| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Donald Fitzpatrick (fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Ernesto Morales (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Antonio Pippin (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Stephen Hidalgo (fresh) 2 stl. C - Michael Rommel (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Michael Cao (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mark Elsass (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Cory Hershnowitz (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Dale Fiqueroa (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Justin Dey (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Tennessee | Cory Hershnowitz inbounds the ball | 32-39 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:50 | Tennessee | Justin Dey buries a driving attempt in the paint set up by Michael Cao | 32-41 |
| 19:29 | Marquette | Ernesto Morales misses the dunk | 32-41 |
| 19:28 | Tennessee | Dale Fiqueroa snags the defensive board | 32-41 |
| 19:10 | Tennessee | Cory Hershnowitz buries a jump hook from the right block on a great pass from Michael Cao | 32-43 |
| 18:52 | Marquette | Stephen Hidalgo's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 32-43 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Don Espitia (SF), Henry Hanke (C) Cory Hershnowitz, Justin Dey | |
| 18:30 | Tennessee | The pull-up jumper by Dale Fiqueroa is blocked by Stephen Hidalgo | 32-43 |
| 18:29 | Tennessee | The offensive rebound goes to Michael Cao | 32-43 |
| 18:14 | Tennessee | Henry Hanke comes up short on the shot in the paint | 32-43 |
| 18:12 | Tennessee | Don Espitia can't tip it in | 32-43 |
| 18:11 | Marquette | Michael Rommel snags the defensive board | 32-43 |
| 17:59 | Marquette | Michael Rommel can't connect on a jump hook from the right block | 32-43 |
| 17:57 | Marquette | Antonio Pippin tips it in | 34-43 |
| 17:46 | Tennessee | Antonio Pippin is called for the reach on Don Espitia - foul #1 on Antonio Pippin, team foul #1 | 34-43 |
| Subs | Marquette | Arthur Garmon (PG), Shilin Xia (PF) Donald Fitzpatrick, Michael Rommel | |
| Subs | Tennessee | James Horne (PG), Cory Hershnowitz (SF), Allan Rio (C) Michael Cao, Don Espitia, Henry Hanke | |
| 17:37 | Tennessee | Allan Rio throws a bad pass out of bounds | 34-43 |
| Subs | Marquette | Roy Gay (SF) Antonio Pippin | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Michael Cao (PG), Henry Hanke (C) James Horne, Allan Rio | |
| 17:19 | Marquette | Cory Hershnowitz is called for the reach on Arthur Garmon - foul #1 on Cory Hershnowitz, team foul #1 | 34-43 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Allan Rio (C) Henry Hanke | |
| 17:04 | Marquette | Arthur Garmon comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 34-43 |
| 17:03 | Tennessee | Dale Fiqueroa pulls down the rebound | 34-43 |
| 16:44 | Tennessee | Michael Cao misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 34-43 |
| 16:42 | Marquette | Roy Gay grabs the board | 34-43 |
| 16:19 | Marquette | Ernesto Morales scores on a floater from just outside the lane set up by Arthur Garmon | 36-43 |
| 16:02 | Tennessee | Mark Elsass knocks in the 3 from straight away set up by Cory Hershnowitz | 36-46 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Arthur Garmon (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ernesto Morales (fairly fresh) 7 pts. SF - Roy Gay (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. PF - Shilin Xia (fresh) 2 pts. C - Stephen Hidalgo (fairly fresh) 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Michael Cao (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. SG - Mark Elsass (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Cory Hershnowitz (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Dale Fiqueroa (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Allan Rio (fresh) 5 pts. 2 blk. | |
