| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Craig Gandy (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Bradley Cribbs (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Raymond Huff (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. PF - George Peterson (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Colin Vineyard (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Leonard Finney (fresh) 6 pts. SG - William Powell (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Marcus Dupuy (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. PF - Frank Hamilton (fresh) 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Antonio Blanchard (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Creighton | Marcus Dupuy inbounds the ball | 28-25 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:47 | Creighton | Leonard Finney misses long on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 28-25 |
| 19:46 | Pitt | Colin Vineyard snags the defensive board | 28-25 |
| 19:21 | Pitt | Bradley Cribbs comes up short on the turnaround near the basket but he's hacked by William Powell - foul #2 on William Powell, team foul #1 | 28-25 |
| 19:21 | Pitt | Bradley Cribbs misses the 1st free throw | 28-25 |
| 19:21 | Pitt | Bradley Cribbs makes the 2nd free throw | 29-25 |
| 19:04 | Creighton | Marcus Dupuy is fouled on the floor by Raymond Huff - foul #2 on Raymond Huff, team foul #1 | 29-25 |
| 18:50 | Creighton | Marcus Dupuy makes the 3 from the right corner on a great pass from Leonard Finney | 29-28 |
| 18:30 | Pitt | Bradley Cribbs can't connect on a floater from just outside the lane | 29-28 |
| 18:28 | Creighton | Marcus Dupuy pulls down the rebound | 29-28 |
| 18:23 | Creighton | William Powell comes up short on the shot from the right wing | 29-28 |
| 18:21 | Pitt | George Peterson grabs the board | 29-28 |
| 17:52 | Pitt | Bradley Cribbs hits a 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Raymond Huff | 32-28 |
| 17:25 | Creighton | Antonio Blanchard connects on the jumper from the free throw line | 32-30 |
| 17:06 | Pitt | Colin Vineyard clanks a floater in the lane | 32-30 |
| 17:04 | Creighton | Antonio Blanchard grabs the defensive rebound | 32-30 |
| 17:00 | Creighton | Leonard Finney clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 32-30 |
| 16:59 | Creighton | William Powell can't tip it in | 32-30 |
| 16:57 | Pitt | Craig Gandy pulls down the rebound | 32-30 |
| 16:40 | Pitt | Leonard Finney steals it from Bradley Cribbs | 32-30 |
| 16:35 | Creighton | Leonard Finney throws it down | 32-32 |
| 16:30 | Pitt | The short jumper by Bradley Cribbs is denied by Frank Hamilton | 32-32 |
| 16:29 | Pitt | George Peterson tips it but misses | 32-32 |
| 16:27 | Creighton | The rebound goes to Frank Hamilton | 32-32 |
| 16:06 | Creighton | Antonio Blanchard knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left corner on a great pass from William Powell | 32-35 |
| 15:38 | Pitt | Raymond Huff misses badly on a runner in the lane but he's hacked by Marcus Dupuy - foul #1 on Marcus Dupuy, team foul #2 | 32-35 |
| Subs | Pitt | Toni Baczewski (PG), Zachary Brown (SG), Matthew Sprague (PF), Geoffrey Jackson (C) Craig Gandy, Bradley Cribbs, George Peterson, Colin Vineyard | |
| Subs | Creighton | Carl Davis (PG), Paul Thomas (SG), Edwin Reed (SF), Steven May (PF), Jacob Bridges (C) Leonard Finney, William Powell, Marcus Dupuy, Frank Hamilton, Antonio Blanchard | |
| 15:38 | Pitt | Raymond Huff makes the 1st free throw | 33-35 |
| 15:38 | Pitt | Raymond Huff makes the 2nd free throw | 34-35 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Toni Baczewski (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Zachary Brown (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Raymond Huff (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. PF - Matthew Sprague (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Geoffrey Jackson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Carl Davis (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Paul Thomas (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Edwin Reed (fresh) PF - Steven May (fresh) 2 pts. C - Jacob Bridges (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 15:19 | Creighton | Paul Thomas is fouled on the floor by Geoffrey Jackson - foul #1 on Geoffrey Jackson, team foul #2 | 34-35 |
| 15:03 | Creighton | Toni Baczewski steals it from Steven May | 34-35 |
