| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - James Carter (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jerome Abbott (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - William Coleman (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - William Ostroski (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Darin Aiello (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - William Peterson (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Jessie Heintzelman (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Willie Roberts (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Brian Segura (fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. C - William Smith (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Syracuse | Willie Roberts inbounds the ball | 24-31 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:42 | Syracuse | William Smith travels with the ball | 24-31 |
| 19:20 | Louisiana Tech | William Coleman can't connect on a 3 from the right wing | 24-31 |
| 19:18 | Louisiana Tech | Darin Aiello misses the tip | 24-31 |
| 19:16 | Louisiana Tech | William Coleman tips it home | 26-31 |
| 18:50 | Syracuse | James Carter takes the ball from Brian Segura | 26-31 |
| 18:46 | Louisiana Tech | William Coleman blows the layup | 26-31 |
| 18:44 | Syracuse | William Smith gets the rebound | 26-31 |
| 18:40 | Syracuse | William Smith is fouled on the floor by Darin Aiello - foul #3 on Darin Aiello, team foul #1 | 26-31 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Billy Wiley (C) Darin Aiello | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 18:29 | Syracuse | William Smith can't connect on a jumper from the baseline | 26-31 |
| 18:27 | Syracuse | Willie Roberts snags the offensive board | 26-31 |
| 18:07 | Syracuse | James Carter is called for the reach on William Smith - foul #1 on James Carter, team foul #2 | 26-31 |
| 17:55 | Syracuse | Brian Segura is hacked by William Ostroski - foul #2 on William Ostroski, team foul #3 | 26-31 |
| 17:41 | Syracuse | Brian Segura misses badly on a jumper from the right block | 26-31 |
| 17:39 | Syracuse | William Smith snags the offensive board | 26-31 |
| 17:19 | Syracuse | William Smith misses the shot from the free throw line | 26-31 |
| 17:18 | Syracuse | The offensive rebound goes to Jessie Heintzelman | 26-31 |
| 17:05 | Syracuse | William Smith lays it up and in set up by William Peterson and he's fouled by William Ostroski - foul #3 on William Ostroski, team foul #4 | 26-33 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Robert Reynolds (SF), Richard Gradowski (C) William Coleman, William Ostroski | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Daniel Palmatier (PF) Brian Segura | |
| 17:05 | Syracuse | William Smith makes the free throw | 26-34 |
| 16:46 | Louisiana Tech | Robert Reynolds banks in the layup | 28-34 |
| 16:24 | Syracuse | Daniel Palmatier hits a 3pt shot from the left corner | 28-37 |
| 16:05 | Louisiana Tech | Jerome Abbott can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 28-37 |
| 16:03 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Willie Roberts | 28-37 |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - James Carter (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jerome Abbott (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Reynolds (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Billy Wiley (fresh) C - Richard Gradowski (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - William Peterson (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - Jessie Heintzelman (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Willie Roberts (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Daniel Palmatier (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. C - William Smith (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 15:57 | Syracuse | Willie Roberts hits the front of the rim on the runner near the basket | 28-37 |
| 15:56 | Louisiana Tech | Robert Reynolds gets the rebound | 28-37 |
| 15:45 | Louisiana Tech | Daniel Palmatier is called for the reach on Richard Gradowski - foul #2 on Daniel Palmatier, team foul #1 | 28-37 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Ronald Sisk (PG), William Coleman (SF), William Ostroski (PF), Darin Aiello (C) James Carter, Jerome Abbott, Billy Wiley, Richard Gradowski | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Daniel Seger (PG), Tony Thompson (SG), Carl Mars (SF), Brian Segura (PF) William Peterson, Jessie Heintzelman, Willie Roberts, William Smith | |
| 15:26 | Louisiana Tech | William Coleman misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 28-37 |
| 15:24 | Syracuse | Daniel Palmatier grabs the defensive rebound | 28-37 |
| 15:19 | Syracuse | Brian Segura makes the jump hook in the paint on a nice dish by Daniel Seger | 28-39 |
