| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Louie Chavira (fresh) SG - Ronald Smith (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Sam Hubbard (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Christopher Bunn (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Kenneth Lee (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Michael Johnson (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Roger Dilday (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Joshua Jorgenson (fresh) 16 pts. 3 reb. PF - Gary Chaves (fresh) 1 pts. C - Michael Bessler (fresh) 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson inbounds the ball | 25-26 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:40 | Syracuse | Roger Dilday connects on the 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Michael Johnson | 25-29 |
| 19:26 | Louisville | Sam Hubbard misses badly on a shot from the left side | 25-29 |
| 19:25 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson pulls down the rebound | 25-29 |
| 18:59 | Syracuse | Roger Dilday is fouled on the floor by Ronald Smith - foul #2 on Ronald Smith, team foul #1 | 25-29 |
| 18:40 | Syracuse | Roger Dilday misses short on a 3 from straight away but he's fouled by Ronald Smith - foul #3 on Ronald Smith, team foul #2 | 25-29 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jurica Zupp (SG) Ronald Smith | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 18:40 | Syracuse | Roger Dilday makes the 1st free throw | 25-30 |
| 18:40 | Syracuse | Roger Dilday makes the 2nd free throw | 25-31 |
| 18:40 | Syracuse | Roger Dilday misses the 3rd free throw | 25-31 |
| 18:40 | Syracuse | Michael Bessler grabs the offensive board | 25-31 |
| 18:17 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson blows the layup | 25-31 |
| 18:16 | Syracuse | Roger Dilday grabs the offensive board | 25-31 |
| 18:02 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson misses long on a floater in the paint | 25-31 |
| 18:00 | Syracuse | Roger Dilday tips it but misses | 25-31 |
| 17:58 | Louisville | Kenneth Lee grabs the defensive rebound | 25-31 |
| 17:54 | Louisville | Jurica Zupp comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 25-31 |
| 17:52 | Syracuse | Michael Bessler grabs the board | 25-31 |
| 17:34 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson hits the finger roll on a great pass from Michael Johnson and he's hacked by Jurica Zupp - foul #2 on Jurica Zupp, team foul #3 | 25-33 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Keith Churchill (C) Michael Bessler | |
| 17:34 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson makes the free throw | 25-34 |
| 17:23 | Louisville | Christopher Bunn is hacked by Gary Chaves - foul #1 on Gary Chaves, team foul #1 | 25-34 |
| Subs | Louisville | Michael Glines (SF) Sam Hubbard | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Donald Difiore (PF) Gary Chaves | |
| 17:03 | Louisville | Donald Difiore is called for the reach on Christopher Bunn - foul #1 on Donald Difiore, team foul #2 | 25-34 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Harold Grafenstein (SG) Roger Dilday | |
| 16:41 | Louisville | Christopher Bunn misses badly on a floater from the left block | 25-34 |
| 16:40 | Syracuse | Donald Difiore pulls down the rebound | 25-34 |
| 16:22 | Syracuse | Harold Grafenstein's pass is intercepted by Michael Glines | 25-34 |
| 16:08 | Louisville | Kenneth Lee can't connect on a shot from just outside the lane | 25-34 |
| 16:06 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson pulls down the rebound | 25-34 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Louie Chavira (fairly fresh) SG - Jurica Zupp (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Michael Glines (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Christopher Bunn (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Kenneth Lee (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Michael Johnson (fairly fresh) 5 ast. SG - Harold Grafenstein (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Joshua Jorgenson (fairly fresh) 19 pts. 5 reb. PF - Donald Difiore (fresh) 1 pts. C - Keith Churchill (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 15:41 | Syracuse | Harold Grafenstein misses badly on a jumper from the free throw line | 25-34 |
| 15:40 | Syracuse | The offensive rebound goes to Harold Grafenstein | 25-34 |
| 15:22 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 25-34 |
| Subs | Louisville | James Kostka (PG), Ronald Smith (SG), Sam Hubbard (SF), Joseph Brennan (PF), Daryl Sheldon (C) Louie Chavira, Jurica Zupp, Michael Glines, Christopher Bunn, Kenneth Lee | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Austin Schlater (PG), Roger Dilday (SG), Bruce Carney (SF), Gary Chaves (PF), Michael Bessler (C) Michael Johnson, Harold Grafenstein, Joshua Jorgenson, Donald Difiore, Keith Churchill | |
