| Lineup | Kansas State | PG - Eric Wiggin (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Shawn Kenney (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Mack Peiffer (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. PF - Harold Nolen (fresh) 2 reb. C - Fred Aman (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Ruben Scriven (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Harry Tovar (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Philip Cuthbertson (fresh) 2 reb. PF - William Burr (fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. C - David Coyer (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Kansas State | Mack Peiffer inbounds the ball | 28-24 |
| Game Plan | Kansas State | Kansas State is playing a triangle offense and a halfcourt press/man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+4) | |
| 19:46 | Kansas State | Harold Nolen drills a driving attempt near the basket on a great pass from Eric Wiggin | 30-24 |
| 19:29 | Tennessee | William Burr misses the easy open layup but he's hacked by Harold Nolen - foul #3 on Harold Nolen, team foul #1 | 30-24 |
| 19:29 | Tennessee | William Burr makes the 1st free throw | 30-25 |
| 19:29 | Tennessee | William Burr makes the 2nd free throw | 30-26 |
| 19:15 | Kansas State | Fred Aman misses the dunk | 30-26 |
| 19:13 | Kansas State | Fred Aman tips it back up and in | 32-26 |
| 18:55 | Tennessee | William Burr misses the jumper from the left side | 32-26 |
| 18:54 | Tennessee | William Burr can't tip it in | 32-26 |
| 18:52 | Tennessee | Philip Cuthbertson tips it home | 32-28 |
| 18:33 | Kansas State | Harold Nolen can't finish the layup but he's fouled by David Coyer - foul #1 on David Coyer, team foul #1 | 32-28 |
| 18:33 | Kansas State | Harold Nolen makes the 1st free throw | 33-28 |
| 18:33 | Kansas State | Harold Nolen makes the 2nd free throw | 34-28 |
| 18:22 | Tennessee | Ruben Scriven buries a 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Harry Tovar | 34-31 |
| 18:05 | Kansas State | William Burr picks off the pass by Mack Peiffer | 34-31 |
| 17:43 | Tennessee | Harry Tovar misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 34-31 |
| 17:42 | Tennessee | David Coyer snags the offensive board | 34-31 |
| 17:14 | Tennessee | Harry Tovar drills a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 34-34 |
| 16:53 | Kansas State | Eric Wiggin makes the shot from just outside the lane | 36-34 |
| 16:50 | Tennessee | Ruben Scriven loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 36-34 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Michael Loza (PG), Michael Cramer (SG), Stanley Rhodes (PF), Timothy Gray (C) Eric Wiggin, Shawn Kenney, Harold Nolen, Fred Aman | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Mark McKee (PG), Stephan Clark (SF) Ruben Scriven, Philip Cuthbertson | |
| 16:42 | Kansas State | Michael Cramer hits a 3pt attempt from straight away | 39-34 |
| 16:30 | Tennessee | Mark McKee hits a 3 from the left corner | 39-37 |
| 16:12 | Kansas State | Stanley Rhodes loses the ball out of bounds | 39-37 |
| 15:50 | Tennessee | William Burr hits the finger roll | 39-39 |
| Lineup | Kansas State | PG - Michael Loza (fresh) SG - Michael Cramer (fresh) 7 pts. 3 pf. SF - Mack Peiffer (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. PF - Stanley Rhodes (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Timothy Gray (fresh) 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Mark McKee (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Harry Tovar (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SF - Stephan Clark (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - William Burr (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 7 reb. C - David Coyer (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:27 | Kansas State | Michael Cramer can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 39-39 |
| 15:25 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to Harry Tovar | 39-39 |
| 15:04 | Tennessee | Stephan Clark is hacked by Mack Peiffer - foul #2 on Mack Peiffer, team foul #2 | 39-39 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Shawn Kenney (SG), Harold Nolen (PF) Mack Peiffer, Timothy Gray | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Ruben Scriven (PG), Zachary Frey (SF), Nelson Williams (C) Mark McKee, Stephan Clark, David Coyer | |
| 14:49 | Tennessee | Zachary Frey clanks a 3 from the right wing | 39-39 |
| 14:47 | Tennessee | Nelson Williams tips it in | 39-41 |
| 14:25 | Kansas State | Michael Cramer's floater is tipped away by Zachary Frey | 39-41 |
| 14:23 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to William Burr | 39-41 |
| 14:18 | Tennessee | Harry Tovar throws a bad pass out of bounds | 39-41 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Eric Wiggin (PG), Mack Peiffer (SF), Fred Aman (C) Michael Loza, Michael Cramer, Stanley Rhodes | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Stephan Clark (SG) Harry Tovar | |
