| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Troy Shrader (fresh) 11 pts. SG - Kenneth Byas (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jeffrey Freitag (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - David Albert (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Randy Black (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - James Wagner (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Eugene Hemphill (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Howard Chiasson (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Herman Anderson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Robert Matus (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Jeffrey Freitag inbounds the ball | 27-23 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:35 | Louisville | Troy Shrader is hacked by Herman Anderson - foul #1 on Herman Anderson, team foul #1 | 27-23 |
| Subs | Louisville | Donald Charles (PG), Antonio Oatman (SF), Jeffry Dickman (C) Troy Shrader, Jeffrey Freitag, Randy Black | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 19:12 | Louisville | Kenneth Byas misses the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 27-23 |
| 19:10 | Louisville | Antonio Oatman snags the offensive board | 27-23 |
| 18:55 | Louisville | Jeffry Dickman misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 27-23 |
| 18:54 | Louisville | David Albert tips it in | 29-23 |
| 18:25 | Syracuse | Donald Charles is called for the reach on James Wagner - foul #1 on Donald Charles, team foul #1 | 29-23 |
| Subs | Louisville | Troy Shrader (PG), Jeffrey Freitag (SF), Randy Black (C) Donald Charles, Kenneth Byas, Jeffry Dickman | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 18:04 | Syracuse | Eugene Hemphill misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 29-23 |
| 18:03 | Louisville | David Albert pulls down the rebound | 29-23 |
| 17:46 | Louisville | Howard Chiasson is called for the reach on Jeffrey Freitag - foul #2 on Howard Chiasson, team foul #2 | 29-23 |
| Subs | Louisville | Kenneth Byas (SG) Jeffrey Freitag | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 17:30 | Louisville | Randy Black drills a 3 from the right corner set up by Troy Shrader | 32-23 |
| 17:03 | Syracuse | Eugene Hemphill hits a 3pt shot from straight away | 32-26 |
| 16:37 | Louisville | David Albert hits a jumpshot from the free throw line set up by Antonio Oatman | 34-26 |
| 16:11 | Syracuse | Eugene Hemphill hits a 3 from the right corner on a nice dish by James Wagner | 34-29 |
| 15:51 | Louisville | David Albert misses the jump hook in the lane but he's fouled by Herman Anderson - foul #2 on Herman Anderson, team foul #3 | 34-29 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ryan Wall (SG), Jeffrey Freitag (SF), Jeffry Dickman (C) Kenneth Byas, Antonio Oatman, Randy Black | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Frederic Butler (PF) Herman Anderson | |
| 15:51 | Louisville | David Albert makes the 1st free throw | 35-29 |
| 15:51 | Louisville | David Albert misses the 2nd free throw | 35-29 |
| 15:51 | Syracuse | Robert Matus snags the defensive board | 35-29 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Troy Shrader (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ryan Wall (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Jeffrey Freitag (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - David Albert (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. C - Jeffry Dickman (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - James Wagner (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Eugene Hemphill (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Howard Chiasson (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Frederic Butler (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Robert Matus (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:31 | Syracuse | James Wagner is hacked by Jeffrey Freitag - foul #2 on Jeffrey Freitag, team foul #2 | 35-29 |
| Subs | Louisville | Antonio Oatman (SG), Randy Black (C) Ryan Wall, Jeffry Dickman | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 15:19 | Syracuse | Howard Chiasson buries a turnaround from close range on a nice dish by Robert Matus and he's fouled by Troy Shrader - foul #2 on Troy Shrader, team foul #3 | 35-31 |
| Subs | Louisville | Kenneth Byas (SG) Antonio Oatman | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 15:19 | Syracuse | Howard Chiasson misses the free throw | 35-31 |
| 15:19 | Louisville | Randy Black grabs the board | 35-31 |
