| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Troy Shrader (fresh) 7 pts. 2 stl. SG - Antonio Oatman (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Jeffrey Freitag (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - David Albert (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Randy Black (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Bruce Carter (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Scott Cramer (fresh) 9 pts. SF - Eugene Alexander (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Lee Knapp (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Paul Sneed (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Jeffrey Freitag inbounds the ball | 26-25 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:41 | Louisville | Bruce Carter is called for the reach on Antonio Oatman - foul #2 on Bruce Carter, team foul #1 | 26-25 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jeffry Dickman (C) Randy Black | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | | |
| 19:12 | Louisville | David Albert misses long on a floater from the baseline | 26-25 |
| 19:11 | Wisconsin | Lee Knapp pulls down the rebound | 26-25 |
| 18:46 | Wisconsin | Scott Cramer clanks a jump hook from the baseline but he's hacked by Troy Shrader - foul #1 on Troy Shrader, team foul #1 | 26-25 |
| Subs | Louisville | Randy Black (C) Jeffry Dickman | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | | |
| 18:46 | Wisconsin | Scott Cramer misses the 1st free throw | 26-25 |
| 18:46 | Wisconsin | Scott Cramer misses the 2nd free throw | 26-25 |
| 18:46 | Louisville | Randy Black grabs the defensive rebound | 26-25 |
| 18:22 | Louisville | Jeffrey Freitag misses the floater from the baseline | 26-25 |
| 18:20 | Louisville | David Albert grabs the offensive board | 26-25 |
| 17:52 | Louisville | Jeffrey Freitag misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 26-25 |
| 17:51 | Wisconsin | Eugene Alexander grabs the board | 26-25 |
| 17:32 | Wisconsin | Lee Knapp's pass is intercepted by Antonio Oatman | 26-25 |
| 17:10 | Louisville | Antonio Oatman misses long on a fadeaway from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Scott Cramer - foul #2 on Scott Cramer, team foul #2 | 26-25 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ryan Wall (SF), Jeffry Dickman (C) Jeffrey Freitag, Randy Black | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | James Pugh (SF), Kenneth Censky (C) Eugene Alexander, Paul Sneed | |
| 17:10 | Louisville | Antonio Oatman makes the 1st free throw | 27-25 |
| 17:10 | Louisville | Antonio Oatman makes the 2nd free throw | 28-25 |
| 16:58 | Wisconsin | Jeffry Dickman is called for the reach on Lee Knapp - foul #1 on Jeffry Dickman, team foul #2 | 28-25 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jeffrey Freitag (SF) Antonio Oatman | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | | |
| 16:50 | Wisconsin | Lee Knapp knocks in the jumper from the baseline on a great pass from Bruce Carter | 28-27 |
| 16:26 | Louisville | Troy Shrader is fouled on the floor by Bruce Carter - foul #3 on Bruce Carter, team foul #3 | 28-27 |
| Subs | Louisville | Antonio Oatman (SG), Randy Black (C) Ryan Wall, Jeffry Dickman | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | | |
| 16:03 | Louisville | David Albert loses the ball out of bounds | 28-27 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ryan Wall (SF), Jeffrey Yeung (PF) Jeffrey Freitag, David Albert | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | | |
| 15:46 | Wisconsin | Scott Cramer connects on the jumper from just outside the lane | 28-29 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Troy Shrader (fresh) 7 pts. 2 stl. SG - Antonio Oatman (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 stl. SF - Ryan Wall (fresh) PF - Jeffrey Yeung (fresh) C - Randy Black (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Bruce Carter (fairly fresh) 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Scott Cramer (fairly fresh) 11 pts. SF - James Pugh (fresh) PF - Lee Knapp (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Kenneth Censky (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:42 | Louisville | Bruce Carter steps in front of the Troy Shrader pass in the backcourt | 28-29 |
| 15:34 | Wisconsin | Scott Cramer misses badly on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 28-29 |
| 15:33 | Wisconsin | Bruce Carter grabs the offensive rebound | 28-29 |
| 15:19 | Wisconsin | Lee Knapp clanks a runner from the right block but he's fouled by Jeffrey Yeung - foul #1 on Jeffrey Yeung, team foul #3 | 28-29 |
