| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Hollis Smith (fresh) SG - Bruce Peet (fresh) SF - Matthew Smith (fresh) PF - David Dunn (fresh) C - Kenneth Wynn (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Frederick Aker (fresh) SG - Loyd Young (fresh) SF - John Hunt (fresh) PF - Paul Wilson (fresh) C - Joseph Colletti (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | David Dunn wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (-3) | |
| 19:38 | Louisville | Matthew Smith throws a bad pass out of bounds | 0-0 |
| 19:20 | Rutgers | Joseph Colletti knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Frederick Aker | 0-3 |
| 19:01 | Louisville | Hollis Smith can't connect on a 3 from the right corner | 0-3 |
| 19:00 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Paul Wilson | 0-3 |
| 18:32 | Rutgers | John Hunt can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 0-3 |
| 18:31 | Louisville | Kenneth Wynn pulls down the rebound | 0-3 |
| 18:14 | Louisville | Hollis Smith scores on a fadeaway near the basket set up by Matthew Smith | 2-3 |
| 17:59 | Rutgers | Joseph Colletti hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 2-3 |
| 17:57 | Rutgers | Paul Wilson tips it back up and in | 2-5 |
| 17:43 | Louisville | Frederick Aker steals the ball from David Dunn | 2-5 |
| 17:18 | Rutgers | Frederick Aker drills a 3pt attempt from the left wing set up by John Hunt | 2-8 |
| 16:57 | Louisville | David Dunn can't connect on a shot from the right side | 2-8 |
| 16:55 | Rutgers | John Hunt grabs the defensive rebound | 2-8 |
| 16:28 | Rutgers | Frederick Aker hits a 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Paul Wilson | 2-11 |
| 16:11 | Louisville | Matthew Smith connects on the jumper from the left wing and he's hacked by Joseph Colletti - foul #1 on Joseph Colletti, team foul #1 | 4-11 |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Taylor (PG), Edward Pipes (SG), Don Jordan (PF) Bruce Peet, David Dunn, Kenneth Wynn | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 16:11 | Louisville | Matthew Smith misses the free throw | 4-11 |
| 16:11 | Rutgers | Paul Wilson pulls down the rebound | 4-11 |
| 15:48 | Rutgers | Loyd Young throws a bad pass out of bounds | 4-11 |
| Subs | Louisville | Kenneth Wynn (C) Hollis Smith | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Taylor (fresh) SG - Edward Pipes (fresh) SF - Matthew Smith (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Don Jordan (fresh) C - Kenneth Wynn (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Frederick Aker (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Loyd Young (fresh) SF - John Hunt (fresh) PF - Paul Wilson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Joseph Colletti (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 15:30 | Louisville | Edward Pipes misses badly on a fadeaway from the right side but the foul's on Loyd Young - foul #1 on Loyd Young, team foul #2 | 4-11 |
| 15:30 | Louisville | Edward Pipes misses the 1st free throw | 4-11 |
| 15:30 | Louisville | Edward Pipes makes the 2nd free throw | 5-11 |
| 15:05 | Rutgers | Joseph Colletti misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Kenneth Wynn - foul #1 on Kenneth Wynn, team foul #1 | 5-11 |
| 15:05 | Rutgers | Joseph Colletti makes the 1st free throw | 5-12 |
| 15:05 | Rutgers | Joseph Colletti misses the 2nd free throw | 5-12 |
| 15:05 | Louisville | Don Jordan grabs the board | 5-12 |
| 14:49 | Louisville | Matthew Smith is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a turnaround from the baseline but he's fouled by John Hunt - foul #1 on John Hunt, team foul #3 | 5-12 |
| Subs | Louisville | Bruce Peet (SG), Hollis Smith (SF) Edward Pipes, Kenneth Wynn | |
| Subs | Rutgers | James Woolley (C) Joseph Colletti | |
| 14:49 | Louisville | Matthew Smith makes the 1st free throw | 6-12 |
| 14:49 | Louisville | Matthew Smith misses the 2nd free throw | 6-12 |
