| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Victor Kerner (fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. SG - Larry Brown (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Kenneth Zabek (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Oscar Gonzalez (fresh) 8 pts. C - Charles Werth (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Glenn Williams (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Heath Somers (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Israel Zambrana (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Joseph Nelson (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Patrick Hake (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Cincinnati | Israel Zambrana inbounds the ball | 27-31 |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| 19:52 | Cincinnati | Joseph Nelson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 27-31 |
| 19:27 | Virginia | Victor Kerner hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right side | 27-31 |
| 19:25 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Israel Zambrana | 27-31 |
| 19:19 | Cincinnati | The jump hook by Joseph Nelson is blocked by Kenneth Zabek | 27-31 |
| 19:18 | Virginia | Larry Brown grabs the board | 27-31 |
| 18:53 | Virginia | Victor Kerner evades the doubleteam and hits a jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Larry Brown | 29-31 |
| 18:32 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 29-31 |
| 18:30 | Virginia | Victor Kerner snags the defensive board | 29-31 |
| 18:07 | Virginia | Charles Werth is fouled on the floor by Patrick Hake - foul #2 on Patrick Hake, team foul #1 | 29-31 |
| 17:49 | Virginia | Oscar Gonzalez misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 29-31 |
| 17:48 | Virginia | Charles Werth grabs the offensive board | 29-31 |
| 17:31 | Virginia | Victor Kerner makes the contested 3 pointer from straight away set up by Oscar Gonzalez | 32-31 |
| 17:11 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers misses the runner from close range but the foul's on Larry Brown - foul #3 on Larry Brown, team foul #1 | 32-31 |
| Subs | Virginia | Michael Iliff (SF) Larry Brown | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 17:11 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers makes the 1st free throw | 32-32 |
| 17:11 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers makes the 2nd free throw | 32-33 |
| 16:45 | Virginia | Oscar Gonzalez hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 32-33 |
| 16:44 | Virginia | Charles Werth tips it but misses | 32-33 |
| 16:43 | Virginia | The offensive rebound goes to Oscar Gonzalez | 32-33 |
| 16:23 | Virginia | Charles Werth's fadeaway is rejected by Joseph Nelson | 32-33 |
| 16:21 | Virginia | Oscar Gonzalez tips it in | 34-33 |
| 15:57 | Cincinnati | Joseph Nelson hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 34-33 |
| 15:55 | Virginia | Kenneth Zabek snags the defensive board | 34-33 |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Victor Kerner (fairly fresh) 18 pts. 1 ast. SG - Kenneth Zabek (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Michael Iliff (fresh) PF - Oscar Gonzalez (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. C - Charles Werth (fairly fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Glenn Williams (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Heath Somers (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Israel Zambrana (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. PF - Joseph Nelson (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 3 blk. C - Patrick Hake (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:38 | Virginia | Michael Iliff hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right side | 34-33 |
| 15:36 | Cincinnati | Israel Zambrana grabs the defensive rebound | 34-33 |
| 15:12 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers clanks a driving attempt from the baseline but he's hacked by Oscar Gonzalez - foul #2 on Oscar Gonzalez, team foul #2 | 34-33 |
| Subs | Virginia | David Faulkner (SG), Daniel Bobby (PF), Jimmy Zagen (C) Kenneth Zabek, Oscar Gonzalez, Charles Werth | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | David Anderson (SG), Wilfredo Molina (C) Israel Zambrana, Patrick Hake | |
| 15:12 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers makes the 1st free throw | 34-34 |
| 15:12 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers makes the 2nd free throw | 34-35 |
| 15:07 | Virginia | Victor Kerner throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 34-35 |
| 14:59 | Cincinnati | Victor Kerner takes the ball from Heath Somers | 34-35 |
| 14:43 | Virginia | David Faulkner misses the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 34-35 |
