| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Oscar Contreras (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Kal Trivette (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Timothy McArthur (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Dexter Hill (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Gonzalo Colombo (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Roger Abram (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SG - Aaron Clifton (fresh) 9 pts. SF - Eric Knight (fresh) PF - Gregory Gabbard (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. C - Robert Luse (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Syracuse | Eric Knight inbounds the ball | 38-43 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a triangle offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 19:48 | Syracuse | Aaron Clifton slams it home over the doubleteam set up by Roger Abram and he's fouled by Oscar Contreras - foul #2 on Oscar Contreras, team foul #1 | 38-45 |
| Subs | Villanova | Elton Naylor (SG), Guillermo Zamora (SF), Matthew Newcomer (PF) Kal Trivette, Timothy McArthur, Dexter Hill | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 19:48 | Syracuse | Aaron Clifton makes the free throw | 38-46 |
| 19:32 | Villanova | Matthew Newcomer misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 38-46 |
| 19:31 | Syracuse | Aaron Clifton snags the defensive board | 38-46 |
| 19:23 | Syracuse | Roger Abram misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 38-46 |
| 19:21 | Villanova | Gonzalo Colombo gets the rebound | 38-46 |
| 19:07 | Villanova | Gonzalo Colombo buries a fadeaway jumper from the right side on a great pass from Guillermo Zamora | 40-46 |
| 18:54 | Syracuse | The jump hook by Gregory Gabbard is blocked by Gonzalo Colombo | 40-46 |
| 18:52 | Villanova | Gonzalo Colombo snags the defensive board | 40-46 |
| 18:45 | Villanova | Guillermo Zamora's floater is knocked away by Gregory Gabbard | 40-46 |
| 18:44 | Villanova | Elton Naylor snags the offensive board | 40-46 |
| 18:15 | Villanova | Elton Naylor is called for the illegal screen - foul #3 on Elton Naylor, team foul #2 | 40-46 |
| Subs | Villanova | Kal Trivette (SG), Timothy McArthur (SF), Dexter Hill (PF) Elton Naylor, Guillermo Zamora, Matthew Newcomer | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 17:59 | Syracuse | Gregory Gabbard blows the layup | 40-46 |
| 17:57 | Villanova | Gonzalo Colombo grabs the defensive rebound | 40-46 |
| 17:47 | Villanova | Kal Trivette is fouled on the floor by Gregory Gabbard - foul #2 on Gregory Gabbard, team foul #1 | 40-46 |
| 17:36 | Villanova | Oscar Contreras loses the dribble to Roger Abram | 40-46 |
| 17:32 | Syracuse | Roger Abram banks in the layup | 40-48 |
| 17:19 | Villanova | Kal Trivette misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 40-48 |
| 17:18 | Villanova | Gonzalo Colombo misses the tip | 40-48 |
| 17:16 | Villanova | Dexter Hill misses the tip | 40-48 |
| 17:14 | Syracuse | Eric Knight snags the defensive board | 40-48 |
| 17:09 | Syracuse | Roger Abram comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 40-48 |
| 17:08 | Syracuse | Eric Knight hits the follow up shot | 40-50 |
| 16:50 | Villanova | Kal Trivette connects on the 3 from straight away set up by Timothy McArthur | 43-50 |
| 16:37 | Syracuse | Robert Luse makes the wide open jump hook from the baseline set up by Aaron Clifton out of the doubleteam | 43-52 |
| 16:13 | Villanova | Kal Trivette hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 43-52 |
| 16:12 | Syracuse | Gregory Gabbard pulls down the rebound | 43-52 |
| 15:58 | Syracuse | Gregory Gabbard is open and lays it up and in set up by Aaron Clifton out of the doubleteam | 43-54 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Oscar Contreras (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Kal Trivette (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Timothy McArthur (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Dexter Hill (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - Gonzalo Colombo (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Roger Abram (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. 4 stl. SG - Aaron Clifton (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SF - Eric Knight (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Gregory Gabbard (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. C - Robert Luse (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:47 | Villanova | Kal Trivette misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 43-54 |
| 15:45 | Syracuse | Robert Luse gets the rebound | 43-54 |
| 15:39 | Syracuse | Robert Luse's fadeaway is rejected by Dexter Hill | 43-54 |
| 15:38 | Syracuse | Eric Knight pulls down the offensive rebound | 43-54 |
