| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Paul Moorefield (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Lawrence McClatcher (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SF - Thomas Waldron (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Charles Evans (fresh) C - Brandon Koepp (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Colburn (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Marc Lutz (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Peter Alexander (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - William Shiver (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Robert Delaney (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Peter Alexander inbounds the ball | 25-30 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:39 | Louisville | Marc Lutz hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt in the lane | 25-30 |
| 19:38 | Louisville | William Shiver hits the follow up shot | 25-32 |
| 19:18 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher scores on a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Thomas Waldron | 28-32 |
| 18:59 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn scores on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Marc Lutz | 28-34 |
| 18:37 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 28-34 |
| 18:35 | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield grabs the offensive board | 28-34 |
| 18:21 | West Virginia | Thomas Waldron misses badly on a jumper from just outside the lane | 28-34 |
| 18:20 | Louisville | Robert Delaney snags the defensive board | 28-34 |
| 18:09 | Louisville | Peter Alexander can't throw it down but the foul's on Thomas Waldron - foul #3 on Thomas Waldron, team foul #1 | 28-34 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Harry Gilyard (SF) Thomas Waldron | |
| Subs | Louisville | Fred Butler (PG) Timothy Colburn | |
| 18:09 | Louisville | Peter Alexander misses the 1st free throw | 28-34 |
| 18:09 | Louisville | Peter Alexander makes the 2nd free throw | 28-35 |
| 17:43 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher buries a 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Harry Gilyard | 31-35 |
| 17:20 | Louisville | Peter Alexander is hacked by Brandon Koepp - foul #2 on Brandon Koepp, team foul #2 | 31-35 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Billy Bryant (C) Brandon Koepp | |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Colburn (PG), James Harper (SG) Marc Lutz, Peter Alexander | |
| 17:09 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn knocks in the jumpshot from just outside the lane set up by James Harper | 31-37 |
| 16:48 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 31-37 |
| 16:46 | West Virginia | The offensive rebound goes to Billy Bryant | 31-37 |
| 16:25 | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 31-37 |
| 16:24 | West Virginia | Harry Gilyard tips it in | 33-37 |
| 15:59 | Louisville | William Shiver is hacked by Harry Gilyard - foul #1 on Harry Gilyard, team foul #3 | 33-37 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Richard Preston (PG), Thomas Waldron (SF), Brandon Koepp (C) Paul Moorefield, Lawrence McClatcher, Charles Evans | |
| Subs | Louisville | Marc Lutz (SG), John Wolf (SF) James Harper, Fred Butler | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Richard Preston (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Harry Gilyard (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. SF - Thomas Waldron (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. PF - Billy Bryant (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Brandon Koepp (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Colburn (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SG - Marc Lutz (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SF - John Wolf (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. PF - William Shiver (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - Robert Delaney (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 15:36 | Louisville | John Wolf can't connect on a turnaround from close range but the foul's on Richard Preston - foul #1 on Richard Preston, team foul #4 | 33-37 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Fred Butler (PG) Timothy Colburn | |
| 15:36 | Louisville | John Wolf misses the 1st free throw | 33-37 |
| 15:36 | Louisville | John Wolf misses the 2nd free throw | 33-37 |
| 15:36 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Billy Bryant | 33-37 |
| 15:13 | West Virginia | Harry Gilyard misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 33-37 |
| 15:11 | Louisville | Robert Delaney gets the rebound | 33-37 |
| 14:49 | Louisville | Robert Delaney misses badly on a turnaround in the lane but the foul's on Brandon Koepp - foul #3 on Brandon Koepp, team foul #5 | 33-37 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher (SG) Harry Gilyard | |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Colburn (PG), Peter Alexander (PF) Fred Butler, William Shiver | |
| 14:49 | Louisville | Robert Delaney makes the 1st free throw | 33-38 |
| 14:49 | Louisville | Robert Delaney makes the 2nd free throw | 33-39 |
| 14:20 | West Virginia | Thomas Waldron comes up short on the fadeaway from the left block but the foul's on John Wolf - foul #4 on John Wolf, team foul #1 | 33-39 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield (PG), Charles Evans (PF) Richard Preston, Billy Bryant | |
| Subs | Louisville | Fred Butler (SF), William Shiver (PF) John Wolf, Peter Alexander | |
| 14:20 | West Virginia | Thomas Waldron misses the 1st free throw | 33-39 |
| 14:20 | West Virginia | Thomas Waldron makes the 2nd free throw | 34-39 |
| 14:08 | Louisville | Robert Delaney hits the finger roll | 34-41 |
| 13:45 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher double dribbles | 34-41 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Peter Alexander (C) Robert Delaney | |
| 13:18 | Louisville | Fred Butler knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 34-44 |
| 12:54 | West Virginia | Thomas Waldron makes the pull-up jumper from the right side on a great pass from Lawrence McClatcher | 36-44 |
