| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Douglas Gillman (fresh) SG - George Batchelor (fresh) 6 pts. SF - David McKennzie (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Aaron Kimbrough (fresh) 4 pts. C - Micheal Hodges (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Victor Campbell (fresh) 6 pts. 5 ast. SG - Mark Moshier (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Mitchell Higuera (fresh) 9 pts. PF - Edward Ivey (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Stephen Soares (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | West Virginia | David McKennzie inbounds the ball | 20-28 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:35 | West Virginia | David McKennzie's pass is intercepted by Mark Moshier | 20-28 |
| 19:08 | Syracuse | Mitchell Higuera misses short on a floater from just outside the lane | 20-28 |
| 19:07 | Syracuse | Edward Ivey tips it back up and in | 20-30 |
| 18:56 | West Virginia | David McKennzie misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 20-30 |
| 18:54 | Syracuse | Victor Campbell pulls down the rebound | 20-30 |
| 18:32 | Syracuse | Edward Ivey's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 20-30 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Geraldo Souza (PG), Rogelio Los (SG), Donnie Moss (SF), James Victory (PF), Gary Olsen (C) Douglas Gillman, George Batchelor, David McKennzie, Aaron Kimbrough, Micheal Hodges | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 18:05 | West Virginia | Mark Moshier steals it from Geraldo Souza | 20-30 |
| 18:02 | Syracuse | Victor Campbell lays it in set up by Mark Moshier | 20-32 |
| 17:39 | West Virginia | James Victory hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the right block | 20-32 |
| 17:38 | Syracuse | Mitchell Higuera gets the rebound | 20-32 |
| 17:33 | Syracuse | Mark Moshier misses short on a jumpshot from the left side | 20-32 |
| 17:31 | Syracuse | Edward Ivey misses the tip | 20-32 |
| 17:30 | West Virginia | Gary Olsen pulls down the rebound | 20-32 |
| 17:15 | West Virginia | Mitchell Higuera swats the short shot by Gary Olsen | 20-32 |
| 17:14 | Syracuse | Edward Ivey pulls down the rebound | 20-32 |
| 16:54 | Syracuse | Mitchell Higuera clanks a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 20-32 |
| 16:53 | West Virginia | James Victory snags the defensive board | 20-32 |
| 16:46 | West Virginia | Victor Campbell picks off the pass by James Victory | 20-32 |
| 16:24 | Syracuse | Mitchell Higuera misses the dunk attempt but the foul's on Geraldo Souza - foul #2 on Geraldo Souza, team foul #1 | 20-32 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Douglas Gillman (PG), George Batchelor (SG), David McKennzie (SF), Aaron Kimbrough (PF), Micheal Hodges (C) Geraldo Souza, Rogelio Los, Donnie Moss, James Victory, Gary Olsen | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 16:24 | Syracuse | Mitchell Higuera makes the 1st free throw | 20-33 |
| 16:24 | Syracuse | Mitchell Higuera makes the 2nd free throw | 20-34 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 16:08 | West Virginia | George Batchelor misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 20-34 |
| 16:06 | Syracuse | Stephen Soares snags the defensive board | 20-34 |
| 15:39 | Syracuse | Mark Moshier knocks in the jump hook from the right block | 20-36 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Douglas Gillman (fresh) SG - George Batchelor (fresh) 6 pts. SF - David McKennzie (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Aaron Kimbrough (fresh) 4 pts. C - Micheal Hodges (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Victor Campbell (fresh) 8 pts. 5 ast. SG - Mark Moshier (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Mitchell Higuera (fairly fresh) 11 pts. PF - Edward Ivey (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - Stephen Soares (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 15:29 | West Virginia | George Batchelor misses the 3 pointer from the left corner | 20-36 |
| 15:28 | West Virginia | David McKennzie hits the follow up shot | 22-36 |
| 15:13 | Syracuse | Victor Campbell is hacked by Douglas Gillman - foul #1 on Douglas Gillman, team foul #2 | 22-36 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Gary Olsen (C) Micheal Hodges | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Lawrence Goforth (SG), Joe Jackson (SF), Erick Pittman (C) Mark Moshier, Mitchell Higuera, Stephen Soares | |