| 14:49 | Rutgers | Paul Wilson grabs the board | 6-12 |
| 14:24 | Rutgers | John Hunt scores on a shot from the right side on a great pass from Frederick Aker | 6-14 |
| 14:13 | Louisville | Don Jordan lays it up and in on a nice dish by Timothy Taylor | 8-14 |
| 13:54 | Rutgers | Loyd Young can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Timothy Taylor - foul #1 on Timothy Taylor, team foul #2 | 8-14 |
| Subs | Louisville | David Dunn (C) Matthew Smith | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Joseph Colletti (C) Paul Wilson | |
| 13:54 | Rutgers | Loyd Young misses the 1st free throw | 8-14 |
| 13:54 | Rutgers | Loyd Young makes the 2nd free throw | 8-15 |
| 13:36 | Louisville | Bruce Peet hits a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Timothy Taylor | 11-15 |
| 13:10 | Rutgers | James Woolley loses the ball out of bounds | 11-15 |
| Subs | Louisville | Edward Pipes (SG), Kenneth Wynn (C) Bruce Peet, Don Jordan | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 12:48 | Louisville | Edward Pipes is hacked by Loyd Young - foul #2 on Loyd Young, team foul #4 | 11-15 |
| Subs | Louisville | Matthew Smith (SF) Timothy Taylor | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Ryan Grimshaw (SG), Paul Wilson (PF) Loyd Young, James Woolley | |
| 12:40 | Louisville | Edward Pipes can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Joseph Colletti - foul #2 on Joseph Colletti, team foul #5 | 11-15 |
| Subs | Louisville | Chris Gerken (PG) Hollis Smith | |
| Subs | Rutgers | James Woolley (C) Joseph Colletti | |
| 12:40 | Louisville | Edward Pipes makes the 1st free throw | 12-15 |
| 12:40 | Louisville | Edward Pipes misses the 2nd free throw | 12-15 |
| 12:40 | Rutgers | James Woolley grabs the board | 12-15 |
| 12:19 | Rutgers | James Woolley can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Kenneth Wynn - foul #2 on Kenneth Wynn, team foul #3 | 12-15 |
| Subs | Louisville | Hollis Smith (SF) Kenneth Wynn | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 12:19 | Rutgers | James Woolley makes the 1st free throw | 12-16 |
| 12:19 | Rutgers | James Woolley makes the 2nd free throw | 12-17 |
| 11:56 | Louisville | Edward Pipes hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left side | 12-17 |
| 11:54 | Rutgers | Paul Wilson snags the defensive board | 12-17 |
| 11:25 | Rutgers | Frederick Aker throws a bad pass out of bounds | 12-17 |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Taylor (PG), Bruce Peet (SG), Don Jordan (PF) Chris Gerken, Edward Pipes, David Dunn | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Taylor (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Bruce Peet (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Hollis Smith (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Don Jordan (fresh) 2 pts. C - Matthew Smith (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Frederick Aker (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Ryan Grimshaw (fresh) SF - John Hunt (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Paul Wilson (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - James Woolley (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:12 | Louisville | Matthew Smith works out of a doubleteam and scores on a floater from close range on a nice dish by Don Jordan | 14-17 |
| 11:03 | Rutgers | Don Jordan steps in front of the Ryan Grimshaw pass | 14-17 |
| 10:55 | Louisville | Bruce Peet buries a fadeaway in the lane on a great pass from Don Jordan | 16-17 |
| 10:33 | Rutgers | Frederick Aker misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 16-17 |
| 10:31 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Matthew Smith | 16-17 |
| 10:15 | Louisville | Don Jordan misses short on a jumper in the paint | 16-17 |
| 10:13 | Rutgers | Frederick Aker grabs the defensive rebound | 16-17 |
| 09:52 | Rutgers | Paul Wilson misses long on a jump hook from the baseline | 16-17 |
| 09:51 | Rutgers | Paul Wilson tips it home | 16-19 |
