| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Leonard Thompson (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Eric Ansley (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Brian Shurtleff (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Jonathan Chappell (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Mark Arnold (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Albert Scott (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Louis Walker (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Ognjen Zsohar (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Danny Meyer (fresh) 2 reb. C - Robert Fruge (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Wisconsin | Ognjen Zsohar inbounds the ball | 32-17 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:34 | Wisconsin | Robert Fruge comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Mark Arnold - foul #1 on Mark Arnold, team foul #1 | 32-17 |
| 19:34 | Wisconsin | Robert Fruge misses the 1st free throw | 32-17 |
| 19:34 | Wisconsin | Robert Fruge makes the 2nd free throw | 32-18 |
| 19:14 | Michigan State | Leonard Thompson is hacked by Louis Walker - foul #1 on Louis Walker, team foul #1 | 32-18 |
| 19:04 | Michigan State | Brian Shurtleff scores on a jump hook in the paint | 34-18 |
| 18:38 | Wisconsin | Louis Walker misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 34-18 |
| 18:37 | Wisconsin | The offensive rebound goes to Danny Meyer | 34-18 |
| 18:15 | Wisconsin | Ognjen Zsohar misses badly on a jumpshot from the right side | 34-18 |
| 18:13 | Michigan State | Jonathan Chappell grabs the defensive rebound | 34-18 |
| 17:49 | Michigan State | The short jumper by Mark Arnold is denied by Robert Fruge | 34-18 |
| 17:48 | Wisconsin | Robert Fruge gets the rebound | 34-18 |
| 17:23 | Wisconsin | Robert Fruge is hacked by Leonard Thompson - foul #3 on Leonard Thompson, team foul #2 | 34-18 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Kenneth Swanson (PG) Leonard Thompson | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Bryan Larios (SF) Ognjen Zsohar | |
| 17:06 | Wisconsin | Louis Walker misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 34-18 |
| 17:05 | Michigan State | Jonathan Chappell grabs the defensive rebound | 34-18 |
| 16:57 | Michigan State | Jonathan Chappell makes the 3pt shot from the right wing | 37-18 |
| 16:31 | Wisconsin | Bryan Larios's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 37-18 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Jerry Poch (PF) Jonathan Chappell | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | | |
| 16:07 | Michigan State | Mark Arnold misses the turnaround from the right block but he's fouled by Robert Fruge - foul #1 on Robert Fruge, team foul #2 | 37-18 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Ray Boyd (SG) Eric Ansley | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Ognjen Zsohar (SF) Bryan Larios | |
| 16:07 | Michigan State | Mark Arnold misses the 1st free throw | 37-18 |
| 16:07 | Michigan State | Mark Arnold makes the 2nd free throw | 38-18 |
| 15:38 | Wisconsin | Danny Meyer knocks in the shot from the right wing set up by Louis Walker and he's hacked by Ray Boyd - foul #1 on Ray Boyd, team foul #3 | 38-20 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Leonard Thompson (PG) Kenneth Swanson | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | | |
| 15:38 | Wisconsin | Danny Meyer makes the free throw | 38-21 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Leonard Thompson (fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. SG - Ray Boyd (fresh) SF - Brian Shurtleff (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Jerry Poch (fresh) 2 pts. C - Mark Arnold (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Albert Scott (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Louis Walker (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Ognjen Zsohar (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Danny Meyer (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Robert Fruge (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:10 | Michigan State | Brian Shurtleff can't connect on a turnaround near the basket | 38-21 |
