| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Michael Falk (fresh) SG - Mark Demoss (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Richard Wallace (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Clifford Worth (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Christopher Crimmins (fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Cruz Whitley (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SG - John James (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Stjepan Kedzierski (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Tony Levine (fresh) 3 pts. 6 reb. C - Vladimir Zieglen (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Villanova | Richard Wallace inbounds the ball | 31-28 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 19:33 | Villanova | Christopher Crimmins is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #1 on Christopher Crimmins, team foul #1 | 31-28 |
| 19:19 | Rutgers | Mark Demoss steals the ball from Tony Levine | 31-28 |
| 18:59 | Villanova | Cruz Whitley steps in front of the Michael Falk pass | 31-28 |
| 18:42 | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley hits a fadeaway from the right block on a nice dish by Stjepan Kedzierski | 31-30 |
| 18:25 | Villanova | Richard Wallace knocks in the driving attempt in the paint on a great pass from Mark Demoss | 33-30 |
| 18:14 | Rutgers | Vladimir Zieglen misses long on a shot from the right wing but he's hacked by Richard Wallace - foul #2 on Richard Wallace, team foul #2 | 33-30 |
| 18:14 | Rutgers | Vladimir Zieglen makes the 1st free throw | 33-31 |
| 18:14 | Rutgers | Vladimir Zieglen misses the 2nd free throw | 33-31 |
| 18:14 | Villanova | Clifford Worth grabs the defensive rebound | 33-31 |
| 17:53 | Villanova | Mark Demoss hits a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 36-31 |
| 17:34 | Rutgers | Stjepan Kedzierski is fouled on the floor by Richard Wallace - foul #3 on Richard Wallace, team foul #3 | 36-31 |
| Subs | Villanova | Jeffrey Pagan (SF) Richard Wallace | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 17:26 | Rutgers | Tony Levine knocks in the jumpshot from the left wing | 36-33 |
| 17:04 | Villanova | Michael Falk is whistled for a carry | 36-33 |
| 16:44 | Rutgers | John James throws a bad pass out of bounds | 36-33 |
| Subs | Villanova | Christopher Patterson (SG), Ryan Wilson (PF) Mark Demoss, Clifford Worth | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 16:22 | Villanova | Michael Falk misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 36-33 |
| 16:21 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Tony Levine | 36-33 |
| 16:04 | Rutgers | Tony Levine hits a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a great pass from Cruz Whitley | 36-36 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Michael Falk (fairly fresh) SG - Christopher Patterson (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jeffrey Pagan (fresh) PF - Ryan Wilson (fresh) 2 pts. C - Christopher Crimmins (fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Cruz Whitley (fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. SG - John James (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Stjepan Kedzierski (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Tony Levine (fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. C - Vladimir Zieglen (fairly fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 15:38 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 36-36 |
| 15:37 | Villanova | Jeffrey Pagan tips it home | 38-36 |
| 15:13 | Rutgers | Stjepan Kedzierski hits the front of the rim on the jump hook from the right block | 38-36 |
| 15:11 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson gets the rebound | 38-36 |
| 15:05 | Villanova | Ryan Wilson lays it up and in set up by Christopher Patterson | 40-36 |
| 14:53 | Rutgers | Tony Levine hits the finger roll | 40-38 |
| 14:28 | Villanova | Cruz Whitley is called for the reach on Michael Falk - foul #2 on Cruz Whitley, team foul #1 | 40-38 |
| Subs | Villanova | Rodolfo Mercado (PG), Mark Demoss (SG), Richard Wallace (SF), Clifford Worth (PF), Nicholas Rock (C) Michael Falk, Christopher Patterson, Jeffrey Pagan, Ryan Wilson, Christopher Crimmins | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Alfredo Gallo (PG), Julio Martin (SG), Carmelo Moreno (SF), Garf Ziebart (PF) Cruz Whitley, John James, Stjepan Kedzierski, Tony Levine | |
| 14:13 | Villanova | Mark Demoss buries a jump hook in the lane on a great pass from Rodolfo Mercado | 42-38 |
| 14:03 | Rutgers | Carmelo Moreno throws a bad pass out of bounds | 42-38 |
