| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Robert Zentz (fresh) 3 pts. 5 ast. SG - Paul Daly (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Israel Zambrana (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Paul Dunneback (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Walter Bettis (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Joshua Hardman (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Justin Guillen (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Gatto (fresh) PF - Kenneth Mealy (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. C - Eric Thomas (fresh) 9 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Pitt | James Gatto inbounds the ball | 36-33 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:46 | Pitt | Joshua Hardman knocks in the shot from the right side | 36-35 |
| 19:32 | Cincinnati | Kenneth Mealy blocks the short jumper by Walter Bettis | 36-35 |
| 19:30 | Pitt | Eric Thomas pulls down the rebound | 36-35 |
| 19:04 | Pitt | Walter Bettis blocks the short jumper by Eric Thomas | 36-35 |
| 19:03 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback gets the rebound | 36-35 |
| 18:58 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz is fouled on the floor by Kenneth Mealy - foul #2 on Kenneth Mealy, team foul #1 | 36-35 |
| 18:44 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback lays it up and in on a nice dish by Israel Zambrana | 38-35 |
| 18:17 | Pitt | Eric Thomas connects on the floater from the right wing on a great pass from Joshua Hardman | 38-37 |
| 17:56 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly's pass out of the doubleteam is intercepted by James Gatto | 38-37 |
| 17:53 | Pitt | Justin Guillen banks in the layup on a nice dish by James Gatto | 38-39 |
| 17:33 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis hits the front of the rim on the shot from the free throw line | 38-39 |
| 17:32 | Pitt | Eric Thomas pulls down the rebound | 38-39 |
| 17:07 | Pitt | Justin Guillen loses the ball out of bounds | 38-39 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken (SF), Wilfredo Molina (C) Israel Zambrana, Walter Bettis | |
| Subs | Pitt | Robert Moore (SG), Henry Vincent (SF) Justin Guillen, James Gatto | |
| 16:50 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 38-39 |
| 16:48 | Pitt | Kenneth Mealy snags the defensive board | 38-39 |
| 16:44 | Pitt | Kenneth Mealy banks in the layup on a nice dish by Joshua Hardman | 38-41 |
| 16:29 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Kenneth Mealy - foul #3 on Kenneth Mealy, team foul #2 | 38-41 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah (PG) Robert Zentz | |
| Subs | Pitt | Julius Vance (PG), Merle Dickson (PF), Edward Yanofsky (C) Joshua Hardman, Kenneth Mealy, Eric Thomas | |
| 16:29 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly makes the 1st free throw | 39-41 |
| 16:29 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly makes the 2nd free throw | 40-41 |
| 16:05 | Pitt | Paul Dunneback takes the ball from Edward Yanofsky | 40-41 |
| 15:51 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah misses the jumpshot from the free throw line | 40-41 |
| 15:49 | Cincinnati | Wilfredo Molina hits the follow up shot | 42-41 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Dikembe Abdullah (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Paul Daly (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Maurice Lokken (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Paul Dunneback (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Wilfredo Molina (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Julius Vance (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Robert Moore (fresh) 3 pf. SF - Henry Vincent (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Merle Dickson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Edward Yanofsky (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| 15:32 | Pitt | Robert Moore hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 42-41 |
| 15:31 | Pitt | Henry Vincent tips it in | 42-43 |
| 15:13 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback misses badly on a jumpshot from the left side | 42-43 |
| 15:12 | Pitt | Edward Yanofsky grabs the defensive rebound | 42-43 |
| 14:45 | Pitt | Edward Yanofsky hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right side | 42-43 |
| 14:43 | Cincinnati | Wilfredo Molina gets the rebound | 42-43 |
| 14:27 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken misses badly on the uncontested shot in the lane | 42-43 |
| 14:25 | Pitt | Edward Yanofsky grabs the board | 42-43 |
| 14:23 | Pitt | Julius Vance is fouled in the backcourt by Dikembe Abdullah - foul #1 on Dikembe Abdullah, team foul #1 | 42-43 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz (PG), Israel Zambrana (SF), Walter Bettis (PF), Dean Canterbury (C) Paul Daly, Maurice Lokken, Paul Dunneback, Wilfredo Molina | |
