| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Joseph Messner (fresh) 1 ast. SG - James Adams (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SF - Timothy Hughes (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Scott Johnson (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - Thomas Burks (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - Dennis Smith (fresh) 7 pts. SG - Van Laffoon (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Thomas Cancel (fresh) 4 reb. PF - Leon Ottinger (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Jonathon McCracken (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | UC Irvine | Timothy Hughes inbounds the ball | 33-30 |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:42 | UC Irvine | Joseph Messner buries a shot from the left side | 35-30 |
| 19:16 | Butler | Thomas Cancel hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left wing | 35-30 |
| 19:15 | UC Irvine | Joseph Messner pulls down the rebound | 35-30 |
| 19:05 | UC Irvine | Joseph Messner throws a bad pass out of bounds | 35-30 |
| 18:43 | Butler | Leon Ottinger can't connect on a fadeaway from the baseline | 35-30 |
| 18:42 | UC Irvine | James Adams pulls down the rebound | 35-30 |
| 18:36 | UC Irvine | Thomas Cancel is called for the reach on Timothy Hughes - foul #1 on Thomas Cancel, team foul #1 | 35-30 |
| 18:31 | UC Irvine | Timothy Hughes clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 35-30 |
| 18:29 | Butler | Thomas Cancel grabs the board | 35-30 |
| 18:22 | Butler | Jonathon McCracken is called for traveling | 35-30 |
| 18:07 | UC Irvine | James Adams hits a 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Thomas Burks | 38-30 |
| 17:54 | Butler | Jonathon McCracken can't connect on a 3 from straight away | 38-30 |
| 17:52 | Butler | Leon Ottinger gets the offensive rebound | 38-30 |
| 17:32 | Butler | Thomas Cancel misses the jumpshot from the free throw line | 38-30 |
| 17:31 | Butler | Van Laffoon tips it in | 38-32 |
| 17:12 | UC Irvine | Scott Johnson buries a driving attempt from the right block on a great pass from James Adams | 40-32 |
| 16:54 | Butler | Jonathon McCracken hits a driving attempt from the right block on a nice dish by Leon Ottinger | 40-34 |
| 16:40 | UC Irvine | Dennis Smith picks off the pass by Joseph Messner | 40-34 |
| 16:36 | Butler | Thomas Cancel banks in the layup set up by Dennis Smith | 40-36 |
| 16:20 | UC Irvine | Timothy Hughes misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 40-36 |
| 16:19 | Butler | Dennis Smith grabs the board | 40-36 |
| 16:00 | Butler | Leon Ottinger drills a fadeaway from the baseline set up by Van Laffoon | 40-38 |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Joseph Messner (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Adams (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. SF - Timothy Hughes (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Scott Johnson (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. C - Thomas Burks (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - Dennis Smith (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Van Laffoon (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SF - Thomas Cancel (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. PF - Leon Ottinger (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - Jonathon McCracken (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:47 | UC Irvine | Joseph Messner scores on a 3 pointer from the left wing set up by Thomas Burks | 43-38 |
| 15:28 | Butler | Jonathon McCracken comes up short on the turnaround near the basket | 43-38 |
| 15:27 | UC Irvine | Timothy Hughes grabs the board | 43-38 |
| 15:20 | UC Irvine | Joseph Messner can't connect on a jumper from the free throw line | 43-38 |
| 15:19 | UC Irvine | Timothy Hughes tips it back up and in | 45-38 |
| 15:05 | Butler | Jonathon McCracken loses the dribble to Scott Johnson | 45-38 |
| 14:48 | UC Irvine | James Adams comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left side but the foul's on Van Laffoon - foul #2 on Van Laffoon, team foul #2 | 45-38 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Jean Johnson (PG), Floyd Fagundes (SF), Patrick Felder (PF), Richard Doody (C) Joseph Messner, Timothy Hughes, Scott Johnson, Thomas Burks | |
| Subs | Butler | Thomas Cartee (PG), Andrew Dunn (SG), Wilson Ward (SF), Bruce Gapinski (PF), Gregory Duncan (C) Dennis Smith, Van Laffoon, Thomas Cancel, Leon Ottinger, Jonathon McCracken | |
| 14:48 | UC Irvine | James Adams makes the 1st free throw | 46-38 |
| 14:48 | UC Irvine | James Adams makes the 2nd free throw | 47-38 |