| 14:48 | Syracuse | Edward Ivey is hacked by Gary Olsen - foul #2 on Gary Olsen, team foul #3 | 22-36 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Micheal Hodges (C) Gary Olsen | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 14:24 | Syracuse | Erick Pittman misses short on a jump hook from the right block but the foul's on Aaron Kimbrough - foul #2 on Aaron Kimbrough, team foul #4 | 22-36 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Geraldo Souza (PG), Gary Olsen (C) Douglas Gillman, Micheal Hodges | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 14:24 | Syracuse | Erick Pittman makes the 1st free throw | 22-37 |
| 14:24 | Syracuse | Erick Pittman misses the 2nd free throw | 22-37 |
| 14:24 | West Virginia | Gary Olsen pulls down the rebound | 22-37 |
| 14:21 | West Virginia | Geraldo Souza's pass is intercepted by Lawrence Goforth in the backcourt | 22-37 |
| 14:20 | Syracuse | Lawrence Goforth misses the lay-in | 22-37 |
| 14:19 | Syracuse | Joe Jackson tips it in | 22-39 |
| 13:58 | West Virginia | Geraldo Souza clanks a pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Victor Campbell - foul #1 on Victor Campbell, team foul #1 | 22-39 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Micheal Hodges (C) Gary Olsen | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Mark Moshier (SG), Mitchell Higuera (SF), Stephen Soares (C) Victor Campbell, Joe Jackson, Edward Ivey | |
| 13:58 | West Virginia | Geraldo Souza makes the 1st free throw | 23-39 |
| 13:58 | West Virginia | Geraldo Souza makes the 2nd free throw | 24-39 |
| 13:33 | Syracuse | Aaron Kimbrough blocks the short jumper by Lawrence Goforth | 24-39 |
| 13:31 | Syracuse | Stephen Soares grabs the offensive board | 24-39 |
| 13:12 | Syracuse | Stephen Soares drills a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 24-41 |
| 12:59 | West Virginia | Micheal Hodges jams it and he's hacked by Stephen Soares - foul #1 on Stephen Soares, team foul #2 | 26-41 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Douglas Gillman (PG), Rogelio Los (SG), Donnie Moss (SF), James Victory (PF) Geraldo Souza, George Batchelor, David McKennzie, Aaron Kimbrough | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Edward Ivey (PF) Erick Pittman | |
| 12:59 | West Virginia | Micheal Hodges makes the free throw | 27-41 |
| 12:41 | Syracuse | Mark Moshier throws a bad pass out of bounds | 27-41 |
| Subs | West Virginia | George Batchelor (SG), David McKennzie (SF), Aaron Kimbrough (PF), Gary Olsen (C) Rogelio Los, Donnie Moss, James Victory, Micheal Hodges | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Victor Campbell (PG) Lawrence Goforth | |
| 12:20 | West Virginia | George Batchelor comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 27-41 |
| 12:18 | Syracuse | Mitchell Higuera pulls down the rebound | 27-41 |
| 11:49 | Syracuse | Edward Ivey can't connect on a shot near the basket but the foul's on Aaron Kimbrough - foul #3 on Aaron Kimbrough, team foul #5 | 27-41 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Rogelio Los (SG), Donnie Moss (SF), James Victory (PF), Micheal Hodges (C) George Batchelor, David McKennzie, Aaron Kimbrough, Gary Olsen | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Lawrence Goforth (SG), Joe Jackson (SF) Mark Moshier, Mitchell Higuera | |
| 11:49 | Syracuse | Edward Ivey makes the 1st free throw | 27-42 |
| 11:49 | Syracuse | Edward Ivey makes the 2nd free throw | 27-43 |
| 11:29 | West Virginia | Douglas Gillman connects on the 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Donnie Moss | 30-43 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Douglas Gillman (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Rogelio Los (fresh) SF - Donnie Moss (fresh) PF - James Victory (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Micheal Hodges (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Victor Campbell (fresh) 8 pts. 5 ast. SG - Lawrence Goforth (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Joe Jackson (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Edward Ivey (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. C - Stephen Soares (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:00 | Syracuse | The pull-up jumper by Stephen Soares is blocked by Donnie Moss | 30-43 |
