| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Piao China (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Rodney Washington (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Shawn Rose (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. PF - Gary Kinnear (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. C - Stephen Catalano (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Kang Chin (fresh) SG - Cheng-Gong Xie (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Belle (fresh) 4 pts. 2 stl. PF - Leonard Stuck (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Calvin Cole (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Shawn Rose inbounds the ball | 26-29 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| 19:47 | Louisville | Rodney Washington buries a 3pt attempt from straight away | 29-29 |
| 19:20 | Pitt | Calvin Cole evades the doubleteam and hits a shot from the right block on a great pass from Leonard Stuck | 29-31 |
| 19:06 | Louisville | Shawn Rose is open and lays it up and in on a nice dish by Rodney Washington | 31-31 |
| 18:41 | Pitt | Rodney Washington takes the ball from Calvin Cole after a doubleteam | 31-31 |
| 18:39 | Louisville | Cheng-Gong Xie picks off the pass by Gary Kinnear in the backcourt | 31-31 |
| 18:20 | Pitt | Charles Belle throws a bad pass out of bounds | 31-31 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Pitt | Paul Molloy (SF), Elvin Dalton (PF) Charles Belle, Leonard Stuck | |
| 18:00 | Louisville | Shawn Rose hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway near the basket | 31-31 |
| 17:58 | Pitt | Elvin Dalton grabs the board | 31-31 |
| 17:34 | Pitt | Calvin Cole makes the contested floater from the left wing set up by Paul Molloy | 31-33 |
| 17:19 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear misses badly on the uncontested jumpshot from the free throw line | 31-33 |
| 17:17 | Pitt | Elvin Dalton grabs the board | 31-33 |
| 16:53 | Pitt | Calvin Cole makes the contested jump hook from the baseline on a nice dish by Kang Chin | 31-35 |
| 16:40 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear can't throw it down | 31-35 |
| 16:39 | Louisville | Shawn Rose pulls down the offensive rebound | 31-35 |
| 16:26 | Louisville | Rodney Washington buries a 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Stephen Catalano | 34-35 |
| 16:11 | Pitt | Paul Molloy double dribbles | 34-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | George Stevens (SG), Ryan Page (PF), Rafael Barnes (C) Rodney Washington, Gary Kinnear, Stephen Catalano | |
| Subs | Pitt | Timothy Noto (SG), Charles Belle (SF), Leonard Stuck (PF) Cheng-Gong Xie, Paul Molloy, Elvin Dalton | |
| 15:53 | Louisville | George Stevens connects on the 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Rafael Barnes | 37-35 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Piao China (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - George Stevens (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Shawn Rose (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. PF - Ryan Page (fresh) 3 reb. C - Rafael Barnes (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Kang Chin (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Timothy Noto (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Belle (fresh) 4 pts. 2 stl. PF - Leonard Stuck (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Calvin Cole (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 15:34 | Pitt | Timothy Noto clanks a fadeaway from the left wing | 37-35 |
| 15:33 | Louisville | George Stevens gets the rebound | 37-35 |
| 15:27 | Louisville | Shawn Rose misses short on an open jumper from the left wing | 37-35 |
| 15:25 | Pitt | The rebound goes to Leonard Stuck | 37-35 |
| 15:05 | Pitt | Calvin Cole is fouled on the floor by Rafael Barnes - foul #1 on Rafael Barnes, team foul #1 | 37-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | Dikembe Victor (SG) Piao China | |
| Subs | Pitt | Robert Franz (PF) Leonard Stuck | |
| 14:48 | Pitt | Timothy Noto throws a bad pass out of bounds | 37-35 |
| 14:34 | Louisville | Shawn Rose clanks a jump hook in the lane | 37-35 |
| 14:33 | Pitt | The rebound goes to Charles Belle | 37-35 |
| 14:10 | Pitt | Robert Franz banks in the wide open layup on a great pass from Timothy Noto | 37-37 |
| 14:06 | Louisville | Timothy Noto steps in front of the George Stevens pass in the backcourt | 37-37 |
