| Lineup | Kansas | PG - Thomas Blount (fresh) SG - James Robinson (fresh) SF - Mark Mielke (fresh) PF - Tony Johnson (fresh) C - Marshall Nuckolls (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - James Page (fresh) SG - Gregory Goodfellow (fresh) SF - Tyler Hazard (fresh) PF - Robert Davis (fresh) C - Louis Welcher (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Kentucky | Louis Welcher wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Kansas | Kansas is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| 19:44 | Kentucky | Robert Davis is open and buries a fadeaway in the paint set up by Tyler Hazard | 0-2 |
| 19:15 | Kansas | Marshall Nuckolls misses the turnaround near the basket | 0-2 |
| 19:13 | Kansas | Tony Johnson hits the follow up shot | 2-2 |
| 18:49 | Kentucky | James Page hits a wide open floater from the left block on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Tyler Hazard | 2-4 |
| 18:26 | Kansas | James Robinson hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from close range but the foul's on Gregory Goodfellow - foul #1 on Gregory Goodfellow, team foul #1 | 2-4 |
| 18:26 | Kansas | James Robinson misses the 1st free throw | 2-4 |
| 18:26 | Kansas | James Robinson misses the 2nd free throw | 2-4 |
| 18:26 | Kentucky | Robert Davis grabs the board | 2-4 |
| 18:01 | Kentucky | James Page is fouled on the floor by Thomas Blount - foul #1 on Thomas Blount, team foul #1 | 2-4 |
| 17:45 | Kentucky | Tyler Hazard makes the 3 from the left corner set up by James Page | 2-7 |
| 17:23 | Kansas | Thomas Blount drills a jumper from the baseline on a nice dish by James Robinson | 4-7 |
| 17:19 | Kentucky | James Page's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 4-7 |
| Subs | Kansas | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Peres (PG), Dikembe Abdalla (SG), Thomas Mankowski (PF), Damek Zomer (C) James Page, Gregory Goodfellow, Robert Davis, Louis Welcher | |
| 17:03 | Kansas | Marshall Nuckolls scores on a shot from close range and he's fouled by Damek Zomer - foul #1 on Damek Zomer, team foul #2 | 6-7 |
| 17:03 | Kansas | Marshall Nuckolls misses the free throw | 6-7 |
| 17:03 | Kentucky | Damek Zomer grabs the board | 6-7 |
| 16:42 | Kentucky | Thomas Mankowski comes up short on the shot near the basket but he's fouled by Tony Johnson - foul #1 on Tony Johnson, team foul #2 | 6-7 |
| Subs | Kansas | Steven Spruill (SF) Mark Mielke | |
| Subs | Kentucky | James Page (PG) Tyler Hazard | |
| 16:42 | Kentucky | Thomas Mankowski makes the 1st free throw | 6-8 |
| 16:42 | Kentucky | Thomas Mankowski makes the 2nd free throw | 6-9 |
| 16:17 | Kansas | Marshall Nuckolls makes the wide open jump hook from the baseline | 8-9 |
| 16:01 | Kentucky | Robert Peres misses the fadeaway from just outside the lane but the foul's on Tony Johnson - foul #2 on Tony Johnson, team foul #3 | 8-9 |
| Subs | Kansas | Michael Lewis (PG), Edward Morgan (PF), Carlton Yoho (C) Thomas Blount, Tony Johnson, Marshall Nuckolls | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Davis (PF) James Page | |
| 16:01 | Kentucky | Robert Peres misses the 1st free throw | 8-9 |
| 16:01 | Kentucky | Robert Peres makes the 2nd free throw | 8-10 |
| 15:59 | Kansas | Robert Davis picks off the pass by Carlton Yoho in the backcourt | 8-10 |
| Lineup | Kansas | PG - Michael Lewis (fresh) SG - James Robinson (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Steven Spruill (fresh) PF - Edward Morgan (fresh) C - Carlton Yoho (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Robert Peres (fresh) 1 pts. SG - Dikembe Abdalla (fresh) SF - Thomas Mankowski (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Robert Davis (fresh) 2 pts. C - Damek Zomer (fresh) | |
| 15:47 | Kentucky | Michael Lewis picks off the pass by Damek Zomer | 8-10 |
| 15:31 | Kansas | Edward Morgan blows the layup but the foul's on Robert Davis - foul #1 on Robert Davis, team foul #3 | 8-10 |
| Subs | Kansas | Mark Mielke (SF) James Robinson | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Gregory Goodfellow (SG), Tyler Hazard (SF) Dikembe Abdalla, Thomas Mankowski | |
| 15:31 | Kansas | Edward Morgan makes the 1st free throw | 9-10 |
| 15:31 | Kansas | Edward Morgan makes the 2nd free throw | 10-10 |
| 15:19 | Kentucky | Mark Mielke denies the turnaround by Robert Davis | 10-10 |
