | Dayton | Lawrence Stultz loses the ball out of bounds | 15-37 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Ralph Doty (C) John Dargan | |
| Subs | Dayton | Szczesny Zubik (C) Mensah Accomando | |
| 04:55 | Nebraska | Lucio Giordano steals it from Vincent Walker | 15-37 |
| 04:51 | Dayton | Lucio Giordano lays it up and in | 15-39 |
| 04:46 | Nebraska | Scott Welch drills a 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Keith Newton | 18-39 |
| 04:27 | Dayton | Lucio Giordano misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 18-39 |
| 04:26 | Dayton | Lawrence Stultz tips it back up and in | 18-41 |
| 04:18 | Nebraska | Ralph Doty knocks in the driving attempt in the lane on a nice dish by Keith Newton and he's hacked by Szczesny Zubik - foul #2 on Szczesny Zubik, team foul #6 | 20-41 |
| Subs | Nebraska | | |
| Subs | Dayton | Wilfredo Martin (PG), Michael Durante (SF) Lucio Giordano, Lawrence Stultz | |
| 04:18 | Nebraska | Ralph Doty makes the free throw | 21-41 |
| 03:55 | Dayton | Matthew Shives scores on a floater from the right side on a great pass from Wilfredo Martin | 21-43 |
| 03:46 | Nebraska | Scott Welch is fouled on the floor by Wilfredo Martin - foul #1 on Wilfredo Martin, team foul #7 | 21-43 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Thomas Caron (SG), Peter Nichols (SF), August Hayman (C) Keith Newton, Randy Brown, Vincent Walker | |
| Subs | Dayton | Jerry Dunlap (SG), Leroy Pearce (PF) Matthew Shives, Alfredo Valdez | |
| 03:46 | Nebraska | Scott Welch makes the 1st free throw | 22-43 |
| 03:46 | Nebraska | Scott Welch makes the 2nd free throw | 23-43 |
| 03:29 | Dayton | Scott Welch is called for the reach on Wilfredo Martin - foul #1 on Scott Welch, team foul #10 | 23-43 |
| Subs | Nebraska | William Shine (PG), Vincent Walker (PF), John Dargan (C) Scott Welch, Ralph Doty, August Hayman | |
| Subs | Dayton | Mensah Accomando (C) Szczesny Zubik | |
| 03:29 | Dayton | Wilfredo Martin makes the 1st free throw | 23-44 |
| 03:29 | Dayton | Wilfredo Martin makes the 2nd free throw | 23-45 |
| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - William Shine (fresh) 1 pts. SG - Thomas Caron (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Peter Nichols (fresh) PF - Vincent Walker (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - John Dargan (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Dayton | PG - Wilfredo Martin (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jerry Dunlap (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Michael Durante (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Leroy Pearce (fresh) C - Mensah Accomando (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:09 | Nebraska | John Dargan knocks in the driving attempt from the right block on a nice dish by Thomas Caron | 25-45 |
| 03:05 | Dayton | Michael Durante is called for traveling | 25-45 |
| Subs | Nebraska | | |
| Subs | Dayton | Lucio Giordano (PG) Wilfredo Martin | |
| 02:41 | Nebraska | Thomas Caron is fouled on the floor by Leroy Pearce - foul #1 on Leroy Pearce, team foul #8 | 25-45 |
| Subs | Nebraska | | |
| Subs | Dayton | Alfredo Valdez (SF), Lawrence Stultz (PF) Michael Durante, Leroy Pearce | |
| 02:41 | Nebraska | Thomas Caron makes the 1st free throw | 26-45 |
| 02:41 | Nebraska | Thomas Caron makes the 2nd free throw | 27-45 |
| 02:25 | Dayton | Alfredo Valdez misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Vincent Walker - foul #1 on Vincent Walker, team foul #11 | 27-45 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Ralph Doty (PF), August Hayman (C) Vincent Walker, John Dargan | |
| Subs | Dayton | Matthew Shives (SF), Szczesny Zubik (C) Lawrence Stultz, Mensah Accomando | |
| 02:25 | Dayton | Alfredo Valdez makes the 1st free throw | 27-46 |
| 02:25 | Dayton | Alfredo Valdez misses the 2nd free throw | 27-46 |
| 02:25 | Dayton | Szczesny Zubik pulls down the offensive rebound | 27-46 |
| 02:19 | Dayton | Lucio Giordano misses the wide open 3 pointer from the left corner | 27-46 |
| 02:17 | Dayton | Szczesny Zubik grabs the offensive board | 27-46 |
| 02:06 | Dayton | Alfredo Valdez evades the doubleteam and hits a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 27-49 |
| 01:46 | Nebraska | Thomas Caron's pass is intercepted by Alfredo Valdez | 27-49 |
| 01:23 | Dayton | Lucio Giordano buries a jumpshot from the right wing on a great pass from Jerry Dunlap | 27-51 |
| 01:18 | Nebraska | August Hayman drills a jumpshot from just outside the lane on a great pass from Peter Nichols | 29-51 |
| 01:04 | Dayton | Alfredo Valdez evades the doubleteam and hits a shot from the left side on a great pass from Lucio Giordano | 29-53 |
| 01:01 | Nebraska | Lucio Giordano steals the ball from William Shine in the backcourt | 29-53 |
| 00:48 | Dayton | Matthew Shives is doubleteamed and called for traveling | 29-53 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Scott Welch (PG), Randy Brown (SG), Tommy McBane (SF), Vincent Walker (PF), John Dargan (C) William Shine, Thomas Caron, Peter Nichols, Ralph Doty, August Hayman | |
| Subs | Dayton | Wilfredo Martin (PG), Michael Durante (SF), Lawrence Stultz (PF), Mensah Accomando (C) Lucio Giordano, Matthew Shives, Alfredo Valdez, Szczesny Zubik | |
| 00:26 | Nebraska | Tommy McBane scores on a shot from the left side | 31-53 |
| 00:02 | Dayton | Mensah Accomando makes the floater from the left side | 31-55 |
| 00:00 | Nebraska | Randy Brown misses badly on a fullcourt shot | 31-55 |