| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Sudi Abdulkarim (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Terry Smith (fresh) 2 reb. SF - Sol Rizzo (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Luis Estrada (fresh) 2 pts. C - Ivan Borkoski (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Patrick Grant (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Merritt (fresh) 4 pts. SF - James Mills (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Craig Hartley (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - John Jackson (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Kentucky | James Mills inbounds the ball | 20-23 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:44 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant is doubleteamed and throws a bad pass out of bounds | 20-23 |
| Subs | Villanova | Mundan Emanuel (SG), Pedro Cruz (PF), Nwa Adi (C) Sudi Abdulkarim, Luis Estrada, Ivan Borkoski | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 19:19 | Villanova | Sol Rizzo drills a jumpshot from the free throw line | 22-23 |
| 19:03 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant works out of a doubleteam and scores on a jump hook from the baseline set up by James Mills and he's hacked by Nwa Adi - foul #2 on Nwa Adi, team foul #1 | 22-25 |
| Subs | Villanova | Sudi Abdulkarim (PG), Luis Estrada (PF) Mundan Emanuel, Pedro Cruz | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 19:03 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant makes the free throw | 22-26 |
| 18:41 | Villanova | Sudi Abdulkarim misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 22-26 |
| 18:40 | Villanova | Nwa Adi tips it home | 24-26 |
| 18:25 | Kentucky | Michael Merritt makes the 3 from the left corner on a great pass from Patrick Grant | 24-29 |
| 17:56 | Villanova | Craig Hartley swats the short shot by Luis Estrada | 24-29 |
| 17:55 | Villanova | Sol Rizzo grabs the offensive board | 24-29 |
| 17:34 | Villanova | Luis Estrada clanks a shot from the left wing but he's fouled by Craig Hartley - foul #1 on Craig Hartley, team foul #1 | 24-29 |
| Subs | Villanova | Mundan Emanuel (SG), Pedro Cruz (SF) Sudi Abdulkarim, Nwa Adi | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Jack Bailey (SF) Craig Hartley | |
| 17:34 | Villanova | Luis Estrada makes the 1st free throw | 25-29 |
| 17:34 | Villanova | Luis Estrada misses the 2nd free throw | 25-29 |
| 17:34 | Kentucky | James Mills grabs the defensive rebound | 25-29 |
| 17:11 | Kentucky | Jack Bailey can't connect on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Terry Smith - foul #1 on Terry Smith, team foul #2 | 25-29 |
| Subs | Villanova | Ivan Borkoski (C) Luis Estrada | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Craig Hartley (C) James Mills | |
| 17:11 | Kentucky | Jack Bailey makes the 1st free throw | 25-30 |
| 17:11 | Kentucky | Jack Bailey misses the 2nd free throw | 25-30 |
| 17:11 | Villanova | Pedro Cruz snags the defensive board | 25-30 |
| 16:56 | Villanova | Sol Rizzo banks in the layup | 27-30 |
| 16:44 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the jumper in the paint | 27-30 |
| 16:42 | Villanova | Mundan Emanuel snags the defensive board | 27-30 |
| 16:21 | Villanova | Ivan Borkoski travels with the ball | 27-30 |
| Subs | Villanova | Sudi Abdulkarim (PG), Nwa Adi (C) Terry Smith, Ivan Borkoski | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Harry Bucy (PG), Nicholas Pegg (SG), James Mills (PF) Patrick Grant, Michael Merritt, John Jackson | |
| 16:05 | Kentucky | Jack Bailey loses the dribble to Sol Rizzo | 27-30 |
| 15:38 | Villanova | Harry Bucy picks off the pass by Sol Rizzo | 27-30 |
| 15:34 | Kentucky | Nicholas Pegg lays it in on a nice dish by Harry Bucy | 27-32 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Sudi Abdulkarim (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mundan Emanuel (fresh) 6 reb. SF - Sol Rizzo (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. PF - Pedro Cruz (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. C - Nwa Adi (fresh) 4 pts. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Harry Bucy (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Nicholas Pegg (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Jack Bailey (fresh) 1 pts. PF - James Mills (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Craig Hartley (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 15:10 | Villanova | Sol Rizzo hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 27-32 |
| 15:08 | Kentucky | Jack Bailey snags the defensive board | 27-32 |
| 14:45 | Kentucky | James Mills is hacked by Mundan Emanuel - foul #1 on Mundan Emanuel, team foul #3 | 27-32 |