| 15:17 | Kansas | Michael Lewis grabs the board | 10-10 |
| 14:53 | Kansas | Michael Lewis comes up short on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 10-10 |
| 14:51 | Kentucky | Gregory Goodfellow gets the rebound | 10-10 |
| 14:29 | Kentucky | Gregory Goodfellow hits a shot from the right block | 10-12 |
| 14:10 | Kansas | Carlton Yoho clanks a pull-up jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Robert Peres - foul #1 on Robert Peres, team foul #4 | 10-12 |
| Subs | Kansas | Thomas Blount (PG), James Robinson (SG), Marshall Nuckolls (C) Michael Lewis, Steven Spruill, Edward Morgan | |
| Subs | Kentucky | James Page (PG), Thomas Mankowski (PF), Louis Welcher (C) Robert Peres, Robert Davis, Damek Zomer | |
| 14:10 | Kansas | Carlton Yoho misses the 1st free throw | 10-12 |
| 14:10 | Kansas | Carlton Yoho misses the 2nd free throw | 10-12 |
| 14:10 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Louis Welcher | 10-12 |
| 13:48 | Kentucky | Thomas Mankowski drills a pull-up jumper from the right wing set up by Tyler Hazard | 10-14 |
| 13:24 | Kansas | Marshall Nuckolls loses the ball out of bounds | 10-14 |
| Subs | Kansas | Edward Morgan (PF) Carlton Yoho | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Dikembe Abdalla (SG) Gregory Goodfellow | |
| 13:05 | Kentucky | Marshall Nuckolls steals it from Dikembe Abdalla | 10-14 |
| 13:02 | Kansas | Mark Mielke throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 10-14 |
| Subs | Kansas | Michael Lewis (SG) James Robinson | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Davis (PF) Thomas Mankowski | |
| 12:49 | Kentucky | Robert Davis clanks a jump hook in the lane but he's fouled by Marshall Nuckolls - foul #1 on Marshall Nuckolls, team foul #4 | 10-14 |
| 12:49 | Kentucky | Robert Davis misses the 1st free throw | 10-14 |
| 12:49 | Kentucky | Robert Davis makes the 2nd free throw | 10-15 |
| 12:20 | Kansas | Marshall Nuckolls is hacked by Robert Davis - foul #2 on Robert Davis, team foul #5 | 10-15 |
| Subs | Kansas | Steven Spruill (SF) Mark Mielke | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Thomas Mankowski (PF) Robert Davis | |
| 12:00 | Kansas | Michael Lewis is fouled on the floor by Dikembe Abdalla - foul #1 on Dikembe Abdalla, team foul #6 | 10-15 |
| Subs | Kansas | James Robinson (SG) Thomas Blount | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Peres (SG), Damek Zomer (C) Dikembe Abdalla, Louis Welcher | |
| 11:41 | Kansas | Thomas Mankowski blocks the short jumper by Marshall Nuckolls | 10-15 |
| 11:40 | Kansas | Michael Lewis snags the offensive board | 10-15 |
| Lineup | Kansas | PG - Michael Lewis (fairly fresh) SG - James Robinson (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Steven Spruill (fresh) PF - Edward Morgan (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Marshall Nuckolls (fairly fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - James Page (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Robert Peres (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Tyler Hazard (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. PF - Thomas Mankowski (fairly fresh) 4 pts. C - Damek Zomer (fresh) | |
| 11:23 | Kansas | Marshall Nuckolls misses badly on a jumpshot from the right side | 10-15 |
| 11:21 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Robert Peres | 10-15 |
| 10:56 | Kentucky | Thomas Mankowski misses badly on a driving attempt in the paint but the foul's on James Robinson - foul #1 on James Robinson, team foul #5 | 10-15 |
| Subs | Kansas | Thomas Blount (PG), Mark Mielke (SF) Michael Lewis, Steven Spruill | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Gregory Goodfellow (SG) Tyler Hazard | |
| 10:56 | Kentucky | Thomas Mankowski makes the 1st free throw | 10-16 |
| 10:56 | Kentucky | Thomas Mankowski makes the 2nd free throw | 10-17 |
| 10:53 | Kansas | Thomas Blount throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 10-17 |
| Subs | Kansas | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Louis Welcher (C) Thomas Mankowski | |
| 10:32 | Kentucky | Robert Peres misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 10-17 |
| 10:30 | Kansas | Edward Morgan snags the defensive board | 10-17 |
| 10:06 | Kansas | Mark Mielke is hacked by James Page - foul #1 on James Page, team foul #7 | 10-17 |
