| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Larry Gray (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Martin Greene (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SF - Brian Gosselin (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. PF - Micheal Peterson (fresh) 2 pts. C - Joshua Nash (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - John Delancey (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Brian Fisher (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Brian Quick (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Warren Bowling (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - Ronald Irvin (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Rutgers | Brian Quick inbounds the ball | 33-29 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 19:43 | Rutgers | Brian Fisher blows the layup | 33-29 |
| 19:42 | Rutgers | Brian Quick tips it back up and in | 33-31 |
| 19:32 | Louisville | Martin Greene buries a runner near the basket | 35-31 |
| 19:09 | Rutgers | John Delancey misses the layup against the doubleteam | 35-31 |
| 19:08 | Rutgers | Warren Bowling grabs the offensive rebound | 35-31 |
| 18:53 | Rutgers | Brian Fisher hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 35-31 |
| 18:52 | Louisville | Larry Gray grabs the board | 35-31 |
| 18:40 | Louisville | Warren Bowling is called for the reach on Martin Greene - foul #2 on Warren Bowling, team foul #1 | 35-31 |
| 18:26 | Louisville | Micheal Peterson is fouled on the floor by Warren Bowling - foul #3 on Warren Bowling, team foul #2 | 35-31 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Mark Thompson (PF) Warren Bowling | |
| 18:05 | Louisville | Larry Gray connects on the jumper from the free throw line | 37-31 |
| 17:51 | Rutgers | Larry Gray picks off the pass by Brian Quick | 37-31 |
| 17:46 | Louisville | Larry Gray dunks the ball | 39-31 |
| 17:18 | Rutgers | Ronald Irvin loses the dribble to Larry Gray | 39-31 |
| 17:13 | Louisville | Brian Gosselin dunks the ball | 41-31 |
| 16:56 | Rutgers | Joshua Nash blocks the short jumper by John Delancey | 41-31 |
| 16:54 | Louisville | Joshua Nash grabs the board | 41-31 |
| 16:33 | Louisville | Micheal Peterson is fouled on the floor by Mark Thompson - foul #1 on Mark Thompson, team foul #3 | 41-31 |
| Subs | Louisville | Patrick Kamansky (SG), Frederick Rogers (PF), Wayne Smiechowski (C) Martin Greene, Micheal Peterson, Joshua Nash | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Larry Williams (SG), Cody Jones (SF), David Carlson (C) Brian Fisher, Brian Quick, Ronald Irvin | |
| 16:26 | Louisville | Brian Gosselin misses long on a floater from the right side | 41-31 |
| 16:24 | Rutgers | Mark Thompson grabs the board | 41-31 |
| 16:19 | Rutgers | Wayne Smiechowski is called for the reach on John Delancey - foul #1 on Wayne Smiechowski, team foul #1 | 41-31 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Donald Lolley (SG) John Delancey | |
| 16:00 | Rutgers | Mark Thompson jams it on a great pass from Larry Williams | 41-33 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Larry Gray (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SG - Patrick Kamansky (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Brian Gosselin (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. PF - Frederick Rogers (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. C - Wayne Smiechowski (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Larry Williams (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Donald Lolley (fresh) SF - Cody Jones (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Mark Thompson (fresh) 5 pts. C - David Carlson (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:50 | Louisville | Wayne Smiechowski misses badly on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 41-33 |
| 15:48 | Rutgers | Mark Thompson gets the rebound | 41-33 |
| 15:35 | Rutgers | Donald Lolley misses badly on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 41-33 |
| 15:33 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Wayne Smiechowski | 41-33 |
| 15:27 | Louisville | Brian Gosselin hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right block | 41-33 |
| 15:26 | Rutgers | Mark Thompson grabs the board | 41-33 |
| 15:09 | Rutgers | Larry Williams is called for the offensive foul - foul #1 on Larry Williams, team foul #4 | 41-33 |
| Subs | Louisville | Martin Greene (SG), Joshua Nash (C) Larry Gray, Wayne Smiechowski | |
| Subs | Rutgers | John Delancey (PG), Brian Fisher (SG), Warren Bowling (PF), Ronald Irvin (C) Larry Williams, Donald Lolley, Mark Thompson, David Carlson | |
| 14:55 | Louisville | Warren Bowling denies the turnaround by Joshua Nash | 41-33 |