| 09:40 | Louisville | Bruce Peet throws a bad pass out of bounds | 16-19 |
| Subs | Louisville | David Dunn (PF) Hollis Smith | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Jonathan Trombetta (PG), Nicholas Strong (C) Frederick Aker, James Woolley | |
| 09:24 | Rutgers | Nicholas Strong clanks a floater from the right wing | 16-19 |
| 09:23 | Louisville | Matthew Smith pulls down the rebound | 16-19 |
| 09:06 | Louisville | Bruce Peet can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 16-19 |
| 09:04 | Louisville | The offensive rebound goes to Don Jordan | 16-19 |
| 08:46 | Louisville | David Dunn misses short on an open jumper near the basket | 16-19 |
| 08:44 | Louisville | David Dunn pulls down the offensive rebound | 16-19 |
| 08:37 | Louisville | Don Jordan misses the turnaround in the paint but the foul's on John Hunt - foul #2 on John Hunt, team foul #6 | 16-19 |
| Subs | Louisville | Chris Gerken (PG), Edward Pipes (SG) Timothy Taylor, Bruce Peet | |
| Subs | Rutgers | James Sherwin (SG), Jonathan Conrad (SF), James Woolley (PF) Ryan Grimshaw, John Hunt, Paul Wilson | |
| 08:37 | Louisville | Don Jordan makes the 1st free throw | 17-19 |
| 08:37 | Louisville | Don Jordan misses the 2nd free throw | 17-19 |
| 08:37 | Rutgers | Nicholas Strong grabs the board | 17-19 |
| 08:17 | Rutgers | Don Jordan takes the ball from Jonathan Conrad | 17-19 |
| 08:05 | Louisville | Edward Pipes misses badly on a jumpshot from the left side | 17-19 |
| 08:03 | Rutgers | Nicholas Strong gets the rebound | 17-19 |
| 07:36 | Rutgers | James Woolley comes up short on the jump hook from the baseline | 17-19 |
| 07:35 | Louisville | Matthew Smith gets the rebound | 17-19 |
| 07:19 | Louisville | Matthew Smith lays it up and in against a doubleteam | 19-19 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Chris Gerken (fresh) SG - Edward Pipes (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Don Jordan (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - David Dunn (fairly fresh) C - Matthew Smith (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Jonathan Trombetta (fresh) SG - James Sherwin (fresh) SF - Jonathan Conrad (fresh) PF - James Woolley (fresh) 2 pts. C - Nicholas Strong (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 06:52 | Rutgers | Jonathan Trombetta hits a fadeaway from the free throw line | 19-21 |
| 06:40 | Louisville | Matthew Smith misses long on a floater in the lane | 19-21 |
| 06:39 | Louisville | Matthew Smith tips it back up and in | 21-21 |
| 06:26 | Rutgers | Jonathan Trombetta clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 21-21 |
| 06:25 | Rutgers | James Woolley hits the follow up shot | 21-23 |
| 06:17 | Louisville | Edward Pipes connects on the jumpshot from the right side on a nice dish by Chris Gerken | 23-23 |
| 06:12 | Rutgers | Jonathan Trombetta is fouled in the backcourt by Chris Gerken - foul #1 on Chris Gerken, team foul #4 | 23-23 |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Taylor (PG), Bruce Peet (SG), Hollis Smith (SF) Chris Gerken, Edward Pipes, Don Jordan | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Frederick Aker (PG), Paul Wilson (PF), Ryan Grimshaw (C) Jonathan Trombetta, James Woolley, Nicholas Strong | |
| 05:58 | Rutgers | Frederick Aker misses long on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 23-23 |
| 05:57 | Louisville | David Dunn grabs the board | 23-23 |
| 05:30 | Louisville | Frederick Aker steals the ball from David Dunn | 23-23 |
| 05:25 | Rutgers | Frederick Aker hits the finger roll | 23-25 |
| 05:04 | Louisville | Jonathan Conrad takes the ball from Hollis Smith | 23-25 |
| 04:38 | Rutgers | Frederick Aker misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 23-25 |
| 04:36 | Louisville | David Dunn snags the defensive board | 23-25 |
