| Lineup | Michigan | PG - John Damm (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jonathan Godwin (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Stephen Carrier (fresh) PF - Michael Boughner (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. C - August Charles (fresh) 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Ohio State | PG - Travis Cowling (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Steve Hayes (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. SF - Tony McMaster (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. PF - Thad Goodlow (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - Craig Brase (fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Ohio State | Tony McMaster inbounds the ball | 26-32 |
| Game Plan | Michigan | Michigan is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| 19:58 | Ohio State | Travis Cowling is hacked by Jonathan Godwin in the backcourt - foul #1 on Jonathan Godwin, team foul #1 | 26-32 |
| 19:37 | Ohio State | Travis Cowling travels with the ball | 26-32 |
| 19:26 | Michigan | Michael Boughner misses the dunk attempt but he's fouled by Thad Goodlow - foul #2 on Thad Goodlow, team foul #1 | 26-32 |
| 19:26 | Michigan | Michael Boughner makes the 1st free throw | 27-32 |
| 19:26 | Michigan | Michael Boughner misses the 2nd free throw | 27-32 |
| 19:26 | Ohio State | Craig Brase grabs the board | 27-32 |
| 19:24 | Ohio State | Travis Cowling loses the dribble to Michael Boughner in the backcourt | 27-32 |
| 19:07 | Michigan | Stephen Carrier's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 27-32 |
| 18:47 | Ohio State | Tony McMaster hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right block | 27-32 |
| 18:46 | Ohio State | Steve Hayes gets the offensive rebound | 27-32 |
| 18:26 | Ohio State | Thad Goodlow is open and scores on a driving attempt from the left block on a great pass from Travis Cowling | 27-34 |
| 18:21 | Michigan | John Damm drills a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane set up by Michael Boughner | 29-34 |
| 18:08 | Ohio State | Travis Cowling misses long on a fadeaway from the left wing but the foul's on August Charles - foul #3 on August Charles, team foul #2 | 29-34 |
| Subs | Michigan | John Dunham (SG), Raymond Symanski (SF), James Busby (PF), Dennis Wenner (C) Jonathan Godwin, Stephen Carrier, Michael Boughner, August Charles | |
| Subs | Ohio State | John Barnes (SF), Marcus Young (C) Tony McMaster, Craig Brase | |
| 18:08 | Ohio State | Travis Cowling makes the 1st free throw | 29-35 |
| 18:08 | Ohio State | Travis Cowling makes the 2nd free throw | 29-36 |
| 17:54 | Michigan | James Busby blows the layup | 29-36 |
| 17:53 | Michigan | James Busby tips it but misses | 29-36 |
| 17:52 | Ohio State | Thad Goodlow grabs the board | 29-36 |
| 17:28 | Ohio State | Steve Hayes is open and buries a fadeaway from the right wing on a great pass from Travis Cowling | 29-38 |
| 17:15 | Michigan | James Busby scores on a fadeaway in the lane and he's fouled by Marcus Young - foul #2 on Marcus Young, team foul #2 | 31-38 |
| Subs | Michigan | James Nordstrom (PG), Jonathan Godwin (SG) John Damm, Raymond Symanski | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Robert Zuckerberg (PG), Frederick Hilton (PF) Travis Cowling, Thad Goodlow | |
| 17:15 | Michigan | James Busby makes the free throw | 32-38 |
| 16:51 | Ohio State | Robert Zuckerberg is hacked by Dennis Wenner - foul #2 on Dennis Wenner, team foul #3 | 32-38 |
| Subs | Michigan | Stephen Carrier (SF), Michael Boughner (PF) John Dunham, James Busby | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Tony McMaster (SF), Craig Brase (C) John Barnes, Marcus Young | |
| 16:25 | Ohio State | Craig Brase is called for traveling | 32-38 |
| Subs | Michigan | Lester Morris (C) Dennis Wenner | |
| Subs | Ohio State | | |