| 15:08 | Michigan State | Mark Arnold misses the tip | 38-21 |
| 15:06 | Michigan State | The offensive rebound goes to Mark Arnold | 38-21 |
| 14:48 | Michigan State | Mark Arnold is called for the offensive foul - foul #2 on Mark Arnold, team foul #4 | 38-21 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Eric Ansley (SG), Jonathan Chappell (PF) Ray Boyd, Jerry Poch | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | | |
| 14:34 | Wisconsin | Danny Meyer blows the layup | 38-21 |
| 14:32 | Michigan State | Brian Shurtleff grabs the defensive rebound | 38-21 |
| 14:29 | Michigan State | Leonard Thompson travels in the backcourt | 38-21 |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Bryan Larios (SF) Ognjen Zsohar | |
| 14:16 | Wisconsin | Danny Meyer buries a jump hook from close range on a nice dish by Albert Scott | 38-23 |
| 13:54 | Michigan State | Jonathan Chappell misses the easy layup | 38-23 |
| 13:53 | Michigan State | Leonard Thompson tips it home | 40-23 |
| 13:24 | Wisconsin | Albert Scott knocks in the jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Louis Walker | 40-25 |
| 13:16 | Michigan State | Leonard Thompson knocks in the 3 from the right wing on a nice dish by Eric Ansley | 43-25 |
| 12:53 | Wisconsin | Albert Scott misses short on a jumpshot from the left wing but he's hacked by Mark Arnold - foul #3 on Mark Arnold, team foul #5 | 43-25 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Patrick Wilkinson (SF), Jerry Poch (C) Brian Shurtleff, Mark Arnold | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Michael Seidel (SG), Ognjen Zsohar (SF) Louis Walker, Robert Fruge | |
| 12:53 | Wisconsin | Albert Scott makes the 1st free throw | 43-26 |
| 12:53 | Wisconsin | Albert Scott makes the 2nd free throw | 43-27 |
| 12:42 | Michigan State | Eric Ansley misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 43-27 |
| 12:40 | Michigan State | Jonathan Chappell tips it in | 45-27 |
| 12:20 | Wisconsin | Bryan Larios drills a jump hook from the left block on a great pass from Albert Scott | 45-29 |
| 11:54 | Michigan State | Eric Ansley misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 45-29 |
| 11:52 | Wisconsin | Ognjen Zsohar grabs the defensive rebound | 45-29 |
| 11:31 | Wisconsin | Jerry Poch steps in front of the Ognjen Zsohar pass | 45-29 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Leonard Thompson (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 pf. SG - Eric Ansley (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Patrick Wilkinson (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Jonathan Chappell (fresh) 11 pts. 7 reb. C - Jerry Poch (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Albert Scott (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SG - Michael Seidel (fresh) SF - Ognjen Zsohar (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Danny Meyer (tiring) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Bryan Larios (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:13 | Michigan State | Jonathan Chappell connects on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 47-29 |
| 10:55 | Wisconsin | Albert Scott hits a pull-up jumper from the left side set up by Michael Seidel | 47-31 |
| 10:39 | Michigan State | Jerry Poch's pass is intercepted by Ognjen Zsohar | 47-31 |
| 10:19 | Wisconsin | Albert Scott can't connect on a shot from the right wing | 47-31 |
| 10:18 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to Patrick Wilkinson | 47-31 |
| 10:12 | Michigan State | Jonathan Chappell buries a turnaround from the left block on a nice dish by Leonard Thompson | 49-31 |
| 09:56 | Wisconsin | Albert Scott is whistled for a carry | 49-31 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Kenneth Swanson (PG), Ray Boyd (SG), Brian Shurtleff (SF), John Kindel (PF), Mark Arnold (C) Leonard Thompson, Eric Ansley, Patrick Wilkinson, Jonathan Chappell, Jerry Poch | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Paul McIff (PG), Louis Walker (SG), Robert Fruge (C) Albert Scott, Ognjen Zsohar, Danny Meyer | |
| 09:39 | Michigan State | John Kindel buries a fadeaway in the paint on a great pass from Ray Boyd | 51-31 |
| 09:26 | Wisconsin | Bryan Larios misses the dunk | 51-31 |