| 14:53 | Rutgers | Ronald Irvin gets the rebound | 41-33 |
| 14:48 | Rutgers | Cody Jones misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 41-33 |
| 14:46 | Rutgers | Warren Bowling grabs the offensive rebound | 41-33 |
| 14:24 | Rutgers | Cody Jones is hacked by Joshua Nash - foul #2 on Joshua Nash, team foul #2 | 41-33 |
| Subs | Louisville | Micheal Peterson (PF) Frederick Rogers | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Brian Quick (SF) Cody Jones | |
| 14:11 | Rutgers | Warren Bowling's fadeaway is rejected by Micheal Peterson | 41-33 |
| 14:09 | Rutgers | Ronald Irvin tips it in | 41-35 |
| 13:46 | Louisville | Martin Greene misses short on a fadeaway from the right wing | 41-35 |
| 13:44 | Rutgers | Ronald Irvin pulls down the rebound | 41-35 |
| 13:33 | Rutgers | Warren Bowling clanks a fadeaway near the basket | 41-35 |
| 13:32 | Louisville | Brian Gosselin gets the rebound | 41-35 |
| 13:16 | Louisville | Brian Gosselin knocks in the floater from just outside the lane | 43-35 |
| 12:59 | Rutgers | John Delancey is fouled on the floor by Martin Greene as he's doubleteamed - foul #1 on Martin Greene, team foul #3 | 43-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | Larry Gray (PG), Donald Roane (SF), Wayne Smiechowski (C) Patrick Kamansky, Brian Gosselin, Joshua Nash | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Larry Williams (SG), Mark Thompson (C) Brian Fisher, Ronald Irvin | |
| 12:43 | Rutgers | Larry Williams misses the fadeaway in the paint | 43-35 |
| 12:42 | Louisville | Donald Roane snags the defensive board | 43-35 |
| 12:19 | Louisville | Wayne Smiechowski can't connect on a floater in the lane but he's hacked by John Delancey - foul #2 on John Delancey, team foul #5 | 43-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | Frederick Rogers (PF) Micheal Peterson | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Cody Jones (SG) John Delancey | |
| 12:19 | Louisville | Wayne Smiechowski makes the 1st free throw | 44-35 |
| 12:19 | Louisville | Wayne Smiechowski makes the 2nd free throw | 45-35 |
| 12:05 | Rutgers | Mark Thompson's floater is tipped away by Frederick Rogers | 45-35 |
| 12:04 | Louisville | Frederick Rogers grabs the defensive rebound | 45-35 |
| 11:52 | Louisville | Wayne Smiechowski is fouled on the floor by Mark Thompson - foul #2 on Mark Thompson, team foul #6 | 45-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | Patrick Kamansky (SG), Brian Gosselin (SF) Martin Greene, Donald Roane | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Brian Fisher (SG), Ronald Irvin (C) Brian Quick, Warren Bowling | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Larry Gray (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SG - Patrick Kamansky (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Brian Gosselin (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. PF - Frederick Rogers (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Wayne Smiechowski (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Larry Williams (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Brian Fisher (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Cody Jones (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Mark Thompson (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Ronald Irvin (fresh) 8 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 11:37 | Louisville | Brian Gosselin drills a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Larry Gray | 47-35 |
| 11:20 | Rutgers | Larry Williams loses the dribble to Larry Gray | 47-35 |
| 11:09 | Louisville | Brian Gosselin misses short on a shot from the left block but the foul's on Ronald Irvin - foul #3 on Ronald Irvin, team foul #7 | 47-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | Micheal Peterson (PF), Joshua Nash (C) Frederick Rogers, Wayne Smiechowski | |
| Subs | Rutgers | John Delancey (PG) Larry Williams | |
| 11:09 | Louisville | Brian Gosselin makes the 1st free throw | 48-35 |
| 11:09 | Louisville | Brian Gosselin makes the 2nd free throw | 49-35 |
| 10:51 | Rutgers | Mark Thompson blows the layup but he's fouled by Patrick Kamansky - foul #1 on Patrick Kamansky, team foul #4 | 49-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | Martin Greene (SG) Patrick Kamansky | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 10:51 | Rutgers | Mark Thompson makes the 1st free throw | 49-36 |
| 10:51 | Rutgers | Mark Thompson makes the 2nd free throw | 49-37 |
| 10:28 | Louisville | Brian Gosselin knocks in the jumper near the basket set up by Martin Greene | 51-37 |
| 10:04 | Rutgers | Brian Gosselin denies the turnaround by Brian Fisher | 51-37 |
