| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Richard Shoup (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Daniel Barton (fresh) SF - Jeffery Green (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Brian Smith (fresh) C - Michael Yang (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Charles Rucks (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Richard Seavey (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Robert Good (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. PF - Caleb Sturdevant (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - Fausto Russo (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Jeffery Green inbounds the ball | 25-32 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:39 | Louisville | Jeffery Green clanks a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 25-32 |
| 19:38 | Syracuse | Fausto Russo gets the rebound | 25-32 |
| 19:22 | Syracuse | Caleb Sturdevant is fouled on the floor by Brian Smith - foul #3 on Brian Smith, team foul #1 | 25-32 |
| Subs | Louisville | Justin Rico (PF) Brian Smith | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Bryant Myers (SG), Herbert Smith (SF), Rod Icenhour (PF) Richard Seavey, Robert Good, Caleb Sturdevant | |
| 19:05 | Syracuse | Charles Rucks is hacked by Justin Rico - foul #1 on Justin Rico, team foul #2 | 25-32 |
| 18:51 | Syracuse | Charles Rucks is hacked by Richard Shoup - foul #2 on Richard Shoup, team foul #3 | 25-32 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Caleb Sturdevant (PF) Rod Icenhour | |
| 18:30 | Syracuse | Fausto Russo can't finish the layup | 25-32 |
| 18:28 | Louisville | Jeffery Green pulls down the rebound | 25-32 |
| 18:03 | Louisville | Jeffery Green can't finish the layup | 25-32 |
| 18:02 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Fausto Russo | 25-32 |
| 17:40 | Syracuse | Herbert Smith dunks the ball set up by Charles Rucks and the foul's on Justin Rico - foul #2 on Justin Rico, team foul #4 | 25-34 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Richard Seavey (SG), Rod Icenhour (PF) Charles Rucks, Caleb Sturdevant | |
| 17:40 | Syracuse | Herbert Smith makes the free throw | 25-35 |
| 17:11 | Louisville | Herbert Smith steps in front of the Justin Rico pass | 25-35 |
| 16:47 | Syracuse | Bryant Myers is hacked by Richard Shoup - foul #3 on Richard Shoup, team foul #5 | 25-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | Tory Sullivan (PG), Brandon West (C) Richard Shoup, Michael Yang | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Rucks (PG), Robert Good (SF), Caleb Sturdevant (PF), Abraham Keys (C) Bryant Myers, Herbert Smith, Rod Icenhour, Fausto Russo | |
| 16:20 | Syracuse | Caleb Sturdevant is denied on a layup by Justin Rico | 25-35 |
| 16:18 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Jeffery Green | 25-35 |
| 15:57 | Louisville | Jeffery Green connects on the shot from just outside the lane | 27-35 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Tory Sullivan (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Daniel Barton (fairly fresh) SF - Jeffery Green (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - Justin Rico (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Brandon West (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Charles Rucks (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Richard Seavey (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Robert Good (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. PF - Caleb Sturdevant (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - Abraham Keys (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:41 | Syracuse | Brandon West steals the ball from Robert Good | 27-35 |
| 15:23 | Louisville | Brandon West lays it in | 29-35 |
| 14:59 | Syracuse | Jeffery Green blocks the jumper by Charles Rucks | 29-35 |
| 14:58 | Louisville | Daniel Barton grabs the board | 29-35 |
| 14:34 | Louisville | Justin Rico can't connect on a fadeaway from the left side but he's fouled by Robert Good - foul #2 on Robert Good, team foul #1 | 29-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Shoup (PG), Tomas Mingle (SG), Michael Yang (C) Daniel Barton, Jeffery Green, Brandon West | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Bryant Myers (PG), Herbert Smith (SF), Rod Icenhour (PF), Fausto Russo (C) Charles Rucks, Richard Seavey, Caleb Sturdevant, Abraham Keys | |
