| Lineup | Seton Hall | PG - Michael Hayden (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael McWilliam (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SF - Robert Gaddis (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Arthur Touchet (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Moshe Zahorchak (fresh) 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Ricardo Morales (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Steven Mahoney (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Scott Campbell (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. PF - Byron Pettigrew (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. C - Michael Maul (fresh) 8 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Villanova | Scott Campbell inbounds the ball | 36-31 |
| Game Plan | Seton Hall | Seton Hall is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 19:40 | Villanova | Ricardo Morales scores on a jump hook from the right block set up by Steven Mahoney | 36-33 |
| 19:23 | Seton Hall | Moshe Zahorchak throws a bad pass out of bounds | 36-33 |
| 19:09 | Villanova | Ricardo Morales lays it in on a nice dish by Scott Campbell | 36-35 |
| 18:58 | Seton Hall | Robert Gaddis clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 36-35 |
| 18:56 | Villanova | Michael Maul grabs the board | 36-35 |
| 18:29 | Villanova | Byron Pettigrew hits the finger roll | 36-37 |
| 18:03 | Seton Hall | Arthur Touchet misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 36-37 |
| 18:02 | Seton Hall | Michael Hayden tips it in | 38-37 |
| 17:49 | Villanova | Steven Mahoney hits a fadeaway from the left wing set up by Scott Campbell | 38-39 |
| 17:44 | Seton Hall | Michael Hayden misses the floater from just outside the lane | 38-39 |
| 17:42 | Villanova | Scott Campbell grabs the board | 38-39 |
| 17:14 | Villanova | Ricardo Morales drills a floater near the basket | 38-41 |
| 17:07 | Seton Hall | Robert Gaddis knocks in the floater from the left wing on a great pass from Arthur Touchet | 40-41 |
| 16:44 | Villanova | Michael Maul buries a jumper from the left block on a great pass from Ricardo Morales | 40-43 |
| 16:21 | Seton Hall | Robert Gaddis drills a 3 pointer from straight away | 43-43 |
| 16:03 | Villanova | Byron Pettigrew misses badly on a floater near the basket | 43-43 |
| 16:01 | Seton Hall | Robert Gaddis grabs the board | 43-43 |
| Lineup | Seton Hall | PG - Michael Hayden (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael McWilliam (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SF - Robert Gaddis (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Arthur Touchet (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Moshe Zahorchak (fairly fresh) 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Ricardo Morales (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SG - Steven Mahoney (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Scott Campbell (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. PF - Byron Pettigrew (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. C - Michael Maul (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 15:55 | Seton Hall | Arthur Touchet misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 43-43 |
| 15:53 | Seton Hall | Moshe Zahorchak hits the follow up shot | 45-43 |
| 15:35 | Villanova | Byron Pettigrew misses short on a driving attempt from the right block | 45-43 |
| 15:34 | Seton Hall | The rebound goes to Moshe Zahorchak | 45-43 |
| 15:29 | Seton Hall | Michael McWilliam misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 45-43 |
| 15:27 | Villanova | Scott Campbell grabs the board | 45-43 |
| 15:01 | Villanova | Steven Mahoney's fadeaway is rejected by Arthur Touchet | 45-43 |
