| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Richard Sheets (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Toney Dumas (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Clifford Jacobs (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Paul Pierce (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Christopher Freudenberg (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Scott Blackwell (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Lloyd Guillen (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jacob Miller (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Phillip Dean (fresh) 6 pts. C - David White (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Clifford Jacobs inbounds the ball | 27-23 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| 19:32 | Louisville | Clifford Jacobs's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 27-23 |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Marinelli (PG), Rafael Ayala (C) Richard Sheets, Christopher Freudenberg | |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| 19:04 | Illinois | David White misses short on a runner near the basket | 27-23 |
| 19:02 | Illinois | David White gets the offensive rebound | 27-23 |
| 18:40 | Illinois | Paul Pierce takes the ball from Scott Blackwell | 27-23 |
| 18:11 | Louisville | Toney Dumas's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 27-23 |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Sheets (PG), Joseph Nesbitt (SF) Timothy Marinelli, Clifford Jacobs | |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| 17:54 | Illinois | Jacob Miller buries a driving attempt in the lane | 27-25 |
| 17:35 | Louisville | Jacob Miller is called for the reach on Joseph Nesbitt - foul #3 on Jacob Miller, team foul #1 | 27-25 |
| Subs | Louisville | Clifford Jacobs (SF), Christopher Freudenberg (C) Joseph Nesbitt, Paul Pierce | |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| 17:21 | Louisville | Richard Sheets clanks a turnaround from the baseline but the foul's on Lloyd Guillen - foul #2 on Lloyd Guillen, team foul #2 | 27-25 |
| Subs | Louisville | Paul Pierce (PF) Rafael Ayala | |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| 17:21 | Louisville | Richard Sheets misses the 1st free throw | 27-25 |
| 17:21 | Louisville | Richard Sheets misses the 2nd free throw | 27-25 |
| 17:21 | Illinois | The rebound goes to David White | 27-25 |
| 16:57 | Illinois | Phillip Dean misses long on a driving attempt from close range | 27-25 |
| 16:55 | Louisville | Clifford Jacobs grabs the board | 27-25 |
| 16:53 | Louisville | Jacob Miller steals it from Toney Dumas in the backcourt | 27-25 |
| 16:51 | Illinois | Scott Blackwell slams it home set up by Jacob Miller | 27-27 |
| 16:44 | Louisville | David White takes the ball from Toney Dumas | 27-27 |
| 16:20 | Illinois | David White misses the runner near the basket but he's fouled by Toney Dumas - foul #3 on Toney Dumas, team foul #1 | 27-27 |
| Subs | Louisville | Michael Moore (SG), Joseph Nesbitt (SF), Rafael Ayala (C) Toney Dumas, Clifford Jacobs, Christopher Freudenberg | |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| 16:20 | Illinois | David White misses the 1st free throw | 27-27 |
| 16:20 | Illinois | David White makes the 2nd free throw | 27-28 |
| 16:08 | Louisville | Joseph Nesbitt misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 27-28 |
| 16:07 | Illinois | David White grabs the defensive rebound | 27-28 |
| 15:38 | Illinois | Scott Blackwell is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 27-28 |
| 15:37 | Louisville | Rafael Ayala grabs the defensive rebound | 27-28 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Richard Sheets (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Moore (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Joseph Nesbitt (fresh) PF - Paul Pierce (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Rafael Ayala (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Scott Blackwell (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Lloyd Guillen (tiring) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jacob Miller (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Phillip Dean (fairly fresh) 6 pts. C - David White (tiring) 3 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 15:23 | Louisville | Paul Pierce is fouled on the floor by Scott Blackwell - foul #1 on Scott Blackwell, team foul #3 | 27-28 |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Marinelli (PG), Toney Dumas (SG), Clifford Jacobs (SF), Christopher Freudenberg (C) Richard Sheets, Michael Moore, Joseph Nesbitt, Paul Pierce | |
| Subs | Illinois | Jeffrey Craig (PG), Harry Timmons (SG), Joseph Pearce (C) Scott Blackwell, Lloyd Guillen, David White | |