| 13:39 | Pitt | Robert Franz connects on the runner from the baseline | 37-39 |
| 13:29 | Louisville | George Stevens is called for 10 seconds | 37-39 |
| Subs | Louisville | Piao China (PG), Rodney Washington (SF), Gary Kinnear (PF) George Stevens, Shawn Rose, Ryan Page | |
| Subs | Pitt | Cheng-Gong Xie (SG), Elvin Dalton (SF), Leonard Stuck (PF) Timothy Noto, Charles Belle, Robert Franz | |
| 13:09 | Pitt | Elvin Dalton clanks a jumpshot from the right side but he's hacked by Rafael Barnes - foul #2 on Rafael Barnes, team foul #2 | 37-39 |
| Subs | Louisville | Shawn Rose (SF) Dikembe Victor | |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| 13:09 | Pitt | Elvin Dalton misses the 1st free throw | 37-39 |
| 13:09 | Pitt | Elvin Dalton makes the 2nd free throw | 37-40 |
| 12:44 | Louisville | Leonard Stuck steals the ball from Rafael Barnes | 37-40 |
| 12:37 | Pitt | Kang Chin comes up short on the shot from just outside the lane | 37-40 |
| 12:35 | Louisville | Rafael Barnes gets the rebound | 37-40 |
| 12:31 | Louisville | Shawn Rose is fouled on the floor by Cheng-Gong Xie - foul #3 on Cheng-Gong Xie, team foul #1 | 37-40 |
| Subs | Louisville | Stephen Catalano (C) Shawn Rose | |
| Subs | Pitt | Timothy Noto (SG), Charles Belle (SF), Robert Franz (C) Cheng-Gong Xie, Leonard Stuck, Calvin Cole | |
| 12:14 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear is open and scores on a shot from the right block | 39-40 |
| 11:53 | Pitt | Elvin Dalton scores on a jumper from the left side on a great pass from Timothy Noto | 39-42 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Piao China (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Rodney Washington (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Rafael Barnes (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Gary Kinnear (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. C - Stephen Catalano (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Kang Chin (tired) 1 ast. SG - Timothy Noto (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SF - Charles Belle (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Elvin Dalton (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. C - Robert Franz (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:36 | Louisville | Rodney Washington's pass is intercepted by Robert Franz | 39-42 |
| 11:12 | Pitt | The jumper by Kang Chin is denied by Gary Kinnear | 39-42 |
| 11:10 | Louisville | Rodney Washington snags the defensive board | 39-42 |
| 11:04 | Louisville | Piao China makes the wide open shot from the left side on a great pass from Stephen Catalano | 41-42 |
| 10:44 | Pitt | Timothy Noto drills a floater in the lane on a great pass from Kang Chin | 41-44 |
| 10:29 | Louisville | Robert Franz is called for the reach on Piao China - foul #2 on Robert Franz, team foul #2 | 41-44 |
| Subs | Louisville | George Stevens (PG), Dikembe Victor (SG), Shawn Rose (SF), Ryan Page (PF) Piao China, Rodney Washington, Rafael Barnes, Gary Kinnear | |
| Subs | Pitt | Marko Kuklenski (PG), Cheng-Gong Xie (SG), Paul Molloy (SF), Leonard Stuck (PF), Calvin Cole (C) Kang Chin, Timothy Noto, Charles Belle, Elvin Dalton, Robert Franz | |
| 10:19 | Louisville | Ryan Page misses short on an open jumper from the left wing | 41-44 |
| 10:18 | Pitt | Calvin Cole grabs the defensive rebound | 41-44 |
| 09:58 | Pitt | Cheng-Gong Xie is whistled for traveling | 41-44 |
| 09:41 | Louisville | George Stevens loses the dribble to Leonard Stuck | 41-44 |
| 09:19 | Pitt | Ryan Page swats the shot by Cheng-Gong Xie | 41-44 |
| 09:18 | Louisville | Shawn Rose snags the defensive board | 41-44 |
| 09:12 | Louisville | Shawn Rose hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway in the lane but the foul's on Paul Molloy - foul #2 on Paul Molloy, team foul #3 | 41-44 |
| Subs | Louisville | Rafael Barnes (C) Stephen Catalano | |
| Subs | Pitt | Charles Belle (SF) Paul Molloy | |
| 09:12 | Louisville | Shawn Rose misses the 1st free throw | 41-44 |
| 09:12 | Louisville | Shawn Rose misses the 2nd free throw | 41-44 |
| 09:12 | Pitt | Calvin Cole pulls down the rebound | 41-44 |
| 08:53 | Pitt | Calvin Cole evades the doubleteam but misses long on a jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Rafael Barnes - foul #3 on Rafael Barnes, team foul #3 | 41-44 |
