| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Thomas Nusbaum (fresh) SG - Chase Brown (fresh) SF - Frank Brumback (fresh) PF - Vasily Gavinski (fresh) C - Jerry Underwood (fresh) | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Grady Wotring (fresh) SG - Dragan Meleski (fresh) SF - David Hart (fresh) PF - Jeffrey Peters (fresh) C - George Carrigan (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | West Virginia | George Carrigan wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:42 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters's layup is rejected by Jerry Underwood | 0-0 |
| 19:40 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters grabs the offensive board | 0-0 |
| 19:18 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski misses long on a shot from the right side | 0-0 |
| 19:17 | West Virginia | David Hart pulls down the offensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:06 | West Virginia | David Hart hits a jumper from just outside the lane | 0-2 |
| 18:50 | Louisville | Thomas Nusbaum hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 0-2 |
| 18:48 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski grabs the board | 0-2 |
| 18:25 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 0-2 |
| 18:24 | Louisville | Thomas Nusbaum grabs the defensive rebound | 0-2 |
| 18:14 | Louisville | Vasily Gavinski hits the finger roll on a great pass from Thomas Nusbaum | 2-2 |
| 17:56 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters dunks the ball on a great pass from David Hart | 2-4 |
| 17:35 | Louisville | Frank Brumback clanks a 3 from the right wing | 2-4 |
| 17:34 | Louisville | Vasily Gavinski tips it in | 4-4 |
| 17:15 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski is hacked by Jerry Underwood - foul #1 on Jerry Underwood, team foul #1 | 4-4 |
| 16:57 | West Virginia | David Hart can't connect on a jumper from the left wing | 4-4 |
| 16:56 | West Virginia | The offensive rebound goes to Jeffrey Peters | 4-4 |
| 16:35 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters drills a jumper from the right block and he's fouled by Vasily Gavinski - foul #1 on Vasily Gavinski, team foul #2 | 4-6 |
| 16:35 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters makes the free throw | 4-7 |
| 16:20 | Louisville | The jumper by Frank Brumback is denied by Jeffrey Peters | 4-7 |
| 16:19 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters grabs the board | 4-7 |
| 15:51 | West Virginia | Frank Brumback steals the ball from Dragan Meleski | 4-7 |
| 15:47 | Louisville | Chase Brown slams it home set up by Frank Brumback | 6-7 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Thomas Nusbaum (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Chase Brown (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Frank Brumback (fresh) PF - Vasily Gavinski (fresh) 4 pts. C - Jerry Underwood (fresh) | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Grady Wotring (fresh) SG - Dragan Meleski (fresh) SF - David Hart (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Jeffrey Peters (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - George Carrigan (fresh) | |
| 15:25 | West Virginia | Jerry Underwood denies the turnaround by Jeffrey Peters | 6-7 |
| 15:23 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Jerry Underwood | 6-7 |
| 15:10 | Louisville | George Carrigan is called for the reach on Jerry Underwood - foul #1 on George Carrigan, team foul #1 | 6-7 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Alex Osborne (SG), Tom Matthews (SF), Stephen Carney (PF), Santos Cherry (C) Dragan Meleski, David Hart, Jeffrey Peters, George Carrigan | |
| 15:01 | Louisville | Chase Brown misses badly on a shot from the right wing but he's hacked by Grady Wotring - foul #1 on Grady Wotring, team foul #2 | 6-7 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jesse Back (PG) Grady Wotring | |
| 15:01 | Louisville | Chase Brown makes the 1st free throw | 7-7 |
| 15:01 | Louisville | Chase Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 8-7 |
| 14:43 | West Virginia | The short jumper by Alex Osborne is denied by Jerry Underwood | 8-7 |
| 14:42 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Jerry Underwood | 8-7 |
| 14:26 | Louisville | Frank Brumback comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 8-7 |