| 14:31 | Butler | Gregory Duncan clanks a jump hook from the baseline but he's hacked by Richard Doody - foul #1 on Richard Doody, team foul #1 | 47-38 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Darrel Cespedes (SG) James Adams | |
| Subs | Butler | | |
| 14:31 | Butler | Gregory Duncan makes the 1st free throw | 47-39 |
| 14:31 | Butler | Gregory Duncan misses the 2nd free throw | 47-39 |
| 14:31 | UC Irvine | Patrick Felder gets the rebound | 47-39 |
| 14:16 | UC Irvine | Richard Doody blows the dunk but the foul's on Bruce Gapinski - foul #1 on Bruce Gapinski, team foul #3 | 47-39 |
| 14:16 | UC Irvine | Richard Doody makes the 1st free throw | 48-39 |
| 14:16 | UC Irvine | Richard Doody makes the 2nd free throw | 49-39 |
| 13:53 | Butler | Thomas Cartee scores on a jumpshot from the free throw line on a great pass from Wilson Ward | 49-41 |
| 13:24 | UC Irvine | Darrel Cespedes is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on Darrel Cespedes, team foul #2 | 49-41 |
| 13:01 | Butler | Wilson Ward is hacked by Richard Doody - foul #2 on Richard Doody, team foul #3 | 49-41 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | James Adams (SG), Joseph Messner (SF) Darrel Cespedes, Floyd Fagundes | |
| Subs | Butler | Dennis Smith (PG) Thomas Cartee | |
| 12:38 | Butler | James Adams steps in front of the Bruce Gapinski pass | 49-41 |
| 12:15 | UC Irvine | Patrick Felder is hacked by Bruce Gapinski - foul #2 on Bruce Gapinski, team foul #4 | 49-41 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Timothy Hughes (SF), Scott Johnson (C) Joseph Messner, Richard Doody | |
| Subs | Butler | Thomas Cancel (SF), Jonathon McCracken (C) Wilson Ward, Bruce Gapinski | |
| 12:03 | UC Irvine | Patrick Felder hits a turnaround from the baseline set up by James Adams | 51-41 |
| 11:48 | Butler | James Adams steals the ball from Jonathon McCracken | 51-41 |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Jean Johnson (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - James Adams (fresh) 16 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SF - Timothy Hughes (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. PF - Patrick Felder (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Scott Johnson (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - Dennis Smith (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Andrew Dunn (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Thomas Cancel (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. PF - Gregory Duncan (fairly fresh) 1 pts. C - Jonathon McCracken (fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:24 | UC Irvine | Timothy Hughes connects on the 3pt attempt from the right wing on a great pass from James Adams | 54-41 |
| 11:09 | Butler | Thomas Cancel misses the jumper from the baseline but he's fouled by Patrick Felder - foul #4 on Patrick Felder, team foul #4 | 54-41 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Joseph Messner (PG), Floyd Fagundes (PF) Jean Johnson, Patrick Felder | |
| Subs | Butler | Harold Finnie (SG), Leon Ottinger (PF) Andrew Dunn, Gregory Duncan | |
| 11:09 | Butler | Thomas Cancel makes the 1st free throw | 54-42 |
| 11:09 | Butler | Thomas Cancel makes the 2nd free throw | 54-43 |
| 10:59 | UC Irvine | Leon Ottinger takes the ball from Scott Johnson | 54-43 |
| 10:47 | Butler | Harold Finnie buries a 3 from straight away on a great pass from Thomas Cancel | 54-46 |
| 10:25 | UC Irvine | Leon Ottinger denies the turnaround by Floyd Fagundes | 54-46 |
| 10:24 | Butler | Thomas Cancel gets the rebound | 54-46 |
| 10:00 | Butler | Leon Ottinger connects on the shot in the lane | 54-48 |
| 09:39 | UC Irvine | Floyd Fagundes knocks in the shot from the right block on a nice dish by Joseph Messner and the foul's on Leon Ottinger - foul #2 on Leon Ottinger, team foul #5 | 56-48 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Jean Johnson (PG), Richard Doody (PF), Thomas Burks (C) James Adams, Timothy Hughes, Scott Johnson | |
| Subs | Butler | Thomas Cartee (PG), Van Laffoon (SG), Wilson Ward (SF), Bruce Gapinski (C) Dennis Smith, Harold Finnie, Thomas Cancel, Jonathon McCracken | |
| 09:39 | UC Irvine | Floyd Fagundes misses the free throw | 56-48 |
| 09:39 | Butler | Leon Ottinger snags the defensive board | 56-48 |
| 09:22 | Butler | Wilson Ward comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 56-48 |
| 09:21 | UC Irvine | Richard Doody gets the rebound | 56-48 |
| 09:16 | UC Irvine | Thomas Burks is called for the illegal screen - foul #1 on Thomas Burks, team foul #5 | 56-48 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | | |
| Subs | Butler | Gregory Duncan (C) Leon Ottinger | |
| 08:48 | Butler | Wilson Ward hits a turnaround from close range on a great pass from Thomas Cartee and he's fouled by Jean Johnson - foul #4 on Jean Johnson, team foul #6 | 56-50 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Darrel Cespedes (SG) Jean Johnson | |
