| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - James Molino (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Paul Sanders (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Ronald Hillman (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Fred Morgan (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Joshua Savage (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Michael Falk (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mark Demoss (fresh) 1 ast. SF - John Talty (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Clifford Worth (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Richard Wallace (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Syracuse | Ronald Hillman inbounds the ball | 30-20 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 19:33 | Syracuse | Paul Sanders travels with the ball | 30-20 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Lloyd Clark (SG), Stephen Vance (SF), Richard Norby (C) James Molino, Ronald Hillman, Fred Morgan | |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| 19:12 | Villanova | Michael Falk clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 30-20 |
| 19:11 | Syracuse | Richard Norby pulls down the rebound | 30-20 |
| 18:57 | Syracuse | Stephen Vance hits a shot from the right side | 32-20 |
| 18:44 | Villanova | Mark Demoss evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 32-20 |
| 18:42 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Richard Norby | 32-20 |
| 18:24 | Syracuse | Stephen Vance buries a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a nice dish by Lloyd Clark | 35-20 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a triangle offense and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 18:04 | Villanova | Richard Wallace makes the wide open shot from the right wing on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Mark Demoss | 35-22 |
| 17:38 | Syracuse | Paul Sanders misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 35-22 |
| 17:36 | Syracuse | Richard Norby pulls down the offensive rebound | 35-22 |
| 17:17 | Syracuse | Stephen Vance is open but misses the lay-in | 35-22 |
| 17:16 | Villanova | Mark Demoss snags the defensive board | 35-22 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 16:50 | Villanova | Mark Demoss makes the 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Richard Wallace | 35-25 |
| 16:44 | Syracuse | Paul Sanders's pass is intercepted by Mark Demoss in the backcourt | 35-25 |
| 16:42 | Villanova | John Talty banks in the layup on a nice dish by Mark Demoss | 35-27 |
| 16:14 | Syracuse | Joshua Savage throws a bad pass out of bounds | 35-27 |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Molino (PG), Zlatko Zachman (SG), Ronald Hillman (SF), Fred Morgan (PF), Lawrence Gilyard (C) Paul Sanders, Lloyd Clark, Stephen Vance, Joshua Savage, Richard Norby | |
| Subs | Villanova | Christopher Patterson (PG), Douglas Colbert (C) Michael Falk, John Talty | |
| 15:54 | Villanova | Mark Demoss shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 35-30 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - James Molino (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Zlatko Zachman (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Ronald Hillman (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Fred Morgan (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Lawrence Gilyard (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Christopher Patterson (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mark Demoss (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Richard Wallace (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Clifford Worth (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Douglas Colbert (fresh) | |
| 15:31 | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman is by himself and knocks in the fadeaway from the left wing on a great pass from James Molino | 37-30 |
| 15:08 | Villanova | Mark Demoss misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 37-30 |
| 15:07 | Villanova | Douglas Colbert tips it in | 37-32 |
| 14:38 | Syracuse | Mark Demoss takes the ball from Zlatko Zachman | 37-32 |
| 14:17 | Villanova | Mark Demoss is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a floater from the free throw line | 37-32 |
| 14:16 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Fred Morgan | 37-32 |
| 14:11 | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman scores on a 3 from straight away set up by Fred Morgan | 40-32 |
| 13:43 | Villanova | Douglas Colbert makes the wide open fadeaway from the right side on a great pass from Mark Demoss out of a doubleteam | 40-34 |
| 13:14 | Syracuse | Lawrence Gilyard can't connect on a jumper from the right side | 40-34 |