| 14:59 | Seton Hall | Arthur Touchet grabs the defensive rebound | 45-43 |
| 14:54 | Seton Hall | Michael McWilliam misses the easy layup | 45-43 |
| 14:53 | Villanova | Michael Maul gets the rebound | 45-43 |
| 14:24 | Villanova | Scott Campbell is called for traveling | 45-43 |
| Subs | Seton Hall | Patrick Hopping (PG), Christopher Casey (SG), Alex Michalowski (SF), Michael Taylor (PF), Michael Deaton (C) Michael Hayden, Michael McWilliam, Robert Gaddis, Arthur Touchet, Moshe Zahorchak | |
| Subs | Villanova | Marcel Pickel (PG), Jonathan Woodrum (SG), Bryan Luther (C) Steven Mahoney, Scott Campbell, Michael Maul | |
| 14:17 | Seton Hall | Patrick Hopping throws a bad pass out of bounds | 45-43 |
| 13:48 | Villanova | Marcel Pickel is fouled on the floor by Patrick Hopping - foul #2 on Patrick Hopping, team foul #1 | 45-43 |
| 13:26 | Villanova | Jonathan Woodrum connects on the floater in the paint on a great pass from Ricardo Morales and he's fouled by Christopher Casey - foul #1 on Christopher Casey, team foul #2 | 45-45 |
| 13:26 | Villanova | Jonathan Woodrum misses the free throw | 45-45 |
| 13:26 | Seton Hall | Michael Deaton pulls down the rebound | 45-45 |
| 13:13 | Seton Hall | Christopher Casey is called for a charge - foul #2 on Christopher Casey, team foul #3 | 45-45 |
| Subs | Seton Hall | | |
| Subs | Villanova | Michael Maul (C) Ricardo Morales | |
| 12:48 | Villanova | Alex Michalowski is called for the reach on Bryan Luther - foul #3 on Alex Michalowski, team foul #4 | 45-45 |
| Subs | Seton Hall | | |
| Subs | Villanova | Steven Mahoney (SF) Bryan Luther | |
| 12:30 | Villanova | Byron Pettigrew lays it in on a nice dish by Michael Maul | 45-47 |
| 12:26 | Seton Hall | Alex Michalowski hits a 3pt shot from the left corner set up by Christopher Casey | 48-47 |
| 11:58 | Villanova | Jonathan Woodrum misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 48-47 |
| 11:57 | Seton Hall | The rebound goes to Michael Deaton | 48-47 |
| Lineup | Seton Hall | PG - Patrick Hopping (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - Christopher Casey (fresh) SF - Alex Michalowski (fresh) 6 pts. 3 pf. PF - Michael Taylor (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Michael Deaton (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Marcel Pickel (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Jonathan Woodrum (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Steven Mahoney (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Byron Pettigrew (tiring) 13 pts. 4 reb. C - Michael Maul (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 10 reb. | |
| 11:52 | Seton Hall | Alex Michalowski buries a jumper from the baseline | 50-47 |
| 11:39 | Villanova | Michael Taylor is called for the reach on Marcel Pickel - foul #2 on Michael Taylor, team foul #5 | 50-47 |
| Subs | Seton Hall | Michael Hayden (PG), Michael McWilliam (SG), Robert Gaddis (SF), Moshe Zahorchak (C) Patrick Hopping, Christopher Casey, Michael Taylor, Michael Deaton | |
| Subs | Villanova | Bryan Luther (PF) Byron Pettigrew | |
| 11:19 | Villanova | Bryan Luther clanks a floater from close range but he's hacked by Moshe Zahorchak - foul #3 on Moshe Zahorchak, team foul #6 | 50-47 |
| Subs | Seton Hall | Jerome New (PF) Alex Michalowski | |
| Subs | Villanova | Scott Campbell (SF) Steven Mahoney | |
| 11:19 | Villanova | Bryan Luther makes the 1st free throw | 50-48 |
| 11:19 | Villanova | Bryan Luther makes the 2nd free throw | 50-49 |
| 10:58 | Seton Hall | Michael McWilliam connects on the shot from the left wing | 52-49 |
| 10:37 | Villanova | Marcel Pickel comes up short on the floater in the lane but he's hacked by Moshe Zahorchak - foul #4 on Moshe Zahorchak, team foul #7 | 52-49 |
