| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Matthew Michell (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Andrew Wilson (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jeff Young (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. PF - John Webb (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Ernest Battle (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Larry Gray (fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. SG - Martin Greene (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Patrick Kamansky (fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. PF - Brian Gosselin (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Wayne Smiechowski (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Syracuse | Jeff Young inbounds the ball | 33-24 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 19:53 | Syracuse | Matthew Michell double dribbles in the backcourt | 33-24 |
| 19:33 | Louisville | Martin Greene is doubleteamed and called for traveling | 33-24 |
| 19:12 | Syracuse | Wayne Smiechowski steals it from Ernest Battle | 33-24 |
| 19:08 | Louisville | Larry Gray scores on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line set up by Martin Greene | 33-26 |
| 18:51 | Syracuse | Ernest Battle is fouled on the floor by Wayne Smiechowski - foul #1 on Wayne Smiechowski, team foul #1 | 33-26 |
| 18:28 | Syracuse | Jeff Young is hacked by Patrick Kamansky - foul #4 on Patrick Kamansky, team foul #2 | 33-26 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Donald Roane (SF) Patrick Kamansky | |
| 18:04 | Syracuse | Ernest Battle splits the doubleteam but misses short on a shot from the left block | 33-26 |
| 18:02 | Louisville | Martin Greene gets the rebound | 33-26 |
| 17:36 | Louisville | Donald Roane is hacked by Ernest Battle - foul #3 on Ernest Battle, team foul #1 | 33-26 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Ryan Krueger (PF) John Webb | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 17:21 | Louisville | Brian Gosselin scores on a pull-up jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Larry Gray and he's fouled by Jeff Young - foul #1 on Jeff Young, team foul #2 | 33-28 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Frederick Rogers (C) Wayne Smiechowski | |
| 17:21 | Louisville | Brian Gosselin misses the free throw | 33-28 |
| 17:21 | Syracuse | Ernest Battle snags the defensive board | 33-28 |
| 17:04 | Syracuse | Matthew Michell hits a fadeaway from just outside the lane on a great pass from Jeff Young | 35-28 |
| 16:38 | Louisville | Larry Gray is fouled on the floor by Ernest Battle as he's doubleteamed - foul #4 on Ernest Battle, team foul #3 | 35-28 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Gary Welsh (SG), James Taylor (SF), Jeffrey Clifford (C) Andrew Wilson, Jeff Young, Ernest Battle | |
| Subs | Louisville | Micheal Peterson (SF) Brian Gosselin | |
| 16:15 | Louisville | Jeffrey Clifford is called for the reach on Micheal Peterson - foul #2 on Jeffrey Clifford, team foul #4 | 35-28 |
| Subs | Syracuse | John Webb (PF) Ryan Krueger | |
| Subs | Louisville | Wayne Smiechowski (PF) Micheal Peterson | |
| 15:57 | Louisville | Frederick Rogers buries a pull-up jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Martin Greene | 35-30 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Matthew Michell (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Gary Welsh (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Taylor (fresh) 5 pts. PF - John Webb (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Jeffrey Clifford (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Larry Gray (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Martin Greene (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Donald Roane (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Wayne Smiechowski (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. C - Frederick Rogers (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:34 | Syracuse | Gary Welsh is hacked by Wayne Smiechowski - foul #2 on Wayne Smiechowski, team foul #3 | 35-30 |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Rucks (PG), Jeff Young (SF) Matthew Michell, James Taylor | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 15:14 | Syracuse | James Rucks knocks in the fadeaway from the left side set up by John Webb and he's fouled by Frederick Rogers - foul #1 on Frederick Rogers, team foul #4 | 37-30 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Andrew Wilson (SG) Gary Welsh | |