| Subs | Louisville | Rodney Washington (SG), Gary Kinnear (PF) Dikembe Victor, Ryan Page | |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| 08:53 | Pitt | Calvin Cole misses the 1st free throw | 41-44 |
| 08:53 | Pitt | Calvin Cole makes the 2nd free throw | 41-45 |
| 08:33 | Louisville | George Stevens misses the 3 from the left wing | 41-45 |
| 08:32 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear tips it home | 43-45 |
| 08:10 | Pitt | Charles Belle knocks in the 3 pointer from the left corner | 43-48 |
| 07:53 | Louisville | Rodney Washington is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #2 on Rodney Washington, team foul #4 | 43-48 |
| Subs | Louisville | Piao China (PG), Dikembe Victor (SG), Stephen Catalano (C) George Stevens, Shawn Rose, Rafael Barnes | |
| Subs | Pitt | Kang Chin (PG), Timothy Noto (SG), Paul Molloy (SF), Elvin Dalton (PF) Marko Kuklenski, Cheng-Gong Xie, Charles Belle, Leonard Stuck | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Piao China (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Dikembe Victor (fresh) SF - Rodney Washington (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. PF - Gary Kinnear (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 4 reb. C - Stephen Catalano (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Kang Chin (tiring) 2 ast. SG - Timothy Noto (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SF - Paul Molloy (fresh) PF - Elvin Dalton (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. C - Calvin Cole (tiring) 14 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 07:28 | Pitt | Kang Chin is by himself and knocks in the jumper from the right wing | 43-50 |
| 07:26 | Louisville | Dikembe Victor throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 43-50 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ryan Page (PF) Gary Kinnear | |
| Subs | Pitt | Charles Belle (SF), Robert Franz (C) Paul Molloy, Calvin Cole | |
| 07:02 | Pitt | Robert Franz knocks in the floater from the free throw line set up by Kang Chin | 43-52 |
| 07:00 | Louisville | Piao China throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 43-52 |
| Subs | Louisville | Shawn Rose (SF) Rodney Washington | |
| Subs | Pitt | Marko Kuklenski (PG), Cheng-Gong Xie (SG), Leonard Stuck (PF), Calvin Cole (C) Kang Chin, Timothy Noto, Elvin Dalton, Robert Franz | |
| 06:41 | Pitt | Calvin Cole's pass over a doubleteam is off the mark and out of bounds | 43-52 |
| Subs | Louisville | Rodney Washington (SG), Rafael Barnes (C) Dikembe Victor, Stephen Catalano | |
| Subs | Pitt | Kang Chin (PG), Timothy Noto (SG), Elvin Dalton (SF) Marko Kuklenski, Cheng-Gong Xie, Charles Belle | |
| 06:24 | Louisville | Ryan Page is fouled on the floor by Leonard Stuck - foul #2 on Leonard Stuck, team foul #4 | 43-52 |
| Subs | Louisville | George Stevens (SG), Gary Kinnear (PF) Rodney Washington, Ryan Page | |
| Subs | Pitt | Marko Kuklenski (PG), Cheng-Gong Xie (SG), Charles Belle (SF) Kang Chin, Timothy Noto, Leonard Stuck | |
| 06:11 | Louisville | George Stevens is fouled on the floor by Cheng-Gong Xie - foul #4 on Cheng-Gong Xie, team foul #5 | 43-52 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Pitt | Kang Chin (PG), Timothy Noto (SG), Leonard Stuck (PF), Robert Franz (C) Marko Kuklenski, Cheng-Gong Xie, Elvin Dalton, Calvin Cole | |
| 05:53 | Louisville | Shawn Rose blows the layup | 43-52 |
| 05:51 | Louisville | George Stevens grabs the offensive rebound | 43-52 |
| 05:40 | Louisville | Shawn Rose hits the finger roll on a great pass from Piao China | 45-52 |
| 05:27 | Pitt | Timothy Noto misses short on a fadeaway from the right side | 45-52 |
| 05:26 | Pitt | Kang Chin tips it but misses | 45-52 |
| 05:25 | Louisville | Shawn Rose grabs the board | 45-52 |
| 05:01 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear lays it up and in on a nice dish by Shawn Rose | 47-52 |
| 04:57 | Pitt | Kang Chin misses long on a floater from the right side | 47-52 |
| 04:55 | Pitt | The offensive rebound goes to Charles Belle | 47-52 |
| 04:30 | Pitt | Charles Belle can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 47-52 |
| 04:29 | Pitt | Robert Franz misses the tip | 47-52 |
| 04:28 | Louisville | Piao China pulls down the rebound | 47-52 |
| 04:24 | Louisville | Shawn Rose can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Timothy Noto - foul #2 on Timothy Noto, team foul #6 | 47-52 |
