| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Tommy Dehart (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Keith Bell (fresh) 2 pts. SF - David Porter (fresh) PF - Dikembe Arboleda (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Jeremy Clark (fresh) | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Paul Moorefield (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lawrence McClatcher (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SF - Thomas Waldron (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Charles Evans (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Brandon Koepp (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | West Virginia | Thomas Waldron inbounds the ball | 22-28 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:39 | West Virginia | Thomas Waldron clanks a floater from the right block but the foul's on Jeremy Clark - foul #1 on Jeremy Clark, team foul #1 | 22-28 |
| 19:39 | West Virginia | Thomas Waldron misses the 1st free throw | 22-28 |
| 19:39 | West Virginia | Thomas Waldron makes the 2nd free throw | 22-29 |
| 19:11 | Illinois | Tommy Dehart is fouled on the floor by Charles Evans - foul #2 on Charles Evans, team foul #1 | 22-29 |
| 18:56 | Illinois | David Porter comes up short on the jumper from just outside the lane | 22-29 |
| 18:54 | West Virginia | Thomas Waldron pulls down the rebound | 22-29 |
| 18:39 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 22-29 |
| 18:37 | West Virginia | Charles Evans hits the follow up shot | 22-31 |
| 18:08 | Illinois | Tommy Dehart connects on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 25-31 |
| 17:45 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 25-31 |
| 17:43 | Illinois | Tommy Dehart grabs the board | 25-31 |
| 17:21 | Illinois | Tommy Dehart misses long on a shot from the left wing but he's hacked by Paul Moorefield - foul #1 on Paul Moorefield, team foul #2 | 25-31 |
| Subs | Illinois | Joshua Robertson (SF), Jie Huang (PF), Jonah Maness (C) David Porter, Dikembe Arboleda, Jeremy Clark | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Richard Preston (PG), Harry Gilyard (SF), Billy Bryant (C) Paul Moorefield, Thomas Waldron, Brandon Koepp | |
| 17:21 | Illinois | Tommy Dehart makes the 1st free throw | 26-31 |
| 17:21 | Illinois | Tommy Dehart misses the 2nd free throw | 26-31 |
| 17:21 | Illinois | Joshua Robertson snags the offensive board | 26-31 |
| 17:06 | Illinois | Joshua Robertson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 26-31 |
| 17:02 | West Virginia | Harry Gilyard double dribbles in the backcourt | 26-31 |
| 16:43 | Illinois | Jie Huang works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 26-31 |
| 16:42 | Illinois | Tommy Dehart tips it back up and in | 28-31 |
| 16:22 | West Virginia | Harry Gilyard connects on the jumper near the basket on a nice dish by Richard Preston and the foul's on Tommy Dehart - foul #2 on Tommy Dehart, team foul #2 | 28-33 |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield (PG), Thomas Waldron (SF) Lawrence McClatcher, Charles Evans | |
| 16:22 | West Virginia | Harry Gilyard misses the free throw | 28-33 |
| 16:22 | Illinois | Jie Huang grabs the defensive rebound | 28-33 |
| 16:02 | Illinois | Thomas Waldron denies the turnaround by Jonah Maness | 28-33 |
| 16:01 | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield gets the rebound | 28-33 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Tommy Dehart (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - Keith Bell (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Joshua Robertson (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. PF - Jie Huang (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. C - Jonah Maness (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Paul Moorefield (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Richard Preston (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Thomas Waldron (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Harry Gilyard (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. C - Billy Bryant (fresh) | |
| 15:46 | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield comes up short on the jumper from just outside the lane | 28-33 |
| 15:45 | Illinois | Jonah Maness grabs the board | 28-33 |
| 15:23 | Illinois | Tommy Dehart is hacked by Paul Moorefield - foul #2 on Paul Moorefield, team foul #3 | 28-33 |