| 15:03 | Louisville | Toney Dumas hits the front of the rim on the turnaround in the paint but the foul's on Jacob Miller - foul #4 on Jacob Miller, team foul #4 | 27-28 |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Sheets (PG), Joseph Nesbitt (SF), Paul Pierce (PF) Timothy Marinelli, Clifford Jacobs, Rafael Ayala | |
| Subs | Illinois | Trevor Finley (SF), Ralph Hylton (PF) Jacob Miller, Phillip Dean | |
| 15:03 | Louisville | Toney Dumas makes the 1st free throw | 28-28 |
| 15:03 | Louisville | Toney Dumas makes the 2nd free throw | 29-28 |
| 14:45 | Illinois | Richard Sheets steals it from Ralph Hylton | 29-28 |
| 14:41 | Louisville | Richard Sheets jams it | 31-28 |
| 14:15 | Illinois | Jeffrey Craig is fouled on the floor by Richard Sheets - foul #1 on Richard Sheets, team foul #2 | 31-28 |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Marinelli (PG), Clifford Jacobs (SF), Rafael Ayala (C) Richard Sheets, Joseph Nesbitt, Christopher Freudenberg | |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| 14:02 | Illinois | Clifford Jacobs takes the ball from Harry Timmons | 31-28 |
| 13:35 | Louisville | Paul Pierce misses short on a shot in the lane | 31-28 |
| 13:33 | Louisville | The offensive rebound goes to Paul Pierce | 31-28 |
| 13:09 | Louisville | Rafael Ayala connects on the runner from the left block set up by Toney Dumas and the foul's on Joseph Pearce - foul #3 on Joseph Pearce, team foul #5 | 33-28 |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Sheets (PG), Joseph Nesbitt (SF), Christopher Freudenberg (C) Timothy Marinelli, Clifford Jacobs, Paul Pierce | |
| Subs | Illinois | Scott Blackwell (PG), Lloyd Guillen (SG), Jacob Miller (SF), Phillip Dean (PF), David White (C) Jeffrey Craig, Harry Timmons, Trevor Finley, Ralph Hylton, Joseph Pearce | |
| 13:09 | Louisville | Rafael Ayala makes the free throw | 34-28 |
| 12:47 | Illinois | Jacob Miller knocks in the driving attempt from the left block | 34-30 |
| 12:21 | Louisville | Richard Sheets is whistled for a carry | 34-30 |
| Subs | Louisville | Michael Moore (SG), Clifford Jacobs (SF), Paul Pierce (PF) Toney Dumas, Joseph Nesbitt, Rafael Ayala | |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| 11:55 | Illinois | Phillip Dean is open and buries a floater from the baseline set up by Scott Blackwell | 34-32 |
| 11:37 | Louisville | Richard Sheets comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 34-32 |
| 11:35 | Louisville | The offensive rebound goes to Clifford Jacobs | 34-32 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Richard Sheets (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Michael Moore (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Clifford Jacobs (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Paul Pierce (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Christopher Freudenberg (fairly fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Scott Blackwell (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Lloyd Guillen (tiring) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jacob Miller (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 4 pf. PF - Phillip Dean (fairly fresh) 8 pts. C - David White (tiring) 3 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 11:22 | Louisville | Paul Pierce lays it up and in | 36-32 |
| 10:53 | Illinois | Scott Blackwell clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 36-32 |
| 10:51 | Louisville | Clifford Jacobs grabs the defensive rebound | 36-32 |
| 10:49 | Louisville | Scott Blackwell is called for the reach on Richard Sheets in the backcourt - foul #2 on Scott Blackwell, team foul #6 | 36-32 |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Marinelli (PG), Toney Dumas (SG), Joseph Nesbitt (SF), Rafael Ayala (C) Richard Sheets, Michael Moore, Clifford Jacobs, Christopher Freudenberg | |
| Subs | Illinois | Jeffrey Craig (PG), Harry Timmons (SG), Ralph Hylton (PF), Joseph Pearce (C) Scott Blackwell, Lloyd Guillen, Phillip Dean, David White | |
| 10:36 | Louisville | Jacob Miller is called for the reach on Joseph Nesbitt - foul #5 on Jacob Miller, team foul #7 | 36-32 |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Sheets (PG) Timothy Marinelli | |
| Subs | Illinois | Trevor Finley (SF) Jacob Miller | |
| 10:36 | Louisville | Joseph Nesbitt makes the 1st free throw | 37-32 |
| 10:36 | Louisville | Joseph Nesbitt makes the 2nd free throw | 38-32 |
| 10:07 | Illinois | Jeffrey Craig misses the shot from the free throw line | 38-32 |
| 10:05 | Louisville | Joseph Nesbitt grabs the defensive rebound | 38-32 |
| 09:47 | Louisville | Richard Sheets misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 38-32 |
| 09:46 | Louisville | Toney Dumas can't tip it in | 38-32 |
| 09:44 | Illinois | Joseph Pearce gets the rebound | 38-32 |
