| Lineup | Louisville | PG - David Roberts (fresh) SG - Mark Boyce (fresh) SF - Charles Thomas (fresh) PF - Robert Hyslop (fresh) C - Joseph Boyd (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Mark Gardner (fresh) SG - Lloyd Clark (fresh) SF - Stephen Vance (fresh) PF - Fred Morgan (fresh) C - Brian Maitland (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Joseph Boyd wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:37 | Louisville | Brian Maitland is called for the reach on Joseph Boyd - foul #1 on Brian Maitland, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:16 | Louisville | Mark Boyce double dribbles as he's doubleteamed | 0-0 |
| 18:49 | Syracuse | Mark Gardner can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 0-0 |
| 18:48 | Louisville | Joseph Boyd grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 18:44 | Louisville | Mark Boyce misses badly on a shot from the baseline | 0-0 |
| 18:43 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Brian Maitland | 0-0 |
| 18:29 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan misses badly on a shot from the left block but he's fouled by Robert Hyslop - foul #1 on Robert Hyslop, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 18:29 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan makes the 1st free throw | 0-1 |
| 18:29 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan misses the 2nd free throw | 0-1 |
| 18:29 | Louisville | Robert Hyslop pulls down the rebound | 0-1 |
| 18:11 | Louisville | Charles Thomas hits a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Robert Hyslop | 3-1 |
| 17:56 | Syracuse | David Roberts takes the ball from Stephen Vance | 3-1 |
| 17:53 | Louisville | David Roberts can't finish the layup | 3-1 |
| 17:51 | Louisville | Robert Hyslop gets the offensive rebound | 3-1 |
| 17:29 | Louisville | David Roberts hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left side but the foul's on Brian Maitland - foul #2 on Brian Maitland, team foul #2 | 3-1 |
| Subs | Louisville | Fredrick Cost (SG), Aubrey Bell (SF), Kerry Windham (PF), Peter Jenkins (C) Mark Boyce, Charles Thomas, Robert Hyslop, Joseph Boyd | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Cecil Didomenico (C) Brian Maitland | |
| 17:29 | Louisville | David Roberts misses the 1st free throw | 3-1 |
| 17:29 | Louisville | David Roberts makes the 2nd free throw | 4-1 |
| 17:05 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan banks in the layup and he's hacked by Kerry Windham - foul #1 on Kerry Windham, team foul #2 | 4-3 |
| Subs | Louisville | Keith Lorentz (PG) David Roberts | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 17:05 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan makes the free throw | 4-4 |
| 16:36 | Louisville | Aubrey Bell connects on the shot from just outside the lane set up by Keith Lorentz | 6-4 |
| 16:27 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan is fouled on the floor by Fredrick Cost - foul #1 on Fredrick Cost, team foul #3 | 6-4 |
| 16:13 | Syracuse | Stephen Vance connects on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 6-7 |
| 15:57 | Louisville | A charge is called on Aubrey Bell - foul #1 on Aubrey Bell, team foul #4 | 6-7 |
| Subs | Louisville | Mark Boyce (SG), Robert Hyslop (PF) Fredrick Cost, Kerry Windham | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Keith Lorentz (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Mark Boyce (fresh) SF - Aubrey Bell (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Robert Hyslop (fresh) 2 reb. C - Peter Jenkins (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Mark Gardner (fresh) SG - Lloyd Clark (fresh) SF - Stephen Vance (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Fred Morgan (fresh) 4 pts. C - Cecil Didomenico (fresh) | |
| 15:36 | Syracuse | Lloyd Clark is fouled on the floor by Mark Boyce - foul #1 on Mark Boyce, team foul #5 | 6-7 |
| Subs | Louisville | Robert Latson (SF), John Johnson (C) Aubrey Bell, Peter Jenkins | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 15:21 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan is called for the offensive foul - foul #1 on Fred Morgan, team foul #3 | 6-7 |
| Subs | Louisville | Fredrick Cost (SG), Aubrey Bell (SF), Kerry Windham (PF), Joseph Boyd (C) Mark Boyce, Robert Latson, Robert Hyslop, John Johnson | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman (SF) Stephen Vance | |
| 14:52 | Louisville | Fredrick Cost is called for traveling | 6-7 |
