| Lineup | Ohio State | PG - Kevin Leland (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Eugene Boyes (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Neff (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Larry Lapine (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Thomas Miller (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Santa Clara | PG - Michael Wilson (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Jimmie McElwaine (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Von Piotrowski (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Julius Johnson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Kyle Ayoub (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Ohio State | James Neff inbounds the ball | 34-28 |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Santa Clara | Santa Clara is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| 19:33 | Ohio State | Eugene Boyes scores on a 3 pointer from straight away set up by Kevin Leland | 37-28 |
| 19:29 | Santa Clara | Von Piotrowski makes the jumpshot from the left wing on a great pass from Julius Johnson | 37-30 |
| 19:06 | Ohio State | Thomas Miller hits a turnaround from close range on a nice dish by Kevin Leland | 39-30 |
| 18:40 | Santa Clara | Von Piotrowski clanks a 3pt attempt from straight away | 39-30 |
| 18:38 | Santa Clara | Julius Johnson tips it back up and in | 39-32 |
| 18:36 | Ohio State | Julius Johnson is called for the reach on Eugene Boyes in the backcourt - foul #1 on Julius Johnson, team foul #1 | 39-32 |
| Subs | Ohio State | | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Charles Ross (SG), Anthony Kyle (C) Jimmie McElwaine, Kyle Ayoub | |
| 18:11 | Ohio State | Eugene Boyes misses long on a fadeaway from close range but he's hacked by Anthony Kyle - foul #1 on Anthony Kyle, team foul #2 | 39-32 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Kenneth Wilkerson (SF), Randy Correll (C) James Neff, Thomas Miller | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Joseph Body (PG), Nelson Lagrone (SF), Ollie Warner (C) Michael Wilson, Von Piotrowski, Julius Johnson | |
| 18:11 | Ohio State | Eugene Boyes misses the 1st free throw | 39-32 |
| 18:11 | Ohio State | Eugene Boyes makes the 2nd free throw | 40-32 |
| 17:49 | Santa Clara | Charles Ross throws a bad pass out of bounds | 40-32 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Gary Taylor (PG), Walter Harper (PF) Kevin Leland, Larry Lapine | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | | |
| 17:20 | Ohio State | Gary Taylor comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 40-32 |
| 17:18 | Santa Clara | The rebound goes to Ollie Warner | 40-32 |
| 16:49 | Santa Clara | Randy Correll takes the ball from Ollie Warner | 40-32 |
| 16:27 | Ohio State | Gary Taylor clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 40-32 |
| 16:25 | Ohio State | Eugene Boyes tips it in | 42-32 |
| 16:05 | Santa Clara | Anthony Kyle misses the fadeaway from the left wing | 42-32 |
| 16:04 | Santa Clara | Joseph Body gets the offensive rebound | 42-32 |
| 15:58 | Santa Clara | Ollie Warner can't connect on an uncontested 3pt attempt from the right corner | 42-32 |
| 15:56 | Ohio State | Gary Taylor grabs the board | 42-32 |
| Lineup | Ohio State | PG - Gary Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Eugene Boyes (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 2 ast. SF - Kenneth Wilkerson (fairly fresh) 10 pts. PF - Walter Harper (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Randy Correll (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Santa Clara | PG - Joseph Body (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Charles Ross (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Nelson Lagrone (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. PF - Anthony Kyle (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Ollie Warner (fairly fresh) | |
| 15:32 | Ohio State | Eugene Boyes misses the wide open floater from just outside the lane | 42-32 |
| 15:31 | Ohio State | Walter Harper grabs the offensive board | 42-32 |
| 15:10 | Ohio State | Gary Taylor makes the 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Eugene Boyes | 45-32 |
| 14:52 | Santa Clara | Nelson Lagrone is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a floater from the left side | 45-32 |
| 14:50 | Ohio State | Eugene Boyes gets the rebound | 45-32 |