| Subs | Seton Hall | Arthur Touchet (PF), Michael Taylor (C) Jerome New, Moshe Zahorchak | |
| Subs | Villanova | Byron Pettigrew (PF) Michael Maul | |
| 10:37 | Villanova | Marcel Pickel makes the 1st free throw | 52-50 |
| 10:37 | Villanova | Marcel Pickel makes the 2nd free throw | 52-51 |
| 10:25 | Seton Hall | Arthur Touchet can't finish the layup | 52-51 |
| 10:24 | Seton Hall | Michael Taylor tips it home | 54-51 |
| 10:03 | Villanova | Marcel Pickel is denied on a layup by Michael Taylor | 54-51 |
| 10:01 | Villanova | The offensive rebound goes to Scott Campbell | 54-51 |
| 09:43 | Villanova | Jonathan Woodrum misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 54-51 |
| 09:42 | Villanova | Bryan Luther grabs the offensive rebound | 54-51 |
| 09:29 | Villanova | Marcel Pickel is hacked by Michael Hayden - foul #2 on Michael Hayden, team foul #8 | 54-51 |
| Subs | Seton Hall | Patrick Hopping (PG) Michael Hayden | |
| Subs | Villanova | Steven Mahoney (SF) Scott Campbell | |
| 09:29 | Villanova | Marcel Pickel misses the 1st free throw | 54-51 |
| 09:29 | Seton Hall | The rebound goes to Robert Gaddis | 54-51 |
| 09:05 | Seton Hall | Marcel Pickel takes the ball from Michael Taylor | 54-51 |
| 08:45 | Villanova | Robert Gaddis steps in front of the Steven Mahoney pass | 54-51 |
| 08:27 | Seton Hall | Robert Gaddis misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 54-51 |
| 08:25 | Seton Hall | Michael Taylor grabs the offensive rebound | 54-51 |
| 08:10 | Seton Hall | Arthur Touchet can't connect on a jumper near the basket | 54-51 |
| 08:09 | Villanova | Jonathan Woodrum grabs the board | 54-51 |
| 07:45 | Villanova | Jonathan Woodrum clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 54-51 |
| 07:44 | Seton Hall | Arthur Touchet grabs the board | 54-51 |
| Lineup | Seton Hall | PG - Patrick Hopping (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Michael McWilliam (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SF - Robert Gaddis (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. PF - Arthur Touchet (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. C - Michael Taylor (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Marcel Pickel (tiring) 6 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Jonathan Woodrum (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Steven Mahoney (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Byron Pettigrew (tiring) 13 pts. 4 reb. C - Bryan Luther (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:24 | Seton Hall | Robert Gaddis is hacked by Steven Mahoney - foul #1 on Steven Mahoney, team foul #1 | 54-51 |
| Subs | Seton Hall | Michael Hayden (PG), Christopher Casey (SG), Alex Michalowski (SF), Jerome New (PF), Moshe Zahorchak (C) Patrick Hopping, Michael McWilliam, Robert Gaddis, Arthur Touchet, Michael Taylor | |
| Subs | Villanova | Ricardo Morales (PG), Scott Campbell (SF), Michael Maul (C) Marcel Pickel, Steven Mahoney, Byron Pettigrew | |
| 07:02 | Seton Hall | Jerome New buries a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Michael Hayden | 56-51 |
| 06:33 | Villanova | Ricardo Morales hits a jumpshot from the left side on a nice dish by Jonathan Woodrum | 56-53 |
| 06:14 | Seton Hall | Moshe Zahorchak buries a 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Michael Hayden | 59-53 |
| 05:50 | Villanova | Michael Maul misses badly on a runner from the baseline | 59-53 |
| 05:49 | Seton Hall | The rebound goes to Christopher Casey | 59-53 |
| Game Plan | Seton Hall | Seton Hall is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 05:44 | Seton Hall | The short jumper by Alex Michalowski is denied by Michael Maul | 59-53 |