| 14:59 | Louisiana Tech | Ronald Sisk clanks a 3 from the right wing | 28-39 |
| 14:58 | Syracuse | Brian Segura pulls down the rebound | 28-39 |
| 14:42 | Syracuse | Brian Segura hits a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Tony Thompson | 28-41 |
| 14:18 | Louisiana Tech | Darin Aiello misses short on a jumpshot from the right wing | 28-41 |
| 14:16 | Syracuse | Carl Mars pulls down the rebound | 28-41 |
| 13:56 | Syracuse | Brian Segura misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 28-41 |
| 13:54 | Louisiana Tech | Darin Aiello pulls down the rebound | 28-41 |
| 13:50 | Louisiana Tech | Robert Reynolds is hacked by Daniel Palmatier - foul #3 on Daniel Palmatier, team foul #2 | 28-41 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | James Carter (PG), Jerome Abbott (SG), Jonathan Theroux (SF) Ronald Sisk, Robert Reynolds, William Coleman | |
| Subs | Syracuse | William Peterson (PG), Jessie Heintzelman (SG), Willie Roberts (SF), William Smith (C) Daniel Seger, Tony Thompson, Carl Mars, Brian Segura | |
| 13:38 | Louisiana Tech | Jerome Abbott can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 28-41 |
| 13:36 | Louisiana Tech | Darin Aiello tips it back up and in | 30-41 |
| 13:13 | Syracuse | Jessie Heintzelman can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 30-41 |
| 13:11 | Louisiana Tech | William Ostroski gets the rebound | 30-41 |
| 12:56 | Louisiana Tech | William Ostroski is whistled for a charge - foul #4 on William Ostroski, team foul #5 | 30-41 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Billy Wiley (PF), Richard Gradowski (C) William Ostroski, Darin Aiello | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Glenn Corral (PF) Daniel Palmatier | |
| 12:46 | Syracuse | William Peterson makes the 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Jessie Heintzelman and he's fouled by James Carter - foul #2 on James Carter, team foul #6 | 30-44 |
| 12:46 | Syracuse | William Peterson makes the free throw | 30-45 |
| 12:26 | Louisiana Tech | Jonathan Theroux throws a bad pass out of bounds | 30-45 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | William Coleman (SF) Jonathan Theroux | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Brian Segura (PF) Glenn Corral | |
| 12:09 | Syracuse | Brian Segura is hacked by Billy Wiley - foul #3 on Billy Wiley, team foul #7 | 30-45 |
| 12:09 | Syracuse | Brian Segura makes the 1st free throw | 30-46 |
| 12:09 | Syracuse | Brian Segura misses the 2nd free throw | 30-46 |
| 12:09 | Louisiana Tech | Billy Wiley snags the defensive board | 30-46 |
| 11:52 | Louisiana Tech | Billy Wiley is fouled on the floor by Jessie Heintzelman - foul #1 on Jessie Heintzelman, team foul #3 | 30-46 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Darin Aiello (C) Richard Gradowski | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - James Carter (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jerome Abbott (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - William Coleman (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. PF - Billy Wiley (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Darin Aiello (fresh) 3 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - William Peterson (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Jessie Heintzelman (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SF - Willie Roberts (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Brian Segura (fresh) 9 pts. 8 reb. C - William Smith (fresh) 11 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 11:35 | Louisiana Tech | William Coleman loses the dribble to Jessie Heintzelman | 30-46 |
| 11:20 | Syracuse | William Peterson comes up short on the shot from just outside the lane | 30-46 |
| 11:18 | Louisiana Tech | Billy Wiley snags the defensive board | 30-46 |
| 11:11 | Louisiana Tech | Darin Aiello knocks in the turnaround near the basket | 32-46 |
| 10:49 | Syracuse | Willie Roberts lays it in on a great pass from William Peterson and he's fouled by William Coleman - foul #1 on William Coleman, team foul #8 | 32-48 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Robert Reynolds (SF) William Coleman | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Daniel Seger (PG), Daniel Palmatier (PF) William Peterson, Brian Segura | |
| 10:49 | Syracuse | Willie Roberts makes the free throw | 32-49 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 10:35 | Louisiana Tech | Darin Aiello misses short on a fadeaway from the left side | 32-49 |
| 10:34 | Louisiana Tech | Billy Wiley can't tip it in | 32-49 |
| 10:33 | Syracuse | Daniel Seger snags the defensive board | 32-49 |
| 10:18 | Syracuse | Willie Roberts lays it up and in set up by Daniel Seger | 32-51 |
