| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Dennis Bracy (fresh) SG - John Kelsch (fresh) SF - Vaughn Frazier (fresh) PF - Joe Hosey (fresh) C - Jerry Frances (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Willie Lewis (fresh) SG - Micheal Hause (fresh) SF - John Clem (fresh) PF - Curtis Secrist (fresh) C - Harold Barnhart (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Harold Barnhart wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| 19:45 | Louisville | John Clem scores on a 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Micheal Hause | 0-3 |
| 19:25 | Alabama | Dennis Bracy misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 0-3 |
| 19:23 | Alabama | Dennis Bracy grabs the offensive board | 0-3 |
| 19:16 | Alabama | John Kelsch drills a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Joe Hosey | 3-3 |
| 18:52 | Louisville | Willie Lewis can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 3-3 |
| 18:51 | Louisville | Curtis Secrist gets the offensive rebound | 3-3 |
| 18:38 | Louisville | Willie Lewis can't connect on a jumper from the left wing but the foul's on Vaughn Frazier - foul #1 on Vaughn Frazier, team foul #1 | 3-3 |
| 18:38 | Louisville | Willie Lewis makes the 1st free throw | 3-4 |
| 18:38 | Louisville | Willie Lewis makes the 2nd free throw | 3-5 |
| 18:15 | Alabama | Jerry Frances misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 3-5 |
| 18:13 | Alabama | Vaughn Frazier tips it home | 5-5 |
| 17:48 | Louisville | Curtis Secrist comes up short on the turnaround in the paint but he's hacked by Dennis Bracy - foul #1 on Dennis Bracy, team foul #2 | 5-5 |
| 17:48 | Louisville | Curtis Secrist makes the 1st free throw | 5-6 |
| 17:48 | Louisville | Curtis Secrist makes the 2nd free throw | 5-7 |
| 17:33 | Alabama | Dennis Bracy double dribbles | 5-7 |
| 17:13 | Louisville | John Clem buries a turnaround from the left block on a great pass from Willie Lewis | 5-9 |
| 17:00 | Alabama | John Kelsch steps out of bounds on the baseline | 5-9 |
| 16:31 | Louisville | Harold Barnhart is hacked by Joe Hosey - foul #1 on Joe Hosey, team foul #3 | 5-9 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Jerry Polson (PG), Howard Hagan (C) Curtis Secrist, Harold Barnhart | |
| 16:24 | Louisville | Dennis Bracy takes the ball from John Clem | 5-9 |
| 16:19 | Alabama | Vaughn Frazier lays it in on a great pass from Dennis Bracy | 7-9 |
| 16:09 | Louisville | John Clem blows the layup | 7-9 |
| 16:08 | Alabama | Vaughn Frazier grabs the board | 7-9 |
| 15:59 | Alabama | John Kelsch connects on the 3 from the right corner set up by Dennis Bracy | 10-9 |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Dennis Bracy (fresh) 2 ast. SG - John Kelsch (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Vaughn Frazier (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Joe Hosey (fresh) C - Jerry Frances (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Jerry Polson (fresh) SG - Micheal Hause (fresh) SF - John Clem (fairly fresh) 5 pts. PF - Willie Lewis (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. C - Howard Hagan (fresh) | |
| 15:39 | Louisville | Howard Hagan makes the floater from just outside the lane on a great pass from John Clem and the foul's on Jerry Frances - foul #1 on Jerry Frances, team foul #4 | 10-11 |
| Subs | Alabama | Jamie Shields (SF), Ted Jeffery (PF) Vaughn Frazier, Joe Hosey | |
| Subs | Louisville | Curtis Secrist (PF) Willie Lewis | |
| 15:39 | Louisville | Howard Hagan misses the free throw | 10-11 |
| 15:39 | Alabama | The rebound goes to Jerry Frances | 10-11 |
| 15:19 | Alabama | John Kelsch comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 10-11 |
| 15:17 | Alabama | Dennis Bracy tips it back up and in | 12-11 |
| 15:04 | Louisville | John Clem can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 12-11 |
