| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Keith Lorentz (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Fredrick Cost (fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. SF - Peter Jenkins (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. PF - Aubrey Bell (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. C - Joseph Boyd (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Michael Callahan (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Mark Hattaway (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Richard Glover (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Arthur Wilmes (fresh) 2 reb. C - Cesar Salinas (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Rutgers | Richard Glover inbounds the ball | 38-24 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 19:58 | Rutgers | Keith Lorentz steps in front of the Michael Callahan pass in the backcourt | 38-24 |
| 19:44 | Louisville | Fredrick Cost clanks a 3 from the right corner | 38-24 |
| 19:43 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Arthur Wilmes | 38-24 |
| 19:33 | Rutgers | Cesar Salinas loses the dribble to Fredrick Cost | 38-24 |
| 19:11 | Louisville | Peter Jenkins misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Richard Glover - foul #3 on Richard Glover, team foul #1 | 38-24 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jeffrey Pipkin (SG) Fredrick Cost | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Irving Snowden (SF) Richard Glover | |
| 19:11 | Louisville | Peter Jenkins makes the 1st free throw | 39-24 |
| 19:11 | Louisville | Peter Jenkins misses the 2nd free throw | 39-24 |
| 19:11 | Rutgers | Cesar Salinas gets the rebound | 39-24 |
| 18:55 | Rutgers | Arthur Wilmes hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 39-24 |
| 18:53 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Joseph Boyd | 39-24 |
| 18:34 | Louisville | Keith Lorentz double dribbles | 39-24 |
| Subs | Louisville | Fredrick Cost (SG), Jared Dunlap (SF) Jeffrey Pipkin, Peter Jenkins | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 18:20 | Rutgers | Mark Hattaway misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 39-24 |
| 18:19 | Louisville | Joseph Boyd grabs the defensive rebound | 39-24 |
| 17:50 | Louisville | Joseph Boyd misses the driving attempt from the right block | 39-24 |
| 17:48 | Rutgers | Arthur Wilmes grabs the board | 39-24 |
| 17:34 | Rutgers | Cesar Salinas clanks a turnaround from the right block but he's fouled by Aubrey Bell - foul #2 on Aubrey Bell, team foul #1 | 39-24 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jeffrey Pipkin (SG) Fredrick Cost | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 17:34 | Rutgers | Cesar Salinas makes the 1st free throw | 39-25 |
| 17:34 | Rutgers | Cesar Salinas misses the 2nd free throw | 39-25 |
| 17:34 | Louisville | Aubrey Bell pulls down the rebound | 39-25 |
| 17:11 | Louisville | Jared Dunlap travels with the ball | 39-25 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Michael Thomas (SG), Ned Bond (PF), William Philips (C) Mark Hattaway, Arthur Wilmes, Cesar Salinas | |
| 16:53 | Rutgers | Irving Snowden buries a 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from Michael Callahan | 39-28 |
| 16:27 | Louisville | Aubrey Bell travels with the ball | 39-28 |
| Subs | Louisville | Fredrick Cost (SG), Peter Jenkins (SF) Jeffrey Pipkin, Jared Dunlap | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Nathan Bonner (SF) Michael Callahan | |
| 16:04 | Rutgers | Nathan Bonner connects on the 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Irving Snowden | 39-31 |
| 15:46 | Louisville | Peter Jenkins hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt in the paint | 39-31 |
| 15:45 | Louisville | Joseph Boyd misses the tip | 39-31 |
| 15:44 | Louisville | Keith Lorentz tips it in | 41-31 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Keith Lorentz (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Fredrick Cost (fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Peter Jenkins (fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. PF - Aubrey Bell (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. C - Joseph Boyd (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Irving Snowden (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Thomas (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Nathan Bonner (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Ned Bond (fresh) 2 reb. C - William Philips (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:22 | Rutgers | Irving Snowden jams it on a great pass from Nathan Bonner | 41-33 |
