| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Christopher Patterson (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Mark Demoss (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Talty (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Clifford Worth (fresh) 2 reb. 3 stl. C - Nicholas Rock (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - James Molino (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Paul Sanders (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SF - Ronald Hillman (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Fred Morgan (fresh) C - Joshua Savage (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Villanova | John Talty inbounds the ball | 21-31 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:45 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson misses the easy layup but he's hacked by James Molino - foul #1 on James Molino, team foul #1 | 21-31 |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman (SG), Lawrence Gilyard (SF), Richard Norby (C) James Molino, Ronald Hillman, Joshua Savage | |
| 19:45 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson misses the 1st free throw | 21-31 |
| 19:45 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson makes the 2nd free throw | 22-31 |
| 19:22 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan is fouled on the floor by Clifford Worth - foul #3 on Clifford Worth, team foul #1 | 22-31 |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Molino (PG), Lloyd Clark (SG), Ronald Hillman (SF) Paul Sanders, Zlatko Zachman, Richard Norby | |
| 19:00 | Syracuse | Ronald Hillman scores on a 3 from the left corner | 22-34 |
| 18:39 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson can't connect on a turnaround from the right block | 22-34 |
| 18:38 | Syracuse | James Molino gets the rebound | 22-34 |
| 18:22 | Syracuse | Lawrence Gilyard misses badly on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 22-34 |
| 18:20 | Villanova | Clifford Worth snags the defensive board | 22-34 |
| 17:55 | Villanova | Lloyd Clark steals it from Clifford Worth | 22-34 |
| 17:28 | Syracuse | Lawrence Gilyard throws a bad pass out of bounds | 22-34 |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Paul Sanders (PG), Zlatko Zachman (SG), Stephen Vance (SF), Joshua Savage (PF), Richard Norby (C) James Molino, Lloyd Clark, Ronald Hillman, Fred Morgan, Lawrence Gilyard | |
| 17:11 | Villanova | Mark Demoss misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 22-34 |
| 17:09 | Syracuse | Richard Norby grabs the defensive rebound | 22-34 |
| 16:43 | Syracuse | Richard Norby misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 22-34 |
| 16:41 | Syracuse | Stephen Vance hits the follow up shot | 22-36 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a triangle offense and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 16:15 | Villanova | Nicholas Rock scores on a 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Christopher Patterson | 25-36 |
| 15:55 | Syracuse | Paul Sanders's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 25-36 |
| Subs | Villanova | Richard Wallace (SF), Douglas Colbert (C) John Talty, Nicholas Rock | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Ronald Hillman (SF), Fred Morgan (PF) Stephen Vance, Richard Norby | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Christopher Patterson (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mark Demoss (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Richard Wallace (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Clifford Worth (fresh) 3 reb. 3 stl. 3 pf. C - Douglas Colbert (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Paul Sanders (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Zlatko Zachman (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Ronald Hillman (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Fred Morgan (fresh) C - Joshua Savage (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 15:33 | Villanova | Richard Wallace scores on a jumpshot from the free throw line and he's fouled by Joshua Savage - foul #1 on Joshua Savage, team foul #2 | 27-36 |
| Subs | Villanova | Ricardo Morales (PG) Christopher Patterson | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 15:33 | Villanova | Richard Wallace makes the free throw | 28-36 |
| 15:08 | Syracuse | Joshua Savage misses the 3 pointer from straight away | 28-36 |
