| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Aaron Shaul (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Manuel Hedstrom (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Lorenzo Krell (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Erik Johnson (fresh) 2 blk. C - William Bowlin (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - David Wolfe (fresh) 13 pts. 4 ast. SG - Charles Alexander (fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Michael Sax (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Ryan Dean (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 3 blk. C - Richard Willett (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Syracuse | Michael Sax inbounds the ball | 20-41 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:39 | Syracuse | Richard Willett comes up short on the jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Lorenzo Krell - foul #1 on Lorenzo Krell, team foul #1 | 20-41 |
| 19:39 | Syracuse | Richard Willett makes the 1st free throw | 20-42 |
| 19:39 | Syracuse | Richard Willett misses the 2nd free throw | 20-42 |
| 19:39 | West Virginia | William Bowlin snags the defensive board | 20-42 |
| 19:33 | West Virginia | Aaron Shaul misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 20-42 |
| 19:31 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Richard Willett | 20-42 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:12 | Syracuse | David Wolfe misses badly on a jumper from the free throw line | 20-42 |
| 19:10 | Syracuse | Ryan Dean pulls down the offensive rebound | 20-42 |
| 18:50 | Syracuse | Charles Alexander clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 20-42 |
| 18:48 | Syracuse | Charles Alexander grabs the offensive rebound | 20-42 |
| 18:28 | Syracuse | Michael Sax is hacked by William Bowlin - foul #1 on William Bowlin, team foul #2 | 20-42 |
| 18:03 | Syracuse | Richard Willett lays it up and in on a nice dish by David Wolfe | 20-44 |
| 17:56 | West Virginia | Manuel Hedstrom drills a 3 from the right corner | 23-44 |
| 17:29 | Syracuse | Michael Sax is hacked by Manuel Hedstrom - foul #1 on Manuel Hedstrom, team foul #3 | 23-44 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Glenn Bass (PG) Aaron Shaul | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 17:11 | Syracuse | Charles Alexander makes the 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Michael Sax | 23-47 |
| 16:48 | West Virginia | Glenn Bass misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 23-47 |
| 16:46 | Syracuse | Richard Willett snags the defensive board | 23-47 |
| 16:17 | Syracuse | David Wolfe knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Ryan Dean | 23-50 |
| 16:04 | West Virginia | Lorenzo Krell knocks in the shot from the right wing and he's fouled by Michael Sax - foul #1 on Michael Sax, team foul #1 | 25-50 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Randall Chau (SG), Clay Guerrette (PF), Christopher Chien (C) Manuel Hedstrom, Erik Johnson, William Bowlin | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Ikner (C) Richard Willett | |
| 16:04 | West Virginia | Lorenzo Krell makes the free throw | 26-50 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Glenn Bass (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Randall Chau (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Lorenzo Krell (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Clay Guerrette (fresh) 5 reb. C - Christopher Chien (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - David Wolfe (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 5 ast. SG - Charles Alexander (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Michael Sax (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Ryan Dean (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. 3 blk. C - Charles Ikner (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 15:41 | Syracuse | Charles Ikner connects on the fadeaway from the left block on a nice dish by David Wolfe | 26-52 |
| 15:36 | West Virginia | Lorenzo Krell clanks a pull-up jumper from the right side | 26-52 |
| 15:34 | Syracuse | Charles Ikner gets the rebound | 26-52 |
| 15:28 | Syracuse | Charles Alexander can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 26-52 |
| 15:27 | West Virginia | Clay Guerrette grabs the defensive rebound | 26-52 |
| 15:21 | West Virginia | Lorenzo Krell misses badly on a floater in the lane | 26-52 |
| 15:19 | Syracuse | Charles Alexander grabs the board | 26-52 |
| 15:04 | Syracuse | Michael Sax can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 26-52 |
| 15:02 | West Virginia | Clay Guerrette grabs the defensive rebound | 26-52 |
| 14:57 | West Virginia | Randall Chau comes up short on the floater from the free throw line | 26-52 |
| 14:56 | Syracuse | David Wolfe grabs the board | 26-52 |
| 14:40 | Syracuse | David Wolfe misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 26-52 |
| 14:39 | Syracuse | Charles Ikner misses the tip | 26-52 |
