| Lineup | Kansas | PG - Robert Sparks (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Cameron (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Robert Clark (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Yevgeny Zelonis (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - James Bennett (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Jim Blagg (fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. SG - Pili Mohd (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Benny Silvester (fresh) PF - Michael Hammond (fresh) 2 reb. C - Curtis Johnston (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Kansas | Robert Clark inbounds the ball | 34-31 |
| Game Plan | Kansas | Kansas is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:46 | Kansas | Robert Clark makes the driving attempt from close range | 36-31 |
| 19:26 | NC State | Curtis Johnston misses badly on a driving attempt in the paint | 36-31 |
| 19:24 | NC State | Curtis Johnston grabs the offensive board | 36-31 |
| 19:07 | NC State | Curtis Johnston drills a floater in the paint on a great pass from Jim Blagg | 36-33 |
| 18:56 | Kansas | The short jumper by Yevgeny Zelonis is denied by Michael Hammond | 36-33 |
| 18:55 | Kansas | Robert Clark gets the offensive rebound | 36-33 |
| 18:32 | Kansas | James Bennett hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left block | 36-33 |
| 18:30 | NC State | The rebound goes to Benny Silvester | 36-33 |
| 18:08 | NC State | Curtis Johnston misses short on a jump hook near the basket | 36-33 |
| 18:07 | Kansas | Michael Cameron pulls down the rebound | 36-33 |
| 18:01 | Kansas | James Bennett knocks in the turnaround near the basket and he's hacked by Pili Mohd - foul #3 on Pili Mohd, team foul #1 | 38-33 |
| Subs | Kansas | David Payne (PG), Robert Gatling (SF), Thomas Rolston (PF) Robert Sparks, Robert Clark, Yevgeny Zelonis | |
| Subs | NC State | Russell Farmer (SG) Pili Mohd | |
| 18:01 | Kansas | James Bennett makes the free throw | 39-33 |
| 17:32 | NC State | Curtis Johnston is called for the offensive foul - foul #1 on Curtis Johnston, team foul #2 | 39-33 |
| Subs | Kansas | Matthew Hansen (C) James Bennett | |
| Subs | NC State | Kevin Hitch (C) Benny Silvester | |
| 17:24 | Kansas | Robert Gatling misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 39-33 |
| 17:23 | NC State | Russell Farmer gets the rebound | 39-33 |
| 17:01 | NC State | Matthew Hansen takes the ball from Kevin Hitch | 39-33 |
| 16:45 | Kansas | Robert Gatling throws a bad pass out of bounds | 39-33 |
| Subs | Kansas | | |
| Subs | NC State | Benny Silvester (SF), David Dallas (PF) Curtis Johnston, Michael Hammond | |
| 16:26 | NC State | Kevin Hitch can't connect on a fadeaway from close range | 39-33 |
| 16:25 | NC State | David Dallas gets the offensive rebound | 39-33 |
| 16:16 | NC State | Kevin Hitch misses the easy layup | 39-33 |
| 16:14 | NC State | Kevin Hitch tips it back up and in | 39-35 |
| 16:06 | Kansas | David Payne throws a bad pass out of bounds | 39-35 |
| Subs | Kansas | Robert Clark (SF), Yevgeny Zelonis (PF) Robert Gatling, Thomas Rolston | |
| Subs | NC State | Curtis Johnston (C) Kevin Hitch | |
| 15:46 | NC State | Jim Blagg buries a 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Benny Silvester | 39-38 |
| Lineup | Kansas | PG - David Payne (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Michael Cameron (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Robert Clark (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. PF - Yevgeny Zelonis (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Matthew Hansen (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Jim Blagg (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 4 ast. SG - Russell Farmer (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Benny Silvester (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - David Dallas (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Curtis Johnston (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:33 | Kansas | Yevgeny Zelonis lays it in | 41-38 |
| 15:07 | NC State | Curtis Johnston can't connect on a shot from the left side but he's hacked by Michael Cameron - foul #3 on Michael Cameron, team foul #1 | 41-38 |
| Subs | Kansas | Robert Sparks (PG), Robert Gatling (SF), Thomas Rolston (PF), James Bennett (C) David Payne, Robert Clark, Yevgeny Zelonis, Matthew Hansen | |
