| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Eric Lee (fresh) SG - Mark Boyce (fresh) SF - Charles Thomas (fresh) PF - Nicholas Yarnell (fresh) C - Robert Hyslop (fresh) | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Scott Davis (fresh) SG - John Hart (fresh) SF - Robert Hardy (fresh) PF - David Rhodes (fresh) C - Paul Oliphant (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:46 | St. John's | Scott Davis comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 0-0 |
| 19:45 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Charles Thomas | 0-0 |
| 19:23 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell loses the dribble to David Rhodes | 0-0 |
| 19:06 | St. John's | David Rhodes misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 0-0 |
| 19:05 | Louisville | Mark Boyce gets the rebound | 0-0 |
| 18:36 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell makes the shot in the paint | 2-0 |
| 18:18 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant banks in the layup set up by John Hart | 2-2 |
| 17:53 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell double dribbles | 2-2 |
| 17:30 | St. John's | Scott Davis misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 2-2 |
| 17:28 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant tips it back up and in | 2-4 |
| 17:09 | Louisville | Charles Thomas makes the pull-up jumper from the left wing set up by Nicholas Yarnell | 4-4 |
| 17:01 | St. John's | John Hart is hacked by Mark Boyce - foul #1 on Mark Boyce, team foul #1 | 4-4 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Thomas Powell (SG), James Hough (SF), Louis Taylor (PF) Scott Davis, Robert Hardy, David Rhodes | |
| 16:41 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant hits the front of the rim on the runner near the basket | 4-4 |
| 16:39 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Mark Boyce | 4-4 |
| 16:10 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt from the baseline but the foul's on John Hart - foul #1 on John Hart, team foul #1 | 4-4 |
| Subs | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky (SF) Charles Thomas | |
| Subs | St. John's | Scott Davis (PG), Martin Arsenault (C) John Hart, Paul Oliphant | |
| 16:10 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell makes the 1st free throw | 5-4 |
| 16:10 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell misses the 2nd free throw | 5-4 |
| 16:10 | St. John's | Thomas Powell grabs the board | 5-4 |
| 16:05 | St. John's | Eric Lee takes the ball from Scott Davis in the backcourt | 5-4 |
| 16:03 | Louisville | Eric Lee banks in the layup | 7-4 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Eric Lee (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Mark Boyce (fresh) SF - Zlatko Zukowsky (fresh) PF - Nicholas Yarnell (fresh) 3 pts. C - Robert Hyslop (fresh) | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Scott Davis (fresh) SG - Thomas Powell (fresh) SF - James Hough (fresh) PF - Louis Taylor (fresh) C - Martin Arsenault (fresh) | |
| 15:46 | St. John's | James Hough loses the ball out of bounds | 7-4 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Robert Hardy (SF), David Rhodes (PF) Thomas Powell, Louis Taylor | |
| 15:26 | Louisville | Martin Arsenault steps in front of the Zlatko Zukowsky pass | 7-4 |
| 15:10 | St. John's | David Rhodes is called for a charge - foul #1 on David Rhodes, team foul #2 | 7-4 |
| Subs | Louisville | Kerry Windham (PF) Nicholas Yarnell | |
| Subs | St. John's | Louis Taylor (PF), Paul Oliphant (C) Scott Davis, Martin Arsenault | |
| 14:47 | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky throws a bad pass out of bounds | 7-4 |
| Subs | Louisville | Charles Thomas (SF) Zlatko Zukowsky | |
| Subs | St. John's | John Hart (PG) Louis Taylor | |
| 14:21 | St. John's | Charles Thomas picks off the pass by John Hart | 7-4 |
| 14:18 | Louisville | Mark Boyce lays it up and in set up by Charles Thomas | 9-4 |
| 14:03 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant can't connect on a turnaround from close range but he's hacked by Kerry Windham - foul #1 on Kerry Windham, team foul #2 | 9-4 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Thomas Powell (SG), Louis Taylor (PF) James Hough, Robert Hardy | |
