| Lineup | Kansas | PG - Thomas Johnson (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Richard Gill (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - Thomas Montgomery (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. PF - James Young (fresh) 2 reb. C - Sidney Higgins (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Noel Smith (fresh) 4 ast. SG - Lee Perkins (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Richard Siple (fresh) PF - Harold Adams (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - David Drexler (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Colorado | Richard Siple inbounds the ball | 23-24 |
| Game Plan | Kansas | Kansas is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Colorado | Colorado is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:42 | Colorado | David Drexler dunks the ball on a great pass from Noel Smith | 23-26 |
| 19:20 | Kansas | Richard Gill comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 23-26 |
| 19:19 | Colorado | Richard Siple snags the defensive board | 23-26 |
| 18:51 | Colorado | Harold Adams hits the front of the rim on the floater from close range | 23-26 |
| 18:50 | Colorado | Richard Siple pulls down the offensive rebound | 23-26 |
| 18:28 | Colorado | Harold Adams misses long on a jumper in the paint | 23-26 |
| 18:27 | Kansas | Sidney Higgins gets the rebound | 23-26 |
| 18:04 | Kansas | Lee Perkins is called for the reach on Richard Gill - foul #1 on Lee Perkins, team foul #1 | 23-26 |
| Subs | Kansas | Ralph Ware (SG), Sekan Aoki (PF), Michael Vick (C) Thomas Johnson, James Young, Sidney Higgins | |
| Subs | Colorado | | |
| 17:35 | Kansas | Noel Smith takes the ball from Michael Vick | 23-26 |
| 17:14 | Colorado | Harold Adams lays it in on a great pass from Lee Perkins and the foul's on Sekan Aoki - foul #2 on Sekan Aoki, team foul #1 | 23-28 |
| Subs | Kansas | Thomas Johnson (PG) Richard Gill | |
| Subs | Colorado | | |
| 17:14 | Colorado | Harold Adams misses the free throw | 23-28 |
| 17:14 | Colorado | David Drexler pulls down the offensive rebound | 23-28 |
| 16:49 | Colorado | David Drexler misses the dunk but the foul's on Thomas Montgomery - foul #1 on Thomas Montgomery, team foul #2 | 23-28 |
| Subs | Kansas | Richard Gill (PG), James Young (PF) Thomas Johnson, Thomas Montgomery | |
| Subs | Colorado | | |
| 16:49 | Colorado | David Drexler makes the 1st free throw | 23-29 |
| 16:49 | Colorado | David Drexler misses the 2nd free throw | 23-29 |
| 16:49 | Kansas | The rebound goes to Michael Vick | 23-29 |
| 16:33 | Kansas | Richard Siple swats the short shot by Richard Gill | 23-29 |
| 16:32 | Colorado | David Drexler grabs the defensive rebound | 23-29 |
| 16:12 | Colorado | David Drexler misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Michael Vick - foul #3 on Michael Vick, team foul #3 | 23-29 |
| Subs | Kansas | Thomas Johnson (PG), Thomas Montgomery (SF), Sidney Higgins (C) Richard Gill, James Young, Michael Vick | |
| Subs | Colorado | Edward Smither (SF) Richard Siple | |
| 16:12 | Colorado | David Drexler makes the 1st free throw | 23-30 |
| 16:12 | Colorado | David Drexler makes the 2nd free throw | 23-31 |
| 15:45 | Kansas | Thomas Montgomery buries a shot from the left side | 25-31 |
| Lineup | Kansas | PG - Thomas Johnson (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Ralph Ware (fresh) SF - Thomas Montgomery (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. PF - Sekan Aoki (fresh) 2 reb. C - Sidney Higgins (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Noel Smith (fresh) 5 ast. SG - Lee Perkins (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Edward Smither (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Harold Adams (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - David Drexler (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 15:19 | Colorado | Harold Adams can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 25-31 |
| 15:17 | Kansas | The rebound goes to Sekan Aoki | 25-31 |
| 14:58 | Kansas | Thomas Montgomery's fadeaway is rejected by David Drexler | 25-31 |
| 14:57 | Kansas | The offensive rebound goes to Thomas Johnson | 25-31 |
| 14:36 | Kansas | Thomas Johnson clanks a fadeaway from close range but the foul's on Harold Adams - foul #2 on Harold Adams, team foul #2 | 25-31 |