| 15:20 | Syracuse | Roger Abram is hacked by Oscar Contreras - foul #3 on Oscar Contreras, team foul #3 | 43-54 |
| Subs | Villanova | Elton Naylor (PG), Tim Butler (SG), Guillermo Zamora (SF), Matthew Newcomer (PF), Kenneth Plascencia (C) Oscar Contreras, Kal Trivette, Timothy McArthur, Dexter Hill, Gonzalo Colombo | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Robert Zidek (PG), Stephen Dejohn (SG), Benjamin Poole (SF), Richard Tenofsky (PF), Tomas Bowman (C) Roger Abram, Aaron Clifton, Eric Knight, Gregory Gabbard, Robert Luse | |
| 15:09 | Syracuse | Elton Naylor steals it from Robert Zidek | 43-54 |
| 15:00 | Villanova | Elton Naylor drills a 3 from the right corner set up by Tim Butler | 46-54 |
| 14:46 | Syracuse | Robert Zidek's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 46-54 |
| 14:21 | Villanova | Tim Butler drills a 3 from the left wing | 49-54 |
| 13:59 | Syracuse | Stephen Dejohn knocks in the fadeaway from the free throw line set up by Tomas Bowman | 49-56 |
| 13:43 | Villanova | Elton Naylor loses the dribble to Tomas Bowman | 49-56 |
| 13:37 | Syracuse | Benjamin Poole buries a turnaround in the paint on a nice dish by Robert Zidek | 49-58 |
| 13:23 | Villanova | Kenneth Plascencia hits the front of the rim on the shot from close range | 49-58 |
| 13:21 | Villanova | Guillermo Zamora tips it home | 51-58 |
| 13:11 | Syracuse | Stephen Dejohn's pass is intercepted by Guillermo Zamora | 51-58 |
| 12:52 | Villanova | Elton Naylor misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 51-58 |
| 12:51 | Syracuse | Richard Tenofsky gets the rebound | 51-58 |
| 12:41 | Syracuse | Guillermo Zamora takes the ball from Stephen Dejohn | 51-58 |
| 12:23 | Villanova | Elton Naylor hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 51-58 |
| 12:21 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Richard Tenofsky | 51-58 |
| 12:06 | Syracuse | Robert Zidek misses badly on a shot from just outside the lane | 51-58 |
| 12:04 | Syracuse | Tomas Bowman can't tip it in | 51-58 |
| 12:02 | Villanova | Kenneth Plascencia pulls down the rebound | 51-58 |
| 11:57 | Villanova | Matthew Newcomer hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 51-58 |
| 11:55 | Syracuse | Richard Tenofsky grabs the board | 51-58 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Elton Naylor (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Tim Butler (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Guillermo Zamora (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 3 stl. PF - Matthew Newcomer (fairly fresh) 6 pts. C - Kenneth Plascencia (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Robert Zidek (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Stephen Dejohn (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Benjamin Poole (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Richard Tenofsky (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Tomas Bowman (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:36 | Syracuse | Robert Zidek misses short on a floater from the right wing but he's fouled by Guillermo Zamora - foul #1 on Guillermo Zamora, team foul #4 | 51-58 |
| Subs | Villanova | Oscar Contreras (PG), Dexter Hill (PF), Gonzalo Colombo (C) Tim Butler, Matthew Newcomer, Kenneth Plascencia | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Aaron Clifton (SG), Eric Knight (SF), Gregory Gabbard (PF), Robert Luse (C) Stephen Dejohn, Benjamin Poole, Richard Tenofsky, Tomas Bowman | |
| 11:36 | Syracuse | Robert Zidek makes the 1st free throw | 51-59 |
| 11:36 | Syracuse | Robert Zidek makes the 2nd free throw | 51-60 |
| 11:12 | Villanova | Robert Zidek is called for the reach on Oscar Contreras - foul #2 on Robert Zidek, team foul #2 | 51-60 |
| Subs | Villanova | Kenneth Plascencia (PF) Dexter Hill | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Roger Abram (PG) Robert Zidek | |
| 11:01 | Villanova | Oscar Contreras can't connect on a floater from the left side | 51-60 |
| 11:00 | Syracuse | Gregory Gabbard pulls down the rebound | 51-60 |
| 10:50 | Syracuse | Aaron Clifton works out of a doubleteam and scores on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Roger Abram and he's fouled by Kenneth Plascencia - foul #4 on Kenneth Plascencia, team foul #5 | 51-62 |
| Subs | Villanova | Dexter Hill (PF) Kenneth Plascencia | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 10:50 | Syracuse | Aaron Clifton makes the free throw | 51-63 |
| 10:29 | Villanova | Dexter Hill throws a bad pass out of bounds | 51-63 |
| Subs | Villanova | Kal Trivette (SG), Matthew Newcomer (SF) Oscar Contreras, Guillermo Zamora | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 10:06 | Syracuse | Aaron Clifton misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 51-63 |