| 14:58 | Louisville | Joseph Brennan is whistled for a carry | 25-34 |
| 14:56 | Syracuse | Austin Schlater loses the dribble to Ronald Smith in the backcourt | 25-34 |
| 14:54 | Louisville | James Kostka jams it on a nice dish by Ronald Smith | 27-34 |
| 14:30 | Syracuse | Sam Hubbard steals it from Austin Schlater | 27-34 |
| 14:08 | Louisville | Daryl Sheldon misses badly on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 27-34 |
| 14:07 | Louisville | Ronald Smith tips it in | 29-34 |
| 13:54 | Syracuse | Gary Chaves is whistled for a carry | 29-34 |
| Subs | Louisville | Louie Chavira (PG), Kenneth Lee (C) James Kostka, Joseph Brennan | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Michael Johnson (PG), Joshua Jorgenson (SF) Austin Schlater, Bruce Carney | |
| 13:25 | Louisville | Ronald Smith's layup is rejected by Michael Bessler | 29-34 |
| 13:24 | Syracuse | Gary Chaves grabs the defensive rebound | 29-34 |
| 12:55 | Syracuse | Gary Chaves is fouled on the floor by Daryl Sheldon - foul #1 on Daryl Sheldon, team foul #4 | 29-34 |
| Subs | Louisville | Christopher Bunn (PF) Daryl Sheldon | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Donald Difiore (PF), Keith Churchill (C) Gary Chaves, Michael Bessler | |
| 12:34 | Syracuse | Michael Johnson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 29-34 |
| Subs | Louisville | Michael Glines (SF) Sam Hubbard | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Harold Grafenstein (SG) Roger Dilday | |
| 12:21 | Louisville | Louie Chavira scores on a jumper from the left wing | 31-34 |
| 11:52 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson misses the dunk attempt | 31-34 |
| 11:51 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Christopher Bunn | 31-34 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Louie Chavira (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Ronald Smith (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - Michael Glines (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Christopher Bunn (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Kenneth Lee (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Michael Johnson (fresh) 5 ast. SG - Harold Grafenstein (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Joshua Jorgenson (fresh) 19 pts. 5 reb. PF - Donald Difiore (fresh) 1 pts. C - Keith Churchill (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 11:33 | Louisville | Ronald Smith connects on the jumpshot from the left wing on a great pass from Louie Chavira and he's hacked by Michael Johnson - foul #2 on Michael Johnson, team foul #3 | 33-34 |
| Subs | Louisville | Daryl Sheldon (C) Kenneth Lee | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Austin Schlater (PG), Roger Dilday (SG), Gary Chaves (PF), Michael Bessler (C) Michael Johnson, Harold Grafenstein, Donald Difiore, Keith Churchill | |
| 11:33 | Louisville | Ronald Smith makes the free throw | 34-34 |
| 11:14 | Syracuse | Austin Schlater scores on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Joshua Jorgenson | 34-36 |
| 10:59 | Louisville | Ronald Smith hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from straight away | 34-36 |
| 10:58 | Syracuse | Michael Bessler grabs the board | 34-36 |
| 10:53 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson misses the easy layup | 34-36 |
| 10:51 | Louisville | Ronald Smith pulls down the rebound | 34-36 |
| 10:37 | Louisville | Ronald Smith scores on a driving attempt near the basket on a great pass from Louie Chavira | 36-36 |
| 10:13 | Syracuse | Roger Dilday knocks in the 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from Austin Schlater | 36-39 |
| 09:58 | Louisville | Louie Chavira makes the fadeaway jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Christopher Bunn | 38-39 |
| 09:29 | Syracuse | Roger Dilday comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 38-39 |
| 09:27 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson grabs the offensive rebound | 38-39 |
| 09:03 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson misses long on a floater from the baseline | 38-39 |
| 09:01 | Louisville | Michael Glines grabs the defensive rebound | 38-39 |
| 08:56 | Louisville | Christopher Bunn misses short on a jumpshot from the left wing | 38-39 |
| 08:55 | Syracuse | Gary Chaves grabs the board | 38-39 |
| 08:26 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson is fouled on the floor by Christopher Bunn - foul #2 on Christopher Bunn, team foul #5 | 38-39 |
| Subs | Louisville | James Kostka (PG), Jurica Zupp (SG), Sam Hubbard (SF), Kenneth Lee (C) Louie Chavira, Ronald Smith, Michael Glines, Christopher Bunn | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Michael Johnson (PG), Harold Grafenstein (SG), Bruce Carney (SF), Donald Difiore (PF), Keith Churchill (C) Austin Schlater, Roger Dilday, Joshua Jorgenson, Gary Chaves, Michael Bessler | |