| 15:03 | Louisville | Micheal Hause pulls down the offensive rebound | 12-11 |
| 14:45 | Louisville | Micheal Hause can't connect on a jumper in the lane but he's hacked by John Kelsch - foul #1 on John Kelsch, team foul #5 | 12-11 |
| Subs | Alabama | Raleigh Shorter (PG), Jeremiah Hicks (SG), Robert Osmond (C) Dennis Bracy, John Kelsch, Jerry Frances | |
| Subs | Louisville | Harold Barnhart (C) Howard Hagan | |
| 14:45 | Louisville | Micheal Hause misses the 1st free throw | 12-11 |
| 14:45 | Louisville | Micheal Hause misses the 2nd free throw | 12-11 |
| 14:45 | Alabama | Ted Jeffery pulls down the rebound | 12-11 |
| 14:28 | Alabama | Jerry Polson is called for the reach on Robert Osmond - foul #1 on Jerry Polson, team foul #1 | 12-11 |
| Subs | Alabama | Vaughn Frazier (SF), Joe Hosey (PF) Jamie Shields, Ted Jeffery | |
| Subs | Louisville | Phillip Slomski (SG) Micheal Hause | |
| 14:19 | Alabama | Jeremiah Hicks comes up short on the jumper from the right side | 12-11 |
| 14:18 | Alabama | Vaughn Frazier pulls down the offensive rebound | 12-11 |
| 14:08 | Alabama | Vaughn Frazier is whistled for a carry | 12-11 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Willie Lewis (PG) Phillip Slomski | |
| 13:53 | Louisville | Raleigh Shorter picks off the pass by Willie Lewis | 12-11 |
| 13:34 | Alabama | Jerry Polson picks off the pass by Jeremiah Hicks | 12-11 |
| 13:09 | Louisville | John Clem is fouled on the floor by Vaughn Frazier - foul #2 on Vaughn Frazier, team foul #6 | 12-11 |
| Subs | Alabama | Dennis Bracy (PG), John Kelsch (SG), Jamie Shields (SF), Jerry Frances (C) Raleigh Shorter, Jeremiah Hicks, Vaughn Frazier, Robert Osmond | |
| Subs | Louisville | Micheal Hause (SG), Howard Hagan (C) Jerry Polson, Curtis Secrist | |
| 12:53 | Louisville | Howard Hagan drills a floater from the left side on a great pass from Micheal Hause | 12-13 |
| 12:40 | Alabama | Harold Barnhart blocks the short jumper by Jamie Shields | 12-13 |
| 12:38 | Louisville | Micheal Hause grabs the defensive rebound | 12-13 |
| 12:28 | Louisville | Willie Lewis is hacked by Dennis Bracy - foul #2 on Dennis Bracy, team foul #7 | 12-13 |
| Subs | Alabama | Raleigh Shorter (PG), Ted Jeffery (PF) Dennis Bracy, Joe Hosey | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 12:28 | Louisville | Willie Lewis makes the 1st free throw | 12-14 |
| 12:28 | Louisville | Willie Lewis makes the 2nd free throw | 12-15 |
| 12:13 | Alabama | Ted Jeffery misses the 3 from straight away | 12-15 |
| 12:12 | Louisville | Micheal Hause grabs the defensive rebound | 12-15 |
| 11:57 | Louisville | Harold Barnhart misses long on a jumpshot from the free throw line but he's fouled by Jamie Shields - foul #1 on Jamie Shields, team foul #8 | 12-15 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Jerry Polson (PG), Phillip Slomski (SG) Willie Lewis, John Clem | |
| 11:57 | Louisville | Harold Barnhart misses the 1st free throw | 12-15 |
| 11:57 | Louisville | Harold Barnhart makes the 2nd free throw | 12-16 |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Raleigh Shorter (fresh) SG - John Kelsch (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Jamie Shields (fresh) PF - Ted Jeffery (fresh) C - Jerry Frances (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Jerry Polson (fresh) SG - Phillip Slomski (fresh) SF - Micheal Hause (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Harold Barnhart (fresh) 1 pts. C - Howard Hagan (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 11:47 | Alabama | Jerry Frances clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 12-16 |
| 11:46 | Louisville | Harold Barnhart pulls down the rebound | 12-16 |
| 11:30 | Louisville | Jerry Polson hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 12-16 |
| 11:28 | Alabama | Jerry Frances gets the rebound | 12-16 |