| Subs | Illinois | David Porter (SF), Dikembe Arboleda (PF), Jeremy Clark (C) Tommy Dehart, Jie Huang, Jonah Maness | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Charles Evans (PF) Harry Gilyard | |
| 15:11 | Illinois | David Porter misses badly on a jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Charles Evans - foul #3 on Charles Evans, team foul #4 | 28-33 |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher (SG), Brandon Koepp (C) Richard Preston, Billy Bryant | |
| 15:11 | Illinois | David Porter makes the 1st free throw | 29-33 |
| 15:11 | Illinois | David Porter makes the 2nd free throw | 30-33 |
| 14:45 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher throws a bad pass out of bounds | 30-33 |
| Subs | Illinois | Tommy Dehart (PG) Joshua Robertson | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 14:23 | Illinois | Tommy Dehart throws a bad pass out of bounds | 30-33 |
| Subs | Illinois | Jie Huang (PF) Dikembe Arboleda | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 13:57 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 30-33 |
| 13:56 | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield pulls down the offensive rebound | 30-33 |
| 13:31 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 30-33 |
| 13:30 | Illinois | Jeremy Clark grabs the defensive rebound | 30-33 |
| 13:08 | Illinois | Brandon Koepp doubles Jie Huang and is called for the reach - foul #2 on Brandon Koepp, team foul #5 | 30-33 |
| Subs | Illinois | Joshua Robertson (SG), Dikembe Arboleda (PF), Jonah Maness (C) Keith Bell, Jie Huang, Jeremy Clark | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Richard Preston (PG), Harry Gilyard (SF), Billy Bryant (C) Paul Moorefield, Thomas Waldron, Brandon Koepp | |
| 12:55 | Illinois | Jonah Maness misses short on a shot from just outside the lane | 30-33 |
| 12:54 | West Virginia | Harry Gilyard grabs the board | 30-33 |
| 12:29 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher's pass is intercepted by David Porter | 30-33 |
| 12:06 | Illinois | Tommy Dehart buries a 3 from the left corner on a nice dish by Joshua Robertson | 33-33 |
| 11:50 | West Virginia | Billy Bryant misses badly on a jumper from just outside the lane | 33-33 |
| 11:48 | West Virginia | Richard Preston tips it back up and in | 33-35 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Tommy Dehart (tiring) 12 pts. 2 ast. SG - Joshua Robertson (fresh) 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - David Porter (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Dikembe Arboleda (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Jonah Maness (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Richard Preston (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Lawrence McClatcher (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SF - Harry Gilyard (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. PF - Charles Evans (tiring) 4 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Billy Bryant (fresh) | |
| 11:21 | Illinois | Tommy Dehart comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 33-35 |
| 11:20 | West Virginia | Billy Bryant grabs the defensive rebound | 33-35 |
| 11:00 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher knocks in the 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Harry Gilyard | 33-38 |
| 10:36 | Illinois | Tommy Dehart knocks in the 3 pointer from the right corner | 36-38 |
| 10:17 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher hits the front of the rim on the wide open 3pt attempt from the left corner | 36-38 |
| 10:15 | Illinois | Dikembe Arboleda snags the defensive board | 36-38 |
| 09:55 | Illinois | Jonah Maness misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 36-38 |
| 09:54 | West Virginia | Harry Gilyard grabs the defensive rebound | 36-38 |
| 09:40 | West Virginia | Harry Gilyard misses the wide open shot from the right side | 36-38 |
| 09:39 | Illinois | Joshua Robertson grabs the defensive rebound | 36-38 |
| 09:15 | Illinois | Jonah Maness misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Billy Bryant - foul #2 on Billy Bryant, team foul #6 | 36-38 |
| Subs | Illinois | Keith Bell (SG), Jie Huang (PF) David Porter, Dikembe Arboleda | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield (PG), Thomas Waldron (SF), Brandon Koepp (C) Richard Preston, Charles Evans, Billy Bryant | |
| 09:15 | Illinois | Jonah Maness makes the 1st free throw | 37-38 |