| 16:13 | Michigan | Stephen Carrier scores on a floater from just outside the lane on a great pass from Michael Boughner | 34-38 |
| 15:52 | Ohio State | Craig Brase is wide open and slams it home on a great pass from Tony McMaster | 34-40 |
| Lineup | Michigan | PG - James Nordstrom (fresh) SG - Jonathan Godwin (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Stephen Carrier (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Michael Boughner (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. 3 stl. C - Lester Morris (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Ohio State | PG - Robert Zuckerberg (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Steve Hayes (tiring) 4 pts. 3 reb. SF - Tony McMaster (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. PF - Frederick Hilton (fresh) C - Craig Brase (fresh) 8 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 15:41 | Michigan | Stephen Carrier hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right wing but he's fouled by Craig Brase - foul #2 on Craig Brase, team foul #3 | 34-40 |
| Subs | Michigan | John Damm (PG), John Dunham (SG), James Busby (PF), August Charles (C) James Nordstrom, Jonathan Godwin, Michael Boughner, Lester Morris | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Joe Carneal (SG), John Barnes (SF), Thad Goodlow (PF), Marcus Young (C) Steve Hayes, Tony McMaster, Frederick Hilton, Craig Brase | |
| 15:41 | Michigan | Stephen Carrier makes the 1st free throw | 35-40 |
| 15:41 | Michigan | Stephen Carrier makes the 2nd free throw | 36-40 |
| 15:12 | Ohio State | John Damm picks off the pass by Joe Carneal | 36-40 |
| 15:09 | Michigan | Stephen Carrier banks in the layup set up by John Damm | 38-40 |
| 14:53 | Ohio State | John Barnes is fouled on the floor by John Damm - foul #1 on John Damm, team foul #4 | 38-40 |
| Subs | Michigan | Raymond Symanski (SF) Stephen Carrier | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Travis Cowling (PG) Robert Zuckerberg | |
| 14:24 | Ohio State | Travis Cowling misses the 3 from the left wing | 38-40 |
| 14:23 | Michigan | James Busby grabs the board | 38-40 |
| 14:08 | Michigan | John Dunham's fadeaway is rejected by Thad Goodlow | 38-40 |
| 14:07 | Ohio State | John Barnes grabs the defensive rebound | 38-40 |
| 14:02 | Ohio State | John Barnes is fouled in the backcourt by August Charles - foul #4 on August Charles, team foul #5 | 38-40 |
| Subs | Michigan | Oscar Cruz (PG), Jonathan Godwin (SG), Michael Boughner (PF), Dennis Wenner (C) John Damm, John Dunham, James Busby, August Charles | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Tony McMaster (SF), Frederick Hilton (PF), Craig Brase (C) John Barnes, Thad Goodlow, Marcus Young | |
| 13:38 | Ohio State | Travis Cowling hits the front of the rim on the wide open 3 pointer from the right wing | 38-40 |
| 13:36 | Ohio State | The offensive rebound goes to Craig Brase | 38-40 |
| 13:14 | Ohio State | Travis Cowling is open and buries a 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Joe Carneal | 38-43 |
| 12:53 | Michigan | Oscar Cruz is called for 5 seconds | 38-43 |
| Subs | Michigan | John Damm (PG), John Dunham (SF) Oscar Cruz, Raymond Symanski | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Robert Zuckerberg (PG), Steve Hayes (SG) Travis Cowling, Joe Carneal | |
| 12:50 | Ohio State | Robert Zuckerberg's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 38-43 |
| Subs | Michigan | | |
| Subs | Ohio State | John Barnes (SF) Tony McMaster | |
| 12:30 | Michigan | John Damm's pass is intercepted by John Barnes | 38-43 |
| 12:26 | Ohio State | Frederick Hilton blows the layup | 38-43 |
| 12:25 | Michigan | John Damm snags the defensive board | 38-43 |
| 12:15 | Michigan | Jonathan Godwin misses the floater from the left wing | 38-43 |
| 12:14 | Ohio State | The rebound goes to Frederick Hilton | 38-43 |
