| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Carl Dunmire (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Joshua Douglass (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Carl Stewart (fresh) 2 ast. PF - Michael Smith (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Scott Sikes (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - David Broderick (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Rolando Ramos (fresh) 11 pts. SF - Florentino Lombardi (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Gary Kinnear (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. C - Stephen Catalano (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 20:00 | West Virginia | Carl Stewart inbounds the ball | 33-31 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 19:37 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire works out of a doubleteam and scores on a fadeaway from the left wing on a great pass from Michael Smith | 35-31 |
| 19:10 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos knocks in the jumper from the free throw line | 35-33 |
| 18:50 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes is called for a pushoff foul - foul #3 on Scott Sikes, team foul #1 | 35-33 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Louisville | William Grullon (PG), Dikembe Victor (SG), Malcolm Hamilton (SF), Scott Carnegie (C) David Broderick, Rolando Ramos, Florentino Lombardi, Stephen Catalano | |
| 18:28 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear misses short on a jump hook in the paint | 35-33 |
| 18:26 | Louisville | Dikembe Victor pulls down the offensive rebound | 35-33 |
| 18:16 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie's floater is knocked away by Scott Sikes | 35-33 |
| 18:14 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes gets the rebound | 35-33 |
| 17:58 | West Virginia | 3 seconds is called on Joshua Douglass | 35-33 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Louisville | David Broderick (PG), Rolando Ramos (SG), Stephen Catalano (C) William Grullon, Dikembe Victor, Scott Carnegie | |
| 17:46 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear buries a fadeaway from close range set up by Rolando Ramos | 35-35 |
| 17:22 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes comes up short on the shot from the left wing but he's fouled by Stephen Catalano - foul #1 on Stephen Catalano, team foul #1 | 35-35 |
| 17:22 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes makes the 1st free throw | 36-35 |
| 17:22 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes misses the 2nd free throw | 36-35 |
| 17:22 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire pulls down the offensive rebound | 36-35 |
| 17:02 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 36-35 |
| 17:01 | Louisville | Stephen Catalano grabs the defensive rebound | 36-35 |
| 16:38 | Louisville | David Broderick is hacked by Carl Stewart - foul #3 on Carl Stewart, team foul #2 | 36-35 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Raymond Harris (PF) Michael Smith | |
| Subs | Louisville | William Grullon (PG), Dikembe Victor (SG), Florentino Lombardi (SF) David Broderick, Rolando Ramos, Malcolm Hamilton | |
| 16:23 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear comes up short on the jumper from the left block but he's hacked by Raymond Harris - foul #1 on Raymond Harris, team foul #3 | 36-35 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Christopher Lipe (SF), Alvin Haas (C) Carl Stewart, Scott Sikes | |
| Subs | Louisville | Rolando Ramos (SG) Dikembe Victor | |
| 16:23 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear makes the 1st free throw | 36-36 |
| 16:23 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear makes the 2nd free throw | 36-37 |
| 15:59 | West Virginia | Alvin Haas is denied on a dunk by Stephen Catalano | 36-37 |
| 15:58 | West Virginia | Alvin Haas snags the offensive board | 36-37 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Carl Dunmire (fresh) 10 pts. SG - Joshua Douglass (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Christopher Lipe (fresh) PF - Raymond Harris (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Alvin Haas (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - William Grullon (fresh) SG - Rolando Ramos (fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. SF - Florentino Lombardi (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Gary Kinnear (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 5 reb. C - Stephen Catalano (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 15:41 | West Virginia | Florentino Lombardi picks off the pass by Alvin Haas | 36-37 |
