| Lineup | Pitt | PG - James Blair (fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. SG - Gerald Erickson (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SF - Jeffery Williams (fresh) 4 reb. PF - Ty Causey (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Joseph Cobb (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Leon Welch (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Patrick Jelinski (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Percy Hunter (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. PF - Tony Lazaro (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Tommy Eliason (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Pitt | Jeffery Williams inbounds the ball | 26-29 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-4) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-4) | |
| 19:39 | Pitt | Percy Hunter steals it from Jeffery Williams | 26-29 |
| 19:36 | UConn | Patrick Jelinski hits the finger roll set up by Percy Hunter | 26-31 |
| 19:13 | Pitt | Joseph Cobb misses long on a fadeaway in the lane | 26-31 |
| 19:12 | UConn | Patrick Jelinski grabs the defensive rebound | 26-31 |
| 18:52 | UConn | Patrick Jelinski makes the 3 from the right corner set up by Tommy Eliason | 26-34 |
| 18:33 | Pitt | Tommy Eliason steps in front of the Joseph Cobb pass | 26-34 |
| 18:06 | UConn | Patrick Jelinski makes the 3 from the right corner set up by Leon Welch | 26-37 |
| 18:00 | Pitt | James Blair is hacked by Leon Welch in the backcourt - foul #1 on Leon Welch, team foul #1 | 26-37 |
| 17:44 | Pitt | James Blair is fouled on the floor by Leon Welch - foul #2 on Leon Welch, team foul #2 | 26-37 |
| 17:28 | Pitt | Jeffery Williams scores on a jumpshot from the right side set up by Gerald Erickson and he's fouled by Percy Hunter - foul #1 on Percy Hunter, team foul #3 | 28-37 |
| 17:28 | Pitt | Jeffery Williams makes the free throw | 29-37 |
| 17:10 | UConn | Patrick Jelinski is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 29-37 |
| 17:08 | Pitt | Jeffery Williams grabs the defensive rebound | 29-37 |
| 16:40 | Pitt | James Blair clanks a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Leon Welch - foul #3 on Leon Welch, team foul #4 | 29-37 |
| Subs | Pitt | Clarence Larrabee (PF) Ty Causey | |
| Subs | UConn | Wayne Hatfield (SG), Peter Edwards (C) Leon Welch, Tommy Eliason | |
| 16:40 | Pitt | James Blair makes the 1st free throw | 30-37 |
| 16:40 | Pitt | James Blair misses the 2nd free throw | 30-37 |
| 16:40 | UConn | The rebound goes to Peter Edwards | 30-37 |
| 16:19 | UConn | Patrick Jelinski hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 30-37 |
| 16:17 | Pitt | Clarence Larrabee snags the defensive board | 30-37 |
| 16:11 | Pitt | James Blair misses the shot from the right wing | 30-37 |
| 16:09 | UConn | Peter Edwards snags the defensive board | 30-37 |
| 15:50 | UConn | Percy Hunter drills a jumper near the basket on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Patrick Jelinski and the foul's on Jeffery Williams - foul #2 on Jeffery Williams, team foul #1 | 30-39 |
| Subs | Pitt | William Fiorini (SF) Jeffery Williams | |
| Subs | UConn | Leon Welch (PG) Wayne Hatfield | |
| 15:50 | UConn | Percy Hunter makes the free throw | 30-40 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - James Blair (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SG - Gerald Erickson (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SF - William Fiorini (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Clarence Larrabee (fresh) C - Joseph Cobb (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Leon Welch (fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. SG - Patrick Jelinski (fresh) 19 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Percy Hunter (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. PF - Tony Lazaro (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Peter Edwards (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 15:28 | Pitt | James Blair connects on the jumpshot from the right side on a nice dish by Gerald Erickson | 32-40 |
| 15:00 | UConn | Peter Edwards makes the jump hook from close range | 32-42 |
| 14:39 | Pitt | William Fiorini is fouled on the floor by Percy Hunter - foul #2 on Percy Hunter, team foul #5 | 32-42 |
| Subs | Pitt | Jeffery Williams (SF), Ty Causey (PF) William Fiorini, Clarence Larrabee | |
| Subs | UConn | Tommy Eliason (C) Peter Edwards | |
| 14:27 | Pitt | Gerald Erickson is hacked by Tony Lazaro - foul #3 on Tony Lazaro, team foul #6 | 32-42 |
| 14:01 | Pitt | Joseph Cobb hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the baseline | 32-42 |
| 14:00 | UConn | The rebound goes to Tony Lazaro | 32-42 |
| 13:42 | UConn | Tony Lazaro clanks a jumper from the right side | 32-42 |