| 09:15 | Illinois | Jonah Maness misses the 2nd free throw | 37-38 |
| 09:15 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Harry Gilyard | 37-38 |
| 08:46 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher drills a 3 from the right wing | 37-41 |
| 08:18 | Illinois | Joshua Robertson knocks in the jump hook in the lane set up by Jie Huang and he's fouled by Brandon Koepp - foul #3 on Brandon Koepp, team foul #7 | 39-41 |
| Subs | Illinois | Jeremy Clark (C) Jonah Maness | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Charles Evans (PF) Harry Gilyard | |
| 08:18 | Illinois | Joshua Robertson makes the free throw | 40-41 |
| 08:13 | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield is hacked by Tommy Dehart in the backcourt - foul #3 on Tommy Dehart, team foul #3 | 40-41 |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Richard Preston (SG) Lawrence McClatcher | |
| 07:54 | West Virginia | Thomas Waldron misses the dunk | 40-41 |
| 07:53 | West Virginia | Richard Preston pulls down the offensive rebound | 40-41 |
| 07:28 | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 40-41 |
| 07:26 | Illinois | Keith Bell gets the rebound | 40-41 |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Tommy Dehart (tired) 15 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Keith Bell (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Joshua Robertson (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. PF - Jie Huang (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. C - Jeremy Clark (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Paul Moorefield (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Richard Preston (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Thomas Waldron (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Charles Evans (tiring) 4 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Brandon Koepp (fairly fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 06:59 | Illinois | Keith Bell clanks a fadeaway from the left wing | 40-41 |
| 06:58 | Illinois | Jie Huang tips it back up and in | 42-41 |
| 06:37 | West Virginia | Jeremy Clark blocks the short jumper by Thomas Waldron | 42-41 |
| 06:35 | Illinois | Joshua Robertson pulls down the rebound | 42-41 |
| 06:17 | Illinois | Tommy Dehart misses long on a floater from just outside the lane | 42-41 |
| 06:16 | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield gets the rebound | 42-41 |
| 05:53 | West Virginia | Thomas Waldron lays it in | 42-43 |
| 05:29 | Illinois | Tommy Dehart comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 42-43 |
| 05:28 | Illinois | Jie Huang can't tip it in | 42-43 |
| 05:27 | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield grabs the defensive rebound | 42-43 |
| 05:24 | West Virginia | Keith Bell is called for the reach on Thomas Waldron in the backcourt - foul #3 on Keith Bell, team foul #4 | 42-43 |
| Subs | Illinois | David Porter (SF), Dikembe Arboleda (PF) Tommy Dehart, Jie Huang | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher (SG), Harry Gilyard (PF), Billy Bryant (C) Richard Preston, Charles Evans, Brandon Koepp | |
| 05:00 | West Virginia | Harry Gilyard hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the baseline | 42-43 |
| 04:58 | Illinois | Keith Bell grabs the defensive rebound | 42-43 |
| 04:29 | Illinois | Joshua Robertson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 42-43 |
| Subs | Illinois | Jonah Maness (C) Jeremy Clark | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 04:04 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher is open and scores on a turnaround near the basket set up by Paul Moorefield | 42-45 |
| 03:44 | Illinois | Jonah Maness hits a runner from the baseline set up by David Porter | 44-45 |
| 03:15 | West Virginia | Jonah Maness is called for the reach on Billy Bryant - foul #2 on Jonah Maness, team foul #5 | 44-45 |
| Subs | Illinois | Tommy Dehart (PG), Jie Huang (PF) Joshua Robertson, Dikembe Arboleda | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Brandon Koepp (C) Billy Bryant | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Tommy Dehart (tired) 15 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Keith Bell (tiring) 2 pts. 3 pf. SF - David Porter (tiring) 2 pts. PF - Jie Huang (fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. C - Jonah Maness (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Paul Moorefield (tiring) 1 pts. 2 ast. SG - Lawrence McClatcher (fairly fresh) 22 pts. 1 ast. SF - Thomas Waldron (tiring) 6 pts. 4 reb. PF - Harry Gilyard (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. C - Brandon Koepp (fairly fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 02:57 | West Virginia | Harry Gilyard makes the wide open driving attempt in the lane | 44-47 |
