| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Robert Sweet (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Robert Berlin (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Allen Sharp (fresh) PF - James Gibson (fresh) 4 pts. C - James Brown (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Taylor (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Chris Gerken (fresh) SF - Don Jordan (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Charles Steed (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - David Dunn (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Don Jordan inbounds the ball | 27-28 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 19:43 | Louisville | Don Jordan evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 27-28 |
| 19:42 | St. John's | Robert Berlin grabs the defensive rebound | 27-28 |
| 19:13 | St. John's | Robert Berlin is whistled for a carry | 27-28 |
| 18:59 | Louisville | Don Jordan is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 27-28 |
| 18:57 | Louisville | David Dunn hits the follow up shot | 27-30 |
| 18:34 | St. John's | James Brown blows the layup | 27-30 |
| 18:33 | Louisville | Timothy Taylor snags the defensive board | 27-30 |
| 18:21 | Louisville | Chris Gerken scores on a 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Don Jordan | 27-33 |
| 18:17 | St. John's | Allen Sharp can't connect on a shot from the right wing | 27-33 |
| 18:16 | St. John's | James Gibson tips it in | 29-33 |
| 18:06 | Louisville | Chris Gerken misses the easy open layup | 29-33 |
| 18:05 | Louisville | Charles Steed tips it but misses | 29-33 |
| 18:03 | St. John's | Allen Sharp pulls down the rebound | 29-33 |
| 17:34 | St. John's | Allen Sharp misses the easy layup | 29-33 |
| 17:32 | Louisville | Don Jordan gets the rebound | 29-33 |
| 17:16 | Louisville | Timothy Taylor is whistled for a carry | 29-33 |
| Subs | St. John's | Jonathan Kennedy (PF) James Gibson | |
| Subs | Louisville | Kenneth Wynn (PF) Charles Steed | |
| 16:53 | St. John's | Allen Sharp hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from straight away | 29-33 |
| 16:51 | Louisville | David Dunn gets the rebound | 29-33 |
| 16:37 | Louisville | Timothy Taylor is fouled on the floor by Robert Berlin - foul #2 on Robert Berlin, team foul #1 | 29-33 |
| Subs | St. John's | Terry Burman (PG), Mark Harris (SG), Kareem Brewer (C) Robert Sweet, Robert Berlin, James Brown | |
| Subs | Louisville | Thomas Turkowski (SG) Chris Gerken | |
| 16:22 | Louisville | Kenneth Wynn misses badly on the uncontested shot near the basket | 29-33 |
| 16:20 | St. John's | Jonathan Kennedy grabs the defensive rebound | 29-33 |
| 15:56 | St. John's | Allen Sharp drills a 3 from the left corner | 32-33 |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Terry Burman (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mark Harris (fresh) SF - Allen Sharp (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Jonathan Kennedy (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Kareem Brewer (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Taylor (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - Thomas Turkowski (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Don Jordan (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Kenneth Wynn (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - David Dunn (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 15:47 | Louisville | David Dunn evades the doubleteam but misses long on a driving attempt from the right block | 32-33 |
| 15:45 | St. John's | Mark Harris grabs the board | 32-33 |
| 15:16 | St. John's | David Dunn steps in front of the Mark Harris pass | 32-33 |
| 15:02 | Louisville | Don Jordan evades the doubleteam but misses long on a shot from the left side but he's hacked by Allen Sharp - foul #3 on Allen Sharp, team foul #2 | 32-33 |
| Subs | St. John's | Robert Sweet (PG), Robert Berlin (SG), James Gibson (PF), James Brown (C) Mark Harris, Allen Sharp, Jonathan Kennedy, Kareem Brewer | |
| Subs | Louisville | George Mulford (PG), Chris Gerken (SG), Charles Steed (PF) Timothy Taylor, Thomas Turkowski, Kenneth Wynn | |