| 15:06 | Villanova | Richard Wallace snags the defensive board | 28-36 |
| 14:58 | Villanova | Clifford Worth connects on the fadeaway from the left side on a nice dish by Ricardo Morales | 30-36 |
| 14:33 | Syracuse | Mark Demoss steals the ball from Ronald Hillman | 30-36 |
| 14:30 | Villanova | Clifford Worth jams it on a nice dish by Mark Demoss | 32-36 |
| 14:04 | Syracuse | Ronald Hillman hits the finger roll set up by Paul Sanders and he's hacked by Clifford Worth - foul #4 on Clifford Worth, team foul #2 | 32-38 |
| Subs | Villanova | Christopher Patterson (PG), John Talty (SF), Nicholas Rock (C) Ricardo Morales, Clifford Worth, Douglas Colbert | |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Molino (PG), Lawrence Gilyard (C) Zlatko Zachman, Joshua Savage | |
| 14:04 | Syracuse | Ronald Hillman misses the free throw | 32-38 |
| 14:04 | Villanova | Richard Wallace snags the defensive board | 32-38 |
| 13:54 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson hits a 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Mark Demoss | 35-38 |
| 13:35 | Syracuse | Nicholas Rock is called for the reach on Lawrence Gilyard - foul #3 on Nicholas Rock, team foul #3 | 35-38 |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Stephen Vance (PF), Joshua Savage (C) Ronald Hillman, Fred Morgan | |
| 13:22 | Syracuse | Joshua Savage is hacked by Richard Wallace - foul #3 on Richard Wallace, team foul #4 | 35-38 |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Lloyd Clark (SG), Fred Morgan (PF) Paul Sanders, Stephen Vance | |
| 12:58 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan banks in the layup set up by James Molino | 35-40 |
| 12:38 | Villanova | Mark Demoss makes the contested 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Nicholas Rock | 38-40 |
| 12:23 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan blows the layup but the foul's on John Talty - foul #2 on John Talty, team foul #5 | 38-40 |
| Subs | Villanova | Clifford Worth (PF) Richard Wallace | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Paul Sanders (PG), Zlatko Zachman (SG), Ronald Hillman (SF) James Molino, Lloyd Clark, Lawrence Gilyard | |
| 12:23 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan makes the 1st free throw | 38-41 |
| 12:23 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan makes the 2nd free throw | 38-42 |
| 12:04 | Villanova | Nicholas Rock throws a bad pass out of bounds | 38-42 |
| Subs | Villanova | Michael Falk (SG) Mark Demoss | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Stephen Vance (PF), Richard Norby (C) Fred Morgan, Joshua Savage | |
| 11:38 | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman buries a fadeaway from just outside the lane on a great pass from Stephen Vance | 38-44 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Christopher Patterson (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Falk (fresh) SF - John Talty (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Clifford Worth (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 3 stl. 4 pf. C - Nicholas Rock (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Paul Sanders (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SG - Zlatko Zachman (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Ronald Hillman (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Stephen Vance (fresh) 2 pts. C - Richard Norby (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 11:35 | Villanova | Paul Sanders is called for the reach on Christopher Patterson in the backcourt - foul #2 on Paul Sanders, team foul #3 | 38-44 |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Lloyd Clark (SG), Fred Morgan (PF), Joshua Savage (C) Zlatko Zachman, Stephen Vance, Richard Norby | |
| 11:25 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson hits the front of the rim on the shot from the free throw line but he's hacked by Ronald Hillman - foul #2 on Ronald Hillman, team foul #4 | 38-44 |
| Subs | Villanova | Richard Wallace (C) Nicholas Rock | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 11:25 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson makes the 1st free throw | 39-44 |
| 11:25 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson misses the 2nd free throw | 39-44 |
| 11:25 | Syracuse | Joshua Savage snags the defensive board | 39-44 |
| 11:21 | Syracuse | Paul Sanders misses long on a jumpshot from the right side | 39-44 |
