| Lineup | Kansas | PG - Dean Graig (fresh) 4 pts. 5 ast. SG - Kontar Abdur (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SF - Trevor Godbey (fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. PF - Donald Weeks (fresh) 17 pts. 4 reb. C - Marvin Addison (fresh) 6 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Dennis David (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Cecil Lawhon (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SF - Gary Ferguson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Joseph Horn (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Matthew Nickols (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Kansas | Trevor Godbey inbounds the ball | 28-24 |
| Game Plan | Kansas | Kansas is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:35 | Kansas | Donald Weeks comes up short on the runner in the lane | 28-24 |
| 19:33 | Rice | Gary Ferguson grabs the board | 28-24 |
| 19:07 | Rice | Cecil Lawhon is fouled on the floor by Kontar Abdur - foul #1 on Kontar Abdur, team foul #1 | 28-24 |
| 18:49 | Rice | Cecil Lawhon hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 28-24 |
| 18:48 | Rice | Matthew Nickols tips it home | 28-26 |
| 18:19 | Kansas | Trevor Godbey drills a 3 pointer from the left wing set up by Dean Graig | 31-26 |
| 18:04 | Rice | Joseph Horn comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing but the foul's on Donald Weeks - foul #1 on Donald Weeks, team foul #2 | 31-26 |
| 18:04 | Rice | Joseph Horn makes the 1st free throw | 31-27 |
| 18:04 | Rice | Joseph Horn misses the 2nd free throw | 31-27 |
| 18:04 | Kansas | Donald Weeks pulls down the rebound | 31-27 |
| 17:41 | Kansas | Donald Weeks comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left side but the foul's on Matthew Nickols - foul #2 on Matthew Nickols, team foul #1 | 31-27 |
| 17:41 | Kansas | Donald Weeks makes the 1st free throw | 32-27 |
| 17:41 | Kansas | Donald Weeks makes the 2nd free throw | 33-27 |
| 17:27 | Rice | Gary Ferguson can't connect on a shot from the right side but he's fouled by Dean Graig - foul #1 on Dean Graig, team foul #3 | 33-27 |
| 17:27 | Rice | Gary Ferguson makes the 1st free throw | 33-28 |
| 17:27 | Rice | Gary Ferguson makes the 2nd free throw | 33-29 |
| 17:10 | Kansas | Trevor Godbey misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 33-29 |
| 17:08 | Kansas | Trevor Godbey pulls down the offensive rebound | 33-29 |
| 16:52 | Kansas | Trevor Godbey connects on the jumper from the left wing | 35-29 |
| 16:36 | Rice | Matthew Nickols makes the pull-up jumper from the right wing set up by Gary Ferguson | 35-31 |
| 16:07 | Kansas | Trevor Godbey comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 35-31 |
| 16:05 | Rice | Gary Ferguson grabs the board | 35-31 |
| 15:49 | Rice | Gary Ferguson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 35-31 |
| Subs | Kansas | Steven Clark (PG), James Smith (PF) Dean Graig, Donald Weeks | |
| Subs | Rice | Charles Brown (PG), Eric Lam (SG), Joseph Matheson (SF), Paul Polston (PF), Chris Campbell (C) Dennis David, Cecil Lawhon, Gary Ferguson, Joseph Horn, Matthew Nickols | |
| Lineup | Kansas | PG - Steven Clark (fresh) SG - Kontar Abdur (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SF - Trevor Godbey (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 pf. PF - James Smith (fresh) 3 reb. C - Marvin Addison (fairly fresh) 6 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Charles Brown (fresh) SG - Eric Lam (fresh) SF - Joseph Matheson (fresh) PF - Paul Polston (fresh) 6 pts. C - Chris Campbell (fresh) | |
| 15:28 | Kansas | Charles Brown steps in front of the Kontar Abdur pass | 35-31 |
| 15:15 | Rice | Eric Lam connects on the jumpshot from the left side | 35-33 |
| 14:57 | Kansas | Trevor Godbey misses short on a fadeaway from the free throw line but the foul's on Joseph Matheson - foul #1 on Joseph Matheson, team foul #2 | 35-33 |
| 14:57 | Kansas | Trevor Godbey misses the 1st free throw | 35-33 |