| Subs | Pitt | Joshua Hardman (PG), Justin Guillen (SG), James Gatto (SF), Kenneth Mealy (PF), Eric Thomas (C) Julius Vance, Robert Moore, Henry Vincent, Merle Dickson, Edward Yanofsky | |
| 13:56 | Pitt | Joshua Hardman can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 42-43 |
| 13:54 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis grabs the board | 42-43 |
| 13:49 | Cincinnati | James Gatto is called for the reach on Walter Bettis - foul #3 on James Gatto, team foul #3 | 42-43 |
| 13:42 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah makes the 3 pointer from the right corner | 45-43 |
| 13:39 | Pitt | Joshua Hardman loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 45-43 |
| 13:27 | Cincinnati | Justin Guillen takes the ball from Robert Zentz | 45-43 |
| 13:06 | Pitt | Kenneth Mealy lays it in | 45-45 |
| 12:40 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah buries a 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by Walter Bettis | 48-45 |
| 12:18 | Pitt | Walter Bettis is called for the reach on Joshua Hardman - foul #3 on Walter Bettis, team foul #2 | 48-45 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Daly (SG) Dikembe Abdullah | |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| 11:51 | Pitt | Walter Bettis steals it from Joshua Hardman | 48-45 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Robert Zentz (fresh) 3 pts. 5 ast. SG - Paul Daly (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Israel Zambrana (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Walter Bettis (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - Dean Canterbury (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Joshua Hardman (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Justin Guillen (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Gatto (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. PF - Kenneth Mealy (fresh) 13 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Eric Thomas (fresh) 11 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 11:29 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 48-45 |
| 11:28 | Pitt | Kenneth Mealy grabs the board | 48-45 |
| 11:24 | Pitt | Joshua Hardman makes the fadeaway from the right side | 48-47 |
| 11:08 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis blows the dunk | 48-47 |
| 11:06 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury tips it back up and in | 50-47 |
| 10:39 | Pitt | Justin Guillen can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 50-47 |
| 10:38 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury grabs the defensive rebound | 50-47 |
| 10:32 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury buries a fadeaway from the right wing set up by Paul Daly | 52-47 |
| 10:09 | Pitt | Justin Guillen buries a 3 pointer from straight away set up by Kenneth Mealy | 52-50 |
| 09:49 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 52-50 |
| 09:48 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury grabs the offensive rebound | 52-50 |
| 09:36 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis is hacked by Joshua Hardman - foul #2 on Joshua Hardman, team foul #4 | 52-50 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski (PG), Dikembe Abdullah (SG), Maurice Lokken (SF), Paul Dunneback (PF), Wilfredo Molina (C) Robert Zentz, Paul Daly, Israel Zambrana, Walter Bettis, Dean Canterbury | |
| Subs | Pitt | Julius Vance (PG), Robert Moore (SG), Henry Vincent (SF), Merle Dickson (PF), Edward Yanofsky (C) Joshua Hardman, Justin Guillen, James Gatto, Kenneth Mealy, Eric Thomas | |
| 09:22 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback clanks a pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Merle Dickson - foul #2 on Merle Dickson, team foul #5 | 52-50 |
| 09:22 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback makes the 1st free throw | 53-50 |
| 09:22 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback makes the 2nd free throw | 54-50 |
| 09:03 | Pitt | Robert Moore is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #4 on Robert Moore, team foul #6 | 54-50 |
| 08:44 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken misses the 3 pointer from the right corner | 54-50 |
| 08:42 | Pitt | Edward Yanofsky grabs the defensive rebound | 54-50 |
| 08:13 | Pitt | Merle Dickson clanks a jumper from the right block | 54-50 |
| 08:11 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken grabs the board | 54-50 |
| 07:53 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah lays it up and in on a great pass from Paul Dunneback | 56-50 |