| 15:02 | Louisville | Don Jordan misses the 1st free throw | 32-33 |
| 15:02 | Louisville | Don Jordan makes the 2nd free throw | 32-34 |
| 14:43 | St. John's | Robert Berlin can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 32-34 |
| 14:42 | St. John's | Robert Sweet grabs the offensive board | 32-34 |
| 14:19 | St. John's | James Brown is hacked by David Dunn - foul #2 on David Dunn, team foul #1 | 32-34 |
| 14:03 | St. John's | James Brown is hacked by Charles Steed - foul #2 on Charles Steed, team foul #2 | 32-34 |
| Subs | St. John's | Kareem Brewer (C) Terry Burman | |
| Subs | Louisville | Jimmy Dupuis (C) David Dunn | |
| 13:48 | St. John's | Robert Sweet hits a shot from the left side | 34-34 |
| 13:34 | Louisville | George Mulford misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 34-34 |
| 13:32 | Louisville | Jimmy Dupuis snags the offensive board | 34-34 |
| 13:19 | Louisville | Jimmy Dupuis hits the front of the rim on the wide open floater from the left block | 34-34 |
| 13:18 | Louisville | Jimmy Dupuis tips it in | 34-36 |
| 12:59 | St. John's | Kareem Brewer is called for a pushoff foul - foul #2 on Kareem Brewer, team foul #3 | 34-36 |
| Subs | St. John's | Allen Sharp (SF), Jonathan Kennedy (PF) James Gibson, Kareem Brewer | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 12:38 | Louisville | George Mulford clanks a fadeaway from the left side but he's fouled by Robert Sweet - foul #1 on Robert Sweet, team foul #4 | 34-36 |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Kenneth Wynn (SF), David Dunn (C) Don Jordan, Jimmy Dupuis | |
| 12:38 | Louisville | George Mulford misses the 1st free throw | 34-36 |
| 12:38 | Louisville | George Mulford makes the 2nd free throw | 34-37 |
| 12:09 | St. John's | Allen Sharp slams it home on a great pass from Robert Sweet and he's hacked by Chris Gerken - foul #1 on Chris Gerken, team foul #3 | 36-37 |
| Subs | St. John's | Kareem Brewer (C) James Brown | |
| Subs | Louisville | Ricky Nelson (PF) Charles Steed | |
| 12:09 | St. John's | Allen Sharp makes the free throw | 37-37 |
| 11:57 | Louisville | George Mulford clanks a jumper from the left side | 37-37 |
| 11:56 | St. John's | Allen Sharp grabs the board | 37-37 |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Robert Sweet (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Robert Berlin (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Allen Sharp (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Jonathan Kennedy (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Kareem Brewer (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - George Mulford (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Chris Gerken (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Kenneth Wynn (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. PF - Ricky Nelson (fresh) C - David Dunn (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 7 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 11:43 | St. John's | Kareem Brewer misses the 3 from straight away | 37-37 |
| 11:41 | St. John's | Jonathan Kennedy snags the offensive board | 37-37 |
| 11:27 | St. John's | Jonathan Kennedy hits a fadeaway from close range | 39-37 |
| 11:13 | Louisville | Chris Gerken can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 39-37 |
| 11:12 | St. John's | Kareem Brewer grabs the defensive rebound | 39-37 |
| 11:07 | St. John's | Kenneth Wynn blocks the short jumper by Allen Sharp | 39-37 |
| 11:05 | Louisville | Ricky Nelson grabs the board | 39-37 |
| 10:51 | Louisville | George Mulford misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Kareem Brewer - foul #3 on Kareem Brewer, team foul #5 | 39-37 |
| Subs | St. John's | Terry Burman (PG), Mark Harris (SG), James Gibson (PF), James Brown (C) Robert Sweet, Robert Berlin, Jonathan Kennedy, Kareem Brewer | |
| Subs | Louisville | Thomas Turkowski (SG), Don Jordan (SF), Charles Steed (PF), Jimmy Dupuis (C) Chris Gerken, Kenneth Wynn, Ricky Nelson, David Dunn | |
| 10:51 | Louisville | George Mulford misses the 1st free throw | 39-37 |
| 10:51 | Louisville | George Mulford makes the 2nd free throw | 39-38 |