| 05:43 | Seton Hall | Moshe Zahorchak tips it back up and in | 61-53 |
| 05:20 | Villanova | Michael Maul misses the jumper from the left wing | 61-53 |
| 05:19 | Seton Hall | Moshe Zahorchak snags the defensive board | 61-53 |
| 05:15 | Seton Hall | Alex Michalowski loses the ball out of bounds | 61-53 |
| Subs | Seton Hall | Michael McWilliam (SG), Robert Gaddis (SF), Arthur Touchet (PF) Christopher Casey, Alex Michalowski, Jerome New | |
| Subs | Villanova | Marcel Pickel (PG), Steven Mahoney (SF), Byron Pettigrew (PF) Jonathan Woodrum, Scott Campbell, Bryan Luther | |
| 04:56 | Villanova | Marcel Pickel connects on the 3pt shot from straight away set up by Steven Mahoney | 61-56 |
| 04:49 | Seton Hall | Arthur Touchet is called for traveling | 61-56 |
| 04:32 | Villanova | Steven Mahoney's pass is intercepted by Robert Gaddis | 61-56 |
| 04:26 | Seton Hall | Arthur Touchet can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 61-56 |
| 04:24 | Villanova | Marcel Pickel gets the rebound | 61-56 |
| 04:03 | Villanova | Ricardo Morales hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 61-56 |
| 04:01 | Seton Hall | Moshe Zahorchak pulls down the rebound | 61-56 |
| 03:54 | Seton Hall | Arthur Touchet's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 61-56 |
| Subs | Seton Hall | Patrick Hopping (PG), Michael Taylor (C) Michael Hayden, Moshe Zahorchak | |
| Subs | Villanova | Bryan Luther (C) Michael Maul | |
| 03:34 | Villanova | Marcel Pickel is hacked by Patrick Hopping - foul #3 on Patrick Hopping, team foul #9 | 61-56 |
| Subs | Seton Hall | | |
| Subs | Villanova | Jonathan Woodrum (SG) Ricardo Morales | |
| 03:34 | Villanova | Marcel Pickel makes the 1st free throw | 61-57 |
| 03:34 | Villanova | Marcel Pickel makes the 2nd free throw | 61-58 |
| Lineup | Seton Hall | PG - Patrick Hopping (fresh) 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Michael McWilliam (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SF - Robert Gaddis (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Arthur Touchet (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. C - Michael Taylor (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Marcel Pickel (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Jonathan Woodrum (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Steven Mahoney (fairly fresh) 3 pts. PF - Byron Pettigrew (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 4 reb. C - Bryan Luther (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Seton Hall | Seton Hall is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 03:18 | Seton Hall | Arthur Touchet knocks in the fadeaway from close range set up by Robert Gaddis | 63-58 |
| 02:56 | Villanova | Steven Mahoney travels with the ball | 63-58 |
| Subs | Seton Hall | Alex Michalowski (C) Arthur Touchet | |
| Subs | Villanova | Scott Campbell (SF) Steven Mahoney | |
| Game Plan | Seton Hall | Seton Hall is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 02:53 | Seton Hall | Seton Hall calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 63-58 |
| Subs | Seton Hall | Michael Hayden (PG), Arthur Touchet (PF), Moshe Zahorchak (C) Patrick Hopping, Michael Taylor, Alex Michalowski | |
| Subs | Villanova | Michael Maul (C) Bryan Luther | |
| 02:37 | Seton Hall | Michael Hayden misses short on a jumper from the left side | 63-58 |
| 02:36 | Seton Hall | Arthur Touchet pulls down the offensive rebound | 63-58 |
| 02:27 | Seton Hall | Michael McWilliam misses badly on a fadeaway from the right wing | 63-58 |
| 02:26 | Villanova | Michael Maul pulls down the rebound | 63-58 |
| 02:08 | Villanova | Byron Pettigrew hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt in the paint | 63-58 |