| Subs | Louisville | Micheal Peterson (SF), Brian Gosselin (PF) Donald Roane, Frederick Rogers | |
| 15:14 | Syracuse | James Rucks misses the free throw | 37-30 |
| 15:14 | Louisville | Micheal Peterson pulls down the rebound | 37-30 |
| 14:57 | Louisville | Martin Greene is hacked by Jeffrey Clifford - foul #3 on Jeffrey Clifford, team foul #5 | 37-30 |
| 14:42 | Louisville | Larry Gray misses badly on a floater from the left side | 37-30 |
| 14:40 | Louisville | Micheal Peterson tips it home | 37-32 |
| 14:28 | Syracuse | Andrew Wilson hits a 3 from the right corner set up by James Rucks | 40-32 |
| 14:04 | Louisville | Brian Gosselin loses the dribble to Jeffrey Clifford | 40-32 |
| 13:56 | Syracuse | Andrew Wilson hits a 3 pointer from straight away set up by James Rucks | 43-32 |
| 13:38 | Louisville | Jeffrey Clifford is called for the reach on Martin Greene - foul #4 on Jeffrey Clifford, team foul #6 | 43-32 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Matthew Michell (PG), James Taylor (SF), Ryan Krueger (PF), Michael Tarpley (C) James Rucks, Jeff Young, John Webb, Jeffrey Clifford | |
| Subs | Louisville | Donald Roane (SF), Frederick Rogers (C) Micheal Peterson, Wayne Smiechowski | |
| 13:09 | Louisville | Martin Greene evades the doubleteam but misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 43-32 |
| 13:07 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Michael Tarpley | 43-32 |
| 12:45 | Syracuse | Ryan Krueger's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 43-32 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Gary Welsh (SG), Ernest Battle (C) Andrew Wilson, Michael Tarpley | |
| Subs | Louisville | Patrick Kamansky (SG), Micheal Peterson (SF) Martin Greene, Brian Gosselin | |
| 12:26 | Louisville | Frederick Rogers misses the jumpshot from the left wing but he's hacked by Ernest Battle - foul #5 on Ernest Battle, team foul #7 | 43-32 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jeff Young (SF), Michael Tarpley (C) James Taylor, Ernest Battle | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 12:26 | Louisville | Frederick Rogers makes the 1st free throw | 43-33 |
| 12:26 | Louisville | Frederick Rogers makes the 2nd free throw | 43-34 |
| 12:05 | Syracuse | Ryan Krueger misses short on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 43-34 |
| 12:04 | Syracuse | Ryan Krueger hits the follow up shot | 45-34 |
| 11:41 | Louisville | Larry Gray buries a pull-up jumper from the left side | 45-36 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Matthew Michell (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Gary Welsh (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jeff Young (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. PF - Ryan Krueger (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Michael Tarpley (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Larry Gray (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Patrick Kamansky (fresh) 5 pts. 4 pf. SF - Micheal Peterson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Donald Roane (fresh) 4 pts. C - Frederick Rogers (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:18 | Syracuse | Larry Gray takes the ball from Jeff Young | 45-36 |
| 11:14 | Louisville | Micheal Peterson can't finish the layup | 45-36 |
| 11:12 | Syracuse | Matthew Michell grabs the board | 45-36 |
| 11:03 | Syracuse | Michael Tarpley throws a bad pass out of bounds | 45-36 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Andrew Wilson (SG), John Webb (PF) Gary Welsh, Ryan Krueger | |
| Subs | Louisville | Brian Gosselin (PF), Wayne Smiechowski (C) Micheal Peterson, Frederick Rogers | |
| 10:35 | Louisville | Brian Gosselin is fouled on the floor by John Webb - foul #2 on John Webb, team foul #8 | 45-36 |
| 10:35 | Louisville | Brian Gosselin makes the 1st free throw | 45-37 |
| 10:35 | Louisville | Brian Gosselin misses the 2nd free throw | 45-37 |
| 10:35 | Syracuse | Michael Tarpley pulls down the rebound | 45-37 |
| 10:25 | Syracuse | John Webb throws a bad pass out of bounds | 45-37 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Martin Greene (SG) Larry Gray | |