| 14:03 | Kansas State | Harold Nolen misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 39-41 |
| 14:02 | Tennessee | Stephan Clark pulls down the rebound | 39-41 |
| 13:41 | Tennessee | William Burr hits the front of the rim on the floater in the paint | 39-41 |
| 13:39 | Kansas State | Fred Aman snags the defensive board | 39-41 |
| 13:26 | Kansas State | Shawn Kenney evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 39-41 |
| 13:25 | Tennessee | Zachary Frey grabs the board | 39-41 |
| 13:21 | Tennessee | Stephan Clark knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 39-43 |
| 12:58 | Kansas State | Shawn Kenney is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a shot from the left side but he's fouled by Zachary Frey - foul #4 on Zachary Frey, team foul #2 | 39-43 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Michael Cramer (SG), Timothy Gray (C) Harold Nolen, Fred Aman | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Harry Tovar (SG), Philip Cuthbertson (SF), Jeffrey Lowman (PF), David Coyer (C) Stephan Clark, Zachary Frey, William Burr, Nelson Williams | |
| 12:58 | Kansas State | Shawn Kenney makes the 1st free throw | 40-43 |
| 12:58 | Kansas State | Shawn Kenney misses the 2nd free throw | 40-43 |
| 12:58 | Tennessee | Jeffrey Lowman snags the defensive board | 40-43 |
| 12:38 | Tennessee | Ruben Scriven comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 40-43 |
| 12:36 | Tennessee | The offensive rebound goes to Philip Cuthbertson | 40-43 |
| 12:18 | Tennessee | Harry Tovar can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Mack Peiffer - foul #3 on Mack Peiffer, team foul #3 | 40-43 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Michael Loza (PG), Stanley Rhodes (PF) Eric Wiggin, Shawn Kenney | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Mark McKee (PG) Ruben Scriven | |
| 12:18 | Tennessee | Harry Tovar makes the 1st free throw | 40-44 |
| 12:18 | Tennessee | Harry Tovar misses the 2nd free throw | 40-44 |
| 12:18 | Kansas State | Stanley Rhodes snags the defensive board | 40-44 |
| 11:50 | Kansas State | Timothy Gray is fouled on the floor by David Coyer - foul #2 on David Coyer, team foul #3 | 40-44 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Fred Aman (C) Timothy Gray | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| Lineup | Kansas State | PG - Michael Loza (fresh) SG - Michael Cramer (fresh) 7 pts. 3 pf. SF - Mack Peiffer (tiring) 6 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. PF - Stanley Rhodes (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Fred Aman (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Mark McKee (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Harry Tovar (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. SF - Philip Cuthbertson (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Jeffrey Lowman (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - David Coyer (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:37 | Kansas State | Michael Cramer scores on a jump hook near the basket set up by Michael Loza | 42-44 |
| 11:19 | Tennessee | Harry Tovar clanks a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 42-44 |
| 11:18 | Kansas State | Fred Aman grabs the defensive rebound | 42-44 |
| 11:12 | Kansas State | Michael Cramer clanks a jumpshot from the right side | 42-44 |
| 11:11 | Tennessee | Jeffrey Lowman gets the rebound | 42-44 |
| 10:55 | Tennessee | David Coyer hits a floater from the free throw line set up by Mark McKee and he's fouled by Fred Aman - foul #1 on Fred Aman, team foul #4 | 42-46 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Eric Wiggin (PG), Shawn Kenney (SF), Harold Nolen (PF) Michael Cramer, Mack Peiffer, Stanley Rhodes | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Ruben Scriven (PG), Stephan Clark (SG), William Burr (PF) Mark McKee, Harry Tovar, Jeffrey Lowman | |
| 10:55 | Tennessee | David Coyer misses the free throw | 42-46 |
| 10:55 | Kansas State | Fred Aman gets the rebound | 42-46 |
| 10:30 | Kansas State | Shawn Kenney evades the doubleteam but misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 42-46 |
| 10:28 | Kansas State | Eric Wiggin grabs the offensive board | 42-46 |
| 10:08 | Kansas State | Fred Aman is hacked by David Coyer - foul #3 on David Coyer, team foul #4 | 42-46 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Mack Peiffer (SF), Timothy Gray (C) Michael Loza, Fred Aman | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Michael Willis (SG), Nelson Williams (C) Philip Cuthbertson, David Coyer | |
| 09:49 | Kansas State | Harold Nolen comes up short on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 42-46 |
| 09:47 | Kansas State | The offensive rebound goes to Mack Peiffer | 42-46 |
