| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Fadey Kurpinski (fresh) SG - Carl Kruger (fresh) SF - Von Mitkowski (fresh) PF - Jared Jackson (fresh) C - Larry Watkins (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Edward Stockstill (fresh) SG - Darrell Roberson (fresh) SF - Jerry Straub (fresh) PF - Roger Renteria (fresh) C - William Wolf (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Larry Watkins wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a triangle offense and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| 19:34 | Louisville | Fadey Kurpinski drills a jumpshot from the left side | 2-0 |
| 19:15 | Syracuse | Roger Renteria clanks a runner in the paint | 2-0 |
| 19:13 | Syracuse | The offensive rebound goes to Jerry Straub | 2-0 |
| 18:48 | Syracuse | Roger Renteria knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 2-3 |
| 18:34 | Louisville | Fadey Kurpinski drills a 3 pointer from the right wing | 5-3 |
| 18:16 | Syracuse | Larry Watkins blocks the short jumper by William Wolf | 5-3 |
| 18:15 | Syracuse | The offensive rebound goes to William Wolf | 5-3 |
| 17:57 | Syracuse | Darrell Roberson hits a 3 pointer from the right wing | 5-6 |
| 17:50 | Louisville | Carl Kruger hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 5-6 |
| 17:49 | Louisville | Fadey Kurpinski tips it in | 7-6 |
| 17:29 | Syracuse | Carl Kruger steals the ball from Darrell Roberson | 7-6 |
| 17:25 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski dunks the ball set up by Carl Kruger | 9-6 |
| 17:08 | Syracuse | Von Mitkowski steals it from Darrell Roberson | 9-6 |
| 17:05 | Louisville | Carl Kruger hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Von Mitkowski | 11-6 |
| 16:43 | Syracuse | Darrell Roberson connects on the shot in the paint set up by Edward Stockstill | 11-8 |
| 16:28 | Louisville | Carl Kruger is called for a moving pick - foul #1 on Carl Kruger, team foul #1 | 11-8 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | William Gregory (C) William Wolf | |
| 16:15 | Syracuse | Darrell Roberson banks in the layup | 11-10 |
| 16:08 | Louisville | Carl Kruger double dribbles in the backcourt | 11-10 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Ben Hall (PG), Jim Carstens (SF), Barry Galliher (C) Edward Stockstill, Jerry Straub, Roger Renteria | |
| 16:03 | Syracuse | Darrell Roberson buries a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 11-13 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Fadey Kurpinski (fairly fresh) 7 pts. SG - Carl Kruger (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Von Mitkowski (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Jared Jackson (fairly fresh) C - Larry Watkins (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Ben Hall (fresh) SG - Darrell Roberson (fairly fresh) 10 pts. SF - Jim Carstens (fresh) PF - William Gregory (fresh) C - Barry Galliher (fresh) | |
| 15:57 | Louisville | Carl Kruger makes the wide open turnaround from the right block on a nice dish by Fadey Kurpinski | 13-13 |
| 15:40 | Syracuse | Darrell Roberson misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 13-13 |
| 15:38 | Syracuse | William Gregory grabs the offensive rebound | 13-13 |
| 15:26 | Syracuse | Jared Jackson steps in front of the William Gregory pass | 13-13 |
| 15:07 | Louisville | Fadey Kurpinski can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 13-13 |
| 15:06 | Louisville | Carl Kruger tips it home | 15-13 |
| 14:54 | Syracuse | Darrell Roberson hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right wing | 15-13 |
| 14:52 | Louisville | Larry Watkins gets the rebound | 15-13 |
| 14:36 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski's floater is knocked away by Barry Galliher | 15-13 |
| 14:35 | Syracuse | Ben Hall pulls down the rebound | 15-13 |