| 11:20 | Villanova | Richard Wallace snags the defensive board | 39-44 |
| 10:59 | Villanova | Michael Falk is fouled on the floor by Lloyd Clark - foul #1 on Lloyd Clark, team foul #5 | 39-44 |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman (SG), Lawrence Gilyard (SF), Richard Norby (C) Lloyd Clark, Ronald Hillman, Fred Morgan | |
| 10:38 | Villanova | Michael Falk misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 39-44 |
| 10:36 | Syracuse | Lawrence Gilyard grabs the board | 39-44 |
| 10:27 | Syracuse | Richard Norby scores on a floater near the basket on a great pass from Zlatko Zachman | 39-46 |
| 10:12 | Villanova | Clifford Worth makes the 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Michael Falk | 42-46 |
| 10:10 | Syracuse | Paul Sanders's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 42-46 |
| Subs | Villanova | Ricardo Morales (PG), Mark Demoss (SG), Nicholas Rock (C) Christopher Patterson, Michael Falk, John Talty | |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Molino (PG), Lloyd Clark (SG), Ronald Hillman (SF), Fred Morgan (PF) Paul Sanders, Zlatko Zachman, Lawrence Gilyard, Richard Norby | |
| 09:54 | Villanova | Mark Demoss double dribbles | 42-46 |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Paul Sanders (SG), Lawrence Gilyard (C) Lloyd Clark, Joshua Savage | |
| 09:31 | Syracuse | Paul Sanders's pass is intercepted by Ricardo Morales | 42-46 |
| 09:27 | Villanova | Richard Wallace hits the finger roll set up by Ricardo Morales | 44-46 |
| 09:07 | Syracuse | Paul Sanders comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 44-46 |
| 09:05 | Villanova | Clifford Worth snags the defensive board | 44-46 |
| 08:44 | Villanova | Nicholas Rock is alone and drills a fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Ricardo Morales | 46-46 |
| 08:17 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan double dribbles | 46-46 |
| Subs | Villanova | Christopher Patterson (PG), John Talty (SF) Ricardo Morales, Richard Wallace | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Lloyd Clark (PG), Zlatko Zachman (SG), Stephen Vance (PF), Joshua Savage (C) James Molino, Paul Sanders, Fred Morgan, Lawrence Gilyard | |
| 08:00 | Villanova | Nicholas Rock clanks a jumper from the right side | 46-46 |
| 07:59 | Syracuse | Joshua Savage snags the defensive board | 46-46 |
| 07:42 | Syracuse | Clifford Worth takes the ball from Lloyd Clark | 46-46 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Christopher Patterson (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mark Demoss (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - John Talty (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Clifford Worth (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 4 stl. 4 pf. C - Nicholas Rock (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Lloyd Clark (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Zlatko Zachman (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Ronald Hillman (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Stephen Vance (fresh) 2 pts. C - Joshua Savage (fresh) 8 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 07:13 | Villanova | Mark Demoss is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 46-46 |
| 07:11 | Villanova | The offensive rebound goes to John Talty | 46-46 |
| 06:50 | Villanova | Mark Demoss shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 46-46 |
| 06:48 | Villanova | John Talty snags the offensive board | 46-46 |
| 06:24 | Villanova | Mark Demoss can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 46-46 |
| 06:22 | Villanova | Clifford Worth tips it home | 48-46 |
| 06:01 | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman is hacked by Nicholas Rock - foul #4 on Nicholas Rock, team foul #6 | 48-46 |
| Subs | Villanova | Michael Falk (SG), Richard Wallace (C) Mark Demoss, Nicholas Rock | |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Molino (PG), Paul Sanders (SG), Lawrence Gilyard (SF), Fred Morgan (PF) Lloyd Clark, Zlatko Zachman, Ronald Hillman, Stephen Vance | |
| 05:40 | Syracuse | James Molino misses short on a jumpshot from the right side | 48-46 |
| 05:39 | Syracuse | Lawrence Gilyard grabs the offensive rebound | 48-46 |
| 05:27 | Syracuse | Paul Sanders scores on a 3pt shot from the right wing on a great pass from James Molino | 48-49 |
| 05:05 | Villanova | Michael Falk is hacked by James Molino - foul #2 on James Molino, team foul #6 | 48-49 |