| 14:34 | Louisville | Justin Rico misses the 1st free throw | 29-35 |
| 14:34 | Louisville | Justin Rico makes the 2nd free throw | 30-35 |
| 14:17 | Syracuse | Rod Icenhour drills a turnaround from the right block on a nice dish by Bryant Myers | 30-37 |
| 13:48 | Louisville | Bryant Myers is called for the reach on Richard Shoup - foul #2 on Bryant Myers, team foul #2 | 30-37 |
| Subs | Louisville | Brian Smith (PF) Justin Rico | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Rucks (PG), Richard Seavey (SG) Bryant Myers, Herbert Smith | |
| 13:33 | Louisville | Michael Yang is called for a pushoff foul - foul #3 on Michael Yang, team foul #6 | 30-37 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Caleb Sturdevant (PF) Rod Icenhour | |
| 13:13 | Syracuse | Charles Rucks is open but comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 30-37 |
| 13:12 | Syracuse | Fausto Russo tips it back up and in | 30-39 |
| 12:53 | Louisville | Tomas Mingle misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 30-39 |
| 12:52 | Syracuse | Fausto Russo gets the rebound | 30-39 |
| 12:31 | Syracuse | Charles Rucks drills a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Robert Good | 30-41 |
| 12:12 | Louisville | The short jumper by Tory Sullivan is denied by Fausto Russo | 30-41 |
| 12:11 | Louisville | Tory Sullivan grabs the offensive rebound | 30-41 |
| 11:57 | Louisville | Tory Sullivan is fouled on the floor by Robert Good - foul #3 on Robert Good, team foul #3 | 30-41 |
| Subs | Louisville | Daniel Barton (SG), Jeffery Green (SF) Tomas Mingle, Tory Sullivan | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Bryant Myers (SG), Herbert Smith (SF), Rod Icenhour (PF) Richard Seavey, Robert Good, Caleb Sturdevant | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Richard Shoup (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Daniel Barton (fresh) SF - Jeffery Green (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. PF - Brian Smith (fresh) 3 pf. C - Michael Yang (fresh) 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Charles Rucks (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Bryant Myers (fresh) 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - Herbert Smith (fresh) 3 pts. 2 stl. PF - Rod Icenhour (fresh) 5 pts. C - Fausto Russo (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 11:40 | Louisville | Richard Shoup drills a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 33-41 |
| 11:29 | Syracuse | Charles Rucks evades the doubleteam but misses long on a jumpshot from the free throw line but he's hacked by Michael Yang - foul #4 on Michael Yang, team foul #7 | 33-41 |
| Subs | Louisville | Brandon West (C) Michael Yang | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 11:29 | Syracuse | Charles Rucks makes the 1st free throw | 33-42 |
| 11:29 | Syracuse | Charles Rucks misses the 2nd free throw | 33-42 |
| 11:29 | Louisville | Brian Smith snags the defensive board | 33-42 |
| 11:08 | Louisville | Richard Shoup is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #4 on Richard Shoup, team foul #8 | 33-42 |
| Subs | Louisville | Tory Sullivan (PG) Richard Shoup | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Richard Seavey (SG), Robert Good (SF), Caleb Sturdevant (PF) Charles Rucks, Herbert Smith, Rod Icenhour | |
| 10:44 | Syracuse | Richard Seavey knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right corner on a nice dish by Bryant Myers | 33-45 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 10:37 | Louisville | Brandon West clanks a fadeaway from the left block but he's hacked by Fausto Russo - foul #1 on Fausto Russo, team foul #4 | 33-45 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Herbert Smith (SF), Rod Icenhour (PF) Richard Seavey, Caleb Sturdevant | |
| 10:37 | Louisville | Brandon West misses the 1st free throw | 33-45 |
| 10:37 | Louisville | Brandon West makes the 2nd free throw | 34-45 |
| 10:08 | Syracuse | Bryant Myers is hacked by Tory Sullivan - foul #1 on Tory Sullivan, team foul #9 | 34-45 |
| Subs | Louisville | Justin Rico (PF) Brian Smith | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Richard Seavey (SG), Caleb Sturdevant (C) Robert Good, Fausto Russo | |
