| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Dante Hill (fresh) SG - Frederick Zupfer (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Andrew Gaughan (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Henry Potter (fresh) 2 reb. C - Spencer Johnson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Leonard Thompson (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Eric Ansley (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Walter Knowles (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Clarence Opitz (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Jonathan Chappell (fresh) 7 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Michigan State | Walter Knowles inbounds the ball | 19-39 |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:39 | Michigan State | Walter Knowles misses badly on a fadeaway from the left block | 19-39 |
| 19:38 | Notre Dame | Spencer Johnson grabs the board | 19-39 |
| 19:24 | Notre Dame | Dante Hill misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 19-39 |
| 19:23 | Michigan State | Jonathan Chappell grabs the defensive rebound | 19-39 |
| 19:18 | Michigan State | Leonard Thompson is whistled for traveling | 19-39 |
| 19:01 | Notre Dame | Spencer Johnson buries a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 21-39 |
| 18:56 | Michigan State | Walter Knowles can't connect on a fadeaway from close range but he's hacked by Frederick Zupfer - foul #1 on Frederick Zupfer, team foul #1 | 21-39 |
| 18:56 | Michigan State | Walter Knowles makes the 1st free throw | 21-40 |
| 18:56 | Michigan State | Walter Knowles makes the 2nd free throw | 21-41 |
| 18:40 | Notre Dame | Henry Potter comes up short on the jumper from the right side | 21-41 |
| 18:39 | Michigan State | Walter Knowles grabs the board | 21-41 |
| 18:24 | Michigan State | Jonathan Chappell hits the front of the rim on the jumper from just outside the lane | 21-41 |
| 18:22 | Michigan State | Clarence Opitz pulls down the offensive rebound | 21-41 |
| 18:11 | Michigan State | Clarence Opitz hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from close range but he's hacked by Henry Potter - foul #2 on Henry Potter, team foul #2 | 21-41 |
| 18:11 | Michigan State | Clarence Opitz makes the 1st free throw | 21-42 |
| 18:11 | Michigan State | Clarence Opitz misses the 2nd free throw | 21-42 |
| 18:11 | Notre Dame | Henry Potter grabs the board | 21-42 |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 17:53 | Notre Dame | Spencer Johnson's floater is knocked away by Walter Knowles | 21-42 |
| 17:52 | Michigan State | Walter Knowles grabs the board | 21-42 |
| 17:29 | Michigan State | Jonathan Chappell scores on a shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Leonard Thompson | 21-44 |
| 17:15 | Notre Dame | Spencer Johnson is called for traveling | 21-44 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Cole Livingston (PG), Robert Husky (SG) Dante Hill, Frederick Zupfer | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Patrick Wilkinson (SF), Patrick Weissman (PF), Roy Hill (C) Walter Knowles, Clarence Opitz, Jonathan Chappell | |
| 16:57 | Michigan State | Roy Hill comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Spencer Johnson - foul #2 on Spencer Johnson, team foul #3 | 21-44 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Eugene Courtemanche (SF), Gregory Reason (PF) Andrew Gaughan, Henry Potter | |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| 16:57 | Michigan State | Roy Hill makes the 1st free throw | 21-45 |
| 16:57 | Michigan State | Roy Hill misses the 2nd free throw | 21-45 |
| 16:57 | Notre Dame | Gregory Reason grabs the board | 21-45 |
| 16:46 | Notre Dame | Eugene Courtemanche double dribbles | 21-45 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Goran Zsohar (C) Spencer Johnson | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Michael Glass (SG) Eric Ansley | |
| 16:23 | Michigan State | Patrick Wilkinson lays it in on a nice dish by Leonard Thompson and the foul's on Goran Zsohar - foul #1 on Goran Zsohar, team foul #4 | 21-47 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Dante Hill (PG) Cole Livingston | |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| 16:23 | Michigan State | Patrick Wilkinson misses the free throw | 21-47 |
| 16:23 | Notre Dame | Gregory Reason grabs the board | 21-47 |
| 16:19 | Notre Dame | Eugene Courtemanche misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 21-47 |
| 16:17 | Notre Dame | Gregory Reason tips it back up and in | 23-47 |
| 16:03 | Michigan State | Leonard Thompson is whistled for a carry | 23-47 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Frederick Zupfer (SG), Andrew Gaughan (SF) Robert Husky, Eugene Courtemanche | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Jonathan Chappell (C) Roy Hill | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Dante Hill (fresh) SG - Frederick Zupfer (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Andrew Gaughan (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Gregory Reason (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Goran Zsohar (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Leonard Thompson (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 ast. SG - Michael Glass (fresh) SF - Patrick Wilkinson (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Patrick Weissman (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Jonathan Chappell (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:52 | Notre Dame | Frederick Zupfer makes the jumper from the right side | 25-47 |