| Subs | Kansas | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Dikembe Abdalla (SG), Tyler Hazard (SF), Thomas Mankowski (PF) Gregory Goodfellow, Robert Peres, Damek Zomer | |
| 10:06 | Kansas | Mark Mielke makes the 1st free throw | 11-17 |
| 10:06 | Kansas | Mark Mielke makes the 2nd free throw | 12-17 |
| 09:41 | Kentucky | Thomas Mankowski can't connect on an uncontested fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 12-17 |
| 09:40 | Kentucky | The offensive rebound goes to Thomas Mankowski | 12-17 |
| 09:31 | Kentucky | James Page's floater is tipped away by Edward Morgan | 12-17 |
| 09:30 | Kansas | James Robinson gets the rebound | 12-17 |
| 09:02 | Kansas | Edward Morgan hits the front of the rim on the shot from the free throw line | 12-17 |
| 09:00 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Louis Welcher | 12-17 |
| 08:31 | Kentucky | James Robinson steps in front of the James Page pass | 12-17 |
| 08:27 | Kansas | Thomas Blount misses the easy layup | 12-17 |
| 08:26 | Kansas | Mark Mielke grabs the offensive rebound | 12-17 |
| 07:59 | Kansas | Marshall Nuckolls hits the front of the rim on the jump hook from close range but he's hacked by Louis Welcher - foul #1 on Louis Welcher, team foul #8 | 12-17 |
| Subs | Kansas | Michael Lewis (SG), Steven Spruill (SF), Carlton Yoho (PF) James Robinson, Mark Mielke, Edward Morgan | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Peres (PG), Gregory Goodfellow (SG), Damek Zomer (PF) James Page, Dikembe Abdalla, Thomas Mankowski | |
| 07:59 | Kansas | Marshall Nuckolls makes the 1st free throw | 13-17 |
| 07:59 | Kansas | Marshall Nuckolls makes the 2nd free throw | 14-17 |
| 07:30 | Kentucky | Steven Spruill is called for the reach on Robert Peres - foul #1 on Steven Spruill, team foul #6 | 14-17 |
| Subs | Kansas | Edward Morgan (PF) Marshall Nuckolls | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Lineup | Kansas | PG - Thomas Blount (tiring) 2 pts. SG - Michael Lewis (fresh) SF - Steven Spruill (fresh) PF - Edward Morgan (tiring) 2 pts. C - Carlton Yoho (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Robert Peres (fresh) 1 pts. SG - Gregory Goodfellow (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Tyler Hazard (tiring) 3 pts. 3 ast. PF - Damek Zomer (fresh) C - Louis Welcher (tiring) 2 reb. | |
| 07:20 | Kentucky | Tyler Hazard is doubleteamed and called for traveling | 14-17 |
| 06:59 | Kansas | Michael Lewis clanks a runner from close range but he's fouled by Gregory Goodfellow - foul #2 on Gregory Goodfellow, team foul #9 | 14-17 |
| Subs | Kansas | James Robinson (SG) Thomas Blount | |
| Subs | Kentucky | James Page (PG), Thomas Mankowski (C) Gregory Goodfellow, Louis Welcher | |
| 06:59 | Kansas | Michael Lewis makes the 1st free throw | 15-17 |
| 06:59 | Kansas | Michael Lewis makes the 2nd free throw | 16-17 |
| 06:30 | Kentucky | James Page comes up short on the jumper in the paint but he's hacked by Carlton Yoho - foul #1 on Carlton Yoho, team foul #7 | 16-17 |
| Subs | Kansas | Tony Johnson (PF) Edward Morgan | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Gregory Goodfellow (SG), Robert Davis (PF) Tyler Hazard, Thomas Mankowski | |
| 06:30 | Kentucky | James Page makes the 1st free throw | 16-18 |
| 06:30 | Kentucky | James Page makes the 2nd free throw | 16-19 |
| 06:12 | Kansas | Tony Johnson misses long on a shot from the right wing | 16-19 |
| 06:11 | Kentucky | Damek Zomer pulls down the rebound | 16-19 |
| 05:53 | Kentucky | Robert Davis lays it up and in on a great pass from Robert Peres | 16-21 |
| 05:24 | Kansas | Robert Peres blocks the short jumper by Tony Johnson | 16-21 |
| 05:23 | Kansas | Carlton Yoho tips it back up and in | 18-21 |
| 04:58 | Kentucky | Robert Davis hits a jumper in the paint set up by James Page | 18-23 |
| 04:33 | Kansas | Michael Lewis comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 18-23 |
| 04:32 | Kentucky | Robert Davis gets the rebound | 18-23 |
| 04:17 | Kentucky | Robert Peres hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 18-23 |
| 04:16 | Kansas | The rebound goes to Carlton Yoho | 18-23 |
| 04:14 | Kansas | Steven Spruill is called for traveling in the backcourt | 18-23 |