| Subs | Louisville | Donald Charles (PG), Kenneth Byas (SG), Jeffrey Freitag (SF), David Albert (PF), Jeffry Dickman (C) Troy Shrader, Antonio Oatman, Ryan Wall, Jeffrey Yeung, Randy Black | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Eugene Alexander (SF), Paul Sneed (C) James Pugh, Kenneth Censky | |
| 15:19 | Wisconsin | Lee Knapp misses the 1st free throw | 28-29 |
| 15:19 | Wisconsin | Lee Knapp makes the 2nd free throw | 28-30 |
| 15:03 | Louisville | Kenneth Byas misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 28-30 |
| 15:02 | Wisconsin | Lee Knapp grabs the defensive rebound | 28-30 |
| 14:33 | Wisconsin | Scott Cramer connects on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 28-33 |
| 14:17 | Louisville | Kenneth Byas scores on a jumper in the lane | 30-33 |
| 13:59 | Wisconsin | Lee Knapp can't finish the layup | 30-33 |
| 13:58 | Louisville | Jeffrey Freitag pulls down the rebound | 30-33 |
| 13:44 | Louisville | Donald Charles misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 30-33 |
| 13:43 | Wisconsin | Scott Cramer gets the rebound | 30-33 |
| 13:22 | Wisconsin | Kenneth Byas steals the ball from Bruce Carter | 30-33 |
| 12:57 | Louisville | Jeffrey Freitag clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 30-33 |
| 12:55 | Wisconsin | Paul Sneed grabs the board | 30-33 |
| 12:37 | Wisconsin | Jeffrey Freitag steals it from Eugene Alexander | 30-33 |
| 12:33 | Louisville | Donald Charles lays it in on a nice dish by Jeffrey Freitag | 32-33 |
| 12:23 | Wisconsin | Bruce Carter is called for a moving pick - foul #4 on Bruce Carter, team foul #4 | 32-33 |
| Subs | Louisville | Troy Shrader (PG), Antonio Oatman (SF), Randy Black (C) Donald Charles, Jeffrey Freitag, Jeffry Dickman | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Randy Pierce (PG), Donny Mondy (SG), James Pugh (SF), Joseph Ecker (PF), Kenneth Censky (C) Bruce Carter, Scott Cramer, Eugene Alexander, Lee Knapp, Paul Sneed | |
| 11:56 | Louisville | Antonio Oatman jams it | 34-33 |
| 11:40 | Wisconsin | Donny Mondy's pass is intercepted by Troy Shrader | 34-33 |
| 11:37 | Louisville | Kenneth Byas jams it on a great pass from Troy Shrader | 36-33 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Troy Shrader (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. SG - Kenneth Byas (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Antonio Oatman (fresh) 6 pts. 2 stl. PF - David Albert (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Randy Black (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Randy Pierce (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Donny Mondy (fresh) 2 pts. SF - James Pugh (fresh) PF - Joseph Ecker (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Kenneth Censky (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:11 | Wisconsin | Kenneth Censky misses long on a shot from the baseline but the foul's on David Albert - foul #2 on David Albert, team foul #4 | 36-33 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jeffrey Yeung (PF) David Albert | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | | |
| 11:11 | Wisconsin | Kenneth Censky makes the 1st free throw | 36-34 |
| 11:11 | Wisconsin | Kenneth Censky makes the 2nd free throw | 36-35 |
| 10:45 | Louisville | Randy Black is called for traveling | 36-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | David Albert (PF) Jeffrey Yeung | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Scott Cramer (PG) Randy Pierce | |
| 10:19 | Wisconsin | James Pugh misses the 3pt shot from the left wing | 36-35 |
| 10:17 | Wisconsin | Kenneth Censky grabs the offensive rebound | 36-35 |
| 10:09 | Wisconsin | Kenneth Censky comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 36-35 |
| 10:07 | Wisconsin | Donny Mondy tips it home | 36-37 |
| 09:45 | Louisville | David Albert hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 36-37 |
| 09:44 | Wisconsin | James Pugh grabs the defensive rebound | 36-37 |
| 09:31 | Wisconsin | Scott Cramer is fouled on the floor by Troy Shrader - foul #2 on Troy Shrader, team foul #5 | 36-37 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jeffrey Freitag (SF) Antonio Oatman | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Bruce Carter (PG), Eugene Alexander (SF), Lee Knapp (PF), Paul Sneed (C) Donny Mondy, James Pugh, Joseph Ecker, Kenneth Censky | |
| 09:11 | Wisconsin | Bruce Carter drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Scott Cramer | 36-40 |