| 07:37 | Pitt | Merle Dickson is hacked by Bojan Wolinski - foul #1 on Bojan Wolinski, team foul #3 | 56-50 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz (PG), Paul Daly (SG), Dean Canterbury (C) Bojan Wolinski, Dikembe Abdullah, Wilfredo Molina | |
| Subs | Pitt | Joshua Hardman (PG), Kenneth Mealy (PF), Eric Thomas (C) Julius Vance, Merle Dickson, Edward Yanofsky | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Robert Zentz (fresh) 3 pts. 5 ast. SG - Paul Daly (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Maurice Lokken (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. PF - Paul Dunneback (fresh) 13 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Dean Canterbury (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Joshua Hardman (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Robert Moore (fresh) 4 pf. SF - Henry Vincent (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Kenneth Mealy (fresh) 13 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Eric Thomas (fresh) 11 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 07:19 | Pitt | Kenneth Mealy can't finish the layup | 56-50 |
| 07:18 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly gets the rebound | 56-50 |
| 06:56 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 56-50 |
| 06:55 | Pitt | Robert Moore pulls down the rebound | 56-50 |
| 06:49 | Pitt | Robert Moore scores on a 3pt jumper from straight away on a great pass from Kenneth Mealy | 56-53 |
| 06:27 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback is alone and drills a fadeaway from the left wing on a great pass from Maurice Lokken | 58-53 |
| 06:01 | Pitt | Joshua Hardman scores on a pull-up jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Henry Vincent | 58-55 |
| 05:50 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly is fouled on the floor by Joshua Hardman - foul #3 on Joshua Hardman, team foul #7 | 58-55 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Israel Zambrana (SF), Walter Bettis (PF) Maurice Lokken, Paul Dunneback | |
| Subs | Pitt | Justin Guillen (SG), James Gatto (SF) Robert Moore, Henry Vincent | |
| 05:50 | Cincinnati | Paul Daly misses the 1st free throw | 58-55 |
| 05:50 | Pitt | Justin Guillen grabs the board | 58-55 |
| 05:25 | Pitt | The short jumper by Kenneth Mealy is denied by Robert Zentz | 58-55 |
| 05:24 | Pitt | Eric Thomas tips it in | 58-57 |
| 05:07 | Cincinnati | Dean Canterbury is denied on a layup by Kenneth Mealy | 58-57 |
| 05:06 | Cincinnati | Israel Zambrana tips it back up and in | 60-57 |
| 04:37 | Pitt | Kenneth Mealy's fadeaway is rejected by Walter Bettis | 60-57 |
| 04:35 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis grabs the defensive rebound | 60-57 |
| 04:12 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis is called for a charge - foul #4 on Walter Bettis, team foul #4 | 60-57 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bojan Wolinski (PG), Dikembe Abdullah (SG), Maurice Lokken (PF) Robert Zentz, Paul Daly, Dean Canterbury | |
| Subs | Pitt | Julius Vance (PG), Merle Dickson (PF), Edward Yanofsky (C) Joshua Hardman, Kenneth Mealy, Eric Thomas | |
| 03:51 | Pitt | Justin Guillen misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 60-57 |
| 03:50 | Pitt | James Gatto gets the offensive rebound | 60-57 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:37 | Pitt | Justin Guillen misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 60-57 |
| 03:36 | Pitt | Julius Vance can't tip it in | 60-57 |
| 03:34 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis grabs the board | 60-57 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Bojan Wolinski (fresh) SG - Dikembe Abdullah (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Israel Zambrana (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. PF - Maurice Lokken (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - Walter Bettis (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. 3 blk. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Julius Vance (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Justin Guillen (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Gatto (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. PF - Merle Dickson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Edward Yanofsky (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:11 | Cincinnati | Walter Bettis makes the fadeaway in the paint set up by Dikembe Abdullah | 62-57 |
| 03:01 | Pitt | Justin Guillen comes up short on the jumper from the left side | 62-57 |
| 03:00 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Walter Bettis | 62-57 |
| 03:00 | Cincinnati | Cincinnati calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 62-57 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz (PG), Paul Daly (SG), Paul Dunneback (PF), Dean Canterbury (C) Bojan Wolinski, Dikembe Abdullah, Maurice Lokken, Walter Bettis | |
