| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Charles Ray (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Gerald Greene (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SF - Stephen Thomas (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Rudy Spencer (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Gene Dycus (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Christopher McKee (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Pennington (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Peterson (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Dominic Yazzie (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Augustine Greco (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Cincinnati | Stephen Thomas inbounds the ball | 33-25 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:39 | Cincinnati | Stephen Thomas misses the jumpshot from the free throw line | 33-25 |
| 19:38 | Cincinnati | Gene Dycus gets the offensive rebound | 33-25 |
| 19:23 | Cincinnati | Gene Dycus comes up short on the jump hook near the basket but he's fouled by Dominic Yazzie - foul #2 on Dominic Yazzie, team foul #1 | 33-25 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Pitt | Steven Savage (PG), Young Chiong (SF), John Brooks (PF), Chad Seidl (C) Christopher McKee, John Peterson, Dominic Yazzie, Augustine Greco | |
| 19:23 | Cincinnati | Gene Dycus makes the 1st free throw | 34-25 |
| 19:23 | Cincinnati | Gene Dycus misses the 2nd free throw | 34-25 |
| 19:23 | Pitt | Chad Seidl grabs the defensive rebound | 34-25 |
| 19:04 | Pitt | Chad Seidl comes up short on the floater from just outside the lane | 34-25 |
| 19:02 | Pitt | Young Chiong pulls down the offensive rebound | 34-25 |
| 18:45 | Pitt | John Brooks misses long on a floater from the left side but he's fouled by Gene Dycus - foul #2 on Gene Dycus, team foul #1 | 34-25 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Pitt | Christopher McKee (PG), John Peterson (SF), Augustine Greco (C) Steven Savage, Young Chiong, Chad Seidl | |
| 18:45 | Pitt | John Brooks makes the 1st free throw | 34-26 |
| 18:45 | Pitt | John Brooks misses the 2nd free throw | 34-26 |
| 18:45 | Pitt | John Peterson grabs the offensive board | 34-26 |
| 18:24 | Pitt | Michael Pennington is hacked by Rudy Spencer - foul #1 on Rudy Spencer, team foul #2 | 34-26 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Pitt | Dominic Yazzie (PF) John Brooks | |
| 18:02 | Pitt | Christopher McKee buries a 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Michael Pennington | 34-29 |
| 17:38 | Cincinnati | Gerald Greene throws a bad pass out of bounds | 34-29 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Pitt | Steven Savage (PG), Young Chiong (SF) Christopher McKee, John Peterson | |
| 17:13 | Pitt | Michael Pennington hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 34-29 |
| 17:11 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Gene Dycus | 34-29 |
| 16:47 | Cincinnati | The jump hook by Stephen Thomas is blocked by Dominic Yazzie | 34-29 |
| 16:45 | Pitt | Dominic Yazzie gets the rebound | 34-29 |
| 16:24 | Pitt | Augustine Greco travels with the ball | 34-29 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Thomas Musso (SG), Casey Landis (SF), David Gunn (PF), John Jones (C) Gerald Greene, Stephen Thomas, Rudy Spencer, Gene Dycus | |
| Subs | Pitt | Christopher McKee (PG), John Peterson (SF), John Brooks (PF), Chad Seidl (C) Steven Savage, Young Chiong, Dominic Yazzie, Augustine Greco | |
| 16:01 | Cincinnati | Casey Landis can't connect on a jumpshot from the right side but the foul's on Christopher McKee - foul #1 on Christopher McKee, team foul #2 | 34-29 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Pitt | Dominic Yazzie (PF) John Brooks | |
| 16:01 | Cincinnati | Casey Landis makes the 1st free throw | 35-29 |