| 09:30 | Kansas State | William Burr swats the layup by Harold Nolen | 42-46 |
| 09:29 | Tennessee | Nelson Williams grabs the board | 42-46 |
| 09:13 | Tennessee | Harold Nolen steals it from Ruben Scriven | 42-46 |
| 08:50 | Kansas State | Eric Wiggin buries a jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Mack Peiffer | 44-46 |
| 08:39 | Tennessee | Ruben Scriven makes the wide open jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Michael Willis | 44-48 |
| 08:23 | Kansas State | Shawn Kenney misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 44-48 |
| 08:22 | Kansas State | Shawn Kenney grabs the offensive board | 44-48 |
| 08:13 | Kansas State | Harold Nolen misses the lay-in | 44-48 |
| 08:11 | Tennessee | Nelson Williams grabs the defensive rebound | 44-48 |
| 07:54 | Tennessee | Stephan Clark can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 44-48 |
| 07:52 | Kansas State | Timothy Gray grabs the board | 44-48 |
| Lineup | Kansas State | PG - Eric Wiggin (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SG - Shawn Kenney (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - Mack Peiffer (tiring) 6 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. PF - Harold Nolen (tiring) 4 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. C - Timothy Gray (fairly fresh) 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Ruben Scriven (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Willis (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Stephan Clark (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. PF - William Burr (tiring) 13 pts. 8 reb. C - Nelson Williams (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:41 | Kansas State | Shawn Kenney hits a jumpshot from the right side | 46-48 |
| 07:25 | Tennessee | Ruben Scriven is fouled on the floor by Eric Wiggin - foul #3 on Eric Wiggin, team foul #5 | 46-48 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Michael Loza (PG), Michael Cramer (SG), Stanley Rhodes (PF), Fred Aman (C) Eric Wiggin, Mack Peiffer, Harold Nolen, Timothy Gray | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Mark McKee (PG), Harry Tovar (SG), Zachary Frey (SF), Jeffrey Lowman (PF), David Coyer (C) Ruben Scriven, Michael Willis, Stephan Clark, William Burr, Nelson Williams | |
| 07:09 | Tennessee | Zachary Frey misses long on a jumper from the free throw line | 46-48 |
| 07:08 | Kansas State | Fred Aman snags the defensive board | 46-48 |
| 06:58 | Kansas State | Michael Cramer can't connect on an uncontested 3pt attempt from the right corner | 46-48 |
| 06:57 | Kansas State | The offensive rebound goes to Shawn Kenney | 46-48 |
| 06:45 | Kansas State | Michael Cramer buries a fadeaway from just outside the lane on a great pass from Michael Loza | 48-48 |
| 06:31 | Tennessee | Zachary Frey is whistled for traveling | 48-48 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Mack Peiffer (SF) Shawn Kenney | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 06:13 | Kansas State | Michael Loza is called for a moving pick - foul #1 on Michael Loza, team foul #6 | 48-48 |
| 05:57 | Tennessee | Michael Cramer steals the ball from David Coyer | 48-48 |
| 05:53 | Kansas State | Michael Loza can't finish the layup | 48-48 |
| 05:52 | Kansas State | Fred Aman gets the offensive rebound | 48-48 |
| 05:43 | Kansas State | Michael Cramer makes the pull-up jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Mack Peiffer | 50-48 |
| 05:28 | Tennessee | Harry Tovar loses the ball out of bounds | 50-48 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Harold Nolen (PF) Stanley Rhodes | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Ruben Scriven (PG), Philip Cuthbertson (SF), William Burr (PF), Nelson Williams (C) Mark McKee, Zachary Frey, Jeffrey Lowman, David Coyer | |
| 05:16 | Kansas State | Harold Nolen buries a shot from the right block on a nice dish by Michael Loza and he's fouled by Ruben Scriven - foul #2 on Ruben Scriven, team foul #5 | 52-48 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Timothy Gray (C) Fred Aman | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 05:16 | Kansas State | Harold Nolen makes the free throw | 53-48 |
| 05:01 | Tennessee | Harry Tovar buries a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 53-51 |
| 04:37 | Kansas State | Michael Loza can't connect on a floater from the right wing but he's hacked by Ruben Scriven - foul #3 on Ruben Scriven, team foul #6 | 53-51 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Eric Wiggin (SG), Shawn Kenney (SF) Michael Cramer, Mack Peiffer | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 04:37 | Kansas State | Michael Loza misses the 1st free throw | 53-51 |
| 04:37 | Kansas State | Michael Loza makes the 2nd free throw | 54-51 |
| 04:19 | Tennessee | Harry Tovar misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 54-51 |