| 14:47 | Ohio State | Nelson Lagrone is called for the reach on Gary Taylor in the backcourt - foul #3 on Nelson Lagrone, team foul #3 | 45-32 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Kevin Leland (PG), James Neff (SF), Larry Lapine (PF), Thomas Miller (C) Gary Taylor, Kenneth Wilkerson, Walter Harper, Randy Correll | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Michael Wilson (PG), Jimmie McElwaine (SG), Von Piotrowski (SF), Julius Johnson (PF), Kyle Ayoub (C) Joseph Body, Charles Ross, Nelson Lagrone, Anthony Kyle, Ollie Warner | |
| 14:31 | Ohio State | Eugene Boyes can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 45-32 |
| 14:30 | Ohio State | Larry Lapine hits the follow up shot | 47-32 |
| 14:11 | Santa Clara | Julius Johnson splits the doubleteam but misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 47-32 |
| 14:09 | Ohio State | James Neff grabs the defensive rebound | 47-32 |
| 14:07 | Ohio State | Michael Wilson is called for the reach on Kevin Leland in the backcourt - foul #1 on Michael Wilson, team foul #4 | 47-32 |
| 13:46 | Ohio State | Thomas Miller lays it up and in on a nice dish by Kevin Leland and the foul's on Kyle Ayoub - foul #1 on Kyle Ayoub, team foul #5 | 49-32 |
| 13:46 | Ohio State | Thomas Miller makes the free throw | 50-32 |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Santa Clara | Santa Clara is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| 13:23 | Santa Clara | Julius Johnson comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 50-32 |
| 13:21 | Santa Clara | Von Piotrowski grabs the offensive board | 50-32 |
| 13:08 | Santa Clara | Jimmie McElwaine connects on the shot in the lane on a nice dish by Von Piotrowski | 50-34 |
| 12:50 | Ohio State | Julius Johnson is called for the reach on Eugene Boyes - foul #2 on Julius Johnson, team foul #6 | 50-34 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Gary Taylor (SG), Damion Brown (C) Eugene Boyes, Thomas Miller | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Jack Edwards (SG), Nelson Lagrone (SF) Jimmie McElwaine, Von Piotrowski | |
| 12:28 | Ohio State | Gary Taylor makes the 3pt shot from the left corner on a great pass from Kevin Leland | 53-34 |
| 12:25 | Santa Clara | Kevin Leland steps in front of the Michael Wilson pass in the backcourt | 53-34 |
| 12:24 | Ohio State | Kevin Leland banks in the layup | 55-34 |
| 12:15 | Santa Clara | Larry Lapine steals the ball from Jack Edwards | 55-34 |
| 11:55 | Ohio State | Larry Lapine is open and buries a jump hook in the lane on a nice dish by Kevin Leland | 57-34 |
| Lineup | Ohio State | PG - Kevin Leland (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 ast. 3 stl. SG - Gary Taylor (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Neff (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - Larry Lapine (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - Damion Brown (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Santa Clara | PG - Michael Wilson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Jack Edwards (fresh) SF - Nelson Lagrone (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. 3 pf. PF - Julius Johnson (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Kyle Ayoub (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:44 | Santa Clara | Michael Wilson is hacked by James Neff - foul #4 on James Neff, team foul #1 | 57-34 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Kenneth Wilkerson (SG), Walter Harper (PF), Randy Correll (C) Kevin Leland, Larry Lapine, Damion Brown | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Jimmie McElwaine (SG) Michael Wilson | |
| 11:36 | Santa Clara | Nelson Lagrone works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 57-34 |
| 11:34 | Ohio State | Kenneth Wilkerson grabs the defensive rebound | 57-34 |
| 11:12 | Ohio State | Kenneth Wilkerson is open and buries a 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Gary Taylor | 60-34 |
| 11:07 | Santa Clara | Julius Johnson can't throw it down | 60-34 |
| 11:06 | Santa Clara | The offensive rebound goes to Jack Edwards | 60-34 |
| 10:52 | Santa Clara | Julius Johnson works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 60-34 |
| 10:51 | Ohio State | Walter Harper gets the rebound | 60-34 |
| 10:46 | Ohio State | Randy Correll is called for traveling in the backcourt | 60-34 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Kevin Leland (PG), Thomas Miller (C) Gary Taylor, Randy Correll | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Joseph Body (PG), Von Piotrowski (SF), Anthony Kyle (PF), Ollie Warner (C) Jack Edwards, Nelson Lagrone, Julius Johnson, Kyle Ayoub | |
| 10:36 | Santa Clara | Jimmie McElwaine hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 60-34 |
| 10:35 | Ohio State | Kenneth Wilkerson pulls down the rebound | 60-34 |