| 09:26 | Illinois | Harry Timmons drills a 3 from straight away set up by Trevor Finley | 38-35 |
| 09:21 | Louisville | Richard Sheets is open but comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 38-35 |
| 09:19 | Illinois | Joseph Pearce pulls down the rebound | 38-35 |
| 08:57 | Illinois | Joseph Pearce misses the lay-in but the foul's on Rafael Ayala - foul #2 on Rafael Ayala, team foul #3 | 38-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Marinelli (PG), Michael Moore (SG), Clifford Jacobs (SF), Kevin Kemp (PF), Christopher Freudenberg (C) Richard Sheets, Toney Dumas, Joseph Nesbitt, Paul Pierce, Rafael Ayala | |
| Subs | Illinois | Scott Blackwell (SF), Phillip Dean (PF) Trevor Finley, Ralph Hylton | |
| 08:57 | Illinois | Joseph Pearce misses the 1st free throw | 38-35 |
| 08:57 | Illinois | Joseph Pearce misses the 2nd free throw | 38-35 |
| 08:57 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Christopher Freudenberg | 38-35 |
| 08:35 | Louisville | Christopher Freudenberg misses the easy layup | 38-35 |
| 08:33 | Illinois | Joseph Pearce pulls down the rebound | 38-35 |
| 08:31 | Illinois | Michael Moore is called for the reach on Jeffrey Craig in the backcourt - foul #2 on Michael Moore, team foul #4 | 38-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | Toney Dumas (SG), Paul Pierce (PF) Michael Moore, Kevin Kemp | |
| Subs | Illinois | David White (SF) Jeffrey Craig | |
| 08:12 | Illinois | Phillip Dean can't connect on a floater from the right block but he's fouled by Toney Dumas - foul #4 on Toney Dumas, team foul #5 | 38-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Sheets (PG), Michael Moore (SG) Timothy Marinelli, Toney Dumas | |
| Subs | Illinois | Lloyd Guillen (SG) Harry Timmons | |
| 08:12 | Illinois | Phillip Dean makes the 1st free throw | 38-36 |
| 08:12 | Illinois | Phillip Dean makes the 2nd free throw | 38-37 |
| 07:45 | Louisville | Paul Pierce lays it in on a nice dish by Richard Sheets | 40-37 |
| 07:20 | Illinois | Joseph Pearce throws a bad pass out of bounds | 40-37 |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Marinelli (PG), Toney Dumas (SG), Joseph Nesbitt (SF), Rafael Ayala (PF), Kevin Kemp (C) Richard Sheets, Michael Moore, Clifford Jacobs, Paul Pierce, Christopher Freudenberg | |
| Subs | Illinois | Jeffrey Craig (PG) Scott Blackwell | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Marinelli (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Toney Dumas (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. SF - Joseph Nesbitt (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Rafael Ayala (tiring) 7 pts. 6 reb. C - Kevin Kemp (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Jeffrey Craig (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Lloyd Guillen (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - David White (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. PF - Phillip Dean (fairly fresh) 10 pts. C - Joseph Pearce (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:00 | Louisville | Rafael Ayala misses short on an open jump hook from the baseline | 40-37 |
| 06:58 | Illinois | David White snags the defensive board | 40-37 |
| 06:29 | Illinois | Joseph Nesbitt steps in front of the Joseph Pearce pass | 40-37 |
| 06:08 | Louisville | Joseph Nesbitt misses long on a floater from the left side | 40-37 |
| 06:07 | Louisville | Kevin Kemp hits the follow up shot | 42-37 |
| 05:43 | Illinois | David White misses short on a floater from the left wing | 42-37 |
| 05:42 | Illinois | Joseph Pearce grabs the offensive rebound | 42-37 |
| 05:29 | Illinois | Jeffrey Craig misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Timothy Marinelli - foul #1 on Timothy Marinelli, team foul #6 | 42-37 |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Sheets (PG), Michael Moore (SG), Clifford Jacobs (SF), Paul Pierce (PF), Christopher Freudenberg (C) Timothy Marinelli, Toney Dumas, Joseph Nesbitt, Rafael Ayala, Kevin Kemp | |
| Subs | Illinois | Harry Timmons (SG), Scott Blackwell (SF), Ralph Hylton (PF) Lloyd Guillen, Phillip Dean, Joseph Pearce | |
| 05:29 | Illinois | Jeffrey Craig misses the 1st free throw | 42-37 |
| 05:29 | Illinois | Jeffrey Craig makes the 2nd free throw | 42-38 |
| 05:08 | Louisville | Clifford Jacobs misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 42-38 |
| 05:06 | Illinois | Harry Timmons grabs the defensive rebound | 42-38 |
| 04:49 | Illinois | David White banks in the layup on a nice dish by Ralph Hylton | 42-40 |
| 04:47 | Louisville | Michael Moore is fouled in the backcourt by Jeffrey Craig - foul #2 on Jeffrey Craig, team foul #8 | 42-40 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Illinois | Trevor Finley (SF) Jeffrey Craig | |
| 04:47 | Louisville | Michael Moore makes the 1st free throw | 43-40 |