| 14:42 | Cincinnati | Wilfredo Molina pulls down the rebound | 34-35 |
| 14:38 | Cincinnati | David Anderson misses long on a fadeaway from the right block but the foul's on Michael Iliff - foul #1 on Michael Iliff, team foul #3 | 34-35 |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Charles Simon (PG) Glenn Williams | |
| 14:38 | Cincinnati | David Anderson makes the 1st free throw | 34-36 |
| 14:38 | Cincinnati | David Anderson makes the 2nd free throw | 34-37 |
| 14:26 | Virginia | Victor Kerner is doubleteamed and throws a bad pass out of bounds | 34-37 |
| Subs | Virginia | Kenneth Zabek (SG) Victor Kerner | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 14:14 | Cincinnati | Joseph Nelson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 34-37 |
| 13:53 | Virginia | Kenneth Zabek is hacked by David Anderson - foul #4 on David Anderson, team foul #2 | 34-37 |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Glenn Williams (SG), Israel Zambrana (PF) David Anderson, Joseph Nelson | |
| 13:34 | Virginia | Michael Iliff loses the dribble to Heath Somers | 34-37 |
| 13:15 | Cincinnati | David Faulkner is called for the reach on Charles Simon - foul #1 on David Faulkner, team foul #4 | 34-37 |
| Subs | Virginia | Victor Kerner (PG), Charles Werth (C) Michael Iliff, Jimmy Zagen | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 13:00 | Cincinnati | Glenn Williams misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 34-37 |
| 12:59 | Virginia | David Faulkner gets the rebound | 34-37 |
| 12:44 | Virginia | Victor Kerner misses long on a shot from close range | 34-37 |
| 12:42 | Cincinnati | Wilfredo Molina gets the rebound | 34-37 |
| 12:23 | Cincinnati | Charles Simon hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left side but he's fouled by Daniel Bobby - foul #1 on Daniel Bobby, team foul #5 | 34-37 |
| Subs | Virginia | Michael Iliff (SF), Oscar Gonzalez (PF) Victor Kerner, Daniel Bobby | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Patrick Hake (PF) Heath Somers | |
| 12:23 | Cincinnati | Charles Simon makes the 1st free throw | 34-38 |
| 12:23 | Cincinnati | Charles Simon makes the 2nd free throw | 34-39 |
| 11:58 | Virginia | David Faulkner can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 34-39 |
| 11:57 | Virginia | Charles Werth tips it back up and in | 36-39 |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - David Faulkner (fresh) SG - Kenneth Zabek (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Michael Iliff (fresh) PF - Oscar Gonzalez (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. C - Charles Werth (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Charles Simon (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Glenn Williams (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Israel Zambrana (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. PF - Patrick Hake (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Wilfredo Molina (fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:48 | Cincinnati | Israel Zambrana hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 36-39 |
| 11:46 | Virginia | Kenneth Zabek gets the rebound | 36-39 |
| 11:41 | Virginia | Glenn Williams is called for the reach on Kenneth Zabek - foul #1 on Glenn Williams, team foul #3 | 36-39 |
| Subs | Virginia | Victor Kerner (PG) Kenneth Zabek | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 11:25 | Virginia | Victor Kerner splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 36-39 |
| 11:23 | Cincinnati | Patrick Hake snags the defensive board | 36-39 |
| 11:05 | Cincinnati | Glenn Williams hits a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 36-41 |
| 11:00 | Virginia | Oscar Gonzalez scores on a shot from close range set up by Victor Kerner out of the doubleteam and he's fouled by Patrick Hake - foul #3 on Patrick Hake, team foul #4 | 38-41 |
| Subs | Virginia | Kenneth Zabek (SG) David Faulkner | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Heath Somers (SF), Joseph Nelson (PF) Israel Zambrana, Wilfredo Molina | |
| 11:00 | Virginia | Oscar Gonzalez makes the free throw | 39-41 |
| 10:45 | Cincinnati | Victor Kerner takes the ball from Heath Somers | 39-41 |
| 10:16 | Virginia | Oscar Gonzalez clanks a jumper in the lane | 39-41 |
| 10:14 | Virginia | Victor Kerner pulls down the offensive rebound | 39-41 |
| 09:59 | Virginia | Victor Kerner splits the doubleteam and buries a 3 from the left corner on a nice dish by Charles Werth | 42-41 |
| 09:41 | Cincinnati | Glenn Williams comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 42-41 |
| 09:40 | Virginia | Oscar Gonzalez snags the defensive board | 42-41 |
| 09:16 | Virginia | Victor Kerner splits the doubleteam but misses short on a fadeaway from the left side | 42-41 |
