| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Eric Lee (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Robert Fusco (fresh) 5 pts. SF - James Wilson (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. PF - Nicholas Yarnell (fresh) 2 reb. C - Marcus Stradford (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Douglas Faris (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. SG - Leonard Youngblood (fresh) SF - George Taylor (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Charles Powers (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Chris Morrissette (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 20:00 | Syracuse | George Taylor inbounds the ball | 21-33 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:45 | Syracuse | Chris Morrissette scores on a jump hook from the left block set up by Douglas Faris | 21-35 |
| 19:16 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford throws it down | 23-35 |
| 19:09 | Syracuse | Douglas Faris comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 23-35 |
| 19:07 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell grabs the board | 23-35 |
| 18:38 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford misses badly on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 23-35 |
| 18:37 | Syracuse | Chris Morrissette grabs the board | 23-35 |
| 18:28 | Syracuse | Chris Morrissette jams it set up by Douglas Faris | 23-37 |
| 18:03 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford misses long on a jumper from the left side | 23-37 |
| 18:01 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to George Taylor | 23-37 |
| 17:41 | Syracuse | George Taylor hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 23-37 |
| 17:39 | Syracuse | Chris Morrissette can't tip it in | 23-37 |
| 17:38 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell pulls down the rebound | 23-37 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 17:22 | Louisville | Charles Powers steals it from James Wilson | 23-37 |
| 17:13 | Syracuse | Chris Morrissette hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway in the lane but he's fouled by Marcus Stradford - foul #1 on Marcus Stradford, team foul #1 | 23-37 |
| Subs | Louisville | Vernon Harris (PF) Nicholas Yarnell | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 17:13 | Syracuse | Chris Morrissette makes the 1st free throw | 23-38 |
| 17:13 | Syracuse | Chris Morrissette makes the 2nd free throw | 23-39 |
| 16:53 | Louisville | Charles Powers is called for the reach on Vernon Harris - foul #1 on Charles Powers, team foul #1 | 23-39 |
| Subs | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky (PG) Eric Lee | |
| Subs | Syracuse | John Hale (SG), Bruce Hankins (SF), Steven Timko (C) Leonard Youngblood, George Taylor, Chris Morrissette | |
| 16:28 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford is hacked by Steven Timko - foul #2 on Steven Timko, team foul #2 | 23-39 |
| Subs | Louisville | Raymond Reid (SG), Theodore Robinson (SF) Robert Fusco, James Wilson | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Joseph Smith (PG), Harrison Brooker (PF) Douglas Faris, Charles Powers | |
| 16:18 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford is denied on a layup by Steven Timko | 23-39 |
| 16:16 | Louisville | Vernon Harris tips it back up and in | 25-39 |
| 16:06 | Syracuse | Steven Timko misses long on a jumper from the left side | 25-39 |
| 16:05 | Syracuse | Harrison Brooker gets the offensive rebound | 25-39 |
| 15:48 | Syracuse | Bruce Hankins can't connect on a runner in the lane | 25-39 |
| 15:46 | Syracuse | Steven Timko tips it back up and in | 25-41 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Zlatko Zukowsky (fresh) SG - Raymond Reid (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Theodore Robinson (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Vernon Harris (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Marcus Stradford (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Joseph Smith (fresh) SG - John Hale (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Bruce Hankins (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Harrison Brooker (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Steven Timko (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 15:26 | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky misses the runner in the lane but he's fouled by Steven Timko - foul #3 on Steven Timko, team foul #3 | 25-41 |
| Subs | Louisville | Robert Fusco (SG), James Wilson (SF), Nicholas Yarnell (PF) Raymond Reid, Theodore Robinson, Marcus Stradford | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Douglas Faris (PG), Leonard Youngblood (SG), George Taylor (SF), Charles Powers (PF), Chris Morrissette (C) Joseph Smith, John Hale, Bruce Hankins, Harrison Brooker, Steven Timko | |