| 12:43 | Louisville | Marc Lutz banks in the layup on a nice dish by Peter Alexander | 36-46 |
| 12:14 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher can't connect on a floater from the free throw line | 36-46 |
| 12:13 | West Virginia | Charles Evans hits the follow up shot | 38-46 |
| 11:59 | Louisville | Lawrence McClatcher steals the ball from William Shiver | 38-46 |
| 11:56 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher hits the finger roll | 40-46 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Paul Moorefield (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Lawrence McClatcher (fresh) 19 pts. 2 ast. SF - Thomas Waldron (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. PF - Charles Evans (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Brandon Koepp (fairly fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Colburn (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SG - Marc Lutz (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SF - Fred Butler (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - William Shiver (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - Peter Alexander (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:34 | Louisville | Marc Lutz evades the doubleteam but misses long on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Thomas Waldron - foul #4 on Thomas Waldron, team foul #6 | 40-46 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Richard Preston (PG), Harry Gilyard (SF), Billy Bryant (C) Paul Moorefield, Thomas Waldron, Brandon Koepp | |
| Subs | Louisville | James Harper (SG), Robert Delaney (C) Fred Butler, Peter Alexander | |
| 11:34 | Louisville | Marc Lutz makes the 1st free throw | 40-47 |
| 11:34 | Louisville | Marc Lutz makes the 2nd free throw | 40-48 |
| 11:13 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 40-48 |
| 11:12 | West Virginia | Billy Bryant tips it back up and in | 42-48 |
| 10:55 | Louisville | The short jumper by Marc Lutz is denied by Charles Evans | 42-48 |
| 10:54 | West Virginia | Billy Bryant pulls down the rebound | 42-48 |
| 10:34 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 42-48 |
| 10:33 | West Virginia | Richard Preston grabs the offensive board | 42-48 |
| 10:22 | West Virginia | Harry Gilyard can't connect on a fadeaway from the right block | 42-48 |
| 10:21 | West Virginia | Richard Preston grabs the offensive board | 42-48 |
| 10:09 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher is whistled for a carry | 42-48 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield (PG) Lawrence McClatcher | |
| Subs | Louisville | Peter Alexander (SF) James Harper | |
| 09:56 | Louisville | Robert Delaney can't finish the layup | 42-48 |
| 09:55 | West Virginia | Harry Gilyard snags the defensive board | 42-48 |
| 09:28 | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 42-48 |
| 09:26 | Louisville | Peter Alexander grabs the defensive rebound | 42-48 |
| 09:14 | Louisville | Peter Alexander connects on the jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Timothy Colburn | 42-50 |
| 08:57 | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield scores on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 45-50 |
| 08:33 | Louisville | William Shiver connects on the open fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Timothy Colburn | 45-52 |
| 08:05 | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield travels with the ball | 45-52 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher (SG), Brandon Koepp (C) Richard Preston, Billy Bryant | |
| Subs | Louisville | James Harper (SG), Fred Butler (SF) Marc Lutz, Peter Alexander | |
| 07:47 | Louisville | James Harper misses the floater from the right wing but he's hacked by Charles Evans - foul #1 on Charles Evans, team foul #7 | 45-52 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Thomas Waldron (SF) Harry Gilyard | |
| Subs | Louisville | John Wolf (SF) Timothy Colburn | |
| 07:47 | Louisville | James Harper makes the 1st free throw | 45-53 |
| 07:47 | Louisville | James Harper makes the 2nd free throw | 45-54 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Paul Moorefield (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Lawrence McClatcher (fresh) 19 pts. 2 ast. SF - Thomas Waldron (fresh) 5 pts. 4 pf. PF - Charles Evans (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Brandon Koepp (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Fred Butler (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Harper (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - John Wolf (fresh) 2 pts. 4 pf. PF - William Shiver (tiring) 9 pts. 5 reb. C - Robert Delaney (tiring) 6 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:25 | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 45-54 |
| 07:23 | Louisville | John Wolf pulls down the rebound | 45-54 |
| 07:09 | Louisville | Fred Butler knocks in the fadeaway from the left side on a nice dish by James Harper | 45-56 |
| 06:48 | West Virginia | Thomas Waldron clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 45-56 |
| 06:46 | West Virginia | Charles Evans tips it in | 47-56 |
| 06:25 | Louisville | Fred Butler connects on the 3 from the left corner on a nice dish by William Shiver | 47-59 |
| 05:59 | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 47-59 |
| 05:58 | Louisville | James Harper pulls down the rebound | 47-59 |
| 05:39 | Louisville | Robert Delaney can't connect on a jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Brandon Koepp - foul #4 on Brandon Koepp, team foul #8 | 47-59 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Richard Preston (PG), Harry Gilyard (PF), Billy Bryant (C) Paul Moorefield, Charles Evans, Brandon Koepp | |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Colburn (PG), Marc Lutz (SG), Peter Alexander (PF) Fred Butler, James Harper, William Shiver | |
| 05:39 | Louisville | Robert Delaney misses the 1st free throw | 47-59 |
| 05:39 | Louisville | Robert Delaney makes the 2nd free throw | 47-60 |
| 05:20 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 47-60 |
| 05:19 | Louisville | Marc Lutz pulls down the rebound | 47-60 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 04:50 | Louisville | John Wolf scores on a floater from the free throw line on a nice dish by Robert Delaney | 47-62 |