| 10:59 | West Virginia | Micheal Hodges gets the rebound | 30-43 |
| 10:44 | West Virginia | Donnie Moss hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right side but the foul's on Joe Jackson - foul #2 on Joe Jackson, team foul #3 | 30-43 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Geraldo Souza (PG), George Batchelor (SG), Aaron Kimbrough (PF), Gary Olsen (C) Douglas Gillman, Rogelio Los, James Victory, Micheal Hodges | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Mark Moshier (SG), Mitchell Higuera (SF), Erick Pittman (C) Lawrence Goforth, Joe Jackson, Stephen Soares | |
| 10:44 | West Virginia | Donnie Moss makes the 1st free throw | 31-43 |
| 10:44 | West Virginia | Donnie Moss makes the 2nd free throw | 32-43 |
| 10:23 | Syracuse | Edward Ivey dunks the ball on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Mark Moshier | 32-45 |
| 10:07 | West Virginia | Aaron Kimbrough misses the driving attempt from close range but he's fouled by Edward Ivey - foul #1 on Edward Ivey, team foul #4 | 32-45 |
| Subs | West Virginia | David McKennzie (SF) Donnie Moss | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 10:07 | West Virginia | Aaron Kimbrough makes the 1st free throw | 33-45 |
| 10:07 | West Virginia | Aaron Kimbrough makes the 2nd free throw | 34-45 |
| 09:39 | Syracuse | Mark Moshier is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a driving attempt from the baseline but the foul's on George Batchelor - foul #2 on George Batchelor, team foul #6 | 34-45 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Douglas Gillman (PG), Micheal Hodges (C) Geraldo Souza, Gary Olsen | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 09:39 | Syracuse | Mark Moshier makes the 1st free throw | 34-46 |
| 09:39 | Syracuse | Mark Moshier makes the 2nd free throw | 34-47 |
| 09:24 | West Virginia | David McKennzie misses long on a jumper near the basket but the foul's on Erick Pittman - foul #2 on Erick Pittman, team foul #5 | 34-47 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Stephen Soares (C) Erick Pittman | |
| 09:24 | West Virginia | David McKennzie misses the 1st free throw | 34-47 |
| 09:24 | West Virginia | David McKennzie misses the 2nd free throw | 34-47 |
| 09:24 | Syracuse | Stephen Soares gets the rebound | 34-47 |
| 09:00 | Syracuse | Mark Moshier shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 34-49 |
| 08:41 | West Virginia | George Batchelor connects on the pull-up jumper from the left side set up by Douglas Gillman | 36-49 |
| 08:16 | Syracuse | Mark Moshier is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a floater from the left side | 36-49 |
| 08:14 | Syracuse | Mark Moshier tips it back up and in | 36-51 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 08:00 | West Virginia | Micheal Hodges hits a pull-up jumper from the right side | 38-51 |
| 07:31 | Syracuse | Mark Moshier makes the contested driving attempt in the paint set up by Victor Campbell | 38-53 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Douglas Gillman (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - George Batchelor (fairly fresh) 8 pts. SF - David McKennzie (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Aaron Kimbrough (fresh) 6 pts. 3 pf. C - Micheal Hodges (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Victor Campbell (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 ast. SG - Mark Moshier (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Mitchell Higuera (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. PF - Edward Ivey (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. C - Stephen Soares (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:19 | West Virginia | Douglas Gillman misses the 3pt shot from the right wing | 38-53 |
| 07:18 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Mitchell Higuera | 38-53 |
| 06:58 | Syracuse | Victor Campbell hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 38-53 |
| 06:57 | West Virginia | Aaron Kimbrough pulls down the rebound | 38-53 |
| 06:42 | West Virginia | George Batchelor hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 38-53 |
| 06:40 | West Virginia | David McKennzie grabs the offensive rebound | 38-53 |
| 06:25 | West Virginia | Micheal Hodges hits the finger roll set up by Douglas Gillman | 40-53 |
| 06:04 | Syracuse | Aaron Kimbrough swats the short shot by Mitchell Higuera | 40-53 |