| 09:15 | Cincinnati | Patrick Hake snags the defensive board | 42-41 |
| 08:50 | Cincinnati | Joseph Nelson can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 42-41 |
| 08:49 | Virginia | The rebound goes to Charles Werth | 42-41 |
| 08:31 | Virginia | Oscar Gonzalez is fouled on the floor by Joseph Nelson - foul #2 on Joseph Nelson, team foul #5 | 42-41 |
| Subs | Virginia | David Faulkner (PG), Larry Brown (SG), Daniel Bobby (PF), Jimmy Zagen (C) Victor Kerner, Michael Iliff, Oscar Gonzalez, Charles Werth | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bryan Schultz (PG), Israel Zambrana (SF), Wilfredo Molina (C) Charles Simon, Glenn Williams, Patrick Hake | |
| 08:11 | Virginia | Larry Brown scores on a 3pt shot from the left corner set up by David Faulkner | 45-41 |
| 07:57 | Cincinnati | Israel Zambrana misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 45-41 |
| 07:55 | Virginia | David Faulkner snags the defensive board | 45-41 |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - David Faulkner (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Larry Brown (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Kenneth Zabek (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Daniel Bobby (fresh) C - Jimmy Zagen (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Bryan Schultz (fresh) SG - Heath Somers (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Israel Zambrana (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. PF - Joseph Nelson (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 3 blk. C - Wilfredo Molina (fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:33 | Virginia | Larry Brown misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 45-41 |
| 07:31 | Cincinnati | Israel Zambrana gets the rebound | 45-41 |
| 07:11 | Cincinnati | Bryan Schultz comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 45-41 |
| 07:09 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers grabs the offensive rebound | 45-41 |
| 06:58 | Cincinnati | Bryan Schultz hits a 3pt shot from the left corner on a great pass from Heath Somers | 45-44 |
| 06:37 | Virginia | Larry Brown misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 45-44 |
| 06:35 | Cincinnati | Wilfredo Molina grabs the board | 45-44 |
| 06:19 | Cincinnati | Joseph Nelson misses the floater from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Daniel Bobby - foul #2 on Daniel Bobby, team foul #6 | 45-44 |
| Subs | Virginia | Victor Kerner (PG), Michael Iliff (SF), Oscar Gonzalez (PF), Charles Werth (C) David Faulkner, Kenneth Zabek, Daniel Bobby, Jimmy Zagen | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Glenn Williams (PG), David Anderson (SG) Bryan Schultz, Heath Somers | |
| 06:19 | Cincinnati | Joseph Nelson makes the 1st free throw | 45-45 |
| 06:19 | Cincinnati | Joseph Nelson makes the 2nd free throw | 45-46 |
| 05:59 | Virginia | Charles Werth misses long on a floater in the paint | 45-46 |
| 05:57 | Virginia | The offensive rebound goes to Charles Werth | 45-46 |
| 05:39 | Virginia | The short jumper by Oscar Gonzalez is denied by Joseph Nelson | 45-46 |
| 05:38 | Virginia | Michael Iliff grabs the offensive rebound | 45-46 |
| 05:23 | Virginia | Charles Werth is fouled on the floor by Wilfredo Molina - foul #4 on Wilfredo Molina, team foul #6 | 45-46 |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Patrick Hake (PF) Joseph Nelson | |
| 05:10 | Virginia | Israel Zambrana takes the ball from Charles Werth | 45-46 |
| 04:57 | Cincinnati | David Anderson drills a fadeaway from the left side and he's fouled by Victor Kerner - foul #1 on Victor Kerner, team foul #7 | 45-48 |
| Subs | Virginia | Kenneth Zabek (SF) Michael Iliff | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 04:57 | Cincinnati | David Anderson misses the free throw | 45-48 |
| 04:57 | Virginia | The rebound goes to Kenneth Zabek | 45-48 |
| 04:37 | Virginia | Victor Kerner can't throw it down but he's fouled by David Anderson - foul #5 on David Anderson, team foul #7 | 45-48 |
| Subs | Virginia | Michael Iliff (SF) Larry Brown | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Charles Simon (PG), Heath Somers (SF) David Anderson, Israel Zambrana | |
| 04:37 | Virginia | Victor Kerner makes the 1st free throw | 46-48 |
| 04:37 | Virginia | Victor Kerner makes the 2nd free throw | 47-48 |
| 04:13 | Cincinnati | Glenn Williams can't connect on a jumpshot from the free throw line but the foul's on Kenneth Zabek - foul #1 on Kenneth Zabek, team foul #8 | 47-48 |
| 04:13 | Cincinnati | Glenn Williams misses the 1st free throw | 47-48 |
| 04:13 | Cincinnati | Glenn Williams makes the 2nd free throw | 47-49 |