| 14:51 | Pitt | Steven May blocks the jumper by Geoffrey Jackson | 34-35 |
| 14:50 | Pitt | Matthew Sprague snags the offensive board | 34-35 |
| 14:21 | Pitt | Raymond Huff scores on a turnaround from the left block on a nice dish by Zachary Brown and he's fouled by Edwin Reed - foul #2 on Edwin Reed, team foul #3 | 36-35 |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| Subs | Creighton | Frank Hamilton (PF) Steven May | |
| 14:21 | Pitt | Raymond Huff makes the free throw | 37-35 |
| 14:04 | Creighton | Carl Davis hits a floater from the right wing on a great pass from Edwin Reed | 37-37 |
| 13:42 | Pitt | Zachary Brown is hacked by Frank Hamilton - foul #3 on Frank Hamilton, team foul #4 | 37-37 |
| Subs | Pitt | Craig Gandy (PG), Bradley Cribbs (SF), George Peterson (PF) Zachary Brown, Raymond Huff, Matthew Sprague | |
| Subs | Creighton | Leonard Finney (PG) Carl Davis | |
| 13:22 | Pitt | Craig Gandy hits a jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Toni Baczewski | 39-37 |
| 13:09 | Creighton | Paul Thomas misses long on a jumpshot from the right wing | 39-37 |
| 13:08 | Pitt | The rebound goes to Bradley Cribbs | 39-37 |
| 12:39 | Pitt | Craig Gandy blows the layup | 39-37 |
| 12:38 | Creighton | Frank Hamilton grabs the board | 39-37 |
| 12:34 | Creighton | Leonard Finney hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 39-37 |
| 12:33 | Pitt | Bradley Cribbs grabs the defensive rebound | 39-37 |
| 12:05 | Pitt | Bradley Cribbs hits a jumpshot from the right side on a great pass from Craig Gandy and he's fouled by Jacob Bridges - foul #4 on Jacob Bridges, team foul #5 | 41-37 |
| Subs | Pitt | Zachary Brown (SG), Colin Vineyard (C) Toni Baczewski, Geoffrey Jackson | |
| Subs | Creighton | William Powell (SG), Marcus Dupuy (SF), Antonio Blanchard (C) Paul Thomas, Edwin Reed, Jacob Bridges | |
| 12:05 | Pitt | Bradley Cribbs makes the free throw | 42-37 |
| 11:45 | Creighton | Marcus Dupuy comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 42-37 |
| 11:44 | Pitt | Colin Vineyard snags the defensive board | 42-37 |
| 11:39 | Pitt | Craig Gandy can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 42-37 |
| 11:38 | Creighton | Antonio Blanchard grabs the defensive rebound | 42-37 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Craig Gandy (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Zachary Brown (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Bradley Cribbs (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. PF - George Peterson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Colin Vineyard (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Leonard Finney (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - William Powell (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Marcus Dupuy (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. PF - Frank Hamilton (fresh) 5 reb. 3 blk. 3 pf. C - Antonio Blanchard (fresh) 9 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 11:20 | Creighton | Frank Hamilton hits a 3pt jumper from straight away | 42-40 |
| 10:54 | Pitt | Bradley Cribbs is hacked by Marcus Dupuy - foul #2 on Marcus Dupuy, team foul #6 | 42-40 |
| Subs | Pitt | Toni Baczewski (PG), Raymond Huff (SF), Matthew Sprague (PF) Craig Gandy, Bradley Cribbs, George Peterson | |
| Subs | Creighton | Carl Davis (PG), Steven May (C) Leonard Finney, Frank Hamilton | |
| 10:33 | Pitt | Marcus Dupuy steps in front of the Toni Baczewski pass | 42-40 |
| 10:30 | Creighton | William Powell hits the finger roll set up by Marcus Dupuy | 42-42 |
| 10:06 | Pitt | Colin Vineyard misses the lay-in | 42-42 |
| 10:04 | Pitt | Toni Baczewski gets the offensive rebound | 42-42 |
| 09:45 | Pitt | Matthew Sprague connects on the fadeaway from the right block on a great pass from Raymond Huff and he's fouled by Antonio Blanchard - foul #2 on Antonio Blanchard, team foul #7 | 44-42 |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| Subs | Creighton | Leonard Finney (PG), Frank Hamilton (PF) Carl Davis, Steven May | |
| 09:45 | Pitt | Matthew Sprague makes the free throw | 45-42 |
| 09:33 | Creighton | Frank Hamilton buries a jumpshot from the right wing | 45-44 |
| 09:11 | Pitt | Raymond Huff connects on the floater from the right wing on a nice dish by Toni Baczewski | 47-44 |
| 08:54 | Creighton | Frank Hamilton hits the finger roll | 47-46 |