| 15:34 | Marquette | Stephen Hidalgo misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Allan Rio - foul #2 on Allan Rio, team foul #2 | 36-46 |
| Subs | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick (PG), Antonio Pippin (SF), Michael Rommel (C) Ernesto Morales, Roy Gay, Shilin Xia | |
| Subs | Tennessee | James Horne (SG), Justin Dey (PF), Henry Hanke (C) Mark Elsass, Dale Fiqueroa, Allan Rio | |
| 15:34 | Marquette | Stephen Hidalgo makes the 1st free throw | 37-46 |
| 15:34 | Marquette | Stephen Hidalgo makes the 2nd free throw | 38-46 |
| 15:17 | Tennessee | James Horne misses badly on a jumpshot from the right side | 38-46 |
| 15:16 | Marquette | Arthur Garmon gets the rebound | 38-46 |
| 15:11 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick misses short on a jumper from the left side | 38-46 |
| 15:10 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick gets the offensive rebound | 38-46 |
| 14:55 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick's corner 3pt jumper is blocked by Cory Hershnowitz | 38-46 |
| 14:54 | Marquette | Stephen Hidalgo gets the offensive rebound | 38-46 |
| 14:42 | Marquette | Michael Rommel is called for 5 seconds | 38-46 |
| Subs | Marquette | Douglas Howard (SG), Shilin Xia (PF) Arthur Garmon, Stephen Hidalgo | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Mark Elsass (SG), Dale Fiqueroa (PF) Michael Cao, Justin Dey | |
| 14:28 | Tennessee | Henry Hanke blows the layup but he's hacked by Shilin Xia - foul #3 on Shilin Xia, team foul #2 | 38-46 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Justin Dey (C) Dale Fiqueroa | |
| 14:28 | Tennessee | Henry Hanke makes the 1st free throw | 38-47 |
| 14:28 | Tennessee | Henry Hanke misses the 2nd free throw | 38-47 |
| 14:28 | Marquette | Michael Rommel pulls down the rebound | 38-47 |
| 14:01 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 38-47 |
| 14:00 | Tennessee | Henry Hanke grabs the defensive rebound | 38-47 |
| 13:54 | Tennessee | Justin Dey hits the front of the rim on the wide open floater from the baseline | 38-47 |
| 13:52 | Marquette | Antonio Pippin grabs the defensive rebound | 38-47 |
| 13:26 | Marquette | Michael Rommel drills a jumper in the paint and he's hacked by Justin Dey - foul #1 on Justin Dey, team foul #3 | 40-47 |
| Subs | Marquette | Ernesto Morales (SG) Douglas Howard | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Michael Cao (PG), Dale Fiqueroa (PF) Mark Elsass, Henry Hanke | |
| 13:26 | Marquette | Michael Rommel misses the free throw | 40-47 |
| 13:26 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to Justin Dey | 40-47 |
| 13:16 | Tennessee | James Horne comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 40-47 |
| 13:14 | Tennessee | Cory Hershnowitz gets the offensive rebound | 40-47 |
| 12:59 | Tennessee | Dale Fiqueroa can't connect on a jump hook in the lane but the foul's on Shilin Xia - foul #4 on Shilin Xia, team foul #3 | 40-47 |
| Subs | Marquette | Arthur Garmon (PG), Roy Gay (SF), Stephen Hidalgo (PF) Donald Fitzpatrick, Antonio Pippin, Shilin Xia | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Henry Hanke (C) Justin Dey | |
| 12:59 | Tennessee | Dale Fiqueroa misses the 1st free throw | 40-47 |
| 12:59 | Tennessee | Dale Fiqueroa makes the 2nd free throw | 40-48 |
| 12:41 | Marquette | Stephen Hidalgo buries a jumper from the right wing set up by Roy Gay | 42-48 |
| 12:19 | Tennessee | Henry Hanke connects on the floater in the lane on a great pass from Michael Cao | 42-50 |
| 12:02 | Marquette | Stephen Hidalgo misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 42-50 |
| 12:01 | Tennessee | Henry Hanke grabs the board | 42-50 |
| 11:45 | Tennessee | Michael Cao is hacked by Arthur Garmon - foul #3 on Arthur Garmon, team foul #4 | 42-50 |