| 09:57 | Louisiana Tech | Jerome Abbott can't connect on a shot from the right side | 32-51 |
| 09:56 | Syracuse | Jessie Heintzelman gets the rebound | 32-51 |
| 09:45 | Syracuse | Jessie Heintzelman drills a 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Daniel Seger | 32-54 |
| 09:28 | Louisiana Tech | Billy Wiley makes the jumper from the right side | 34-54 |
| 09:15 | Syracuse | William Smith can't connect on a shot from the right wing | 34-54 |
| 09:14 | Louisiana Tech | Billy Wiley grabs the defensive rebound | 34-54 |
| 08:58 | Louisiana Tech | Darin Aiello misses badly on a floater from the left block but he's fouled by Willie Roberts - foul #3 on Willie Roberts, team foul #4 | 34-54 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Ronald Sisk (PG), William Coleman (SF), Richard Gradowski (PF) James Carter, Jerome Abbott, Billy Wiley | |
| Subs | Syracuse | William Peterson (PG), Tony Thompson (SG), Carl Mars (SF), Brian Segura (PF) Daniel Seger, Jessie Heintzelman, Willie Roberts, William Smith | |
| 08:58 | Louisiana Tech | Darin Aiello makes the 1st free throw | 35-54 |
| 08:58 | Louisiana Tech | Darin Aiello misses the 2nd free throw | 35-54 |
| 08:58 | Syracuse | Brian Segura snags the defensive board | 35-54 |
| 08:35 | Syracuse | William Peterson connects on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane set up by Carl Mars and he's fouled by Robert Reynolds - foul #3 on Robert Reynolds, team foul #9 | 35-56 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Timothy Fields (C) Darin Aiello | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 08:35 | Syracuse | William Peterson makes the free throw | 35-57 |
| 08:19 | Louisiana Tech | Robert Reynolds knocks in the 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Ronald Sisk | 38-57 |
| 07:58 | Syracuse | Brian Segura scores on a runner from close range set up by Carl Mars and he's hacked by Richard Gradowski - foul #2 on Richard Gradowski, team foul #10 | 38-59 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Jonathan Theroux (SG), William Ostroski (PF) Robert Reynolds, Timothy Fields | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 07:58 | Syracuse | Brian Segura makes the free throw | 38-60 |
| 07:43 | Louisiana Tech | Ronald Sisk loses the ball out of bounds | 38-60 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | James Carter (PG), Jerome Abbott (SG) Ronald Sisk, Jonathan Theroux | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jessie Heintzelman (SG), Glenn Corral (C) Tony Thompson, Daniel Palmatier | |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - James Carter (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jerome Abbott (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - William Coleman (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. PF - William Ostroski (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. C - Richard Gradowski (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - William Peterson (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jessie Heintzelman (fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. SF - Carl Mars (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. PF - Brian Segura (fresh) 12 pts. 9 reb. C - Glenn Corral (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 07:35 | Syracuse | William Peterson buries a fadeaway from the right wing set up by Glenn Corral | 38-62 |
| 07:14 | Louisiana Tech | James Carter misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Glenn Corral - foul #1 on Glenn Corral, team foul #5 | 38-62 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Willie Roberts (SF), William Smith (C) Carl Mars, Glenn Corral | |
| 07:14 | Louisiana Tech | James Carter misses the 1st free throw | 38-62 |
| 07:14 | Louisiana Tech | James Carter makes the 2nd free throw | 39-62 |
| 07:05 | Syracuse | Willie Roberts misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 39-62 |
| 07:04 | Syracuse | William Smith tips it in | 39-64 |
| 06:43 | Louisiana Tech | James Carter comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 39-64 |
| 06:42 | Syracuse | William Smith gets the rebound | 39-64 |
| 06:37 | Syracuse | Jessie Heintzelman hits a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane and the foul's on William Coleman - foul #2 on William Coleman, team foul #11 | 39-66 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Ronald Sisk (PG), Robert Reynolds (SG), Jonathan Theroux (SF), Billy Wiley (PF) James Carter, Jerome Abbott, William Coleman, William Ostroski | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Daniel Seger (PG), Carl Mars (SF), Daniel Palmatier (PF), Glenn Corral (C) William Peterson, Willie Roberts, Brian Segura, William Smith | |
| 06:37 | Syracuse | Jessie Heintzelman makes the free throw | 39-67 |