| 15:47 | Michigan State | Patrick Wilkinson knocks in the shot from the free throw line on a great pass from Michael Glass | 25-49 |
| 15:36 | Notre Dame | Michael Glass is called for the reach on Frederick Zupfer - foul #1 on Michael Glass, team foul #1 | 25-49 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Sterling Borges (PG), Henry Potter (PF), Spencer Johnson (C) Dante Hill, Gregory Reason, Goran Zsohar | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Eric Ansley (SG), Walter Knowles (SF), Clarence Opitz (PF) Michael Glass, Patrick Wilkinson, Patrick Weissman | |
| 15:19 | Notre Dame | Sterling Borges is fouled on the floor by Walter Knowles - foul #1 on Walter Knowles, team foul #2 | 25-49 |
| 15:08 | Notre Dame | Sterling Borges is called for 3 seconds in the lane | 25-49 |
| 14:41 | Michigan State | Clarence Opitz misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 25-49 |
| 14:40 | Notre Dame | The rebound goes to Frederick Zupfer | 25-49 |
| 14:20 | Notre Dame | Frederick Zupfer clanks a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 25-49 |
| 14:19 | Notre Dame | Andrew Gaughan tips it but misses | 25-49 |
| 14:18 | Michigan State | Eric Ansley grabs the board | 25-49 |
| 13:58 | Michigan State | Eric Ansley misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 25-49 |
| 13:57 | Michigan State | Walter Knowles gets the offensive rebound | 25-49 |
| 13:35 | Michigan State | Clarence Opitz clanks a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Sterling Borges - foul #4 on Sterling Borges, team foul #5 | 25-49 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Dante Hill (PG), Robert Husky (SG), Eugene Courtemanche (SF) Sterling Borges, Frederick Zupfer, Andrew Gaughan | |
| Subs | Michigan State | John Kindel (PG), Patrick Wilkinson (SF), Roy Hill (C) Leonard Thompson, Walter Knowles, Jonathan Chappell | |
| 13:35 | Michigan State | Clarence Opitz misses the 1st free throw | 25-49 |
| 13:35 | Michigan State | Clarence Opitz makes the 2nd free throw | 25-50 |
| 13:16 | Notre Dame | Henry Potter misses long on a floater from the right side but the foul's on John Kindel - foul #1 on John Kindel, team foul #3 | 25-50 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Gregory Reason (C) Spencer Johnson | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Michael Glass (SG), Patrick Weissman (PF) Eric Ansley, Clarence Opitz | |
| 13:16 | Notre Dame | Henry Potter makes the 1st free throw | 26-50 |
| 13:16 | Notre Dame | Henry Potter makes the 2nd free throw | 27-50 |
| 12:55 | Michigan State | Patrick Weissman can't connect on a jumpshot from the right wing | 27-50 |
| 12:53 | Notre Dame | Henry Potter grabs the board | 27-50 |
| 12:33 | Notre Dame | Henry Potter loses the ball out of bounds | 27-50 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Goran Zsohar (C) Henry Potter | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Leonard Thompson (PG) John Kindel | |
| 12:18 | Michigan State | Patrick Wilkinson double dribbles | 27-50 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Spencer Johnson (C) Goran Zsohar | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Eric Ansley (SG), Walter Knowles (SF) Michael Glass, Patrick Wilkinson | |
| 12:04 | Notre Dame | Spencer Johnson misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on Roy Hill - foul #1 on Roy Hill, team foul #4 | 27-50 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Andrew Gaughan (SF) Eugene Courtemanche | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Jonathan Chappell (C) Roy Hill | |
| 12:04 | Notre Dame | Spencer Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 28-50 |
| 12:04 | Notre Dame | Spencer Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 29-50 |
| 11:43 | Michigan State | Eric Ansley makes the fadeaway near the basket set up by Leonard Thompson | 29-52 |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Dante Hill (fresh) SG - Robert Husky (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Andrew Gaughan (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Gregory Reason (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Spencer Johnson (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Leonard Thompson (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 ast. SG - Eric Ansley (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Walter Knowles (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. PF - Patrick Weissman (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Jonathan Chappell (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:19 | Notre Dame | Patrick Weissman picks off the pass by Spencer Johnson | 29-52 |