| 04:13 | Louisville | Hollis Smith misses the shot from the left wing but he's hacked by Jonathan Conrad - foul #1 on Jonathan Conrad, team foul #7 | 23-25 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Jonathan Trombetta (SG), James Woolley (C) James Sherwin, Jonathan Conrad | |
| 04:13 | Louisville | Hollis Smith makes the 1st free throw | 24-25 |
| 04:13 | Louisville | Hollis Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 25-25 |
| 03:48 | Rutgers | David Dunn steps in front of the James Woolley pass | 25-25 |
| 03:28 | Louisville | James Woolley swats the layup by Bruce Peet | 25-25 |
| 03:27 | Rutgers | Paul Wilson snags the defensive board | 25-25 |
| 03:02 | Rutgers | Frederick Aker misses short on a floater from close range | 25-25 |
| 03:00 | Louisville | Bruce Peet grabs the board | 25-25 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Taylor (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Bruce Peet (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Hollis Smith (fresh) 4 pts. PF - David Dunn (tiring) 3 reb. C - Matthew Smith (tiring) 9 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Frederick Aker (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Jonathan Trombetta (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Ryan Grimshaw (fresh) PF - Paul Wilson (fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. C - James Woolley (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 02:38 | Louisville | Ryan Grimshaw is called for the reach on David Dunn - foul #1 on Ryan Grimshaw, team foul #8 | 25-25 |
| Subs | Louisville | Chris Gerken (PG), Edward Pipes (SG), Don Jordan (SF), Kenneth Wynn (C) Timothy Taylor, Bruce Peet, Hollis Smith, Matthew Smith | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Loyd Young (SG), John Hunt (SF), Joseph Colletti (C) Jonathan Trombetta, Ryan Grimshaw, James Woolley | |
| 02:38 | Louisville | David Dunn makes the 1st free throw | 26-25 |
| 02:38 | Louisville | David Dunn misses the 2nd free throw | 26-25 |
| 02:38 | Rutgers | Paul Wilson grabs the board | 26-25 |
| 02:17 | Rutgers | Frederick Aker is hacked by Chris Gerken - foul #2 on Chris Gerken, team foul #5 | 26-25 |
| Subs | Louisville | Hollis Smith (SF) David Dunn | |
| Subs | Rutgers | James Woolley (PF) Paul Wilson | |
| 01:51 | Rutgers | John Hunt buries a fadeaway from the baseline and he's hacked by Hollis Smith - foul #1 on Hollis Smith, team foul #6 | 26-27 |
| 01:51 | Rutgers | John Hunt misses the free throw | 26-27 |
| 01:51 | Louisville | Kenneth Wynn pulls down the rebound | 26-27 |
| 01:22 | Louisville | Don Jordan knocks in the shot from the right wing set up by Chris Gerken | 28-27 |
| 01:20 | Rutgers | Frederick Aker is whistled for a carry in the backcourt | 28-27 |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Taylor (PG), Matthew Smith (SF) Chris Gerken, Hollis Smith | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Jonathan Trombetta (PG), Paul Wilson (PF) Frederick Aker, James Woolley | |
| 01:09 | Louisville | Don Jordan buries a fadeaway from the left wing on a nice dish by Kenneth Wynn | 30-27 |
| 00:55 | Rutgers | Jonathan Trombetta misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Kenneth Wynn - foul #3 on Kenneth Wynn, team foul #7 | 30-27 |
| Subs | Louisville | Bruce Peet (SG), Hollis Smith (SF) Edward Pipes, Kenneth Wynn | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 00:55 | Rutgers | Jonathan Trombetta makes the 1st free throw | 30-28 |
| 00:55 | Rutgers | Jonathan Trombetta makes the 2nd free throw | 30-29 |
| 00:37 | Louisville | Don Jordan misses the jumper from the left side but the foul's on Paul Wilson - foul #1 on Paul Wilson, team foul #9 | 30-29 |
| 00:37 | Louisville | Don Jordan makes the 1st free throw | 31-29 |
| 00:37 | Louisville | Don Jordan makes the 2nd free throw | 32-29 |
| 00:09 | Rutgers | Hollis Smith steals it from Loyd Young | 32-29 |
| 00:04 | Louisville | Bruce Peet jams it on a great pass from Hollis Smith | 34-29 |
| 00:00 | Rutgers | John Hunt hits the front of the rim on the halfcourt shot | 34-29 |