| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Louis Choe (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Gus Duca (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Jimmy Kifer (fresh) 14 pts. 4 reb. PF - Seth Watkins (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Lee Mailloux (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Rodney Heller (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - William Butz (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Arthur Yutzy (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. PF - David Blanchard (fresh) 2 pts. C - Louis Reaves (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Kifer inbounds the ball | 23-26 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:43 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Kifer loses the dribble to Rodney Heller | 23-26 |
| 19:21 | Louisville | Louis Reaves hits the finger roll | 23-28 |
| 18:54 | Cincinnati | Rodney Heller is called for the reach on Louis Choe - foul #1 on Rodney Heller, team foul #1 | 23-28 |
| 18:29 | Cincinnati | Lee Mailloux buries a driving attempt in the lane set up by Jimmy Kifer | 25-28 |
| 18:10 | Louisville | David Blanchard misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Lee Mailloux - foul #1 on Lee Mailloux, team foul #1 | 25-28 |
| 18:10 | Louisville | David Blanchard makes the 1st free throw | 25-29 |
| 18:10 | Louisville | David Blanchard makes the 2nd free throw | 25-30 |
| 17:48 | Cincinnati | Rodney Heller is called for the reach on Lee Mailloux - foul #2 on Rodney Heller, team foul #2 | 25-30 |
| 17:23 | Cincinnati | Seth Watkins hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Louis Choe | 27-30 |
| 16:54 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy hits a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from Rodney Heller | 27-33 |
| 16:36 | Cincinnati | Louis Choe is fouled on the floor by Rodney Heller - foul #3 on Rodney Heller, team foul #3 | 27-33 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Rory Porter (C) Lee Mailloux | |
| Subs | Louisville | Nicholas Randolph (SF) Rodney Heller | |
| 16:09 | Cincinnati | Louis Choe is hacked by Arthur Yutzy - foul #2 on Arthur Yutzy, team foul #4 | 27-33 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Louisville | James Gamble (SG) William Butz | |
| 15:46 | Cincinnati | Gus Duca is hacked by Nicholas Randolph - foul #2 on Nicholas Randolph, team foul #5 | 27-33 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Rodney Heller (PG) Arthur Yutzy | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Louis Choe (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Gus Duca (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Jimmy Kifer (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 4 reb. PF - Seth Watkins (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Rory Porter (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Rodney Heller (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - James Gamble (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Nicholas Randolph (fresh) PF - David Blanchard (fresh) 4 pts. C - Louis Reaves (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:20 | Cincinnati | Seth Watkins makes the jumpshot from the left wing on a great pass from Louis Choe and he's hacked by James Gamble - foul #1 on James Gamble, team foul #6 | 29-33 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Sammie Hudson (PF) David Blanchard | |
| 15:20 | Cincinnati | Seth Watkins makes the free throw | 30-33 |
| 14:54 | Louisville | Louis Reaves works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing but the foul's on Jimmy Kifer - foul #2 on Jimmy Kifer, team foul #2 | 30-33 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Lee Mailloux (C) Rory Porter | |
| Subs | Louisville | William Butz (SG) James Gamble | |
| 14:54 | Louisville | Louis Reaves makes the 1st free throw | 30-34 |
| 14:54 | Louisville | Louis Reaves misses the 2nd free throw | 30-34 |
| 14:54 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Kifer grabs the defensive rebound | 30-34 |
| 14:33 | Cincinnati | Louis Choe drills a jumper from just outside the lane | 32-34 |
| 14:07 | Louisville | Nicholas Randolph's pass is intercepted by Jimmy Kifer | 32-34 |
| 13:47 | Cincinnati | Seth Watkins drills a driving attempt in the paint | 34-34 |
| 13:33 | Louisville | The jump hook by William Butz is blocked by Seth Watkins | 34-34 |
| 13:32 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Seth Watkins | 34-34 |
| 13:13 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Kifer clanks a 3pt attempt from straight away | 34-34 |
| 13:11 | Cincinnati | Seth Watkins grabs the offensive board | 34-34 |
| 12:46 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Kifer scores on a pull-up jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Gus Duca | 36-34 |
| 12:17 | Louisville | Nicholas Randolph clanks a fadeaway from the left side but the foul's on Jimmy Kifer - foul #3 on Jimmy Kifer, team foul #3 | 36-34 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Rory Porter (C) Lee Mailloux | |