| 13:12 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson pulls down the rebound | 40-34 |
| 12:46 | Villanova | Mark Demoss evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 40-34 |
| 12:45 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Ronald Hillman | 40-34 |
| 12:29 | Syracuse | Lawrence Gilyard clanks a floater from the right wing | 40-34 |
| 12:28 | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman can't tip it in | 40-34 |
| 12:27 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan tips it but misses | 40-34 |
| 12:25 | Villanova | The rebound goes to Clifford Worth | 40-34 |
| 11:58 | Villanova | Richard Wallace lays it up and in | 40-36 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - James Molino (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SG - Zlatko Zachman (fairly fresh) 7 pts. SF - Ronald Hillman (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Fred Morgan (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Lawrence Gilyard (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Christopher Patterson (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mark Demoss (tiring) 6 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - Richard Wallace (tiring) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Clifford Worth (tiring) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Douglas Colbert (fairly fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 11:39 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan loses the dribble to Richard Wallace | 40-36 |
| 11:36 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson banks in the layup set up by Richard Wallace | 40-38 |
| 11:21 | Syracuse | Douglas Colbert is called for the reach on James Molino - foul #3 on Douglas Colbert, team foul #1 | 40-38 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Paul Sanders (PG), Lloyd Clark (SG), Joshua Savage (C) James Molino, Zlatko Zachman, Lawrence Gilyard | |
| Subs | Villanova | Michael Falk (PG), Andrew Atkinson (SG), John Talty (SF), John Williams (PF), Nicholas Rock (C) Christopher Patterson, Mark Demoss, Richard Wallace, Clifford Worth, Douglas Colbert | |
| 11:09 | Syracuse | Lloyd Clark is fouled on the floor by Andrew Atkinson - foul #1 on Andrew Atkinson, team foul #2 | 40-38 |
| 10:51 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan misses the shot near the basket | 40-38 |
| 10:50 | Villanova | Andrew Atkinson grabs the defensive rebound | 40-38 |
| 10:44 | Villanova | John Talty blows the dunk | 40-38 |
| 10:42 | Villanova | The offensive rebound goes to John Talty | 40-38 |
| 10:28 | Villanova | Andrew Atkinson can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 40-38 |
| 10:27 | Syracuse | Joshua Savage snags the defensive board | 40-38 |
| 10:06 | Syracuse | Joshua Savage knocks in the shot from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Lloyd Clark | 42-38 |
| 09:46 | Villanova | Andrew Atkinson hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right side but he's hacked by Paul Sanders - foul #2 on Paul Sanders, team foul #1 | 42-38 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman (SF), Richard Norby (C) Ronald Hillman, Fred Morgan | |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| 09:46 | Villanova | Andrew Atkinson makes the 1st free throw | 42-39 |
| 09:46 | Villanova | Andrew Atkinson makes the 2nd free throw | 42-40 |
| 09:24 | Syracuse | Andrew Atkinson is called for the reach on Richard Norby - foul #2 on Andrew Atkinson, team foul #3 | 42-40 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Ronald Hillman (SF), Fred Morgan (PF) Zlatko Zachman, Richard Norby | |
| Subs | Villanova | Christopher Patterson (SG) Andrew Atkinson | |
| 09:06 | Syracuse | Paul Sanders's pass is intercepted by John Talty | 42-40 |
| 08:39 | Villanova | Lloyd Clark picks off the pass by John Talty | 42-40 |
| 08:26 | Syracuse | Joshua Savage connects on the 3 from the left corner | 45-40 |
| 08:12 | Villanova | Nicholas Rock misses badly on a floater in the paint | 45-40 |
| 08:10 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan pulls down the rebound | 45-40 |
| 07:41 | Syracuse | Ronald Hillman clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 45-40 |
| 07:39 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan tips it but misses | 45-40 |
| 07:38 | Villanova | The rebound goes to Christopher Patterson | 45-40 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Paul Sanders (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - Lloyd Clark (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Ronald Hillman (tiring) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Fred Morgan (tiring) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Joshua Savage (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Michael Falk (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Christopher Patterson (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Talty (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - John Williams (fairly fresh) C - Nicholas Rock (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. | |