| 10:08 | Syracuse | Bryant Myers misses the 1st free throw | 34-45 |
| 10:08 | Louisville | Brandon West pulls down the rebound | 34-45 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 09:39 | Louisville | Brandon West double dribbles | 34-45 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Rucks (PG), Robert Good (SF), Fausto Russo (C) Bryant Myers, Herbert Smith, Rod Icenhour | |
| 09:10 | Syracuse | Robert Good is hacked by Jeffery Green - foul #2 on Jeffery Green, team foul #10 | 34-45 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Herbert Smith (SF), Rod Icenhour (PF) Richard Seavey, Caleb Sturdevant | |
| 09:10 | Syracuse | Robert Good misses the 1st free throw | 34-45 |
| 09:10 | Syracuse | Robert Good makes the 2nd free throw | 34-46 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 08:53 | Louisville | Justin Rico lays it in on a nice dish by Jeffery Green | 36-46 |
| 08:31 | Syracuse | Robert Good's fadeaway is rejected by Jeffery Green | 36-46 |
| 08:29 | Louisville | Justin Rico snags the defensive board | 36-46 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 08:10 | Louisville | Brandon West is fouled on the floor by Fausto Russo - foul #2 on Fausto Russo, team foul #5 | 36-46 |
| Subs | Louisville | Tomas Mingle (PG), Brian Smith (PF) Jeffery Green, Justin Rico | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Bryant Myers (PG), Richard Seavey (SG), Caleb Sturdevant (PF), Abraham Keys (C) Charles Rucks, Robert Good, Rod Icenhour, Fausto Russo | |
| 07:50 | Louisville | Daniel Barton travels with the ball | 36-46 |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Shoup (PG), Michael Yang (C) Daniel Barton, Brandon West | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Rucks (PG) Bryant Myers | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Richard Shoup (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. SG - Tomas Mingle (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Tory Sullivan (tiring) 4 pts. PF - Brian Smith (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Michael Yang (fresh) 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Charles Rucks (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - Richard Seavey (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Herbert Smith (fresh) 3 pts. 2 stl. PF - Caleb Sturdevant (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - Abraham Keys (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 07:34 | Syracuse | Brian Smith takes the ball from Caleb Sturdevant | 36-46 |
| 07:10 | Louisville | Tomas Mingle clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 36-46 |
| 07:08 | Syracuse | Charles Rucks gets the rebound | 36-46 |
| 07:03 | Syracuse | Charles Rucks travels with the ball | 36-46 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Bryant Myers (PG), Robert Good (SF), Fausto Russo (C) Charles Rucks, Herbert Smith, Abraham Keys | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 06:42 | Louisville | Richard Shoup comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 36-46 |
| 06:40 | Louisville | Brian Smith tips it back up and in | 38-46 |
| 06:16 | Syracuse | Fausto Russo drills a floater from the left block set up by Bryant Myers and he's fouled by Tory Sullivan - foul #2 on Tory Sullivan, team foul #11 | 38-48 |
| Subs | Louisville | Daniel Barton (SG), Jeffery Green (SF) Tomas Mingle, Tory Sullivan | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Rucks (PG) Bryant Myers | |
| 06:16 | Syracuse | Fausto Russo makes the free throw | 38-49 |
| 05:56 | Louisville | Richard Shoup hits the front of the rim on the shot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Charles Rucks - foul #3 on Charles Rucks, team foul #6 | 38-49 |
| Subs | Louisville | Justin Rico (PF) Brian Smith | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Herbert Smith (SF), Rod Icenhour (PF) Richard Seavey, Caleb Sturdevant | |
| 05:56 | Louisville | Richard Shoup makes the 1st free throw | 39-49 |
| 05:56 | Louisville | Richard Shoup makes the 2nd free throw | 40-49 |
| 05:38 | Syracuse | Herbert Smith misses the floater from the left block | 40-49 |
| 05:37 | Louisville | Justin Rico grabs the board | 40-49 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 05:25 | Louisville | Richard Shoup misses short on a jumper in the paint | 40-49 |