| 11:02 | Michigan State | Walter Knowles hits a driving attempt from the right block on a great pass from Leonard Thompson | 29-54 |
| 10:53 | Notre Dame | Andrew Gaughan is hacked by Patrick Weissman - foul #1 on Patrick Weissman, team foul #5 | 29-54 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Frederick Zupfer (SG), Henry Potter (PF) Robert Husky, Gregory Reason | |
| Subs | Michigan State | John Kindel (PG), Patrick Wilkinson (SF), Clarence Opitz (PF) Leonard Thompson, Walter Knowles, Patrick Weissman | |
| 10:40 | Notre Dame | Henry Potter can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 29-54 |
| 10:39 | Michigan State | Patrick Wilkinson pulls down the rebound | 29-54 |
| 10:24 | Michigan State | John Kindel can't connect on a driving attempt from the right block | 29-54 |
| 10:23 | Notre Dame | Henry Potter gets the rebound | 29-54 |
| 10:08 | Notre Dame | Dante Hill scores on a 3 from the left wing set up by Andrew Gaughan | 32-54 |
| 09:42 | Michigan State | Patrick Wilkinson scores on a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a nice dish by John Kindel | 32-57 |
| 09:26 | Notre Dame | Henry Potter misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 32-57 |
| 09:24 | Notre Dame | Spencer Johnson tips it but misses | 32-57 |
| 09:22 | Michigan State | Clarence Opitz grabs the defensive rebound | 32-57 |
| 09:09 | Michigan State | Spencer Johnson is called for the reach on Jonathan Chappell - foul #3 on Spencer Johnson, team foul #6 | 32-57 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Cole Livingston (PG), Robert Husky (SF), Gregory Reason (C) Dante Hill, Andrew Gaughan, Spencer Johnson | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Leonard Thompson (PG), Walter Knowles (SF), Roy Hill (C) John Kindel, Eric Ansley, Jonathan Chappell | |
| 08:58 | Michigan State | Patrick Wilkinson drills a 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Leonard Thompson | 32-60 |
| 08:40 | Notre Dame | Frederick Zupfer misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 32-60 |
| 08:38 | Michigan State | Roy Hill grabs the board | 32-60 |
| 08:31 | Michigan State | Leonard Thompson comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Cole Livingston - foul #1 on Cole Livingston, team foul #7 | 32-60 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Eugene Courtemanche (SF), Goran Zsohar (C) Frederick Zupfer, Henry Potter | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Michael Glass (SG), Patrick Weissman (PF) Walter Knowles, Clarence Opitz | |
| 08:31 | Michigan State | Leonard Thompson makes the 1st free throw | 32-61 |
| 08:31 | Michigan State | Leonard Thompson misses the 2nd free throw | 32-61 |
| 08:31 | Notre Dame | Gregory Reason gets the rebound | 32-61 |
| 08:14 | Notre Dame | Eugene Courtemanche travels with the ball | 32-61 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| Subs | Michigan State | John Kindel (PG), Jerry Poch (C) Leonard Thompson, Patrick Wilkinson | |
| 07:57 | Michigan State | Patrick Weissman throws a bad pass out of bounds | 32-61 |
| 07:43 | Notre Dame | Eugene Courtemanche buries a 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Cole Livingston | 35-61 |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Cole Livingston (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Robert Husky (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Eugene Courtemanche (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Gregory Reason (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Goran Zsohar (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - John Kindel (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Glass (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Patrick Weissman (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Roy Hill (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Jerry Poch (fresh) | |
| 07:37 | Michigan State | Patrick Weissman banks in the layup | 35-63 |
| 07:26 | Notre Dame | Robert Husky hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 35-63 |
| 07:25 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to Patrick Weissman | 35-63 |
| 07:00 | Michigan State | Robert Husky steals it from Jerry Poch | 35-63 |
| 06:34 | Notre Dame | Robert Husky clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 35-63 |
| 06:32 | Notre Dame | Goran Zsohar snags the offensive board | 35-63 |
| 06:23 | Notre Dame | Robert Husky connects on the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 37-63 |
| 06:13 | Michigan State | Roy Hill hits a floater from the left block set up by Patrick Weissman | 37-65 |
| 05:55 | Notre Dame | Michael Glass is called for the reach on Robert Husky - foul #2 on Michael Glass, team foul #6 | 37-65 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Dante Hill (PG), Robert Barnard (SF) Cole Livingston, Eugene Courtemanche | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Patrick Wilkinson (SF) Jerry Poch | |
| 05:39 | Notre Dame | Dante Hill misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 37-65 |
| 05:38 | Michigan State | Roy Hill gets the rebound | 37-65 |
