| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Adam Nall (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Thomas Johnston (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Hoss (fresh) PF - Michael Bax (fresh) 2 reb. C - Martin Palmer (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Michigan | PG - Emmanuel Chapman (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Glen Reeder (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. SF - William Green (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Chris Driscoll (fresh) 5 pts. C - James Smith (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Notre Dame | James Hoss inbounds the ball | 28-31 |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan | Michigan is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| 19:49 | Notre Dame | Michael Bax clanks a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 28-31 |
| 19:48 | Notre Dame | Martin Palmer tips it in | 30-31 |
| 19:19 | Michigan | Chris Driscoll lays it in | 30-33 |
| 19:00 | Notre Dame | James Smith swats the shot by Thomas Johnston | 30-33 |
| 18:58 | Michigan | James Smith grabs the defensive rebound | 30-33 |
| 18:31 | Michigan | William Green is called for the offensive foul - foul #1 on William Green, team foul #1 | 30-33 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Craig Fauntleroy (PG), Manuel Prater (SG), Keith Alexander (SF), Keith Liu (PF), Francis Ritchie (C) Adam Nall, Thomas Johnston, James Hoss, Michael Bax, Martin Palmer | |
| Subs | Michigan | | |
| 18:08 | Notre Dame | Craig Fauntleroy clanks a jumpshot from the left side | 30-33 |
| 18:06 | Michigan | William Green pulls down the rebound | 30-33 |
| 17:47 | Michigan | William Green loses the dribble to Craig Fauntleroy | 30-33 |
| 17:24 | Notre Dame | Manuel Prater buries a pull-up jumper from the left side | 32-33 |
| 17:03 | Michigan | James Smith misses the lay-in | 32-33 |
| 17:02 | Notre Dame | Francis Ritchie grabs the board | 32-33 |
| 16:35 | Notre Dame | Keith Alexander connects on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 35-33 |
| 16:14 | Michigan | Emmanuel Chapman hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 35-33 |
| 16:13 | Michigan | The offensive rebound goes to James Smith | 35-33 |
| 15:54 | Michigan | Keith Alexander takes the ball from William Green | 35-33 |
| 15:51 | Notre Dame | Craig Fauntleroy lays it up and in on a nice dish by Keith Alexander | 37-33 |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Craig Fauntleroy (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Manuel Prater (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Keith Alexander (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Keith Liu (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - Francis Ritchie (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Michigan | PG - Emmanuel Chapman (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Glen Reeder (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. SF - William Green (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. PF - Chris Driscoll (fairly fresh) 7 pts. C - James Smith (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 15:31 | Michigan | Chris Driscoll hits a fadeaway from the right wing on a nice dish by Emmanuel Chapman | 37-35 |
| 15:24 | Notre Dame | The short jumper by Francis Ritchie is denied by James Smith | 37-35 |
| 15:22 | Michigan | Emmanuel Chapman grabs the defensive rebound | 37-35 |
| 15:10 | Michigan | Chris Driscoll hits the front of the rim on the shot from close range but he's fouled by Keith Alexander - foul #1 on Keith Alexander, team foul #1 | 37-35 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Adam Nall (PG), Thomas Johnston (SG), James Hoss (SF), Michael Bax (PF), Martin Palmer (C) Craig Fauntleroy, Manuel Prater, Keith Alexander, Keith Liu, Francis Ritchie | |
| Subs | Michigan | Lester Marion (PG), Kenneth Lammers (SG), Anthony Foster (SF) Emmanuel Chapman, Glen Reeder, William Green | |
| 15:10 | Michigan | Chris Driscoll makes the 1st free throw | 37-36 |
| 15:10 | Michigan | Chris Driscoll makes the 2nd free throw | 37-37 |
| 14:47 | Notre Dame | Michael Bax clanks a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 37-37 |
| 14:45 | Michigan | Lester Marion snags the defensive board | 37-37 |