| Subs | Louisville | Mark Boyce (SG), Robert Latson (SF), Robert Hyslop (PF), Peter Jenkins (C) Fredrick Cost, Aubrey Bell, Kerry Windham, Joseph Boyd | |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Molino (PG), Kyle Bochenski (PF) Mark Gardner, Fred Morgan | |
| 14:35 | Syracuse | Robert Hyslop steals it from Kyle Bochenski | 6-7 |
| 14:10 | Louisville | Peter Jenkins is called for a charge - foul #1 on Peter Jenkins, team foul #6 | 6-7 |
| Subs | Louisville | Aubrey Bell (SF), Joseph Boyd (C) Keith Lorentz, Peter Jenkins | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Stephen Vance (SF), Craig Drake (C) Zlatko Zachman, Cecil Didomenico | |
| 13:57 | Syracuse | Lloyd Clark comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 6-7 |
| 13:55 | Syracuse | Craig Drake grabs the offensive rebound | 6-7 |
| 13:41 | Syracuse | Stephen Vance misses badly on a driving attempt in the lane | 6-7 |
| 13:39 | Louisville | Aubrey Bell snags the defensive board | 6-7 |
| 13:20 | Louisville | Mark Boyce hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 6-7 |
| 13:19 | Syracuse | Kyle Bochenski snags the defensive board | 6-7 |
| 13:03 | Syracuse | James Molino clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 6-7 |
| 13:01 | Louisville | Robert Hyslop pulls down the rebound | 6-7 |
| 12:54 | Louisville | Mark Boyce is hacked by Lloyd Clark - foul #1 on Lloyd Clark, team foul #4 | 6-7 |
| Subs | Louisville | David Roberts (PG), Fredrick Cost (SG), Charles Thomas (SF), Kerry Windham (PF), Peter Jenkins (C) Robert Latson, Mark Boyce, Aubrey Bell, Robert Hyslop, Joseph Boyd | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Mark Gardner (PG), Zlatko Zachman (SG), Fred Morgan (C) James Molino, Lloyd Clark, Craig Drake | |
| 12:39 | Louisville | David Roberts drills a floater from just outside the lane set up by Charles Thomas | 8-7 |
| 12:18 | Syracuse | Stephen Vance misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 8-7 |
| 12:17 | Louisville | Fredrick Cost snags the defensive board | 8-7 |
| 11:48 | Louisville | Peter Jenkins's fadeaway is rejected by Kyle Bochenski | 8-7 |
| 11:47 | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman pulls down the rebound | 8-7 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - David Roberts (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Fredrick Cost (fresh) SF - Charles Thomas (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Kerry Windham (fresh) C - Peter Jenkins (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Mark Gardner (fresh) SG - Zlatko Zachman (fresh) SF - Stephen Vance (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Kyle Bochenski (fresh) C - Fred Morgan (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 11:27 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan makes the turnaround in the lane set up by Mark Gardner | 8-9 |
| 11:02 | Louisville | Kerry Windham buries a turnaround from the baseline and the foul's on Kyle Bochenski - foul #1 on Kyle Bochenski, team foul #5 | 10-9 |
| Subs | Louisville | Keith Lorentz (PG), Mark Boyce (SG), Aubrey Bell (SF), Joseph Boyd (C) David Roberts, Fredrick Cost, Charles Thomas, Peter Jenkins | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Lloyd Clark (SG), Cecil Didomenico (C) Stephen Vance, Kyle Bochenski | |
| 11:02 | Louisville | Kerry Windham misses the free throw | 10-9 |
| 11:02 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Fred Morgan | 10-9 |
| 10:57 | Syracuse | Mark Gardner is hacked by Keith Lorentz - foul #1 on Keith Lorentz, team foul #7 | 10-9 |
| Subs | Louisville | Robert Hyslop (PF) Kerry Windham | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 10:57 | Syracuse | Mark Gardner misses the 1st free throw | 10-9 |
| 10:57 | Louisville | Joseph Boyd gets the rebound | 10-9 |
| 10:37 | Louisville | Mark Boyce evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 10-9 |
| 10:36 | Louisville | Robert Hyslop tips it in | 12-9 |
| 10:27 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt in the lane | 12-9 |
| 10:25 | Louisville | Robert Hyslop snags the defensive board | 12-9 |
| 10:05 | Louisville | Mark Boyce makes the contested 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Keith Lorentz | 15-9 |
| 09:58 | Syracuse | Joseph Boyd denies the turnaround by Fred Morgan | 15-9 |
| 09:57 | Syracuse | Cecil Didomenico grabs the offensive board | 15-9 |
| 09:36 | Syracuse | Mark Gardner's fadeaway is rejected by Robert Hyslop | 15-9 |
| 09:34 | Louisville | Joseph Boyd pulls down the rebound | 15-9 |
| 09:18 | Louisville | Mark Boyce misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 15-9 |