| Subs | Villanova | Douglas Colbert (C) Clifford Worth | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman (SG), Ronald Hillman (SF), Richard Norby (C) James Molino, Lawrence Gilyard, Joshua Savage | |
| 04:40 | Villanova | Douglas Colbert misses the fadeaway jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Richard Norby - foul #1 on Richard Norby, team foul #7 | 48-49 |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Joshua Savage (C) Richard Norby | |
| 04:40 | Villanova | Douglas Colbert misses the 1st free throw | 48-49 |
| 04:40 | Villanova | Douglas Colbert makes the 2nd free throw | 49-49 |
| 04:16 | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman is fouled on the floor by Michael Falk - foul #1 on Michael Falk, team foul #7 | 49-49 |
| Subs | Villanova | Ricardo Morales (PG), John Williams (PF) Christopher Patterson, John Talty | |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Molino (PG), Richard Norby (C) Ronald Hillman, Joshua Savage | |
| 04:16 | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman makes the 1st free throw | 49-50 |
| 04:16 | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman misses the 2nd free throw | 49-50 |
| 04:16 | Villanova | John Williams grabs the board | 49-50 |
| 03:47 | Villanova | John Williams misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 49-50 |
| 03:46 | Villanova | Douglas Colbert can't tip it in | 49-50 |
| 03:44 | Villanova | Michael Falk snags the offensive board | 49-50 |
| 03:25 | Villanova | Richard Wallace drills a floater from the right wing on a nice dish by Michael Falk | 51-50 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Ricardo Morales (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Michael Falk (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Richard Wallace (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. PF - John Williams (fresh) C - Douglas Colbert (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - James Molino (fresh) 4 pts. 5 ast. SG - Paul Sanders (fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. SF - Zlatko Zachman (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. PF - Fred Morgan (fresh) 4 pts. C - Richard Norby (fresh) 6 pts. | |
| 03:00 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan drills a driving attempt from the right block set up by Paul Sanders and he's fouled by John Williams - foul #1 on John Williams, team foul #8 | 51-52 |
| Subs | Villanova | Christopher Patterson (PG), Mark Demoss (SG), John Talty (SF), Clifford Worth (PF), Nicholas Rock (C) Ricardo Morales, Michael Falk, Richard Wallace, John Williams, Douglas Colbert | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Lloyd Clark (SG), Ronald Hillman (SF), Joshua Savage (C) James Molino, Zlatko Zachman, Richard Norby | |
| 03:00 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan makes the free throw | 51-53 |
| 02:31 | Villanova | Joshua Savage takes the ball from John Talty | 51-53 |
| 02:18 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan misses badly on a jump hook in the paint | 51-53 |
| 02:16 | Villanova | Mark Demoss pulls down the rebound | 51-53 |
| 01:56 | Villanova | Christopher Patterson is open and scores on a 3 from straight away | 54-53 |
| 01:39 | Syracuse | Ronald Hillman can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 54-53 |
| 01:38 | Villanova | Clifford Worth grabs the board | 54-53 |
| 01:13 | Villanova | Lloyd Clark steals it from Mark Demoss | 54-53 |
| 01:10 | Syracuse | Lloyd Clark dunks the ball | 54-55 |
| 00:45 | Villanova | Ronald Hillman takes the ball from John Talty | 54-55 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:25 | Syracuse | Lloyd Clark can't connect on a shot from the right side but the foul's on John Talty - foul #3 on John Talty, team foul #9 | 54-55 |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Molino (PG) Paul Sanders | |
| 00:25 | Syracuse | Lloyd Clark makes the 1st free throw | 54-56 |
| 00:25 | Syracuse | Lloyd Clark makes the 2nd free throw | 54-57 |
| 00:02 | Villanova | Clifford Worth is fouled on the floor by Fred Morgan - foul #1 on Fred Morgan, team foul #8 | 54-57 |
| 00:02 | Villanova | Clifford Worth misses the 1st free throw | 54-57 |
| 00:02 | Syracuse | Joshua Savage grabs the defensive rebound | 54-57 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Joshua Savage runs out the clock | 54-57 |