| 15:06 | Louisville | Peter Jenkins blows the layup | 41-33 |
| 15:04 | Louisville | Joseph Boyd tips it back up and in | 43-33 |
| 14:52 | Rutgers | Michael Thomas misses short on a jumpshot from the free throw line but he's hacked by Fredrick Cost - foul #2 on Fredrick Cost, team foul #2 | 43-33 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jeffrey Pipkin (SG), Jared Dunlap (SF), Andrew Womac (PF) Fredrick Cost, Peter Jenkins, Aubrey Bell | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Mark Hattaway (SG), Richard Glover (SF), Arthur Wilmes (PF), Cesar Salinas (C) Irving Snowden, Nathan Bonner, Ned Bond, William Philips | |
| 14:52 | Rutgers | Michael Thomas makes the 1st free throw | 43-34 |
| 14:52 | Rutgers | Michael Thomas makes the 2nd free throw | 43-35 |
| 14:37 | Louisville | Keith Lorentz knocks in the 3 from the right wing set up by Jeffrey Pipkin | 46-35 |
| 14:18 | Rutgers | Mark Hattaway comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 46-35 |
| 14:17 | Louisville | Joseph Boyd snags the defensive board | 46-35 |
| 13:56 | Louisville | Joseph Boyd lays it in on a nice dish by Andrew Womac | 48-35 |
| 13:38 | Rutgers | Arthur Wilmes misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Jeffrey Pipkin - foul #1 on Jeffrey Pipkin, team foul #3 | 48-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | Fredrick Cost (SG), Peter Jenkins (SF), Aubrey Bell (PF) Jeffrey Pipkin, Jared Dunlap, Andrew Womac | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Michael Callahan (PG) Michael Thomas | |
| 13:38 | Rutgers | Arthur Wilmes makes the 1st free throw | 48-36 |
| 13:38 | Rutgers | Arthur Wilmes makes the 2nd free throw | 48-37 |
| 13:09 | Louisville | Richard Glover steals the ball from Peter Jenkins | 48-37 |
| 12:56 | Rutgers | Richard Glover misses badly on a jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Fredrick Cost - foul #3 on Fredrick Cost, team foul #4 | 48-37 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jared Dunlap (SF) Joseph Boyd | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 12:56 | Rutgers | Richard Glover makes the 1st free throw | 48-38 |
| 12:56 | Rutgers | Richard Glover makes the 2nd free throw | 48-39 |
| 12:28 | Louisville | Aubrey Bell connects on the fadeaway from close range on a nice dish by Fredrick Cost | 50-39 |
| 12:07 | Rutgers | Michael Callahan can't connect on a jumper from the left wing | 50-39 |
| 12:05 | Louisville | Fredrick Cost pulls down the rebound | 50-39 |
| 12:01 | Louisville | Keith Lorentz is called for the offensive foul - foul #3 on Keith Lorentz, team foul #5 | 50-39 |
| Subs | Louisville | Andrew Womac (SF), Joseph Boyd (C) Jared Dunlap, Peter Jenkins | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Michael Thomas (SG), Irving Snowden (SF), Ned Bond (PF), William Philips (C) Mark Hattaway, Richard Glover, Arthur Wilmes, Cesar Salinas | |
| 11:48 | Rutgers | Michael Callahan drills a jumper from the free throw line | 50-41 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Keith Lorentz (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Fredrick Cost (fresh) 13 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SF - Andrew Womac (fresh) PF - Aubrey Bell (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. C - Joseph Boyd (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Michael Callahan (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Thomas (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Irving Snowden (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. PF - Ned Bond (fresh) 2 reb. C - William Philips (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:19 | Louisville | Fredrick Cost misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 50-41 |
| 11:17 | Rutgers | Ned Bond grabs the board | 50-41 |
| 10:52 | Rutgers | Irving Snowden misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 50-41 |
| 10:50 | Louisville | Andrew Womac gets the rebound | 50-41 |
| 10:25 | Louisville | Joseph Boyd buries a floater in the paint on a nice dish by Keith Lorentz and he's fouled by William Philips - foul #2 on William Philips, team foul #2 | 52-41 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jeffrey Pipkin (SG), Peter Jenkins (SF), Jared Dunlap (PF) Fredrick Cost, Andrew Womac, Aubrey Bell | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Mark Hattaway (SG), Richard Glover (SF), Arthur Wilmes (PF) Michael Thomas, Irving Snowden, William Philips | |