| 12:12 | Ohio State | John Dunham steals the ball from Robert Zuckerberg in the backcourt | 38-43 |
| 12:10 | Michigan | John Damm banks in the layup on a nice dish by John Dunham | 40-43 |
| 11:44 | Ohio State | Robert Zuckerberg is alone and drills a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by John Barnes | 40-46 |
| Lineup | Michigan | PG - John Damm (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SG - Jonathan Godwin (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - John Dunham (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. PF - Michael Boughner (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. 3 stl. C - Dennis Wenner (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Ohio State | PG - Robert Zuckerberg (fresh) 9 pts. SG - Steve Hayes (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. SF - John Barnes (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. PF - Frederick Hilton (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Craig Brase (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 11:32 | Michigan | Michael Boughner is denied on a dunk by Craig Brase | 40-46 |
| 11:31 | Michigan | The offensive rebound goes to Dennis Wenner | 40-46 |
| 11:21 | Michigan | John Damm comes up short on the jumper from the free throw line | 40-46 |
| 11:19 | Ohio State | The rebound goes to Craig Brase | 40-46 |
| 10:56 | Ohio State | Steve Hayes makes the wide open floater from the baseline set up by Frederick Hilton | 40-48 |
| 10:46 | Michigan | Michael Boughner throws it down | 42-48 |
| 10:23 | Ohio State | John Barnes can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 42-48 |
| 10:22 | Michigan | Dennis Wenner gets the rebound | 42-48 |
| 10:03 | Michigan | Michael Boughner misses badly on a jumper from the left side | 42-48 |
| 10:01 | Ohio State | The rebound goes to Craig Brase | 42-48 |
| 09:44 | Ohio State | Craig Brase throws it down | 42-50 |
| 09:28 | Michigan | Michael Boughner scores on a jumper from the right side | 44-50 |
| 08:59 | Ohio State | Steve Hayes misses short on a turnaround from the right block but he's fouled by Jonathan Godwin - foul #2 on Jonathan Godwin, team foul #6 | 44-50 |
| Subs | Michigan | Oscar Cruz (PG), James Nordstrom (SG), Stephen Carrier (SF), James Busby (PF), Lester Morris (C) John Damm, Jonathan Godwin, John Dunham, Michael Boughner, Dennis Wenner | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Travis Cowling (PG), Tony McMaster (SF), Thad Goodlow (PF), Marcus Young (C) Robert Zuckerberg, John Barnes, Frederick Hilton, Craig Brase | |
| 08:59 | Ohio State | Steve Hayes makes the 1st free throw | 44-51 |
| 08:59 | Ohio State | Steve Hayes makes the 2nd free throw | 44-52 |
| 08:50 | Michigan | Thad Goodlow swats the layup by James Busby | 44-52 |
| 08:49 | Ohio State | Thad Goodlow pulls down the rebound | 44-52 |
| 08:22 | Ohio State | James Busby is called for the reach on Thad Goodlow - foul #1 on James Busby, team foul #7 | 44-52 |
| Subs | Michigan | | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Joe Carneal (SG) Steve Hayes | |
| 08:22 | Ohio State | Thad Goodlow makes the 1st free throw | 44-53 |
| 08:22 | Ohio State | Thad Goodlow makes the 2nd free throw | 44-54 |
| 08:05 | Michigan | James Nordstrom's pass is intercepted by Thad Goodlow | 44-54 |
| 07:38 | Ohio State | Oscar Cruz is called for the reach on Travis Cowling - foul #4 on Oscar Cruz, team foul #8 | 44-54 |
| Subs | Michigan | August Charles (C) Lester Morris | |
| Subs | Ohio State | | |
| 07:38 | Ohio State | Travis Cowling makes the 1st free throw | 44-55 |
| 07:38 | Ohio State | Travis Cowling makes the 2nd free throw | 44-56 |