| 02:06 | Seton Hall | Moshe Zahorchak pulls down the rebound | 63-58 |
| 02:01 | Seton Hall | Byron Pettigrew blocks the short jumper by Robert Gaddis | 63-58 |
| 01:59 | Villanova | The rebound goes to Scott Campbell | 63-58 |
| 01:55 | Villanova | Marcel Pickel throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 63-58 |
| Subs | Seton Hall | | |
| Subs | Villanova | Steven Mahoney (SF) Scott Campbell | |
| 01:45 | Seton Hall | Robert Gaddis hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 63-58 |
| 01:44 | Villanova | Michael Maul snags the defensive board | 63-58 |
| 01:18 | Villanova | Steven Mahoney throws it down on a great pass from Jonathan Woodrum and he's fouled by Robert Gaddis - foul #2 on Robert Gaddis, team foul #10 | 63-60 |
| 01:18 | Villanova | Steven Mahoney misses the free throw | 63-60 |
| 01:18 | Seton Hall | Arthur Touchet gets the rebound | 63-60 |
| Game Plan | Seton Hall | Seton Hall is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 01:01 | Seton Hall | Michael McWilliam connects on the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 65-60 |
| Game Plan | Seton Hall | Seton Hall is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:42 | Villanova | Steven Mahoney is fouled on the floor by Robert Gaddis - foul #3 on Robert Gaddis, team foul #11 | 65-60 |
| 00:42 | Villanova | Steven Mahoney makes the 1st free throw | 65-61 |
| 00:42 | Villanova | Steven Mahoney makes the 2nd free throw | 65-62 |
| Game Plan | Seton Hall | Seton Hall is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:22 | Seton Hall | Michael Hayden is fouled on the floor by Marcel Pickel - foul #4 on Marcel Pickel, team foul #2 | 65-62 |
| Game Plan | Seton Hall | Seton Hall is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (+3) | |
| 00:20 | Seton Hall | Michael Hayden is fouled on the floor by Marcel Pickel - foul #5 on Marcel Pickel, team foul #3 | 65-62 |
| Subs | Seton Hall | | |
| Subs | Villanova | Ricardo Morales (PG) Marcel Pickel | |
| 00:19 | Seton Hall | Jonathan Woodrum is called for the reach on Michael McWilliam - foul #4 on Jonathan Woodrum, team foul #4 | 65-62 |
| 00:17 | Seton Hall | Steven Mahoney is called for the reach on Michael McWilliam - foul #2 on Steven Mahoney, team foul #5 | 65-62 |
| 00:16 | Seton Hall | Michael Hayden is hacked by Ricardo Morales - foul #3 on Ricardo Morales, team foul #6 | 65-62 |
| 00:13 | Seton Hall | Michael Hayden is fouled on the floor by Byron Pettigrew - foul #2 on Byron Pettigrew, team foul #7 | 65-62 |
| 00:13 | Seton Hall | Michael Hayden makes the 1st free throw | 66-62 |
| 00:13 | Seton Hall | Michael Hayden makes the 2nd free throw | 67-62 |
| Game Plan | Seton Hall | Seton Hall is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+3) | |
| 00:09 | Villanova | Jonathan Woodrum's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 67-62 |
| Game Plan | Seton Hall | Seton Hall is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:07 | Seton Hall | Robert Gaddis is fouled in the backcourt by Ricardo Morales - foul #4 on Ricardo Morales, team foul #8 | 67-62 |
| 00:07 | Seton Hall | Robert Gaddis misses the 1st free throw | 67-62 |
| 00:07 | Seton Hall | The offensive rebound goes to Robert Gaddis | 67-62 |
| 00:04 | Seton Hall | Robert Gaddis is hacked by Ricardo Morales - foul #5 on Ricardo Morales, team foul #9 | 67-62 |
| Subs | Seton Hall | | |
| Subs | Villanova | Scott Campbell (SF) Ricardo Morales | |
| 00:04 | Seton Hall | Robert Gaddis makes the 1st free throw | 68-62 |
| 00:04 | Seton Hall | Robert Gaddis makes the 2nd free throw | 69-62 |
| 00:00 | Villanova | Jonathan Woodrum misses long on a halfcourt shot | 69-62 |