| 09:16 | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman gets the rebound | 15-9 |
| 08:56 | Syracuse | Lloyd Clark is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #2 on Lloyd Clark, team foul #6 | 15-9 |
| Subs | Louisville | David Roberts (PG), Charles Thomas (SF), Peter Jenkins (C) Keith Lorentz, Aubrey Bell, Joseph Boyd | |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Molino (PG), Fidel Gallegos (SG), Stephen Vance (SF), Kyle Bochenski (PF) Mark Gardner, Lloyd Clark, Zlatko Zachman, Fred Morgan | |
| 08:29 | Louisville | Robert Hyslop comes up short on the jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Cecil Didomenico - foul #1 on Cecil Didomenico, team foul #7 | 15-9 |
| Subs | Louisville | Fredrick Cost (PG), Joseph Boyd (C) David Roberts, Peter Jenkins | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 08:29 | Louisville | Robert Hyslop makes the 1st free throw | 16-9 |
| 08:29 | Louisville | Robert Hyslop makes the 2nd free throw | 17-9 |
| 08:10 | Syracuse | Fidel Gallegos comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 17-9 |
| 08:09 | Syracuse | Stephen Vance tips it back up and in | 17-11 |
| 07:49 | Louisville | Charles Thomas misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 17-11 |
| 07:47 | Syracuse | Cecil Didomenico pulls down the rebound | 17-11 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Fredrick Cost (fresh) SG - Mark Boyce (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Charles Thomas (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Robert Hyslop (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Joseph Boyd (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - James Molino (fresh) SG - Fidel Gallegos (fresh) SF - Stephen Vance (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Kyle Bochenski (fresh) C - Cecil Didomenico (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 07:27 | Syracuse | Joseph Boyd steps in front of the Fidel Gallegos pass | 17-11 |
| 07:01 | Louisville | Charles Thomas comes up short on the jumpshot from the left side | 17-11 |
| 07:00 | Louisville | Joseph Boyd grabs the offensive rebound | 17-11 |
| 06:44 | Louisville | Robert Hyslop misses the shot from the left block but the foul's on Kyle Bochenski - foul #2 on Kyle Bochenski, team foul #8 | 17-11 |
| Subs | Louisville | David Roberts (PG), Aubrey Bell (SF), Peter Jenkins (C) Mark Boyce, Charles Thomas, Joseph Boyd | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Mark Gardner (PG), Zlatko Zachman (SG), Fred Morgan (PF), Craig Drake (C) James Molino, Fidel Gallegos, Kyle Bochenski, Cecil Didomenico | |
| 06:44 | Louisville | Robert Hyslop makes the 1st free throw | 18-11 |
| 06:44 | Louisville | Robert Hyslop makes the 2nd free throw | 19-11 |
| 06:27 | Syracuse | Stephen Vance misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 19-11 |
| 06:26 | Louisville | Robert Hyslop grabs the board | 19-11 |
| 06:08 | Louisville | Peter Jenkins comes up short on the shot from the free throw line | 19-11 |
| 06:06 | Louisville | Robert Hyslop tips it home | 21-11 |
| 05:53 | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman is fouled on the floor by Fredrick Cost - foul #2 on Fredrick Cost, team foul #8 | 21-11 |
| Subs | Louisville | Keith Lorentz (PG), Mark Boyce (SG), Robert Latson (SF), Kerry Windham (PF) David Roberts, Fredrick Cost, Aubrey Bell, Robert Hyslop | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Lloyd Clark (SG), Brian Maitland (C) Stephen Vance, Craig Drake | |
| 05:53 | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman misses the 1st free throw | 21-11 |
| 05:53 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Kerry Windham | 21-11 |
| 05:32 | Louisville | Brian Maitland is called for the reach on Keith Lorentz - foul #3 on Brian Maitland, team foul #9 | 21-11 |
| Subs | Louisville | John Johnson (SF), Joseph Boyd (C) Robert Latson, Peter Jenkins | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Kyle Bochenski (PF) Brian Maitland | |
| 05:32 | Louisville | Keith Lorentz makes the 1st free throw | 22-11 |
| 05:32 | Louisville | Keith Lorentz makes the 2nd free throw | 23-11 |
| 05:19 | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman hits a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Mark Gardner | 23-14 |
| 05:03 | Louisville | Mark Boyce buries a shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Keith Lorentz | 25-14 |
| 04:47 | Syracuse | Lloyd Clark hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from straight away | 25-14 |