| 09:25 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to Ray Boyd | 51-31 |
| 09:10 | Michigan State | Mark Arnold's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 51-31 |
| 08:41 | Wisconsin | Louis Walker misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 51-31 |
| 08:40 | Wisconsin | Robert Fruge grabs the offensive board | 51-31 |
| 08:19 | Wisconsin | Michael Seidel misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 51-31 |
| 08:18 | Wisconsin | Robert Fruge misses the tip | 51-31 |
| 08:17 | Michigan State | Brian Shurtleff pulls down the rebound | 51-31 |
| 07:57 | Michigan State | Kenneth Swanson blows the layup but he's fouled by Paul McIff - foul #1 on Paul McIff, team foul #3 | 51-31 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Eric Ansley (SG), Jonathan Chappell (PF) Ray Boyd, John Kindel | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Albert Scott (PG), Danny Meyer (PF) Paul McIff, Bryan Larios | |
| 07:57 | Michigan State | Kenneth Swanson makes the 1st free throw | 52-31 |
| 07:57 | Michigan State | Kenneth Swanson makes the 2nd free throw | 53-31 |
| 07:30 | Wisconsin | Michael Seidel misses badly on a jumper from the left wing | 53-31 |
| 07:29 | Michigan State | Jonathan Chappell pulls down the rebound | 53-31 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Kenneth Swanson (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Eric Ansley (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Brian Shurtleff (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Jonathan Chappell (fresh) 15 pts. 8 reb. C - Mark Arnold (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Albert Scott (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. SG - Louis Walker (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Michael Seidel (fairly fresh) 1 ast. PF - Danny Meyer (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Robert Fruge (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 07:08 | Michigan State | Brian Shurtleff is fouled on the floor by Robert Fruge - foul #2 on Robert Fruge, team foul #4 | 53-31 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Ray Boyd (SG), Patrick Wilkinson (SF), Jerry Poch (PF), John Kindel (C) Eric Ansley, Brian Shurtleff, Jonathan Chappell, Mark Arnold | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Ognjen Zsohar (SF) Michael Seidel | |
| 06:53 | Michigan State | Ray Boyd clanks a shot from the right wing | 53-31 |
| 06:51 | Wisconsin | Robert Fruge pulls down the rebound | 53-31 |
| 06:46 | Wisconsin | Albert Scott can't connect on a shot from close range | 53-31 |
| 06:44 | Michigan State | Kenneth Swanson grabs the board | 53-31 |
| 06:24 | Michigan State | Louis Walker steps in front of the Ray Boyd pass | 53-31 |
| 06:05 | Wisconsin | Louis Walker is whistled for traveling | 53-31 |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Michael Seidel (SG), Bryan Larios (PF) Louis Walker, Danny Meyer | |
| 05:47 | Michigan State | John Kindel misses the floater from the left side but he's fouled by Ognjen Zsohar - foul #2 on Ognjen Zsohar, team foul #5 | 53-31 |
| 05:47 | Michigan State | John Kindel makes the 1st free throw | 54-31 |
| 05:47 | Michigan State | John Kindel makes the 2nd free throw | 55-31 |
| 05:31 | Wisconsin | Albert Scott can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Kenneth Swanson - foul #3 on Kenneth Swanson, team foul #6 | 55-31 |
| 05:31 | Wisconsin | Albert Scott makes the 1st free throw | 55-32 |
| 05:31 | Wisconsin | Albert Scott misses the 2nd free throw | 55-32 |
| 05:31 | Michigan State | Patrick Wilkinson grabs the board | 55-32 |
| 05:19 | Michigan State | Kenneth Swanson buries a driving attempt from the right block on a nice dish by Patrick Wilkinson | 57-32 |
| 05:11 | Wisconsin | Robert Fruge misses the fadeaway from the left wing | 57-32 |
| 05:10 | Michigan State | Jerry Poch pulls down the rebound | 57-32 |
| 05:03 | Michigan State | John Kindel misses long on a jumpshot from the left wing | 57-32 |
| 05:02 | Wisconsin | Bryan Larios grabs the board | 57-32 |
| 04:40 | Wisconsin | Robert Fruge's floater is tipped away by Jerry Poch | 57-32 |
| 04:38 | Michigan State | Ray Boyd pulls down the rebound | 57-32 |