| 13:41 | Pitt | Jeffery Williams pulls down the rebound | 32-42 |
| 13:17 | Pitt | Joseph Cobb jams it | 34-42 |
| 12:51 | UConn | Patrick Jelinski clanks a 3 from straight away | 34-42 |
| 12:49 | UConn | Percy Hunter tips it but misses | 34-42 |
| 12:47 | Pitt | Joseph Cobb grabs the board | 34-42 |
| 12:28 | Pitt | Joseph Cobb knocks in the jump hook near the basket on a great pass from Jeffery Williams | 36-42 |
| 12:11 | UConn | Patrick Jelinski tries to split the doubleteam and is called for the offensive foul - foul #1 on Patrick Jelinski, team foul #7 | 36-42 |
| Subs | Pitt | Jack Rice (SG), William Jones (C) Gerald Erickson, Joseph Cobb | |
| Subs | UConn | Wayne Hatfield (SF), Peter Edwards (PF) Percy Hunter, Tony Lazaro | |
| 11:52 | Pitt | James Blair misses the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 36-42 |
| 11:50 | UConn | Patrick Jelinski gets the rebound | 36-42 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - James Blair (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 4 ast. SG - Jack Rice (fresh) SF - Jeffery Williams (fresh) 3 pts. 6 reb. PF - Ty Causey (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - William Jones (fresh) | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Leon Welch (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. SG - Patrick Jelinski (fairly fresh) 19 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Wayne Hatfield (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Peter Edwards (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Tommy Eliason (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 11:26 | UConn | Ty Causey steals it from Wayne Hatfield out of a doubleteam | 36-42 |
| 11:04 | Pitt | James Blair is hacked by Peter Edwards - foul #2 on Peter Edwards, team foul #8 | 36-42 |
| Subs | Pitt | William Fiorini (SF), Clarence Larrabee (PF) Jeffery Williams, Ty Causey | |
| Subs | UConn | Tony Lazaro (PF) Tommy Eliason | |
| 11:04 | Pitt | James Blair misses the 1st free throw | 36-42 |
| 11:04 | UConn | Peter Edwards grabs the defensive rebound | 36-42 |
| 10:52 | UConn | William Jones is called for the reach on Peter Edwards - foul #1 on William Jones, team foul #2 | 36-42 |
| 10:29 | UConn | Patrick Jelinski shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the shot from the right side on a great pass from Leon Welch and he's fouled by Jack Rice - foul #2 on Jack Rice, team foul #3 | 36-44 |
| Subs | Pitt | Joseph Cobb (C) William Jones | |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| 10:29 | UConn | Patrick Jelinski misses the free throw | 36-44 |
| 10:29 | Pitt | Clarence Larrabee grabs the defensive rebound | 36-44 |
| 10:00 | Pitt | James Blair misses the easy layup | 36-44 |
| 09:59 | UConn | Wayne Hatfield snags the defensive board | 36-44 |
| 09:31 | UConn | Tony Lazaro misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 36-44 |
| 09:29 | UConn | Peter Edwards hits the follow up shot | 36-46 |
| 09:12 | Pitt | Joseph Cobb misses the easy layup | 36-46 |
| 09:11 | Pitt | Joseph Cobb pulls down the offensive rebound | 36-46 |
| 08:49 | Pitt | James Blair knocks in the jumper from the left side | 38-46 |
| 08:29 | UConn | William Fiorini steals it from Patrick Jelinski | 38-46 |
| 08:24 | Pitt | Jack Rice lays it up and in on a nice dish by William Fiorini | 40-46 |
| 08:00 | UConn | Leon Welch can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 40-46 |
| 07:58 | Pitt | William Fiorini pulls down the rebound | 40-46 |
| 07:31 | Pitt | The pull-up jumper by William Fiorini is blocked by Peter Edwards | 40-46 |
| 07:29 | Pitt | James Blair grabs the offensive rebound | 40-46 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - James Blair (tiring) 12 pts. 4 ast. SG - Jack Rice (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - William Fiorini (fairly fresh) 3 reb. PF - Clarence Larrabee (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Joseph Cobb (tiring) 11 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Leon Welch (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 ast. 3 pf. SG - Patrick Jelinski (tiring) 21 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Wayne Hatfield (fairly fresh) 1 ast. PF - Tony Lazaro (tiring) 5 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Peter Edwards (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:06 | Pitt | Joseph Cobb misses badly on a floater from the right block but he's hacked by Peter Edwards - foul #3 on Peter Edwards, team foul #9 | 40-46 |
| Subs | Pitt | Gerald Erickson (SG), Jeffery Williams (SF), Ty Causey (PF) James Blair, William Fiorini, Clarence Larrabee | |
| Subs | UConn | Eric Gaddy (SG), Percy Hunter (SF), Kenneth Rowley (PF), Tommy Eliason (C) Patrick Jelinski, Wayne Hatfield, Tony Lazaro, Peter Edwards | |
| 07:06 | Pitt | Joseph Cobb makes the 1st free throw | 41-46 |