| 03:44 | Virginia | Kenneth Zabek hits a 3 pointer from the left corner | 50-49 |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Victor Kerner (fairly fresh) 23 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Kenneth Zabek (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Michael Iliff (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Oscar Gonzalez (fresh) 13 pts. 4 reb. C - Charles Werth (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Charles Simon (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Glenn Williams (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Heath Somers (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. PF - Patrick Hake (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Wilfredo Molina (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 8 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 03:34 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 50-49 |
| 03:33 | Cincinnati | Patrick Hake grabs the offensive rebound | 50-49 |
| 03:22 | Cincinnati | Wilfredo Molina drills a jumper from the left side set up by Patrick Hake | 50-51 |
| 02:59 | Virginia | Victor Kerner evades the doubleteam and hits a jumpshot from the free throw line on a nice dish by Kenneth Zabek | 52-51 |
| 02:59 | Cincinnati | Cincinnati calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 52-51 |
| Subs | Virginia | Larry Brown (SG) Michael Iliff | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Israel Zambrana (SF), Joseph Nelson (PF) Charles Simon, Patrick Hake | |
| 02:47 | Cincinnati | Israel Zambrana loses the ball out of bounds | 52-51 |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Charles Simon (PG) Heath Somers | |
| 02:21 | Virginia | Israel Zambrana blocks the 3 pointer from the right wing by Victor Kerner | 52-51 |
| 02:20 | Cincinnati | Wilfredo Molina snags the defensive board | 52-51 |
| 02:20 | Cincinnati | Cincinnati calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 52-51 |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Heath Somers (SG) Charles Simon | |
| 01:59 | Cincinnati | Glenn Williams makes the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 52-54 |
| 01:36 | Virginia | Victor Kerner shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 52-54 |
| 01:35 | Cincinnati | Heath Somers gets the rebound | 52-54 |
| 01:23 | Cincinnati | Joseph Nelson drills a fadeaway from the free throw line on a great pass from Israel Zambrana | 52-56 |
| 00:54 | Virginia | Oscar Gonzalez drills a jumper from the left wing | 54-56 |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| 00:30 | Cincinnati | Joseph Nelson scores on a jumper from the right wing | 54-58 |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| 00:24 | Virginia | Kenneth Zabek comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 54-58 |
| 00:22 | Cincinnati | Joseph Nelson grabs the board | 54-58 |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| 00:21 | Cincinnati | Larry Brown is called for the reach on Joseph Nelson in the backcourt - foul #4 on Larry Brown, team foul #9 | 54-58 |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Charles Simon (PG) Israel Zambrana | |
| 00:21 | Cincinnati | Joseph Nelson makes the 1st free throw | 54-59 |
| 00:21 | Cincinnati | Joseph Nelson misses the 2nd free throw | 54-59 |
| 00:21 | Virginia | Oscar Gonzalez pulls down the rebound | 54-59 |
| 00:15 | Virginia | Larry Brown drills a 3pt shot from the left wing | 57-59 |
| 00:13 | Cincinnati | Charles Simon is hacked by Larry Brown in the backcourt - foul #5 on Larry Brown, team foul #10 | 57-59 |
| Subs | Virginia | Michael Iliff (SF) Larry Brown | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Israel Zambrana (SF) Glenn Williams | |
| 00:13 | Cincinnati | Charles Simon makes the 1st free throw | 57-60 |
| 00:13 | Cincinnati | Charles Simon makes the 2nd free throw | 57-61 |
| 00:08 | Virginia | Victor Kerner shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Kenneth Zabek | 60-61 |
| 00:08 | Cincinnati | Cincinnati calls a full timeout (2 :30 1 full remaining) | 60-61 |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Glenn Williams (PG) Charles Simon | |
| 00:07 | Cincinnati | Victor Kerner is called for the reach on Glenn Williams in the backcourt - foul #2 on Victor Kerner, team foul #11 | 60-61 |
| 00:07 | Cincinnati | Glenn Williams makes the 1st free throw | 60-62 |
| 00:07 | Cincinnati | Glenn Williams makes the 2nd free throw | 60-63 |
| 00:07 | Virginia | Virginia calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 4 full remaining) | 60-63 |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| 00:02 | Virginia | Kenneth Zabek comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 60-63 |
| 00:01 | Virginia | Michael Iliff gets the offensive rebound | 60-63 |
| 00:00 | Virginia | The clock runs out | 60-63 |