| 16:01 | Cincinnati | Casey Landis makes the 2nd free throw | 36-29 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Charles Ray (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Thomas Musso (fresh) SF - Casey Landis (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - David Gunn (fresh) 6 pts. C - John Jones (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Christopher McKee (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Pennington (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - John Peterson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Dominic Yazzie (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Chad Seidl (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:32 | Pitt | Thomas Musso takes the ball from Chad Seidl | 36-29 |
| 15:10 | Cincinnati | David Gunn scores on a shot near the basket | 38-29 |
| 14:50 | Pitt | Dominic Yazzie can't connect on a floater from the right wing | 38-29 |
| 14:48 | Pitt | John Peterson grabs the offensive rebound | 38-29 |
| 14:33 | Pitt | Chad Seidl hits the front of the rim on the jump hook from the left block but he's fouled by David Gunn - foul #2 on David Gunn, team foul #3 | 38-29 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Gerald Greene (SG), Rudy Spencer (PF), Gene Dycus (C) Charles Ray, David Gunn, John Jones | |
| Subs | Pitt | David Griffin (SG), John Brooks (PF) Michael Pennington, Dominic Yazzie | |
| 14:33 | Pitt | Chad Seidl misses the 1st free throw | 38-29 |
| 14:33 | Pitt | Chad Seidl misses the 2nd free throw | 38-29 |
| 14:33 | Cincinnati | Gene Dycus gets the rebound | 38-29 |
| 14:19 | Cincinnati | Casey Landis evades the doubleteam and hits a 3 from the right corner on a great pass from Thomas Musso | 41-29 |
| 13:54 | Pitt | Christopher McKee misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 41-29 |
| 13:53 | Pitt | John Peterson misses the tip | 41-29 |
| 13:51 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Gene Dycus | 41-29 |
| 13:29 | Cincinnati | Casey Landis works out of a doubleteam and scores on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 44-29 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 13:09 | Pitt | John Brooks connects on the fadeaway from close range | 44-31 |
| 12:47 | Cincinnati | Gerald Greene is hacked by David Griffin - foul #4 on David Griffin, team foul #3 | 44-31 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Charles Ray (PG), Stephen Thomas (SF), David Gunn (PF) Thomas Musso, Casey Landis, Rudy Spencer | |
| Subs | Pitt | Steven Savage (PG), Michael Pennington (SG), Young Chiong (SF), Dominic Yazzie (PF), Augustine Greco (C) Christopher McKee, David Griffin, John Peterson, John Brooks, Chad Seidl | |
| 12:29 | Cincinnati | Charles Ray misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 44-31 |
| 12:27 | Cincinnati | David Gunn hits the follow up shot | 46-31 |
| 12:15 | Pitt | Dominic Yazzie is called for traveling | 46-31 |
| 11:59 | Cincinnati | Steven Savage picks off the pass by Stephen Thomas | 46-31 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Charles Ray (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Gerald Greene (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SF - Stephen Thomas (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - David Gunn (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. C - Gene Dycus (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Steven Savage (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Michael Pennington (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Young Chiong (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Dominic Yazzie (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Augustine Greco (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:51 | Pitt | Young Chiong misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 46-31 |
| 11:50 | Pitt | Augustine Greco grabs the offensive rebound | 46-31 |
| 11:30 | Pitt | Dominic Yazzie misses short on a jumpshot from the right side but he's hacked by Charles Ray - foul #1 on Charles Ray, team foul #4 | 46-31 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Thomas Musso (SG), John Jones (C) Gerald Greene, Gene Dycus | |
| Subs | Pitt | Christopher McKee (PG), John Peterson (SF) Steven Savage, Young Chiong | |
| 11:30 | Pitt | Dominic Yazzie makes the 1st free throw | 46-32 |
| 11:30 | Pitt | Dominic Yazzie makes the 2nd free throw | 46-33 |
| 11:12 | Cincinnati | Stephen Thomas is fouled on the floor by Michael Pennington - foul #1 on Michael Pennington, team foul #4 | 46-33 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Rudy Spencer (PF) David Gunn | |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| 10:51 | Cincinnati | Thomas Musso misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 46-33 |