| 15:08 | Louisville | David Albert's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 35-31 |
| Subs | Louisville | Antonio Oatman (SG), Jeffry Dickman (C) Kenneth Byas, Randy Black | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 14:39 | Syracuse | Frederic Butler throws a bad pass out of bounds | 35-31 |
| Subs | Louisville | Donald Charles (PG), Kenneth Byas (SG), Randy Black (C) Troy Shrader, Antonio Oatman, Jeffry Dickman | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 14:16 | Louisville | Eugene Hemphill steals the ball from Jeffrey Freitag | 35-31 |
| 13:47 | Syracuse | Kenneth Byas is called for the reach on Howard Chiasson - foul #3 on Kenneth Byas, team foul #4 | 35-31 |
| Subs | Louisville | Troy Shrader (PG), Antonio Oatman (SG), Jeffry Dickman (C) Donald Charles, Kenneth Byas, Randy Black | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 13:18 | Syracuse | James Wagner buries a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 35-34 |
| 13:02 | Louisville | Jeffrey Freitag hits a jumpshot from the left side | 37-34 |
| 12:39 | Syracuse | Howard Chiasson misses the lay-in | 37-34 |
| 12:38 | Louisville | Jeffry Dickman pulls down the rebound | 37-34 |
| 12:12 | Louisville | Jeffrey Freitag makes the 3pt jumper from the right corner on a nice dish by David Albert | 40-34 |
| 11:44 | Syracuse | Eugene Hemphill misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by David Albert - foul #1 on David Albert, team foul #5 | 40-34 |
| Subs | Louisville | Kenneth Byas (SG), Ryan Wall (SF), Jeffrey Yeung (PF), Randy Black (C) Antonio Oatman, Jeffrey Freitag, David Albert, Jeffry Dickman | |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Barnett (PG), Herman Anderson (PF), Terry Whisman (C) James Wagner, Frederic Butler, Robert Matus | |
| 11:44 | Syracuse | Eugene Hemphill misses the 1st free throw | 40-34 |
| 11:44 | Syracuse | Eugene Hemphill misses the 2nd free throw | 40-34 |
| 11:44 | Louisville | Randy Black grabs the board | 40-34 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Troy Shrader (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - Kenneth Byas (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Ryan Wall (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Jeffrey Yeung (fresh) C - Randy Black (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - James Barnett (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Eugene Hemphill (tiring) 8 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Howard Chiasson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Herman Anderson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Terry Whisman (fresh) | |
| 11:22 | Louisville | Kenneth Byas can't connect on a jumper from the right block | 40-34 |
| 11:20 | Syracuse | Howard Chiasson snags the defensive board | 40-34 |
| 10:51 | Syracuse | Eugene Hemphill is hacked by Randy Black - foul #2 on Randy Black, team foul #6 | 40-34 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jeffrey Freitag (SF), David Albert (PF) Ryan Wall, Jeffrey Yeung | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Richard Havens (SG) Eugene Hemphill | |
| 10:33 | Syracuse | Howard Chiasson misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 40-34 |
| 10:31 | Louisville | David Albert snags the defensive board | 40-34 |
| 10:27 | Louisville | Troy Shrader is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 40-34 |
| 10:26 | Syracuse | Herman Anderson grabs the defensive rebound | 40-34 |
| 10:05 | Syracuse | James Barnett makes the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane set up by Richard Havens | 40-36 |
| 09:39 | Louisville | Troy Shrader's pass is intercepted by James Barnett | 40-36 |
| 09:36 | Syracuse | Richard Havens throws it down set up by James Barnett | 40-38 |
| 09:26 | Louisville | Jeffrey Freitag can't connect on a shot from the left wing | 40-38 |
| 09:25 | Louisville | Randy Black pulls down the offensive rebound | 40-38 |
| 09:14 | Louisville | Kenneth Byas knocks in the jumpshot from the right side on a nice dish by Troy Shrader | 42-38 |
| 08:50 | Syracuse | Howard Chiasson knocks in the 3 from the right corner | 42-41 |
| 08:30 | Louisville | Jeffrey Freitag comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 42-41 |
| 08:28 | Louisville | Randy Black hits the follow up shot | 44-41 |
| 08:24 | Syracuse | Howard Chiasson's floater is tipped away by Randy Black | 44-41 |
| 08:23 | Louisville | The rebound goes to David Albert | 44-41 |