| 14:57 | Kansas | Trevor Godbey misses the 2nd free throw | 35-33 |
| 14:57 | Rice | Paul Polston grabs the defensive rebound | 35-33 |
| 14:38 | Rice | Paul Polston loses the ball out of bounds | 35-33 |
| Subs | Kansas | | |
| Subs | Rice | Dennis David (PG) Charles Brown | |
| 14:14 | Kansas | Dennis David steps in front of the Steven Clark pass | 35-33 |
| 14:11 | Rice | Dennis David lays it up and in | 35-35 |
| 13:49 | Kansas | James Smith misses the floater in the paint | 35-35 |
| 13:48 | Rice | Joseph Matheson gets the rebound | 35-35 |
| 13:42 | Rice | Eric Lam misses badly on a jumper from the left side | 35-35 |
| 13:41 | Kansas | James Smith grabs the defensive rebound | 35-35 |
| 13:37 | Kansas | Trevor Godbey misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 35-35 |
| 13:36 | Kansas | Steven Clark hits the follow up shot | 37-35 |
| 13:21 | Rice | Chris Campbell hits the finger roll on a great pass from Eric Lam and he's fouled by James Smith - foul #1 on James Smith, team foul #4 | 37-37 |
| Subs | Kansas | Dean Graig (PG), Donald Weeks (PF) Steven Clark, Marvin Addison | |
| Subs | Rice | Cecil Lawhon (SG), Gary Ferguson (SF), Joseph Horn (PF) Eric Lam, Joseph Matheson, Paul Polston | |
| 13:21 | Rice | Chris Campbell makes the free throw | 37-38 |
| 12:57 | Kansas | Dean Graig drills a floater in the lane and he's fouled by Dennis David - foul #1 on Dennis David, team foul #3 | 39-38 |
| Subs | Kansas | Tom Borum (SF), Enoch Widerski (C) Trevor Godbey, James Smith | |
| Subs | Rice | Charles Brown (PG), Matthew Nickols (C) Dennis David, Chris Campbell | |
| 12:57 | Kansas | Dean Graig misses the free throw | 39-38 |
| 12:57 | Rice | Cecil Lawhon grabs the board | 39-38 |
| 12:37 | Rice | Gary Ferguson lays it in on a nice dish by Charles Brown | 39-40 |
| 12:14 | Kansas | Dean Graig banks in the layup on a nice dish by Tom Borum | 41-40 |
| 11:54 | Rice | Charles Brown comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 41-40 |
| 11:52 | Kansas | Donald Weeks grabs the defensive rebound | 41-40 |
| Lineup | Kansas | PG - Dean Graig (fresh) 8 pts. 6 ast. SG - Kontar Abdur (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SF - Tom Borum (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Donald Weeks (fresh) 19 pts. 6 reb. C - Enoch Widerski (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Charles Brown (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Cecil Lawhon (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SF - Gary Ferguson (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. PF - Joseph Horn (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Matthew Nickols (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:25 | Kansas | Dean Graig is hacked by Matthew Nickols - foul #3 on Matthew Nickols, team foul #4 | 41-40 |
| Subs | Kansas | Steven Clark (SG), Trevor Godbey (SF), Marvin Addison (C) Kontar Abdur, Tom Borum, Enoch Widerski | |
| Subs | Rice | Dennis David (PG) Charles Brown | |
| 11:06 | Kansas | Donald Weeks lays it in on a nice dish by Steven Clark | 43-40 |
| 10:37 | Rice | Joseph Horn misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 43-40 |
| 10:35 | Kansas | Marvin Addison pulls down the rebound | 43-40 |
| 10:09 | Kansas | Trevor Godbey makes the 3pt shot from the left corner | 46-40 |
| 09:49 | Rice | Matthew Nickols misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Marvin Addison - foul #2 on Marvin Addison, team foul #5 | 46-40 |
| Subs | Kansas | Kontar Abdur (SG), James Smith (PF) Dean Graig, Donald Weeks | |
| Subs | Rice | Paul Polston (SG), Joseph Matheson (SF), Chris Campbell (PF) Cecil Lawhon, Gary Ferguson, Joseph Horn | |
| 09:49 | Rice | Matthew Nickols misses the 1st free throw | 46-40 |
| 09:49 | Rice | Matthew Nickols makes the 2nd free throw | 46-41 |
| 09:33 | Kansas | James Smith misses badly on a floater from the left wing | 46-41 |
| 09:31 | Kansas | Marvin Addison snags the offensive board | 46-41 |
| 09:11 | Kansas | Steven Clark buries a jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Kontar Abdur | 48-41 |