| Subs | Kansas | Richard Gill (SG), Michael Vick (PF), Jess Davis (C) Ralph Ware, Thomas Montgomery, Sidney Higgins | |
| Subs | Colorado | Richard Siple (SF), Steven O'Neil (C) Lee Perkins, David Drexler | |
| 14:36 | Kansas | Thomas Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 26-31 |
| 14:36 | Kansas | Thomas Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 27-31 |
| 14:14 | Colorado | Edward Smither hits a jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Noel Smith | 27-33 |
| 13:45 | Kansas | Richard Gill can't connect on a jumpshot from the left wing but he's hacked by Edward Smither - foul #1 on Edward Smither, team foul #3 | 27-33 |
| Subs | Kansas | Ralph Ware (SG), James Young (PF) Thomas Johnson, Michael Vick | |
| Subs | Colorado | | |
| 13:45 | Kansas | Richard Gill misses the 1st free throw | 27-33 |
| 13:45 | Kansas | Richard Gill misses the 2nd free throw | 27-33 |
| 13:45 | Colorado | Harold Adams grabs the defensive rebound | 27-33 |
| 13:20 | Colorado | Steven O'Neil connects on the open driving attempt from the baseline on a great pass from Edward Smither out of a doubleteam | 27-35 |
| 12:58 | Kansas | Richard Gill makes the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 30-35 |
| 12:36 | Colorado | Steven O'Neil buries a fadeaway from just outside the lane set up by Noel Smith | 30-37 |
| 12:17 | Kansas | Richard Gill can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 30-37 |
| 12:15 | Kansas | Jess Davis tips it home | 32-37 |
| 11:57 | Colorado | Noel Smith hits a floater from the left block set up by Edward Smither | 32-39 |
| 11:39 | Kansas | Jess Davis can't finish the layup | 32-39 |
| 11:38 | Colorado | Harold Adams grabs the defensive rebound | 32-39 |
| Lineup | Kansas | PG - Richard Gill (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SG - Ralph Ware (fresh) SF - Sekan Aoki (fairly fresh) 3 reb. PF - James Young (fresh) 2 reb. C - Jess Davis (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Noel Smith (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 7 ast. SG - Edward Smither (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SF - Richard Siple (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Harold Adams (tiring) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Steven O'Neil (fresh) 6 pts. | |
| 11:22 | Colorado | Harold Adams is fouled on the floor by Jess Davis - foul #4 on Jess Davis, team foul #4 | 32-39 |
| Subs | Kansas | Thomas Johnson (PG), Thomas Montgomery (SF), Michael Vick (C) Richard Gill, James Young, Jess Davis | |
| Subs | Colorado | Lee Perkins (SG), David Drexler (C) Edward Smither, Steven O'Neil | |
| 11:01 | Colorado | Noel Smith connects on the 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by Richard Siple | 32-42 |
| 10:32 | Kansas | Thomas Montgomery is hacked by Richard Siple - foul #3 on Richard Siple, team foul #4 | 32-42 |
| Subs | Kansas | Richard Gill (SG), Sidney Higgins (PF) Ralph Ware, Sekan Aoki | |
| Subs | Colorado | | |
| 10:05 | Kansas | Thomas Montgomery loses the dribble to Noel Smith | 32-42 |
| 10:02 | Colorado | Noel Smith lays it in | 32-44 |
| Game Plan | Kansas | Kansas is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Colorado | Colorado is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 09:43 | Kansas | Richard Gill can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing but the foul's on Lee Perkins - foul #2 on Lee Perkins, team foul #5 | 32-44 |
| Subs | Kansas | Ralph Ware (SG), Sekan Aoki (PF) Thomas Johnson, Sidney Higgins | |
| Subs | Colorado | Edward Smither (SF) Richard Siple | |
| 09:43 | Kansas | Richard Gill makes the 1st free throw | 33-44 |
| 09:43 | Kansas | Richard Gill misses the 2nd free throw | 33-44 |
| 09:43 | Kansas | Richard Gill misses the 3rd free throw | 33-44 |
| 09:43 | Colorado | David Drexler grabs the defensive rebound | 33-44 |
| 09:23 | Colorado | Lee Perkins hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right wing | 33-44 |
| 09:21 | Kansas | Michael Vick snags the defensive board | 33-44 |
| 09:06 | Kansas | Thomas Montgomery drills a jumper from the left block | 35-44 |
| 08:41 | Colorado | Noel Smith misses badly on a runner from close range but he's hacked by Richard Gill - foul #2 on Richard Gill, team foul #5 | 35-44 |