| 15:26 | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky makes the 1st free throw | 26-41 |
| 15:26 | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky misses the 2nd free throw | 26-41 |
| 15:26 | Syracuse | Chris Morrissette snags the defensive board | 26-41 |
| 15:05 | Syracuse | Leonard Youngblood clanks a driving attempt from close range | 26-41 |
| 15:03 | Syracuse | George Taylor pulls down the offensive rebound | 26-41 |
| 14:56 | Syracuse | Charles Powers misses the easy layup | 26-41 |
| 14:54 | Louisville | James Wilson grabs the defensive rebound | 26-41 |
| 14:40 | Louisville | Robert Fusco's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 26-41 |
| Subs | Louisville | Eric Lee (PG) Zlatko Zukowsky | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 14:24 | Syracuse | Charles Powers misses the 3pt shot from the left wing | 26-41 |
| 14:23 | Louisville | James Wilson grabs the board | 26-41 |
| 14:10 | Louisville | James Wilson loses the dribble to Douglas Faris | 26-41 |
| 14:05 | Syracuse | Douglas Faris lays it up and in | 26-43 |
| 13:53 | Louisville | James Wilson misses short on a 3 from the left corner | 26-43 |
| 13:51 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell tips it in | 28-43 |
| 13:32 | Syracuse | George Taylor scores on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 28-45 |
| 13:22 | Louisville | Eric Lee is fouled on the floor by Douglas Faris - foul #1 on Douglas Faris, team foul #4 | 28-45 |
| Subs | Louisville | Marcus Stradford (C) Vernon Harris | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Harrison Brooker (PF) Charles Powers | |
| 12:59 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford connects on the shot from the right wing | 30-45 |
| 12:40 | Syracuse | Douglas Faris clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 30-45 |
| 12:38 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford gets the rebound | 30-45 |
| 12:20 | Louisville | Robert Fusco misses long on a 3 from straight away | 30-45 |
| 12:19 | Syracuse | George Taylor grabs the defensive rebound | 30-45 |
| 12:14 | Syracuse | Leonard Youngblood is called for traveling | 30-45 |
| Subs | Louisville | Raymond Reid (SG), Theodore Robinson (SF) Robert Fusco, James Wilson | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Joseph Smith (PG), John Hale (SG), Bruce Hankins (SF), Charles Powers (PF), Steven Timko (C) Douglas Faris, Leonard Youngblood, George Taylor, Harrison Brooker, Chris Morrissette | |
| 11:52 | Louisville | Charles Powers blocks the short jumper by Nicholas Yarnell | 30-45 |
| 11:50 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford gets the offensive rebound | 30-45 |
| 11:36 | Louisville | Raymond Reid hits a fadeaway from the right side | 32-45 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Eric Lee (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Raymond Reid (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Theodore Robinson (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Nicholas Yarnell (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Marcus Stradford (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Joseph Smith (fresh) SG - John Hale (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Bruce Hankins (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Charles Powers (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Steven Timko (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| 11:22 | Syracuse | Nicholas Yarnell steals the ball from Steven Timko | 32-45 |
| 10:57 | Louisville | Steven Timko is called for the reach on Marcus Stradford - foul #4 on Steven Timko, team foul #5 | 32-45 |
| Subs | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky (PG), Robert Fusco (SG), James Wilson (SF), Vernon Harris (PF) Eric Lee, Raymond Reid, Theodore Robinson, Nicholas Yarnell | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Douglas Faris (PG), Leonard Youngblood (SG) Joseph Smith, John Hale | |
| 10:41 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford is called for traveling | 32-45 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | George Taylor (SF), Chris Morrissette (C) Bruce Hankins, Steven Timko | |
| 10:29 | Syracuse | Douglas Faris buries a pull-up jumper from the left wing on a great pass from George Taylor | 32-47 |
| 10:09 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 32-47 |
| 09:52 | Syracuse | Charles Powers is fouled on the floor by Vernon Harris - foul #2 on Vernon Harris, team foul #2 | 32-47 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Harrison Brooker (PF) Charles Powers | |