| 05:24 | Louisville | Daniel Barton tips it back up and in | 42-49 |
| 05:06 | Syracuse | Herbert Smith is hacked by Michael Yang - foul #5 on Michael Yang, team foul #12 | 42-49 |
| Subs | Louisville | Brandon West (C) Michael Yang | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Richard Seavey (SG), Caleb Sturdevant (PF), Abraham Keys (C) Robert Good, Rod Icenhour, Fausto Russo | |
| 05:06 | Syracuse | Herbert Smith makes the 1st free throw | 42-50 |
| 05:06 | Syracuse | Herbert Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 42-51 |
| 04:53 | Louisville | Richard Shoup's floater is knocked away by Abraham Keys | 42-51 |
| 04:51 | Louisville | Daniel Barton snags the offensive board | 42-51 |
| 04:40 | Louisville | Richard Shoup misses long on a jumpshot from the right wing | 42-51 |
| 04:39 | Syracuse | Abraham Keys grabs the board | 42-51 |
| 04:16 | Syracuse | Abraham Keys is wide open and dunks the ball on a great pass from Charles Rucks | 42-53 |
| 04:03 | Louisville | Justin Rico can't finish the layup | 42-53 |
| 04:02 | Louisville | Jeffery Green grabs the offensive rebound | 42-53 |
| 03:50 | Louisville | Brandon West misses long on a fadeaway from the left side | 42-53 |
| 03:48 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Charles Rucks | 42-53 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Richard Shoup (fresh) 14 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. SG - Daniel Barton (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. SF - Jeffery Green (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. 3 blk. PF - Justin Rico (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - Brandon West (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Charles Rucks (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Richard Seavey (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Herbert Smith (fresh) 5 pts. 2 stl. PF - Caleb Sturdevant (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - Abraham Keys (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:21 | Syracuse | Abraham Keys can't throw it down | 42-53 |
| 03:19 | Louisville | Richard Shoup grabs the board | 42-53 |
| 03:15 | Louisville | Richard Shoup can't connect on a jumpshot from the left side | 42-53 |
| 03:14 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Caleb Sturdevant | 42-53 |
| 02:51 | Syracuse | The pull-up jumper by Herbert Smith is blocked by Brandon West | 42-53 |
| 02:49 | Louisville | Justin Rico grabs the board | 42-53 |
| 02:33 | Louisville | Richard Shoup can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 42-53 |
| 02:32 | Louisville | Brandon West gets the offensive rebound | 42-53 |
| 02:24 | Louisville | Jeffery Green loses the dribble to Richard Seavey | 42-53 |
| 02:21 | Syracuse | Herbert Smith lays it in set up by Richard Seavey | 42-55 |
| 01:56 | Louisville | Jeffery Green loses the dribble to Caleb Sturdevant | 42-55 |
| 01:41 | Syracuse | Charles Rucks shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 42-55 |
| 01:40 | Louisville | Justin Rico gets the rebound | 42-55 |
| 01:36 | Louisville | Richard Shoup scores on a runner near the basket | 44-55 |
| 01:17 | Syracuse | Richard Seavey can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 44-55 |
| 01:15 | Syracuse | Abraham Keys hits the follow up shot | 44-57 |
| 00:55 | Louisville | Charles Rucks steals the ball from Richard Shoup | 44-57 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:29 | Syracuse | Richard Seavey makes the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 44-59 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:23 | Louisville | Brandon West misses the pull-up jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Caleb Sturdevant - foul #2 on Caleb Sturdevant, team foul #7 | 44-59 |
| Subs | Louisville | Tory Sullivan (PG), Tomas Mingle (SG) Richard Shoup, Daniel Barton | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Robert Good (SF), Fausto Russo (C) Herbert Smith, Abraham Keys | |
| 00:23 | Louisville | Brandon West makes the 1st free throw | 45-59 |
| 00:23 | Louisville | Brandon West makes the 2nd free throw | 46-59 |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Charles Rucks runs out the clock | 46-59 |