| 08:55 | Rice | Marvin Addison steals it from Dennis David | 48-41 |
| 08:39 | Kansas | Chris Campbell is called for the reach on Steven Clark - foul #3 on Chris Campbell, team foul #5 | 48-41 |
| Subs | Kansas | Tom Borum (SF), Donald Weeks (PF) Trevor Godbey, Marvin Addison | |
| Subs | Rice | Eric Lam (SG), Gary Ferguson (SF) Joseph Matheson, Matthew Nickols | |
| 08:24 | Kansas | Tom Borum is hacked by Dennis David - foul #2 on Dennis David, team foul #6 | 48-41 |
| Subs | Kansas | Dean Graig (PG) Steven Clark | |
| Subs | Rice | Cecil Lawhon (SG) Eric Lam | |
| 08:03 | Kansas | Donald Weeks can't connect on a runner from the left block | 48-41 |
| 08:01 | Kansas | Kontar Abdur hits the follow up shot | 50-41 |
| 07:41 | Rice | Dennis David steps out of bounds on the sideline | 50-41 |
| Subs | Kansas | | |
| Subs | Rice | Charles Brown (PG), Joseph Horn (PF) Dennis David, Paul Polston | |
| Lineup | Kansas | PG - Dean Graig (fresh) 8 pts. 6 ast. SG - Kontar Abdur (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. SF - Tom Borum (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Donald Weeks (fresh) 21 pts. 6 reb. C - James Smith (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Charles Brown (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Cecil Lawhon (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SF - Gary Ferguson (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. PF - Joseph Horn (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Chris Campbell (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. | |
| 07:19 | Kansas | Dean Graig misses short on a floater from the right side | 50-41 |
| 07:17 | Rice | Chris Campbell gets the rebound | 50-41 |
| 07:09 | Rice | Cecil Lawhon misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 50-41 |
| 07:07 | Kansas | Dean Graig grabs the defensive rebound | 50-41 |
| 06:49 | Kansas | Dean Graig misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 50-41 |
| 06:48 | Rice | Gary Ferguson gets the rebound | 50-41 |
| 06:42 | Rice | Dean Graig takes the ball from Joseph Horn | 50-41 |
| 06:21 | Kansas | James Smith drills a driving attempt from close range on a nice dish by Tom Borum and he's fouled by Gary Ferguson - foul #2 on Gary Ferguson, team foul #7 | 52-41 |
| Subs | Kansas | Steven Clark (PG), Trevor Godbey (SF), Marvin Addison (C) Dean Graig, Tom Borum, Donald Weeks | |
| Subs | Rice | Dennis David (PG), Paul Polston (SG), Joseph Matheson (SF), Matthew Nickols (C) Charles Brown, Cecil Lawhon, Gary Ferguson, Chris Campbell | |
| 06:21 | Kansas | James Smith makes the free throw | 53-41 |
| 05:57 | Rice | Marvin Addison blocks the short jumper by Paul Polston | 53-41 |
| 05:55 | Kansas | The rebound goes to James Smith | 53-41 |
| 05:44 | Kansas | Trevor Godbey can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 53-41 |
| 05:43 | Kansas | Marvin Addison tips it but misses | 53-41 |
| 05:42 | Kansas | James Smith snags the offensive board | 53-41 |
| 05:25 | Kansas | Steven Clark misses short on a fadeaway from the right side but he's hacked by Dennis David - foul #3 on Dennis David, team foul #8 | 53-41 |
| Subs | Kansas | Tom Borum (SG), Enoch Widerski (PF) Kontar Abdur, James Smith | |
| Subs | Rice | Eric Lam (SG) Joseph Horn | |
| 05:25 | Kansas | Steven Clark makes the 1st free throw | 54-41 |
| 05:25 | Kansas | Steven Clark makes the 2nd free throw | 55-41 |
| Game Plan | Kansas | Kansas is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 05:10 | Rice | Eric Lam buries a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 55-44 |
| 04:53 | Kansas | Steven Clark buries a floater near the basket set up by Trevor Godbey | 57-44 |
| 04:44 | Rice | Enoch Widerski steps in front of the Eric Lam pass | 57-44 |
| 04:25 | Kansas | Trevor Godbey misses long on a floater from the right side | 57-44 |
| 04:23 | Rice | Joseph Matheson pulls down the rebound | 57-44 |
| 04:19 | Rice | Rice calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 57-44 |
