| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Levi Burkett (fresh) SG - Kevin Regina (fresh) SF - James Carlson (fresh) PF - David Bray (fresh) C - Nathan Bullock (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - John Morris (fresh) SG - James Lambert (fresh) SF - Stanley Lewis (fresh) PF - Ed Tiffany (fresh) C - Craig O'Brien (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Nathan Bullock wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:33 | Louisville | James Lambert is called for the reach on Levi Burkett - foul #1 on James Lambert, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:26 | Louisville | Nathan Bullock can't connect on a turnaround in the lane | 0-0 |
| 19:24 | Rutgers | Stanley Lewis pulls down the rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:10 | Rutgers | John Morris misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 0-0 |
| 19:09 | Louisville | The rebound goes to David Bray | 0-0 |
| 19:04 | Louisville | Kevin Regina can't connect on a jumper from the free throw line | 0-0 |
| 19:03 | Louisville | David Bray tips it in | 2-0 |
| 18:43 | Rutgers | Craig O'Brien misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 2-0 |
| 18:42 | Louisville | Levi Burkett pulls down the rebound | 2-0 |
| 18:24 | Louisville | David Bray can't finish the layup | 2-0 |
| 18:22 | Rutgers | Craig O'Brien snags the defensive board | 2-0 |
| 18:08 | Rutgers | Kevin Regina is called for the reach on John Morris - foul #1 on Kevin Regina, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 17:55 | Rutgers | James Lambert hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 2-0 |
| 17:53 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Nathan Bullock | 2-0 |
| 17:34 | Louisville | David Bray scores on a floater from the left block on a great pass from Kevin Regina | 4-0 |
| 17:23 | Rutgers | Ed Tiffany misses short on a jumper from the left block | 4-0 |
| 17:21 | Louisville | Nathan Bullock gets the rebound | 4-0 |
| 17:07 | Louisville | Kevin Regina comes up short on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 4-0 |
| 17:06 | Rutgers | James Lambert snags the defensive board | 4-0 |
| 16:59 | Rutgers | John Morris's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 4-0 |
| 16:51 | Louisville | Levi Burkett clanks a floater from the right wing but he's fouled by Craig O'Brien - foul #1 on Craig O'Brien, team foul #2 | 4-0 |
| 16:51 | Louisville | Levi Burkett makes the 1st free throw | 5-0 |
| 16:51 | Louisville | Levi Burkett makes the 2nd free throw | 6-0 |
| 16:31 | Rutgers | Craig O'Brien throws a bad pass out of bounds | 6-0 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jeffery Golinski (SG), Douglas Wright (SF) Kevin Regina, James Carlson | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 16:12 | Louisville | The short jumper by Jeffery Golinski is denied by Craig O'Brien | 6-0 |
| 16:11 | Louisville | Jeffery Golinski tips it in | 8-0 |
| 15:53 | Rutgers | John Morris misses short on a 3 from the left corner | 8-0 |
| 15:51 | Rutgers | Craig O'Brien misses the tip | 8-0 |
| 15:50 | Rutgers | Stanley Lewis tips it back up and in | 8-2 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Levi Burkett (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Jeffery Golinski (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Douglas Wright (fresh) PF - David Bray (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Nathan Bullock (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - John Morris (fresh) SG - James Lambert (fresh) SF - Stanley Lewis (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Ed Tiffany (fresh) C - Craig O'Brien (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:35 | Louisville | Levi Burkett knocks in the 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Nathan Bullock | 11-2 |