| 10:29 | St. John's | James Brown banks in the layup | 41-38 |
| 10:18 | Louisville | Jimmy Dupuis is whistled for traveling | 41-38 |
| 09:53 | St. John's | James Gibson slams it home | 43-38 |
| 09:41 | Louisville | Jimmy Dupuis is by himself and knocks in the jumpshot from the left side on a great pass from George Mulford | 43-40 |
| 09:21 | St. John's | James Brown is fouled on the floor by Jimmy Dupuis - foul #1 on Jimmy Dupuis, team foul #4 | 43-40 |
| Subs | St. John's | Robert Sweet (PG), Robert Berlin (SG), Jonathan Kennedy (PF) Mark Harris, Allen Sharp, James Gibson | |
| Subs | Louisville | Chris Gerken (SG), Kenneth Wynn (PF), David Dunn (C) Thomas Turkowski, Charles Steed, Jimmy Dupuis | |
| 08:59 | St. John's | Jonathan Kennedy hits a fadeaway from the right side on a great pass from Robert Berlin | 45-40 |
| 08:47 | Louisville | Kenneth Wynn is alone and drills a jumper from the right block | 45-42 |
| 08:23 | St. John's | Terry Burman hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left wing | 45-42 |
| 08:22 | St. John's | James Brown tips it home | 47-42 |
| 08:15 | Louisville | Robert Sweet steps in front of the Kenneth Wynn pass | 47-42 |
| 08:12 | St. John's | Robert Sweet lays it in | 49-42 |
| 08:03 | Louisville | Don Jordan banks in the layup over the doubleteam on a nice dish by Chris Gerken | 49-44 |
| 07:38 | St. John's | Terry Burman knocks in the 3 pointer from the left corner on a nice dish by Robert Berlin | 52-44 |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Robert Sweet (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Robert Berlin (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Terry Burman (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. PF - Jonathan Kennedy (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. C - James Brown (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - George Mulford (tiring) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Chris Gerken (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Don Jordan (tiring) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Kenneth Wynn (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - David Dunn (tiring) 12 pts. 7 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 07:17 | Louisville | David Dunn blows the layup over the doubleteam | 52-44 |
| 07:15 | Louisville | Kenneth Wynn tips it home | 52-46 |
| 06:52 | St. John's | James Brown connects on the fadeaway from the left side on a great pass from Terry Burman and he's fouled by David Dunn - foul #3 on David Dunn, team foul #5 | 54-46 |
| Subs | St. John's | Mark Harris (PG), Allen Sharp (SF), James Gibson (PF) Robert Sweet, Terry Burman, Jonathan Kennedy | |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Taylor (PG), Charles Steed (PF), Jimmy Dupuis (C) George Mulford, Don Jordan, David Dunn | |
| 06:52 | St. John's | James Brown makes the free throw | 55-46 |
| 06:37 | Louisville | Charles Steed connects on the floater in the lane on a great pass from Chris Gerken and the foul's on James Gibson - foul #2 on James Gibson, team foul #6 | 55-48 |
| Subs | St. John's | Kareem Brewer (C) James Brown | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 06:37 | Louisville | Charles Steed makes the free throw | 55-49 |
| 06:08 | St. John's | Allen Sharp is whistled for a carry | 55-49 |
| Subs | St. John's | Robert Sweet (PG) Robert Berlin | |
| Subs | Louisville | Thomas Turkowski (SG) Chris Gerken | |
| 05:52 | Louisville | Charles Steed misses short on a fadeaway in the paint | 55-49 |
| 05:50 | St. John's | The rebound goes to Allen Sharp | 55-49 |
| 05:31 | St. John's | James Gibson drills a fadeaway from the left wing | 57-49 |
| 05:22 | Louisville | James Gibson steps in front of the Thomas Turkowski pass | 57-49 |
| 04:58 | St. John's | Allen Sharp is denied on a layup by Jimmy Dupuis | 57-49 |
| 04:56 | Louisville | Timothy Taylor snags the defensive board | 57-49 |
| 04:45 | Louisville | The short jumper by Kenneth Wynn is denied by James Gibson | 57-49 |
| 04:43 | St. John's | Robert Sweet pulls down the rebound | 57-49 |