| 08:39 | Pitt | Antonio Blanchard is called for the reach on Colin Vineyard - foul #3 on Antonio Blanchard, team foul #8 | 47-46 |
| Subs | Pitt | Craig Gandy (PG), Bradley Cribbs (SG), George Peterson (PF) Toni Baczewski, Zachary Brown, Matthew Sprague | |
| Subs | Creighton | Paul Thomas (SG), Edwin Reed (SF), Steven May (C) William Powell, Marcus Dupuy, Antonio Blanchard | |
| 08:39 | Pitt | Colin Vineyard makes the 1st free throw | 48-46 |
| 08:39 | Pitt | Colin Vineyard misses the 2nd free throw | 48-46 |
| 08:39 | Creighton | Frank Hamilton grabs the board | 48-46 |
| 08:33 | Creighton | Leonard Finney is hacked by Craig Gandy - foul #2 on Craig Gandy, team foul #3 | 48-46 |
| Subs | Pitt | Geoffrey Jackson (C) Colin Vineyard | |
| Subs | Creighton | | |
| 08:11 | Creighton | Paul Thomas's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 48-46 |
| 07:54 | Pitt | Geoffrey Jackson hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Raymond Huff | 50-46 |
| 07:43 | Creighton | Leonard Finney is fouled on the floor by Geoffrey Jackson - foul #2 on Geoffrey Jackson, team foul #4 | 50-46 |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| Subs | Creighton | Jacob Bridges (C) Steven May | |
| 07:28 | Creighton | Frank Hamilton's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 50-46 |
| Subs | Pitt | Toni Baczewski (SG) Raymond Huff | |
| Subs | Creighton | Steven May (PF) Frank Hamilton | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Craig Gandy (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Toni Baczewski (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Bradley Cribbs (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. PF - George Peterson (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Geoffrey Jackson (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Leonard Finney (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Paul Thomas (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Edwin Reed (fresh) PF - Steven May (fresh) 2 pts. C - Jacob Bridges (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 06:59 | Pitt | Geoffrey Jackson drills a fadeaway jumper from the right side set up by George Peterson | 52-46 |
| 06:38 | Creighton | Steven May misses the 3 from straight away | 52-46 |
| 06:37 | Pitt | Bradley Cribbs grabs the board | 52-46 |
| 06:20 | Pitt | Geoffrey Jackson is fouled on the floor by Jacob Bridges - foul #5 on Jacob Bridges, team foul #9 | 52-46 |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| Subs | Creighton | William Powell (SG), Marcus Dupuy (SF), Frank Hamilton (PF), Antonio Blanchard (C) Leonard Finney, Edwin Reed, Steven May, Jacob Bridges | |
| 06:20 | Pitt | Geoffrey Jackson misses the 1st free throw | 52-46 |
| 06:20 | Creighton | Antonio Blanchard gets the rebound | 52-46 |
| 06:14 | Creighton | Marcus Dupuy's pass is intercepted by Geoffrey Jackson | 52-46 |
| 05:47 | Pitt | Craig Gandy is hacked by Marcus Dupuy - foul #3 on Marcus Dupuy, team foul #10 | 52-46 |
| Subs | Pitt | Zachary Brown (SG), Raymond Huff (SF), Matthew Sprague (PF), Colin Vineyard (C) Toni Baczewski, Bradley Cribbs, George Peterson, Geoffrey Jackson | |
| Subs | Creighton | Carl Davis (PG) Paul Thomas | |
| 05:47 | Pitt | Craig Gandy makes the 1st free throw | 53-46 |
| 05:47 | Pitt | Craig Gandy makes the 2nd free throw | 54-46 |
| 05:25 | Creighton | Carl Davis is hacked by Zachary Brown - foul #2 on Zachary Brown, team foul #5 | 54-46 |
| 05:05 | Creighton | Craig Gandy takes the ball from Antonio Blanchard | 54-46 |
| 04:36 | Pitt | Craig Gandy misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 54-46 |
| 04:34 | Creighton | Marcus Dupuy snags the defensive board | 54-46 |
| 04:30 | Creighton | William Powell makes the fadeaway in the lane on a great pass from Frank Hamilton | 54-48 |
| 04:06 | Pitt | Matthew Sprague lays it up and in on a nice dish by Craig Gandy | 56-48 |
| 04:01 | Creighton | William Powell comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 56-48 |
| 04:00 | Pitt | Colin Vineyard pulls down the rebound | 56-48 |
| 03:43 | Pitt | Raymond Huff hits the finger roll set up by Zachary Brown | 58-48 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:23 | Creighton | Antonio Blanchard misses short on a 3 from straight away | 58-48 |