| 11:22 | Alabama | Jamie Shields can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 12-16 |
| 11:20 | Louisville | Howard Hagan snags the defensive board | 12-16 |
| 11:16 | Louisville | Jerry Polson misses badly on a jumper from the right wing | 12-16 |
| 11:14 | Alabama | Jamie Shields grabs the defensive rebound | 12-16 |
| 11:09 | Alabama | Jamie Shields double dribbles | 12-16 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Curtis Secrist (PF), Troy Kersten (C) Harold Barnhart, Howard Hagan | |
| 10:51 | Louisville | Phillip Slomski hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 12-16 |
| 10:49 | Alabama | Jamie Shields snags the defensive board | 12-16 |
| 10:33 | Alabama | Ted Jeffery double dribbles | 12-16 |
| Subs | Alabama | Joe Hosey (PF), Robert Osmond (C) Ted Jeffery, Jerry Frances | |
| Subs | Louisville | Willie Lewis (PG) Phillip Slomski | |
| 10:06 | Louisville | Micheal Hause is whistled for a carry | 12-16 |
| Subs | Alabama | Jeremiah Hicks (SG), Jack Crump (SF) John Kelsch, Jamie Shields | |
| Subs | Louisville | Phillip Slomski (SG), John Clem (SF) Jerry Polson, Micheal Hause | |
| 09:49 | Alabama | Raleigh Shorter hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 12-16 |
| 09:47 | Louisville | Curtis Secrist gets the rebound | 12-16 |
| 09:43 | Louisville | John Clem comes up short on the jumpshot from the left side | 12-16 |
| 09:42 | Alabama | The rebound goes to Jeremiah Hicks | 12-16 |
| 09:38 | Alabama | Jack Crump misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 12-16 |
| 09:36 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Curtis Secrist | 12-16 |
| 09:14 | Louisville | John Clem loses the dribble to Jack Crump | 12-16 |
| 09:06 | Alabama | Raleigh Shorter misses short on a floater from the left wing | 12-16 |
| 09:04 | Louisville | John Clem pulls down the rebound | 12-16 |
| 08:48 | Louisville | Robert Osmond steps in front of the Curtis Secrist pass | 12-16 |
| 08:36 | Alabama | Willie Lewis takes the ball from Jack Crump | 12-16 |
| 08:33 | Louisville | Willie Lewis lays it in | 12-18 |
| 08:14 | Alabama | Jeremiah Hicks is fouled on the floor by Phillip Slomski - foul #1 on Phillip Slomski, team foul #2 | 12-18 |
| Subs | Alabama | John Kelsch (PG), Jamie Shields (SF), Ted Jeffery (PF), Jerry Frances (C) Raleigh Shorter, Jack Crump, Joe Hosey, Robert Osmond | |
| Subs | Louisville | Jerry Polson (PG), Micheal Hause (SG), Harold Barnhart (PF), Howard Hagan (C) Willie Lewis, Phillip Slomski, Curtis Secrist, Troy Kersten | |
| 08:07 | Alabama | John Kelsch hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 12-18 |
| 08:06 | Louisville | Micheal Hause pulls down the rebound | 12-18 |
| 07:51 | Louisville | Micheal Hause scores on a jumpshot from the right side set up by Harold Barnhart | 12-20 |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - John Kelsch (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Jeremiah Hicks (fresh) SF - Jamie Shields (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Ted Jeffery (fresh) C - Jerry Frances (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Jerry Polson (fresh) SG - Micheal Hause (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. SF - John Clem (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. PF - Harold Barnhart (fresh) 1 pts. C - Howard Hagan (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 07:44 | Alabama | Jerry Frances makes the 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by John Kelsch | 15-20 |
| 07:24 | Louisville | Micheal Hause comes up short on the shot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Jeremiah Hicks - foul #1 on Jeremiah Hicks, team foul #9 | 15-20 |
| Subs | Alabama | Raleigh Shorter (PG) Jeremiah Hicks | |
| Subs | Louisville | Phillip Slomski (SG) John Clem | |
| 07:24 | Louisville | Micheal Hause misses the 1st free throw | 15-20 |