| 10:05 | Louisville | Martin Greene shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the jump hook from the right block but he's hacked by Andrew Wilson - foul #2 on Andrew Wilson, team foul #9 | 45-37 |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Taylor (SF) Jeff Young | |
| Subs | Louisville | Micheal Peterson (SF) Donald Roane | |
| 10:05 | Louisville | Martin Greene misses the 1st free throw | 45-37 |
| 10:05 | Louisville | Martin Greene makes the 2nd free throw | 45-38 |
| 09:48 | Syracuse | Matthew Michell is fouled on the floor by Micheal Peterson - foul #2 on Micheal Peterson, team foul #5 | 45-38 |
| 09:34 | Syracuse | Andrew Wilson is called for the offensive foul - foul #3 on Andrew Wilson, team foul #10 | 45-38 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Larry Gray (PG) Micheal Peterson | |
| 09:06 | Louisville | Brian Gosselin hits a pull-up jumper from the right side set up by Larry Gray | 45-40 |
| 08:46 | Syracuse | Matthew Michell misses short on a floater from the left side | 45-40 |
| 08:44 | Louisville | Brian Gosselin snags the defensive board | 45-40 |
| 08:28 | Louisville | Larry Gray loses the dribble to Andrew Wilson | 45-40 |
| 08:13 | Syracuse | Michael Tarpley clanks a jumpshot from the left wing | 45-40 |
| 08:12 | Louisville | Wayne Smiechowski grabs the defensive rebound | 45-40 |
| 07:45 | Louisville | Patrick Kamansky throws a bad pass out of bounds | 45-40 |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Rucks (PG), Gary Welsh (SG), Jeff Young (SF), Ryan Krueger (PF), Jeffrey Clifford (C) Matthew Michell, Andrew Wilson, James Taylor, John Webb, Michael Tarpley | |
| Subs | Louisville | Micheal Peterson (SF), Donald Roane (PF), Frederick Rogers (C) Patrick Kamansky, Brian Gosselin, Wayne Smiechowski | |
| 07:28 | Syracuse | James Rucks is fouled on the floor by Larry Gray - foul #4 on Larry Gray, team foul #6 | 45-40 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - James Rucks (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Gary Welsh (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jeff Young (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. PF - Ryan Krueger (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Jeffrey Clifford (fresh) 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Larry Gray (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. SG - Martin Greene (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Micheal Peterson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Donald Roane (fresh) 4 pts. C - Frederick Rogers (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:12 | Syracuse | James Rucks hits a driving attempt from the right block and he's hacked by Frederick Rogers - foul #2 on Frederick Rogers, team foul #7 | 47-40 |
| 07:12 | Syracuse | James Rucks makes the free throw | 48-40 |
| 06:47 | Louisville | Martin Greene scores on a 3pt shot from the right corner on a nice dish by Micheal Peterson | 48-43 |
| 06:32 | Syracuse | Jeff Young is denied on a layup by Micheal Peterson | 48-43 |
| 06:31 | Louisville | Martin Greene pulls down the rebound | 48-43 |
| 06:05 | Louisville | Larry Gray comes up short on the fadeaway from the right wing | 48-43 |
| 06:03 | Syracuse | Jeff Young gets the rebound | 48-43 |
| 05:45 | Syracuse | Ryan Krueger comes up short on the shot from the left wing but the foul's on Frederick Rogers - foul #3 on Frederick Rogers, team foul #8 | 48-43 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Matthew Michell (PG), Andrew Wilson (SG) James Rucks, Gary Welsh | |
| Subs | Louisville | Patrick Kamansky (SG), Brian Gosselin (PF), Wayne Smiechowski (C) Martin Greene, Micheal Peterson, Frederick Rogers | |
| 05:45 | Syracuse | Ryan Krueger makes the 1st free throw | 49-43 |
| 05:45 | Syracuse | Ryan Krueger makes the 2nd free throw | 50-43 |
| 05:21 | Louisville | Donald Roane scores on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 50-46 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-4) | |
| 05:12 | Syracuse | Ryan Krueger misses the driving attempt near the basket but the foul's on Larry Gray - foul #5 on Larry Gray, team foul #9 | 50-46 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Martin Greene (SG) Larry Gray | |
| 05:12 | Syracuse | Ryan Krueger misses the 1st free throw | 50-46 |
| 05:12 | Syracuse | Ryan Krueger makes the 2nd free throw | 51-46 |
| 04:49 | Louisville | Donald Roane buries a 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Brian Gosselin | 51-49 |
