| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Irving Snowden (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Stjepan Kedzierski (fresh) 7 pts. SF - David Schiavo (fresh) PF - Carmelo Moreno (fresh) 2 reb. C - Kevin Hellberg (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Michael Falk (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mark Demoss (fresh) 3 pts. SF - John Talty (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Clifford Worth (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Nicholas Rock (fresh) 2 pts. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Rutgers | David Schiavo inbounds the ball | 19-27 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 19:40 | Rutgers | Clifford Worth takes the ball from Stjepan Kedzierski | 19-27 |
| 19:38 | Villanova | Mark Demoss travels in the backcourt | 19-27 |
| 19:23 | Rutgers | Carmelo Moreno misses long on a jumper from the baseline but he's fouled by Nicholas Rock - foul #2 on Nicholas Rock, team foul #1 | 19-27 |
| 19:23 | Rutgers | Carmelo Moreno makes the 1st free throw | 20-27 |
| 19:23 | Rutgers | Carmelo Moreno misses the 2nd free throw | 20-27 |
| 19:23 | Villanova | The rebound goes to Nicholas Rock | 20-27 |
| 19:21 | Villanova | Irving Snowden is called for the reach on Michael Falk in the backcourt - foul #1 on Irving Snowden, team foul #1 | 20-27 |
| 19:04 | Villanova | Nicholas Rock scores on a turnaround in the lane on a great pass from Mark Demoss | 20-29 |
| 18:45 | Rutgers | Irving Snowden hits a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 23-29 |
| 18:16 | Villanova | Clifford Worth hits the front of the rim on the wide open 3pt shot from the right wing | 23-29 |
| 18:14 | Rutgers | Kevin Hellberg pulls down the rebound | 23-29 |
| 17:52 | Rutgers | Irving Snowden can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 23-29 |
| 17:50 | Villanova | Mark Demoss pulls down the rebound | 23-29 |
| 17:33 | Villanova | Nicholas Rock lays it up and in and he's hacked by Irving Snowden - foul #2 on Irving Snowden, team foul #2 | 23-31 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Julio Martin (PG), Kun Ximines (SG), Daniel Nichol (SF), Jesse Nguyen (PF), Garf Ziebart (C) Irving Snowden, Stjepan Kedzierski, David Schiavo, Carmelo Moreno, Kevin Hellberg | |
| Subs | Villanova | Christopher Patterson (PG), Richard Wallace (SF) Michael Falk, John Talty | |
| 17:33 | Villanova | Nicholas Rock makes the free throw | 23-32 |
| 17:10 | Rutgers | Daniel Nichol's pass is intercepted by Richard Wallace | 23-32 |
| 17:05 | Villanova | Mark Demoss banks in the layup set up by Richard Wallace | 23-34 |
| 16:48 | Rutgers | Garf Ziebart is called for traveling | 23-34 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Villanova | Douglas Colbert (C) Nicholas Rock | |
| 16:30 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson misses long on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Jesse Nguyen - foul #1 on Jesse Nguyen, team foul #3 | 23-34 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Stjepan Kedzierski (SG) Kun Ximines | |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| 16:30 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson makes the 1st free throw | 23-35 |
| 16:30 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson makes the 2nd free throw | 23-36 |
| 16:11 | Rutgers | Garf Ziebart comes up short on the shot from the left wing | 23-36 |
| 16:10 | Villanova | Richard Wallace gets the rebound | 23-36 |
| 15:59 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson can't connect on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 23-36 |
| 15:58 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Stjepan Kedzierski | 23-36 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Julio Martin (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Stjepan Kedzierski (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Daniel Nichol (fresh) 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Jesse Nguyen (fairly fresh) C - Garf Ziebart (fairly fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Christopher Patterson (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Mark Demoss (tiring) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Richard Wallace (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Clifford Worth (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Douglas Colbert (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 15:37 | Rutgers | Daniel Nichol's pass is intercepted by Mark Demoss | 23-36 |
| 15:32 | Villanova | Julio Martin steals it from Christopher Patterson in the backcourt | 23-36 |
| 15:09 | Rutgers | Stjepan Kedzierski hits the finger roll | 25-36 |
| 14:46 | Villanova | Clifford Worth drills a 3pt shot from the left corner | 25-39 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 14:20 | Rutgers | Daniel Nichol misses the shot from the right side | 25-39 |