| 08:15 | Syracuse | Bruce Carney throws a bad pass out of bounds | 38-39 |
| 08:01 | Louisville | James Kostka hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right wing | 38-39 |
| 07:59 | Syracuse | Keith Churchill snags the defensive board | 38-39 |
| 07:39 | Syracuse | Donald Difiore misses the lay-in | 38-39 |
| 07:38 | Louisville | James Kostka pulls down the rebound | 38-39 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - James Kostka (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Jurica Zupp (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Sam Hubbard (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Daryl Sheldon (fairly fresh) 5 pts. C - Kenneth Lee (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Michael Johnson (fresh) 5 ast. SG - Harold Grafenstein (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Bruce Carney (fresh) PF - Donald Difiore (fresh) 1 pts. C - Keith Churchill (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 07:18 | Louisville | Kenneth Lee clanks a floater from the free throw line but he's hacked by Keith Churchill - foul #2 on Keith Churchill, team foul #4 | 38-39 |
| Subs | Louisville | Joseph Brennan (PF) Daryl Sheldon | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 07:18 | Louisville | Kenneth Lee makes the 1st free throw | 39-39 |
| 07:18 | Louisville | Kenneth Lee misses the 2nd free throw | 39-39 |
| 07:18 | Syracuse | Bruce Carney snags the defensive board | 39-39 |
| 06:58 | Syracuse | Michael Johnson is fouled on the floor by Jurica Zupp - foul #3 on Jurica Zupp, team foul #6 | 39-39 |
| 06:39 | Syracuse | Harold Grafenstein misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 39-39 |
| 06:37 | Louisville | Sam Hubbard gets the rebound | 39-39 |
| 06:24 | Louisville | Jurica Zupp knocks in the 3pt attempt from straight away | 42-39 |
| 06:02 | Syracuse | Harold Grafenstein drills a turnaround in the lane on a great pass from Michael Johnson and he's hacked by Jurica Zupp - foul #4 on Jurica Zupp, team foul #7 | 42-41 |
| Subs | Louisville | Louie Chavira (PG), Ronald Smith (SG), Christopher Bunn (PF) James Kostka, Jurica Zupp, Joseph Brennan | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson (SF) Bruce Carney | |
| 06:02 | Syracuse | Harold Grafenstein misses the free throw | 42-41 |
| 06:02 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Ronald Smith | 42-41 |
| 05:45 | Louisville | Joshua Jorgenson steals the ball from Christopher Bunn | 42-41 |
| 05:40 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson misses badly on a jumper from the right wing | 42-41 |
| 05:38 | Louisville | Christopher Bunn pulls down the rebound | 42-41 |
| 05:32 | Louisville | Ronald Smith misses the turnaround in the paint but the foul's on Harold Grafenstein - foul #1 on Harold Grafenstein, team foul #5 | 42-41 |
| Subs | Louisville | Michael Glines (SF) Sam Hubbard | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Roger Dilday (SG), Gary Chaves (PF), Michael Bessler (C) Harold Grafenstein, Donald Difiore, Keith Churchill | |
| 05:32 | Louisville | Ronald Smith makes the 1st free throw | 43-41 |
| 05:32 | Louisville | Ronald Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 44-41 |
| 05:12 | Syracuse | Kenneth Lee swats the short shot by Michael Bessler | 44-41 |
| 05:10 | Louisville | Kenneth Lee grabs the defensive rebound | 44-41 |
| 04:56 | Louisville | Ronald Smith double dribbles | 44-41 |
| Subs | Louisville | Daryl Sheldon (C) Kenneth Lee | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Austin Schlater (PG) Michael Johnson | |
| 04:36 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson makes the driving attempt from the baseline set up by Gary Chaves | 44-43 |
| 04:13 | Louisville | Daryl Sheldon knocks in the turnaround in the lane | 46-43 |
| 03:44 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson lays it in on a great pass from Austin Schlater | 46-45 |
| 03:24 | Louisville | Christopher Bunn can't connect on a jump hook in the paint but the foul's on Gary Chaves - foul #2 on Gary Chaves, team foul #6 | 46-45 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jurica Zupp (SG), Sam Hubbard (SF), Kenneth Lee (C) Ronald Smith, Michael Glines, Daryl Sheldon | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Michael Johnson (PG), Donald Difiore (PF), Keith Churchill (C) Austin Schlater, Gary Chaves, Michael Bessler | |
| 03:24 | Louisville | Christopher Bunn makes the 1st free throw | 47-45 |