| 14:13 | Syracuse | Carl Kruger is called for the reach on Darrell Roberson - foul #2 on Carl Kruger, team foul #2 | 15-13 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ivan Chrostowski (PG), Walter Fleshman (SG), Lawrence Jamison (SF), Robert Rosenberry (PF), Michael Golden (C) Fadey Kurpinski, Carl Kruger, Von Mitkowski, Jared Jackson, Larry Watkins | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Edward Stockstill (PG), Jerry Straub (SF), Roger Renteria (PF), William Wolf (C) Ben Hall, Jim Carstens, William Gregory, Barry Galliher | |
| 13:56 | Syracuse | Roger Renteria hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left side but he's hacked by Michael Golden - foul #1 on Michael Golden, team foul #3 | 15-13 |
| 13:56 | Syracuse | Roger Renteria misses the 1st free throw | 15-13 |
| 13:56 | Syracuse | Roger Renteria makes the 2nd free throw | 15-14 |
| 13:44 | Louisville | Ivan Chrostowski misses the 3 pointer from straight away | 15-14 |
| 13:42 | Louisville | The offensive rebound goes to Michael Golden | 15-14 |
| 13:32 | Louisville | Ivan Chrostowski hits the front of the rim on the wide open fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 15-14 |
| 13:31 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to William Wolf | 15-14 |
| 13:11 | Syracuse | William Wolf is fouled on the floor by Walter Fleshman - foul #1 on Walter Fleshman, team foul #4 | 15-14 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jim Carstens (SG) Darrell Roberson | |
| 12:59 | Syracuse | Jim Carstens loses the dribble to Robert Rosenberry | 15-14 |
| 12:56 | Louisville | Robert Rosenberry is called for the offensive foul in the backcourt - foul #1 on Robert Rosenberry, team foul #5 | 15-14 |
| 12:37 | Syracuse | Roger Renteria can't connect on a fadeaway from the right block | 15-14 |
| 12:36 | Louisville | Michael Golden snags the defensive board | 15-14 |
| 12:33 | Louisville | Michael Golden is hacked by William Wolf in the backcourt - foul #1 on William Wolf, team foul #1 | 15-14 |
| Subs | Louisville | Fadey Kurpinski (PG), Von Mitkowski (SF) Walter Fleshman, Lawrence Jamison | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Ben Hall (SG), William Gregory (PF), Barry Galliher (C) Jim Carstens, Roger Renteria, William Wolf | |
| 12:16 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski is hacked by Barry Galliher - foul #1 on Barry Galliher, team foul #2 | 15-14 |
| 11:53 | Louisville | Fadey Kurpinski hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right side | 15-14 |
| 11:51 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Ben Hall | 15-14 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Fadey Kurpinski (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ivan Chrostowski (fairly fresh) SF - Von Mitkowski (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Robert Rosenberry (fairly fresh) C - Michael Golden (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Edward Stockstill (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Ben Hall (fresh) 2 reb. SF - Jerry Straub (fairly fresh) PF - William Gregory (fresh) C - Barry Galliher (fresh) | |
| 11:36 | Syracuse | Von Mitkowski steps in front of the Edward Stockstill pass | 15-14 |
| 11:32 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski hits the finger roll | 17-14 |
| 11:12 | Syracuse | Jerry Straub drills a fadeaway from the baseline on a great pass from Ben Hall | 17-16 |
| 10:49 | Louisville | Robert Rosenberry is whistled for traveling | 17-16 |
| Subs | Louisville | Walter Fleshman (SG), Jared Jackson (SF) Ivan Chrostowski, Von Mitkowski | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jim Carstens (PG), Darrell Roberson (SG), Roger Renteria (PF), William Wolf (C) Edward Stockstill, Ben Hall, William Gregory, Barry Galliher | |
| 10:31 | Syracuse | Roger Renteria buries a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 17-19 |
| 10:29 | Louisville | Walter Fleshman is called for a charge in the backcourt - foul #2 on Walter Fleshman, team foul #6 | 17-19 |