| 14:22 | Michigan | Kenneth Lammers is by himself and knocks in the jumper from the left wing on a great pass from James Smith out of a doubleteam | 37-39 |
| 14:08 | Notre Dame | Thomas Johnston misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 37-39 |
| 14:07 | Michigan | The rebound goes to James Smith | 37-39 |
| 13:45 | Michigan | Kenneth Lammers is hacked by Thomas Johnston - foul #3 on Thomas Johnston, team foul #2 | 37-39 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Francis Ritchie (C) Martin Palmer | |
| Subs | Michigan | Gregg Schultz (PF) Chris Driscoll | |
| 13:22 | Michigan | Kenneth Lammers's floater is knocked away by James Hoss | 37-39 |
| 13:20 | Notre Dame | Michael Bax snags the defensive board | 37-39 |
| 13:16 | Notre Dame | Thomas Johnston hits the front of the rim on the floater from the baseline | 37-39 |
| 13:15 | Notre Dame | Michael Bax tips it back up and in | 39-39 |
| 12:49 | Michigan | Gregg Schultz is open but comes up short on the jump hook from the right block | 39-39 |
| 12:48 | Michigan | Kenneth Lammers grabs the offensive board | 39-39 |
| 12:32 | Michigan | James Smith makes the shot from the right block on a nice dish by Anthony Foster | 39-41 |
| 12:19 | Notre Dame | Francis Ritchie misses the jump hook from the left block but he's fouled by James Smith - foul #1 on James Smith, team foul #2 | 39-41 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| Subs | Michigan | Emmanuel Chapman (PG), Glen Reeder (SG), William Green (SF) Lester Marion, Kenneth Lammers, Anthony Foster | |
| 12:19 | Notre Dame | Francis Ritchie makes the 1st free throw | 40-41 |
| 12:19 | Notre Dame | Francis Ritchie makes the 2nd free throw | 41-41 |
| 12:02 | Michigan | James Smith is doubleteamed and loses the dribble to James Hoss | 41-41 |
| 11:49 | Notre Dame | Michael Bax slams it home on a great pass from Thomas Johnston | 43-41 |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Adam Nall (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Thomas Johnston (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - James Hoss (fresh) 2 blk. PF - Michael Bax (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Francis Ritchie (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Michigan | PG - Emmanuel Chapman (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Glen Reeder (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. SF - William Green (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. PF - Gregg Schultz (fresh) 2 pts. C - James Smith (tiring) 11 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 11:27 | Michigan | James Smith's layup is rejected by Michael Bax | 43-41 |
| 11:26 | Michigan | Gregg Schultz grabs the offensive rebound | 43-41 |
| 11:03 | Michigan | William Green works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the turnaround in the paint but he's fouled by James Hoss - foul #1 on James Hoss, team foul #3 | 43-41 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Keith Liu (PF), Martin Palmer (C) Michael Bax, Francis Ritchie | |
| Subs | Michigan | Chris Driscoll (PF) James Smith | |
| 11:03 | Michigan | William Green makes the 1st free throw | 43-42 |
| 11:03 | Michigan | William Green makes the 2nd free throw | 43-43 |
| 10:42 | Notre Dame | Keith Liu hits the finger roll set up by Thomas Johnston | 45-43 |
| 10:27 | Michigan | Emmanuel Chapman buries a shot near the basket and he's fouled by James Hoss - foul #2 on James Hoss, team foul #4 | 45-45 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| Subs | Michigan | James Smith (C) Gregg Schultz | |
| 10:27 | Michigan | Emmanuel Chapman misses the free throw | 45-45 |
| 10:27 | Notre Dame | Keith Liu grabs the board | 45-45 |
| 10:19 | Notre Dame | Adam Nall is hacked by Emmanuel Chapman - foul #2 on Emmanuel Chapman, team foul #3 | 45-45 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Michael Bax (PF) Keith Liu | |
| Subs | Michigan | | |
| 10:09 | Notre Dame | Adam Nall's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 45-45 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Craig Fauntleroy (PG), Manuel Prater (SG), Keith Alexander (SF), Keith Liu (PF) Adam Nall, Thomas Johnston, James Hoss, Michael Bax | |
| Subs | Michigan | Anthony Foster (SF) William Green | |
