| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Levi Demott (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Robert Bondurant (fresh) 2 stl. SF - Mark Baron (fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Holloway (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Duane Creasy (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Edward Johns (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Harold Payne (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Edward Sanders (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Randall Mosquera (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Laurence Mozingo (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Tennessee | Edward Sanders inbounds the ball | 22-21 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 19:46 | Tennessee | Edward Johns comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 22-21 |
| 19:44 | Alabama | Mark Baron snags the defensive board | 22-21 |
| 19:24 | Alabama | Levi Demott works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 22-21 |
| 19:22 | Tennessee | Harold Payne gets the rebound | 22-21 |
| 19:04 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera makes the fadeaway near the basket on a nice dish by Edward Johns | 22-23 |
| 18:43 | Alabama | Duane Creasy makes the wide open jumper from close range set up by Levi Demott out of the doubleteam | 24-23 |
| 18:25 | Tennessee | Edward Sanders can't connect on a fadeaway from the baseline but he's fouled by Duane Creasy - foul #3 on Duane Creasy, team foul #1 | 24-23 |
| Subs | Alabama | Nicholas Crow (C) Duane Creasy | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 18:25 | Tennessee | Edward Sanders misses the 1st free throw | 24-23 |
| 18:25 | Tennessee | Edward Sanders makes the 2nd free throw | 24-24 |
| 18:08 | Alabama | Levi Demott shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 24-24 |
| 18:07 | Alabama | The offensive rebound goes to James Holloway | 24-24 |
| 17:52 | Alabama | Levi Demott's fadeaway is rejected by Randall Mosquera | 24-24 |
| 17:51 | Tennessee | Edward Johns grabs the defensive rebound | 24-24 |
| 17:28 | Tennessee | Harold Payne misses the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Nicholas Crow - foul #2 on Nicholas Crow, team foul #2 | 24-24 |
| Subs | Alabama | Bruno Addison (PF) James Holloway | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 17:28 | Tennessee | Harold Payne makes the 1st free throw | 24-25 |
| 17:28 | Tennessee | Harold Payne misses the 2nd free throw | 24-25 |
| 17:28 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow grabs the defensive rebound | 24-25 |
| 17:00 | Alabama | Mark Baron hits a wide open fadeaway from the left wing on a great pass from Levi Demott | 26-25 |
| 16:40 | Tennessee | Mark Baron is called for the reach on Harold Payne - foul #2 on Mark Baron, team foul #3 | 26-25 |
| Subs | Alabama | Brandon Anderson (SG) Robert Bondurant | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 16:20 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo is hacked by Nicholas Crow - foul #3 on Nicholas Crow, team foul #4 | 26-25 |
| Subs | Alabama | Kenneth Merryman (SF), James Holloway (PF) Mark Baron, Nicholas Crow | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Stephen Jones (SF) Harold Payne | |
| 16:06 | Tennessee | Edward Sanders misses long on a jumpshot from the right side but he's hacked by Bruno Addison - foul #2 on Bruno Addison, team foul #5 | 26-25 |
| 16:06 | Tennessee | Edward Sanders misses the 1st free throw | 26-25 |
| 16:06 | Tennessee | Edward Sanders makes the 2nd free throw | 26-26 |
| 15:50 | Alabama | Levi Demott splits the doubleteam and buries a 3 pointer from the left wing | 29-26 |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Levi Demott (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SG - Brandon Anderson (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Kenneth Merryman (fresh) 1 pts. PF - James Holloway (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Bruno Addison (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Edward Johns (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. SG - Edward Sanders (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SF - Stephen Jones (fresh) PF - Randall Mosquera (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. C - Laurence Mozingo (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:46 | Tennessee | Stephen Jones connects on the floater from the left wing and he's fouled by James Holloway - foul #1 on James Holloway, team foul #6 | 29-28 |