| 10:25 | Louisville | Joseph Boyd misses the free throw | 52-41 |
| 10:25 | Rutgers | Ned Bond gets the rebound | 52-41 |
| 10:20 | Rutgers | Mark Hattaway misses badly on a jumper near the basket | 52-41 |
| 10:19 | Rutgers | The offensive rebound goes to Michael Callahan | 52-41 |
| 10:09 | Rutgers | Michael Callahan is hacked by Keith Lorentz - foul #4 on Keith Lorentz, team foul #6 | 52-41 |
| Subs | Louisville | Fredrick Cost (SG), Aubrey Bell (PF) Keith Lorentz, Joseph Boyd | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Irving Snowden (PG) Michael Callahan | |
| 09:55 | Rutgers | Richard Glover is fouled on the floor by Jared Dunlap - foul #1 on Jared Dunlap, team foul #7 | 52-41 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Cesar Salinas (C) Ned Bond | |
| 09:55 | Rutgers | Richard Glover makes the 1st free throw | 52-42 |
| 09:55 | Rutgers | Richard Glover misses the 2nd free throw | 52-42 |
| 09:55 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Aubrey Bell | 52-42 |
| 09:28 | Louisville | Peter Jenkins scores on a pull-up jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Jared Dunlap | 54-42 |
| 09:06 | Rutgers | Arthur Wilmes misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 54-42 |
| 09:05 | Louisville | Jared Dunlap gets the rebound | 54-42 |
| 08:49 | Louisville | Peter Jenkins drills a shot from the left block set up by Fredrick Cost and the foul's on Richard Glover - foul #4 on Richard Glover, team foul #3 | 56-42 |
| Subs | Louisville | Joseph Boyd (C) Jared Dunlap | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Michael Callahan (PG) Richard Glover | |
| 08:49 | Louisville | Peter Jenkins makes the free throw | 57-42 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 08:39 | Rutgers | Michael Callahan can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 57-42 |
| 08:37 | Rutgers | The offensive rebound goes to Arthur Wilmes | 57-42 |
| 08:16 | Rutgers | Michael Callahan throws a bad pass out of bounds | 57-42 |
| Subs | Louisville | Andrew Womac (SG), Jared Dunlap (PF) Fredrick Cost, Aubrey Bell | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Michael Thomas (SG), Nathan Bonner (SF), Ned Bond (PF), William Philips (C) Mark Hattaway, Irving Snowden, Arthur Wilmes, Cesar Salinas | |
| 07:58 | Louisville | Jeffrey Pipkin's pass is intercepted by Ned Bond | 57-42 |
| 07:44 | Rutgers | Nathan Bonner is whistled for traveling | 57-42 |
| Subs | Louisville | Keith Lorentz (PG), Aubrey Bell (PF) Andrew Womac, Jared Dunlap | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Richard Glover (SF) Nathan Bonner | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Keith Lorentz (fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. 4 pf. SG - Jeffrey Pipkin (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SF - Peter Jenkins (fresh) 16 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. PF - Aubrey Bell (fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. C - Joseph Boyd (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Michael Callahan (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Thomas (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Richard Glover (fresh) 8 pts. 4 pf. PF - Ned Bond (fresh) 4 reb. C - William Philips (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:18 | Louisville | Aubrey Bell comes up short on the driving attempt from close range | 57-42 |
| 07:16 | Rutgers | Richard Glover grabs the board | 57-42 |
| 06:59 | Rutgers | Keith Lorentz steals it from Michael Thomas | 57-42 |
| 06:56 | Louisville | Jeffrey Pipkin hits the finger roll set up by Keith Lorentz | 59-42 |
| 06:44 | Rutgers | Michael Thomas hits a fadeaway from the left wing | 59-44 |
| 06:28 | Louisville | Joseph Boyd blows the layup | 59-44 |
| 06:26 | Louisville | Peter Jenkins gets the offensive rebound | 59-44 |
| 06:10 | Louisville | Aubrey Bell buries a runner from the right block set up by Keith Lorentz and he's hacked by Ned Bond - foul #1 on Ned Bond, team foul #4 | 61-44 |
| Subs | Louisville | Fredrick Cost (SG), Jared Dunlap (SF) Jeffrey Pipkin, Peter Jenkins | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Mark Hattaway (SG), Arthur Wilmes (PF), Cesar Salinas (C) Michael Thomas, Ned Bond, William Philips | |
| 06:10 | Louisville | Aubrey Bell makes the free throw | 62-44 |
| 05:55 | Rutgers | Mark Hattaway misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 62-44 |