| Subs | Kansas | Thomas Johnson (PG) Richard Gill | |
| Subs | Colorado | | |
| 08:41 | Colorado | Noel Smith misses the 1st free throw | 35-44 |
| 08:41 | Colorado | Noel Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 35-45 |
| Game Plan | Kansas | Kansas is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Colorado | Colorado is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 08:16 | Kansas | Ralph Ware drills a 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Thomas Johnson | 38-45 |
| 07:51 | Colorado | Edward Smither misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 38-45 |
| 07:50 | Kansas | Thomas Montgomery pulls down the rebound | 38-45 |
| 07:32 | Kansas | Ralph Ware hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 38-45 |
| 07:31 | Colorado | The rebound goes to Noel Smith | 38-45 |
| Lineup | Kansas | PG - Thomas Johnson (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Ralph Ware (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Thomas Montgomery (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. PF - Sekan Aoki (fairly fresh) 3 reb. C - Michael Vick (fairly fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Noel Smith (tiring) 8 pts. 7 ast. 2 stl. SG - Lee Perkins (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Edward Smither (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Harold Adams (tiring) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - David Drexler (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:02 | Colorado | Edward Smither can't connect on a floater from the free throw line | 38-45 |
| 07:00 | Kansas | Thomas Johnson grabs the board | 38-45 |
| 06:36 | Kansas | Thomas Johnson comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 38-45 |
| 06:34 | Colorado | David Drexler grabs the defensive rebound | 38-45 |
| 06:06 | Colorado | Lee Perkins misses long on a 3 from straight away | 38-45 |
| 06:04 | Kansas | Thomas Montgomery grabs the defensive rebound | 38-45 |
| 05:41 | Kansas | Thomas Johnson clanks a floater from the right wing | 38-45 |
| 05:40 | Colorado | Harold Adams gets the rebound | 38-45 |
| 05:12 | Colorado | Ralph Ware steals it from Harold Adams | 38-45 |
| 05:09 | Kansas | Thomas Johnson blows the layup | 38-45 |
| 05:07 | Colorado | Noel Smith grabs the board | 38-45 |
| 04:43 | Colorado | Edward Smither misses the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 38-45 |
| 04:41 | Kansas | Michael Vick pulls down the rebound | 38-45 |
| 04:41 | Kansas | Kansas calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 38-45 |
| Subs | Kansas | Richard Gill (SG), James Young (PF), Jess Davis (C) Ralph Ware, Sekan Aoki, Michael Vick | |
| Subs | Colorado | Richard Siple (SF), William Whitney (PF), Steven O'Neil (C) Edward Smither, Harold Adams, David Drexler | |
| 04:17 | Kansas | Lee Perkins is called for the reach on Richard Gill - foul #3 on Lee Perkins, team foul #6 | 38-45 |
| Subs | Kansas | Sekan Aoki (SF) Thomas Montgomery | |
| Subs | Colorado | | |
| 03:56 | Kansas | Sekan Aoki is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #3 on Sekan Aoki, team foul #6 | 38-45 |
| Subs | Kansas | Thomas Montgomery (SF) Sekan Aoki | |
| Subs | Colorado | | |
| 03:33 | Colorado | Steven O'Neil misses badly on a jumper from the right block but the foul's on James Young - foul #3 on James Young, team foul #7 | 38-45 |
| Subs | Kansas | Sekan Aoki (SF) Thomas Montgomery | |
| Subs | Colorado | Edward Smither (SG), Harold Adams (PF) Lee Perkins, William Whitney | |
| 03:33 | Colorado | Steven O'Neil misses the 1st free throw | 38-45 |
| 03:33 | Colorado | Steven O'Neil makes the 2nd free throw | 38-46 |
| Lineup | Kansas | PG - Thomas Johnson (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Richard Gill (fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. SF - Sekan Aoki (fairly fresh) 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - James Young (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Jess Davis (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Noel Smith (tiring) 8 pts. 7 ast. 2 stl. SG - Edward Smither (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Richard Siple (fresh) 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - Harold Adams (tiring) 6 pts. 6 reb. C - Steven O'Neil (fresh) 7 pts. | |