| Subs | Kansas | Thomas Blount (PG), Mark Mielke (SF), Marshall Nuckolls (C) James Robinson, Steven Spruill, Carlton Yoho | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Dikembe Abdalla (SG), Tyler Hazard (SF), Thomas Mankowski (C) James Page, Gregory Goodfellow, Damek Zomer | |
| 03:55 | Kentucky | Thomas Mankowski is hacked by Thomas Blount - foul #2 on Thomas Blount, team foul #8 | 18-23 |
| 03:55 | Kentucky | Thomas Mankowski makes the 1st free throw | 18-24 |
| 03:55 | Kentucky | Thomas Mankowski makes the 2nd free throw | 18-25 |
| 03:53 | Kansas | Thomas Blount is hacked by Robert Peres in the backcourt - foul #2 on Robert Peres, team foul #10 | 18-25 |
| 03:53 | Kansas | Thomas Blount makes the 1st free throw | 19-25 |
| 03:53 | Kansas | Thomas Blount misses the 2nd free throw | 19-25 |
| 03:53 | Kentucky | Thomas Mankowski grabs the board | 19-25 |
| 03:31 | Kentucky | Thomas Blount is called for the reach on Tyler Hazard - foul #3 on Thomas Blount, team foul #9 | 19-25 |
| Subs | Kansas | James Robinson (SG) Thomas Blount | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 03:31 | Kentucky | Tyler Hazard makes the 1st free throw | 19-26 |
| 03:31 | Kentucky | Tyler Hazard makes the 2nd free throw | 19-27 |
| Lineup | Kansas | PG - Michael Lewis (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - James Robinson (tiring) 1 ast. SF - Mark Mielke (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Tony Johnson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Marshall Nuckolls (fairly fresh) 6 pts. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Robert Peres (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dikembe Abdalla (fresh) SF - Tyler Hazard (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. PF - Robert Davis (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Thomas Mankowski (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:13 | Kansas | James Robinson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 19-27 |
| Subs | Kansas | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Louis Welcher (C) Thomas Mankowski | |
| 02:54 | Kentucky | Robert Peres connects on the open pull-up jumper from just outside the lane set up by Tyler Hazard out of the doubleteam | 19-29 |
| 02:50 | Kansas | Dikembe Abdalla is called for the reach on Mark Mielke in the backcourt - foul #2 on Dikembe Abdalla, team foul #11 | 19-29 |
| Subs | Kansas | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | James Page (PG) Robert Peres | |
| 02:50 | Kansas | Mark Mielke makes the 1st free throw | 20-29 |
| 02:50 | Kansas | Mark Mielke makes the 2nd free throw | 21-29 |
| 02:28 | Kentucky | Tyler Hazard knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right wing on a nice dish by James Page | 21-32 |
| 01:59 | Kansas | Michael Lewis's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 21-32 |
| Subs | Kansas | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Gregory Goodfellow (SG), Damek Zomer (C) Dikembe Abdalla, Louis Welcher | |
| 01:43 | Kentucky | Tony Johnson denies the turnaround by Robert Davis | 21-32 |
| 01:41 | Kansas | Mark Mielke gets the rebound | 21-32 |
| 01:39 | Kansas | Mark Mielke's pass is intercepted by Robert Davis in the backcourt | 21-32 |
| 01:13 | Kentucky | James Robinson picks off the pass by Robert Davis | 21-32 |
| 01:09 | Kansas | James Robinson blows the layup | 21-32 |
| 01:08 | Kentucky | James Page grabs the board | 21-32 |
| 00:45 | Kentucky | Robert Davis is fouled on the floor by Tony Johnson - foul #3 on Tony Johnson, team foul #10 | 21-32 |
| Subs | Kansas | Steven Spruill (SF), Edward Morgan (PF), Carlton Yoho (C) Mark Mielke, Tony Johnson, Marshall Nuckolls | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Peres (PG), Thomas Mankowski (C) James Page, Damek Zomer | |
| 00:45 | Kentucky | Robert Davis makes the 1st free throw | 21-33 |
| 00:45 | Kentucky | Robert Davis misses the 2nd free throw | 21-33 |
| 00:45 | Kansas | Edward Morgan grabs the board | 21-33 |
| 00:24 | Kansas | Michael Lewis misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 21-33 |
| 00:22 | Kansas | Edward Morgan grabs the offensive rebound | 21-33 |
| 00:04 | Kansas | Michael Lewis misses the 3pt shot from the left wing | 21-33 |
| 00:03 | Kansas | Edward Morgan tips it back up and in | 23-33 |
| 00:00 | Kentucky | Tyler Hazard hits the front of the rim on the halfcourt shot | 23-33 |