| 05:54 | Rutgers | Arthur Wilmes grabs the offensive rebound | 62-44 |
| 05:45 | Rutgers | Mark Hattaway misses the dunk but he's fouled by Joseph Boyd - foul #3 on Joseph Boyd, team foul #8 | 62-44 |
| Subs | Louisville | Andrew Womac (PF) Aubrey Bell | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Irving Snowden (PG) Michael Callahan | |
| 05:45 | Rutgers | Mark Hattaway makes the 1st free throw | 62-45 |
| 05:45 | Rutgers | Mark Hattaway makes the 2nd free throw | 62-46 |
| 05:16 | Louisville | Cesar Salinas is called for the reach on Fredrick Cost - foul #3 on Cesar Salinas, team foul #5 | 62-46 |
| Subs | Louisville | Aubrey Bell (PF), Peter Jenkins (C) Andrew Womac, Joseph Boyd | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Michael Thomas (PG) Richard Glover | |
| 05:01 | Louisville | Peter Jenkins knocks in the driving attempt in the lane on a nice dish by Fredrick Cost | 64-46 |
| 04:41 | Rutgers | Michael Thomas misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 64-46 |
| 04:39 | Louisville | Aubrey Bell grabs the board | 64-46 |
| 04:35 | Louisville | Cesar Salinas is called for the reach on Keith Lorentz - foul #4 on Cesar Salinas, team foul #6 | 64-46 |
| Subs | Louisville | James Johnson (PG), Jeffrey Pipkin (SG), Andrew Womac (SF), Joseph Crum (C) Keith Lorentz, Fredrick Cost, Aubrey Bell, Peter Jenkins | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Nathan Bonner (SF), Ned Bond (PF), William Philips (C) Mark Hattaway, Arthur Wilmes, Cesar Salinas | |
| 04:15 | Louisville | Jeffrey Pipkin comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 64-46 |
| 04:13 | Louisville | Andrew Womac tips it back up and in | 66-46 |
| 04:00 | Rutgers | William Philips misses the 3 from the left corner | 66-46 |
| 03:59 | Louisville | Jeffrey Pipkin grabs the defensive rebound | 66-46 |
| 03:39 | Louisville | Andrew Womac knocks in the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 68-46 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - James Johnson (fresh) SG - Jeffrey Pipkin (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Andrew Womac (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Jared Dunlap (fresh) 3 reb. C - Joseph Crum (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Irving Snowden (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Thomas (fresh) 9 pts. SF - Nathan Bonner (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. PF - Ned Bond (fresh) 4 reb. C - William Philips (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 03:26 | Rutgers | Ned Bond can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 68-46 |
| 03:24 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Jared Dunlap | 68-46 |
| 03:00 | Louisville | Andrew Womac misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 68-46 |
| 02:59 | Rutgers | Ned Bond grabs the defensive rebound | 68-46 |
| 02:49 | Rutgers | Michael Thomas clanks a jumper from the free throw line | 68-46 |
| 02:47 | Rutgers | Michael Thomas tips it home | 68-48 |
| 02:25 | Louisville | Jared Dunlap misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 68-48 |
| 02:23 | Louisville | Jared Dunlap pulls down the offensive rebound | 68-48 |
| 02:06 | Louisville | Jared Dunlap drills a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 71-48 |
| 01:50 | Rutgers | Michael Thomas hits a 3pt shot from the left wing | 71-51 |
| 01:31 | Louisville | Jared Dunlap hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 71-51 |
| 01:29 | Rutgers | William Philips pulls down the rebound | 71-51 |
| 01:07 | Rutgers | Ned Bond makes the jumper near the basket on a great pass from Irving Snowden | 71-53 |
| 00:45 | Louisville | Jared Dunlap hits a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 74-53 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:39 | Rutgers | Irving Snowden connects on the shot from the left block on a great pass from Michael Thomas | 74-55 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:16 | Louisville | Jared Dunlap is fouled on the floor by William Philips - foul #3 on William Philips, team foul #7 | 74-55 |
| 00:16 | Louisville | Jared Dunlap makes the 1st free throw | 75-55 |
| 00:16 | Louisville | Jared Dunlap misses the 2nd free throw | 75-55 |
| 00:16 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Ned Bond | 75-55 |
| 00:11 | Rutgers | Ned Bond knocks in the 3 from the left wing set up by Nathan Bonner | 75-58 |
| 00:00 | Louisville | James Johnson runs out the clock | 75-58 |