| Subs | Louisville | Von Mitkowski (SG), Larry Watkins (C) Walter Fleshman, Michael Golden | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 10:20 | Syracuse | Jerry Straub clanks a 3 from the left corner | 17-19 |
| 10:18 | Syracuse | William Wolf hits the follow up shot | 17-21 |
| 10:05 | Louisville | Larry Watkins is called for traveling | 17-21 |
| Subs | Louisville | Michael Golden (SF) Robert Rosenberry | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Edward Stockstill (PG) Jerry Straub | |
| 09:47 | Syracuse | Roger Renteria comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 17-21 |
| 09:45 | Louisville | Larry Watkins snags the defensive board | 17-21 |
| 09:26 | Louisville | Jared Jackson misses short on a jumper from the baseline but he's fouled by Edward Stockstill - foul #1 on Edward Stockstill, team foul #3 | 17-21 |
| Subs | Louisville | Lawrence Jamison (SF) Larry Watkins | |
| Subs | Syracuse | William Gregory (SF), Barry Galliher (C) Edward Stockstill, William Wolf | |
| 09:26 | Louisville | Jared Jackson makes the 1st free throw | 18-21 |
| 09:26 | Louisville | Jared Jackson makes the 2nd free throw | 19-21 |
| 08:57 | Syracuse | Jim Carstens banks in the layup set up by Darrell Roberson | 19-23 |
| 08:44 | Louisville | The short jumper by Lawrence Jamison is denied by William Gregory | 19-23 |
| 08:42 | Syracuse | Jim Carstens gets the rebound | 19-23 |
| 08:38 | Syracuse | Darrell Roberson comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 19-23 |
| 08:37 | Louisville | Michael Golden snags the defensive board | 19-23 |
| 08:35 | Louisville | Darrell Roberson takes the ball from Lawrence Jamison in the backcourt | 19-23 |
| 08:34 | Syracuse | Darrell Roberson lays it in | 19-25 |
| 08:19 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski knocks in the turnaround from the right block on a great pass from Lawrence Jamison | 21-25 |
| 07:59 | Syracuse | Roger Renteria lays it up and in on a nice dish by Jim Carstens and he's hacked by Jared Jackson - foul #1 on Jared Jackson, team foul #7 | 21-27 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ivan Chrostowski (SG), Robert Rosenberry (PF), Larry Watkins (C) Von Mitkowski, Jared Jackson, Michael Golden | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Edward Stockstill (PG), Ben Hall (SG), Jerry Straub (SF), William Wolf (C) Jim Carstens, Darrell Roberson, William Gregory, Barry Galliher | |
| 07:59 | Syracuse | Roger Renteria makes the free throw | 21-28 |
| 07:35 | Louisville | Fadey Kurpinski can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 21-28 |
| 07:33 | Syracuse | Edward Stockstill snags the defensive board | 21-28 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Fadey Kurpinski (tired) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ivan Chrostowski (fresh) SF - Lawrence Jamison (fairly fresh) PF - Robert Rosenberry (fairly fresh) C - Larry Watkins (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Edward Stockstill (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Ben Hall (fresh) 2 reb. SF - Jerry Straub (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Roger Renteria (fairly fresh) 10 pts. C - William Wolf (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:27 | Syracuse | Ben Hall's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 21-28 |
| Subs | Louisville | Von Mitkowski (SF) Lawrence Jamison | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Ronald Cuadra (PF) Roger Renteria | |
| 07:09 | Louisville | Von Mitkowski misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 21-28 |
| 07:07 | Syracuse | Ronald Cuadra gets the rebound | 21-28 |
| 06:52 | Syracuse | Robert Rosenberry blocks the short jumper by Ronald Cuadra | 21-28 |
| 06:50 | Syracuse | Jerry Straub pulls down the offensive rebound | 21-28 |
| 06:42 | Syracuse | William Wolf banks in the layup set up by Edward Stockstill | 21-30 |
| 06:40 | Louisville | Robert Rosenberry loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 21-30 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Darrell Roberson (SG), William Gregory (PF), Barry Galliher (C) Ben Hall, Ronald Cuadra, William Wolf | |