| Subs | NC State | Pili Mohd (SG), Michael Hammond (PF), Kevin Hitch (C) Russell Farmer, Benny Silvester, David Dallas | |
| 15:07 | NC State | Curtis Johnston makes the 1st free throw | 41-39 |
| 15:07 | NC State | Curtis Johnston makes the 2nd free throw | 41-40 |
| 15:00 | Kansas | Curtis Johnston blocks the short jumper by James Bennett | 41-40 |
| 14:59 | NC State | Michael Hammond grabs the board | 41-40 |
| 14:39 | NC State | Jim Blagg is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 41-40 |
| 14:37 | Kansas | James Bennett grabs the board | 41-40 |
| 14:27 | Kansas | Thomas Rolston loses the dribble to Kevin Hitch | 41-40 |
| 14:02 | NC State | Curtis Johnston hits a floater from the free throw line on a nice dish by Pili Mohd | 41-42 |
| 13:49 | Kansas | Jim Blagg steals it from Thomas Rolston | 41-42 |
| 13:25 | NC State | Curtis Johnston scores on a shot from the baseline on a great pass from Jim Blagg | 41-44 |
| 13:12 | Kansas | Kevin Hitch swats the dunk try by Thomas Rolston | 41-44 |
| 13:10 | NC State | Kevin Hitch gets the rebound | 41-44 |
| 12:50 | NC State | Jim Blagg connects on the fadeaway from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Curtis Johnston | 41-46 |
| 12:29 | Kansas | Michael Cameron can't connect on a floater from the free throw line | 41-46 |
| 12:28 | NC State | Pili Mohd gets the rebound | 41-46 |
| 12:03 | NC State | James Bennett blocks the short jumper by Curtis Johnston | 41-46 |
| 12:02 | NC State | Curtis Johnston pulls down the offensive rebound | 41-46 |
| 11:33 | NC State | Kevin Hitch hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 41-46 |
| 11:31 | NC State | Michael Hammond misses the tip | 41-46 |
| 11:29 | NC State | Curtis Johnston pulls down the offensive rebound | 41-46 |
| Lineup | Kansas | PG - Robert Sparks (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Cameron (tiring) 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Robert Gatling (fairly fresh) PF - Thomas Rolston (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - James Bennett (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Jim Blagg (tiring) 17 pts. 5 ast. 2 stl. SG - Pili Mohd (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Curtis Johnston (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. PF - Michael Hammond (fairly fresh) 4 reb. C - Kevin Hitch (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:05 | NC State | Kevin Hitch drills a jumper near the basket set up by Jim Blagg out of the doubleteam | 41-48 |
| 10:50 | Kansas | Michael Cameron comes up short on the runner near the basket | 41-48 |
| 10:48 | NC State | Curtis Johnston pulls down the rebound | 41-48 |
| 10:26 | NC State | Kevin Hitch is hacked by James Bennett - foul #2 on James Bennett, team foul #2 | 41-48 |
| Subs | Kansas | David Payne (PG), Robert Clark (SF), Yevgeny Zelonis (PF), Matthew Hansen (C) Robert Sparks, Robert Gatling, Thomas Rolston, James Bennett | |
| Subs | NC State | Russell Farmer (PG), Benny Silvester (SF), David Dallas (PF) Jim Blagg, Michael Hammond, Kevin Hitch | |
| 10:08 | NC State | David Dallas is hacked by Yevgeny Zelonis - foul #1 on Yevgeny Zelonis, team foul #3 | 41-48 |
| 09:49 | NC State | Curtis Johnston splits the doubleteam but misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 41-48 |
| 09:48 | Kansas | David Payne gets the rebound | 41-48 |
| 09:43 | Kansas | Robert Clark makes the 3 from the left wing set up by Michael Cameron | 44-48 |
| 09:21 | NC State | Curtis Johnston banks in the layup over the doubleteam on a nice dish by Pili Mohd and he's hacked by Michael Cameron - foul #4 on Michael Cameron, team foul #4 | 44-50 |
| Subs | Kansas | Roger Bonet (PF) Michael Cameron | |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| 09:21 | NC State | Curtis Johnston makes the free throw | 44-51 |
| 09:04 | Kansas | Yevgeny Zelonis misses short on a fadeaway from the right block but he's fouled by Pili Mohd - foul #4 on Pili Mohd, team foul #3 | 44-51 |
| Subs | Kansas | | |
| Subs | NC State | Jim Blagg (PG) Pili Mohd | |
| 09:04 | Kansas | Yevgeny Zelonis makes the 1st free throw | 45-51 |
| 09:04 | Kansas | Yevgeny Zelonis makes the 2nd free throw | 46-51 |
| 08:44 | NC State | Jim Blagg hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 46-51 |
| 08:43 | Kansas | Yevgeny Zelonis grabs the defensive rebound | 46-51 |
| 08:37 | Kansas | David Payne clanks a jumper from the right wing | 46-51 |
| 08:36 | Kansas | Robert Clark hits the follow up shot | 48-51 |