| 14:18 | Rutgers | Daniel Nichol pulls down the offensive rebound | 25-39 |
| 14:07 | Rutgers | Jesse Nguyen double dribbles | 25-39 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Irving Snowden (PG), Kun Ximines (SG), David Schiavo (SF), Carmelo Moreno (PF), Kevin Hellberg (C) Julio Martin, Stjepan Kedzierski, Daniel Nichol, Jesse Nguyen, Garf Ziebart | |
| Subs | Villanova | Michael Falk (PG), Andrew Atkinson (SG), John Talty (SF) Christopher Patterson, Mark Demoss, Clifford Worth | |
| 14:04 | Villanova | Richard Wallace is hacked by Carmelo Moreno in the backcourt - foul #1 on Carmelo Moreno, team foul #4 | 25-39 |
| 13:43 | Villanova | Michael Falk misses short on a shot from the left wing | 25-39 |
| 13:42 | Rutgers | David Schiavo snags the defensive board | 25-39 |
| 13:24 | Rutgers | Carmelo Moreno hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 25-39 |
| 13:22 | Villanova | Michael Falk grabs the defensive rebound | 25-39 |
| 13:17 | Villanova | Michael Falk hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 25-39 |
| 13:16 | Rutgers | Carmelo Moreno grabs the board | 25-39 |
| 13:01 | Rutgers | Kun Ximines misses badly on a fadeaway from the right wing | 25-39 |
| 13:00 | Villanova | John Talty grabs the defensive rebound | 25-39 |
| 12:38 | Villanova | Andrew Atkinson is whistled for a carry | 25-39 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Edward Donaldson (PG) Irving Snowden | |
| Subs | Villanova | Mark Demoss (SG), John Williams (PF), Nicholas Rock (C) Andrew Atkinson, Richard Wallace, Douglas Colbert | |
| 12:22 | Rutgers | Carmelo Moreno loses the dribble to Mark Demoss | 25-39 |
| 12:03 | Villanova | Nicholas Rock connects on the open 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from John Williams | 25-42 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 11:47 | Rutgers | David Schiavo's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 25-42 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Stjepan Kedzierski (SG) Kun Ximines | |
| Subs | Villanova | Ricardo Morales (PG), Christopher Patterson (SG), Clifford Worth (PF) Michael Falk, Mark Demoss, John Talty | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Edward Donaldson (fresh) SG - Stjepan Kedzierski (fresh) 9 pts. SF - David Schiavo (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Carmelo Moreno (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. C - Kevin Hellberg (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Ricardo Morales (fresh) SG - Christopher Patterson (fresh) 5 pts. SF - John Williams (fresh) PF - Clifford Worth (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Nicholas Rock (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:18 | Villanova | Nicholas Rock hits the front of the rim on the wide open floater from close range | 25-42 |
| 11:17 | Villanova | Clifford Worth grabs the offensive board | 25-42 |
| 11:01 | Villanova | Nicholas Rock can't finish the layup | 25-42 |
| 10:59 | Villanova | The offensive rebound goes to Clifford Worth | 25-42 |
| 10:36 | Villanova | Clifford Worth hits the front of the rim on the jump hook in the lane but he's hacked by Edward Donaldson - foul #2 on Edward Donaldson, team foul #5 | 25-42 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Irving Snowden (PG), Daniel Nichol (SF) Edward Donaldson, David Schiavo | |
| Subs | Villanova | Michael Falk (PG), Andrew Atkinson (SG), Richard Wallace (SF), Kurt Lehner (C) Ricardo Morales, Christopher Patterson, John Williams, Nicholas Rock | |
| 10:36 | Villanova | Clifford Worth misses the 1st free throw | 25-42 |
| 10:36 | Villanova | Clifford Worth misses the 2nd free throw | 25-42 |
| 10:36 | Rutgers | Kevin Hellberg gets the rebound | 25-42 |
| 10:23 | Rutgers | Stjepan Kedzierski misses the easy layup | 25-42 |
| 10:22 | Villanova | Clifford Worth grabs the defensive rebound | 25-42 |
| 10:16 | Villanova | Andrew Atkinson hits the front of the rim on the floater from the baseline but he's hacked by Carmelo Moreno - foul #2 on Carmelo Moreno, team foul #6 | 25-42 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Garf Ziebart (PF) Carmelo Moreno | |
| Subs | Villanova | John Talty (SF) Clifford Worth | |
| 10:16 | Villanova | Andrew Atkinson makes the 1st free throw | 25-43 |
| 10:16 | Villanova | Andrew Atkinson makes the 2nd free throw | 25-44 |
| 10:06 | Rutgers | Stjepan Kedzierski misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Andrew Atkinson - foul #2 on Andrew Atkinson, team foul #2 | 25-44 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Villanova | Douglas Colbert (C) Kurt Lehner | |
| 10:06 | Rutgers | Stjepan Kedzierski misses the 1st free throw | 25-44 |
| 10:06 | Rutgers | Stjepan Kedzierski makes the 2nd free throw | 26-44 |