| 02:39 | Illinois | Tommy Dehart misses the 3pt shot from the right wing | 44-47 |
| 02:37 | Illinois | Jonah Maness misses the tip | 44-47 |
| 02:36 | West Virginia | Harry Gilyard snags the defensive board | 44-47 |
| 02:24 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 44-47 |
| 02:22 | West Virginia | Harry Gilyard tips it back up and in | 44-49 |
| 02:05 | Illinois | Jonah Maness is hacked by Harry Gilyard - foul #1 on Harry Gilyard, team foul #8 | 44-49 |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Richard Preston (PG), Charles Evans (PF), Billy Bryant (C) Paul Moorefield, Harry Gilyard, Brandon Koepp | |
| 02:05 | Illinois | Jonah Maness makes the 1st free throw | 45-49 |
| 02:05 | Illinois | Jonah Maness makes the 2nd free throw | 46-49 |
| 02:01 | West Virginia | Charles Evans is hacked by Keith Bell in the backcourt - foul #4 on Keith Bell, team foul #6 | 46-49 |
| Subs | Illinois | Jeremy Clark (C) Jonah Maness | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 01:46 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher buries a 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Richard Preston | 46-52 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 01:28 | Illinois | David Porter hits the easy wide open finger roll set up by Jie Huang out of the doubleteam and he's fouled by Thomas Waldron - foul #1 on Thomas Waldron, team foul #9 | 48-52 |
| Subs | Illinois | Dikembe Arboleda (PF) Jie Huang | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield (PG), Brandon Koepp (C) Richard Preston, Billy Bryant | |
| 01:28 | Illinois | David Porter misses the free throw | 48-52 |
| 01:28 | West Virginia | Brandon Koepp grabs the board | 48-52 |
| 00:59 | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield connects on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Lawrence McClatcher and he's fouled by Tommy Dehart - foul #4 on Tommy Dehart, team foul #7 | 48-54 |
| 00:59 | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield misses the free throw | 48-54 |
| 00:59 | Illinois | Jeremy Clark snags the defensive board | 48-54 |
| 00:42 | Illinois | Dikembe Arboleda's pass is intercepted by Paul Moorefield | 48-54 |
| 00:39 | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield throws it down | 48-56 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 00:31 | Illinois | Tommy Dehart hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 48-56 |
| 00:30 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Brandon Koepp | 48-56 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 00:28 | West Virginia | Brandon Koepp is fouled in the backcourt by Tommy Dehart - foul #5 on Tommy Dehart, team foul #8 | 48-56 |
| Subs | Illinois | Joshua Robertson (PG) Tommy Dehart | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Billy Bryant (PF) Charles Evans | |
| 00:28 | West Virginia | Brandon Koepp misses the 1st free throw | 48-56 |
| 00:28 | Illinois | Jeremy Clark grabs the defensive rebound | 48-56 |
| 00:21 | Illinois | Joshua Robertson makes the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 51-56 |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 00:18 | West Virginia | Keith Bell is called for the reach on Billy Bryant in the backcourt - foul #5 on Keith Bell, team foul #9 | 51-56 |
| Subs | Illinois | Jie Huang (SF) Keith Bell | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Harry Gilyard (PF) Brandon Koepp | |
| 00:18 | West Virginia | Billy Bryant makes the 1st free throw | 51-57 |
| 00:18 | West Virginia | Billy Bryant makes the 2nd free throw | 51-58 |
| 00:11 | Illinois | Jie Huang is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 51-58 |
| 00:10 | Illinois | The offensive rebound goes to Jie Huang | 51-58 |
| 00:08 | Illinois | Jie Huang double dribbles as he's doubleteamed | 51-58 |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Charles Evans (PF) Harry Gilyard | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 00:00 | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield runs out the clock | 51-58 |