| 08:13 | NC State | Jim Blagg clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 48-51 |
| 08:12 | Kansas | Yevgeny Zelonis gets the rebound | 48-51 |
| 08:08 | Kansas | David Payne knocks in the fadeaway from the left wing on a great pass from Matthew Hansen | 50-51 |
| 07:44 | NC State | Curtis Johnston scores on a pull-up jumper from the right wing set up by Jim Blagg and the foul's on Matthew Hansen - foul #2 on Matthew Hansen, team foul #5 | 50-53 |
| Subs | Kansas | Michael Cameron (SG) Roger Bonet | |
| Subs | NC State | Pili Mohd (SG), Michael Hammond (PF), Kevin Hitch (C) Jim Blagg, Benny Silvester, David Dallas | |
| 07:44 | NC State | Curtis Johnston makes the free throw | 50-54 |
| 07:28 | Kansas | Russell Farmer is called for the reach on David Payne - foul #2 on Russell Farmer, team foul #4 | 50-54 |
| Subs | Kansas | | |
| Subs | NC State | Benny Silvester (SF) Curtis Johnston | |
| Lineup | Kansas | PG - David Payne (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SG - Michael Cameron (tiring) 2 ast. 4 pf. SF - Robert Clark (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. PF - Yevgeny Zelonis (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. C - Matthew Hansen (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Russell Farmer (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Pili Mohd (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. SF - Benny Silvester (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Michael Hammond (fresh) 4 reb. C - Kevin Hitch (fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:12 | Kansas | Michael Cameron clanks a jumpshot from the free throw line | 50-54 |
| 07:11 | NC State | Kevin Hitch grabs the defensive rebound | 50-54 |
| 06:44 | NC State | Kevin Hitch makes the contested jumpshot from the right wing on a great pass from Pili Mohd | 50-56 |
| 06:36 | Kansas | Michael Hammond swats the layup by Robert Clark | 50-56 |
| 06:34 | NC State | Kevin Hitch grabs the board | 50-56 |
| 06:20 | NC State | Kevin Hitch travels with the ball | 50-56 |
| Subs | Kansas | Robert Sparks (PG), James Bennett (C) David Payne, Matthew Hansen | |
| Subs | NC State | Jim Blagg (PG) Russell Farmer | |
| 06:01 | Kansas | James Bennett steps out of bounds on the sideline | 50-56 |
| Subs | Kansas | | |
| Subs | NC State | David Dallas (C) Kevin Hitch | |
| 05:45 | NC State | Michael Hammond hits a wide open runner near the basket on a nice dish by Pili Mohd | 50-58 |
| 05:38 | Kansas | Michael Hammond swats the short shot by Yevgeny Zelonis | 50-58 |
| 05:37 | NC State | Jim Blagg pulls down the rebound | 50-58 |
| 05:15 | NC State | Jim Blagg misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 50-58 |
| 05:13 | NC State | David Dallas gets the offensive rebound | 50-58 |
| 04:58 | NC State | Michael Hammond misses badly on a jumper in the lane but the foul's on Michael Cameron - foul #5 on Michael Cameron, team foul #6 | 50-58 |
| Subs | Kansas | David Payne (PG), Robert Gatling (SF), Thomas Rolston (PF), Matthew Hansen (C) Robert Sparks, Michael Cameron, Robert Clark, James Bennett | |
| Subs | NC State | Russell Farmer (SG) Pili Mohd | |
| 04:58 | NC State | Michael Hammond misses the 1st free throw | 50-58 |
| 04:58 | NC State | Michael Hammond makes the 2nd free throw | 50-59 |
| 04:40 | Kansas | Matthew Hansen throws a bad pass out of bounds | 50-59 |
| Subs | Kansas | Robert Sparks (PG), Robert Clark (SF) David Payne, Yevgeny Zelonis | |
| Subs | NC State | Kevin Hitch (C) Michael Hammond | |
| 04:12 | NC State | Jim Blagg splits the doubleteam and buries a 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by Russell Farmer | 50-62 |
| 03:56 | Kansas | Robert Sparks makes the 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from Thomas Rolston | 53-62 |
| 03:35 | NC State | Robert Sparks knocks away the 3 by Jim Blagg | 53-62 |
| 03:33 | Kansas | Robert Gatling grabs the board | 53-62 |
| 03:18 | Kansas | Thomas Rolston hits the finger roll set up by Robert Clark | 55-62 |
| Lineup | Kansas | PG - Robert Sparks (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - Robert Gatling (fresh) 2 reb. SF - Robert Clark (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. PF - Thomas Rolston (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Matthew Hansen (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Jim Blagg (tiring) 20 pts. 7 ast. 2 stl. SG - Russell Farmer (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SF - Benny Silvester (tiring) 2 reb. PF - David Dallas (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Kevin Hitch (fresh) 13 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 02:58 | NC State | Jim Blagg works out of a doubleteam and scores on a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Russell Farmer | 55-65 |