| 14:24 | West Virginia | Santos Cherry grabs the board | 8-7 |
| 13:57 | West Virginia | Alex Osborne comes up short on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 8-7 |
| 13:56 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Vasily Gavinski | 8-7 |
| 13:43 | Louisville | Frank Brumback scores on a 3 from the left wing | 11-7 |
| 13:15 | West Virginia | Santos Cherry comes up short on the fadeaway from the right wing | 11-7 |
| 13:13 | Louisville | Jerry Underwood pulls down the rebound | 11-7 |
| 12:59 | Louisville | Tom Matthews steps in front of the Thomas Nusbaum pass | 11-7 |
| 12:39 | West Virginia | Alex Osborne's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 11-7 |
| Subs | Louisville | Stephan Davis (PG), Matthew Goodman (PF), Steven Bushong (C) Thomas Nusbaum, Vasily Gavinski, Jerry Underwood | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Grady Wotring (PG), Dragan Meleski (SG), David Hart (SF), Jeffrey Peters (PF), George Carrigan (C) Jesse Back, Alex Osborne, Tom Matthews, Stephen Carney, Santos Cherry | |
| 12:19 | Louisville | Chase Brown comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 11-7 |
| 12:18 | Louisville | Matthew Goodman pulls down the offensive rebound | 11-7 |
| 12:05 | Louisville | George Carrigan takes the ball from Stephan Davis | 11-7 |
| 11:36 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters connects on the fadeaway from the right side | 11-9 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Stephan Davis (fresh) SG - Chase Brown (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SF - Frank Brumback (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Matthew Goodman (fresh) C - Steven Bushong (fresh) | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Grady Wotring (fresh) SG - Dragan Meleski (fresh) SF - David Hart (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Jeffrey Peters (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - George Carrigan (fresh) | |
| 11:16 | Louisville | Matthew Goodman knocks in the shot from the right wing | 13-9 |
| 10:53 | West Virginia | George Carrigan loses the dribble to Steven Bushong | 13-9 |
| 10:32 | Louisville | Steven Bushong comes up short on the runner near the basket but he's fouled by Jeffrey Peters - foul #1 on Jeffrey Peters, team foul #3 | 13-9 |
| Subs | Louisville | Thomas Nusbaum (PG) Stephan Davis | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 10:32 | Louisville | Steven Bushong makes the 1st free throw | 14-9 |
| 10:32 | Louisville | Steven Bushong makes the 2nd free throw | 15-9 |
| 10:16 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Matthew Goodman - foul #1 on Matthew Goodman, team foul #3 | 15-9 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ronald Maynard (SF), Vasily Gavinski (PF), Jerry Underwood (C) Frank Brumback, Matthew Goodman, Steven Bushong | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 10:16 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters makes the 1st free throw | 15-10 |
| 10:16 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters misses the 2nd free throw | 15-10 |
| 10:16 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Jerry Underwood | 15-10 |
| 09:59 | Louisville | Thomas Nusbaum hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 15-10 |
| 09:58 | West Virginia | George Carrigan gets the rebound | 15-10 |
| 09:35 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters is denied on a layup by Ronald Maynard | 15-10 |
| 09:33 | Louisville | Vasily Gavinski pulls down the rebound | 15-10 |
| 09:26 | Louisville | Vasily Gavinski clanks a 3pt attempt from straight away | 15-10 |
| 09:25 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Dragan Meleski | 15-10 |
| 09:03 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski is hacked by Jerry Underwood - foul #2 on Jerry Underwood, team foul #4 | 15-10 |
| Subs | Louisville | Frank Brumback (SF), Steven Bushong (C) Ronald Maynard, Jerry Underwood | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jesse Back (PG), Alex Osborne (SG), Tom Matthews (SF), Stephen Carney (PF), Santos Cherry (C) Grady Wotring, Dragan Meleski, David Hart, Jeffrey Peters, George Carrigan | |
| 08:40 | West Virginia | Jesse Back knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 15-13 |