| 14:38 | Syracuse | Charles Alexander tips it home | 26-54 |
| 14:31 | West Virginia | Ryan Dean steps in front of the Randall Chau pass | 26-54 |
| 14:02 | Syracuse | David Wolfe hits the front of the rim on the shot from just outside the lane | 26-54 |
| 14:01 | Syracuse | Charles Ikner grabs the offensive rebound | 26-54 |
| 13:43 | Syracuse | David Wolfe scores on a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a nice dish by Michael Sax | 26-57 |
| 13:41 | West Virginia | David Wolfe steps in front of the Glenn Bass pass in the backcourt | 26-57 |
| 13:38 | Syracuse | Charles Alexander lays it up and in set up by David Wolfe | 26-59 |
| 13:30 | West Virginia | David Wolfe takes the ball from Randall Chau | 26-59 |
| 13:18 | Syracuse | Charles Ikner knocks in the shot from the right wing on a great pass from Michael Sax and the foul's on Christopher Chien - foul #2 on Christopher Chien, team foul #4 | 26-61 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Aaron Shaul (PG), Billy Brouwer (SG), Manuel Hedstrom (SF), Erik Johnson (PF), William Bowlin (C) Glenn Bass, Randall Chau, Lorenzo Krell, Clay Guerrette, Christopher Chien | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Vincent Thompson (PF) Ryan Dean | |
| 13:18 | Syracuse | Charles Ikner makes the free throw | 26-62 |
| 13:04 | West Virginia | Manuel Hedstrom knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 29-62 |
| 12:48 | Syracuse | Charles Alexander hits a jump hook from the left block set up by David Wolfe | 29-64 |
| 12:32 | West Virginia | David Wolfe steals the ball from Erik Johnson | 29-64 |
| 12:06 | Syracuse | The jump hook by Michael Sax is blocked by Erik Johnson | 29-64 |
| 12:05 | West Virginia | Aaron Shaul grabs the defensive rebound | 29-64 |
| 11:58 | West Virginia | William Bowlin misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 29-64 |
| 11:56 | Syracuse | Michael Sax snags the defensive board | 29-64 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Aaron Shaul (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Billy Brouwer (fresh) 8 pts. 3 pf. SF - Manuel Hedstrom (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Erik Johnson (fresh) 3 blk. C - William Bowlin (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - David Wolfe (tiring) 19 pts. 8 ast. 4 stl. SG - Charles Alexander (tiring) 21 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Michael Sax (tiring) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Vincent Thompson (fresh) C - Charles Ikner (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 11:27 | Syracuse | Charles Ikner can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by William Bowlin - foul #2 on William Bowlin, team foul #5 | 29-64 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Glenn Bass (PG), Randall Chau (SF), Clay Guerrette (PF), Christopher Chien (C) Aaron Shaul, Billy Brouwer, Erik Johnson, William Bowlin | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Joseph Cline (PG), James Western (SF), Bill Peck (PF) David Wolfe, Charles Alexander, Michael Sax | |
| 11:27 | Syracuse | Charles Ikner makes the 1st free throw | 29-65 |
| 11:27 | Syracuse | Charles Ikner makes the 2nd free throw | 29-66 |
| 11:06 | West Virginia | Christopher Chien misses badly on a floater from the free throw line | 29-66 |
| 11:04 | West Virginia | Glenn Bass can't tip it in | 29-66 |
| 11:03 | West Virginia | Christopher Chien tips it home | 31-66 |
| 10:45 | Syracuse | James Western comes up short on the fadeaway from the left side | 31-66 |
| 10:43 | Syracuse | Charles Ikner tips it home | 31-68 |
| 10:26 | West Virginia | Vincent Thompson blocks the jumper by Manuel Hedstrom | 31-68 |
| 10:25 | West Virginia | Clay Guerrette hits the follow up shot | 33-68 |
| 10:03 | Syracuse | Charles Ikner clanks a floater near the basket but the foul's on Clay Guerrette - foul #2 on Clay Guerrette, team foul #6 | 33-68 |
| 10:03 | Syracuse | Charles Ikner makes the 1st free throw | 33-69 |
| 10:03 | Syracuse | Charles Ikner misses the 2nd free throw | 33-69 |
| 10:03 | Syracuse | The offensive rebound goes to Vincent Thompson | 33-69 |
| 09:46 | Syracuse | Charles Ikner hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left block | 33-69 |
| 09:45 | West Virginia | Randall Chau gets the rebound | 33-69 |
| 09:41 | West Virginia | James Western is called for the reach on Manuel Hedstrom - foul #1 on James Western, team foul #2 | 33-69 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Antonio Hamilton (SF) Manuel Hedstrom | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Alexander (SG) Vincent Thompson | |
| 09:31 | West Virginia | Christopher Chien misses the easy layup but he's hacked by James Western - foul #2 on James Western, team foul #3 | 33-69 |
| 09:31 | West Virginia | Christopher Chien makes the 1st free throw | 34-69 |
| 09:31 | West Virginia | Christopher Chien makes the 2nd free throw | 35-69 |