| 07:14 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson misses badly on a jump hook near the basket but he's hacked by Fred Morgan - foul #2 on Fred Morgan, team foul #2 | 45-40 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman (SG), Lawrence Gilyard (SF), Richard Norby (C) Lloyd Clark, Ronald Hillman, Fred Morgan | |
| Subs | Villanova | Mark Demoss (SG), Richard Wallace (SF), Clifford Worth (PF), Douglas Colbert (C) Michael Falk, John Talty, John Williams, Nicholas Rock | |
| 07:14 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson makes the 1st free throw | 45-41 |
| 07:14 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson makes the 2nd free throw | 45-42 |
| 06:46 | Syracuse | Joshua Savage comes up short on the shot in the paint | 45-42 |
| 06:45 | Villanova | Douglas Colbert grabs the board | 45-42 |
| 06:26 | Villanova | Paul Sanders steps in front of the Richard Wallace pass | 45-42 |
| 06:21 | Syracuse | Paul Sanders dunks the ball | 47-42 |
| 05:59 | Villanova | Mark Demoss is doubleteamed and throws a bad pass out of bounds | 47-42 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Ronald Hillman (SF), Fred Morgan (PF) Lawrence Gilyard, Richard Norby | |
| Subs | Villanova | Ricardo Morales (PG) Christopher Patterson | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| 05:30 | Syracuse | Joshua Savage misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 47-42 |
| 05:28 | Villanova | The rebound goes to Douglas Colbert | 47-42 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| 05:18 | Villanova | Richard Wallace blows the layup | 47-42 |
| 05:16 | Villanova | Douglas Colbert pulls down the offensive rebound | 47-42 |
| 04:58 | Villanova | Richard Wallace lays it in | 47-44 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 04:30 | Syracuse | Joshua Savage misses long on a jumpshot from the right wing but he's hacked by Douglas Colbert - foul #4 on Douglas Colbert, team foul #4 | 47-44 |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Molino (PG), Lawrence Gilyard (SF), Richard Norby (C) Zlatko Zachman, Ronald Hillman, Fred Morgan | |
| Subs | Villanova | Michael Falk (PG), Andrew Atkinson (SG), John Talty (SF), Nicholas Rock (C) Ricardo Morales, Mark Demoss, Richard Wallace, Douglas Colbert | |
| 04:30 | Syracuse | Joshua Savage makes the 1st free throw | 48-44 |
| 04:30 | Syracuse | Joshua Savage misses the 2nd free throw | 48-44 |
| 04:30 | Villanova | Clifford Worth grabs the board | 48-44 |
| 04:10 | Villanova | Nicholas Rock misses the dunk | 48-44 |
| 04:08 | Syracuse | Richard Norby pulls down the rebound | 48-44 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| 03:39 | Syracuse | Nicholas Rock swats the layup by Richard Norby | 48-44 |
| 03:38 | Syracuse | Lawrence Gilyard can't tip it in | 48-44 |
| 03:37 | Villanova | Andrew Atkinson grabs the board | 48-44 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - James Molino (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SG - Paul Sanders (tiring) 4 pts. SF - Lawrence Gilyard (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. PF - Joshua Savage (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 6 reb. C - Richard Norby (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Michael Falk (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Andrew Atkinson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. SF - John Talty (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Clifford Worth (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Nicholas Rock (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. | |
| 03:32 | Villanova | James Molino picks off the pass by Nicholas Rock | 48-44 |
| 03:28 | Syracuse | James Molino blows the layup | 48-44 |
| 03:27 | Villanova | Andrew Atkinson gets the rebound | 48-44 |
| 03:11 | Villanova | Joshua Savage steps in front of the Nicholas Rock pass | 48-44 |
| 02:44 | Syracuse | Richard Norby connects on the shot from the right side on a great pass from James Molino | 50-44 |
| 02:31 | Villanova | Clifford Worth misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 50-44 |
| 02:30 | Syracuse | Richard Norby grabs the board | 50-44 |
| 02:14 | Syracuse | Joshua Savage comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 50-44 |
| 02:13 | Syracuse | Joshua Savage gets the offensive rebound | 50-44 |
| 01:50 | Syracuse | James Molino misses short on a jumpshot from the right side | 50-44 |
| 01:48 | Villanova | Nicholas Rock grabs the defensive rebound | 50-44 |