| 13:36 | Villanova | Richard Wallace makes the fadeaway from the left side on a great pass from Rodolfo Mercado | 44-38 |
| 13:31 | Rutgers | Clifford Worth picks off the pass by Julio Martin | 44-38 |
| 13:06 | Villanova | Clifford Worth is fouled on the floor by Julio Martin - foul #3 on Julio Martin, team foul #2 | 44-38 |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley (PG), John James (SG), Stjepan Kedzierski (SF) Alfredo Gallo, Julio Martin, Vladimir Zieglen | |
| 12:53 | Villanova | Mark Demoss knocks in the 3pt shot from the right corner | 47-38 |
| 12:32 | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley can't throw it down | 47-38 |
| 12:30 | Villanova | Mark Demoss grabs the defensive rebound | 47-38 |
| 12:06 | Villanova | Richard Wallace misses the turnaround in the paint but he's fouled by Stjepan Kedzierski - foul #1 on Stjepan Kedzierski, team foul #3 | 47-38 |
| Subs | Villanova | Michael Falk (PG), Christopher Crimmins (C) Rodolfo Mercado, Nicholas Rock | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Tony Levine (PF) Garf Ziebart | |
| 12:06 | Villanova | Richard Wallace misses the 1st free throw | 47-38 |
| 12:06 | Villanova | Richard Wallace misses the 2nd free throw | 47-38 |
| 12:06 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Tony Levine | 47-38 |
| 11:49 | Rutgers | Carmelo Moreno's pass is intercepted by Mark Demoss | 47-38 |
| 11:46 | Villanova | Mark Demoss banks in the layup | 49-38 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Michael Falk (fresh) SG - Mark Demoss (fresh) 20 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SF - Richard Wallace (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Clifford Worth (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Christopher Crimmins (fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Cruz Whitley (fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. SG - John James (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Stjepan Kedzierski (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Tony Levine (fresh) 10 pts. 8 reb. C - Carmelo Moreno (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 11:26 | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley throws a bad pass out of bounds | 49-38 |
| Subs | Villanova | Jeffrey Pagan (SF) Richard Wallace | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 11:00 | Villanova | Clifford Worth scores on a jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Michael Falk | 51-38 |
| 10:42 | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley misses long on a floater from the left block | 51-38 |
| 10:41 | Villanova | Mark Demoss grabs the board | 51-38 |
| 10:17 | Villanova | John James steals it from Mark Demoss | 51-38 |
| 09:57 | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley is fouled on the floor by Michael Falk - foul #3 on Michael Falk, team foul #4 | 51-38 |
| Subs | Villanova | Christopher Patterson (SG), Richard Wallace (SF), Ryan Wilson (PF) Mark Demoss, Jeffrey Pagan, Clifford Worth | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Julio Martin (SG), Garf Ziebart (PF), Vladimir Zieglen (C) John James, Stjepan Kedzierski, Carmelo Moreno | |
| 09:49 | Rutgers | Vladimir Zieglen drills a jumpshot from the right wing | 51-40 |
| 09:37 | Villanova | Ryan Wilson is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Ryan Wilson, team foul #5 | 51-40 |
| Subs | Villanova | Rodolfo Mercado (PG) Michael Falk | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Alfredo Gallo (PG) Cruz Whitley | |
| 09:18 | Rutgers | Julio Martin misses the fadeaway from close range but he's fouled by Richard Wallace - foul #4 on Richard Wallace, team foul #6 | 51-40 |
| Subs | Villanova | Jeffrey Pagan (SF) Richard Wallace | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 09:18 | Rutgers | Julio Martin makes the 1st free throw | 51-41 |
| 09:18 | Rutgers | Julio Martin makes the 2nd free throw | 51-42 |
| 09:01 | Villanova | Ryan Wilson clanks a jumpshot from the free throw line | 51-42 |
| 08:59 | Rutgers | Julio Martin gets the rebound | 51-42 |
| 08:44 | Rutgers | Tony Levine throws it down | 51-44 |
| 08:15 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson comes up short on the shot from the left side | 51-44 |
| 08:14 | Rutgers | Vladimir Zieglen gets the rebound | 51-44 |
| 07:58 | Rutgers | Tony Levine scores on a 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Alfredo Gallo | 51-47 |
| 07:36 | Villanova | Jeffrey Pagan makes the fadeaway from the left block on a great pass from Rodolfo Mercado and the foul's on Garf Ziebart - foul #1 on Garf Ziebart, team foul #4 | 53-47 |