| 10:03 | Louisville | Brian Gosselin grabs the board | 51-37 |
| 09:47 | Louisville | Micheal Peterson buries a 3 from the left corner on a great pass from Larry Gray | 54-37 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 09:38 | Rutgers | John Delancey works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 54-37 |
| 09:36 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Martin Greene | 54-37 |
| 09:20 | Louisville | Larry Gray misses the jumpshot from the right side | 54-37 |
| 09:18 | Rutgers | Ronald Irvin snags the defensive board | 54-37 |
| 09:13 | Rutgers | John Delancey works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 54-37 |
| 09:11 | Rutgers | Mark Thompson tips it home | 54-39 |
| 08:56 | Louisville | The pull-up jumper by Larry Gray is blocked by Mark Thompson | 54-39 |
| 08:55 | Rutgers | Ronald Irvin gets the rebound | 54-39 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 08:31 | Rutgers | Brian Fisher hits the front of the rim on the jumper in the lane but he's fouled by Larry Gray - foul #2 on Larry Gray, team foul #5 | 54-39 |
| Subs | Louisville | Bert Bowker (PG), Patrick Kamansky (SG), Donald Roane (SF), Frederick Rogers (PF), Wayne Smiechowski (C) Larry Gray, Martin Greene, Brian Gosselin, Micheal Peterson, Joshua Nash | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Brian Quick (SF), Warren Bowling (PF), David Carlson (C) Cody Jones, Mark Thompson, Ronald Irvin | |
| 08:31 | Rutgers | Brian Fisher makes the 1st free throw | 54-40 |
| 08:31 | Rutgers | Brian Fisher makes the 2nd free throw | 54-41 |
| 08:17 | Louisville | Donald Roane misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 54-41 |
| 08:15 | Rutgers | Warren Bowling grabs the board | 54-41 |
| 07:59 | Rutgers | Brian Quick's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 54-41 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Larry Williams (PG), Donald Lolley (SG) John Delancey, Brian Fisher | |
| 07:37 | Louisville | Donald Roane hits the front of the rim on the shot from the baseline | 54-41 |
| 07:36 | Louisville | Wayne Smiechowski pulls down the offensive rebound | 54-41 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Bert Bowker (fresh) SG - Patrick Kamansky (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Donald Roane (fresh) PF - Frederick Rogers (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Wayne Smiechowski (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Larry Williams (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Donald Lolley (fresh) SF - Brian Quick (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Warren Bowling (fresh) 3 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. C - David Carlson (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 07:15 | Louisville | Wayne Smiechowski drills a pull-up jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Donald Roane | 56-41 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 06:50 | Rutgers | Warren Bowling hits a floater from the right side set up by Larry Williams | 56-43 |
| 06:35 | Louisville | Frederick Rogers hits a turnaround in the paint set up by Bert Bowker and the foul's on Warren Bowling - foul #4 on Warren Bowling, team foul #8 | 58-43 |
| Subs | Louisville | Larry Gray (PG), Martin Greene (SG), Joshua Nash (C) Bert Bowker, Patrick Kamansky, Wayne Smiechowski | |
| Subs | Rutgers | John Delancey (PG), Ronald Irvin (C) Donald Lolley, David Carlson | |
| 06:35 | Louisville | Frederick Rogers misses the free throw | 58-43 |
| 06:35 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Ronald Irvin | 58-43 |
| 06:23 | Rutgers | Brian Quick misses short on a fadeaway from the right wing but he's fouled by Donald Roane - foul #3 on Donald Roane, team foul #6 | 58-43 |
| Subs | Louisville | Micheal Peterson (PF) Frederick Rogers | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 06:23 | Rutgers | Brian Quick makes the 1st free throw | 58-44 |
| 06:23 | Rutgers | Brian Quick makes the 2nd free throw | 58-45 |
| 06:09 | Louisville | Martin Greene drills a floater from the free throw line set up by Larry Gray | 60-45 |
| 05:53 | Rutgers | Ronald Irvin hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left side | 60-45 |
| 05:52 | Louisville | Martin Greene grabs the defensive rebound | 60-45 |
| 05:25 | Louisville | Micheal Peterson's pass is intercepted by Ronald Irvin | 60-45 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 05:12 | Rutgers | Larry Williams comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 60-45 |
| 05:11 | Louisville | Larry Gray grabs the board | 60-45 |
| 04:57 | Louisville | Joshua Nash misses the jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Warren Bowling - foul #5 on Warren Bowling, team foul #9 | 60-45 |