| Subs | Marquette | Antonio Pippin (PF) Stephen Hidalgo | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Mark Elsass (SG), Don Espitia (SF), Justin Dey (C) James Horne, Cory Hershnowitz, Henry Hanke | |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Arthur Garmon (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Ernesto Morales (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Roy Gay (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. PF - Antonio Pippin (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. C - Michael Rommel (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Michael Cao (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 4 ast. SG - Mark Elsass (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Don Espitia (fresh) PF - Dale Fiqueroa (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. C - Justin Dey (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:27 | Tennessee | Mark Elsass is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 42-50 |
| 11:26 | Marquette | Arthur Garmon snags the defensive board | 42-50 |
| 11:14 | Marquette | Don Espitia is called for the reach on Ernesto Morales - foul #1 on Don Espitia, team foul #4 | 42-50 |
| Subs | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick (PG) Arthur Garmon | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Cory Hershnowitz (SF) Don Espitia | |
| 11:02 | Marquette | Antonio Pippin drills a runner from the right block and he's hacked by Michael Cao - foul #2 on Michael Cao, team foul #5 | 44-50 |
| 11:02 | Marquette | Antonio Pippin makes the free throw | 45-50 |
| 10:43 | Tennessee | Michael Cao's fadeaway is rejected by Michael Rommel | 45-50 |
| 10:41 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick grabs the defensive rebound | 45-50 |
| 10:21 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Michael Cao - foul #3 on Michael Cao, team foul #6 | 45-50 |
| Subs | Marquette | Arthur Garmon (SG), Stephen Hidalgo (PF) Ernesto Morales, Antonio Pippin | |
| Subs | Tennessee | James Horne (PG), Henry Hanke (C) Michael Cao, Justin Dey | |
| 10:21 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick makes the 1st free throw | 46-50 |
| 10:21 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick misses the 2nd free throw | 46-50 |
| 10:21 | Tennessee | Dale Fiqueroa pulls down the rebound | 46-50 |
| 10:07 | Tennessee | Arthur Garmon takes the ball from Cory Hershnowitz | 46-50 |
| 10:02 | Marquette | Arthur Garmon comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 46-50 |
| 10:00 | Tennessee | Cory Hershnowitz grabs the board | 46-50 |
| 09:41 | Tennessee | Cory Hershnowitz clanks a jumpshot from the left side | 46-50 |
| 09:40 | Tennessee | Cory Hershnowitz can't tip it in | 46-50 |
| 09:38 | Tennessee | Henry Hanke gets the offensive rebound | 46-50 |
| 09:23 | Tennessee | Henry Hanke lays it up and in set up by Cory Hershnowitz | 46-52 |
| 09:06 | Marquette | Arthur Garmon drills a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 49-52 |
| 08:50 | Tennessee | Dale Fiqueroa drills a shot from the free throw line on a nice dish by Mark Elsass and he's fouled by Donald Fitzpatrick - foul #1 on Donald Fitzpatrick, team foul #5 | 49-54 |
| Subs | Marquette | Ernesto Morales (SG), Antonio Pippin (SF) Donald Fitzpatrick, Roy Gay | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Michael Cao (PG), Don Espitia (SF), Justin Dey (C) James Horne, Cory Hershnowitz, Henry Hanke | |
| 08:50 | Tennessee | Dale Fiqueroa makes the free throw | 49-55 |
| 08:36 | Marquette | Stephen Hidalgo makes the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 51-55 |
| 08:21 | Tennessee | Don Espitia double dribbles | 51-55 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Cory Hershnowitz (SF), Allan Rio (C) Don Espitia, Dale Fiqueroa | |
| 07:58 | Marquette | Ernesto Morales is fouled on the floor by Mark Elsass - foul #2 on Mark Elsass, team foul #7 | 51-55 |
| Subs | Marquette | Shilin Xia (PF) Michael Rommel | |
| Subs | Tennessee | James Horne (SG), Henry Hanke (C) Mark Elsass, Allan Rio | |
| 07:58 | Marquette | Ernesto Morales misses the 1st free throw | 51-55 |