| Subs | Butler | | |
| 08:48 | Butler | Wilson Ward makes the free throw | 56-51 |
| 08:30 | UC Irvine | Thomas Burks comes up short on the shot in the lane | 56-51 |
| 08:29 | UC Irvine | Richard Doody pulls down the offensive rebound | 56-51 |
| 08:18 | UC Irvine | Thomas Cartee is called for the reach on Thomas Burks - foul #2 on Thomas Cartee, team foul #6 | 56-51 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | James Adams (SG), Scott Johnson (SF) Darrel Cespedes, Floyd Fagundes | |
| Subs | Butler | Dennis Smith (PG), Thomas Cancel (SF) Thomas Cartee, Wilson Ward | |
| 08:01 | UC Irvine | James Adams misses long on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 56-51 |
| 07:59 | Butler | The rebound goes to Bruce Gapinski | 56-51 |
| 07:39 | Butler | Dennis Smith clanks a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 56-51 |
| 07:38 | UC Irvine | The rebound goes to James Adams | 56-51 |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Joseph Messner (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - James Adams (fresh) 16 pts. 4 ast. 3 stl. SF - Scott Johnson (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. PF - Richard Doody (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Thomas Burks (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - Dennis Smith (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Van Laffoon (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SF - Thomas Cancel (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. PF - Bruce Gapinski (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Gregory Duncan (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 07:14 | UC Irvine | Scott Johnson lays it in set up by Richard Doody and he's hacked by Bruce Gapinski - foul #3 on Bruce Gapinski, team foul #7 | 58-51 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Jean Johnson (PG), Timothy Hughes (SF), Patrick Felder (PF) Joseph Messner, Richard Doody, Thomas Burks | |
| Subs | Butler | Andrew Dunn (SG), Leon Ottinger (PF), Jonathon McCracken (C) Van Laffoon, Bruce Gapinski, Gregory Duncan | |
| 07:14 | UC Irvine | Scott Johnson misses the free throw | 58-51 |
| 07:14 | Butler | Leon Ottinger grabs the board | 58-51 |
| 06:58 | Butler | Jonathon McCracken can't finish the layup | 58-51 |
| 06:56 | Butler | Dennis Smith tips it in | 58-53 |
| 06:37 | UC Irvine | Patrick Felder can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 58-53 |
| 06:36 | UC Irvine | Timothy Hughes snags the offensive board | 58-53 |
| 06:30 | UC Irvine | Andrew Dunn steals it from James Adams | 58-53 |
| 06:25 | Butler | Andrew Dunn lays it up and in | 58-55 |
| 06:06 | UC Irvine | Jean Johnson comes up short on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 58-55 |
| 06:04 | Butler | Jonathon McCracken gets the rebound | 58-55 |
| 05:45 | Butler | Leon Ottinger misses badly on a jump hook in the paint | 58-55 |
| 05:44 | UC Irvine | Patrick Felder grabs the board | 58-55 |
| 05:37 | UC Irvine | James Adams hits a jumper from the left block on a nice dish by Patrick Felder | 60-55 |
| 05:18 | Butler | Leon Ottinger can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Scott Johnson - foul #1 on Scott Johnson, team foul #7 | 60-55 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Joseph Messner (SG), Thomas Burks (C) James Adams, Scott Johnson | |
| Subs | Butler | Thomas Cartee (PG), Wilson Ward (SF) Dennis Smith, Thomas Cancel | |
| 05:18 | Butler | Leon Ottinger makes the 1st free throw | 60-56 |
| 05:18 | Butler | Leon Ottinger makes the 2nd free throw | 60-57 |
| 04:57 | UC Irvine | Jean Johnson travels with the ball | 60-57 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | | |
| Subs | Butler | Van Laffoon (SG), Bruce Gapinski (PF) Andrew Dunn, Leon Ottinger | |
| 04:28 | Butler | The short jumper by Jonathon McCracken is denied by Timothy Hughes | 60-57 |
| 04:27 | Butler | Van Laffoon gets the offensive rebound | 60-57 |
| 04:09 | Butler | Van Laffoon misses long on a 3 from straight away | 60-57 |
| 04:07 | Butler | Bruce Gapinski snags the offensive board | 60-57 |
| 03:54 | Butler | Wilson Ward throws a bad pass out of bounds | 60-57 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | James Adams (SG), Floyd Fagundes (SF), Richard Doody (PF) Jean Johnson, Timothy Hughes, Patrick Felder | |
| Subs | Butler | Dennis Smith (PG), Gregory Duncan (C) Thomas Cartee, Jonathon McCracken | |
| 03:40 | UC Irvine | Thomas Burks buries a jumper from the baseline on a great pass from Richard Doody | 62-57 |