| 09:40 | Michigan | James Smith hits the front of the rim on the floater in the paint but he's hacked by Manuel Prater - foul #1 on Manuel Prater, team foul #5 | 45-45 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Adam Nall (PG), Thomas Johnston (SG), James Hoss (SF), Michael Bax (PF) Craig Fauntleroy, Manuel Prater, Keith Alexander, Keith Liu | |
| Subs | Michigan | | |
| 09:40 | Michigan | James Smith misses the 1st free throw | 45-45 |
| 09:40 | Michigan | James Smith misses the 2nd free throw | 45-45 |
| 09:40 | Notre Dame | Michael Bax snags the defensive board | 45-45 |
| 09:26 | Notre Dame | Michael Bax connects on the shot from the baseline set up by Adam Nall | 47-45 |
| 09:06 | Michigan | James Smith evades the doubleteam but misses long on a turnaround near the basket | 47-45 |
| 09:05 | Notre Dame | Martin Palmer grabs the defensive rebound | 47-45 |
| 08:40 | Notre Dame | Michael Bax clanks a floater in the lane but the foul's on Glen Reeder - foul #1 on Glen Reeder, team foul #4 | 47-45 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Craig Fauntleroy (PG), Manuel Prater (SG), Keith Alexander (SF), Francis Ritchie (C) Adam Nall, Thomas Johnston, James Hoss, Martin Palmer | |
| Subs | Michigan | Kenneth Lammers (SG), William Green (SF), Gregg Schultz (C) Emmanuel Chapman, Glen Reeder, James Smith | |
| 08:40 | Notre Dame | Michael Bax makes the 1st free throw | 48-45 |
| 08:40 | Notre Dame | Michael Bax makes the 2nd free throw | 49-45 |
| 08:22 | Michigan | Kenneth Lammers buries a 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Chris Driscoll | 49-48 |
| 08:08 | Notre Dame | Michael Bax knocks in the jumpshot from the left side | 51-48 |
| 07:45 | Michigan | William Green is hacked by Michael Bax - foul #3 on Michael Bax, team foul #6 | 51-48 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Adam Nall (PG), Thomas Johnston (SG), James Hoss (SF), Keith Liu (PF), Martin Palmer (C) Craig Fauntleroy, Manuel Prater, Keith Alexander, Michael Bax, Francis Ritchie | |
| Subs | Michigan | | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Adam Nall (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Thomas Johnston (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. SF - James Hoss (fresh) 2 blk. PF - Keith Liu (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. C - Martin Palmer (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Michigan | PG - Anthony Foster (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Kenneth Lammers (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - William Green (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. PF - Chris Driscoll (fairly fresh) 11 pts. C - Gregg Schultz (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:23 | Michigan | Martin Palmer blocks the short jumper by William Green | 51-48 |
| 07:22 | Michigan | Chris Driscoll tips it back up and in | 51-50 |
| 06:58 | Notre Dame | Thomas Johnston hits a pull-up jumper from the left side on a nice dish by James Hoss | 53-50 |
| 06:32 | Michigan | Anthony Foster double dribbles | 53-50 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Francis Ritchie (C) Martin Palmer | |
| Subs | Michigan | Emmanuel Chapman (PG), Glen Reeder (SF), James Smith (C) Anthony Foster, William Green, Chris Driscoll | |
| 06:15 | Notre Dame | Thomas Johnston misses short on a floater from the left wing but he's hacked by Kenneth Lammers - foul #2 on Kenneth Lammers, team foul #5 | 53-50 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Michael Bax (PF) Keith Liu | |
| Subs | Michigan | Chris Driscoll (PF) Gregg Schultz | |
| 06:15 | Notre Dame | Thomas Johnston makes the 1st free throw | 54-50 |
| 06:15 | Notre Dame | Thomas Johnston makes the 2nd free throw | 55-50 |
| 05:57 | Michigan | Chris Driscoll misses the runner near the basket | 55-50 |
| 05:56 | Notre Dame | Francis Ritchie snags the defensive board | 55-50 |
| 05:46 | Notre Dame | Michael Bax misses long on a driving attempt from the right block | 55-50 |
| 05:44 | Michigan | The rebound goes to James Smith | 55-50 |
| 05:26 | Michigan | James Smith knocks in the jumpshot from the left wing on a nice dish by Emmanuel Chapman | 55-52 |
| 05:03 | Notre Dame | Michael Bax lays it in | 57-52 |
| 04:39 | Michigan | Kenneth Lammers is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #3 on Kenneth Lammers, team foul #6 | 57-52 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Craig Fauntleroy (PG), Manuel Prater (SG), Keith Alexander (SF), Keith Liu (PF), Martin Palmer (C) Adam Nall, Thomas Johnston, James Hoss, Michael Bax, Francis Ritchie | |