| 15:28 | Rutgers | Ed Tiffany misses badly on a fadeaway from the baseline | 11-2 |
| 15:26 | Louisville | Nathan Bullock pulls down the rebound | 11-2 |
| 15:21 | Louisville | Levi Burkett makes the floater from the free throw line set up by Jeffery Golinski | 13-2 |
| 15:17 | Rutgers | John Morris is hacked by Levi Burkett - foul #1 on Levi Burkett, team foul #2 | 13-2 |
| Subs | Louisville | Santos Nasser (PG), Kevin Regina (SG), James Carlson (SF), John Conklin (PF), Victor Gaines (C) Levi Burkett, Jeffery Golinski, Douglas Wright, David Bray, Nathan Bullock | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Waylon Williams (PG), Carl Farr (SG), David Fenton (SF), Nelson Strum (PF), Ronald Foor (C) John Morris, James Lambert, Stanley Lewis, Ed Tiffany, Craig O'Brien | |
| 15:08 | Rutgers | Ronald Foor drills a driving attempt from the baseline set up by David Fenton | 13-4 |
| 14:58 | Louisville | John Conklin blows the dunk | 13-4 |
| 14:57 | Louisville | Victor Gaines tips it in | 15-4 |
| 14:37 | Rutgers | David Fenton misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 15-4 |
| 14:35 | Louisville | John Conklin grabs the board | 15-4 |
| 14:30 | Louisville | Kevin Regina misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 15-4 |
| 14:28 | Rutgers | David Fenton snags the defensive board | 15-4 |
| 14:24 | Rutgers | Waylon Williams buries a turnaround in the lane set up by Nelson Strum | 15-6 |
| 14:02 | Louisville | Kevin Regina is whistled for traveling | 15-6 |
| Subs | Louisville | Levi Burkett (PG), David Bray (PF) Santos Nasser, John Conklin | |
| Subs | Rutgers | John Morris (PG), James Lambert (SG), Ed Tiffany (PF), Craig O'Brien (C) Waylon Williams, Carl Farr, Nelson Strum, Ronald Foor | |
| 13:43 | Rutgers | James Lambert is hacked by James Carlson - foul #1 on James Carlson, team foul #3 | 15-6 |
| Subs | Louisville | Douglas Wright (SF), Nathan Bullock (C) James Carlson, Victor Gaines | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 13:21 | Rutgers | John Morris's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 15-6 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jeffery Golinski (SG) Kevin Regina | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Stanley Lewis (SF) David Fenton | |
| 13:05 | Louisville | Levi Burkett misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 15-6 |
| 13:03 | Louisville | Douglas Wright pulls down the offensive rebound | 15-6 |
| 12:58 | Louisville | Ed Tiffany is called for the reach on Nathan Bullock - foul #1 on Ed Tiffany, team foul #3 | 15-6 |
| 12:46 | Louisville | John Morris steps in front of the Jeffery Golinski pass | 15-6 |
| 12:43 | Rutgers | John Morris lays it in | 15-8 |
| 12:34 | Louisville | Stanley Lewis is called for the reach on Douglas Wright - foul #1 on Stanley Lewis, team foul #4 | 15-8 |
| Subs | Louisville | James Carlson (SF) Douglas Wright | |
| Subs | Rutgers | David Fenton (C) Craig O'Brien | |
| 12:17 | Louisville | David Bray throws a bad pass out of bounds | 15-8 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Ronald Foor (C) Ed Tiffany | |
| 11:52 | Rutgers | John Morris is called for traveling | 15-8 |
| Subs | Louisville | Kevin Regina (SG), John Conklin (PF), Victor Gaines (C) Jeffery Golinski, David Bray, Nathan Bullock | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Carl Farr (SF) Stanley Lewis | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Levi Burkett (fresh) 7 pts. SG - Kevin Regina (fresh) 1 ast. SF - James Carlson (fresh) PF - John Conklin (fresh) C - Victor Gaines (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - John Morris (fresh) 2 pts. SG - James Lambert (fresh) SF - Carl Farr (fresh) PF - David Fenton (fresh) C - Ronald Foor (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:35 | Louisville | John Conklin misses badly on a floater from just outside the lane | 15-8 |