| 04:24 | St. John's | Allen Sharp drills a driving attempt from the right block on a nice dish by Mark Harris | 59-49 |
| 04:24 | Louisville | Louisville calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 59-49 |
| Subs | St. John's | Robert Berlin (SG), James Brown (C) Mark Harris, Kareem Brewer | |
| Subs | Louisville | George Mulford (PG), Chris Gerken (SG), Don Jordan (SF), David Dunn (C) Timothy Taylor, Thomas Turkowski, Kenneth Wynn, Jimmy Dupuis | |
| 04:14 | Louisville | Chris Gerken misses the wide open shot from the right wing | 59-49 |
| 04:12 | St. John's | The rebound goes to James Brown | 59-49 |
| 03:53 | St. John's | Allen Sharp is fouled on the floor by David Dunn - foul #4 on David Dunn, team foul #6 | 59-49 |
| 03:33 | St. John's | Allen Sharp misses badly on a jumper near the basket | 59-49 |
| 03:32 | St. John's | James Gibson tips it back up and in | 61-49 |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Robert Sweet (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Robert Berlin (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Allen Sharp (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - James Gibson (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. C - James Brown (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - George Mulford (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Chris Gerken (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Don Jordan (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Charles Steed (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. C - David Dunn (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 7 reb. 2 stl. 4 pf. | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 03:20 | Louisville | Don Jordan shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 61-49 |
| 03:19 | St. John's | The rebound goes to James Brown | 61-49 |
| 02:58 | St. John's | Allen Sharp misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 61-49 |
| 02:57 | Louisville | Charles Steed pulls down the rebound | 61-49 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| 02:35 | Louisville | David Dunn shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the fadeaway from the left block | 61-49 |
| 02:33 | Louisville | Don Jordan tips it but misses | 61-49 |
| 02:32 | Louisville | Don Jordan can't tip it in | 61-49 |
| 02:31 | Louisville | Chris Gerken tips it in | 61-51 |
| 02:02 | St. John's | James Gibson comes up short on the jumpshot from the right side | 61-51 |
| 02:01 | Louisville | David Dunn snags the defensive board | 61-51 |
| 01:57 | Louisville | George Mulford hits a wide open 3 from the left corner set up by Don Jordan | 61-54 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 01:43 | St. John's | James Gibson misses badly on a shot from the free throw line | 61-54 |
| 01:41 | Louisville | The rebound goes to George Mulford | 61-54 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 01:36 | Louisville | George Mulford scores on a 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from David Dunn | 61-57 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| 01:09 | St. John's | The jump hook by Allen Sharp is blocked by David Dunn | 61-57 |
| 01:08 | Louisville | Don Jordan snags the defensive board | 61-57 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 00:57 | Louisville | Don Jordan works out of a doubleteam and scores on a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Chris Gerken | 61-60 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 00:32 | St. John's | James Gibson can't finish the layup | 61-60 |
| 00:31 | Louisville | David Dunn pulls down the rebound | 61-60 |
| 00:18 | Louisville | Don Jordan makes the contested driving attempt in the paint on a great pass from George Mulford | 61-62 |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 00:10 | St. John's | Robert Berlin misses short on a jumper in the lane | 61-62 |
| 00:09 | St. John's | James Gibson tips it but misses | 61-62 |
| 00:08 | St. John's | James Brown grabs the offensive rebound | 61-62 |
| 00:01 | St. John's | Robert Berlin clanks a 3 from the left corner | 61-62 |
| 00:00 | St. John's | Allen Sharp grabs the offensive rebound | 61-62 |