| 05:31 | Michigan State | Patrick Weissman knocks in the jumpshot from the left wing on a nice dish by John Kindel | 37-67 |
| 05:17 | Notre Dame | Gregory Reason connects on the pull-up jumper from the left side set up by Robert Barnard | 39-67 |
| 04:55 | Michigan State | Roy Hill knocks in the turnaround from the left block set up by Michael Glass | 39-69 |
| 04:32 | Notre Dame | Gregory Reason can't finish the layup | 39-69 |
| 04:31 | Michigan State | John Kindel pulls down the rebound | 39-69 |
| 04:18 | Michigan State | Roy Hill misses short on a turnaround in the lane | 39-69 |
| 04:17 | Michigan State | Patrick Weissman grabs the offensive rebound | 39-69 |
| 03:58 | Michigan State | Patrick Wilkinson can't connect on a driving attempt from the baseline | 39-69 |
| 03:57 | Notre Dame | Dante Hill snags the defensive board | 39-69 |
| 03:37 | Notre Dame | Dante Hill misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 39-69 |
| 03:35 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to Patrick Wilkinson | 39-69 |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Dante Hill (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Robert Husky (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SF - Robert Barnard (fresh) PF - Gregory Reason (tiring) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Goran Zsohar (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - John Kindel (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Michael Glass (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SF - Patrick Wilkinson (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. PF - Patrick Weissman (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - Roy Hill (tiring) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 03:21 | Michigan State | John Kindel misses the jumper from the free throw line | 39-69 |
| 03:19 | Notre Dame | The rebound goes to Goran Zsohar | 39-69 |
| 03:15 | Notre Dame | Michael Glass is called for the reach on Goran Zsohar - foul #3 on Michael Glass, team foul #7 | 39-69 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Cole Livingston (PG), Eugene Courtemanche (SF) Robert Husky, Robert Barnard | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Jerry Poch (C) Roy Hill | |
| 03:15 | Notre Dame | Goran Zsohar misses the 1st free throw | 39-69 |
| 03:15 | Michigan State | Jerry Poch pulls down the rebound | 39-69 |
| 02:59 | Michigan State | John Kindel misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Goran Zsohar - foul #2 on Goran Zsohar, team foul #8 | 39-69 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Robert Husky (SG) Dante Hill | |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| 02:59 | Michigan State | John Kindel misses the 1st free throw | 39-69 |
| 02:59 | Michigan State | John Kindel misses the 2nd free throw | 39-69 |
| 02:59 | Michigan State | Patrick Weissman gets the offensive rebound | 39-69 |
| 02:45 | Michigan State | Patrick Weissman connects on the turnaround from the left block on a great pass from Patrick Wilkinson | 39-71 |
| 02:31 | Notre Dame | Jerry Poch steps in front of the Cole Livingston pass | 39-71 |
| 02:10 | Michigan State | Michael Glass is fouled on the floor by Eugene Courtemanche - foul #1 on Eugene Courtemanche, team foul #9 | 39-71 |
| 02:10 | Michigan State | Michael Glass makes the 1st free throw | 39-72 |
| 02:10 | Michigan State | Michael Glass misses the 2nd free throw | 39-72 |
| 02:10 | Notre Dame | Goran Zsohar gets the rebound | 39-72 |
| 01:56 | Notre Dame | Robert Husky makes the shot from the free throw line on a great pass from Gregory Reason | 41-72 |
| 01:32 | Michigan State | John Kindel buries a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 41-74 |
| 01:15 | Notre Dame | Eugene Courtemanche can't connect on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 41-74 |
| 01:13 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to Patrick Wilkinson | 41-74 |
| 01:02 | Michigan State | John Kindel makes the runner in the lane on a nice dish by Jerry Poch and he's fouled by Robert Husky - foul #2 on Robert Husky, team foul #10 | 41-76 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Dante Hill (PG) Cole Livingston | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Roy Hill (C) Jerry Poch | |
| 01:02 | Michigan State | John Kindel misses the free throw | 41-76 |
| 01:02 | Notre Dame | The rebound goes to Goran Zsohar | 41-76 |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:55 | Notre Dame | Dante Hill comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 41-76 |
| 00:54 | Notre Dame | Eugene Courtemanche tips it but misses | 41-76 |
| 00:52 | Michigan State | Patrick Weissman grabs the defensive rebound | 41-76 |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:24 | Michigan State | John Kindel is fouled on the floor by Dante Hill - foul #2 on Dante Hill, team foul #11 | 41-76 |
| 00:24 | Michigan State | John Kindel makes the 1st free throw | 41-77 |
| 00:24 | Michigan State | John Kindel misses the 2nd free throw | 41-77 |
| 00:24 | Michigan State | The offensive rebound goes to Patrick Weissman | 41-77 |
| 00:00 | Michigan State | John Kindel runs out the clock | 41-77 |