| Lineup | UC Irvine | PG - Joseph Messner (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - James Adams (fresh) 18 pts. 4 ast. 3 stl. SF - Floyd Fagundes (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Richard Doody (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Thomas Burks (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - Dennis Smith (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Van Laffoon (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SF - Wilson Ward (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Bruce Gapinski (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Gregory Duncan (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 03:20 | Butler | Dennis Smith misses long on a fadeaway from the left wing | 62-57 |
| 03:18 | UC Irvine | Floyd Fagundes grabs the board | 62-57 |
| 02:56 | UC Irvine | Thomas Burks is hacked by Gregory Duncan - foul #1 on Gregory Duncan, team foul #8 | 62-57 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Scott Johnson (SF), Patrick Felder (PF) Floyd Fagundes, Richard Doody | |
| Subs | Butler | Andrew Dunn (SG), Thomas Cancel (SF), Leon Ottinger (PF) Van Laffoon, Wilson Ward, Gregory Duncan | |
| 02:56 | UC Irvine | Thomas Burks misses the 1st free throw | 62-57 |
| 02:56 | Butler | Bruce Gapinski pulls down the rebound | 62-57 |
| 02:56 | Butler | Butler calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 62-57 |
| 02:47 | Butler | Bruce Gapinski's layup is rejected by Patrick Felder | 62-57 |
| 02:46 | UC Irvine | James Adams pulls down the rebound | 62-57 |
| 02:46 | UC Irvine | UC Irvine calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 62-57 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Jean Johnson (PG), Timothy Hughes (SF) Joseph Messner, Scott Johnson | |
| Subs | Butler | Van Laffoon (SG), Jonathon McCracken (C) Andrew Dunn, Bruce Gapinski | |
| 02:26 | UC Irvine | Thomas Burks misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Van Laffoon - foul #3 on Van Laffoon, team foul #9 | 62-57 |
| 02:26 | UC Irvine | Thomas Burks makes the 1st free throw | 63-57 |
| 02:26 | UC Irvine | Thomas Burks makes the 2nd free throw | 64-57 |
| 02:17 | Butler | Van Laffoon comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 64-57 |
| 02:15 | UC Irvine | Thomas Burks gets the rebound | 64-57 |
| 01:56 | UC Irvine | Patrick Felder drills a 3pt shot from the right corner set up by James Adams | 67-57 |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 01:43 | Butler | Dennis Smith clanks a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 67-57 |
| 01:42 | Butler | Jonathon McCracken grabs the offensive rebound | 67-57 |
| 01:31 | Butler | Thomas Cancel misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 67-57 |
| 01:29 | UC Irvine | Patrick Felder grabs the board | 67-57 |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 01:03 | UC Irvine | Jean Johnson's pass is intercepted by Thomas Cancel | 67-57 |
| 00:59 | Butler | Thomas Cancel throws it down | 67-59 |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:57 | UC Irvine | Van Laffoon is called for the reach on James Adams in the backcourt - foul #4 on Van Laffoon, team foul #10 | 67-59 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | Floyd Fagundes (PF), Scott Johnson (C) Patrick Felder, Thomas Burks | |
| Subs | Butler | | |
| 00:57 | UC Irvine | James Adams makes the 1st free throw | 68-59 |
| 00:57 | UC Irvine | James Adams makes the 2nd free throw | 69-59 |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:49 | Butler | Jonathon McCracken hits the front of the rim on the turnaround in the lane | 69-59 |
| 00:47 | Butler | Thomas Cancel grabs the offensive board | 69-59 |
| 00:44 | Butler | Dennis Smith comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 69-59 |
| 00:43 | UC Irvine | Scott Johnson grabs the defensive rebound | 69-59 |
| 00:40 | UC Irvine | Scott Johnson is fouled in the backcourt by Dennis Smith - foul #2 on Dennis Smith, team foul #11 | 69-59 |
| Subs | UC Irvine | John Baker (PG), Darrel Cespedes (SG), Joseph Messner (SF) Jean Johnson, James Adams, Timothy Hughes | |
| Subs | Butler | Thomas Cartee (PG), Andrew Dunn (SG), Wilson Ward (SF), Bruce Gapinski (PF), Gregory Duncan (C) Dennis Smith, Van Laffoon, Thomas Cancel, Leon Ottinger, Jonathon McCracken | |
| 00:40 | UC Irvine | Scott Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 70-59 |
| 00:40 | UC Irvine | Scott Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 71-59 |
| 00:33 | Butler | Wilson Ward misses the shot from the right wing | 71-59 |
| 00:32 | Butler | Bruce Gapinski tips it home | 71-61 |
| Game Plan | UC Irvine | UC Irvine is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:09 | UC Irvine | Joseph Messner lays it up and in | 73-61 |
| 00:03 | Butler | Darrel Cespedes takes the ball from Andrew Dunn | 73-61 |
| 00:00 | UC Irvine | John Baker runs out the clock | 73-61 |