| 10:30 | Ohio State | Kenneth Wilkerson is hacked by Jimmie McElwaine in the backcourt - foul #3 on Jimmie McElwaine, team foul #7 | 60-34 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Larry Lapine (PF) Walter Harper | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | | |
| 10:30 | Ohio State | Kenneth Wilkerson misses the 1st free throw | 60-34 |
| 10:30 | Santa Clara | Anthony Kyle grabs the board | 60-34 |
| 10:16 | Santa Clara | Ollie Warner throws a bad pass out of bounds | 60-34 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Eugene Boyes (SG) Kenneth Wilkerson | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Charles Ross (SG) Jimmie McElwaine | |
| 09:56 | Ohio State | Eugene Boyes knocks in the shot from just outside the lane | 62-34 |
| 09:41 | Santa Clara | Charles Ross is hacked by Eugene Boyes - foul #2 on Eugene Boyes, team foul #2 | 62-34 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Kenneth Wilkerson (SF), Randy Correll (C) James Neff, Larry Lapine | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Nelson Lagrone (C) Ollie Warner | |
| 09:36 | Santa Clara | Joseph Body throws a bad pass out of bounds | 62-34 |
| Subs | Ohio State | | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Jack Edwards (PG) Joseph Body | |
| 09:08 | Ohio State | Eugene Boyes buries a 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Kenneth Wilkerson | 65-34 |
| 08:53 | Santa Clara | Anthony Kyle misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 65-34 |
| 08:52 | Ohio State | Eugene Boyes snags the defensive board | 65-34 |
| 08:23 | Ohio State | Kevin Leland misses long on a floater from the right side | 65-34 |
| 08:22 | Santa Clara | Nelson Lagrone snags the defensive board | 65-34 |
| 08:11 | Santa Clara | Anthony Kyle misses badly on the uncontested 3pt attempt from the left corner | 65-34 |
| 08:09 | Ohio State | The rebound goes to Randy Correll | 65-34 |
| 08:07 | Ohio State | Kevin Leland is whistled for a carry in the backcourt | 65-34 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Gary Taylor (PG), James Neff (SF), Walter Harper (PF), Damion Brown (C) Kevin Leland, Eugene Boyes, Thomas Miller, Randy Correll | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Joseph Body (PG), Ollie Warner (C) Jack Edwards, Von Piotrowski | |
| 07:50 | Santa Clara | Nelson Lagrone evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 65-34 |
| 07:49 | Santa Clara | Ollie Warner grabs the offensive rebound | 65-34 |
| Lineup | Ohio State | PG - Gary Taylor (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Kenneth Wilkerson (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Neff (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. PF - Walter Harper (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. C - Damion Brown (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Santa Clara | PG - Joseph Body (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Charles Ross (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Nelson Lagrone (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. PF - Anthony Kyle (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Ollie Warner (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 07:40 | Santa Clara | Nelson Lagrone evades the doubleteam but misses long on a shot from the left block but he's hacked by James Neff - foul #5 on James Neff, team foul #3 | 65-34 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Eugene Boyes (SG) James Neff | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | | |
| 07:40 | Santa Clara | Nelson Lagrone misses the 1st free throw | 65-34 |
| 07:40 | Santa Clara | Nelson Lagrone misses the 2nd free throw | 65-34 |
| 07:40 | Ohio State | Walter Harper gets the rebound | 65-34 |
| 07:15 | Ohio State | Eugene Boyes connects on the 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Gary Taylor | 68-34 |
| 07:02 | Santa Clara | Anthony Kyle misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 68-34 |
| 07:01 | Santa Clara | Nelson Lagrone tips it in | 68-36 |
| 06:39 | Ohio State | Charles Ross takes the ball from Damion Brown | 68-36 |
| 06:36 | Santa Clara | Nelson Lagrone hits the finger roll set up by Charles Ross | 68-38 |
| 06:32 | Ohio State | Charles Ross is called for the reach on Kenneth Wilkerson in the backcourt - foul #2 on Charles Ross, team foul #8 | 68-38 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Randy Correll (C) Damion Brown | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Jack Edwards (SG) Charles Ross | |
| 06:32 | Ohio State | Kenneth Wilkerson misses the 1st free throw | 68-38 |
| 06:32 | Santa Clara | Ollie Warner gets the rebound | 68-38 |
| 06:16 | Santa Clara | Joseph Body misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 68-38 |