| 07:24 | Louisville | Micheal Hause makes the 2nd free throw | 15-21 |
| 07:12 | Alabama | Jerry Frances's pass is intercepted by Phillip Slomski | 15-21 |
| 07:09 | Louisville | Phillip Slomski hits the finger roll | 15-23 |
| 07:00 | Alabama | Jerry Frances is denied on a dunk by Harold Barnhart | 15-23 |
| 06:59 | Louisville | Harold Barnhart snags the defensive board | 15-23 |
| 06:38 | Louisville | Jerry Polson makes the fadeaway jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Harold Barnhart and he's fouled by Ted Jeffery - foul #1 on Ted Jeffery, team foul #10 | 15-25 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Willie Lewis (SF) Phillip Slomski | |
| 06:38 | Louisville | Jerry Polson makes the free throw | 15-26 |
| 06:16 | Alabama | Jerry Frances is hacked by Howard Hagan - foul #1 on Howard Hagan, team foul #3 | 15-26 |
| Subs | Alabama | Joe Hosey (PF) Ted Jeffery | |
| Subs | Louisville | Curtis Secrist (PF) Howard Hagan | |
| 05:58 | Alabama | John Kelsch misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 15-26 |
| 05:56 | Louisville | Micheal Hause grabs the board | 15-26 |
| 05:51 | Louisville | Willie Lewis hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right corner | 15-26 |
| 05:49 | Alabama | The rebound goes to John Kelsch | 15-26 |
| 05:44 | Alabama | Joe Hosey is hacked by Curtis Secrist - foul #1 on Curtis Secrist, team foul #4 | 15-26 |
| Subs | Alabama | Jeremiah Hicks (SG), Jack Crump (SF), Robert Osmond (C) Raleigh Shorter, Jamie Shields, Jerry Frances | |
| Subs | Louisville | John Clem (SF), Troy Kersten (C) Jerry Polson, Harold Barnhart | |
| 05:30 | Alabama | Joe Hosey clanks a floater from the left wing | 15-26 |
| 05:29 | Louisville | John Clem pulls down the rebound | 15-26 |
| 05:07 | Louisville | John Clem misses long on a jump hook near the basket but he's hacked by Jack Crump - foul #1 on Jack Crump, team foul #11 | 15-26 |
| Subs | Alabama | Raleigh Shorter (PG) John Kelsch | |
| Subs | Louisville | Phillip Slomski (PG) Willie Lewis | |
| 05:07 | Louisville | John Clem misses the 1st free throw | 15-26 |
| 05:07 | Louisville | John Clem misses the 2nd free throw | 15-26 |
| 05:07 | Alabama | Robert Osmond grabs the defensive rebound | 15-26 |
| 04:59 | Alabama | Jack Crump misses short on a floater from the right wing | 15-26 |
| 04:57 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Micheal Hause | 15-26 |
| 04:35 | Louisville | John Clem hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 15-26 |
| 04:33 | Alabama | Jeremiah Hicks pulls down the rebound | 15-26 |
| 04:26 | Alabama | Jack Crump travels with the ball | 15-26 |
| Subs | Alabama | Jamie Shields (SF), Ted Jeffery (PF), Jerry Frances (C) Jack Crump, Joe Hosey, Robert Osmond | |
| Subs | Louisville | Jerry Polson (PG), Harold Barnhart (PF), Howard Hagan (C) Micheal Hause, Curtis Secrist, Troy Kersten | |
| 04:14 | Louisville | Harold Barnhart hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the baseline but he's hacked by Raleigh Shorter - foul #1 on Raleigh Shorter, team foul #12 | 15-26 |
| Subs | Alabama | John Kelsch (SG) Jeremiah Hicks | |
| Subs | Louisville | Willie Lewis (PG) Phillip Slomski | |
| 04:14 | Louisville | Harold Barnhart misses the 1st free throw | 15-26 |
| 04:14 | Louisville | Harold Barnhart makes the 2nd free throw | 15-27 |
| 04:04 | Alabama | Harold Barnhart steps in front of the Jamie Shields pass | 15-27 |
| 03:49 | Louisville | John Kelsch steals the ball from Howard Hagan | 15-27 |