| Subs | Louisville | David Broderick (PG), Rodney Washington (SG), Ryan Page (PF), Stephen Catalano (C) Piao China, George Stevens, Gary Kinnear, Rafael Barnes | |
| Subs | Pitt | Marko Kuklenski (PG), Cheng-Gong Xie (SG), Paul Molloy (SF), Elvin Dalton (PF), Calvin Cole (C) Kang Chin, Timothy Noto, Charles Belle, Leonard Stuck, Robert Franz | |
| 04:24 | Louisville | Shawn Rose makes the 1st free throw | 48-52 |
| 04:24 | Louisville | Shawn Rose makes the 2nd free throw | 49-52 |
| 03:57 | Pitt | Elvin Dalton is called for 3 seconds in the lane | 49-52 |
| Subs | Louisville | Dikembe Victor (SG) Shawn Rose | |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - David Broderick (fresh) SG - Dikembe Victor (fresh) SF - Rodney Washington (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. PF - Ryan Page (fresh) 3 reb. C - Stephen Catalano (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Marko Kuklenski (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Cheng-Gong Xie (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. SF - Paul Molloy (fresh) PF - Elvin Dalton (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. C - Calvin Cole (tiring) 14 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 03:36 | Louisville | Rodney Washington misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 49-52 |
| 03:35 | Pitt | Calvin Cole snags the defensive board | 49-52 |
| 03:09 | Pitt | Calvin Cole knocks in the floater from the right block on a nice dish by Marko Kuklenski | 49-54 |
| 02:53 | Louisville | Rodney Washington misses the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 49-54 |
| 02:52 | Pitt | Calvin Cole gets the rebound | 49-54 |
| 02:30 | Pitt | Paul Molloy travels with the ball | 49-54 |
| Subs | Louisville | George Stevens (PG), Gary Kinnear (PF), Rafael Barnes (C) David Broderick, Ryan Page, Stephen Catalano | |
| Subs | Pitt | Kang Chin (PG), Timothy Noto (SG), Charles Belle (SF), Leonard Stuck (PF) Marko Kuklenski, Cheng-Gong Xie, Paul Molloy, Elvin Dalton | |
| 02:27 | Louisville | Rodney Washington is fouled in the backcourt by Timothy Noto - foul #3 on Timothy Noto, team foul #7 | 49-54 |
| 02:27 | Louisville | Rodney Washington makes the 1st free throw | 50-54 |
| 02:27 | Louisville | Rodney Washington makes the 2nd free throw | 51-54 |
| 02:05 | Pitt | Timothy Noto hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 51-54 |
| 02:04 | Louisville | Dikembe Victor gets the rebound | 51-54 |
| 02:04 | Louisville | Louisville calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 51-54 |
| Subs | Louisville | Piao China (PG), Shawn Rose (SF) George Stevens, Dikembe Victor | |
| Subs | Pitt | Marko Kuklenski (PG), Cheng-Gong Xie (SG), Elvin Dalton (PF) Kang Chin, Timothy Noto, Leonard Stuck | |
| 01:43 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear misses the dunk attempt | 51-54 |
| 01:41 | Pitt | Calvin Cole snags the defensive board | 51-54 |
| 01:24 | Pitt | Elvin Dalton comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 51-54 |
| 01:23 | Pitt | The offensive rebound goes to Elvin Dalton | 51-54 |
| 01:01 | Pitt | Calvin Cole's floater is tipped away by Rafael Barnes | 51-54 |
| 00:59 | Louisville | Rafael Barnes pulls down the rebound | 51-54 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+3) | |
| 00:45 | Louisville | Rodney Washington misses badly on a 3pt shot from straight away | 51-54 |
| 00:43 | Louisville | Piao China can't tip it in | 51-54 |
| 00:41 | Louisville | Shawn Rose tips it home | 53-54 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+3) | |
| 00:15 | Pitt | Rafael Barnes swats the short shot by Elvin Dalton | 53-54 |
| 00:13 | Louisville | Shawn Rose snags the defensive board | 53-54 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| 00:08 | Louisville | Rodney Washington connects on the open jumpshot from the left wing on a nice dish by Gary Kinnear | 55-54 |
| 00:08 | Pitt | Pitt calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 4 full remaining) | 55-54 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Pitt | Kang Chin (PG), Leonard Stuck (PF) Marko Kuklenski, Elvin Dalton | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| 00:01 | Pitt | Charles Belle is fouled on the floor by Rafael Barnes - foul #4 on Rafael Barnes, team foul #5 | 55-54 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| 00:00 | Pitt | Cheng-Gong Xie misses the wide open 3 from straight away | 55-54 |