| 15:38 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos dunks the ball set up by Florentino Lombardi | 36-39 |
| 15:14 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 36-39 |
| 15:13 | Louisville | William Grullon pulls down the rebound | 36-39 |
| 15:04 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos clanks a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 36-39 |
| 15:03 | West Virginia | Alvin Haas pulls down the rebound | 36-39 |
| 14:58 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 36-39 |
| 14:57 | Louisville | Stephen Catalano grabs the defensive rebound | 36-39 |
| 14:50 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Raymond Harris - foul #2 on Raymond Harris, team foul #4 | 36-39 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Carl Stewart (PG), Allen Baugher (SG), Michael Smith (PF), Scott Sikes (C) Carl Dunmire, Joshua Douglass, Raymond Harris, Alvin Haas | |
| Subs | Louisville | George Stevens (PG), Dikembe Victor (SG), Malcolm Hamilton (SF), Scott Carnegie (C) William Grullon, Rolando Ramos, Florentino Lombardi, Stephen Catalano | |
| 14:50 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear makes the 1st free throw | 36-40 |
| 14:50 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear makes the 2nd free throw | 36-41 |
| 14:21 | West Virginia | Michael Smith hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway near the basket but he's hacked by Malcolm Hamilton - foul #2 on Malcolm Hamilton, team foul #2 | 36-41 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Louisville | David Broderick (PG), Stephen Catalano (C) Dikembe Victor, Scott Carnegie | |
| 14:21 | West Virginia | Michael Smith makes the 1st free throw | 37-41 |
| 14:21 | West Virginia | Michael Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 38-41 |
| 14:03 | Louisville | Stephen Catalano makes the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 38-43 |
| 13:37 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes blows the layup | 38-43 |
| 13:36 | West Virginia | Carl Stewart pulls down the offensive rebound | 38-43 |
| 13:13 | West Virginia | Michael Smith drills a turnaround from the left block | 40-43 |
| 12:57 | Louisville | Stephen Catalano hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 40-43 |
| 12:55 | West Virginia | Allen Baugher grabs the board | 40-43 |
| 12:27 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes misses badly on a runner in the paint | 40-43 |
| 12:25 | Louisville | Malcolm Hamilton gets the rebound | 40-43 |
| 12:16 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear buries a shot from the right block | 40-45 |
| 11:57 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 40-45 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire (PG), Joshua Douglass (SG), Raymond Harris (PF) Allen Baugher, Christopher Lipe, Michael Smith | |
| Subs | Louisville | Rolando Ramos (SG), Florentino Lombardi (SF), Scott Carnegie (C) David Broderick, Malcolm Hamilton, Stephen Catalano | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Carl Dunmire (fresh) 10 pts. SG - Joshua Douglass (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Carl Stewart (fresh) 2 ast. 3 pf. PF - Raymond Harris (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Scott Sikes (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - George Stevens (fresh) 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Rolando Ramos (fresh) 15 pts. 1 ast. SF - Florentino Lombardi (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Gary Kinnear (tiring) 18 pts. 5 reb. C - Scott Carnegie (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 11:47 | Louisville | Raymond Harris denies the turnaround by Florentino Lombardi | 40-45 |
| 11:46 | West Virginia | Raymond Harris grabs the defensive rebound | 40-45 |
| 11:17 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes drills a runner from close range on a great pass from Carl Dunmire and he's hacked by Scott Carnegie - foul #1 on Scott Carnegie, team foul #3 | 42-45 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Allen Baugher (SF) Carl Stewart | |
| Subs | Louisville | Stephen Catalano (C) Scott Carnegie | |
| 11:17 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes misses the free throw | 42-45 |
| 11:17 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear snags the defensive board | 42-45 |
| 11:10 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos makes the 3pt attempt from the right wing on a great pass from George Stevens | 42-48 |
| 10:46 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 42-48 |
| 10:45 | West Virginia | Raymond Harris tips it in | 44-48 |
| 10:41 | Louisville | Florentino Lombardi misses the pull-up jumper from the left side | 44-48 |
| 10:40 | Louisville | Stephen Catalano tips it back up and in | 44-50 |