| Subs | Michigan | William Green (SF), Gregg Schultz (PF) Kenneth Lammers, Chris Driscoll | |
| 04:24 | Notre Dame | Keith Liu misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 57-52 |
| 04:23 | Michigan | The rebound goes to James Smith | 57-52 |
| 03:56 | Michigan | William Green works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway in the paint | 57-52 |
| 03:55 | Notre Dame | Manuel Prater grabs the defensive rebound | 57-52 |
| 03:50 | Notre Dame | Martin Palmer loses the dribble to James Smith | 57-52 |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Craig Fauntleroy (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Manuel Prater (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Keith Alexander (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Keith Liu (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. C - Martin Palmer (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Michigan | PG - Emmanuel Chapman (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. SG - Glen Reeder (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. SF - William Green (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. PF - Gregg Schultz (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - James Smith (tiring) 13 pts. 8 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 03:28 | Michigan | William Green lays it in despite the doubleteam set up by Glen Reeder | 57-54 |
| 03:16 | Notre Dame | Manuel Prater misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 57-54 |
| 03:15 | Michigan | William Green pulls down the rebound | 57-54 |
| 02:48 | Michigan | Keith Liu is called for the reach on James Smith - foul #2 on Keith Liu, team foul #7 | 57-54 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Adam Nall (PG), Thomas Johnston (SG), James Hoss (SF), Michael Bax (PF), Francis Ritchie (C) Craig Fauntleroy, Manuel Prater, Keith Alexander, Keith Liu, Martin Palmer | |
| Subs | Michigan | Anthony Foster (PG), Kenneth Lammers (SG) Emmanuel Chapman, Glen Reeder | |
| 02:48 | Michigan | James Smith makes the 1st free throw | 57-55 |
| 02:48 | Michigan | James Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 57-56 |
| 02:27 | Notre Dame | Anthony Foster steals it from Francis Ritchie | 57-56 |
| 02:24 | Michigan | Anthony Foster misses the lay-in | 57-56 |
| 02:22 | Notre Dame | The rebound goes to James Hoss | 57-56 |
| 02:04 | Notre Dame | Thomas Johnston is hacked by Gregg Schultz - foul #2 on Gregg Schultz, team foul #7 | 57-56 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Justin Colyer (C) Francis Ritchie | |
| Subs | Michigan | Chris Driscoll (PF) Gregg Schultz | |
| 02:04 | Notre Dame | Thomas Johnston misses the 1st free throw | 57-56 |
| 02:04 | Michigan | The rebound goes to Chris Driscoll | 57-56 |
| 02:04 | Michigan | Michigan calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 57-56 |
| 01:35 | Michigan | William Green misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 57-56 |
| 01:34 | Michigan | The offensive rebound goes to William Green | 57-56 |
| 01:34 | Michigan | Michigan calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 57-56 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Martin Palmer (C) Justin Colyer | |
| Subs | Michigan | Emmanuel Chapman (PG), Glen Reeder (SG) Anthony Foster, Kenneth Lammers | |
| 01:12 | Michigan | James Smith banks in the layup set up by Glen Reeder | 57-58 |
| 01:10 | Notre Dame | Emmanuel Chapman is called for the reach on Adam Nall in the backcourt - foul #3 on Emmanuel Chapman, team foul #8 | 57-58 |
| 01:10 | Notre Dame | Adam Nall makes the 1st free throw | 58-58 |
| 01:10 | Notre Dame | Adam Nall misses the 2nd free throw | 58-58 |
| 01:10 | Michigan | James Smith pulls down the rebound | 58-58 |
| 00:44 | Michigan | Martin Palmer swats the short shot by William Green | 58-58 |
| 00:43 | Notre Dame | Thomas Johnston grabs the board | 58-58 |
| 00:17 | Notre Dame | Martin Palmer misses badly on a turnaround from the right block | 58-58 |
| 00:15 | Notre Dame | Martin Palmer tips it back up and in | 60-58 |
| 00:04 | Michigan | Emmanuel Chapman hits a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 60-61 |
| 00:04 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 4 full remaining) | 60-61 |
| 00:00 | Notre Dame | Thomas Johnston misses the halfcourt shot | 60-61 |