| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Willis Williams (fresh) SG - Radomil Lakowski (fresh) SF - George Monks (fresh) PF - Paul Lehmann (fresh) C - Matthew Wolfram (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Nelson Wakefield (fresh) SG - Joel Dietrich (fresh) SF - James Corbin (fresh) PF - Richard Vallo (fresh) C - Melvin Small (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Matthew Wolfram wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| 19:45 | Louisville | Willis Williams buries a jumpshot from the free throw line set up by George Monks | 2-0 |
| 19:24 | Rutgers | Joel Dietrich hits a 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Nelson Wakefield | 2-3 |
| 19:01 | Louisville | George Monks is hacked by Melvin Small - foul #1 on Melvin Small, team foul #1 | 2-3 |
| 18:45 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann clanks a fadeaway from the left side | 2-3 |
| 18:43 | Rutgers | Richard Vallo grabs the board | 2-3 |
| 18:24 | Rutgers | Richard Vallo misses long on a shot from the left block | 2-3 |
| 18:22 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann snags the defensive board | 2-3 |
| 18:05 | Louisville | Matthew Wolfram is hacked by Melvin Small - foul #2 on Melvin Small, team foul #2 | 2-3 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Lewis Willis (C) Melvin Small | |
| 17:55 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann works out of a doubleteam and scores on a shot in the paint and the foul's on Lewis Willis - foul #1 on Lewis Willis, team foul #3 | 4-3 |
| 17:55 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann makes the free throw | 5-3 |
| 17:42 | Rutgers | Nelson Wakefield can't connect on a jumper from the left wing | 5-3 |
| 17:40 | Rutgers | Lewis Willis hits the follow up shot | 5-5 |
| 17:18 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann splits the doubleteam but misses short on a jump hook near the basket | 5-5 |
| 17:16 | Rutgers | Lewis Willis grabs the defensive rebound | 5-5 |
| 16:52 | Rutgers | Nelson Wakefield misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 5-5 |
| 16:50 | Rutgers | Lewis Willis pulls down the offensive rebound | 5-5 |
| 16:35 | Rutgers | Joel Dietrich hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 5-5 |
| 16:34 | Louisville | Radomil Lakowski grabs the board | 5-5 |
| 16:15 | Louisville | Willis Williams clanks a jumper from the left wing | 5-5 |
| 16:14 | Rutgers | Richard Vallo grabs the board | 5-5 |
| 16:00 | Rutgers | Nelson Wakefield connects on the floater from the left wing set up by Joel Dietrich and he's fouled by Willis Williams - foul #1 on Willis Williams, team foul #1 | 5-7 |
| Subs | Louisville | Mark Curry (C) Matthew Wolfram | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 16:00 | Rutgers | Nelson Wakefield makes the free throw | 5-8 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Willis Williams (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Radomil Lakowski (fresh) SF - George Monks (fairly fresh) PF - Paul Lehmann (fresh) 3 pts. C - Mark Curry (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Nelson Wakefield (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Joel Dietrich (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Corbin (fresh) PF - Richard Vallo (fresh) 2 reb. C - Lewis Willis (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:42 | Louisville | Radomil Lakowski drills a jumpshot from the right side | 7-8 |
| 15:15 | Rutgers | James Corbin scores on a 3 pointer from straight away on a great pass from Richard Vallo | 7-11 |
| 15:06 | Louisville | Mark Curry blows the wide open layup | 7-11 |
| 15:04 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann tips it in | 9-11 |
| 14:47 | Rutgers | Nelson Wakefield hits a turnaround from the baseline on a great pass from James Corbin and the foul's on Paul Lehmann - foul #1 on Paul Lehmann, team foul #2 | 9-13 |
| Subs | Louisville | Matthew Wolfram (C) Mark Curry | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Bernard Esteban (SF), Jan Heppner (PF) James Corbin, Richard Vallo | |
| 14:47 | Rutgers | Nelson Wakefield misses the free throw | 9-13 |
| 14:47 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann snags the defensive board | 9-13 |
| 14:39 | Louisville | Joel Dietrich picks off the pass by George Monks | 9-13 |
| 14:16 | Rutgers | Nelson Wakefield connects on the shot from the free throw line on a great pass from Lewis Willis | 9-15 |