| 06:03 | West Virginia | Douglas Gillman snags the defensive board | 40-53 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 05:41 | West Virginia | David McKennzie lays it up and in | 42-53 |
| 05:29 | Syracuse | Victor Campbell misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 42-53 |
| 05:27 | West Virginia | George Batchelor snags the defensive board | 42-53 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 05:10 | West Virginia | David McKennzie clanks a fadeaway in the lane | 42-53 |
| 05:08 | Syracuse | Mark Moshier pulls down the rebound | 42-53 |
| 04:39 | Syracuse | Mark Moshier evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 42-53 |
| 04:38 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Douglas Gillman | 42-53 |
| 04:19 | West Virginia | Edward Ivey swats the layup by David McKennzie | 42-53 |
| 04:18 | Syracuse | Stephen Soares gets the rebound | 42-53 |
| 03:54 | Syracuse | Mark Moshier shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Edward Ivey | 42-56 |
| 03:41 | West Virginia | Douglas Gillman steps out of bounds on the baseline | 42-56 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Geraldo Souza (PG), Rogelio Los (SG), Donnie Moss (SF), James Victory (PF), Gary Olsen (C) Douglas Gillman, George Batchelor, David McKennzie, Aaron Kimbrough, Micheal Hodges | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Lawrence Goforth (SG), Joe Jackson (SF), Troy Sanders (PF), Erick Pittman (C) Mark Moshier, Mitchell Higuera, Edward Ivey, Stephen Soares | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:15 | Syracuse | Joe Jackson misses short on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 42-56 |
| 03:14 | Syracuse | Joe Jackson hits the follow up shot | 42-58 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Geraldo Souza (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Rogelio Los (fresh) SF - Donnie Moss (fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Victory (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Gary Olsen (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Victor Campbell (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 ast. SG - Lawrence Goforth (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Joe Jackson (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. PF - Troy Sanders (fresh) C - Erick Pittman (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 03:01 | West Virginia | James Victory misses badly on a fadeaway near the basket | 42-58 |
| 03:00 | Syracuse | Troy Sanders gets the rebound | 42-58 |
| 02:55 | Syracuse | Rogelio Los steps in front of the Lawrence Goforth pass | 42-58 |
| 02:31 | West Virginia | Donnie Moss comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 42-58 |
| 02:29 | Syracuse | Troy Sanders grabs the defensive rebound | 42-58 |
| 02:24 | Syracuse | Rogelio Los picks off the pass by Victor Campbell out of a doubleteam | 42-58 |
| 02:20 | West Virginia | Geraldo Souza banks in the layup on a great pass from Rogelio Los | 44-58 |
| 01:56 | Syracuse | Rogelio Los is called for the reach on Troy Sanders - foul #1 on Rogelio Los, team foul #7 | 44-58 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Mark Moshier (SG), Mitchell Higuera (SF), Stephen Soares (C) Lawrence Goforth, Joe Jackson, Erick Pittman | |
| 01:56 | Syracuse | Troy Sanders makes the 1st free throw | 44-59 |
| 01:56 | Syracuse | Troy Sanders makes the 2nd free throw | 44-60 |
| 01:30 | West Virginia | James Victory buries a runner from the right block and the foul's on Troy Sanders - foul #1 on Troy Sanders, team foul #6 | 46-60 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Edward Ivey (PF) Troy Sanders | |
| 01:30 | West Virginia | James Victory makes the free throw | 47-60 |
| 01:06 | Syracuse | Edward Ivey blows the layup but he's hacked by James Victory - foul #2 on James Victory, team foul #8 | 47-60 |
| 01:06 | Syracuse | Edward Ivey makes the 1st free throw | 47-61 |
| 01:06 | Syracuse | Edward Ivey makes the 2nd free throw | 47-62 |
| 00:49 | West Virginia | Gary Olsen hits a shot from the baseline | 49-62 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:23 | Syracuse | Donnie Moss takes the ball from Mitchell Higuera | 49-62 |
| 00:19 | West Virginia | Donnie Moss lays it up and in | 51-62 |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Victor Campbell runs out the clock | 51-62 |