| Subs | Villanova | Terry Smith (PG), Luis Estrada (PF), Ivan Borkoski (C) Sudi Abdulkarim, Pedro Cruz, Nwa Adi | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Patrick Grant (PG), Michael Merritt (SG), Alvin Manning (SF), Steve Inabinet (PF), John Jackson (C) Harry Bucy, Nicholas Pegg, Jack Bailey, James Mills, Craig Hartley | |
| 14:35 | Kentucky | Luis Estrada picks off the pass by Steve Inabinet | 27-32 |
| 14:18 | Villanova | A charge is called on Luis Estrada - foul #2 on Luis Estrada, team foul #4 | 27-32 |
| Subs | Villanova | Pedro Cruz (SG), Nwa Adi (PF) Mundan Emanuel, Luis Estrada | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 13:55 | Kentucky | Michael Merritt loses the dribble to Pedro Cruz | 27-32 |
| 13:43 | Villanova | Terry Smith drills a 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by Pedro Cruz | 30-32 |
| 13:26 | Kentucky | Michael Merritt comes up short on the jumper from the free throw line | 30-32 |
| 13:25 | Villanova | Terry Smith pulls down the rebound | 30-32 |
| 13:03 | Villanova | Steve Inabinet takes the ball from Terry Smith | 30-32 |
| 12:45 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant is fouled on the floor by Terry Smith - foul #2 on Terry Smith, team foul #5 | 30-32 |
| Subs | Villanova | Sudi Abdulkarim (PG), Mundan Emanuel (SG), Luis Estrada (PF) Terry Smith, Pedro Cruz, Nwa Adi | |
| Subs | Kentucky | James Mills (SF) Alvin Manning | |
| 12:35 | Kentucky | Luis Estrada steals it from Michael Merritt | 30-32 |
| 12:11 | Villanova | Steve Inabinet is called for the reach on Sudi Abdulkarim - foul #4 on Steve Inabinet, team foul #2 | 30-32 |
| Subs | Villanova | Terry Smith (PG), Nwa Adi (C) Sudi Abdulkarim, Ivan Borkoski | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Nicholas Pegg (SG), Jack Bailey (SF), Craig Hartley (C) Michael Merritt, Steve Inabinet, John Jackson | |
| 11:49 | Villanova | Sol Rizzo clanks a floater from the free throw line | 30-32 |
| 11:47 | Kentucky | Craig Hartley gets the rebound | 30-32 |
| 11:42 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Terry Smith - foul #3 on Terry Smith, team foul #6 | 30-32 |
| Subs | Villanova | Sudi Abdulkarim (PG) Terry Smith | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 11:42 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant makes the 1st free throw | 30-33 |
| 11:42 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant makes the 2nd free throw | 30-34 |
| 11:20 | Villanova | Mundan Emanuel comes up short on the driving attempt from the baseline | 30-34 |
| 11:19 | Villanova | Nwa Adi tips it in | 32-34 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Sudi Abdulkarim (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mundan Emanuel (fresh) 6 reb. SF - Sol Rizzo (tiring) 11 pts. 3 reb. PF - Luis Estrada (fresh) 3 pts. 2 stl. C - Nwa Adi (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Patrick Grant (fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. SG - Nicholas Pegg (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Jack Bailey (fresh) 1 pts. PF - James Mills (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Craig Hartley (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 11:12 | Kentucky | Nicholas Pegg knocks in the 3pt shot from the left corner | 32-37 |
| 10:43 | Villanova | Sudi Abdulkarim can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 32-37 |
| 10:41 | Kentucky | James Mills pulls down the rebound | 32-37 |
| 10:21 | Kentucky | Nicholas Pegg misses badly on a jumper near the basket but the foul's on Mundan Emanuel - foul #2 on Mundan Emanuel, team foul #7 | 32-37 |
| Subs | Villanova | Terry Smith (PG), Pedro Cruz (SG), Ivan Borkoski (C) Sudi Abdulkarim, Mundan Emanuel, Nwa Adi | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Harry Bucy (PG), John Jackson (PF) Patrick Grant, James Mills | |
| 10:21 | Kentucky | Nicholas Pegg makes the 1st free throw | 32-38 |
| 10:21 | Kentucky | Nicholas Pegg makes the 2nd free throw | 32-39 |
| 10:03 | Villanova | Ivan Borkoski makes the floater near the basket set up by Terry Smith | 34-39 |
| 09:40 | Kentucky | Craig Hartley misses long on a jump hook from close range | 34-39 |
| 09:39 | Villanova | Ivan Borkoski gets the rebound | 34-39 |
| 09:15 | Villanova | Pedro Cruz clanks a floater from the left wing | 34-39 |
| 09:13 | Kentucky | Craig Hartley grabs the defensive rebound | 34-39 |
| 08:51 | Kentucky | John Jackson misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 34-39 |
| 08:49 | Villanova | Terry Smith grabs the defensive rebound | 34-39 |
| 08:24 | Villanova | Luis Estrada buries a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Pedro Cruz | 36-39 |
| 08:09 | Kentucky | Harry Bucy is fouled on the floor by Terry Smith - foul #4 on Terry Smith, team foul #8 | 36-39 |