| 09:39 | Syracuse | Leonard Youngblood is fouled on the floor by Robert Fusco - foul #1 on Robert Fusco, team foul #3 | 32-47 |
| Subs | Louisville | Theodore Robinson (C) Marcus Stradford | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 09:25 | Syracuse | James Wilson blocks the short jumper by Chris Morrissette | 32-47 |
| 09:24 | Syracuse | Leonard Youngblood hits the follow up shot | 32-49 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 09:02 | Louisville | James Wilson makes the 3 from the left wing set up by Robert Fusco | 35-49 |
| 08:49 | Syracuse | Harrison Brooker is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #1 on Harrison Brooker, team foul #6 | 35-49 |
| Subs | Louisville | Eric Lee (PG), Marcus Stradford (C) Zlatko Zukowsky, Theodore Robinson | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Joseph Smith (PG), John Hale (SG), Bruce Hankins (SF), Charles Powers (PF), Steven Timko (C) Douglas Faris, Leonard Youngblood, George Taylor, Harrison Brooker, Chris Morrissette | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 08:31 | Louisville | Eric Lee misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 35-49 |
| 08:29 | Louisville | Vernon Harris misses the tip | 35-49 |
| 08:27 | Syracuse | Joseph Smith grabs the board | 35-49 |
| 08:11 | Syracuse | John Hale knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by Joseph Smith | 35-52 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 07:57 | Louisville | The jump hook by Marcus Stradford is blocked by Bruce Hankins | 35-52 |
| 07:55 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Charles Powers | 35-52 |
| 07:34 | Syracuse | Charles Powers can't connect on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 35-52 |
| 07:33 | Syracuse | Steven Timko grabs the offensive rebound | 35-52 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Eric Lee (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Robert Fusco (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Wilson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. PF - Vernon Harris (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Marcus Stradford (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Joseph Smith (fresh) 1 ast. SG - John Hale (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Bruce Hankins (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Charles Powers (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Steven Timko (fresh) 2 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. 4 pf. | |
| 07:22 | Syracuse | John Hale misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 35-52 |
| 07:21 | Syracuse | Joseph Smith tips it but misses | 35-52 |
| 07:20 | Syracuse | Steven Timko hits the follow up shot | 35-54 |
| 07:09 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford is whistled for a carry | 35-54 |
| Subs | Louisville | Raymond Reid (SG), Theodore Robinson (SF), Nicholas Yarnell (PF) Robert Fusco, James Wilson, Vernon Harris | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Douglas Faris (PG), Leonard Youngblood (SG), George Taylor (SF), Chris Morrissette (C) Joseph Smith, John Hale, Bruce Hankins, Steven Timko | |
| 06:48 | Syracuse | Chris Morrissette scores on a turnaround from the baseline on a nice dish by Charles Powers | 35-56 |
| 06:37 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford misses the pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Chris Morrissette - foul #4 on Chris Morrissette, team foul #7 | 35-56 |
| Subs | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky (PG), Vernon Harris (PF) Eric Lee, Nicholas Yarnell | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Joseph Smith (PG), John Hale (SG), Bruce Hankins (SF), Harrison Brooker (PF), Steven Timko (C) Douglas Faris, Leonard Youngblood, George Taylor, Charles Powers, Chris Morrissette | |
| 06:37 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford makes the 1st free throw | 36-56 |
| 06:37 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford makes the 2nd free throw | 37-56 |
| 06:23 | Syracuse | Bruce Hankins misses the fadeaway from the free throw line | 37-56 |
| 06:21 | Louisville | Raymond Reid gets the rebound | 37-56 |
| 06:07 | Louisville | The jump hook by Marcus Stradford is blocked by Steven Timko | 37-56 |
| 06:05 | Louisville | Theodore Robinson can't tip it in | 37-56 |
| 06:04 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Joseph Smith | 37-56 |
| 05:53 | Syracuse | Harrison Brooker's pass is intercepted by Marcus Stradford | 37-56 |
| 05:41 | Louisville | Theodore Robinson loses the ball out of bounds | 37-56 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ernest Copeland (C) Marcus Stradford | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 05:24 | Syracuse | John Hale hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 37-56 |