| 10:49 | Pitt | John Peterson gets the rebound | 46-33 |
| 10:42 | Pitt | Michael Pennington hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from straight away | 46-33 |
| 10:40 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Stephen Thomas | 46-33 |
| 10:21 | Cincinnati | Charles Ray misses long on a shot from the right side | 46-33 |
| 10:19 | Pitt | Dominic Yazzie grabs the defensive rebound | 46-33 |
| 10:00 | Pitt | Dominic Yazzie is fouled on the floor by Rudy Spencer - foul #2 on Rudy Spencer, team foul #5 | 46-33 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Gerald Greene (SG), Casey Landis (SF), Gene Dycus (C) Charles Ray, Stephen Thomas, John Jones | |
| Subs | Pitt | Steven Savage (PG), Young Chiong (SF), John Brooks (PF) Christopher McKee, John Peterson, Dominic Yazzie | |
| 09:44 | Pitt | Michael Pennington hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 46-33 |
| 09:42 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Rudy Spencer | 46-33 |
| 09:20 | Cincinnati | Casey Landis drills a pull-up jumper from the right wing set up by Thomas Musso | 48-33 |
| 08:59 | Pitt | Rudy Spencer steps in front of the Augustine Greco pass | 48-33 |
| 08:40 | Cincinnati | Casey Landis makes the contested fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Rudy Spencer | 50-33 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 08:32 | Pitt | Augustine Greco misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 50-33 |
| 08:30 | Cincinnati | Gene Dycus grabs the board | 50-33 |
| 08:23 | Cincinnati | Thomas Musso hits a 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Gerald Greene | 53-33 |
| 08:10 | Pitt | Young Chiong misses badly on a shot from the left wing | 53-33 |
| 08:08 | Pitt | John Brooks pulls down the offensive rebound | 53-33 |
| 07:53 | Pitt | Augustine Greco misses short on a jump hook from the right block | 53-33 |
| 07:51 | Pitt | Augustine Greco tips it home | 53-35 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Thomas Musso (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Gerald Greene (fresh) 1 pts. 3 ast. SF - Casey Landis (fresh) 18 pts. 2 reb. PF - Rudy Spencer (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Gene Dycus (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Steven Savage (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Michael Pennington (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Young Chiong (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - John Brooks (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Augustine Greco (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:29 | Cincinnati | Augustine Greco blocks the short jumper by Gene Dycus | 53-35 |
| 07:27 | Cincinnati | Rudy Spencer hits the follow up shot | 55-35 |
| 07:14 | Pitt | John Brooks comes up short on the shot from the left wing | 55-35 |
| 07:12 | Pitt | Young Chiong tips it but misses | 55-35 |
| 07:10 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Gene Dycus | 55-35 |
| 06:42 | Cincinnati | Thomas Musso can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 55-35 |
| 06:41 | Cincinnati | The offensive rebound goes to Gerald Greene | 55-35 |
| 06:26 | Cincinnati | Thomas Musso knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Rudy Spencer | 58-35 |
| 06:13 | Pitt | Augustine Greco misses the pull-up jumper from the left side but the foul's on Gene Dycus - foul #3 on Gene Dycus, team foul #6 | 58-35 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Michael Jones (PG), David Gunn (PF), John Jones (C) Gerald Greene, Rudy Spencer, Gene Dycus | |
| Subs | Pitt | David Griffin (SG) Michael Pennington | |
| 06:13 | Pitt | Augustine Greco makes the 1st free throw | 58-36 |
| 06:13 | Pitt | Augustine Greco makes the 2nd free throw | 58-37 |
| 05:51 | Cincinnati | Michael Jones's pass is intercepted by Augustine Greco | 58-37 |
| 05:42 | Pitt | Young Chiong travels with the ball | 58-37 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Pitt | Chad Seidl (C) Augustine Greco | |