| 08:42 | Louisville | Troy Shrader works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the jump hook in the lane but the foul's on Scott Cramer - foul #3 on Scott Cramer, team foul #5 | 36-40 |
| Subs | Louisville | Antonio Oatman (SF), Jeffrey Yeung (PF) Jeffrey Freitag, David Albert | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | | |
| 08:42 | Louisville | Troy Shrader misses the 1st free throw | 36-40 |
| 08:42 | Louisville | Troy Shrader makes the 2nd free throw | 37-40 |
| 08:31 | Wisconsin | Scott Cramer clanks a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 37-40 |
| 08:29 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Randy Black | 37-40 |
| 08:10 | Louisville | Antonio Oatman makes the 3 from the left corner on a great pass from Troy Shrader out of a doubleteam | 40-40 |
| 08:00 | Wisconsin | Paul Sneed hits a jumper from the right side | 40-42 |
| 07:36 | Louisville | Jeffrey Yeung is called for 3 seconds | 40-42 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jeffrey Freitag (SF), David Albert (PF) Antonio Oatman, Jeffrey Yeung | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Randy Pierce (PG), Donny Mondy (SG), Joseph Ecker (PF), Kenneth Censky (C) Bruce Carter, Scott Cramer, Lee Knapp, Paul Sneed | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Troy Shrader (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SG - Kenneth Byas (tiring) 9 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Jeffrey Freitag (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - David Albert (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Randy Black (fairly fresh) 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Randy Pierce (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Donny Mondy (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Eugene Alexander (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Joseph Ecker (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Kenneth Censky (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 07:12 | Wisconsin | Kenneth Censky comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 40-42 |
| 07:10 | Louisville | Kenneth Byas gets the rebound | 40-42 |
| 06:54 | Louisville | Kenneth Byas misses the jumper from the left side | 40-42 |
| 06:52 | Louisville | Jeffrey Freitag grabs the offensive rebound | 40-42 |
| 06:23 | Louisville | Randy Black knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Troy Shrader | 43-42 |
| 06:12 | Wisconsin | Joseph Ecker hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 43-42 |
| 06:10 | Louisville | Randy Black grabs the defensive rebound | 43-42 |
| 05:44 | Louisville | Kenneth Byas clanks a shot from the right side but he's fouled by Randy Pierce - foul #1 on Randy Pierce, team foul #6 | 43-42 |
| Subs | Louisville | Antonio Oatman (SF), Jeffry Dickman (C) Jeffrey Freitag, Randy Black | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Bruce Carter (PG), Scott Cramer (SG), James Pugh (SF), Lee Knapp (PF), Paul Sneed (C) Randy Pierce, Donny Mondy, Eugene Alexander, Joseph Ecker, Kenneth Censky | |
| 05:44 | Louisville | Kenneth Byas makes the 1st free throw | 44-42 |
| 05:44 | Louisville | Kenneth Byas makes the 2nd free throw | 45-42 |
| 05:36 | Wisconsin | Scott Cramer throws a bad pass out of bounds | 45-42 |
| 05:14 | Louisville | Paul Sneed blocks the jumper by Kenneth Byas | 45-42 |
| 05:12 | Wisconsin | Paul Sneed snags the defensive board | 45-42 |
| 05:04 | Wisconsin | Bruce Carter comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 45-42 |
| 05:02 | Louisville | David Albert gets the rebound | 45-42 |
| 04:36 | Louisville | Troy Shrader is fouled on the floor by Bruce Carter - foul #5 on Bruce Carter, team foul #7 | 45-42 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jeffrey Freitag (SF), Randy Black (C) David Albert, Jeffry Dickman | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Donny Mondy (SG) Bruce Carter | |
| 04:36 | Louisville | Troy Shrader makes the 1st free throw | 46-42 |
| 04:36 | Louisville | Troy Shrader misses the 2nd free throw | 46-42 |
| 04:36 | Wisconsin | Paul Sneed grabs the board | 46-42 |
| 04:19 | Wisconsin | Randy Black blocks the short jumper by Lee Knapp | 46-42 |
| 04:18 | Wisconsin | James Pugh misses the tip | 46-42 |
| 04:17 | Louisville | Antonio Oatman snags the defensive board | 46-42 |
| 04:01 | Louisville | Troy Shrader is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 46-42 |
| 03:59 | Louisville | Kenneth Byas snags the offensive board | 46-42 |