| 03:21 | Creighton | William Powell grabs the offensive board | 58-48 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Craig Gandy (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Zachary Brown (fresh) 4 ast. SF - Raymond Huff (tiring) 12 pts. 4 reb. PF - Matthew Sprague (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. C - Colin Vineyard (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Carl Davis (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - William Powell (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Marcus Dupuy (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. PF - Frank Hamilton (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. 3 pf. C - Antonio Blanchard (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 9 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 03:05 | Creighton | William Powell hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 58-48 |
| 03:03 | Pitt | Matthew Sprague gets the rebound | 58-48 |
| 03:03 | Pitt | Pitt calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 58-48 |
| Subs | Pitt | Toni Baczewski (PG), Bradley Cribbs (SF), George Peterson (PF) Craig Gandy, Raymond Huff, Matthew Sprague | |
| Subs | Creighton | Leonard Finney (PG) Carl Davis | |
| 02:41 | Pitt | Bradley Cribbs buries a floater near the basket set up by George Peterson | 60-48 |
| 02:23 | Creighton | William Powell buries a 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Leonard Finney | 60-51 |
| 02:21 | Pitt | Pitt calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 60-51 |
| Subs | Pitt | Craig Gandy (PG) Zachary Brown | |
| Subs | Creighton | | |
| 01:59 | Pitt | Bradley Cribbs is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #2 on Bradley Cribbs, team foul #6 | 60-51 |
| Subs | Pitt | Raymond Huff (SF) Toni Baczewski | |
| Subs | Creighton | | |
| 01:45 | Creighton | Frank Hamilton scores on a jumper from the left wing | 60-53 |
| 01:25 | Pitt | Antonio Blanchard denies the turnaround by Raymond Huff | 60-53 |
| 01:23 | Creighton | Marcus Dupuy snags the defensive board | 60-53 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 01:18 | Creighton | William Powell hits a 3pt shot from the right wing | 60-56 |
| 00:56 | Pitt | Bradley Cribbs is fouled on the floor by William Powell - foul #3 on William Powell, team foul #11 | 60-56 |
| 00:56 | Pitt | Bradley Cribbs makes the 1st free throw | 61-56 |
| 00:56 | Pitt | Bradley Cribbs makes the 2nd free throw | 62-56 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:49 | Creighton | William Powell can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 62-56 |
| 00:48 | Pitt | The rebound goes to Colin Vineyard | 62-56 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:47 | Pitt | Colin Vineyard is fouled in the backcourt by Leonard Finney - foul #2 on Leonard Finney, team foul #12 | 62-56 |
| Subs | Pitt | Zachary Brown (SG), Matthew Sprague (PF) Bradley Cribbs, George Peterson | |
| Subs | Creighton | | |
| 00:47 | Pitt | Colin Vineyard makes the 1st free throw | 63-56 |
| 00:47 | Pitt | Colin Vineyard misses the 2nd free throw | 63-56 |
| 00:47 | Creighton | Marcus Dupuy grabs the board | 63-56 |
| 00:41 | Creighton | William Powell clanks a 3 from the left corner | 63-56 |
| 00:40 | Pitt | Colin Vineyard grabs the defensive rebound | 63-56 |
| 00:40 | Pitt | Pitt calls a full timeout (2 :30 1 full remaining) | 63-56 |
| 00:38 | Pitt | Craig Gandy is fouled in the backcourt by Leonard Finney - foul #3 on Leonard Finney, team foul #13 | 63-56 |
| 00:38 | Pitt | Craig Gandy makes the 1st free throw | 64-56 |
| 00:38 | Pitt | Craig Gandy makes the 2nd free throw | 65-56 |
| 00:32 | Creighton | Craig Gandy steals the ball from Marcus Dupuy | 65-56 |
| 00:27 | Pitt | Craig Gandy hits the finger roll | 67-56 |
| 00:21 | Creighton | Antonio Blanchard's pass is intercepted by Craig Gandy | 67-56 |
| 00:17 | Pitt | Craig Gandy lays it up and in | 69-56 |
| 00:12 | Creighton | William Powell is fouled on the floor by Zachary Brown - foul #3 on Zachary Brown, team foul #7 | 69-56 |
| Subs | Pitt | Toni Baczewski (PG), Geoffrey Jackson (C) Craig Gandy, Colin Vineyard | |
| Subs | Creighton | Paul Thomas (PG), Edwin Reed (SF), Steven May (C) Leonard Finney, Marcus Dupuy, Frank Hamilton | |
| 00:12 | Creighton | William Powell makes the 1st free throw | 69-57 |
| 00:12 | Creighton | William Powell makes the 2nd free throw | 69-58 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:00 | Pitt | Toni Baczewski runs out the clock | 69-58 |