| Subs | Alabama | Duane Creasy (C) Bruno Addison | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Fred Hatfield (SF) Edward Sanders | |
| 15:46 | Tennessee | Stephen Jones makes the free throw | 29-29 |
| 15:20 | Alabama | Brandon Anderson can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 29-29 |
| 15:18 | Alabama | Levi Demott snags the offensive board | 29-29 |
| 15:06 | Alabama | James Holloway lays it in and he's hacked by Randall Mosquera - foul #1 on Randall Mosquera, team foul #1 | 31-29 |
| Subs | Alabama | Robert Bondurant (SG), Mark Baron (SF) Brandon Anderson, Kenneth Merryman | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Harold Payne (SG) Stephen Jones | |
| 15:06 | Alabama | James Holloway misses the free throw | 31-29 |
| 15:06 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to Randall Mosquera | 31-29 |
| 14:40 | Tennessee | Mark Baron steps in front of the Fred Hatfield pass | 31-29 |
| 14:35 | Alabama | Harold Payne steals it from Levi Demott | 31-29 |
| 14:32 | Tennessee | Harold Payne can't finish the layup | 31-29 |
| 14:30 | Alabama | Mark Baron pulls down the rebound | 31-29 |
| 14:04 | Alabama | Harold Payne picks off the pass by Levi Demott out of a doubleteam | 31-29 |
| 13:59 | Tennessee | Harold Payne is alone and drills a pull-up jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Edward Johns | 31-31 |
| 13:41 | Alabama | Duane Creasy is called for traveling | 31-31 |
| Subs | Alabama | Nicholas Crow (PF) James Holloway | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 13:17 | Tennessee | Nicholas Crow swats the layup by Laurence Mozingo | 31-31 |
| 13:16 | Alabama | Duane Creasy grabs the defensive rebound | 31-31 |
| 12:51 | Alabama | Mark Baron is hacked by Fred Hatfield - foul #4 on Fred Hatfield, team foul #2 | 31-31 |
| Subs | Alabama | Brandon Anderson (SG) Robert Bondurant | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Edward Sanders (SG), Stephen Jones (SF), Robert Goss (C) Harold Payne, Fred Hatfield, Laurence Mozingo | |
| 12:32 | Alabama | Duane Creasy clanks a fadeaway from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Stephen Jones - foul #2 on Stephen Jones, team foul #3 | 31-31 |
| 12:32 | Alabama | Duane Creasy misses the 1st free throw | 31-31 |
| 12:32 | Alabama | Duane Creasy makes the 2nd free throw | 32-31 |
| 12:21 | Tennessee | Stephen Jones throws a bad pass out of bounds | 32-31 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | Tennessee | David Morgan (C) Randall Mosquera | |
| 12:02 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow throws a bad pass out of bounds | 32-31 |
| Subs | Alabama | Kenneth Merryman (SF), Bruno Addison (PF) Mark Baron, Duane Creasy | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Harold Payne (SG) David Morgan | |
| 11:55 | Tennessee | Robert Goss is fouled on the floor by Kenneth Merryman - foul #1 on Kenneth Merryman, team foul #7 | 32-31 |
| 11:55 | Tennessee | Robert Goss makes the 1st free throw | 32-32 |
| 11:55 | Tennessee | Robert Goss misses the 2nd free throw | 32-32 |
| 11:55 | Alabama | Nicholas Crow snags the defensive board | 32-32 |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Levi Demott (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SG - Brandon Anderson (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Kenneth Merryman (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Bruno Addison (fresh) C - Nicholas Crow (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Edward Johns (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 ast. SG - Harold Payne (fresh) 5 pts. 2 stl. SF - Edward Sanders (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Robert Goss (fresh) 1 pts. C - Stephen Jones (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 11:26 | Alabama | Kenneth Merryman connects on the shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Levi Demott | 34-32 |
| 11:19 | Tennessee | Harold Payne is fouled on the floor by Levi Demott - foul #2 on Levi Demott, team foul #8 | 34-32 |
| Subs | Alabama | Robert Bondurant (SG), James Holloway (PF) Levi Demott, Bruno Addison | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Cheng-Gong Xayasith (PG), Randall Mosquera (PF), Laurence Mozingo (C) Edward Johns, Robert Goss, Stephen Jones | |
| 11:19 | Tennessee | Harold Payne makes the 1st free throw | 34-33 |
| 11:19 | Tennessee | Harold Payne misses the 2nd free throw | 34-33 |
| 11:19 | Alabama | The rebound goes to James Holloway | 34-33 |