| 07:58 | Tennessee | Justin Dey grabs the defensive rebound | 51-55 |
| 07:41 | Tennessee | Justin Dey clanks a jump hook near the basket | 51-55 |
| 07:39 | Marquette | Stephen Hidalgo gets the rebound | 51-55 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Arthur Garmon (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Ernesto Morales (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Antonio Pippin (fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. PF - Shilin Xia (fresh) 2 pts. 4 pf. C - Stephen Hidalgo (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Michael Cao (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. SG - James Horne (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SF - Cory Hershnowitz (tiring) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Justin Dey (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. C - Henry Hanke (fresh) 13 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 07:21 | Marquette | Ernesto Morales is hacked by Henry Hanke - foul #2 on Henry Hanke, team foul #8 | 51-55 |
| Subs | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick (PG) Arthur Garmon | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Mark Elsass (SG), Dale Fiqueroa (PF) James Horne, Henry Hanke | |
| 07:21 | Marquette | Ernesto Morales makes the 1st free throw | 52-55 |
| 07:21 | Marquette | Ernesto Morales makes the 2nd free throw | 53-55 |
| 07:06 | Tennessee | Mark Elsass comes up short on the jumper from the left wing | 53-55 |
| 07:04 | Marquette | Stephen Hidalgo grabs the board | 53-55 |
| 06:56 | Marquette | Dale Fiqueroa steals the ball from Ernesto Morales | 53-55 |
| 06:52 | Tennessee | Michael Cao hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 53-55 |
| 06:50 | Marquette | The rebound goes to Stephen Hidalgo | 53-55 |
| 06:45 | Marquette | Shilin Xia double dribbles | 53-55 |
| Subs | Marquette | Roy Gay (SF) Antonio Pippin | |
| Subs | Tennessee | James Horne (SG), Don Espitia (SF), Henry Hanke (C) Mark Elsass, Cory Hershnowitz, Justin Dey | |
| 06:31 | Tennessee | Dale Fiqueroa buries a fadeaway from the right block | 53-57 |
| 06:20 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick knocks in the fadeaway from the left side on a nice dish by Ernesto Morales | 55-57 |
| 06:01 | Tennessee | Michael Cao buries a driving attempt in the paint | 55-59 |
| 05:42 | Marquette | Stephen Hidalgo misses short on a runner from the left block but he's fouled by Henry Hanke - foul #3 on Henry Hanke, team foul #9 | 55-59 |
| Subs | Marquette | Arthur Garmon (PG), Douglas Howard (SG) Donald Fitzpatrick, Ernesto Morales | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Mark Elsass (SG), Cory Hershnowitz (SF), Justin Dey (PF), Allan Rio (C) James Horne, Don Espitia, Dale Fiqueroa, Henry Hanke | |
| 05:42 | Marquette | Stephen Hidalgo makes the 1st free throw | 56-59 |
| 05:42 | Marquette | Stephen Hidalgo makes the 2nd free throw | 57-59 |
| 05:16 | Tennessee | Justin Dey knocks in the jumper from the left side set up by Mark Elsass | 57-61 |
| 04:56 | Marquette | Douglas Howard connects on the 3 from the left wing | 60-61 |
| 04:29 | Tennessee | Mark Elsass misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 60-61 |
| 04:27 | Tennessee | Justin Dey grabs the offensive board | 60-61 |
| 04:15 | Tennessee | Michael Cao is fouled on the floor by Roy Gay - foul #1 on Roy Gay, team foul #6 | 60-61 |
| Subs | Marquette | Ernesto Morales (SG), Antonio Pippin (SF), Michael Rommel (C) Douglas Howard, Roy Gay, Shilin Xia | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Dale Fiqueroa (PF), Henry Hanke (C) Justin Dey, Allan Rio | |
| 04:03 | Tennessee | Henry Hanke clanks a turnaround from the baseline | 60-61 |
| 04:01 | Marquette | Stephen Hidalgo grabs the defensive rebound | 60-61 |
| 03:42 | Marquette | Arthur Garmon clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 60-61 |