| 04:34 | West Virginia | Thomas Waldron misses badly on a jumper from the left wing but the foul's on Marc Lutz - foul #1 on Marc Lutz, team foul #2 | 47-62 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Louisville | William Shiver (PF) Peter Alexander | |
| 04:34 | West Virginia | Thomas Waldron makes the 1st free throw | 48-62 |
| 04:34 | West Virginia | Thomas Waldron misses the 2nd free throw | 48-62 |
| 04:34 | Louisville | William Shiver snags the defensive board | 48-62 |
| 04:15 | Louisville | William Shiver misses the pull-up jumper from the right side | 48-62 |
| 04:13 | West Virginia | Richard Preston snags the defensive board | 48-62 |
| 03:52 | West Virginia | Thomas Waldron hits a jumper in the paint set up by Billy Bryant | 50-62 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 03:23 | Louisville | Marc Lutz is fouled on the floor by Billy Bryant - foul #2 on Billy Bryant, team foul #9 | 50-62 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield (PG), Brandon Koepp (C) Lawrence McClatcher, Harry Gilyard | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 03:23 | Louisville | Marc Lutz makes the 1st free throw | 50-63 |
| 03:23 | Louisville | Marc Lutz makes the 2nd free throw | 50-64 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Paul Moorefield (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Richard Preston (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Thomas Waldron (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 pf. PF - Billy Bryant (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Brandon Koepp (fresh) 2 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Colburn (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 5 ast. SG - Marc Lutz (fresh) 15 pts. 2 ast. SF - John Wolf (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 4 pf. PF - William Shiver (tiring) 9 pts. 6 reb. C - Robert Delaney (tiring) 7 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 03:01 | West Virginia | Brandon Koepp clanks a floater in the paint | 50-64 |
| 03:00 | West Virginia | Thomas Waldron hits the follow up shot | 52-64 |
| 02:55 | Louisville | Marc Lutz splits the doubleteam but misses short on a shot from just outside the lane | 52-64 |
| 02:54 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Billy Bryant | 52-64 |
| 02:54 | West Virginia | West Virginia calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 52-64 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher (SG), Harry Gilyard (PF) Richard Preston, Billy Bryant | |
| Subs | Louisville | Peter Alexander (PF) William Shiver | |
| 02:42 | West Virginia | Thomas Waldron scores on a jumper from close range set up by Paul Moorefield | 54-64 |
| 02:18 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn is fouled on the floor by Harry Gilyard - foul #2 on Harry Gilyard, team foul #10 | 54-64 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Charles Evans (PF) Thomas Waldron | |
| Subs | Louisville | William Shiver (PF) Peter Alexander | |
| 02:18 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn misses the 1st free throw | 54-64 |
| 02:18 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn makes the 2nd free throw | 54-65 |
| 02:08 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher buries a 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Paul Moorefield | 57-65 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 01:41 | Louisville | John Wolf scores on a shot from the left side on a nice dish by Timothy Colburn | 57-67 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| 01:24 | West Virginia | Harry Gilyard makes the shot from the right block set up by Paul Moorefield | 59-67 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 01:05 | Louisville | Charles Evans takes the ball from John Wolf | 59-67 |
| 00:42 | West Virginia | Paul Moorefield scores on a 3pt jumper from straight away on a great pass from Lawrence McClatcher | 62-67 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and intentionally fouling (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:39 | Louisville | Marc Lutz is hacked by Lawrence McClatcher in the backcourt - foul #2 on Lawrence McClatcher, team foul #11 | 62-67 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Thomas Waldron (SF) Harry Gilyard | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 00:39 | Louisville | Marc Lutz misses the 1st free throw | 62-67 |
| 00:39 | Louisville | Marc Lutz makes the 2nd free throw | 62-68 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:33 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher scores on a 3pt jumper from straight away on a nice dish by Thomas Waldron | 65-68 |
| 00:31 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn is hacked by Paul Moorefield in the backcourt - foul #2 on Paul Moorefield, team foul #12 | 65-68 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Louisville | James Harper (SG) Marc Lutz | |
| 00:31 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn makes the 1st free throw | 65-69 |
| 00:31 | Louisville | Timothy Colburn misses the 2nd free throw | 65-69 |
| 00:31 | West Virginia | Brandon Koepp grabs the board | 65-69 |
| 00:27 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher buries a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a great pass from Charles Evans | 68-69 |
| 00:26 | Louisville | Paul Moorefield is called for the reach on John Wolf in the backcourt - foul #3 on Paul Moorefield, team foul #13 | 68-69 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Marc Lutz (SG) James Harper | |
| 00:26 | Louisville | John Wolf makes the 1st free throw | 68-70 |
| 00:26 | Louisville | John Wolf makes the 2nd free throw | 68-71 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:08 | West Virginia | Lawrence McClatcher clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 68-71 |
| 00:07 | West Virginia | Charles Evans snags the offensive board | 68-71 |
| 00:01 | West Virginia | Thomas Waldron hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 68-71 |
| 00:00 | Louisville | Marc Lutz snags the defensive board | 68-71 |