| 08:03 | Louisville | Jeffrey Freitag hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway near the basket | 44-41 |
| 08:01 | Louisville | Randy Black misses the tip | 44-41 |
| 07:59 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Herman Anderson | 44-41 |
| 07:39 | Syracuse | Herman Anderson buries a floater from the left block and he's hacked by David Albert - foul #2 on David Albert, team foul #7 | 44-43 |
| Subs | Louisville | Donald Charles (PG), Antonio Oatman (SF), Jeffry Dickman (C) Troy Shrader, Jeffrey Freitag, Randy Black | |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Wagner (PG), Eugene Hemphill (SG), Robert Matus (C) James Barnett, Howard Chiasson, Terry Whisman | |
| 07:39 | Syracuse | Herman Anderson makes the free throw | 44-44 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Donald Charles (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Kenneth Byas (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Antonio Oatman (fresh) 2 reb. PF - David Albert (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 7 reb. C - Jeffry Dickman (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - James Wagner (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - Eugene Hemphill (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Richard Havens (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. PF - Herman Anderson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Robert Matus (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:11 | Louisville | Kenneth Byas clanks a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Herman Anderson - foul #3 on Herman Anderson, team foul #4 | 44-44 |
| Subs | Louisville | Randy Black (C) Jeffry Dickman | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Howard Chiasson (SF), Frederic Butler (PF) Richard Havens, Herman Anderson | |
| 07:11 | Louisville | Kenneth Byas makes the 1st free throw | 45-44 |
| 07:11 | Louisville | Kenneth Byas misses the 2nd free throw | 45-44 |
| 07:11 | Syracuse | Robert Matus pulls down the rebound | 45-44 |
| 06:51 | Syracuse | James Wagner buries a fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Howard Chiasson | 45-46 |
| 06:31 | Louisville | Eugene Hemphill is called for the reach on Donald Charles - foul #4 on Eugene Hemphill, team foul #5 | 45-46 |
| Subs | Louisville | Troy Shrader (PG), Jeffrey Freitag (SF), Jeffrey Yeung (PF) Donald Charles, Kenneth Byas, David Albert | |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Barnett (PG) Howard Chiasson | |
| 06:26 | Louisville | Troy Shrader splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 45-46 |
| 06:24 | Syracuse | Robert Matus gets the rebound | 45-46 |
| 06:08 | Syracuse | Robert Matus knocks in the shot from the left block set up by James Barnett | 45-48 |
| 05:52 | Louisville | Antonio Oatman loses the dribble to Eugene Hemphill | 45-48 |
| 05:34 | Syracuse | Robert Matus misses the lay-in | 45-48 |
| 05:33 | Louisville | Antonio Oatman grabs the board | 45-48 |
| 05:08 | Louisville | Eugene Hemphill is called for the reach on Antonio Oatman - foul #5 on Eugene Hemphill, team foul #6 | 45-48 |
| Subs | Louisville | Donald Charles (PG), Kenneth Byas (SG), David Albert (PF), Jeffry Dickman (C) Troy Shrader, Jeffrey Freitag, Jeffrey Yeung, Randy Black | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Richard Havens (SG) Eugene Hemphill | |
| 04:51 | Louisville | David Albert is hacked by Frederic Butler - foul #1 on Frederic Butler, team foul #7 | 45-48 |
| Subs | Louisville | Troy Shrader (PG) Donald Charles | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 04:51 | Louisville | David Albert misses the 1st free throw | 45-48 |
| 04:51 | Syracuse | Robert Matus snags the defensive board | 45-48 |
| 04:38 | Syracuse | James Wagner hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left block | 45-48 |
| 04:36 | Louisville | David Albert grabs the board | 45-48 |
| 04:21 | Louisville | Jeffry Dickman clanks a runner in the paint but the foul's on Robert Matus - foul #2 on Robert Matus, team foul #8 | 45-48 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Howard Chiasson (SF), Herman Anderson (PF) James Barnett, Frederic Butler | |
| 04:21 | Louisville | Jeffry Dickman makes the 1st free throw | 46-48 |
| 04:21 | Louisville | Jeffry Dickman makes the 2nd free throw | 47-48 |
| 03:55 | Syracuse | Herman Anderson connects on the shot from just outside the lane set up by James Wagner | 47-50 |
| 03:44 | Louisville | Kenneth Byas drills a 3pt attempt from straight away | 50-50 |