| 10:17 | West Virginia | Allen Baugher travels with the ball | 44-50 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Carl Stewart (SF), Michael Smith (PF), Alvin Haas (C) Allen Baugher, Raymond Harris, Scott Sikes | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 09:58 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 44-50 |
| 09:57 | Louisville | George Stevens tips it in | 44-52 |
| 09:55 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire is hacked by George Stevens in the backcourt - foul #4 on George Stevens, team foul #4 | 44-52 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Dikembe Victor (PG) George Stevens | |
| 09:38 | West Virginia | Dikembe Victor picks off the pass by Alvin Haas | 44-52 |
| 09:13 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos scores on a 3 from the right wing set up by Stephen Catalano | 44-55 |
| 08:50 | West Virginia | Alvin Haas misses the wide open fadeaway from the right block | 44-55 |
| 08:49 | West Virginia | Carl Stewart tips it back up and in | 46-55 |
| 08:42 | Louisville | Dikembe Victor loses the ball out of bounds | 46-55 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Scott Sikes (C) Alvin Haas | |
| Subs | Louisville | William Grullon (PG), Scott Carnegie (C) Dikembe Victor, Stephen Catalano | |
| 08:15 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Michael Smith | 49-55 |
| 08:07 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie's layup is rejected by Scott Sikes | 49-55 |
| 08:06 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes snags the defensive board | 49-55 |
| 07:46 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes scores on a floater from the left block on a nice dish by Carl Dunmire | 51-55 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Carl Dunmire (fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. SG - Joshua Douglass (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Carl Stewart (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. PF - Michael Smith (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Scott Sikes (fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - William Grullon (fresh) SG - Rolando Ramos (fairly fresh) 21 pts. 1 ast. SF - Florentino Lombardi (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Gary Kinnear (tiring) 18 pts. 6 reb. C - Scott Carnegie (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 07:34 | Louisville | Florentino Lombardi makes the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 51-57 |
| 07:08 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes banks in the layup on a great pass from Carl Stewart | 53-57 |
| 06:54 | Louisville | Florentino Lombardi scores on a shot near the basket on a nice dish by Scott Carnegie | 53-59 |
| 06:32 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire is doubleteamed and throws a bad pass out of bounds | 53-59 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Allen Baugher (SG), Christopher Lipe (SF), Raymond Harris (PF), Alvin Haas (C) Joshua Douglass, Carl Stewart, Michael Smith, Scott Sikes | |
| Subs | Louisville | David Broderick (PG), George Stevens (SG), Malcolm Hamilton (SF), Stephen Catalano (C) William Grullon, Rolando Ramos, Florentino Lombardi, Scott Carnegie | |
| 06:19 | Louisville | Raymond Harris blocks the short jumper by Gary Kinnear | 53-59 |
| 06:18 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire grabs the defensive rebound | 53-59 |
| 06:13 | West Virginia | Allen Baugher is alone and drills a shot from the left wing on a great pass from Carl Dunmire out of a doubleteam | 55-59 |
| 06:00 | Louisville | Alvin Haas denies the turnaround by Gary Kinnear | 55-59 |
| 05:58 | Louisville | Stephen Catalano misses the tip | 55-59 |
| 05:56 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear can't tip it in | 55-59 |
| 05:55 | West Virginia | Allen Baugher snags the defensive board | 55-59 |
| 05:28 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire works out of a doubleteam and scores on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Allen Baugher | 57-59 |
| 05:06 | Louisville | Christopher Lipe steals the ball from Stephen Catalano | 57-59 |
| 04:47 | West Virginia | Raymond Harris knocks in the fadeaway from the right wing on a nice dish by Carl Dunmire | 59-59 |
| 04:31 | Louisville | Raymond Harris takes the ball from George Stevens | 59-59 |
| 04:09 | West Virginia | Raymond Harris misses the lay-in | 59-59 |
| 04:08 | Louisville | Stephen Catalano gets the rebound | 59-59 |
| 04:01 | Louisville | Carl Dunmire steps in front of the Malcolm Hamilton pass | 59-59 |
| 03:58 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire misses the easy layup | 59-59 |
| 03:57 | Louisville | Malcolm Hamilton snags the defensive board | 59-59 |