| 06:26 | Louisiana Tech | Richard Gradowski comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 39-67 |
| 06:24 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Daniel Seger | 39-67 |
| 06:12 | Syracuse | Carl Mars loses the ball out of bounds | 39-67 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Timothy Fields (C) Richard Gradowski | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Tony Thompson (SG) Jessie Heintzelman | |
| 05:53 | Louisiana Tech | Ronald Sisk knocks in the 3 pointer from straight away | 42-67 |
| 05:25 | Syracuse | Timothy Fields denies the turnaround by Daniel Palmatier | 42-67 |
| 05:23 | Syracuse | Tony Thompson can't tip it in | 42-67 |
| 05:22 | Syracuse | Glenn Corral pulls down the offensive rebound | 42-67 |
| 05:07 | Syracuse | Daniel Palmatier hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 42-67 |
| 05:06 | Louisiana Tech | Jonathan Theroux gets the rebound | 42-67 |
| 04:48 | Louisiana Tech | Jonathan Theroux can't finish the layup | 42-67 |
| 04:47 | Syracuse | Tony Thompson grabs the board | 42-67 |
| 04:30 | Syracuse | Timothy Fields steps in front of the Daniel Palmatier pass | 42-67 |
| 04:21 | Louisiana Tech | Ronald Sisk can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 42-67 |
| 04:20 | Syracuse | Daniel Seger pulls down the rebound | 42-67 |
| 04:15 | Syracuse | Tony Thompson misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 42-67 |
| 04:14 | Louisiana Tech | The rebound goes to Billy Wiley | 42-67 |
| 03:53 | Louisiana Tech | Timothy Fields hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 42-67 |
| 03:51 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Carl Mars | 42-67 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:32 | Syracuse | Daniel Palmatier hits a runner from the baseline set up by Tony Thompson | 42-69 |
| Lineup | Louisiana Tech | PG - Ronald Sisk (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Robert Reynolds (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. SF - Jonathan Theroux (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Billy Wiley (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. C - Timothy Fields (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Daniel Seger (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Tony Thompson (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Carl Mars (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. PF - Daniel Palmatier (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. C - Glenn Corral (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 03:22 | Louisiana Tech | Jonathan Theroux scores on a 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Robert Reynolds | 45-69 |
| 03:00 | Syracuse | Daniel Palmatier misses the floater from just outside the lane | 45-69 |
| 02:58 | Syracuse | Carl Mars tips it back up and in | 45-71 |
| 02:38 | Louisiana Tech | Billy Wiley comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 45-71 |
| 02:37 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Carl Mars | 45-71 |
| 02:14 | Syracuse | Carl Mars misses the 3pt shot from the left corner | 45-71 |
| 02:12 | Syracuse | Glenn Corral misses the tip | 45-71 |
| 02:11 | Louisiana Tech | Billy Wiley gets the rebound | 45-71 |
| 01:54 | Louisiana Tech | Timothy Fields comes up short on the runner in the paint | 45-71 |
| 01:52 | Syracuse | Daniel Palmatier grabs the defensive rebound | 45-71 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 01:48 | Syracuse | Carl Mars hits a runner from close range on a nice dish by Daniel Seger | 45-73 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 01:36 | Louisiana Tech | Ronald Sisk misses short on a floater from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Daniel Seger - foul #2 on Daniel Seger, team foul #6 | 45-73 |
| Subs | Louisiana Tech | Richard Gradowski (C) Timothy Fields | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 01:36 | Louisiana Tech | Ronald Sisk misses the 1st free throw | 45-73 |
| 01:36 | Louisiana Tech | Ronald Sisk makes the 2nd free throw | 46-73 |
| 01:07 | Syracuse | Carl Mars buries a 3 from straight away set up by Daniel Seger | 46-76 |
| 00:49 | Louisiana Tech | Jonathan Theroux misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 46-76 |
| 00:48 | Syracuse | Tony Thompson grabs the defensive rebound | 46-76 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:24 | Syracuse | Tony Thompson buries a floater from the left side | 46-78 |
| Game Plan | Louisiana Tech | Louisiana Tech is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:16 | Louisiana Tech | Ronald Sisk can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 46-78 |
| 00:14 | Syracuse | Tony Thompson pulls down the rebound | 46-78 |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Daniel Seger runs out the clock | 46-78 |