| 03:24 | Louisville | Christopher Bunn makes the 2nd free throw | 48-45 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Louie Chavira (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Jurica Zupp (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. SF - Sam Hubbard (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Christopher Bunn (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - Kenneth Lee (fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Michael Johnson (fresh) 6 ast. SG - Roger Dilday (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Joshua Jorgenson (fresh) 23 pts. 6 reb. PF - Donald Difiore (fresh) 1 pts. C - Keith Churchill (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 03:05 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson lays it in set up by Michael Johnson | 48-47 |
| 03:03 | Louisville | Louie Chavira is fouled in the backcourt by Michael Johnson - foul #3 on Michael Johnson, team foul #7 | 48-47 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Bruce Carney (SF) Joshua Jorgenson | |
| 03:03 | Louisville | Louie Chavira makes the 1st free throw | 49-47 |
| 03:03 | Louisville | Louie Chavira misses the 2nd free throw | 49-47 |
| 03:03 | Syracuse | Donald Difiore grabs the board | 49-47 |
| 02:43 | Syracuse | Donald Difiore scores on a fadeaway jumper from the right side set up by Bruce Carney | 49-49 |
| 02:36 | Louisville | Kenneth Lee buries a 3pt attempt from straight away set up by Louie Chavira | 52-49 |
| 02:36 | Syracuse | Syracuse calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 52-49 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ronald Smith (SG) Jurica Zupp | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson (SF), Gary Chaves (PF), Michael Bessler (C) Bruce Carney, Donald Difiore, Keith Churchill | |
| 02:14 | Syracuse | Roger Dilday misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 52-49 |
| 02:13 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson grabs the offensive rebound | 52-49 |
| 02:02 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson connects on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 52-51 |
| 01:37 | Louisville | Kenneth Lee misses long on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 52-51 |
| 01:35 | Louisville | Louie Chavira grabs the offensive board | 52-51 |
| 01:18 | Louisville | Kenneth Lee can't throw it down but he's hacked by Michael Bessler - foul #1 on Michael Bessler, team foul #8 | 52-51 |
| 01:18 | Louisville | Kenneth Lee makes the 1st free throw | 53-51 |
| 01:18 | Louisville | Kenneth Lee misses the 2nd free throw | 53-51 |
| 01:18 | Syracuse | Michael Bessler pulls down the rebound | 53-51 |
| 00:59 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson misses the turnaround from the right block but he's fouled by Christopher Bunn - foul #3 on Christopher Bunn, team foul #8 | 53-51 |
| 00:59 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson makes the 1st free throw | 53-52 |
| 00:59 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson makes the 2nd free throw | 53-53 |
| 00:33 | Louisville | Sam Hubbard misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 53-53 |
| 00:31 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Roger Dilday | 53-53 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:11 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the right block but the foul's on Sam Hubbard - foul #3 on Sam Hubbard, team foul #9 | 53-53 |
| 00:11 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson makes the 1st free throw | 53-54 |
| 00:11 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson makes the 2nd free throw | 53-55 |
| 00:07 | Louisville | Michael Bessler is called for the reach on Kenneth Lee - foul #2 on Michael Bessler, team foul #9 | 53-55 |
| 00:07 | Louisville | Kenneth Lee makes the 1st free throw | 54-55 |
| 00:07 | Louisville | Kenneth Lee misses the 2nd free throw | 54-55 |
| 00:07 | Syracuse | Michael Bessler grabs the defensive rebound | 54-55 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:06 | Syracuse | Ronald Smith is called for the reach on Michael Bessler in the backcourt - foul #4 on Ronald Smith, team foul #10 | 54-55 |
| 00:06 | Syracuse | Michael Bessler misses the 1st free throw | 54-55 |
| 00:06 | Syracuse | Michael Bessler misses the 2nd free throw | 54-55 |
| 00:06 | Louisville | Christopher Bunn snags the defensive board | 54-55 |
| 00:06 | Louisville | Louisville calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 4 full remaining) | 54-55 |
| 00:01 | Louisville | Christopher Bunn is hacked by Michael Bessler - foul #3 on Michael Bessler, team foul #10 | 54-55 |
| 00:01 | Louisville | Christopher Bunn misses the 1st free throw | 54-55 |
| 00:01 | Louisville | Christopher Bunn misses the 2nd free throw | 54-55 |
| 00:01 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Joshua Jorgenson | 54-55 |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Joshua Jorgenson runs out the clock | 54-55 |