| 13:59 | Louisville | Radomil Lakowski shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 9-15 |
| 13:57 | Louisville | George Monks tips it in | 11-15 |
| 13:30 | Rutgers | Jan Heppner is fouled on the floor by Paul Lehmann - foul #2 on Paul Lehmann, team foul #3 | 11-15 |
| Subs | Louisville | Mark Curry (PF) Paul Lehmann | |
| Subs | Rutgers | John Fagundes (PG), James Corbin (SF), Richard Vallo (PF) Nelson Wakefield, Joel Dietrich, Lewis Willis | |
| 13:13 | Rutgers | Bernard Esteban misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 11-15 |
| 13:12 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Mark Curry | 11-15 |
| 13:00 | Louisville | Willis Williams buries a 3 from straight away on a great pass from Radomil Lakowski | 14-15 |
| 12:40 | Rutgers | Matthew Wolfram is called for the reach on Richard Vallo - foul #1 on Matthew Wolfram, team foul #4 | 14-15 |
| 12:16 | Rutgers | Bernard Esteban comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 14-15 |
| 12:14 | Louisville | The rebound goes to George Monks | 14-15 |
| 12:03 | Louisville | Radomil Lakowski drills a jump hook near the basket | 16-15 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Willis Williams (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SG - Radomil Lakowski (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - George Monks (tiring) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Mark Curry (fresh) C - Matthew Wolfram (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - John Fagundes (fresh) SG - Bernard Esteban (fresh) SF - James Corbin (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Richard Vallo (fresh) 2 reb. C - Jan Heppner (fresh) | |
| 11:38 | Rutgers | Mark Curry steals it from Bernard Esteban | 16-15 |
| 11:12 | Louisville | Willis Williams misses short on a fadeaway from the right wing | 16-15 |
| 11:11 | Louisville | The offensive rebound goes to Radomil Lakowski | 16-15 |
| 10:53 | Louisville | Radomil Lakowski's pass out of the doubleteam is intercepted by Richard Vallo | 16-15 |
| 10:36 | Rutgers | Richard Vallo misses short on a jump hook from the baseline but he's fouled by Mark Curry - foul #1 on Mark Curry, team foul #5 | 16-15 |
| Subs | Louisville | Claud Zagen (SF), Robert Gibbens (C) George Monks, Matthew Wolfram | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Nelson Wakefield (PG), Joel Dietrich (SG), Lewis Willis (C) John Fagundes, Bernard Esteban, Jan Heppner | |
| 10:36 | Rutgers | Richard Vallo misses the 1st free throw | 16-15 |
| 10:36 | Rutgers | Richard Vallo makes the 2nd free throw | 16-16 |
| 10:22 | Louisville | Claud Zagen misses badly on a jumpshot from the right wing | 16-16 |
| 10:20 | Louisville | Mark Curry grabs the offensive rebound | 16-16 |
| 10:11 | Louisville | Robert Gibbens clanks a jump hook from the baseline but the foul's on Lewis Willis - foul #2 on Lewis Willis, team foul #4 | 16-16 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | John Fagundes (SF), Matthew Markland (C) James Corbin, Lewis Willis | |
| 10:11 | Louisville | Robert Gibbens misses the 1st free throw | 16-16 |
| 10:11 | Louisville | Robert Gibbens makes the 2nd free throw | 17-16 |
| 09:45 | Rutgers | John Fagundes blows the layup | 17-16 |
| 09:43 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Robert Gibbens | 17-16 |
| 09:35 | Louisville | Willis Williams scores on a 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Claud Zagen | 20-16 |
| 09:27 | Rutgers | John Fagundes is fouled on the floor by Robert Gibbens - foul #1 on Robert Gibbens, team foul #6 | 20-16 |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Stiltner (SG), Jerry Underwood (C) Radomil Lakowski, Mark Curry | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 09:11 | Rutgers | Nelson Wakefield throws a bad pass out of bounds | 20-16 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | James Corbin (SF) John Fagundes | |
| 08:54 | Louisville | Willis Williams can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 20-16 |
| 08:52 | Rutgers | Richard Vallo grabs the defensive rebound | 20-16 |
| 08:29 | Rutgers | James Corbin misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 20-16 |
| 08:27 | Louisville | Willis Williams gets the rebound | 20-16 |
| 08:22 | Louisville | Willis Williams hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Nelson Wakefield - foul #1 on Nelson Wakefield, team foul #5 | 20-16 |