| 11:33 | Rutgers | James Lambert gets the rebound | 15-8 |
| 11:15 | Rutgers | James Lambert misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 15-8 |
| 11:14 | Rutgers | David Fenton tips it but misses | 15-8 |
| 11:13 | Rutgers | James Lambert tips it back up and in | 15-10 |
| 10:51 | Louisville | Levi Burkett hits a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 17-10 |
| 10:33 | Rutgers | Ronald Foor misses long on a shot from the right wing but he's hacked by Victor Gaines - foul #1 on Victor Gaines, team foul #4 | 17-10 |
| Subs | Louisville | Douglas Wright (SF), David Bray (PF), Nathan Bullock (C) James Carlson, John Conklin, Victor Gaines | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Waylon Williams (PG), Walter Hanson (SF), Craig O'Brien (C) John Morris, James Lambert, David Fenton | |
| 10:33 | Rutgers | Ronald Foor misses the 1st free throw | 17-10 |
| 10:33 | Rutgers | Ronald Foor misses the 2nd free throw | 17-10 |
| 10:33 | Louisville | Nathan Bullock grabs the defensive rebound | 17-10 |
| 10:25 | Louisville | Douglas Wright is fouled on the floor by Walter Hanson - foul #1 on Walter Hanson, team foul #5 | 17-10 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Stanley Lewis (SF), Ed Tiffany (PF) Walter Hanson, Ronald Foor | |
| 10:11 | Louisville | Nathan Bullock connects on the floater from the right wing on a great pass from Levi Burkett and he's hacked by Craig O'Brien - foul #2 on Craig O'Brien, team foul #6 | 19-10 |
| Subs | Louisville | Santos Nasser (PG) Levi Burkett | |
| Subs | Rutgers | David Fenton (C) Craig O'Brien | |
| 10:11 | Louisville | Nathan Bullock makes the free throw | 20-10 |
| 09:50 | Rutgers | Waylon Williams misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 20-10 |
| 09:48 | Louisville | The rebound goes to David Bray | 20-10 |
| 09:31 | Louisville | Santos Nasser clanks a jumpshot from the left side | 20-10 |
| 09:30 | Rutgers | David Fenton pulls down the rebound | 20-10 |
| 09:12 | Rutgers | David Fenton misses short on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 20-10 |
| 09:11 | Louisville | Douglas Wright gets the rebound | 20-10 |
| 09:06 | Louisville | Nathan Bullock throws a bad pass out of bounds | 20-10 |
| Subs | Louisville | Levi Burkett (PG), Jeffery Golinski (SG) Santos Nasser, Kevin Regina | |
| Subs | Rutgers | John Morris (PG), James Lambert (SG), Walter Hanson (SF), Ronald Foor (C) Waylon Williams, Carl Farr, Stanley Lewis, David Fenton | |
| 08:49 | Rutgers | James Lambert misses badly on a shot from the left wing | 20-10 |
| 08:48 | Louisville | Jeffery Golinski pulls down the rebound | 20-10 |
| 08:37 | Louisville | David Bray misses the runner from the right block but he's fouled by Ed Tiffany - foul #2 on Ed Tiffany, team foul #7 | 20-10 |
| Subs | Louisville | James Carlson (SF), Victor Gaines (C) Douglas Wright, Nathan Bullock | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Waylon Williams (C) Ed Tiffany | |
| 08:37 | Louisville | David Bray makes the 1st free throw | 21-10 |
| 08:37 | Louisville | David Bray makes the 2nd free throw | 22-10 |
| 08:30 | Rutgers | Waylon Williams misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 22-10 |
| 08:29 | Louisville | Jeffery Golinski snags the defensive board | 22-10 |
| 08:07 | Louisville | Victor Gaines double dribbles | 22-10 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Carl Farr (SF) Walter Hanson | |
| 07:51 | Rutgers | John Morris misses the easy layup | 22-10 |