| Subs | Villanova | Michael Falk (PG), Mark Demoss (SG), Clifford Worth (PF), Nicholas Rock (C) Rodolfo Mercado, Christopher Patterson, Ryan Wilson, Christopher Crimmins | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley (PG), John James (SG), Stjepan Kedzierski (SF) Alfredo Gallo, Julio Martin, Tony Levine | |
| 07:36 | Villanova | Jeffrey Pagan makes the free throw | 54-47 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Michael Falk (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Mark Demoss (fresh) 20 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SF - Jeffrey Pagan (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Clifford Worth (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Nicholas Rock (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Cruz Whitley (fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. SG - John James (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Stjepan Kedzierski (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Garf Ziebart (fresh) C - Vladimir Zieglen (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:19 | Rutgers | Mark Demoss takes the ball from Garf Ziebart | 54-47 |
| 07:16 | Villanova | Mark Demoss misses the dunk attempt | 54-47 |
| 07:14 | Rutgers | Vladimir Zieglen grabs the defensive rebound | 54-47 |
| 07:10 | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley misses short on a jump hook from close range | 54-47 |
| 07:09 | Villanova | Nicholas Rock gets the rebound | 54-47 |
| 06:40 | Villanova | Michael Falk hits a 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by Jeffrey Pagan | 57-47 |
| 06:29 | Rutgers | Michael Falk is called for the reach on John James - foul #4 on Michael Falk, team foul #7 | 57-47 |
| Subs | Villanova | Richard Wallace (SF), Christopher Crimmins (C) Jeffrey Pagan, Nicholas Rock | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Tony Levine (PF), Carmelo Moreno (C) Garf Ziebart, Vladimir Zieglen | |
| 06:29 | Rutgers | John James makes the 1st free throw | 57-48 |
| 06:29 | Rutgers | John James misses the 2nd free throw | 57-48 |
| 06:29 | Villanova | Christopher Crimmins grabs the defensive rebound | 57-48 |
| 06:08 | Villanova | Christopher Crimmins blows the layup but he's hacked by Carmelo Moreno - foul #1 on Carmelo Moreno, team foul #5 | 57-48 |
| 06:08 | Villanova | Christopher Crimmins makes the 1st free throw | 58-48 |
| 06:08 | Villanova | Christopher Crimmins makes the 2nd free throw | 59-48 |
| 05:50 | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Mark Demoss - foul #1 on Mark Demoss, team foul #8 | 59-48 |
| 05:50 | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley misses the 1st free throw | 59-48 |
| 05:50 | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley misses the 2nd free throw | 59-48 |
| 05:50 | Villanova | Christopher Crimmins grabs the defensive rebound | 59-48 |
| 05:21 | Villanova | Richard Wallace throws a bad pass out of bounds | 59-48 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 05:01 | Rutgers | Carmelo Moreno is hacked by Mark Demoss - foul #2 on Mark Demoss, team foul #9 | 59-48 |
| Subs | Villanova | Christopher Patterson (SG) Mark Demoss | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Vladimir Zieglen (C) Stjepan Kedzierski | |
| 05:01 | Rutgers | Carmelo Moreno makes the 1st free throw | 59-49 |
| 05:01 | Rutgers | Carmelo Moreno makes the 2nd free throw | 59-50 |
| 04:35 | Villanova | Michael Falk misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 59-50 |
| 04:34 | Villanova | Richard Wallace can't tip it in | 59-50 |
| 04:33 | Villanova | Christopher Crimmins hits the follow up shot | 61-50 |
| 04:17 | Rutgers | Vladimir Zieglen connects on the floater from the right block on a great pass from Tony Levine | 61-52 |
| 03:56 | Villanova | John James steps in front of the Christopher Patterson pass | 61-52 |
| 03:53 | Rutgers | John James lays it in | 61-54 |
| 03:38 | Villanova | Richard Wallace clanks a jumpshot from the right wing but he's fouled by Carmelo Moreno - foul #2 on Carmelo Moreno, team foul #6 | 61-54 |
| Subs | Villanova | Rodolfo Mercado (PG), Mark Demoss (SG), Ryan Wilson (PF), Nicholas Rock (C) Michael Falk, Christopher Patterson, Clifford Worth, Christopher Crimmins | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Stjepan Kedzierski (SF), Garf Ziebart (PF) Carmelo Moreno, Tony Levine | |
| 03:38 | Villanova | Richard Wallace misses the 1st free throw | 61-54 |