| 05:23 | Louisville | Theodore Robinson snags the defensive board | 37-56 |
| 05:14 | Louisville | John Hale takes the ball from Theodore Robinson | 37-56 |
| 04:53 | Syracuse | John Hale knocks in the 3 pointer from the left wing set up by Steven Timko | 37-59 |
| 04:48 | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 37-59 |
| 04:47 | Syracuse | Bruce Hankins gets the rebound | 37-59 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 04:26 | Syracuse | Bruce Hankins is hacked by Theodore Robinson - foul #2 on Theodore Robinson, team foul #4 | 37-59 |
| Subs | Louisville | Donald Fuhr (SG) Theodore Robinson | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 04:09 | Syracuse | Bruce Hankins misses the turnaround from the baseline | 37-59 |
| 04:07 | Syracuse | Joseph Smith tips it in | 37-61 |
| 03:47 | Louisville | Raymond Reid misses the 3 pointer from straight away | 37-61 |
| 03:46 | Syracuse | Steven Timko pulls down the rebound | 37-61 |
| 03:19 | Syracuse | Bruce Hankins misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Raymond Reid - foul #1 on Raymond Reid, team foul #5 | 37-61 |
| Subs | Louisville | Theodore Robinson (SF) Raymond Reid | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 03:19 | Syracuse | Bruce Hankins makes the 1st free throw | 37-62 |
| 03:19 | Syracuse | Bruce Hankins makes the 2nd free throw | 37-63 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Zlatko Zukowsky (fairly fresh) 1 pts. SG - Donald Fuhr (fresh) SF - Theodore Robinson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Vernon Harris (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Ernest Copeland (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Joseph Smith (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Hale (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SF - Bruce Hankins (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Harrison Brooker (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Steven Timko (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 10 reb. 3 blk. 4 pf. | |
| 03:04 | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky buries a shot from the left wing | 39-63 |
| 03:02 | Syracuse | Donald Fuhr picks off the pass by Joseph Smith in the backcourt | 39-63 |
| 03:01 | Louisville | Donald Fuhr misses the lay-in | 39-63 |
| 03:00 | Syracuse | Steven Timko grabs the board | 39-63 |
| 02:42 | Syracuse | Steven Timko misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Ernest Copeland - foul #1 on Ernest Copeland, team foul #6 | 39-63 |
| Subs | Louisville | Raymond Reid (SG) Zlatko Zukowsky | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 02:42 | Syracuse | Steven Timko makes the 1st free throw | 39-64 |
| 02:42 | Syracuse | Steven Timko misses the 2nd free throw | 39-64 |
| 02:42 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Ernest Copeland | 39-64 |
| 02:25 | Louisville | Raymond Reid buries a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 42-64 |
| 01:56 | Syracuse | Joseph Smith is hacked by Ernest Copeland - foul #2 on Ernest Copeland, team foul #7 | 42-64 |
| Subs | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky (PG) Donald Fuhr | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 01:56 | Syracuse | Joseph Smith makes the 1st free throw | 42-65 |
| 01:56 | Syracuse | Joseph Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 42-66 |
| 01:34 | Louisville | Raymond Reid hits a 3 from the right wing | 45-66 |
| 01:12 | Syracuse | Steven Timko misses the jump hook from the baseline but he's hacked by Vernon Harris - foul #3 on Vernon Harris, team foul #8 | 45-66 |
| 01:12 | Syracuse | Steven Timko misses the 1st free throw | 45-66 |
| 01:12 | Syracuse | Steven Timko makes the 2nd free throw | 45-67 |
| 01:05 | Louisville | Theodore Robinson clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 45-67 |
| 01:04 | Syracuse | Joseph Smith gets the rebound | 45-67 |
| 00:43 | Syracuse | John Hale comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 45-67 |
| 00:41 | Louisville | Theodore Robinson grabs the defensive rebound | 45-67 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:34 | Louisville | Raymond Reid comes up short on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 45-67 |
| 00:32 | Louisville | Raymond Reid grabs the offensive board | 45-67 |
| 00:30 | Louisville | Raymond Reid misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 45-67 |
| 00:29 | Louisville | Vernon Harris gets the offensive rebound | 45-67 |
| 00:25 | Louisville | Raymond Reid misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 45-67 |
| 00:23 | Syracuse | Bruce Hankins snags the defensive board | 45-67 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Joseph Smith runs out the clock | 45-67 |