| Lineup | Michigan | PG - Oscar Cruz (fresh) 1 ast. 4 pf. SG - James Nordstrom (fresh) SF - Stephen Carrier (fresh) 6 pts. PF - James Busby (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - August Charles (fresh) 5 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Ohio State | PG - Travis Cowling (fresh) 16 pts. 3 ast. SG - Joe Carneal (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Tony McMaster (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. PF - Thad Goodlow (fresh) 8 pts. 8 reb. 3 blk. C - Marcus Young (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 07:26 | Michigan | James Busby connects on the floater near the basket | 46-56 |
| 07:04 | Ohio State | Marcus Young is open and scores on a floater from the left block set up by Joe Carneal | 46-58 |
| 06:45 | Michigan | James Busby knocks in the floater in the paint set up by August Charles | 48-58 |
| 06:27 | Ohio State | Tony McMaster buries a jump hook from close range on a nice dish by Joe Carneal and he's hacked by Stephen Carrier - foul #1 on Stephen Carrier, team foul #9 | 48-60 |
| Subs | Michigan | John Damm (PG), Jonathan Godwin (SG), Raymond Symanski (SF), Michael Boughner (PF) Oscar Cruz, James Nordstrom, Stephen Carrier, James Busby | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Robert Zuckerberg (PG), Craig Brase (C) Travis Cowling, Marcus Young | |
| 06:27 | Ohio State | Tony McMaster makes the free throw | 48-61 |
| 06:06 | Michigan | Michael Boughner scores on a floater from the right wing | 50-61 |
| 05:37 | Ohio State | Robert Zuckerberg hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 50-61 |
| 05:35 | Ohio State | Thad Goodlow tips it in | 50-63 |
| 05:21 | Michigan | August Charles lays it in | 52-63 |
| 04:58 | Ohio State | Thad Goodlow is fouled on the floor by Jonathan Godwin - foul #3 on Jonathan Godwin, team foul #10 | 52-63 |
| Subs | Michigan | John Dunham (SG), Lester Morris (C) Jonathan Godwin, August Charles | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Travis Cowling (PG), Steve Hayes (SG), Frederick Hilton (SF) Robert Zuckerberg, Joe Carneal, Tony McMaster | |
| 04:58 | Ohio State | Thad Goodlow misses the 1st free throw | 52-63 |
| 04:58 | Ohio State | Thad Goodlow misses the 2nd free throw | 52-63 |
| 04:58 | Michigan | Raymond Symanski grabs the defensive rebound | 52-63 |
| 04:41 | Michigan | John Damm clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 52-63 |
| 04:39 | Ohio State | Steve Hayes snags the defensive board | 52-63 |
| 04:24 | Ohio State | Craig Brase is hacked by Lester Morris - foul #1 on Lester Morris, team foul #11 | 52-63 |
| Subs | Michigan | Oscar Cruz (PG), Stephen Carrier (SF), James Busby (PF) John Damm, Raymond Symanski, Michael Boughner | |
| Subs | Ohio State | John Barnes (SF) Thad Goodlow | |
| 04:24 | Ohio State | Craig Brase misses the 1st free throw | 52-63 |
| 04:24 | Ohio State | Craig Brase makes the 2nd free throw | 52-64 |
| 04:08 | Michigan | James Busby knocks in the shot from close range on a nice dish by John Dunham | 54-64 |
| 03:53 | Ohio State | Craig Brase connects on the runner from the left block on a nice dish by Steve Hayes | 54-66 |
| 03:33 | Michigan | John Dunham throws it down on a nice dish by Stephen Carrier | 56-66 |
| Lineup | Michigan | PG - Oscar Cruz (fresh) 1 ast. 4 pf. SG - John Dunham (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Stephen Carrier (fresh) 6 pts. PF - James Busby (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. C - Lester Morris (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Ohio State | PG - Travis Cowling (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 3 ast. SG - Steve Hayes (tiring) 8 pts. 4 reb. SF - John Barnes (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. PF - Frederick Hilton (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Craig Brase (tiring) 13 pts. 11 reb. | |
| 03:16 | Ohio State | Craig Brase comes up short on the jumper from the right side | 56-66 |
| 03:14 | Michigan | James Busby snags the defensive board | 56-66 |