| Subs | Louisville | Radomil Lakowski (SG), George Monks (SF), Mark Curry (PF), Matthew Wolfram (C) Richard Stiltner, Claud Zagen, Robert Gibbens, Jerry Underwood | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Jan Heppner (PF) Richard Vallo | |
| 08:22 | Louisville | Willis Williams makes the 1st free throw | 21-16 |
| 08:22 | Louisville | Willis Williams makes the 2nd free throw | 22-16 |
| 08:00 | Rutgers | Jan Heppner loses the ball out of bounds | 22-16 |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Stiltner (PG) Willis Williams | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Richard Stiltner (fresh) SG - Radomil Lakowski (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - George Monks (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Mark Curry (fresh) 2 reb. C - Matthew Wolfram (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Nelson Wakefield (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Joel Dietrich (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Corbin (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Jan Heppner (fresh) C - Matthew Markland (fresh) | |
| 07:48 | Louisville | Richard Stiltner misses badly on a floater from the left side | 22-16 |
| 07:46 | Louisville | Radomil Lakowski misses the tip | 22-16 |
| 07:44 | Rutgers | Nelson Wakefield grabs the board | 22-16 |
| 07:16 | Rutgers | Joel Dietrich misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 22-16 |
| 07:14 | Louisville | Matthew Wolfram gets the rebound | 22-16 |
| 07:08 | Louisville | George Monks clanks a driving attempt in the lane | 22-16 |
| 07:07 | Louisville | The offensive rebound goes to Mark Curry | 22-16 |
| 06:55 | Louisville | Matthew Wolfram comes up short on the shot from the left wing but the foul's on Matthew Markland - foul #1 on Matthew Markland, team foul #6 | 22-16 |
| Subs | Louisville | Willis Williams (PG) Richard Stiltner | |
| Subs | Rutgers | John Fagundes (PG), Bernard Esteban (SF), Richard Vallo (PF) Nelson Wakefield, James Corbin, Matthew Markland | |
| 06:55 | Louisville | Matthew Wolfram makes the 1st free throw | 23-16 |
| 06:55 | Louisville | Matthew Wolfram misses the 2nd free throw | 23-16 |
| 06:55 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Jan Heppner | 23-16 |
| 06:39 | Rutgers | Bernard Esteban comes up short on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 23-16 |
| 06:37 | Louisville | The rebound goes to George Monks | 23-16 |
| 06:31 | Louisville | Willis Williams is fouled on the floor by Richard Vallo - foul #1 on Richard Vallo, team foul #7 | 23-16 |
| Subs | Louisville | Claud Zagen (SF), Paul Lehmann (PF) George Monks, Mark Curry | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Melvin Small (C) Jan Heppner | |
| 06:31 | Louisville | Willis Williams misses the 1st free throw | 23-16 |
| 06:31 | Rutgers | Richard Vallo grabs the board | 23-16 |
| 06:07 | Rutgers | Bernard Esteban misses the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 23-16 |
| 06:06 | Rutgers | Bernard Esteban pulls down the offensive rebound | 23-16 |
| 05:46 | Rutgers | Melvin Small drills a floater from the right block | 23-18 |
| 05:26 | Louisville | Willis Williams is hacked by John Fagundes - foul #1 on John Fagundes, team foul #8 | 23-18 |
| Subs | Louisville | George Monks (SF) Claud Zagen | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Nelson Wakefield (PG), James Corbin (SF), Jan Heppner (PF) John Fagundes, Joel Dietrich, Richard Vallo | |
| 05:26 | Louisville | Willis Williams makes the 1st free throw | 24-18 |
| 05:26 | Louisville | Willis Williams makes the 2nd free throw | 25-18 |
| 05:06 | Rutgers | James Corbin comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 25-18 |
| 05:04 | Rutgers | Melvin Small can't tip it in | 25-18 |
| 05:02 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann snags the defensive board | 25-18 |
| 04:57 | Louisville | Radomil Lakowski clanks a shot from the free throw line | 25-18 |
| 04:56 | Rutgers | James Corbin grabs the board | 25-18 |
| 04:31 | Rutgers | James Corbin makes the 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Nelson Wakefield | 25-21 |
| 04:25 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann misses badly on a driving attempt in the lane | 25-21 |
| 04:24 | Louisville | Radomil Lakowski tips it home | 27-21 |
| 04:07 | Rutgers | Nelson Wakefield hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 27-21 |
| 04:05 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann gets the rebound | 27-21 |
| 03:59 | Louisville | Radomil Lakowski splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 27-21 |