| Subs | Villanova | Sudi Abdulkarim (PG), Mundan Emanuel (SG), Nwa Adi (C) Terry Smith, Luis Estrada, Ivan Borkoski | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Michael Merritt (SG), Alvin Manning (SF), James Mills (PF) Nicholas Pegg, Jack Bailey, Craig Hartley | |
| 08:09 | Kentucky | Harry Bucy makes the 1st free throw | 36-40 |
| 08:09 | Kentucky | Harry Bucy misses the 2nd free throw | 36-40 |
| 08:09 | Villanova | Nwa Adi pulls down the rebound | 36-40 |
| 07:42 | Villanova | Mundan Emanuel is fouled on the floor by Michael Merritt - foul #2 on Michael Merritt, team foul #3 | 36-40 |
| Subs | Villanova | Ivan Borkoski (C) Pedro Cruz | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Patrick Grant (PG), Steve Inabinet (PF), Craig Hartley (C) Harry Bucy, Alvin Manning, John Jackson | |
| 07:14 | Villanova | Mundan Emanuel scores on a jump hook from close range on a nice dish by Ivan Borkoski | 38-40 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Sudi Abdulkarim (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mundan Emanuel (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. SF - Sol Rizzo (tired) 11 pts. 3 reb. PF - Nwa Adi (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Ivan Borkoski (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Patrick Grant (fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. SG - Michael Merritt (fresh) 7 pts. SF - James Mills (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Steve Inabinet (fresh) 4 pf. C - Craig Hartley (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 07:05 | Kentucky | Michael Merritt misses the fadeaway from the left side | 38-40 |
| 07:03 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant tips it home | 38-42 |
| 06:35 | Villanova | Sudi Abdulkarim misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 38-42 |
| 06:34 | Villanova | Sol Rizzo gets the offensive rebound | 38-42 |
| 06:05 | Villanova | Ivan Borkoski hits a runner from the left block on a nice dish by Nwa Adi | 40-42 |
| 05:53 | Kentucky | Michael Merritt buries a turnaround from the baseline on a nice dish by James Mills | 40-44 |
| 05:41 | Villanova | Ivan Borkoski misses badly on a floater in the paint | 40-44 |
| 05:40 | Villanova | Mundan Emanuel hits the follow up shot | 42-44 |
| 05:21 | Kentucky | The jump hook by Craig Hartley is blocked by Nwa Adi | 42-44 |
| 05:19 | Villanova | Mundan Emanuel grabs the defensive rebound | 42-44 |
| 04:50 | Villanova | Craig Hartley steps in front of the Sol Rizzo pass | 42-44 |
| 04:36 | Kentucky | Michael Merritt hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 42-44 |
| 04:35 | Villanova | The rebound goes to Sol Rizzo | 42-44 |
| 04:15 | Villanova | Sol Rizzo knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left side | 44-44 |
| 03:55 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant hits a 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by Michael Merritt | 44-47 |
| 03:53 | Villanova | Sudi Abdulkarim is called for traveling in the backcourt | 44-47 |
| Subs | Villanova | Terry Smith (PG), Pedro Cruz (SF), Luis Estrada (PF) Sudi Abdulkarim, Sol Rizzo, Ivan Borkoski | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Harry Bucy (PG), Nicholas Pegg (SG), Jack Bailey (SF), John Jackson (C) Patrick Grant, Michael Merritt, James Mills, Craig Hartley | |
| 03:39 | Kentucky | Nicholas Pegg misses the floater from the free throw line | 44-47 |
| 03:37 | Villanova | Mundan Emanuel pulls down the rebound | 44-47 |
| 03:11 | Villanova | Luis Estrada hits the front of the rim on the shot near the basket but the foul's on Steve Inabinet - foul #5 on Steve Inabinet, team foul #4 | 44-47 |
| Subs | Villanova | Sol Rizzo (C) Nwa Adi | |
| Subs | Kentucky | James Mills (PF) Steve Inabinet | |
| 03:11 | Villanova | Luis Estrada makes the 1st free throw | 45-47 |
| 03:11 | Villanova | Luis Estrada makes the 2nd free throw | 46-47 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Terry Smith (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. 4 pf. SG - Mundan Emanuel (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 9 reb. SF - Pedro Cruz (fresh) 2 pts. 3 stl. PF - Luis Estrada (fresh) 7 pts. 2 stl. C - Sol Rizzo (tired) 13 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Harry Bucy (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Nicholas Pegg (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Jack Bailey (fresh) 1 pts. PF - James Mills (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - John Jackson (fresh) | |
| 03:00 | Kentucky | Pedro Cruz steps in front of the James Mills pass | 46-47 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 02:47 | Villanova | John Jackson steals it from Pedro Cruz | 46-47 |