| Subs | Louisville | Brian Gosselin (SF), Frederick Rogers (PF) Donald Roane, Micheal Peterson | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Brian Fisher (SG), Cody Jones (SF), Mark Thompson (PF) Larry Williams, Brian Quick, Warren Bowling | |
| 04:57 | Louisville | Joshua Nash makes the 1st free throw | 61-45 |
| 04:57 | Louisville | Joshua Nash misses the 2nd free throw | 61-45 |
| 04:57 | Rutgers | Ronald Irvin grabs the board | 61-45 |
| 04:42 | Rutgers | Martin Greene steals it from Mark Thompson | 61-45 |
| 04:37 | Louisville | Martin Greene lays it up and in | 63-45 |
| 04:22 | Rutgers | Mark Thompson connects on the jump hook near the basket | 63-47 |
| 03:59 | Louisville | Martin Greene hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right wing but he's hacked by Brian Fisher - foul #3 on Brian Fisher, team foul #10 | 63-47 |
| Subs | Louisville | Wayne Smiechowski (C) Joshua Nash | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Shawn Mukai (PG), Donald Lolley (SG), David Carlson (C) John Delancey, Brian Fisher, Ronald Irvin | |
| 03:59 | Louisville | Martin Greene makes the 1st free throw | 64-47 |
| 03:59 | Louisville | Martin Greene makes the 2nd free throw | 65-47 |
| 03:50 | Rutgers | Mark Thompson misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 65-47 |
| 03:49 | Louisville | Wayne Smiechowski snags the defensive board | 65-47 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 03:37 | Louisville | Brian Gosselin hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the right block | 65-47 |
| 03:35 | Louisville | Wayne Smiechowski tips it back up and in | 67-47 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Larry Gray (fresh) 7 pts. 5 ast. 4 stl. SG - Martin Greene (fresh) 19 pts. 3 ast. SF - Brian Gosselin (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 7 reb. PF - Frederick Rogers (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Wayne Smiechowski (fresh) 11 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Shawn Mukai (fresh) SG - Donald Lolley (fresh) SF - Cody Jones (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Mark Thompson (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - David Carlson (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 03:21 | Rutgers | Shawn Mukai misses short on a shot from the right side | 67-47 |
| 03:19 | Louisville | Brian Gosselin gets the rebound | 67-47 |
| 02:59 | Louisville | Wayne Smiechowski clanks a shot from the right wing | 67-47 |
| 02:57 | Louisville | Frederick Rogers pulls down the offensive rebound | 67-47 |
| 02:39 | Louisville | Shawn Mukai steals the ball from Larry Gray | 67-47 |
| 02:29 | Rutgers | Frederick Rogers steps in front of the Shawn Mukai pass | 67-47 |
| 02:20 | Louisville | Shawn Mukai picks off the pass by Wayne Smiechowski | 67-47 |
| 02:14 | Rutgers | Cody Jones misses short on a jumper in the paint but he's fouled by Wayne Smiechowski - foul #2 on Wayne Smiechowski, team foul #7 | 67-47 |
| Subs | Louisville | Patrick Kamansky (PG), Donald Roane (SG), Micheal Peterson (PF), Joshua Nash (C) Larry Gray, Martin Greene, Frederick Rogers, Wayne Smiechowski | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Larry Williams (PG), Robert Messick (PF) Shawn Mukai, Mark Thompson | |
| 02:14 | Rutgers | Cody Jones misses the 1st free throw | 67-47 |
| 02:14 | Rutgers | Cody Jones misses the 2nd free throw | 67-47 |
| 02:14 | Louisville | Brian Gosselin grabs the defensive rebound | 67-47 |
| 01:54 | Louisville | Patrick Kamansky can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 67-47 |
| 01:52 | Rutgers | Robert Messick grabs the defensive rebound | 67-47 |
| 01:36 | Rutgers | Robert Messick's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 67-47 |
| Subs | Louisville | Larry Gray (PG), Martin Greene (SG) Patrick Kamansky, Donald Roane | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Mark Thompson (PF) Robert Messick | |
| 01:10 | Louisville | Larry Gray loses the dribble to Donald Lolley | 67-47 |
| 01:02 | Rutgers | Cody Jones throws a bad pass out of bounds | 67-47 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:33 | Louisville | Martin Greene is fouled on the floor by Donald Lolley - foul #1 on Donald Lolley, team foul #11 | 67-47 |
| 00:33 | Louisville | Martin Greene makes the 1st free throw | 68-47 |
| 00:33 | Louisville | Martin Greene makes the 2nd free throw | 69-47 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:27 | Rutgers | Joshua Nash swats the layup by Mark Thompson | 69-47 |
| 00:26 | Louisville | Martin Greene snags the defensive board | 69-47 |
| 00:00 | Louisville | Larry Gray runs out the clock | 69-47 |