| 03:44 | Alabama | Raleigh Shorter lays it in on a great pass from John Kelsch | 17-27 |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Raleigh Shorter (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - John Kelsch (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jamie Shields (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Ted Jeffery (fresh) C - Jerry Frances (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Willie Lewis (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jerry Polson (fresh) 3 pts. SF - John Clem (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. PF - Harold Barnhart (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Howard Hagan (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 03:29 | Louisville | Jerry Polson's pass is intercepted by Ted Jeffery | 17-27 |
| 03:25 | Alabama | Raleigh Shorter travels with the ball | 17-27 |
| Subs | Alabama | Dennis Bracy (PG), Vaughn Frazier (SF) Raleigh Shorter, Jamie Shields | |
| Subs | Louisville | Micheal Hause (SF), Curtis Secrist (PF) John Clem, Howard Hagan | |
| 03:04 | Louisville | Micheal Hause hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right wing | 17-27 |
| 03:02 | Louisville | Harold Barnhart tips it but misses | 17-27 |
| 03:01 | Louisville | Curtis Secrist tips it back up and in | 17-29 |
| 02:53 | Alabama | Jerry Frances misses the driving attempt from the right block | 17-29 |
| 02:51 | Alabama | Jerry Frances tips it but misses | 17-29 |
| 02:50 | Louisville | Curtis Secrist gets the rebound | 17-29 |
| 02:46 | Louisville | Willie Lewis drills a jumpshot from the right wing on a nice dish by Jerry Polson | 17-31 |
| 02:41 | Alabama | Vaughn Frazier hits the front of the rim on the turnaround in the paint | 17-31 |
| 02:40 | Alabama | Dennis Bracy grabs the offensive board | 17-31 |
| 02:33 | Alabama | Dennis Bracy can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 17-31 |
| 02:32 | Alabama | Jerry Frances tips it in | 19-31 |
| 02:16 | Louisville | Micheal Hause drills a fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Jerry Polson | 19-33 |
| 02:12 | Alabama | John Kelsch loses the ball out of bounds | 19-33 |
| Subs | Alabama | Jeremiah Hicks (SG), Joe Hosey (PF), Robert Osmond (C) John Kelsch, Ted Jeffery, Jerry Frances | |
| Subs | Louisville | Phillip Slomski (PG), John Clem (SF), Howard Hagan (C) Willie Lewis, Jerry Polson, Harold Barnhart | |
| 01:54 | Louisville | Phillip Slomski clanks a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 19-33 |
| 01:52 | Louisville | John Clem can't tip it in | 19-33 |
| 01:51 | Alabama | Robert Osmond snags the defensive board | 19-33 |
| 01:39 | Alabama | Dennis Bracy connects on the 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Joe Hosey | 22-33 |
| 01:18 | Louisville | Curtis Secrist comes up short on the fadeaway from the left wing but the foul's on Dennis Bracy - foul #3 on Dennis Bracy, team foul #13 | 22-33 |
| Subs | Alabama | Raleigh Shorter (PG), Jamie Shields (SF) Dennis Bracy, Vaughn Frazier | |
| Subs | Louisville | Troy Kersten (C) Howard Hagan | |
| 01:18 | Louisville | Curtis Secrist makes the 1st free throw | 22-34 |
| 01:18 | Louisville | Curtis Secrist misses the 2nd free throw | 22-34 |
| 01:18 | Alabama | Robert Osmond pulls down the rebound | 22-34 |
| 01:10 | Alabama | Jamie Shields misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 22-34 |
| 01:08 | Louisville | Micheal Hause gets the rebound | 22-34 |
| 00:54 | Louisville | Micheal Hause misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 22-34 |
| 00:53 | Alabama | Joe Hosey grabs the board | 22-34 |
| 00:38 | Alabama | The jump hook by Jamie Shields is blocked by Troy Kersten | 22-34 |
| 00:37 | Alabama | Jamie Shields tips it home | 24-34 |
| 00:17 | Louisville | John Clem misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 24-34 |
| 00:16 | Alabama | Robert Osmond pulls down the rebound | 24-34 |
| 00:04 | Alabama | Jeremiah Hicks misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 24-34 |
| 00:03 | Louisville | Troy Kersten grabs the board | 24-34 |
| 00:00 | Louisville | Troy Kersten misses badly on a halfcourt shot | 24-34 |