| 09:13 | Syracuse | Joseph Cline buries a 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Charles Ikner | 35-72 |
| 09:06 | West Virginia | Antonio Hamilton can't finish the layup | 35-72 |
| 09:04 | Syracuse | Charles Ikner pulls down the rebound | 35-72 |
| 08:46 | Syracuse | James Western is hacked by Christopher Chien - foul #3 on Christopher Chien, team foul #7 | 35-72 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Manuel Hedstrom (SG), Donald Gulick (C) Randall Chau, Christopher Chien | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Vincent Thompson (PF) Charles Alexander | |
| 08:46 | Syracuse | James Western makes the 1st free throw | 35-73 |
| 08:46 | Syracuse | James Western makes the 2nd free throw | 35-74 |
| 08:18 | West Virginia | Manuel Hedstrom misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 35-74 |
| 08:17 | Syracuse | Vincent Thompson gets the rebound | 35-74 |
| 07:59 | Syracuse | Bill Peck clanks a driving attempt near the basket but he's hacked by Manuel Hedstrom - foul #2 on Manuel Hedstrom, team foul #8 | 35-74 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Alexander (SG) James Western | |
| 07:59 | Syracuse | Bill Peck makes the 1st free throw | 35-75 |
| 07:59 | Syracuse | Bill Peck makes the 2nd free throw | 35-76 |
| 07:52 | West Virginia | Clay Guerrette clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 35-76 |
| 07:51 | Syracuse | Charles Ikner snags the defensive board | 35-76 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Glenn Bass (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Manuel Hedstrom (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Antonio Hamilton (fresh) PF - Donald Gulick (fresh) C - Clay Guerrette (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Joseph Cline (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Charles Alexander (fairly fresh) 21 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Bill Peck (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Vincent Thompson (fairly fresh) 3 reb. C - Charles Ikner (tiring) 10 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 07:29 | Syracuse | Antonio Hamilton is called for the reach on Vincent Thompson - foul #1 on Antonio Hamilton, team foul #9 | 35-76 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Randall Chau (PG), Christopher Chien (PF) Glenn Bass, Clay Guerrette | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 07:29 | Syracuse | Vincent Thompson makes the 1st free throw | 35-77 |
| 07:29 | Syracuse | Vincent Thompson misses the 2nd free throw | 35-77 |
| 07:29 | West Virginia | Christopher Chien snags the defensive board | 35-77 |
| 07:24 | West Virginia | Randall Chau clanks a fadeaway from the free throw line but the foul's on Joseph Cline - foul #1 on Joseph Cline, team foul #4 | 35-77 |
| 07:24 | West Virginia | Randall Chau makes the 1st free throw | 36-77 |
| 07:24 | West Virginia | Randall Chau misses the 2nd free throw | 36-77 |
| 07:24 | Syracuse | Bill Peck grabs the defensive rebound | 36-77 |
| 07:06 | Syracuse | Randall Chau is called for the reach on Joseph Cline - foul #2 on Randall Chau, team foul #10 | 36-77 |
| 07:06 | Syracuse | Joseph Cline makes the 1st free throw | 36-78 |
| 07:06 | Syracuse | Joseph Cline misses the 2nd free throw | 36-78 |
| 07:06 | West Virginia | Donald Gulick snags the defensive board | 36-78 |
| 06:55 | West Virginia | Antonio Hamilton is whistled for a carry | 36-78 |
| 06:36 | Syracuse | Charles Alexander misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 36-78 |
| 06:35 | West Virginia | Antonio Hamilton grabs the board | 36-78 |
| 06:29 | West Virginia | Randall Chau makes the fadeaway from the right side on a nice dish by Antonio Hamilton | 38-78 |
| 06:10 | Syracuse | Charles Alexander knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right wing on a nice dish by Charles Ikner | 38-81 |
| 06:00 | West Virginia | Donald Gulick can't throw it down but he's fouled by Joseph Cline - foul #2 on Joseph Cline, team foul #5 | 38-81 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Glenn Bass (PG) Antonio Hamilton | |
| Subs | Syracuse | David Wolfe (SG), James Western (SF) Charles Alexander, Bill Peck | |
| 06:00 | West Virginia | Donald Gulick makes the 1st free throw | 39-81 |
| 06:00 | West Virginia | Donald Gulick makes the 2nd free throw | 40-81 |
| 05:43 | Syracuse | David Wolfe comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 40-81 |
| 05:41 | Syracuse | Vincent Thompson gets the offensive rebound | 40-81 |
| 05:23 | Syracuse | James Western can't connect on a runner from the baseline but he's hacked by Randall Chau - foul #3 on Randall Chau, team foul #11 | 40-81 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Clay Guerrette (PF) Donald Gulick | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Bill Peck (SF) David Wolfe | |
| 05:23 | Syracuse | James Western makes the 1st free throw | 40-82 |
| 05:23 | Syracuse | James Western makes the 2nd free throw | 40-83 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| 05:06 | West Virginia | Joseph Cline takes the ball from Glenn Bass | 40-83 |