| 14:03 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant makes the 1st free throw | 9-5 |
| 14:03 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant makes the 2nd free throw | 9-6 |
| 13:46 | Louisville | Charles Thomas misses the fadeaway near the basket | 9-6 |
| 13:45 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant gets the rebound | 9-6 |
| 13:26 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant knocks in the jumper in the lane | 9-8 |
| 13:12 | Louisville | Paul Oliphant steals the ball from Kerry Windham | 9-8 |
| 12:59 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant blows the layup but he's hacked by Robert Hyslop - foul #1 on Robert Hyslop, team foul #3 | 9-8 |
| Subs | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky (SF), Nicholas Yarnell (PF) Charles Thomas, Kerry Windham | |
| Subs | St. John's | Scott Davis (PG), James Hough (SF) Thomas Powell, David Rhodes | |
| 12:59 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant misses the 1st free throw | 9-8 |
| 12:59 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant misses the 2nd free throw | 9-8 |
| 12:59 | Louisville | Mark Boyce pulls down the rebound | 9-8 |
| 12:35 | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky misses long on a jumpshot from the right side | 9-8 |
| 12:34 | St. John's | James Hough gets the rebound | 9-8 |
| 12:30 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on Paul Oliphant, team foul #3 | 9-8 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Robert Hardy (SF), Martin Arsenault (C) John Hart, Paul Oliphant | |
| 12:17 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell hits a jump hook in the lane on a nice dish by Mark Boyce | 11-8 |
| 12:02 | St. John's | Louis Taylor can't connect on a floater in the paint but he's fouled by Zlatko Zukowsky - foul #1 on Zlatko Zukowsky, team foul #4 | 11-8 |
| 12:02 | St. John's | Louis Taylor makes the 1st free throw | 11-9 |
| 12:02 | St. John's | Louis Taylor makes the 2nd free throw | 11-10 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Eric Lee (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - Mark Boyce (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Zlatko Zukowsky (fresh) PF - Nicholas Yarnell (fresh) 5 pts. C - Robert Hyslop (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Scott Davis (fresh) SG - James Hough (fresh) SF - Robert Hardy (fresh) PF - Louis Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. C - Martin Arsenault (fresh) | |
| 11:44 | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 11-10 |
| 11:42 | Louisville | Mark Boyce grabs the offensive rebound | 11-10 |
| 11:20 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell misses the easy layup | 11-10 |
| 11:19 | St. John's | Louis Taylor pulls down the rebound | 11-10 |
| 10:50 | St. John's | James Hough scores on a 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Scott Davis | 11-13 |
| 10:31 | Louisville | Eric Lee comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 11-13 |
| 10:29 | St. John's | Martin Arsenault snags the defensive board | 11-13 |
| 10:11 | St. John's | Robert Hardy is called for 5 seconds | 11-13 |
| Subs | Louisville | David Roberts (PG), Donald Fuhr (SG), Charles Thomas (SF), Kerry Windham (PF), Xavier Willis (C) Eric Lee, Mark Boyce, Zlatko Zukowsky, Nicholas Yarnell, Robert Hyslop | |
| Subs | St. John's | John Hart (PG), Thomas Powell (SG), Woodrow Shapiro (SF), David Rhodes (PF), Paul Oliphant (C) Scott Davis, James Hough, Robert Hardy, Louis Taylor, Martin Arsenault | |
| 09:46 | Louisville | Xavier Willis misses long on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 11-13 |
| 09:45 | Louisville | Kerry Windham tips it home | 13-13 |
| 09:31 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant hits a driving attempt from the baseline on a nice dish by Woodrow Shapiro | 13-15 |
| 09:07 | Louisville | Paul Oliphant takes the ball from Xavier Willis | 13-15 |
| 08:56 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant banks in the layup on a nice dish by John Hart and he's hacked by Xavier Willis - foul #1 on Xavier Willis, team foul #5 | 13-17 |