| 07:50 | Rutgers | Ronald Foor tips it in | 22-12 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Levi Burkett (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jeffery Golinski (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. SF - James Carlson (fresh) PF - David Bray (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Victor Gaines (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - John Morris (fresh) 2 pts. SG - James Lambert (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Carl Farr (fresh) PF - Ronald Foor (fresh) 4 pts. C - Waylon Williams (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 07:31 | Louisville | Levi Burkett makes the 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from James Carlson | 25-12 |
| 07:10 | Rutgers | John Morris misses the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 25-12 |
| 07:08 | Louisville | David Bray pulls down the rebound | 25-12 |
| 06:53 | Louisville | Levi Burkett misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 25-12 |
| 06:52 | Rutgers | Ronald Foor snags the defensive board | 25-12 |
| 06:45 | Rutgers | James Lambert misses the fadeaway in the lane but the foul's on Jeffery Golinski - foul #1 on Jeffery Golinski, team foul #5 | 25-12 |
| Subs | Louisville | Kevin Regina (SG), Douglas Wright (SF), John Conklin (PF), Nathan Bullock (C) Jeffery Golinski, James Carlson, David Bray, Victor Gaines | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Stanley Lewis (SF), David Fenton (PF) John Morris, Carl Farr | |
| 06:45 | Rutgers | James Lambert misses the 1st free throw | 25-12 |
| 06:45 | Rutgers | James Lambert misses the 2nd free throw | 25-12 |
| 06:45 | Louisville | John Conklin gets the rebound | 25-12 |
| 06:29 | Louisville | David Fenton steals the ball from John Conklin | 25-12 |
| 06:19 | Rutgers | David Fenton drills a jump hook from the right block | 25-14 |
| 06:12 | Louisville | Ronald Foor blocks the short jumper by Kevin Regina | 25-14 |
| 06:11 | Louisville | Nathan Bullock tips it but misses | 25-14 |
| 06:09 | Rutgers | James Lambert grabs the board | 25-14 |
| 05:56 | Rutgers | Douglas Wright picks off the pass by David Fenton | 25-14 |
| 05:52 | Louisville | Nathan Bullock is fouled on the floor by Ronald Foor - foul #1 on Ronald Foor, team foul #8 | 25-14 |
| Subs | Louisville | Santos Nasser (PG) Levi Burkett | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Carl Farr (SG), Nelson Strum (PF) James Lambert, Ronald Foor | |
| 05:52 | Louisville | Nathan Bullock makes the 1st free throw | 26-14 |
| 05:52 | Louisville | Nathan Bullock makes the 2nd free throw | 27-14 |
| 05:33 | Rutgers | Carl Farr misses long on a 3 from the right wing | 27-14 |
| 05:31 | Louisville | Santos Nasser grabs the board | 27-14 |
| 05:19 | Louisville | Kevin Regina hits a floater from the left wing set up by Douglas Wright | 29-14 |
| 05:06 | Rutgers | Waylon Williams misses badly on a floater from close range but he's fouled by Santos Nasser - foul #1 on Santos Nasser, team foul #6 | 29-14 |
| Subs | Louisville | Levi Burkett (PG), James Carlson (SF), David Bray (PF) Santos Nasser, Douglas Wright, John Conklin | |
| Subs | Rutgers | John Morris (PG) David Fenton | |
| 05:06 | Rutgers | Waylon Williams makes the 1st free throw | 29-15 |
| 05:06 | Rutgers | Waylon Williams makes the 2nd free throw | 29-16 |
| 04:47 | Louisville | Nathan Bullock drills a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Levi Burkett | 31-16 |
| 04:26 | Rutgers | John Morris is hacked by James Carlson - foul #2 on James Carlson, team foul #7 | 31-16 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jeffery Golinski (SG), Douglas Wright (SF) Kevin Regina, James Carlson | |
| Subs | Rutgers | James Lambert (SG), Walter Hanson (SF), Ronald Foor (C) Carl Farr, Stanley Lewis, Waylon Williams | |
| 04:26 | Rutgers | John Morris makes the 1st free throw | 31-17 |
| 04:26 | Rutgers | John Morris makes the 2nd free throw | 31-18 |