| 03:15 | Syracuse | Howard Chiasson is called for a pushoff foul - foul #3 on Howard Chiasson, team foul #9 | 50-50 |
| Subs | Louisville | Donald Charles (PG), Jeffrey Freitag (SF), Randy Black (C) Troy Shrader, Kenneth Byas, Jeffry Dickman | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Donald Charles (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Antonio Oatman (fairly fresh) 3 reb. SF - Jeffrey Freitag (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. PF - David Albert (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 8 reb. C - Randy Black (fresh) 7 pts. 9 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - James Wagner (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. SG - Richard Havens (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Howard Chiasson (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. PF - Herman Anderson (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Robert Matus (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 03:08 | Louisville | Randy Black misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 50-50 |
| 03:07 | Syracuse | Richard Havens pulls down the rebound | 50-50 |
| 02:45 | Syracuse | Howard Chiasson lays it in | 50-52 |
| 02:29 | Louisville | Jeffrey Freitag evades the doubleteam and hits a 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Antonio Oatman | 53-52 |
| 02:12 | Syracuse | Robert Matus drills a floater in the lane set up by Richard Havens | 53-54 |
| 01:55 | Louisville | James Wagner steals it from Jeffrey Freitag out of a doubleteam | 53-54 |
| 01:50 | Syracuse | Howard Chiasson lays it in set up by James Wagner | 53-56 |
| 01:32 | Louisville | Randy Black loses the dribble to Richard Havens | 53-56 |
| 01:28 | Syracuse | Howard Chiasson blows the layup | 53-56 |
| 01:26 | Louisville | Randy Black pulls down the rebound | 53-56 |
| 01:26 | Louisville | Louisville calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 53-56 |
| Subs | Louisville | Troy Shrader (PG), Kenneth Byas (SG) Donald Charles, Antonio Oatman | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 01:12 | Louisville | David Albert is called for traveling | 53-56 |
| 00:56 | Syracuse | Robert Matus knocks in the floater from just outside the lane on a great pass from James Wagner | 53-58 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:41 | Louisville | Jeffrey Freitag is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 53-58 |
| 00:40 | Syracuse | Herman Anderson grabs the board | 53-58 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:37 | Syracuse | Herman Anderson is hacked by Kenneth Byas in the backcourt - foul #4 on Kenneth Byas, team foul #8 | 53-58 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Terry Whisman (C) Robert Matus | |
| 00:37 | Syracuse | Herman Anderson makes the 1st free throw | 53-59 |
| 00:37 | Syracuse | Herman Anderson makes the 2nd free throw | 53-60 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:29 | Louisville | Troy Shrader can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 53-60 |
| 00:27 | Louisville | Randy Black snags the offensive board | 53-60 |
| 00:25 | Louisville | Jeffrey Freitag misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 53-60 |
| 00:24 | Louisville | Troy Shrader grabs the offensive rebound | 53-60 |
| 00:22 | Louisville | Richard Havens picks off the pass by Jeffrey Freitag out of a doubleteam | 53-60 |
| 00:22 | Syracuse | Syracuse calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 53-60 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:21 | Syracuse | Troy Shrader is called for the reach on James Wagner in the backcourt - foul #3 on Troy Shrader, team foul #9 | 53-60 |
| 00:21 | Syracuse | James Wagner makes the 1st free throw | 53-61 |
| 00:21 | Syracuse | James Wagner makes the 2nd free throw | 53-62 |
| 00:16 | Louisville | Troy Shrader loses the ball out of bounds against a doubleteam | 53-62 |
| 00:14 | Syracuse | Troy Shrader is called for the reach on Howard Chiasson in the backcourt - foul #4 on Troy Shrader, team foul #10 | 53-62 |
| 00:14 | Syracuse | Howard Chiasson misses the 1st free throw | 53-62 |
| 00:14 | Syracuse | Howard Chiasson makes the 2nd free throw | 53-63 |
| 00:07 | Louisville | Jeffrey Freitag hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 53-63 |
| 00:06 | Louisville | Kenneth Byas hits the follow up shot | 55-63 |
| 00:06 | Syracuse | Syracuse calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 55-63 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | James Wagner runs out the clock | 55-63 |