| 03:42 | Louisville | David Broderick misses badly on a floater from the left side | 59-59 |
| 03:40 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Allen Baugher | 59-59 |
| 03:40 | West Virginia | West Virginia calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 59-59 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Joshua Douglass (SG), Carl Stewart (SF), Michael Smith (PF), Scott Sikes (C) Allen Baugher, Christopher Lipe, Raymond Harris, Alvin Haas | |
| Subs | Louisville | Rolando Ramos (SG), Florentino Lombardi (SF) David Broderick, Malcolm Hamilton | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Carl Dunmire (fresh) 15 pts. 4 ast. SG - Joshua Douglass (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Carl Stewart (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. PF - Michael Smith (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Scott Sikes (fresh) 13 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - George Stevens (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. 4 pf. SG - Rolando Ramos (fresh) 21 pts. 1 ast. SF - Florentino Lombardi (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Gary Kinnear (tiring) 18 pts. 7 reb. C - Stephen Catalano (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 03:19 | West Virginia | Florentino Lombardi denies the turnaround by Michael Smith | 59-59 |
| 03:18 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire tips it in | 61-59 |
| 03:01 | Louisville | George Stevens drills a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Rolando Ramos | 61-61 |
| 02:46 | West Virginia | Gary Kinnear is called for the reach on Joshua Douglass - foul #3 on Gary Kinnear, team foul #5 | 61-61 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Allen Baugher (SG) Carl Dunmire | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 02:32 | West Virginia | Allen Baugher is whistled for traveling | 61-61 |
| 02:13 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos clanks a fadeaway from the right wing but he's hacked by Michael Smith - foul #2 on Michael Smith, team foul #5 | 61-61 |
| 02:13 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos makes the 1st free throw | 61-62 |
| 02:13 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos makes the 2nd free throw | 61-63 |
| 01:54 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes is called for a pushoff foul - foul #4 on Scott Sikes, team foul #6 | 61-63 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire (PG) Allen Baugher | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 01:39 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos makes the 3pt shot from straight away | 61-66 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 01:15 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire evades the doubleteam and hits a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 64-66 |
| 01:02 | Louisville | Stephen Catalano's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 64-66 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:33 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes clanks a fadeaway from the right wing | 64-66 |
| 00:31 | Louisville | Florentino Lombardi gets the rebound | 64-66 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:29 | Louisville | Florentino Lombardi is fouled in the backcourt by Joshua Douglass - foul #1 on Joshua Douglass, team foul #7 | 64-66 |
| 00:29 | Louisville | Florentino Lombardi makes the 1st free throw | 64-67 |
| 00:29 | Louisville | Florentino Lombardi makes the 2nd free throw | 64-68 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 00:24 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 64-68 |
| 00:22 | West Virginia | Carl Stewart grabs the offensive board | 64-68 |
| 00:20 | West Virginia | Joshua Douglass misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 64-68 |
| 00:19 | West Virginia | Scott Sikes grabs the offensive rebound | 64-68 |
| 00:15 | West Virginia | Joshua Douglass knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Scott Sikes | 67-68 |
| 00:14 | Louisville | Stephen Catalano is fouled in the backcourt by Joshua Douglass - foul #2 on Joshua Douglass, team foul #8 | 67-68 |
| 00:14 | Louisville | Stephen Catalano makes the 1st free throw | 67-69 |
| 00:14 | Louisville | Stephen Catalano misses the 2nd free throw | 67-69 |
| 00:14 | West Virginia | Michael Smith gets the rebound | 67-69 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:03 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire splits the doubleteam but misses short on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 67-69 |
| 00:01 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear gets the rebound | 67-69 |
| 00:00 | Louisville | Gary Kinnear runs out the clock | 67-69 |