| 02:58 | Kansas | Kansas calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 55-65 |
| Subs | Kansas | David Payne (PG), Yevgeny Zelonis (SG), James Bennett (C) Robert Sparks, Robert Clark, Matthew Hansen | |
| Subs | NC State | Pili Mohd (SG), Curtis Johnston (SF), Michael Hammond (PF) Jim Blagg, Benny Silvester, David Dallas | |
| Game Plan | Kansas | Kansas is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 02:48 | Kansas | Yevgeny Zelonis comes up short on the floater near the basket | 55-65 |
| 02:47 | NC State | Curtis Johnston gets the rebound | 55-65 |
| 02:23 | NC State | Curtis Johnston's floater is knocked away by James Bennett | 55-65 |
| 02:22 | NC State | Russell Farmer pulls down the offensive rebound | 55-65 |
| 01:56 | NC State | Kevin Hitch can't connect on a jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by David Payne - foul #3 on David Payne, team foul #7 | 55-65 |
| Subs | Kansas | Roger Bonet (SF), Matthew Hansen (C) Yevgeny Zelonis, James Bennett | |
| Subs | NC State | Jim Blagg (PG), Benny Silvester (SF) Russell Farmer, Curtis Johnston | |
| 01:56 | NC State | Kevin Hitch misses the 1st free throw | 55-65 |
| 01:56 | NC State | Kevin Hitch misses the 2nd free throw | 55-65 |
| 01:56 | Kansas | Thomas Rolston gets the rebound | 55-65 |
| 01:42 | Kansas | David Payne knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 58-65 |
| 01:21 | NC State | Benny Silvester hits a turnaround from the left block | 58-67 |
| 01:06 | Kansas | Robert Gatling comes up short on the fadeaway in the lane | 58-67 |
| 01:05 | Kansas | Thomas Rolston hits the follow up shot | 60-67 |
| 00:49 | NC State | Benny Silvester is fouled on the floor by Roger Bonet - foul #1 on Roger Bonet, team foul #8 | 60-67 |
| Subs | Kansas | Robert Sparks (PG), Yevgeny Zelonis (SG), Robert Clark (SF), James Bennett (C) David Payne, Robert Gatling, Roger Bonet, Matthew Hansen | |
| Subs | NC State | Curtis Johnston (C) Kevin Hitch | |
| 00:49 | NC State | Benny Silvester makes the 1st free throw | 60-68 |
| 00:49 | NC State | Benny Silvester makes the 2nd free throw | 60-69 |
| Game Plan | Kansas | Kansas is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:41 | Kansas | Robert Clark comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 60-69 |
| 00:39 | NC State | Pili Mohd pulls down the rebound | 60-69 |
| Game Plan | Kansas | Kansas is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:38 | NC State | Pili Mohd is hacked by Yevgeny Zelonis in the backcourt - foul #2 on Yevgeny Zelonis, team foul #9 | 60-69 |
| 00:38 | NC State | Pili Mohd misses the 1st free throw | 60-69 |
| 00:38 | Kansas | James Bennett grabs the defensive rebound | 60-69 |
| 00:31 | Kansas | Robert Clark drills a 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Yevgeny Zelonis | 63-69 |
| 00:29 | NC State | Michael Hammond is fouled in the backcourt by Robert Sparks - foul #1 on Robert Sparks, team foul #10 | 63-69 |
| 00:29 | NC State | Michael Hammond makes the 1st free throw | 63-70 |
| 00:29 | NC State | Michael Hammond makes the 2nd free throw | 63-71 |
| 00:21 | Kansas | James Bennett is hacked by Michael Hammond - foul #3 on Michael Hammond, team foul #5 | 63-71 |
| 00:17 | Kansas | Robert Clark misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 63-71 |
| 00:16 | Kansas | Robert Sparks gets the offensive rebound | 63-71 |
| 00:14 | Kansas | Robert Sparks misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 63-71 |
| 00:13 | NC State | Benny Silvester grabs the defensive rebound | 63-71 |
| 00:11 | NC State | Benny Silvester is fouled in the backcourt by Yevgeny Zelonis - foul #3 on Yevgeny Zelonis, team foul #11 | 63-71 |
| 00:11 | NC State | Benny Silvester makes the 1st free throw | 63-72 |
| 00:11 | NC State | Benny Silvester makes the 2nd free throw | 63-73 |
| 00:06 | Kansas | Robert Sparks misses badly on a fadeaway from the right wing | 63-73 |
| 00:04 | NC State | Michael Hammond pulls down the rebound | 63-73 |
| Game Plan | Kansas | Kansas is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:00 | NC State | Jim Blagg runs out the clock | 63-73 |