| 04:47 | Louisville | Michael Moore misses the 2nd free throw | 43-40 |
| 04:47 | Illinois | Trevor Finley gets the rebound | 43-40 |
| 04:20 | Illinois | David White's floater is tipped away by Christopher Freudenberg | 43-40 |
| 04:18 | Louisville | Richard Sheets gets the rebound | 43-40 |
| 04:14 | Louisville | Richard Sheets is open and scores on a 3pt attempt from straight away set up by Michael Moore | 46-40 |
| 03:53 | Illinois | Harry Timmons can't throw it down | 46-40 |
| 03:52 | Illinois | Trevor Finley tips it but misses | 46-40 |
| 03:50 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Christopher Freudenberg | 46-40 |
| 03:26 | Louisville | Christopher Freudenberg drills a jumper from close range | 48-40 |
| 03:05 | Illinois | Michael Moore steals it from Harry Timmons | 48-40 |
| 03:01 | Louisville | Richard Sheets lays it up and in on a nice dish by Michael Moore | 50-40 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Richard Sheets (tiring) 13 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Michael Moore (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 4 ast. SF - Clifford Jacobs (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Paul Pierce (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. C - Christopher Freudenberg (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Illinois | PG - Scott Blackwell (tiring) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Harry Timmons (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Trevor Finley (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Ralph Hylton (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - David White (tired) 5 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 02:36 | Illinois | Scott Blackwell misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 50-40 |
| 02:35 | Louisville | Paul Pierce pulls down the rebound | 50-40 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (+3) | |
| 02:31 | Louisville | Richard Sheets throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 50-40 |
| Subs | Louisville | Toney Dumas (SG), Joseph Nesbitt (SF), Rafael Ayala (C) Michael Moore, Clifford Jacobs, Christopher Freudenberg | |
| Subs | Illinois | Jeffrey Craig (PG), Phillip Dean (PF), Joseph Pearce (C) Trevor Finley, Ralph Hylton, David White | |
| 02:06 | Illinois | Scott Blackwell makes the contested turnaround from the left block on a great pass from Joseph Pearce and he's hacked by Joseph Nesbitt - foul #1 on Joseph Nesbitt, team foul #7 | 50-42 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Illinois | Lloyd Guillen (SG) Harry Timmons | |
| 02:06 | Illinois | Scott Blackwell makes the free throw | 50-43 |
| 01:43 | Louisville | Rafael Ayala misses the wide open jumper from the left wing | 50-43 |
| 01:42 | Louisville | Rafael Ayala pulls down the offensive rebound | 50-43 |
| 01:14 | Louisville | Richard Sheets misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 50-43 |
| 01:12 | Illinois | The rebound goes to Phillip Dean | 50-43 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (+3) | |
| 00:55 | Illinois | Lloyd Guillen misses short on a jump hook from the baseline | 50-43 |
| 00:53 | Illinois | Scott Blackwell grabs the offensive board | 50-43 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (+3) | |
| 00:49 | Illinois | Scott Blackwell splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 50-43 |
| 00:47 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Paul Pierce | 50-43 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+3) | |
| 00:44 | Louisville | Jeffrey Craig is called for the reach on Paul Pierce in the backcourt - foul #3 on Jeffrey Craig, team foul #9 | 50-43 |
| Subs | Louisville | Michael Moore (SG), Clifford Jacobs (SF), Kevin Kemp (C) Toney Dumas, Joseph Nesbitt, Rafael Ayala | |
| Subs | Illinois | David White (SF) Jeffrey Craig | |
| 00:44 | Louisville | Paul Pierce makes the 1st free throw | 51-43 |
| 00:44 | Louisville | Paul Pierce makes the 2nd free throw | 52-43 |
| 00:37 | Illinois | Lloyd Guillen loses the dribble to Kevin Kemp | 52-43 |
| 00:35 | Louisville | Clifford Jacobs is fouled in the backcourt by Scott Blackwell - foul #3 on Scott Blackwell, team foul #10 | 52-43 |
| Subs | Louisville | Christopher Freudenberg (C) Paul Pierce | |
| Subs | Illinois | | |
| 00:35 | Louisville | Clifford Jacobs makes the 1st free throw | 53-43 |
| 00:35 | Louisville | Clifford Jacobs makes the 2nd free throw | 54-43 |
| 00:28 | Illinois | Scott Blackwell works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from close range | 54-43 |
| 00:27 | Louisville | Kevin Kemp snags the defensive board | 54-43 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Illinois | Illinois is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (+3) | |
| 00:00 | Louisville | Richard Sheets runs out the clock | 54-43 |