| 05:19 | Cincinnati | David Gunn misses long on a floater in the lane | 58-37 |
| 05:18 | Pitt | Chad Seidl gets the rebound | 58-37 |
| 05:10 | Pitt | Chad Seidl misses long on a runner from the left block | 58-37 |
| 05:09 | Pitt | Chad Seidl hits the follow up shot | 58-39 |
| 04:44 | Cincinnati | Casey Landis misses the lay-in | 58-39 |
| 04:43 | Pitt | Young Chiong gets the rebound | 58-39 |
| 04:35 | Pitt | John Brooks misses short on a jumper from the left side | 58-39 |
| 04:33 | Cincinnati | Casey Landis grabs the defensive rebound | 58-39 |
| 04:12 | Cincinnati | Casey Landis shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 60-39 |
| 03:53 | Pitt | Michael Jones takes the ball from John Brooks | 60-39 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Michael Jones (fresh) SG - Thomas Musso (tiring) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Casey Landis (fairly fresh) 20 pts. 3 reb. PF - David Gunn (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. C - John Jones (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Steven Savage (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - David Griffin (fresh) 3 pts. 4 pf. SF - Young Chiong (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. PF - John Brooks (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Chad Seidl (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:44 | Cincinnati | Michael Jones misses short on a runner from the baseline but the foul's on Steven Savage - foul #3 on Steven Savage, team foul #5 | 60-39 |
| 03:44 | Cincinnati | Michael Jones makes the 1st free throw | 61-39 |
| 03:44 | Cincinnati | Michael Jones makes the 2nd free throw | 62-39 |
| 03:34 | Pitt | Chad Seidl can't connect on a runner from the right block | 62-39 |
| 03:33 | Cincinnati | Thomas Musso pulls down the rebound | 62-39 |
| 03:28 | Cincinnati | Thomas Musso misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 62-39 |
| 03:26 | Pitt | Young Chiong gets the rebound | 62-39 |
| 03:08 | Pitt | Young Chiong throws a bad pass out of bounds | 62-39 |
| 02:47 | Cincinnati | Thomas Musso buries a fadeaway from just outside the lane on a great pass from Casey Landis and he's fouled by John Brooks - foul #1 on John Brooks, team foul #6 | 64-39 |
| 02:47 | Cincinnati | Thomas Musso makes the free throw | 65-39 |
| 02:27 | Pitt | John Brooks clanks a driving attempt in the paint but he's hacked by David Gunn - foul #3 on David Gunn, team foul #7 | 65-39 |
| 02:27 | Pitt | John Brooks makes the 1st free throw | 65-40 |
| 02:27 | Pitt | John Brooks makes the 2nd free throw | 65-41 |
| 02:09 | Cincinnati | David Gunn's pass is intercepted by John Brooks | 65-41 |
| 02:01 | Pitt | David Griffin comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 65-41 |
| 01:59 | Cincinnati | David Gunn grabs the board | 65-41 |
| 01:43 | Cincinnati | Thomas Musso misses long on a jumper from just outside the lane | 65-41 |
| 01:41 | Cincinnati | David Gunn snags the offensive board | 65-41 |
| 01:28 | Cincinnati | Thomas Musso hits the front of the rim on the wide open 3pt attempt from the right corner | 65-41 |
| 01:27 | Pitt | Young Chiong gets the rebound | 65-41 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 01:17 | Pitt | Steven Savage is fouled on the floor by Michael Jones - foul #1 on Michael Jones, team foul #8 | 65-41 |
| 01:17 | Pitt | Steven Savage makes the 1st free throw | 65-42 |
| 01:17 | Pitt | Steven Savage makes the 2nd free throw | 65-43 |
| 00:55 | Cincinnati | Casey Landis works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 65-43 |
| 00:53 | Pitt | John Brooks grabs the defensive rebound | 65-43 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:45 | Pitt | John Brooks buries a shot from the right wing on a great pass from Steven Savage | 65-45 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:24 | Cincinnati | Casey Landis banks in the layup set up by John Jones | 67-45 |
| 00:18 | Pitt | Steven Savage clanks a floater from the free throw line but the foul's on David Gunn - foul #4 on David Gunn, team foul #9 | 67-45 |
| 00:18 | Pitt | Steven Savage misses the 1st free throw | 67-45 |
| 00:18 | Pitt | Steven Savage makes the 2nd free throw | 67-46 |
| 00:00 | Cincinnati | Michael Jones runs out the clock | 67-46 |