| 04:47 | Syracuse | Vincent Thompson misses short on a shot from the right block | 40-83 |
| 04:46 | Syracuse | Vincent Thompson pulls down the offensive rebound | 40-83 |
| 04:26 | Syracuse | Vincent Thompson knocks in the jumper in the paint | 40-85 |
| 04:10 | West Virginia | James Western picks off the pass by Manuel Hedstrom | 40-85 |
| 03:44 | Syracuse | Christopher Chien is called for the reach on Joseph Cline - foul #4 on Christopher Chien, team foul #12 | 40-85 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Antonio Hamilton (SF), Donald Gulick (C) Randall Chau, Christopher Chien | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Alexander (SG) Bill Peck | |
| 03:44 | Syracuse | Joseph Cline misses the 1st free throw | 40-85 |
| 03:44 | Syracuse | Joseph Cline makes the 2nd free throw | 40-86 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Glenn Bass (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Manuel Hedstrom (fairly fresh) 8 pts. SF - Antonio Hamilton (fresh) PF - Clay Guerrette (fresh) 2 pts. 8 reb. C - Donald Gulick (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Joseph Cline (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Charles Alexander (fairly fresh) 24 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - James Western (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Vincent Thompson (tiring) 3 pts. 5 reb. C - Charles Ikner (tired) 10 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 03:20 | West Virginia | Antonio Hamilton is hacked by Vincent Thompson - foul #2 on Vincent Thompson, team foul #6 | 40-86 |
| 03:11 | West Virginia | Vincent Thompson picks off the pass by Manuel Hedstrom | 40-86 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| 02:49 | Syracuse | Vincent Thompson misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 40-86 |
| 02:47 | Syracuse | Charles Alexander tips it back up and in | 40-88 |
| 02:30 | West Virginia | Clay Guerrette misses the lay-in | 40-88 |
| 02:29 | West Virginia | Antonio Hamilton tips it home | 42-88 |
| 02:27 | Syracuse | Glenn Bass is called for the reach on Joseph Cline in the backcourt - foul #2 on Glenn Bass, team foul #13 | 42-88 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Bill Peck (SF) James Western | |
| 02:27 | Syracuse | Joseph Cline makes the 1st free throw | 42-89 |
| 02:27 | Syracuse | Joseph Cline makes the 2nd free throw | 42-90 |
| 02:18 | West Virginia | Glenn Bass can't finish the layup but the foul's on Joseph Cline - foul #3 on Joseph Cline, team foul #7 | 42-90 |
| 02:18 | West Virginia | Glenn Bass misses the 1st free throw | 42-90 |
| 02:18 | West Virginia | Glenn Bass makes the 2nd free throw | 43-90 |
| 02:03 | Syracuse | Charles Alexander hits a pull-up jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Joseph Cline | 43-92 |
| 01:57 | West Virginia | Manuel Hedstrom misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 43-92 |
| 01:55 | West Virginia | Donald Gulick grabs the offensive rebound | 43-92 |
| 01:45 | West Virginia | Manuel Hedstrom makes the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line set up by Clay Guerrette and the foul's on Charles Alexander - foul #3 on Charles Alexander, team foul #8 | 45-92 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Randall Chau (SF), Christopher Chien (C) Antonio Hamilton, Donald Gulick | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 01:45 | West Virginia | Manuel Hedstrom makes the free throw | 46-92 |
| 01:23 | Syracuse | Charles Ikner throws a bad pass out of bounds | 46-92 |
| 01:15 | West Virginia | Vincent Thompson is called for the reach on Christopher Chien - foul #3 on Vincent Thompson, team foul #9 | 46-92 |
| 01:15 | West Virginia | Christopher Chien misses the 1st free throw | 46-92 |
| 01:15 | Syracuse | Charles Ikner grabs the board | 46-92 |
| 00:58 | Syracuse | Charles Alexander's pass is intercepted by Clay Guerrette | 46-92 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| 00:50 | West Virginia | Christopher Chien double dribbles | 46-92 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| 00:30 | Syracuse | Clay Guerrette is called for the reach on Charles Alexander - foul #3 on Clay Guerrette, team foul #14 | 46-92 |
| 00:30 | Syracuse | Charles Alexander makes the 1st free throw | 46-93 |
| 00:30 | Syracuse | Charles Alexander makes the 2nd free throw | 46-94 |
| 00:24 | West Virginia | Glenn Bass misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 46-94 |
| 00:22 | West Virginia | Christopher Chien snags the offensive board | 46-94 |
| 00:20 | West Virginia | Clay Guerrette hits a turnaround from the right block on a great pass from Glenn Bass and he's hacked by Bill Peck - foul #1 on Bill Peck, team foul #10 | 48-94 |
| 00:20 | West Virginia | Clay Guerrette makes the free throw | 49-94 |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Joseph Cline runs out the clock | 49-94 |