| 03:41 | Tennessee | Henry Hanke gets the rebound | 60-61 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Arthur Garmon (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Ernesto Morales (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Antonio Pippin (fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. PF - Stephen Hidalgo (tiring) 8 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. C - Michael Rommel (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Michael Cao (tiring) 14 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. SG - Mark Elsass (tiring) 6 pts. 3 ast. SF - Cory Hershnowitz (tired) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Dale Fiqueroa (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. C - Henry Hanke (fresh) 13 pts. 8 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 03:25 | Tennessee | Henry Hanke is whistled for a carry | 60-61 |
| Subs | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick (PG) Arthur Garmon | |
| Subs | Tennessee | James Horne (SG), Justin Dey (C) Mark Elsass, Henry Hanke | |
| 03:04 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick hits a fadeaway jumper from the left wing set up by Michael Rommel | 62-61 |
| 02:44 | Tennessee | Justin Dey misses short on a shot near the basket | 62-61 |
| 02:42 | Tennessee | Justin Dey tips it back up and in | 62-63 |
| 02:29 | Marquette | Ernesto Morales connects on the floater from the right side set up by Donald Fitzpatrick | 64-63 |
| 02:09 | Tennessee | Dale Fiqueroa blows the layup | 64-63 |
| 02:08 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick gets the rebound | 64-63 |
| 01:50 | Marquette | Antonio Pippin hits a jump hook in the paint on a nice dish by Donald Fitzpatrick | 66-63 |
| 01:31 | Tennessee | Stephen Hidalgo steals it from Cory Hershnowitz | 66-63 |
| 01:15 | Marquette | Michael Rommel throws a bad pass out of bounds | 66-63 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Mark Elsass (SG) James Horne | |
| 00:54 | Tennessee | Dale Fiqueroa blows the dunk but the foul's on Stephen Hidalgo - foul #3 on Stephen Hidalgo, team foul #7 | 66-63 |
| 00:54 | Tennessee | Dale Fiqueroa makes the 1st free throw | 66-64 |
| 00:54 | Tennessee | Dale Fiqueroa makes the 2nd free throw | 66-65 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:29 | Marquette | Michael Rommel lays it up and in on a great pass from Donald Fitzpatrick | 68-65 |
| 00:21 | Tennessee | Michael Rommel is called for the reach on Justin Dey - foul #2 on Michael Rommel, team foul #8 | 68-65 |
| 00:21 | Tennessee | Justin Dey makes the 1st free throw | 68-66 |
| 00:21 | Tennessee | Justin Dey makes the 2nd free throw | 68-67 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a triangle offense and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:19 | Marquette | Stephen Hidalgo is fouled in the backcourt by Michael Cao - foul #4 on Michael Cao, team foul #10 | 68-67 |
| 00:19 | Marquette | Stephen Hidalgo makes the 1st free throw | 69-67 |
| 00:19 | Marquette | Stephen Hidalgo makes the 2nd free throw | 70-67 |
| 00:11 | Tennessee | Michael Rommel picks off the pass by Cory Hershnowitz | 70-67 |
| 00:10 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick is fouled in the backcourt by Michael Cao - foul #5 on Michael Cao, team foul #11 | 70-67 |
| Subs | Marquette | Arthur Garmon (SG), Shilin Xia (PF) Ernesto Morales, Stephen Hidalgo | |
| Subs | Tennessee | James Horne (PG) Michael Cao | |
| 00:10 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick misses the 1st free throw | 70-67 |
| 00:10 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick makes the 2nd free throw | 71-67 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:03 | Tennessee | James Horne misses the 3 pointer from the left wing | 71-67 |
| 00:02 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick pulls down the rebound | 71-67 |
| 00:00 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick runs out the clock | 71-67 |