| 03:13 | Kansas | Jess Davis misses long on a jumper from the left block | 38-46 |
| 03:12 | Kansas | James Young hits the follow up shot | 40-46 |
| 02:48 | Colorado | Edward Smither misses the jump hook from the baseline | 40-46 |
| 02:46 | Kansas | The rebound goes to James Young | 40-46 |
| 02:23 | Kansas | Jess Davis misses badly on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Steven O'Neil - foul #1 on Steven O'Neil, team foul #7 | 40-46 |
| Subs | Kansas | Ralph Ware (SG), Thomas Montgomery (SF), Sidney Higgins (PF) Thomas Johnson, Sekan Aoki, James Young | |
| Subs | Colorado | David Drexler (C) Steven O'Neil | |
| 02:23 | Kansas | Jess Davis misses the 1st free throw | 40-46 |
| 02:23 | Kansas | Jess Davis makes the 2nd free throw | 41-46 |
| 01:58 | Colorado | Harold Adams comes up short on the fadeaway from the left wing | 41-46 |
| 01:56 | Colorado | The offensive rebound goes to Richard Siple | 41-46 |
| Game Plan | Kansas | Kansas is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Colorado | Colorado is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 01:40 | Colorado | Harold Adams's fadeaway is rejected by Jess Davis | 41-46 |
| 01:38 | Colorado | Edward Smither pulls down the offensive rebound | 41-46 |
| 01:27 | Colorado | Edward Smither can't connect on a shot from the left wing | 41-46 |
| 01:26 | Kansas | Ralph Ware grabs the defensive rebound | 41-46 |
| Game Plan | Kansas | Kansas is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Colorado | Colorado is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 01:08 | Kansas | Richard Gill comes up short on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 41-46 |
| 01:06 | Colorado | Edward Smither grabs the board | 41-46 |
| 00:49 | Colorado | David Drexler misses badly on a jumper from the left side | 41-46 |
| 00:47 | Kansas | Jess Davis snags the defensive board | 41-46 |
| Game Plan | Kansas | Kansas is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Colorado | Colorado is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:41 | Kansas | Richard Gill drills a 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Ralph Ware | 44-46 |
| Game Plan | Kansas | Kansas is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Colorado | Colorado is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:19 | Colorado | Edward Smither lays it in set up by Richard Siple | 44-48 |
| 00:15 | Kansas | Harold Adams is called for the reach on Thomas Montgomery - foul #3 on Harold Adams, team foul #8 | 44-48 |
| Subs | Kansas | Thomas Johnson (PG), James Young (PF) Ralph Ware, Sidney Higgins | |
| Subs | Colorado | Lee Perkins (SG) Edward Smither | |
| 00:15 | Kansas | Thomas Montgomery makes the 1st free throw | 45-48 |
| 00:15 | Kansas | Thomas Montgomery misses the 2nd free throw | 45-48 |
| 00:15 | Colorado | The rebound goes to David Drexler | 45-48 |
| Game Plan | Kansas | Kansas is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Colorado | Colorado is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:14 | Colorado | David Drexler is fouled in the backcourt by Thomas Johnson - foul #2 on Thomas Johnson, team foul #8 | 45-48 |
| Subs | Kansas | | |
| Subs | Colorado | Edward Smither (SF), William Whitney (PF) Richard Siple, Harold Adams | |
| 00:14 | Colorado | David Drexler makes the 1st free throw | 45-49 |
| 00:14 | Colorado | David Drexler makes the 2nd free throw | 45-50 |
| 00:08 | Kansas | Richard Gill hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 45-50 |
| 00:07 | Kansas | James Young snags the offensive board | 45-50 |
| 00:03 | Kansas | Richard Gill buries a 3 pointer from the right wing on a nice dish by Thomas Johnson | 48-50 |
| 00:03 | Colorado | Colorado calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 48-50 |
| Subs | Kansas | | |
| Subs | Colorado | Richard Siple (SF), Harold Adams (PF) Edward Smither, William Whitney | |
| 00:02 | Colorado | Lee Perkins is hacked by Thomas Johnson in the backcourt - foul #3 on Thomas Johnson, team foul #9 | 48-50 |
| 00:02 | Colorado | Lee Perkins makes the 1st free throw | 48-51 |
| 00:02 | Colorado | Lee Perkins makes the 2nd free throw | 48-52 |
| 00:00 | Kansas | Thomas Johnson can't connect on a halfcourt shot | 48-52 |