| 03:38 | Villanova | Richard Wallace makes the 2nd free throw | 62-54 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Rodolfo Mercado (fresh) 4 ast. SG - Mark Demoss (fresh) 20 pts. 2 ast. 4 stl. SF - Richard Wallace (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. PF - Ryan Wilson (fresh) 4 pts. C - Nicholas Rock (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Cruz Whitley (fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. SG - John James (fresh) 8 pts. 2 stl. SF - Stjepan Kedzierski (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Garf Ziebart (fresh) C - Vladimir Zieglen (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:21 | Rutgers | Vladimir Zieglen misses long on a jump hook in the paint | 62-54 |
| 03:20 | Rutgers | Garf Ziebart misses the tip | 62-54 |
| 03:19 | Villanova | Richard Wallace grabs the defensive rebound | 62-54 |
| 03:14 | Villanova | Rodolfo Mercado loses the dribble to John James in the backcourt | 62-54 |
| 03:06 | Rutgers | Mark Demoss steals it from John James | 62-54 |
| 03:02 | Villanova | Mark Demoss hits the finger roll | 64-54 |
| 02:55 | Rutgers | Garf Ziebart clanks a jumper from the free throw line | 64-54 |
| 02:54 | Villanova | Mark Demoss snags the defensive board | 64-54 |
| 02:54 | Villanova | Villanova calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 64-54 |
| Subs | Villanova | Michael Falk (PG), Clifford Worth (PF), Christopher Crimmins (C) Rodolfo Mercado, Ryan Wilson, Nicholas Rock | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Tony Levine (PF) Garf Ziebart | |
| 02:30 | Villanova | Richard Wallace clanks a fadeaway from the right wing | 64-54 |
| 02:28 | Rutgers | Vladimir Zieglen grabs the defensive rebound | 64-54 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| 02:19 | Rutgers | Vladimir Zieglen dunks the ball | 64-56 |
| 01:54 | Villanova | Tony Levine blocks the short jumper by Michael Falk | 64-56 |
| 01:53 | Villanova | Mark Demoss tips it home | 66-56 |
| 01:28 | Rutgers | Tony Levine can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 66-56 |
| 01:27 | Villanova | Mark Demoss gets the rebound | 66-56 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (+3) | |
| 01:23 | Villanova | Richard Wallace throws a bad pass out of bounds | 66-56 |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Alfredo Gallo (PG), Julio Martin (SG), Carmelo Moreno (SF), Garf Ziebart (PF) Cruz Whitley, John James, Stjepan Kedzierski, Tony Levine | |
| 01:00 | Rutgers | Carmelo Moreno can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 66-56 |
| 00:58 | Rutgers | Vladimir Zieglen pulls down the offensive rebound | 66-56 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 3-2 zone (+3) | |
| 00:55 | Rutgers | Vladimir Zieglen misses the shot in the lane but he's hacked by Christopher Crimmins - foul #2 on Christopher Crimmins, team foul #10 | 66-56 |
| 00:55 | Rutgers | Vladimir Zieglen makes the 1st free throw | 66-57 |
| 00:55 | Rutgers | Vladimir Zieglen makes the 2nd free throw | 66-58 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+3) | |
| 00:53 | Villanova | Clifford Worth is fouled in the backcourt by Alfredo Gallo - foul #1 on Alfredo Gallo, team foul #7 | 66-58 |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley (PG), John James (SG), Stjepan Kedzierski (SF), Tony Levine (PF) Alfredo Gallo, Julio Martin, Carmelo Moreno, Garf Ziebart | |
| 00:53 | Villanova | Clifford Worth makes the 1st free throw | 67-58 |
| 00:53 | Villanova | Clifford Worth misses the 2nd free throw | 67-58 |
| 00:53 | Villanova | Mark Demoss gets the offensive rebound | 67-58 |
| 00:51 | Villanova | Mark Demoss is fouled on the floor by Cruz Whitley - foul #3 on Cruz Whitley, team foul #8 | 67-58 |
| 00:51 | Villanova | Mark Demoss misses the 1st free throw | 67-58 |
| 00:51 | Rutgers | Vladimir Zieglen gets the rebound | 67-58 |
| 00:44 | Rutgers | Tony Levine's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 67-58 |
| 00:41 | Villanova | Mark Demoss is hacked by Cruz Whitley in the backcourt - foul #4 on Cruz Whitley, team foul #9 | 67-58 |
| 00:41 | Villanova | Mark Demoss makes the 1st free throw | 68-58 |
| 00:41 | Villanova | Mark Demoss makes the 2nd free throw | 69-58 |
| 00:37 | Rutgers | Stjepan Kedzierski hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left side | 69-58 |
| 00:35 | Villanova | Richard Wallace gets the rebound | 69-58 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 3-2 zone (+3) | |
| 00:07 | Villanova | Vladimir Zieglen blocks the short jumper by Mark Demoss | 69-58 |
| 00:05 | Rutgers | Vladimir Zieglen gets the rebound | 69-58 |
| 00:00 | Rutgers | Vladimir Zieglen misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 69-58 |