| 10:05 | Villanova | Elton Naylor pulls down the rebound | 51-63 |
| 09:38 | Villanova | Elton Naylor loses the ball out of bounds | 51-63 |
| Subs | Villanova | Oscar Contreras (PG), Guillermo Zamora (SF) Kal Trivette, Matthew Newcomer | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 09:19 | Syracuse | Eric Knight loses the dribble to Guillermo Zamora | 51-63 |
| 08:59 | Villanova | Dexter Hill misses the lay-in | 51-63 |
| 08:58 | Villanova | Gonzalo Colombo misses the tip | 51-63 |
| 08:57 | Syracuse | Eric Knight snags the defensive board | 51-63 |
| 08:45 | Syracuse | Aaron Clifton is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 51-63 |
| 08:44 | Syracuse | Roger Abram grabs the offensive board | 51-63 |
| 08:35 | Syracuse | Robert Luse is whistled for a charge - foul #2 on Robert Luse, team foul #3 | 51-63 |
| Subs | Villanova | Matthew Newcomer (SF) Guillermo Zamora | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Stephen Dejohn (SG), Richard Tenofsky (PF), Tomas Bowman (C) Aaron Clifton, Gregory Gabbard, Robert Luse | |
| 08:15 | Villanova | Oscar Contreras hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 51-63 |
| 08:14 | Syracuse | Richard Tenofsky grabs the defensive rebound | 51-63 |
| 07:53 | Syracuse | Eric Knight comes up short on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 51-63 |
| 07:51 | Syracuse | Stephen Dejohn snags the offensive board | 51-63 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Oscar Contreras (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Elton Naylor (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - Matthew Newcomer (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Dexter Hill (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. C - Gonzalo Colombo (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Roger Abram (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. 4 stl. SG - Stephen Dejohn (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Eric Knight (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Richard Tenofsky (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Tomas Bowman (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:42 | Syracuse | Stephen Dejohn clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 51-63 |
| 07:41 | Villanova | The rebound goes to Gonzalo Colombo | 51-63 |
| 07:17 | Villanova | Elton Naylor buries a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 54-63 |
| 07:02 | Syracuse | Roger Abram is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a jumper from the left wing | 54-63 |
| 07:01 | Syracuse | The offensive rebound goes to Richard Tenofsky | 54-63 |
| 06:41 | Syracuse | Stephen Dejohn is wide open but clanks a fadeaway from the left wing | 54-63 |
| 06:39 | Villanova | Gonzalo Colombo grabs the defensive rebound | 54-63 |
| 06:18 | Villanova | Oscar Contreras knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Gonzalo Colombo | 57-63 |
| 06:03 | Syracuse | Stephen Dejohn misses long on a shot from the left wing but the foul's on Elton Naylor - foul #4 on Elton Naylor, team foul #6 | 57-63 |
| Subs | Villanova | Kal Trivette (SG), Guillermo Zamora (SF), Kenneth Plascencia (PF) Oscar Contreras, Matthew Newcomer, Dexter Hill | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Robert Zidek (PG), Benjamin Poole (SF), Gregory Gabbard (PF), Robert Luse (C) Roger Abram, Eric Knight, Richard Tenofsky, Tomas Bowman | |
| 06:03 | Syracuse | Stephen Dejohn makes the 1st free throw | 57-64 |
| 06:03 | Syracuse | Stephen Dejohn makes the 2nd free throw | 57-65 |
| 05:48 | Villanova | Elton Naylor comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 57-65 |
| 05:46 | Syracuse | Stephen Dejohn grabs the board | 57-65 |
| 05:31 | Syracuse | Gregory Gabbard is hacked by Gonzalo Colombo during a doubleteam - foul #2 on Gonzalo Colombo, team foul #7 | 57-65 |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Aaron Clifton (SG) Stephen Dejohn | |
| 05:31 | Syracuse | Gregory Gabbard makes the 1st free throw | 57-66 |
| 05:31 | Syracuse | Gregory Gabbard misses the 2nd free throw | 57-66 |
| 05:31 | Villanova | Gonzalo Colombo grabs the defensive rebound | 57-66 |
| 05:11 | Villanova | Guillermo Zamora is called for the offensive foul - foul #2 on Guillermo Zamora, team foul #8 | 57-66 |
| 04:49 | Syracuse | Robert Luse can't connect on a jumper near the basket but the foul's on Guillermo Zamora - foul #3 on Guillermo Zamora, team foul #9 | 57-66 |
| Subs | Villanova | Timothy McArthur (SF) Guillermo Zamora | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 04:49 | Syracuse | Robert Luse makes the 1st free throw | 57-67 |
| 04:49 | Syracuse | Robert Luse makes the 2nd free throw | 57-68 |
| 04:30 | Villanova | Kenneth Plascencia can't throw it down | 57-68 |