| 04:17 | Kansas State | Harold Nolen pulls down the rebound | 54-51 |
| 03:54 | Kansas State | Michael Loza's floater is knocked away by William Burr | 54-51 |
| 03:52 | Tennessee | Nelson Williams grabs the defensive rebound | 54-51 |
| Lineup | Kansas State | PG - Michael Loza (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 3 ast. SG - Eric Wiggin (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - Shawn Kenney (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. PF - Harold Nolen (tiring) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. C - Timothy Gray (fairly fresh) 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Ruben Scriven (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Harry Tovar (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 2 ast. SF - Philip Cuthbertson (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - William Burr (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 8 reb. 2 blk. C - Nelson Williams (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:31 | Tennessee | Ruben Scriven can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Harold Nolen - foul #4 on Harold Nolen, team foul #7 | 54-51 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Mack Peiffer (SF), Stanley Rhodes (PF), Fred Aman (C) Michael Loza, Harold Nolen, Timothy Gray | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Stephan Clark (SG), Zachary Frey (SF), David Coyer (C) Harry Tovar, Philip Cuthbertson, Nelson Williams | |
| 03:31 | Tennessee | Ruben Scriven makes the 1st free throw | 54-52 |
| 03:31 | Tennessee | Ruben Scriven makes the 2nd free throw | 54-53 |
| 03:19 | Kansas State | Shawn Kenney's pass out of the doubleteam is intercepted by Stephan Clark | 54-53 |
| 03:09 | Tennessee | William Burr hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the free throw line | 54-53 |
| 03:07 | Kansas State | The rebound goes to Fred Aman | 54-53 |
| 02:56 | Kansas State | Eric Wiggin misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 54-53 |
| 02:54 | Tennessee | David Coyer grabs the defensive rebound | 54-53 |
| 02:48 | Tennessee | Stephan Clark is called for traveling | 54-53 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Michael Cramer (SG) Shawn Kenney | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Mark McKee (PG), Jeffrey Lowman (PF) Ruben Scriven, William Burr | |
| 02:33 | Kansas State | Fred Aman loses the ball out of bounds | 54-53 |
| 02:30 | Tennessee | Tennessee calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 54-53 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Michael Loza (SG) Mack Peiffer | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Ruben Scriven (PG), Harry Tovar (SG), William Burr (PF) Mark McKee, Stephan Clark, Jeffrey Lowman | |
| 02:15 | Tennessee | Harry Tovar misses the 3 pointer from straight away | 54-53 |
| 02:14 | Kansas State | Fred Aman snags the defensive board | 54-53 |
| 01:50 | Kansas State | Eric Wiggin is called for the illegal screen - foul #4 on Eric Wiggin, team foul #8 | 54-53 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Shawn Kenney (SG), Mack Peiffer (SF), Harold Nolen (PF) Michael Loza, Michael Cramer, Stanley Rhodes | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 01:37 | Tennessee | David Coyer can't connect on a jumpshot from the left side | 54-53 |
| 01:36 | Kansas State | The rebound goes to Shawn Kenney | 54-53 |
| 01:25 | Kansas State | Harold Nolen is fouled on the floor by William Burr - foul #1 on William Burr, team foul #7 | 54-53 |
| 01:25 | Kansas State | Harold Nolen misses the 1st free throw | 54-53 |
| 01:25 | Tennessee | William Burr gets the rebound | 54-53 |
| 01:07 | Tennessee | Zachary Frey clanks a 3 from the left wing | 54-53 |
| 01:05 | Kansas State | Fred Aman snags the defensive board | 54-53 |
| 00:53 | Kansas State | Mack Peiffer comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 54-53 |
| 00:52 | Kansas State | Harold Nolen grabs the offensive board | 54-53 |
| Game Plan | Kansas State | Kansas State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+4) | |
| 00:25 | Kansas State | Shawn Kenney clanks a jumper from just outside the lane | 54-53 |
| 00:24 | Tennessee | William Burr grabs the board | 54-53 |
| 00:02 | Tennessee | William Burr travels with the ball | 54-53 |
| Game Plan | Kansas State | Kansas State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a motion offense and intentionally fouling (+4) | |
| 00:01 | Kansas State | Eric Wiggin is hacked by Ruben Scriven in the backcourt - foul #4 on Ruben Scriven, team foul #8 | 54-53 |
| 00:01 | Kansas State | Eric Wiggin misses the 1st free throw | 54-53 |
| 00:01 | Tennessee | David Coyer gets the rebound | 54-53 |
| Game Plan | Kansas State | Kansas State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+4) | |
| 00:00 | Tennessee | David Coyer comes up short on the fullcourt shot | 54-53 |