| Subs | Pitt | Joshua Hardman (PG), Kenneth Mealy (PF), Eric Thomas (C) Julius Vance, Merle Dickson, Edward Yanofsky | |
| 02:32 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback hits a wide open floater from the left wing | 64-57 |
| 02:08 | Pitt | Eric Thomas misses badly on a shot near the basket | 64-57 |
| 02:06 | Pitt | Kenneth Mealy tips it in | 64-59 |
| 01:42 | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback misses long on a floater from the left side | 64-59 |
| 01:40 | Pitt | Justin Guillen pulls down the rebound | 64-59 |
| 01:24 | Pitt | Joshua Hardman clanks a jumper from the left block | 64-59 |
| 01:23 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Robert Zentz | 64-59 |
| 01:06 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz splits the doubleteam and buries a 3pt shot from the left corner | 67-59 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 01:02 | Pitt | Justin Guillen drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 67-62 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:57 | Cincinnati | James Gatto is called for the reach on Robert Zentz - foul #4 on James Gatto, team foul #8 | 67-62 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah (SG), Maurice Lokken (SF) Paul Daly, Israel Zambrana | |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| 00:57 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz makes the 1st free throw | 68-62 |
| 00:57 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz misses the 2nd free throw | 68-62 |
| 00:57 | Pitt | Kenneth Mealy grabs the board | 68-62 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:43 | Pitt | Eric Thomas clanks a turnaround from the baseline | 68-62 |
| 00:41 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Maurice Lokken | 68-62 |
| 00:41 | Cincinnati | Cincinnati calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 68-62 |
| 00:38 | Cincinnati | Joshua Hardman is called for the reach on Maurice Lokken in the backcourt - foul #4 on Joshua Hardman, team foul #9 | 68-62 |
| 00:38 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken makes the 1st free throw | 69-62 |
| 00:38 | Cincinnati | Maurice Lokken makes the 2nd free throw | 70-62 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:32 | Pitt | Justin Guillen can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 70-62 |
| 00:30 | Pitt | Eric Thomas grabs the offensive rebound | 70-62 |
| 00:28 | Pitt | Justin Guillen connects on the 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by James Gatto | 70-65 |
| 00:28 | Cincinnati | Cincinnati calls a full timeout (2 :30 1 full remaining) | 70-65 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Daly (SF) Paul Dunneback | |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| 00:25 | Cincinnati | Joshua Hardman is called for the reach on Robert Zentz in the backcourt - foul #5 on Joshua Hardman, team foul #10 | 70-65 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Pitt | Julius Vance (PG) Joshua Hardman | |
| 00:25 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz makes the 1st free throw | 71-65 |
| 00:25 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz makes the 2nd free throw | 72-65 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:19 | Pitt | Kenneth Mealy's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 72-65 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Dunneback (PF) Paul Daly | |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| 00:17 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz is hacked by Julius Vance in the backcourt - foul #2 on Julius Vance, team foul #11 | 72-65 |
| 00:17 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz makes the 1st free throw | 73-65 |
| 00:17 | Cincinnati | Robert Zentz misses the 2nd free throw | 73-65 |
| 00:17 | Pitt | Eric Thomas grabs the board | 73-65 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:11 | Pitt | Justin Guillen hits a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 73-68 |
| 00:11 | Cincinnati | Cincinnati calls a full timeout (2 :30 remaining) | 73-68 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Paul Daly (SF) Paul Dunneback | |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| 00:09 | Cincinnati | Justin Guillen is called for the reach on Dikembe Abdullah in the backcourt - foul #1 on Justin Guillen, team foul #12 | 73-68 |
| 00:09 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah misses the 1st free throw | 73-68 |
| 00:09 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah makes the 2nd free throw | 74-68 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:02 | Pitt | Dikembe Abdullah steals it from Justin Guillen | 74-68 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:00 | Cincinnati | Dikembe Abdullah runs out the clock | 74-68 |