| 10:59 | Alabama | Brandon Anderson makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Kenneth Merryman | 37-33 |
| 10:40 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera hits the front of the rim on the runner from the right block | 37-33 |
| 10:38 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo pulls down the offensive rebound | 37-33 |
| 10:26 | Tennessee | Robert Bondurant steals the ball from Harold Payne | 37-33 |
| 10:04 | Alabama | Robert Bondurant hits a jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Brandon Anderson | 39-33 |
| 09:40 | Tennessee | Nicholas Crow steals the ball from Randall Mosquera | 39-33 |
| 09:13 | Alabama | Randall Mosquera swats the shot by Brandon Anderson | 39-33 |
| 09:11 | Tennessee | Cheng-Gong Xayasith snags the defensive board | 39-33 |
| 08:46 | Tennessee | Edward Sanders scores on a 3 pointer from straight away | 39-36 |
| 08:29 | Alabama | James Holloway misses short on a floater from the right block | 39-36 |
| 08:28 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to Cheng-Gong Xayasith | 39-36 |
| 08:16 | Tennessee | Cheng-Gong Xayasith is hacked by Brandon Anderson - foul #2 on Brandon Anderson, team foul #9 | 39-36 |
| Subs | Alabama | Levi Demott (PG), Mark Baron (SF), Bruno Addison (PF), Duane Creasy (C) Brandon Anderson, Kenneth Merryman, James Holloway, Nicholas Crow | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Edward Johns (PG), Robert Goss (PF), Stephen Jones (C) Harold Payne, Randall Mosquera, Laurence Mozingo | |
| 08:16 | Tennessee | Cheng-Gong Xayasith makes the 1st free throw | 39-37 |
| 08:16 | Tennessee | Cheng-Gong Xayasith misses the 2nd free throw | 39-37 |
| 08:16 | Alabama | The rebound goes to Duane Creasy | 39-37 |
| 08:03 | Alabama | Levi Demott works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left block but the foul's on Edward Sanders - foul #1 on Edward Sanders, team foul #4 | 39-37 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | Tennessee | David Morgan (C) Cheng-Gong Xayasith | |
| 08:03 | Alabama | Levi Demott makes the 1st free throw | 40-37 |
| 08:03 | Alabama | Levi Demott makes the 2nd free throw | 41-37 |
| 07:45 | Tennessee | Edward Johns evades the doubleteam but misses long on a shot from the left block but he's fouled by Bruno Addison - foul #3 on Bruno Addison, team foul #10 | 41-37 |
| Subs | Alabama | | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Fred Hatfield (SF) David Morgan | |
| 07:45 | Tennessee | Edward Johns makes the 1st free throw | 41-38 |
| 07:45 | Tennessee | Edward Johns misses the 2nd free throw | 41-38 |
| 07:45 | Alabama | Duane Creasy grabs the defensive rebound | 41-38 |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Levi Demott (fresh) 11 pts. 5 ast. SG - Robert Bondurant (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 stl. SF - Mark Baron (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Bruno Addison (fresh) 3 pf. C - Duane Creasy (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Edward Johns (fresh) 4 pts. 5 ast. SG - Edward Sanders (fairly fresh) 7 pts. SF - Fred Hatfield (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. PF - Robert Goss (fresh) 1 pts. C - Stephen Jones (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 07:26 | Alabama | Robert Bondurant loses the ball out of bounds | 41-38 |
| 07:06 | Tennessee | Fred Hatfield misses the jumpshot from the left side | 41-38 |
| 07:05 | Alabama | Duane Creasy snags the defensive board | 41-38 |
| 06:51 | Alabama | Levi Demott misses the 3 from straight away | 41-38 |
| 06:50 | Tennessee | Stephen Jones snags the defensive board | 41-38 |
| 06:35 | Tennessee | Robert Goss knocks in the jumper from the left block on a great pass from Edward Johns | 41-40 |
| 06:11 | Alabama | Mark Baron throws a bad pass out of bounds | 41-40 |
| Subs | Alabama | Brandon Anderson (SG), Nicholas Crow (PF) Robert Bondurant, Bruno Addison | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Harold Payne (SG), Randall Mosquera (PF) Edward Sanders, Stephen Jones | |
| 05:52 | Tennessee | Levi Demott takes the ball from Randall Mosquera | 41-40 |
| 05:23 | Alabama | Levi Demott scores on a 3 from the right wing | 44-40 |
| 05:08 | Tennessee | Harold Payne makes the shot near the basket set up by Fred Hatfield and the foul's on Nicholas Crow - foul #4 on Nicholas Crow, team foul #11 | 44-42 |
| Subs | Alabama | James Holloway (PF) Nicholas Crow | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo (C) Robert Goss | |
| 05:08 | Tennessee | Harold Payne misses the free throw | 44-42 |