| 04:29 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Gregory Gabbard | 57-68 |
| 04:23 | Syracuse | Robert Luse buries a jumper in the paint on a nice dish by Gregory Gabbard | 57-70 |
| 04:11 | Villanova | Timothy McArthur drills a 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by Elton Naylor | 60-70 |
| 03:50 | Syracuse | Aaron Clifton hits a pull-up jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Robert Zidek | 60-72 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Elton Naylor (tiring) 9 pts. 4 ast. 4 pf. SG - Kal Trivette (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Timothy McArthur (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Kenneth Plascencia (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. 4 pf. C - Gonzalo Colombo (tiring) 3 pts. 9 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Robert Zidek (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Aaron Clifton (fresh) 17 pts. 2 ast. SF - Benjamin Poole (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Gregory Gabbard (fresh) 11 pts. 8 reb. C - Robert Luse (fresh) 13 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:31 | Villanova | The jump hook by Kenneth Plascencia is blocked by Gregory Gabbard | 60-72 |
| 03:30 | Syracuse | Gregory Gabbard snags the defensive board | 60-72 |
| 03:23 | Syracuse | Robert Luse makes the pull-up jumper from the right side set up by Benjamin Poole | 60-74 |
| 03:09 | Villanova | Kenneth Plascencia comes up short on the floater from the right side | 60-74 |
| 03:07 | Villanova | Kenneth Plascencia tips it home | 62-74 |
| 02:50 | Syracuse | Gregory Gabbard lays it in on a great pass from Aaron Clifton | 62-76 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a triangle offense and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| 02:42 | Villanova | Gonzalo Colombo comes up short on the floater from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Robert Luse - foul #3 on Robert Luse, team foul #4 | 62-76 |
| Subs | Villanova | Oscar Contreras (PG), Guillermo Zamora (SF) Kal Trivette, Timothy McArthur | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Richard Morris (PG), Stephen Dejohn (SG), Howard Bennett (SF), Richard Tenofsky (PF), Tomas Bowman (C) Robert Zidek, Aaron Clifton, Benjamin Poole, Gregory Gabbard, Robert Luse | |
| 02:42 | Villanova | Gonzalo Colombo misses the 1st free throw | 62-76 |
| 02:42 | Villanova | Gonzalo Colombo makes the 2nd free throw | 63-76 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| 02:39 | Syracuse | Syracuse calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 63-76 |
| Subs | Villanova | Dexter Hill (C) Gonzalo Colombo | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Roger Abram (PG), Aaron Clifton (SG), Eric Knight (SF), Robert Luse (C) Richard Morris, Stephen Dejohn, Howard Bennett, Tomas Bowman | |
| 02:15 | Syracuse | Roger Abram misses short on an open 3pt jumper from the right corner | 63-76 |
| 02:13 | Villanova | Dexter Hill gets the rebound | 63-76 |
| 02:05 | Villanova | Elton Naylor misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 63-76 |
| 02:03 | Syracuse | Eric Knight pulls down the rebound | 63-76 |
| 01:34 | Syracuse | Eric Knight misses the floater from the left side | 63-76 |
| 01:33 | Syracuse | Robert Luse can't tip it in | 63-76 |
| 01:32 | Villanova | The rebound goes to Dexter Hill | 63-76 |
| 01:28 | Villanova | Oscar Contreras can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 63-76 |
| 01:27 | Syracuse | Aaron Clifton grabs the board | 63-76 |
| 01:08 | Syracuse | Robert Luse comes up short on the jumper from the left side | 63-76 |
| 01:07 | Syracuse | Richard Tenofsky can't tip it in | 63-76 |
| 01:05 | Syracuse | Eric Knight grabs the offensive rebound | 63-76 |
| 00:43 | Syracuse | Roger Abram's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 63-76 |
| Subs | Villanova | Kal Trivette (SG), Timothy McArthur (SF), Gonzalo Colombo (C) Elton Naylor, Guillermo Zamora, Kenneth Plascencia | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Robert Zidek (PG), Stephen Dejohn (SG), Benjamin Poole (SF), Tomas Bowman (C) Roger Abram, Aaron Clifton, Eric Knight, Robert Luse | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| 00:37 | Villanova | Gonzalo Colombo misses the easy layup | 63-76 |
| 00:35 | Syracuse | Stephen Dejohn gets the rebound | 63-76 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| 00:12 | Syracuse | Robert Zidek scores on a fadeaway from the left wing on a nice dish by Tomas Bowman | 63-78 |
| 00:08 | Villanova | Oscar Contreras misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 63-78 |
| 00:07 | Syracuse | Tomas Bowman grabs the defensive rebound | 63-78 |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Robert Zidek runs out the clock | 63-78 |