| 04:49 | Syracuse | Syracuse calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 51-49 |
| Subs | Syracuse | John Webb (PF) Ryan Krueger | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 04:26 | Syracuse | Andrew Wilson is whistled for traveling | 51-49 |
| 04:00 | Louisville | Donald Roane's pass is intercepted by Andrew Wilson | 51-49 |
| 03:57 | Syracuse | Andrew Wilson lays it up and in | 53-49 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| 03:28 | Louisville | Martin Greene makes the contested floater from just outside the lane set up by Donald Roane | 53-51 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Matthew Michell (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Andrew Wilson (fresh) 15 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SF - Jeff Young (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. PF - John Webb (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Jeffrey Clifford (fresh) 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Martin Greene (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - Patrick Kamansky (fresh) 5 pts. 4 pf. SF - Donald Roane (fresh) 10 pts. PF - Brian Gosselin (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - Wayne Smiechowski (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. | |
| 03:13 | Syracuse | Andrew Wilson misses the 3 pointer from the left corner | 53-51 |
| 03:11 | Syracuse | John Webb can't tip it in | 53-51 |
| 03:09 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Wayne Smiechowski | 53-51 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 02:44 | Louisville | Andrew Wilson is called for the reach on Martin Greene - foul #4 on Andrew Wilson, team foul #11 | 53-51 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Michael Tarpley (C) Jeffrey Clifford | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 02:44 | Louisville | Martin Greene makes the 1st free throw | 53-52 |
| 02:44 | Louisville | Martin Greene makes the 2nd free throw | 53-53 |
| 02:21 | Syracuse | Andrew Wilson scores on a 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Jeff Young | 56-53 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| 02:05 | Louisville | Jeff Young is called for the reach on Donald Roane - foul #2 on Jeff Young, team foul #12 | 56-53 |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Taylor (SF), Ryan Krueger (PF) Jeff Young, John Webb | |
| Subs | Louisville | Frederick Rogers (C) Wayne Smiechowski | |
| 02:05 | Louisville | Donald Roane makes the 1st free throw | 56-54 |
| 02:05 | Louisville | Donald Roane makes the 2nd free throw | 56-55 |
| 02:01 | Syracuse | Syracuse calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 56-55 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jeff Young (SF), John Webb (PF), Jeffrey Clifford (C) James Taylor, Ryan Krueger, Michael Tarpley | |
| Subs | Louisville | Wayne Smiechowski (C) Frederick Rogers | |
| 01:48 | Syracuse | Andrew Wilson buries a shot from just outside the lane set up by Matthew Michell | 58-55 |
| 01:32 | Louisville | Patrick Kamansky misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 58-55 |
| 01:31 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Jeffrey Clifford | 58-55 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-4) | |
| 01:25 | Syracuse | John Webb double dribbles | 58-55 |
| 01:04 | Louisville | Martin Greene makes the contested jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Patrick Kamansky and he's hacked by John Webb - foul #3 on John Webb, team foul #13 | 58-57 |
| 01:04 | Louisville | Martin Greene misses the free throw | 58-57 |
| 01:04 | Louisville | The offensive rebound goes to Brian Gosselin | 58-57 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-4) | |
| 00:44 | Louisville | Jeffrey Clifford swats the layup by Brian Gosselin | 58-57 |
| 00:42 | Syracuse | John Webb gets the rebound | 58-57 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 00:38 | Syracuse | Matthew Michell loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 58-57 |
| 00:14 | Louisville | Donald Roane connects on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Wayne Smiechowski | 58-59 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 00:01 | Syracuse | Jeff Young's floater is tipped away by Wayne Smiechowski | 58-59 |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | The offensive rebound goes to Jeff Young | 58-59 |