| 06:14 | Ohio State | The rebound goes to Randy Correll | 68-38 |
| 05:51 | Ohio State | Eugene Boyes makes the wide open 3pt jumper from the left wing | 71-38 |
| 05:39 | Santa Clara | Jack Edwards makes the 3 pointer from the right wing | 71-41 |
| 05:19 | Ohio State | Eugene Boyes misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 71-41 |
| 05:17 | Santa Clara | Anthony Kyle grabs the defensive rebound | 71-41 |
| 04:56 | Santa Clara | Anthony Kyle scores on a runner from close range on a great pass from Nelson Lagrone out of a doubleteam | 71-43 |
| 04:28 | Ohio State | Walter Harper misses badly on a driving attempt from close range but he's hacked by Anthony Kyle - foul #2 on Anthony Kyle, team foul #9 | 71-43 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Kevin Leland (PG), Damion Brown (C) Eugene Boyes, Randy Correll | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Charles Ross (SG) Ollie Warner | |
| 04:28 | Ohio State | Walter Harper makes the 1st free throw | 72-43 |
| 04:28 | Ohio State | Walter Harper makes the 2nd free throw | 73-43 |
| 04:07 | Santa Clara | Anthony Kyle is fouled on the floor by Walter Harper - foul #1 on Walter Harper, team foul #4 | 73-43 |
| 03:53 | Santa Clara | Joseph Body double dribbles | 73-43 |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Santa Clara | Santa Clara is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 03:39 | Ohio State | Kenneth Wilkerson clanks a 3pt shot from the right wing | 73-43 |
| 03:37 | Ohio State | Walter Harper grabs the offensive board | 73-43 |
| Lineup | Ohio State | PG - Kevin Leland (fresh) 4 pts. 6 ast. 3 stl. SG - Gary Taylor (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SF - Kenneth Wilkerson (tired) 13 pts. 1 ast. PF - Walter Harper (tiring) 5 pts. 7 reb. C - Damion Brown (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Santa Clara | PG - Joseph Body (tiring) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Charles Ross (tiring) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jack Edwards (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Anthony Kyle (tired) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Nelson Lagrone (tiring) 6 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. | |
| 03:23 | Ohio State | Walter Harper buries a runner in the lane set up by Kevin Leland | 75-43 |
| 03:12 | Santa Clara | Joseph Body misses long on a jumpshot from the left wing | 75-43 |
| 03:10 | Ohio State | Walter Harper gets the rebound | 75-43 |
| 02:41 | Ohio State | Kevin Leland misses long on a fadeaway from the right side but he's fouled by Charles Ross - foul #3 on Charles Ross, team foul #10 | 75-43 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Randy Correll (C) Damion Brown | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | Ollie Warner (C) Jack Edwards | |
| 02:41 | Ohio State | Kevin Leland makes the 1st free throw | 76-43 |
| 02:41 | Ohio State | Kevin Leland makes the 2nd free throw | 77-43 |
| 02:25 | Santa Clara | Ollie Warner misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 77-43 |
| 02:24 | Ohio State | Kenneth Wilkerson gets the rebound | 77-43 |
| 01:59 | Ohio State | Gary Taylor throws a bad pass out of bounds | 77-43 |
| Subs | Ohio State | Eugene Boyes (SG) Kevin Leland | |
| Subs | Santa Clara | | |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Santa Clara | Santa Clara is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 01:44 | Santa Clara | Joseph Body hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 77-43 |
| 01:43 | Ohio State | Walter Harper grabs the board | 77-43 |
| 01:19 | Ohio State | Eugene Boyes makes the 3pt shot from straight away | 80-43 |
| 01:06 | Santa Clara | Ollie Warner connects on the shot from the right wing | 80-45 |
| 00:41 | Ohio State | Eugene Boyes comes up short on the floater from the baseline | 80-45 |
| 00:39 | Santa Clara | Nelson Lagrone grabs the board | 80-45 |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Santa Clara | Santa Clara is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 00:33 | Santa Clara | Nelson Lagrone hits a turnaround from close range | 80-47 |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Santa Clara | Santa Clara is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| 00:08 | Ohio State | Randy Correll misses long on a driving attempt from the right block | 80-47 |
| 00:07 | Ohio State | Randy Correll tips it but misses | 80-47 |
| 00:05 | Santa Clara | Nelson Lagrone snags the defensive board | 80-47 |
| 00:01 | Santa Clara | Walter Harper blocks the short jumper by Anthony Kyle | 80-47 |
| 00:00 | Ohio State | Randy Correll grabs the defensive rebound | 80-47 |