| 01:41 | Villanova | Michael Falk makes the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Andrew Atkinson | 50-46 |
| 01:41 | Syracuse | Syracuse calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 50-46 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Ronald Hillman (SF), Fred Morgan (PF) Lawrence Gilyard, Richard Norby | |
| Subs | Villanova | Mark Demoss (SG) Andrew Atkinson | |
| 01:19 | Syracuse | Ronald Hillman can't connect on a 3 from the left corner | 50-46 |
| 01:17 | Syracuse | Ronald Hillman pulls down the offensive rebound | 50-46 |
| 00:57 | Syracuse | Paul Sanders makes the 3 pointer from the left wing set up by Joshua Savage | 53-46 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| 00:50 | Villanova | Michael Falk is hacked by James Molino - foul #2 on James Molino, team foul #3 | 53-46 |
| 00:48 | Villanova | Clifford Worth makes the fadeaway jumper from the left side and he's fouled by Fred Morgan - foul #3 on Fred Morgan, team foul #4 | 53-48 |
| 00:48 | Villanova | Clifford Worth makes the free throw | 53-49 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:45 | Syracuse | James Molino is fouled in the backcourt by Michael Falk - foul #2 on Michael Falk, team foul #5 | 53-49 |
| 00:44 | Syracuse | John Talty is called for the reach on Ronald Hillman - foul #2 on John Talty, team foul #6 | 53-49 |
| 00:42 | Syracuse | John Talty is called for the reach on Ronald Hillman - foul #3 on John Talty, team foul #7 | 53-49 |
| 00:42 | Syracuse | Ronald Hillman makes the 1st free throw | 54-49 |
| 00:42 | Syracuse | Ronald Hillman misses the 2nd free throw | 54-49 |
| 00:42 | Villanova | Clifford Worth grabs the board | 54-49 |
| 00:38 | Villanova | Mark Demoss is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 54-49 |
| 00:37 | Villanova | Clifford Worth tips it in | 54-51 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:36 | Syracuse | James Molino is hacked by Michael Falk in the backcourt - foul #3 on Michael Falk, team foul #8 | 54-51 |
| 00:36 | Syracuse | James Molino makes the 1st free throw | 55-51 |
| 00:36 | Syracuse | James Molino makes the 2nd free throw | 56-51 |
| 00:32 | Villanova | Michael Falk hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt from the left block | 56-51 |
| 00:31 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan grabs the defensive rebound | 56-51 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:29 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan is hacked by Michael Falk in the backcourt - foul #4 on Michael Falk, team foul #9 | 56-51 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Lloyd Clark (SG) Paul Sanders | |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| 00:29 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan makes the 1st free throw | 57-51 |
| 00:29 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan misses the 2nd free throw | 57-51 |
| 00:29 | Villanova | Clifford Worth snags the defensive board | 57-51 |
| 00:23 | Villanova | Michael Falk is fouled on the floor by Ronald Hillman - foul #2 on Ronald Hillman, team foul #5 | 57-51 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Paul Sanders (SG) Lloyd Clark | |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| 00:20 | Villanova | Mark Demoss shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 57-51 |
| 00:19 | Syracuse | Ronald Hillman grabs the defensive rebound | 57-51 |
| 00:17 | Syracuse | Ronald Hillman is hacked by Michael Falk in the backcourt - foul #5 on Michael Falk, team foul #10 | 57-51 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Lloyd Clark (SG), Stephen Vance (PF) Paul Sanders, Fred Morgan | |
| Subs | Villanova | Christopher Patterson (PG) Michael Falk | |
| 00:17 | Syracuse | Ronald Hillman misses the 1st free throw | 57-51 |
| 00:17 | Syracuse | Ronald Hillman makes the 2nd free throw | 58-51 |
| 00:12 | Villanova | Mark Demoss shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from John Talty | 58-54 |
| 00:10 | Syracuse | Stephen Vance is hacked by Christopher Patterson in the backcourt - foul #1 on Christopher Patterson, team foul #11 | 58-54 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Paul Sanders (SG) Lloyd Clark | |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| 00:10 | Syracuse | Stephen Vance makes the 1st free throw | 59-54 |
| 00:10 | Syracuse | Stephen Vance makes the 2nd free throw | 60-54 |
| 00:04 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 60-54 |
| 00:03 | Villanova | Clifford Worth pulls down the offensive rebound | 60-54 |
| 00:01 | Villanova | Mark Demoss comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 60-54 |
| 00:00 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson pulls down the offensive rebound | 60-54 |