| Subs | Louisville | David Blanchard (PF), Leonel Lundin (C) Sammie Hudson, Louis Reaves | |
| 12:17 | Louisville | Nicholas Randolph misses the 1st free throw | 36-34 |
| 12:17 | Louisville | Nicholas Randolph makes the 2nd free throw | 36-35 |
| 11:56 | Cincinnati | Gus Duca makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Louis Choe | 39-35 |
| 11:32 | Louisville | William Butz misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 39-35 |
| 11:31 | Cincinnati | Seth Watkins grabs the board | 39-35 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Louis Choe (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 ast. SG - Gus Duca (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jimmy Kifer (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. PF - Seth Watkins (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 7 reb. C - Rory Porter (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Rodney Heller (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - William Butz (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Nicholas Randolph (fairly fresh) 1 pts. PF - David Blanchard (fresh) 4 pts. C - Leonel Lundin (fresh) | |
| 11:08 | Cincinnati | Louis Choe misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 39-35 |
| 11:07 | Louisville | David Blanchard pulls down the rebound | 39-35 |
| 11:03 | Louisville | William Butz is called for traveling | 39-35 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Curtis Werner (SF) Jimmy Kifer | |
| Subs | Louisville | James Gamble (SG), Arthur Yutzy (SF) William Butz, Nicholas Randolph | |
| 10:47 | Cincinnati | Gus Duca is called for the offensive foul - foul #3 on Gus Duca, team foul #4 | 39-35 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Louis Reaves (C) Leonel Lundin | |
| 10:28 | Louisville | Rodney Heller misses short on an open shot from the free throw line | 39-35 |
| 10:27 | Cincinnati | Rory Porter pulls down the rebound | 39-35 |
| 10:06 | Cincinnati | Gus Duca hits a floater from the baseline and the foul's on Louis Reaves - foul #2 on Louis Reaves, team foul #7 | 41-35 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Lee Mailloux (C) Seth Watkins | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 10:06 | Cincinnati | Gus Duca makes the free throw | 42-35 |
| 09:38 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 42-35 |
| 09:37 | Louisville | Louis Reaves pulls down the offensive rebound | 42-35 |
| 09:25 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 42-35 |
| 09:23 | Cincinnati | Lee Mailloux pulls down the rebound | 42-35 |
| 08:56 | Cincinnati | Rory Porter double dribbles | 42-35 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | John Trump (PG), Jimmy Kifer (SF) Louis Choe, Gus Duca | |
| Subs | Louisville | William Butz (SG) James Gamble | |
| 08:37 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy hits a 3 from the left corner set up by Rodney Heller | 42-38 |
| 08:19 | Cincinnati | Arthur Yutzy steps in front of the Jimmy Kifer pass | 42-38 |
| 07:56 | Louisville | Lee Mailloux swats the dunk try by Rodney Heller | 42-38 |
| 07:54 | Louisville | William Butz can't tip it in | 42-38 |
| 07:52 | Cincinnati | Lee Mailloux snags the defensive board | 42-38 |
| 07:31 | Cincinnati | Arthur Yutzy steals it from Rory Porter | 42-38 |
| 07:28 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy lays it in | 42-40 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - John Trump (fresh) SG - Curtis Werner (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Jimmy Kifer (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. PF - Rory Porter (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Lee Mailloux (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Rodney Heller (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - William Butz (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Arthur Yutzy (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. PF - David Blanchard (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Louis Reaves (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:10 | Cincinnati | Lee Mailloux drills a floater from the left wing | 44-40 |
| 06:46 | Louisville | Lee Mailloux swats the short shot by Louis Reaves | 44-40 |
| 06:45 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy tips it back up and in | 44-42 |
| 06:25 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Kifer hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 44-42 |
| 06:23 | Louisville | Louis Reaves gets the rebound | 44-42 |
| 05:58 | Louisville | The pull-up jumper by Rodney Heller is blocked by Lee Mailloux | 44-42 |
| 05:57 | Louisville | David Blanchard hits the follow up shot | 44-44 |
| 05:57 | Cincinnati | Cincinnati calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 44-44 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Louis Choe (PG), Gus Duca (SG), Seth Watkins (PF) John Trump, Curtis Werner, Lee Mailloux | |
| Subs | Louisville | Nicholas Randolph (SF) Rodney Heller | |