| 04:46 | Syracuse | Kyle Bochenski tips it in | 25-16 |
| 04:21 | Louisville | Joseph Boyd connects on the fadeaway from the left wing set up by John Johnson | 27-16 |
| 04:06 | Syracuse | Lloyd Clark connects on the fadeaway from just outside the lane on a great pass from Mark Gardner | 27-18 |
| 04:00 | Louisville | Kerry Windham can't connect on a 3 from the right corner | 27-18 |
| 03:58 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Fred Morgan | 27-18 |
| 03:53 | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman's layup is rejected by Joseph Boyd | 27-18 |
| 03:51 | Louisville | Joseph Boyd grabs the board | 27-18 |
| 03:29 | Louisville | Joseph Boyd hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway near the basket | 27-18 |
| 03:27 | Syracuse | Kyle Bochenski gets the rebound | 27-18 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Keith Lorentz (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Mark Boyce (fresh) 5 pts. SF - John Johnson (fresh) PF - Kerry Windham (fresh) 2 pts. C - Joseph Boyd (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Mark Gardner (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Lloyd Clark (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Zlatko Zachman (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Kyle Bochenski (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Fred Morgan (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:23 | Syracuse | Mark Gardner can't connect on a fadeaway from the right wing | 27-18 |
| 03:21 | Syracuse | Fred Morgan hits the follow up shot | 27-20 |
| 03:00 | Louisville | Kerry Windham loses the ball out of bounds | 27-20 |
| Subs | Louisville | David Roberts (PG), Fredrick Cost (SG), Charles Thomas (SF), Robert Hyslop (PF), Peter Jenkins (C) Keith Lorentz, Mark Boyce, John Johnson, Kerry Windham, Joseph Boyd | |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Molino (PG), Stephen Vance (SF), Cecil Didomenico (C) Mark Gardner, Zlatko Zachman, Fred Morgan | |
| 02:35 | Syracuse | Stephen Vance connects on the turnaround from close range | 27-22 |
| 02:30 | Louisville | Robert Hyslop is called for traveling | 27-22 |
| 02:08 | Syracuse | Cecil Didomenico is hacked by Peter Jenkins - foul #2 on Peter Jenkins, team foul #9 | 27-22 |
| Subs | Louisville | Aubrey Bell (SF) Charles Thomas | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Craig Drake (PF) Kyle Bochenski | |
| 02:08 | Syracuse | Cecil Didomenico makes the 1st free throw | 27-23 |
| 02:08 | Syracuse | Cecil Didomenico misses the 2nd free throw | 27-23 |
| 02:08 | Louisville | Aubrey Bell grabs the board | 27-23 |
| 02:02 | Louisville | Robert Hyslop misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 27-23 |
| 02:00 | Syracuse | Stephen Vance grabs the board | 27-23 |
| 01:54 | Syracuse | James Molino buries a fadeaway jumper from the right side on a great pass from Lloyd Clark | 27-25 |
| 01:29 | Louisville | Robert Hyslop can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 27-25 |
| 01:27 | Louisville | Peter Jenkins hits the follow up shot | 29-25 |
| 01:08 | Syracuse | Craig Drake misses the shot in the paint | 29-25 |
| 01:07 | Syracuse | Cecil Didomenico hits the follow up shot | 29-27 |
| 00:39 | Louisville | Aubrey Bell's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 29-27 |
| Subs | Louisville | Keith Lorentz (PG), Mark Boyce (SG), Charles Thomas (SF), Joseph Boyd (C) David Roberts, Fredrick Cost, Aubrey Bell, Peter Jenkins | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Mark Gardner (PG), Zlatko Zachman (SG), Fred Morgan (PF) James Molino, Lloyd Clark, Craig Drake | |
| 00:25 | Syracuse | Stephen Vance misses short on a shot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Charles Thomas - foul #1 on Charles Thomas, team foul #10 | 29-27 |
| Subs | Louisville | David Roberts (PG) Keith Lorentz | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Kyle Bochenski (PF) Cecil Didomenico | |
| 00:25 | Syracuse | Stephen Vance makes the 1st free throw | 29-28 |
| 00:25 | Syracuse | Stephen Vance misses the 2nd free throw | 29-28 |
| 00:25 | Louisville | Robert Hyslop snags the defensive board | 29-28 |
| 00:04 | Louisville | Mark Boyce is doubleteamed and called for traveling | 29-28 |
| Subs | Louisville | Keith Lorentz (PG), John Johnson (C) David Roberts, Joseph Boyd | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Fidel Gallegos (SG) Stephen Vance | |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Mark Gardner misses long on a halfcourt shot | 29-28 |