| 02:47 | Kentucky | Kentucky calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 46-47 |
| Subs | Villanova | Sudi Abdulkarim (PG), Nwa Adi (C) Mundan Emanuel, Sol Rizzo | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Patrick Grant (PG), Michael Merritt (SG) Harry Bucy, Nicholas Pegg | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 02:27 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 46-47 |
| 02:25 | Villanova | The rebound goes to Luis Estrada | 46-47 |
| 01:56 | Villanova | James Mills takes the ball from Nwa Adi | 46-47 |
| 01:34 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the jumper from the right side but the foul's on Nwa Adi - foul #3 on Nwa Adi, team foul #9 | 46-47 |
| Subs | Villanova | Sol Rizzo (SF), Ivan Borkoski (C) Pedro Cruz, Nwa Adi | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Craig Hartley (PF) Jack Bailey | |
| 01:34 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant makes the 1st free throw | 46-48 |
| 01:34 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant makes the 2nd free throw | 46-49 |
| 01:13 | Villanova | The short jumper by Sol Rizzo is denied by Craig Hartley | 46-49 |
| 01:11 | Villanova | Ivan Borkoski tips it but misses | 46-49 |
| 01:10 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to James Mills | 46-49 |
| 00:46 | Kentucky | Michael Merritt scores on a jumper from the left wing on a great pass from John Jackson and the foul's on Sudi Abdulkarim - foul #1 on Sudi Abdulkarim, team foul #10 | 46-51 |
| 00:46 | Kentucky | Michael Merritt makes the free throw | 46-52 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:41 | Villanova | Luis Estrada misses long on a jumpshot from the right side | 46-52 |
| 00:39 | Kentucky | Michael Merritt pulls down the rebound | 46-52 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:37 | Kentucky | Michael Merritt is fouled in the backcourt by Terry Smith - foul #5 on Terry Smith, team foul #11 | 46-52 |
| Subs | Villanova | Mundan Emanuel (SG) Terry Smith | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Jack Bailey (SF) James Mills | |
| 00:37 | Kentucky | Michael Merritt makes the 1st free throw | 46-53 |
| 00:37 | Kentucky | Michael Merritt misses the 2nd free throw | 46-53 |
| 00:37 | Villanova | The rebound goes to Luis Estrada | 46-53 |
| 00:32 | Villanova | John Jackson is called for the reach on Luis Estrada - foul #3 on John Jackson, team foul #5 | 46-53 |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | James Mills (SF) Jack Bailey | |
| 00:28 | Villanova | Sudi Abdulkarim makes the 3 pointer from straight away | 49-53 |
| 00:27 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant is hacked by Sudi Abdulkarim in the backcourt - foul #2 on Sudi Abdulkarim, team foul #12 | 49-53 |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Nicholas Pegg (SG), Jack Bailey (SF) Michael Merritt, James Mills | |
| 00:27 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant makes the 1st free throw | 49-54 |
| 00:27 | Kentucky | Patrick Grant makes the 2nd free throw | 49-55 |
| 00:23 | Villanova | Mundan Emanuel makes the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 52-55 |
| 00:23 | Kentucky | Kentucky calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 52-55 |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Michael Merritt (SG) Nicholas Pegg | |
| 00:21 | Kentucky | Jack Bailey is hacked by Mundan Emanuel in the backcourt - foul #3 on Mundan Emanuel, team foul #13 | 52-55 |
| 00:21 | Kentucky | Jack Bailey makes the 1st free throw | 52-56 |
| 00:21 | Kentucky | Jack Bailey makes the 2nd free throw | 52-57 |
| 00:13 | Villanova | Sudi Abdulkarim loses the dribble to Craig Hartley | 52-57 |
| 00:13 | Kentucky | Kentucky calls a full timeout (2 :30 1 full remaining) | 52-57 |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Nicholas Pegg (SG) Michael Merritt | |
| 00:12 | Kentucky | Mundan Emanuel is called for the reach on Nicholas Pegg in the backcourt - foul #4 on Mundan Emanuel, team foul #14 | 52-57 |
| 00:12 | Kentucky | Nicholas Pegg makes the 1st free throw | 52-58 |
| 00:12 | Kentucky | Nicholas Pegg makes the 2nd free throw | 52-59 |
| 00:06 | Villanova | Mundan Emanuel connects on the 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Luis Estrada | 55-59 |
| 00:04 | Kentucky | Jack Bailey is fouled in the backcourt by Sudi Abdulkarim - foul #3 on Sudi Abdulkarim, team foul #15 | 55-59 |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Michael Merritt (SG) Nicholas Pegg | |
| 00:04 | Kentucky | Jack Bailey makes the 1st free throw | 55-60 |
| 00:04 | Kentucky | Jack Bailey makes the 2nd free throw | 55-61 |
| 00:00 | Villanova | Mundan Emanuel comes up short on the halfcourt shot | 55-61 |