| 09:43 | Villanova | Andrew Atkinson can't connect on an uncontested driving attempt from the baseline | 26-44 |
| 09:41 | Rutgers | Garf Ziebart snags the defensive board | 26-44 |
| 09:22 | Rutgers | Irving Snowden hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 26-44 |
| 09:21 | Rutgers | Irving Snowden gets the offensive rebound | 26-44 |
| 09:16 | Rutgers | Stjepan Kedzierski is hacked by Andrew Atkinson - foul #3 on Andrew Atkinson, team foul #3 | 26-44 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Julio Martin (SG), Edward Donaldson (SF), Jesse Nguyen (PF), Carmelo Moreno (C) Stjepan Kedzierski, Daniel Nichol, Garf Ziebart, Kevin Hellberg | |
| Subs | Villanova | Ricardo Morales (PG), Christopher Patterson (SG), Kurt Lehner (C) Michael Falk, Andrew Atkinson, Douglas Colbert | |
| 08:53 | Rutgers | Carmelo Moreno scores on a jump hook near the basket set up by Edward Donaldson | 28-44 |
| 08:49 | Villanova | Ricardo Morales throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 28-44 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Kun Ximines (SG) Irving Snowden | |
| Subs | Villanova | Clifford Worth (PF), Nicholas Rock (C) Richard Wallace, Kurt Lehner | |
| 08:40 | Rutgers | Jesse Nguyen comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 28-44 |
| 08:39 | Rutgers | Jesse Nguyen misses the tip | 28-44 |
| 08:38 | Villanova | Clifford Worth grabs the defensive rebound | 28-44 |
| 08:11 | Villanova | Clifford Worth is open and buries a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 28-46 |
| 07:48 | Rutgers | Jesse Nguyen comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 28-46 |
| 07:47 | Villanova | Nicholas Rock grabs the board | 28-46 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Julio Martin (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Kun Ximines (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Edward Donaldson (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Jesse Nguyen (fairly fresh) C - Carmelo Moreno (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Ricardo Morales (fresh) SG - Christopher Patterson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - John Talty (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Clifford Worth (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. C - Nicholas Rock (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:30 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson hits a wide open 3 from the right wing | 28-49 |
| 07:05 | Rutgers | Edward Donaldson makes the wide open jumpshot from the free throw line | 30-49 |
| 07:03 | Villanova | Edward Donaldson steals the ball from John Talty in the backcourt | 30-49 |
| 06:44 | Rutgers | Edward Donaldson travels with the ball | 30-49 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Daniel Nichol (SF), Garf Ziebart (C) Kun Ximines, Carmelo Moreno | |
| Subs | Villanova | Andrew Atkinson (PG), Richard Wallace (SF), John Williams (PF), Douglas Colbert (C) Ricardo Morales, John Talty, Clifford Worth, Nicholas Rock | |
| 06:42 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson is hacked by Julio Martin in the backcourt - foul #2 on Julio Martin, team foul #7 | 30-49 |
| 06:42 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson makes the 1st free throw | 30-50 |
| 06:42 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson makes the 2nd free throw | 30-51 |
| 06:19 | Rutgers | Garf Ziebart misses long on a fadeaway near the basket but he's fouled by Richard Wallace - foul #1 on Richard Wallace, team foul #4 | 30-51 |
| 06:19 | Rutgers | Garf Ziebart makes the 1st free throw | 31-51 |
| 06:19 | Rutgers | Garf Ziebart makes the 2nd free throw | 32-51 |
| 05:50 | Villanova | Richard Wallace hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Julio Martin - foul #3 on Julio Martin, team foul #8 | 32-51 |
| 05:50 | Villanova | Richard Wallace makes the 1st free throw | 32-52 |
| 05:50 | Villanova | Richard Wallace makes the 2nd free throw | 32-53 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| 05:41 | Rutgers | Garf Ziebart misses short on a shot from the left side but the foul's on Douglas Colbert - foul #1 on Douglas Colbert, team foul #5 | 32-53 |
| 05:41 | Rutgers | Garf Ziebart misses the 1st free throw | 32-53 |
| 05:41 | Rutgers | Garf Ziebart misses the 2nd free throw | 32-53 |
| 05:41 | Villanova | John Williams grabs the defensive rebound | 32-53 |
| 05:21 | Villanova | Andrew Atkinson buries a shot from the baseline | 32-55 |
| 05:01 | Rutgers | Jesse Nguyen drills a 3 from straight away | 35-55 |
| 04:46 | Villanova | Richard Wallace hits a floater from close range on a great pass from John Williams | 35-57 |
| 04:40 | Rutgers | Julio Martin drills a jumper from the free throw line set up by Edward Donaldson | 37-57 |
| 04:19 | Villanova | Richard Wallace comes up short on the fadeaway in the paint | 37-57 |