| Subs | Kansas | Dean Graig (PG), Kontar Abdur (SG), Donald Weeks (PF) Steven Clark, Tom Borum, Enoch Widerski | |
| Subs | Rice | Cecil Lawhon (SG), Gary Ferguson (SF), Joseph Horn (PF) Eric Lam, Joseph Matheson, Paul Polston | |
| 04:06 | Rice | Gary Ferguson hits a jump hook in the lane | 57-46 |
| 03:53 | Kansas | Matthew Nickols is called for the reach on Dean Graig - foul #4 on Matthew Nickols, team foul #9 | 57-46 |
| 03:53 | Kansas | Dean Graig makes the 1st free throw | 58-46 |
| 03:53 | Kansas | Dean Graig makes the 2nd free throw | 59-46 |
| 03:43 | Rice | Joseph Horn misses short on a driving attempt from close range but the foul's on Trevor Godbey - foul #4 on Trevor Godbey, team foul #6 | 59-46 |
| 03:43 | Rice | Joseph Horn makes the 1st free throw | 59-47 |
| 03:43 | Rice | Joseph Horn makes the 2nd free throw | 59-48 |
| Game Plan | Kansas | Kansas is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Lineup | Kansas | PG - Dean Graig (fresh) 10 pts. 6 ast. SG - Kontar Abdur (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. SF - Trevor Godbey (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. PF - Donald Weeks (fresh) 21 pts. 6 reb. C - Marvin Addison (fairly fresh) 9 reb. 2 blk. 3 stl. | |
| Lineup | Rice | PG - Dennis David (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Cecil Lawhon (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SF - Gary Ferguson (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. PF - Joseph Horn (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Matthew Nickols (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 03:14 | Kansas | Dean Graig loses the dribble to Dennis David | 59-48 |
| 03:01 | Rice | Joseph Horn hits the front of the rim on the floater from the free throw line | 59-48 |
| 02:59 | Kansas | Marvin Addison snags the defensive board | 59-48 |
| 02:43 | Kansas | Gary Ferguson is called for the reach on Trevor Godbey - foul #3 on Gary Ferguson, team foul #10 | 59-48 |
| Subs | Kansas | | |
| Subs | Rice | Charles Brown (PG), Eric Lam (SG), Joseph Matheson (SF), Paul Polston (PF), Chris Campbell (C) Dennis David, Cecil Lawhon, Gary Ferguson, Joseph Horn, Matthew Nickols | |
| 02:43 | Kansas | Trevor Godbey makes the 1st free throw | 60-48 |
| 02:43 | Kansas | Trevor Godbey makes the 2nd free throw | 61-48 |
| 02:26 | Rice | Charles Brown hits a 3 from the right wing | 61-51 |
| 02:06 | Kansas | Kontar Abdur is fouled on the floor by Chris Campbell - foul #4 on Chris Campbell, team foul #11 | 61-51 |
| 02:06 | Kansas | Kontar Abdur makes the 1st free throw | 62-51 |
| 02:06 | Kansas | Kontar Abdur makes the 2nd free throw | 63-51 |
| 01:55 | Rice | Paul Polston misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Kontar Abdur - foul #2 on Kontar Abdur, team foul #7 | 63-51 |
| 01:55 | Rice | Paul Polston makes the 1st free throw | 63-52 |
| 01:55 | Rice | Paul Polston misses the 2nd free throw | 63-52 |
| 01:55 | Kansas | Donald Weeks gets the rebound | 63-52 |
| 01:26 | Kansas | Marvin Addison's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 63-52 |
| 01:15 | Rice | Eric Lam scores on a 3pt jumper from straight away on a nice dish by Joseph Matheson | 63-55 |
| 00:49 | Kansas | Trevor Godbey knocks in the 3 from the left corner | 66-55 |
| Game Plan | Kansas | Kansas is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:42 | Rice | Paul Polston's floater is knocked away by Marvin Addison | 66-55 |
| 00:40 | Kansas | Trevor Godbey gets the rebound | 66-55 |
| Game Plan | Kansas | Kansas is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Rice | Rice is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:13 | Kansas | Kontar Abdur is fouled on the floor by Eric Lam - foul #1 on Eric Lam, team foul #12 | 66-55 |
| 00:13 | Kansas | Kontar Abdur makes the 1st free throw | 67-55 |
| 00:13 | Kansas | Kontar Abdur misses the 2nd free throw | 67-55 |
| 00:13 | Kansas | Donald Weeks gets the offensive rebound | 67-55 |
| 00:00 | Kansas | Dean Graig runs out the clock | 67-55 |