| 03:37 | Louisville | Antonio Oatman can't connect on a driving attempt from the right block but he's fouled by Donny Mondy - foul #1 on Donny Mondy, team foul #8 | 46-42 |
| Subs | Louisville | David Albert (PF), Jeffry Dickman (C) Jeffrey Freitag, Randy Black | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Randy Pierce (PG), Joseph Ecker (PF), Kenneth Censky (C) Scott Cramer, Lee Knapp, Paul Sneed | |
| 03:37 | Louisville | Antonio Oatman makes the 1st free throw | 47-42 |
| 03:37 | Louisville | Antonio Oatman misses the 2nd free throw | 47-42 |
| 03:37 | Wisconsin | Kenneth Censky grabs the board | 47-42 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Troy Shrader (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - Kenneth Byas (tiring) 11 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Antonio Oatman (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - David Albert (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Jeffry Dickman (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Randy Pierce (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Donny Mondy (fresh) 4 pts. SF - James Pugh (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Joseph Ecker (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Kenneth Censky (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:28 | Wisconsin | Randy Pierce connects on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 47-45 |
| 03:16 | Louisville | Kenneth Byas can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 47-45 |
| 03:14 | Wisconsin | Randy Pierce pulls down the rebound | 47-45 |
| 03:10 | Wisconsin | Jeffry Dickman picks off the pass by Randy Pierce | 47-45 |
| 02:41 | Louisville | Troy Shrader is hacked by Randy Pierce - foul #2 on Randy Pierce, team foul #9 | 47-45 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jeffrey Freitag (SF), Randy Black (C) Antonio Oatman, Jeffry Dickman | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Scott Cramer (PG), Eugene Alexander (SF) Randy Pierce, James Pugh | |
| 02:41 | Louisville | Troy Shrader makes the 1st free throw | 48-45 |
| 02:41 | Louisville | Troy Shrader makes the 2nd free throw | 49-45 |
| 02:37 | Wisconsin | Wisconsin calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 49-45 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Lee Knapp (PF), Paul Sneed (C) Joseph Ecker, Kenneth Censky | |
| 02:25 | Wisconsin | Paul Sneed misses badly on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on Randy Black - foul #1 on Randy Black, team foul #6 | 49-45 |
| 02:25 | Wisconsin | Paul Sneed makes the 1st free throw | 49-46 |
| 02:25 | Wisconsin | Paul Sneed makes the 2nd free throw | 49-47 |
| 02:00 | Louisville | Jeffrey Freitag hits the finger roll | 51-47 |
| 01:47 | Wisconsin | Scott Cramer comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 51-47 |
| 01:45 | Louisville | Jeffrey Freitag grabs the defensive rebound | 51-47 |
| 01:39 | Louisville | Jeffrey Freitag clanks a 3pt shot from the right corner | 51-47 |
| 01:38 | Wisconsin | The rebound goes to Paul Sneed | 51-47 |
| 01:16 | Wisconsin | Lee Knapp drills a runner from close range | 51-49 |
| 00:54 | Louisville | Jeffrey Freitag clanks a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 51-49 |
| 00:53 | Wisconsin | Donny Mondy snags the defensive board | 51-49 |
| 00:46 | Wisconsin | Scott Cramer is whistled for a charge - foul #4 on Scott Cramer, team foul #10 | 51-49 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:25 | Louisville | Troy Shrader evades the doubleteam and hits a shot from the left side set up by Kenneth Byas | 53-49 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:18 | Wisconsin | Scott Cramer makes the 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Paul Sneed | 53-52 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| 00:17 | Louisville | Donny Mondy is called for the reach on Troy Shrader in the backcourt - foul #2 on Donny Mondy, team foul #11 | 53-52 |
| 00:17 | Louisville | Troy Shrader misses the 1st free throw | 53-52 |
| 00:17 | Louisville | Troy Shrader makes the 2nd free throw | 54-52 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a flex offense and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| 00:13 | Wisconsin | Scott Cramer hits a fadeaway from the right side | 54-54 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:01 | Louisville | David Albert buries a floater from the left side | 56-54 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:00 | Wisconsin | Eugene Alexander comes up short on the fullcourt shot | 56-54 |