| 04:18 | Rutgers | Garf Ziebart snags the defensive board | 37-57 |
| 04:12 | Rutgers | Julio Martin connects on the 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Garf Ziebart | 40-57 |
| 03:43 | Villanova | Richard Wallace can't connect on a jumpshot from the left wing | 40-57 |
| 03:42 | Rutgers | Jesse Nguyen gets the rebound | 40-57 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Edward Donaldson (tiring) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Julio Martin (tiring) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Daniel Nichol (fairly fresh) 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Jesse Nguyen (tiring) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Garf Ziebart (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Andrew Atkinson (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 pf. SG - Christopher Patterson (tiring) 10 pts. SF - Richard Wallace (tiring) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - John Williams (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Douglas Colbert (tiring) 3 reb. | |
| 03:23 | Rutgers | Julio Martin is whistled for traveling | 40-57 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Kun Ximines (SG) Julio Martin | |
| Subs | Villanova | Ricardo Morales (PG), Kurt Lehner (PF) Andrew Atkinson, John Williams | |
| 03:21 | Villanova | Richard Wallace's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 40-57 |
| 03:10 | Rutgers | Daniel Nichol is fouled on the floor by Richard Wallace - foul #2 on Richard Wallace, team foul #6 | 40-57 |
| 03:00 | Rutgers | Daniel Nichol clanks a jumpshot from the right side but he's hacked by Douglas Colbert - foul #2 on Douglas Colbert, team foul #7 | 40-57 |
| 03:00 | Rutgers | Daniel Nichol misses the 1st free throw | 40-57 |
| 03:00 | Rutgers | Daniel Nichol makes the 2nd free throw | 41-57 |
| 02:43 | Villanova | Richard Wallace is hacked by Kun Ximines - foul #1 on Kun Ximines, team foul #9 | 41-57 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Villanova | John Williams (PF) Douglas Colbert | |
| 02:43 | Villanova | Richard Wallace misses the 1st free throw | 41-57 |
| 02:43 | Rutgers | Garf Ziebart gets the rebound | 41-57 |
| 02:28 | Rutgers | Christopher Patterson steps in front of the Edward Donaldson pass | 41-57 |
| 02:25 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson hits the finger roll | 41-59 |
| 02:17 | Rutgers | Ricardo Morales steals the ball from Edward Donaldson | 41-59 |
| 02:14 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson lays it up and in set up by Ricardo Morales | 41-61 |
| 01:50 | Rutgers | Garf Ziebart misses long on a shot from the free throw line | 41-61 |
| 01:49 | Villanova | John Williams gets the rebound | 41-61 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| 01:43 | Villanova | Kurt Lehner connects on the turnaround from the baseline on a great pass from Ricardo Morales | 41-63 |
| 01:35 | Rutgers | Kun Ximines clanks a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 41-63 |
| 01:33 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson snags the defensive board | 41-63 |
| 01:22 | Villanova | John Williams knocks in the driving attempt from the right block | 41-65 |
| 01:17 | Rutgers | Edward Donaldson comes up short on the shot from the free throw line but he's fouled by Ricardo Morales - foul #2 on Ricardo Morales, team foul #8 | 41-65 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Julio Martin (SG) Kun Ximines | |
| Subs | Villanova | Douglas Colbert (C) Kurt Lehner | |
| 01:17 | Rutgers | Edward Donaldson makes the 1st free throw | 42-65 |
| 01:17 | Rutgers | Edward Donaldson misses the 2nd free throw | 42-65 |
| 01:17 | Villanova | Douglas Colbert grabs the defensive rebound | 42-65 |
| 00:48 | Villanova | Ricardo Morales loses the dribble to Daniel Nichol | 42-65 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| 00:44 | Rutgers | Julio Martin clanks a jumpshot from the right wing but he's fouled by Christopher Patterson - foul #2 on Christopher Patterson, team foul #9 | 42-65 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Kun Ximines (SG) Edward Donaldson | |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| 00:44 | Rutgers | Julio Martin makes the 1st free throw | 43-65 |
| 00:44 | Rutgers | Julio Martin makes the 2nd free throw | 44-65 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| 00:18 | Villanova | Jesse Nguyen steals the ball from John Williams | 44-65 |
| 00:10 | Rutgers | Kun Ximines misses long on a floater from the right side but he's hacked by Douglas Colbert - foul #3 on Douglas Colbert, team foul #10 | 44-65 |
| 00:10 | Rutgers | Kun Ximines makes the 1st free throw | 45-65 |
| 00:10 | Rutgers | Kun Ximines makes the 2nd free throw | 46-65 |
| 00:00 | Villanova | Ricardo Morales runs out the clock | 46-65 |