| 03:57 | Rutgers | James Corbin gets the rebound | 27-21 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Willis Williams (tiring) 12 pts. SG - Radomil Lakowski (tiring) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - George Monks (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Paul Lehmann (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. C - Matthew Wolfram (fairly fresh) 1 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Nelson Wakefield (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Bernard Esteban (fresh) SF - James Corbin (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. PF - Jan Heppner (fresh) C - Melvin Small (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 03:43 | Rutgers | Melvin Small misses badly on a shot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Matthew Wolfram - foul #2 on Matthew Wolfram, team foul #7 | 27-21 |
| Subs | Louisville | Henry Blunt (PG), Richard Stiltner (SG), Claud Zagen (SF), Mark Curry (C) Willis Williams, Radomil Lakowski, George Monks, Matthew Wolfram | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Joel Dietrich (SG), Lewis Willis (PF) Bernard Esteban, Jan Heppner | |
| 03:43 | Rutgers | Melvin Small makes the 1st free throw | 27-22 |
| 03:43 | Rutgers | Melvin Small misses the 2nd free throw | 27-22 |
| 03:43 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann grabs the defensive rebound | 27-22 |
| 03:28 | Louisville | Mark Curry makes the fadeaway from the baseline on a great pass from Paul Lehmann | 29-22 |
| 02:59 | Rutgers | Joel Dietrich scores on a 3 pointer from the left corner on a nice dish by Nelson Wakefield | 29-25 |
| 02:49 | Louisville | Claud Zagen connects on the driving attempt from the left block on a great pass from Henry Blunt | 31-25 |
| 02:20 | Rutgers | Henry Blunt picks off the pass by Melvin Small | 31-25 |
| 02:17 | Louisville | Richard Stiltner hits the finger roll on a great pass from Henry Blunt | 33-25 |
| 02:07 | Rutgers | Melvin Small lays it in on a great pass from James Corbin | 33-27 |
| 01:55 | Louisville | Henry Blunt is hacked by Melvin Small - foul #3 on Melvin Small, team foul #9 | 33-27 |
| Subs | Louisville | Radomil Lakowski (SG), George Monks (SF), Matthew Wolfram (C) Richard Stiltner, Claud Zagen, Mark Curry | |
| Subs | Rutgers | John Fagundes (PG), Bernard Esteban (SF), Richard Vallo (PF) Nelson Wakefield, James Corbin, Melvin Small | |
| 01:55 | Louisville | Henry Blunt makes the 1st free throw | 34-27 |
| 01:55 | Louisville | Henry Blunt makes the 2nd free throw | 35-27 |
| 01:34 | Rutgers | Lewis Willis's pass is intercepted by Henry Blunt | 35-27 |
| 01:21 | Louisville | Richard Vallo is called for the reach on George Monks - foul #2 on Richard Vallo, team foul #10 | 35-27 |
| Subs | Louisville | Willis Williams (PG) Henry Blunt | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 01:21 | Louisville | George Monks makes the 1st free throw | 36-27 |
| 01:21 | Louisville | George Monks misses the 2nd free throw | 36-27 |
| 01:21 | Rutgers | Lewis Willis pulls down the rebound | 36-27 |
| 01:02 | Rutgers | Lewis Willis drills a fadeaway from the free throw line on a great pass from Richard Vallo | 36-29 |
| 00:52 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Richard Vallo - foul #3 on Richard Vallo, team foul #11 | 36-29 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | James Corbin (SF), Jan Heppner (PF), Matthew Markland (C) Joel Dietrich, Richard Vallo, Lewis Willis | |
| 00:52 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann misses the 1st free throw | 36-29 |
| 00:52 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann makes the 2nd free throw | 37-29 |
| 00:41 | Rutgers | James Corbin misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 37-29 |
| 00:40 | Rutgers | Bernard Esteban hits the follow up shot | 37-31 |
| 00:32 | Louisville | George Monks makes the wide open fadeaway from the left wing on a great pass from Radomil Lakowski out of a doubleteam | 39-31 |
| 00:08 | Rutgers | James Corbin hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 39-31 |
| 00:07 | Louisville | Radomil Lakowski grabs the defensive rebound | 39-31 |
| 00:03 | Louisville | Paul Lehmann shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the fadeaway from the left side | 39-31 |
| 00:02 | Rutgers | Matthew Markland snags the defensive board | 39-31 |
| 00:00 | Rutgers | Matthew Markland misses short on a fullcourt shot | 39-31 |