| Subs | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky (PG), Nicholas Yarnell (PF) Donald Fuhr, Kerry Windham | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 08:56 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant makes the free throw | 13-18 |
| 08:41 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell clanks a shot from the left wing but he's fouled by John Hart - foul #2 on John Hart, team foul #4 | 13-18 |
| Subs | Louisville | Mark Boyce (SG) David Roberts | |
| Subs | St. John's | Scott Davis (PG) John Hart | |
| 08:41 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell misses the 1st free throw | 13-18 |
| 08:41 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell misses the 2nd free throw | 13-18 |
| 08:41 | St. John's | David Rhodes grabs the defensive rebound | 13-18 |
| 08:15 | St. John's | David Rhodes misses the floater from the right block | 13-18 |
| 08:14 | Louisville | Mark Boyce snags the defensive board | 13-18 |
| 07:46 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell comes up short on the turnaround in the paint | 13-18 |
| 07:44 | St. John's | David Rhodes gets the rebound | 13-18 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Zlatko Zukowsky (fresh) SG - Mark Boyce (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Thomas (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Nicholas Yarnell (fresh) 5 pts. C - Xavier Willis (fresh) | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Scott Davis (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Thomas Powell (fresh) SF - Woodrow Shapiro (fresh) 1 ast. PF - David Rhodes (fresh) 2 reb. C - Paul Oliphant (fresh) 13 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 07:32 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant is whistled for traveling | 13-18 |
| Subs | Louisville | Eric Lee (PG), Mark Young (SF), Robert Hyslop (C) Zlatko Zukowsky, Charles Thomas, Xavier Willis | |
| Subs | St. John's | James Hough (SG), Robert Hardy (SF), Louis Taylor (PF) Thomas Powell, Woodrow Shapiro, David Rhodes | |
| 07:11 | Louisville | Eric Lee hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 13-18 |
| 07:10 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant grabs the board | 13-18 |
| 06:58 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant misses badly on a shot from the left block | 13-18 |
| 06:56 | St. John's | Louis Taylor tips it in | 13-20 |
| 06:32 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell connects on the jumpshot from the left wing on a great pass from Eric Lee | 15-20 |
| 06:14 | St. John's | Mark Young is called for the reach on Paul Oliphant - foul #1 on Mark Young, team foul #6 | 15-20 |
| Subs | Louisville | David Roberts (SG), Zlatko Zukowsky (SF), Kerry Windham (PF) Mark Boyce, Mark Young, Nicholas Yarnell | |
| Subs | St. John's | John Hart (PG), David Rhodes (PF), Martin Arsenault (C) Scott Davis, Louis Taylor, Paul Oliphant | |
| 06:01 | St. John's | David Rhodes can't connect on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 15-20 |
| 05:59 | St. John's | David Rhodes gets the offensive rebound | 15-20 |
| 05:39 | St. John's | David Rhodes buries a floater from the left side set up by John Hart and the foul's on Zlatko Zukowsky - foul #2 on Zlatko Zukowsky, team foul #7 | 15-22 |
| Subs | Louisville | Charles Thomas (SF) Zlatko Zukowsky | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 05:39 | St. John's | David Rhodes makes the free throw | 15-23 |
| 05:15 | Louisville | Eric Lee can't finish the layup | 15-23 |
| 05:13 | Louisville | Eric Lee can't tip it in | 15-23 |
| 05:11 | St. John's | David Rhodes snags the defensive board | 15-23 |
| 04:55 | St. John's | John Hart can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 15-23 |
| 04:54 | Louisville | Robert Hyslop snags the defensive board | 15-23 |
| 04:32 | Louisville | David Roberts makes the 3 from the left wing | 18-23 |
| 04:23 | St. John's | David Rhodes is fouled on the floor by Eric Lee - foul #1 on Eric Lee, team foul #8 | 18-23 |
| Subs | Louisville | Mark Boyce (SG), Nicholas Yarnell (PF), Xavier Willis (C) Eric Lee, Kerry Windham, Robert Hyslop | |
| Subs | St. John's | Woodrow Shapiro (SF), Louis Taylor (PF), Paul Oliphant (C) James Hough, Robert Hardy, Martin Arsenault | |