| 04:10 | Louisville | Jeffery Golinski throws a bad pass out of bounds | 31-18 |
| Subs | Louisville | Victor Gaines (C) Nathan Bullock | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 03:54 | Rutgers | James Lambert throws a bad pass out of bounds | 31-18 |
| Subs | Louisville | James Carlson (SF) Douglas Wright | |
| Subs | Rutgers | David Fenton (SF), Ed Tiffany (PF), Craig O'Brien (C) Walter Hanson, Nelson Strum, Ronald Foor | |
| 03:41 | Louisville | David Bray blows the layup | 31-18 |
| 03:39 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to David Fenton | 31-18 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Levi Burkett (fresh) 12 pts. 2 ast. SG - Jeffery Golinski (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. SF - James Carlson (fresh) 1 ast. PF - David Bray (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Victor Gaines (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - John Morris (fresh) 4 pts. SG - James Lambert (fresh) 2 pts. SF - David Fenton (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - Ed Tiffany (fresh) C - Craig O'Brien (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 03:22 | Rutgers | John Morris connects on the 3 pointer from straight away | 31-21 |
| 03:02 | Louisville | David Bray connects on the jump hook from the right block and the foul's on John Morris - foul #1 on John Morris, team foul #9 | 33-21 |
| Subs | Louisville | Kevin Regina (SG), Nathan Bullock (C) Jeffery Golinski, Victor Gaines | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Stanley Lewis (SF) David Fenton | |
| 03:02 | Louisville | David Bray makes the free throw | 34-21 |
| 02:47 | Rutgers | Craig O'Brien can't connect on a 3 from the right wing | 34-21 |
| 02:45 | Louisville | David Bray pulls down the rebound | 34-21 |
| 02:25 | Louisville | Levi Burkett comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 34-21 |
| 02:24 | Louisville | Nathan Bullock hits the follow up shot | 36-21 |
| 02:07 | Rutgers | Ed Tiffany lays it in and he's hacked by James Carlson - foul #3 on James Carlson, team foul #8 | 36-23 |
| Subs | Louisville | Santos Nasser (PG), Douglas Wright (SF), John Conklin (PF) Levi Burkett, James Carlson, David Bray | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Waylon Williams (PG), Carl Farr (SG) John Morris, James Lambert | |
| 02:07 | Rutgers | Ed Tiffany makes the free throw | 36-24 |
| 01:53 | Louisville | Santos Nasser misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 36-24 |
| 01:52 | Rutgers | Craig O'Brien pulls down the rebound | 36-24 |
| 01:27 | Rutgers | Ed Tiffany is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #3 on Ed Tiffany, team foul #10 | 36-24 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | David Fenton (SF), Ronald Foor (PF) Stanley Lewis, Ed Tiffany | |
| 01:15 | Louisville | Santos Nasser hits the front of the rim on the floater from the free throw line | 36-24 |
| 01:13 | Rutgers | Waylon Williams grabs the board | 36-24 |
| 00:55 | Rutgers | John Conklin denies the turnaround by Carl Farr | 36-24 |
| 00:54 | Louisville | Douglas Wright grabs the board | 36-24 |
| 00:47 | Louisville | Douglas Wright misses the lay-in | 36-24 |
| 00:45 | Louisville | Nathan Bullock grabs the offensive rebound | 36-24 |
| 00:29 | Louisville | Nathan Bullock is whistled for traveling | 36-24 |
| Subs | Louisville | Levi Burkett (PG), Jeffery Golinski (SG), David Bray (PF), Victor Gaines (C) Santos Nasser, Kevin Regina, John Conklin, Nathan Bullock | |
| Subs | Rutgers | John Morris (PG), James Lambert (SG) Waylon Williams, Craig O'Brien | |
| 00:04 | Rutgers | John Morris clanks a 3 from the left corner | 36-24 |
| 00:03 | Louisville | David Bray grabs the board | 36-24 |
| 00:00 | Louisville | David Bray misses short on a halfcourt shot | 36-24 |