| 08:31 | Louisville | Chase Brown loses the ball out of bounds | 15-13 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ralph Choe (SG) Chase Brown | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 08:03 | West Virginia | Alex Osborne can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Thomas Nusbaum - foul #1 on Thomas Nusbaum, team foul #5 | 15-13 |
| Subs | Louisville | Stephan Davis (PG), Matthew Goodman (PF) Thomas Nusbaum, Vasily Gavinski | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Grady Wotring (PG) Jesse Back | |
| 08:03 | West Virginia | Alex Osborne makes the 1st free throw | 15-14 |
| 08:03 | West Virginia | Alex Osborne makes the 2nd free throw | 15-15 |
| 07:51 | Louisville | Ralph Choe can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 15-15 |
| 07:49 | Louisville | The offensive rebound goes to Matthew Goodman | 15-15 |
| 07:37 | Louisville | Stephan Davis's pass is intercepted by Alex Osborne | 15-15 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Stephan Davis (fresh) SG - Ralph Choe (fresh) SF - Frank Brumback (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Matthew Goodman (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Steven Bushong (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Grady Wotring (fresh) SG - Alex Osborne (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Tom Matthews (fresh) PF - Stephen Carney (fresh) C - Santos Cherry (fresh) | |
| 07:12 | West Virginia | Alex Osborne buries a floater from the right side and he's fouled by Ralph Choe - foul #1 on Ralph Choe, team foul #6 | 15-17 |
| Subs | Louisville | Chase Brown (SG), Ronald Maynard (SF) Ralph Choe, Frank Brumback | |
| Subs | West Virginia | David Hart (SF), Jeffrey Peters (PF), George Carrigan (C) Tom Matthews, Stephen Carney, Santos Cherry | |
| 07:12 | West Virginia | Alex Osborne makes the free throw | 15-18 |
| 07:04 | Louisville | Alex Osborne is called for the reach on Chase Brown - foul #1 on Alex Osborne, team foul #4 | 15-18 |
| Subs | Louisville | Thomas Nusbaum (PG) Stephan Davis | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski (SG) Alex Osborne | |
| 06:58 | Louisville | Matthew Goodman clanks a floater from the left block | 15-18 |
| 06:57 | Louisville | Chase Brown tips it home | 17-18 |
| 06:36 | West Virginia | George Carrigan is called for a charge - foul #2 on George Carrigan, team foul #5 | 17-18 |
| Subs | Louisville | Vasily Gavinski (PF), Jerry Underwood (C) Matthew Goodman, Steven Bushong | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 06:23 | Louisville | Thomas Nusbaum makes the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 19-18 |
| 06:00 | West Virginia | Ronald Maynard is called for the reach on David Hart - foul #1 on Ronald Maynard, team foul #7 | 19-18 |
| Subs | Louisville | Frank Brumback (SF) Ronald Maynard | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Tom Matthews (SF) Grady Wotring | |
| 06:00 | West Virginia | David Hart makes the 1st free throw | 19-19 |
| 06:00 | West Virginia | David Hart misses the 2nd free throw | 19-19 |
| 06:00 | Louisville | Vasily Gavinski grabs the defensive rebound | 19-19 |
| 05:50 | Louisville | Frank Brumback misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 19-19 |
| 05:49 | West Virginia | George Carrigan snags the defensive board | 19-19 |
| 05:31 | West Virginia | Vasily Gavinski swats the short shot by Jeffrey Peters | 19-19 |
| 05:30 | West Virginia | The offensive rebound goes to George Carrigan | 19-19 |
| 05:16 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters is whistled for traveling | 19-19 |
| Subs | Louisville | Stephan Davis (PG) Thomas Nusbaum | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Stephen Carney (PF) Jeffrey Peters | |
| 05:06 | Louisville | Vasily Gavinski comes up short on the jump hook from the left block | 19-19 |
| 05:04 | Louisville | Vasily Gavinski tips it back up and in | 21-19 |
| 04:45 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski knocks in the 3 from the left wing | 21-22 |
| 04:29 | Louisville | Chase Brown misses short on a shot from the right wing | 21-22 |
| 04:28 | Louisville | Vasily Gavinski gets the offensive rebound | 21-22 |
| 04:15 | Louisville | Vasily Gavinski misses the turnaround from the right block but the foul's on Stephen Carney - foul #1 on Stephen Carney, team foul #6 | 21-22 |