| 05:08 | Alabama | Duane Creasy gets the rebound | 44-42 |
| 04:39 | Alabama | Edward Johns is called for the reach on Levi Demott - foul #2 on Edward Johns, team foul #5 | 44-42 |
| Subs | Alabama | Kenneth Merryman (SF), Nicholas Crow (C) Mark Baron, Duane Creasy | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 04:25 | Alabama | Levi Demott splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 44-42 |
| 04:24 | Tennessee | Harold Payne grabs the defensive rebound | 44-42 |
| 04:04 | Tennessee | Harold Payne misses long on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 44-42 |
| 04:03 | Alabama | James Holloway pulls down the rebound | 44-42 |
| 03:59 | Alabama | Levi Demott evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 44-42 |
| 03:57 | Alabama | James Holloway tips it in | 46-42 |
| 03:34 | Tennessee | Fred Hatfield drills a runner in the lane set up by Laurence Mozingo | 46-44 |
| Lineup | Alabama | PG - Levi Demott (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 5 ast. SG - Brandon Anderson (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kenneth Merryman (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - James Holloway (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. C - Nicholas Crow (fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Edward Johns (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 ast. SG - Harold Payne (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 stl. SF - Fred Hatfield (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. PF - Randall Mosquera (tiring) 9 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. C - Laurence Mozingo (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:12 | Alabama | James Holloway is denied on a layup by Laurence Mozingo | 46-44 |
| 03:10 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to Edward Johns | 46-44 |
| 02:48 | Tennessee | Fred Hatfield misses long on an open pull-up jumper from the right wing | 46-44 |
| 02:46 | Tennessee | Edward Johns misses the tip | 46-44 |
| 02:45 | Alabama | The rebound goes to James Holloway | 46-44 |
| 02:45 | Alabama | Alabama calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 46-44 |
| Subs | Alabama | Robert Bondurant (SG), Mark Baron (SF), Duane Creasy (C) Brandon Anderson, Kenneth Merryman, Nicholas Crow | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 02:25 | Alabama | Levi Demott connects on the 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Robert Bondurant | 49-44 |
| 02:05 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo misses badly on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 49-44 |
| 02:04 | Tennessee | Edward Johns misses the tip | 49-44 |
| 02:03 | Tennessee | Fred Hatfield tips it but misses | 49-44 |
| 02:02 | Alabama | Duane Creasy pulls down the rebound | 49-44 |
| 01:42 | Alabama | Robert Bondurant throws a bad pass out of bounds | 49-44 |
| 01:24 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo is fouled on the floor by Levi Demott - foul #3 on Levi Demott, team foul #12 | 49-44 |
| 01:24 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo makes the 1st free throw | 49-45 |
| 01:24 | Tennessee | Laurence Mozingo misses the 2nd free throw | 49-45 |
| 01:24 | Alabama | James Holloway snags the defensive board | 49-45 |
| 01:20 | Alabama | Levi Demott is whistled for a carry trying to escape the doubleteam | 49-45 |
| 01:11 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera banks in the layup on a nice dish by Harold Payne and he's hacked by James Holloway - foul #2 on James Holloway, team foul #13 | 49-47 |
| 01:11 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera makes the free throw | 49-48 |
| 00:50 | Alabama | Levi Demott comes up short on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 49-48 |
| 00:48 | Tennessee | Fred Hatfield grabs the defensive rebound | 49-48 |
| 00:31 | Tennessee | Harold Payne makes the fadeaway from the left block on a great pass from Fred Hatfield | 49-50 |
| 00:12 | Alabama | Levi Demott buries a jumper from the right wing set up by Robert Bondurant | 51-50 |
| 00:05 | Tennessee | Randall Mosquera can't finish the layup | 51-50 |
| 00:03 | Alabama | Duane Creasy pulls down the rebound | 51-50 |
| Game Plan | Alabama | Alabama is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a motion offense and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| 00:01 | Alabama | Duane Creasy is fouled in the backcourt by Edward Johns - foul #3 on Edward Johns, team foul #6 | 51-50 |
| 00:00 | Alabama | Duane Creasy runs out the clock | 51-50 |