| 04:34 | Michigan State | Kenneth Swanson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 57-32 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Michael Glass (SG) Ray Boyd | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Paul McIff (PG), Louis Walker (SG), Danny Meyer (PF) Albert Scott, Ognjen Zsohar, Robert Fruge | |
| 04:29 | Wisconsin | Bryan Larios can't connect on a fadeaway near the basket | 57-32 |
| 04:27 | Michigan State | Jerry Poch grabs the board | 57-32 |
| 04:20 | Michigan State | Patrick Wilkinson hits a fadeaway jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Jerry Poch | 59-32 |
| 03:53 | Wisconsin | Paul McIff double dribbles | 59-32 |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Robert Fruge (C) Bryan Larios | |
| 03:41 | Michigan State | Robert Fruge steals it from Patrick Wilkinson | 59-32 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:27 | Wisconsin | Danny Meyer's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 59-32 |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Albert Scott (PG) Paul McIff | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Kenneth Swanson (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. SG - Michael Glass (fresh) SF - Patrick Wilkinson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - John Kindel (fairly fresh) 8 pts. C - Jerry Poch (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Albert Scott (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. SG - Louis Walker (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Michael Seidel (fairly fresh) 1 ast. PF - Danny Meyer (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Robert Fruge (tiring) 9 pts. 7 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 03:03 | Michigan State | Michael Glass hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left side but he's fouled by Danny Meyer - foul #3 on Danny Meyer, team foul #6 | 59-32 |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Paul McIff (SG) Louis Walker | |
| 03:03 | Michigan State | Michael Glass misses the 1st free throw | 59-32 |
| 03:03 | Michigan State | Michael Glass makes the 2nd free throw | 60-32 |
| 02:56 | Wisconsin | Paul McIff hits a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a nice dish by Albert Scott | 60-35 |
| 02:37 | Michigan State | Kenneth Swanson clanks a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 60-35 |
| 02:36 | Michigan State | John Kindel grabs the offensive board | 60-35 |
| 02:24 | Michigan State | John Kindel knocks in the fadeaway from the right block on a nice dish by Jerry Poch and he's hacked by Albert Scott - foul #2 on Albert Scott, team foul #7 | 62-35 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Ray Boyd (SG) Michael Glass | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Ognjen Zsohar (SF), Bryan Larios (C) Paul McIff, Robert Fruge | |
| 02:24 | Michigan State | John Kindel makes the free throw | 63-35 |
| 02:11 | Wisconsin | Ognjen Zsohar makes the fadeaway from the right block | 63-37 |
| 01:57 | Michigan State | Jerry Poch comes up short on the jumper from the right wing | 63-37 |
| 01:55 | Wisconsin | Ognjen Zsohar grabs the defensive rebound | 63-37 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 01:40 | Wisconsin | Ognjen Zsohar is called for traveling | 63-37 |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Louis Walker (SG), Robert Fruge (C) Michael Seidel, Bryan Larios | |
| 01:11 | Michigan State | Ray Boyd misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 63-37 |
| 01:09 | Wisconsin | The rebound goes to Robert Fruge | 63-37 |
| 01:04 | Wisconsin | Patrick Wilkinson takes the ball from Albert Scott | 63-37 |
| 01:01 | Michigan State | Kenneth Swanson banks in the layup on a nice dish by Patrick Wilkinson | 65-37 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:56 | Wisconsin | Ognjen Zsohar loses the ball out of bounds | 65-37 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:34 | Michigan State | Jerry Poch throws it down on a great pass from Kenneth Swanson | 67-37 |
| 00:28 | Wisconsin | Louis Walker hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 67-37 |
| 00:26 | Wisconsin | Robert Fruge tips it home | 67-39 |
| 00:00 | Michigan State | Kenneth Swanson runs out the clock | 67-39 |