| 05:43 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Kifer comes up short on the jumper from the left side | 44-44 |
| 05:42 | Louisville | Louis Reaves pulls down the rebound | 44-44 |
| 05:23 | Louisville | Louis Reaves is fouled on the floor by Rory Porter - foul #1 on Rory Porter, team foul #5 | 44-44 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Lee Mailloux (C) Rory Porter | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 05:03 | Louisville | Louis Reaves blows the layup over the doubleteam but he's fouled by Seth Watkins - foul #1 on Seth Watkins, team foul #6 | 44-44 |
| 05:03 | Louisville | Louis Reaves makes the 1st free throw | 44-45 |
| 05:03 | Louisville | Louis Reaves makes the 2nd free throw | 44-46 |
| 04:42 | Cincinnati | Seth Watkins hits the finger roll on a great pass from Gus Duca and the foul's on David Blanchard - foul #2 on David Blanchard, team foul #8 | 46-46 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Rodney Heller (PG) Nicholas Randolph | |
| 04:42 | Cincinnati | Seth Watkins misses the free throw | 46-46 |
| 04:42 | Louisville | Louis Reaves grabs the board | 46-46 |
| 04:13 | Louisville | Louis Reaves hits a shot from the baseline | 46-48 |
| 03:49 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Kifer is called for a charge - foul #4 on Jimmy Kifer, team foul #7 | 46-48 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Curtis Werner (SF), Rory Porter (C) Jimmy Kifer, Lee Mailloux | |
| Subs | Louisville | Nicholas Randolph (SF), Sammie Hudson (PF) Arthur Yutzy, David Blanchard | |
| 03:27 | Louisville | Rodney Heller loses the dribble to Gus Duca | 46-48 |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Louis Choe (fresh) 2 pts. 5 ast. SG - Gus Duca (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - Curtis Werner (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Seth Watkins (fresh) 14 pts. 7 reb. C - Rory Porter (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Rodney Heller (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - William Butz (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Nicholas Randolph (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Sammie Hudson (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Louis Reaves (fresh) 9 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 02:58 | Cincinnati | Seth Watkins clanks a jumper from the left wing | 46-48 |
| 02:57 | Cincinnati | Curtis Werner grabs the offensive board | 46-48 |
| 02:57 | Cincinnati | Cincinnati calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 46-48 |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Jimmy Kifer (SF), Lee Mailloux (C) Curtis Werner, Rory Porter | |
| Subs | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy (SF), David Blanchard (PF) Nicholas Randolph, Sammie Hudson | |
| 02:37 | Cincinnati | Gus Duca comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 46-48 |
| 02:35 | Louisville | David Blanchard snags the defensive board | 46-48 |
| 02:13 | Louisville | David Blanchard misses badly on a fadeaway from the right wing | 46-48 |
| 02:11 | Cincinnati | Seth Watkins grabs the defensive rebound | 46-48 |
| 01:44 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Kifer connects on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Louis Choe | 48-48 |
| 01:22 | Louisville | David Blanchard misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 48-48 |
| 01:20 | Cincinnati | Seth Watkins gets the rebound | 48-48 |
| 01:16 | Cincinnati | Louis Choe is hacked by Rodney Heller in the backcourt - foul #4 on Rodney Heller, team foul #9 | 48-48 |
| 01:16 | Cincinnati | Louis Choe makes the 1st free throw | 49-48 |
| 01:16 | Cincinnati | Louis Choe makes the 2nd free throw | 50-48 |
| 00:48 | Louisville | William Butz connects on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 50-51 |
| 00:27 | Cincinnati | David Blanchard steps in front of the Jimmy Kifer pass | 50-51 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:26 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy is hacked by Louis Choe in the backcourt - foul #3 on Louis Choe, team foul #8 | 50-51 |
| 00:26 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy makes the 1st free throw | 50-52 |
| 00:26 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy makes the 2nd free throw | 50-53 |
| 00:17 | Cincinnati | Gus Duca can't connect on a floater from the right side | 50-53 |
| 00:15 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Kifer pulls down the offensive rebound | 50-53 |
| 00:09 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Kifer misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 50-53 |
| 00:08 | Louisville | Louis Reaves snags the defensive board | 50-53 |
| 00:06 | Louisville | Louis Reaves is fouled in the backcourt by Louis Choe - foul #4 on Louis Choe, team foul #9 | 50-53 |
| 00:06 | Louisville | Louis Reaves makes the 1st free throw | 50-54 |
| 00:06 | Louisville | Louis Reaves makes the 2nd free throw | 50-55 |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:00 | Cincinnati | Gus Duca misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 50-55 |