| 06:16 | Syracuse | Darrell Roberson knocks in the 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Edward Stockstill | 21-33 |
| 06:14 | Louisville | Darrell Roberson is called for the reach on Ivan Chrostowski in the backcourt - foul #1 on Darrell Roberson, team foul #4 | 21-33 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jared Jackson (SF), Michael Golden (C) Von Mitkowski, Larry Watkins | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jim Carstens (PG), Ronald Cuadra (C) Edward Stockstill, Jerry Straub | |
| 05:53 | Louisville | Jared Jackson hits the front of the rim on the jump hook from close range | 21-33 |
| 05:51 | Syracuse | Jim Carstens gets the rebound | 21-33 |
| 05:41 | Syracuse | Ronald Cuadra buries a shot in the paint set up by Darrell Roberson and he's hacked by Michael Golden - foul #2 on Michael Golden, team foul #8 | 21-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | Lawrence Jamison (SF), Larry Watkins (C) Robert Rosenberry, Michael Golden | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Ben Hall (PG), Jerry Straub (SF) Darrell Roberson, William Gregory | |
| 05:41 | Syracuse | Ronald Cuadra makes the free throw | 21-36 |
| 05:39 | Louisville | Lawrence Jamison loses the dribble to Jerry Straub in the backcourt | 21-36 |
| 05:26 | Syracuse | The jump hook by Ronald Cuadra is blocked by Larry Watkins | 21-36 |
| 05:25 | Syracuse | Jim Carstens gets the offensive rebound | 21-36 |
| 05:06 | Syracuse | Ronald Cuadra is hacked by Jared Jackson - foul #2 on Jared Jackson, team foul #9 | 21-36 |
| Subs | Louisville | Von Mitkowski (PG), Robert Rosenberry (PF) Fadey Kurpinski, Jared Jackson | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Edward Stockstill (PG), William Wolf (C) Jim Carstens, Barry Galliher | |
| 05:06 | Syracuse | Ronald Cuadra misses the 1st free throw | 21-36 |
| 05:06 | Louisville | Larry Watkins grabs the defensive rebound | 21-36 |
| 04:45 | Louisville | Lawrence Jamison is fouled on the floor by Jerry Straub - foul #1 on Jerry Straub, team foul #5 | 21-36 |
| Subs | Louisville | Fadey Kurpinski (PG) Lawrence Jamison | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Darrell Roberson (SG), Roger Renteria (PF) Ben Hall, Ronald Cuadra | |
| 04:34 | Louisville | Fadey Kurpinski comes up short on the jumper from close range but the foul's on Edward Stockstill - foul #2 on Edward Stockstill, team foul #6 | 21-36 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | William Gregory (SF) Jerry Straub | |
| 04:34 | Louisville | Fadey Kurpinski makes the 1st free throw | 22-36 |
| 04:34 | Louisville | Fadey Kurpinski misses the 2nd free throw | 22-36 |
| 04:34 | Syracuse | Roger Renteria grabs the board | 22-36 |
| 04:30 | Syracuse | Edward Stockstill clanks a fadeaway from the free throw line | 22-36 |
| 04:29 | Louisville | Fadey Kurpinski grabs the defensive rebound | 22-36 |
| 04:08 | Louisville | Fadey Kurpinski misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 22-36 |
| 04:07 | Syracuse | William Wolf pulls down the rebound | 22-36 |
| 04:02 | Syracuse | Edward Stockstill misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Fadey Kurpinski - foul #1 on Fadey Kurpinski, team foul #10 | 22-36 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jim Carstens (SG), Barry Galliher (C) Darrell Roberson, William Wolf | |
| 04:02 | Louisville | Louisville calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 22-36 |
| 04:02 | Syracuse | Edward Stockstill makes the 1st free throw | 22-37 |
| 04:02 | Syracuse | Edward Stockstill misses the 2nd free throw | 22-37 |
| 04:02 | Louisville | Robert Rosenberry grabs the defensive rebound | 22-37 |
| 03:43 | Louisville | Edward Stockstill takes the ball from Robert Rosenberry | 22-37 |