| 07:06 | Pitt | Joseph Cobb misses the 2nd free throw | 41-46 |
| 07:06 | UConn | Kenneth Rowley grabs the defensive rebound | 41-46 |
| 06:50 | UConn | Tommy Eliason is whistled for a carry | 41-46 |
| Subs | Pitt | William Jones (C) Joseph Cobb | |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| 06:21 | Pitt | Gerald Erickson hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 41-46 |
| 06:19 | UConn | The rebound goes to Tommy Eliason | 41-46 |
| 05:52 | UConn | Percy Hunter clanks a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 41-46 |
| 05:50 | Pitt | The rebound goes to Ty Causey | 41-46 |
| 05:21 | Pitt | Gerald Erickson misses long on a 3pt shot from straight away | 41-46 |
| 05:20 | UConn | Percy Hunter pulls down the rebound | 41-46 |
| 05:02 | UConn | Eric Gaddy misses short on a fadeaway from the free throw line but he's fouled by Ty Causey - foul #1 on Ty Causey, team foul #4 | 41-46 |
| Subs | Pitt | James Blair (PG) Jack Rice | |
| Subs | UConn | Patrick Jelinski (SG) Leon Welch | |
| 05:02 | UConn | Eric Gaddy makes the 1st free throw | 41-47 |
| 05:02 | UConn | Eric Gaddy makes the 2nd free throw | 41-48 |
| 04:40 | Pitt | Kenneth Rowley denies the turnaround by James Blair | 41-48 |
| 04:38 | UConn | Kenneth Rowley grabs the board | 41-48 |
| 04:13 | UConn | Tommy Eliason lays it up and in set up by Eric Gaddy and he's fouled by William Jones - foul #2 on William Jones, team foul #5 | 41-50 |
| Subs | Pitt | Joseph Cobb (C) William Jones | |
| Subs | UConn | Wayne Hatfield (SG), Tony Lazaro (PF) Eric Gaddy, Kenneth Rowley | |
| 04:13 | UConn | Tommy Eliason misses the free throw | 41-50 |
| 04:13 | UConn | The offensive rebound goes to Tommy Eliason | 41-50 |
| 03:54 | UConn | Percy Hunter banks in the layup on a nice dish by Wayne Hatfield | 41-52 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-4) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-4) | |
| 03:32 | Pitt | Joseph Cobb travels with the ball | 41-52 |
| Subs | Pitt | Clarence Larrabee (PF) Ty Causey | |
| Subs | UConn | Peter Edwards (C) Tommy Eliason | |
| 03:03 | UConn | Patrick Jelinski hits a 3pt jumper from straight away | 41-55 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - James Blair (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 4 ast. SG - Gerald Erickson (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 5 ast. SF - Jeffery Williams (fresh) 3 pts. 6 reb. PF - Clarence Larrabee (fresh) 2 reb. C - Joseph Cobb (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Patrick Jelinski (fairly fresh) 24 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Wayne Hatfield (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Percy Hunter (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 7 reb. PF - Tony Lazaro (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Peter Edwards (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-4) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 02:53 | Pitt | Joseph Cobb's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 41-55 |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| Subs | UConn | Eric Gaddy (SG), Kenneth Rowley (C) Patrick Jelinski, Tony Lazaro | |
| 02:32 | UConn | Eric Gaddy clanks a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 41-55 |
| 02:31 | Pitt | Joseph Cobb gets the rebound | 41-55 |
| 02:23 | Pitt | James Blair is whistled for traveling | 41-55 |
| Subs | Pitt | William Fiorini (SF), Ty Causey (PF) Jeffery Williams, Clarence Larrabee | |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| 02:03 | UConn | Percy Hunter can't finish the layup | 41-55 |
| 02:02 | Pitt | James Blair snags the defensive board | 41-55 |
| 01:33 | Pitt | Gerald Erickson misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 41-55 |
| 01:32 | UConn | Eric Gaddy snags the defensive board | 41-55 |
| 01:09 | UConn | Percy Hunter is fouled on the floor by William Fiorini - foul #1 on William Fiorini, team foul #6 | 41-55 |
| Subs | Pitt | Jeffery Williams (SF) William Fiorini | |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| 00:52 | UConn | Eric Gaddy comes up short on the runner from the right block | 41-55 |
| 00:51 | UConn | Wayne Hatfield tips it home | 41-57 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-4) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 00:43 | Pitt | James Blair is hacked by Peter Edwards - foul #4 on Peter Edwards, team foul #10 | 41-57 |
| 00:43 | Pitt | James Blair misses the 1st free throw | 41-57 |
| 00:43 | Pitt | James Blair makes the 2nd free throw | 42-57 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 00:20 | UConn | Percy Hunter can't connect on a jumper from the left side | 42-57 |
| 00:18 | UConn | Peter Edwards snags the offensive board | 42-57 |
| 00:00 | UConn | Wayne Hatfield runs out the clock | 42-57 |