| Subs | Louisville | Thomas Nusbaum (PG), Ronald Maynard (SF) Stephan Davis, Frank Brumback | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Grady Wotring (PG), Alex Osborne (SG), Jeffrey Peters (PF), Santos Cherry (C) David Hart, Dragan Meleski, Stephen Carney, George Carrigan | |
| 04:15 | Louisville | Vasily Gavinski misses the 1st free throw | 21-22 |
| 04:15 | Louisville | Vasily Gavinski makes the 2nd free throw | 22-22 |
| 03:57 | West Virginia | Alex Osborne hits a jumper from the free throw line | 22-24 |
| 03:43 | Louisville | Jerry Underwood misses long on a fadeaway from the baseline but the foul's on Grady Wotring - foul #2 on Grady Wotring, team foul #7 | 22-24 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ralph Choe (SG), Steven Bushong (C) Chase Brown, Vasily Gavinski | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 03:43 | Louisville | Jerry Underwood makes the 1st free throw | 23-24 |
| 03:43 | Louisville | Jerry Underwood makes the 2nd free throw | 24-24 |
| 03:19 | West Virginia | Alex Osborne makes the 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Grady Wotring and he's hacked by Jerry Underwood - foul #3 on Jerry Underwood, team foul #8 | 24-27 |
| Subs | Louisville | Matthew Goodman (PF) Jerry Underwood | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 03:19 | West Virginia | Alex Osborne makes the free throw | 24-28 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Thomas Nusbaum (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ralph Choe (fresh) SF - Ronald Maynard (fresh) PF - Matthew Goodman (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Steven Bushong (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Grady Wotring (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Alex Osborne (fresh) 11 pts. SF - Tom Matthews (fresh) PF - Jeffrey Peters (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - Santos Cherry (fresh) | |
| 03:02 | Louisville | Matthew Goodman's fadeaway is rejected by Santos Cherry | 24-28 |
| 03:00 | West Virginia | Santos Cherry gets the rebound | 24-28 |
| 02:31 | West Virginia | Santos Cherry banks in the layup on a great pass from Grady Wotring | 24-30 |
| 02:27 | Louisville | Ronald Maynard hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 24-30 |
| 02:26 | West Virginia | Santos Cherry grabs the defensive rebound | 24-30 |
| 01:58 | West Virginia | Alex Osborne misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 24-30 |
| 01:56 | Louisville | Matthew Goodman snags the defensive board | 24-30 |
| 01:52 | Louisville | Thomas Nusbaum throws a bad pass out of bounds | 24-30 |
| Subs | Louisville | Stephan Davis (PG), Chase Brown (SG), Frank Brumback (SF), Vasily Gavinski (PF) Thomas Nusbaum, Ralph Choe, Ronald Maynard, Matthew Goodman | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski (SG), David Hart (SF), Stephen Carney (PF), George Carrigan (C) Alex Osborne, Tom Matthews, Jeffrey Peters, Santos Cherry | |
| 01:40 | West Virginia | David Hart comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Frank Brumback - foul #1 on Frank Brumback, team foul #9 | 24-30 |
| 01:40 | West Virginia | David Hart makes the 1st free throw | 24-31 |
| 01:40 | West Virginia | David Hart misses the 2nd free throw | 24-31 |
| 01:40 | West Virginia | Stephen Carney gets the offensive rebound | 24-31 |
| 01:20 | West Virginia | Stephen Carney connects on the runner near the basket and he's hacked by Vasily Gavinski - foul #2 on Vasily Gavinski, team foul #10 | 24-33 |
| 01:20 | West Virginia | Stephen Carney makes the free throw | 24-34 |
| 01:01 | Louisville | Grady Wotring takes the ball from Vasily Gavinski | 24-34 |
| 00:58 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski lays it in on a great pass from Grady Wotring | 24-36 |
| 00:42 | Louisville | Steven Bushong misses badly on a driving attempt in the lane | 24-36 |
| 00:41 | West Virginia | Stephen Carney gets the rebound | 24-36 |
| 00:13 | West Virginia | David Hart can't connect on a floater from the left side | 24-36 |
| 00:11 | Louisville | Chase Brown pulls down the rebound | 24-36 |
| 00:02 | Louisville | Frank Brumback is called for traveling | 24-36 |
| Subs | Louisville | Thomas Nusbaum (PG), Matthew Goodman (C) Stephan Davis, Steven Bushong | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Tom Matthews (SF), Jeffrey Peters (PF) Grady Wotring, Stephen Carney | |
| 00:00 | West Virginia | David Hart misses short on a halfcourt shot | 24-36 |