| 04:23 | St. John's | David Rhodes misses the 1st free throw | 18-23 |
| 04:23 | Louisville | Xavier Willis grabs the defensive rebound | 18-23 |
| 04:05 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell comes up short on the floater from the left wing | 18-23 |
| 04:03 | St. John's | David Rhodes gets the rebound | 18-23 |
| 03:39 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant misses badly on a jumper from the right block | 18-23 |
| 03:38 | St. John's | Woodrow Shapiro pulls down the offensive rebound | 18-23 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - David Roberts (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Mark Boyce (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Thomas (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Nicholas Yarnell (fresh) 7 pts. C - Xavier Willis (fresh) | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - David Rhodes (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. SG - John Hart (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Woodrow Shapiro (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Louis Taylor (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Paul Oliphant (fresh) 13 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 03:19 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant hits the finger roll on a nice dish by David Rhodes | 18-25 |
| 03:09 | Louisville | Paul Oliphant picks off the pass by Mark Boyce | 18-25 |
| 02:59 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant lays it in set up by John Hart | 18-27 |
| 02:32 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell's floater is tipped away by Louis Taylor | 18-27 |
| 02:30 | St. John's | Woodrow Shapiro pulls down the rebound | 18-27 |
| 02:10 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant misses the turnaround from the left block | 18-27 |
| 02:08 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell pulls down the rebound | 18-27 |
| 01:47 | Louisville | Charles Thomas misses long on a shot from the left block but the foul's on Woodrow Shapiro - foul #1 on Woodrow Shapiro, team foul #5 | 18-27 |
| Subs | Louisville | Eric Lee (PG), Kerry Windham (PF), Robert Hyslop (C) David Roberts, Nicholas Yarnell, Xavier Willis | |
| Subs | St. John's | Scott Davis (PG), James Hough (SG), Robert Hardy (SF), Martin Arsenault (PF) David Rhodes, John Hart, Woodrow Shapiro, Louis Taylor | |
| 01:47 | Louisville | Charles Thomas misses the 1st free throw | 18-27 |
| 01:47 | Louisville | Charles Thomas misses the 2nd free throw | 18-27 |
| 01:47 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant gets the rebound | 18-27 |
| 01:27 | St. John's | Paul Oliphant misses badly on a runner from the left block | 18-27 |
| 01:26 | Louisville | Kerry Windham pulls down the rebound | 18-27 |
| 01:03 | Louisville | Robert Hyslop lays it up and in and the foul's on Martin Arsenault - foul #1 on Martin Arsenault, team foul #6 | 20-27 |
| Subs | Louisville | Donald Fuhr (SG), Zlatko Zukowsky (SF) Mark Boyce, Charles Thomas | |
| Subs | St. John's | David Rhodes (PF) Paul Oliphant | |
| 01:03 | Louisville | Robert Hyslop makes the free throw | 21-27 |
| 00:40 | St. John's | James Hough comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 21-27 |
| 00:38 | Louisville | Robert Hyslop grabs the defensive rebound | 21-27 |
| 00:17 | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 21-27 |
| 00:16 | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky tips it but misses | 21-27 |
| 00:15 | St. John's | David Rhodes grabs the defensive rebound | 21-27 |
| 00:01 | St. John's | Zlatko Zukowsky is called for the reach on Scott Davis - foul #3 on Zlatko Zukowsky, team foul #9 | 21-27 |
| Subs | Louisville | Mark Boyce (SG), Mark Young (SF), Nicholas Yarnell (PF) Donald Fuhr, Zlatko Zukowsky, Kerry Windham | |
| Subs | St. John's | John Hart (SG), Louis Taylor (PF), Paul Oliphant (C) James Hough, David Rhodes, Martin Arsenault | |
| 00:01 | St. John's | Scott Davis makes the 1st free throw | 21-28 |
| 00:01 | St. John's | Scott Davis misses the 2nd free throw | 21-28 |
| 00:01 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Nicholas Yarnell | 21-28 |
| 00:00 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell can't connect on a fullcourt shot | 21-28 |