| 03:32 | Syracuse | Larry Watkins picks off the pass by Jim Carstens | 22-37 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Fadey Kurpinski (tired) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ivan Chrostowski (fairly fresh) SF - Von Mitkowski (tiring) 6 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. PF - Robert Rosenberry (tiring) C - Larry Watkins (tiring) 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Edward Stockstill (tiring) 1 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jim Carstens (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. SF - William Gregory (fresh) PF - Roger Renteria (fresh) 10 pts. C - Barry Galliher (fresh) | |
| 03:15 | Louisville | Robert Rosenberry knocks in the shot from the left side | 24-37 |
| 03:05 | Syracuse | Roger Renteria is hacked by Robert Rosenberry - foul #2 on Robert Rosenberry, team foul #11 | 24-37 |
| Subs | Louisville | Walter Fleshman (PG), Carl Kruger (SG), Lawrence Jamison (SF), Jared Jackson (PF), Michael Golden (C) Fadey Kurpinski, Ivan Chrostowski, Von Mitkowski, Robert Rosenberry, Larry Watkins | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Ben Hall (SG), William Wolf (C) Edward Stockstill, Barry Galliher | |
| 03:05 | Syracuse | Roger Renteria makes the 1st free throw | 24-38 |
| 03:05 | Syracuse | Roger Renteria makes the 2nd free throw | 24-39 |
| 02:46 | Louisville | Carl Kruger is fouled on the floor by Ben Hall - foul #1 on Ben Hall, team foul #7 | 24-39 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Darrell Roberson (SG), Barry Galliher (PF) Jim Carstens, Roger Renteria | |
| 02:46 | Louisville | Carl Kruger misses the 1st free throw | 24-39 |
| 02:46 | Syracuse | Barry Galliher pulls down the rebound | 24-39 |
| 02:27 | Syracuse | William Gregory hits the front of the rim on the jumper near the basket | 24-39 |
| 02:26 | Syracuse | Ben Hall pulls down the offensive rebound | 24-39 |
| 02:02 | Syracuse | William Gregory misses badly on a jumpshot from the right wing but he's fouled by Lawrence Jamison - foul #1 on Lawrence Jamison, team foul #12 | 24-39 |
| 02:02 | Syracuse | William Gregory misses the 1st free throw | 24-39 |
| 02:02 | Syracuse | William Gregory makes the 2nd free throw | 24-40 |
| 01:49 | Louisville | Jared Jackson misses short on a floater from just outside the lane | 24-40 |
| 01:47 | Syracuse | William Wolf snags the defensive board | 24-40 |
| 01:19 | Syracuse | William Gregory can't connect on a jumper from the right block but he's hacked by Jared Jackson - foul #3 on Jared Jackson, team foul #13 | 24-40 |
| Subs | Louisville | Fadey Kurpinski (PG), Von Mitkowski (SF), Robert Rosenberry (PF) Walter Fleshman, Lawrence Jamison, Jared Jackson | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jim Carstens (PG), Jerry Straub (SF), Ronald Cuadra (C) Ben Hall, Barry Galliher, William Wolf | |
| 01:19 | Syracuse | William Gregory makes the 1st free throw | 24-41 |
| 01:19 | Syracuse | William Gregory misses the 2nd free throw | 24-41 |
| 01:19 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Robert Rosenberry | 24-41 |
| 01:05 | Louisville | Robert Rosenberry buries a runner near the basket | 26-41 |
| 00:44 | Syracuse | Ronald Cuadra drills a floater from the baseline on a nice dish by Jerry Straub | 26-43 |
| 00:42 | Louisville | Darrell Roberson takes the ball from Carl Kruger in the backcourt | 26-43 |
| 00:41 | Syracuse | Jim Carstens lays it up and in set up by Darrell Roberson | 26-45 |
| 00:29 | Louisville | Ronald Cuadra is called for the reach on Michael Golden - foul #1 on Ronald Cuadra, team foul #8 | 26-45 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ivan Chrostowski (PG) Fadey Kurpinski | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Edward Stockstill (PG), Roger Renteria (PF) Darrell Roberson, William Gregory | |
| 00:29 | Louisville | Michael Golden misses the 1st free throw | 26-45 |
| 00:29 | Syracuse | Jerry Straub grabs the board | 26-45 |
| 00:02 | Syracuse | Jerry Straub drills a turnaround in the lane | 26-47 |
| 00:00 | Louisville | Carl Kruger misses the fullcourt shot | 26-47 |