| 03:03 | Michigan | James Busby is fouled on the floor by Steve Hayes - foul #3 on Steve Hayes, team foul #4 | 56-66 |
| Subs | Michigan | James Nordstrom (PG), Jonathan Godwin (SG), Raymond Symanski (SF), Michael Boughner (PF), August Charles (C) Oscar Cruz, John Dunham, Stephen Carrier, James Busby, Lester Morris | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Robert Zuckerberg (PG), Tony McMaster (SF), Thad Goodlow (PF), Marcus Young (C) Travis Cowling, John Barnes, Frederick Hilton, Craig Brase | |
| 02:58 | Michigan | Michael Boughner misses long on a floater from the right side | 56-66 |
| 02:57 | Ohio State | Marcus Young pulls down the rebound | 56-66 |
| Game Plan | Michigan | Michigan is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| 02:32 | Ohio State | Robert Zuckerberg drills a 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Steve Hayes | 56-69 |
| 02:19 | Michigan | Michael Boughner clanks a shot from the left side | 56-69 |
| 02:18 | Ohio State | Tony McMaster grabs the defensive rebound | 56-69 |
| 01:56 | Ohio State | Robert Zuckerberg's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 56-69 |
| Subs | Michigan | John Damm (PG), Stephen Carrier (SF) James Nordstrom, Raymond Symanski | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Travis Cowling (PG), Craig Brase (C) Robert Zuckerberg, Marcus Young | |
| Game Plan | Michigan | Michigan is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 01:36 | Michigan | John Damm clanks a floater from the left block but he's hacked by Steve Hayes - foul #4 on Steve Hayes, team foul #5 | 56-69 |
| 01:36 | Michigan | John Damm makes the 1st free throw | 57-69 |
| 01:36 | Michigan | John Damm makes the 2nd free throw | 58-69 |
| Game Plan | Michigan | Michigan is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 01:34 | Ohio State | John Damm is called for the reach on Steve Hayes in the backcourt - foul #2 on John Damm, team foul #12 | 58-69 |
| Subs | Michigan | | |
| Subs | Ohio State | Robert Zuckerberg (PG) Travis Cowling | |
| 01:34 | Ohio State | Steve Hayes makes the 1st free throw | 58-70 |
| 01:34 | Ohio State | Steve Hayes misses the 2nd free throw | 58-70 |
| 01:34 | Michigan | August Charles snags the defensive board | 58-70 |
| 01:17 | Michigan | Michael Boughner hits a driving attempt from the left block on a nice dish by John Damm | 60-70 |
| 01:15 | Ohio State | Robert Zuckerberg is hacked by John Damm in the backcourt - foul #3 on John Damm, team foul #13 | 60-70 |
| 01:15 | Ohio State | Robert Zuckerberg makes the 1st free throw | 60-71 |
| 01:15 | Ohio State | Robert Zuckerberg misses the 2nd free throw | 60-71 |
| 01:15 | Michigan | Michael Boughner grabs the defensive rebound | 60-71 |
| 01:07 | Michigan | Michael Boughner's floater is tipped away by Craig Brase | 60-71 |
| 01:06 | Ohio State | Craig Brase snags the defensive board | 60-71 |
| 01:05 | Ohio State | Craig Brase is fouled in the backcourt by Jonathan Godwin - foul #4 on Jonathan Godwin, team foul #14 | 60-71 |
| 01:05 | Ohio State | Craig Brase misses the 1st free throw | 60-71 |
| 01:05 | Ohio State | Craig Brase misses the 2nd free throw | 60-71 |
| 01:05 | Michigan | August Charles pulls down the rebound | 60-71 |
| 00:52 | Michigan | Michael Boughner misses long on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 60-71 |
| 00:51 | Ohio State | Thad Goodlow pulls down the rebound | 60-71 |
| Game Plan | Michigan | Michigan is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 00:30 | Ohio State | Robert Zuckerberg misses long on an open fadeaway from the right wing | 60-71 |
| 00:28 | Michigan | John Damm gets the rebound | 60-71 |
| Game Plan | Michigan | Michigan is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | Ohio State | Ohio State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| 00:22 | Michigan | Jonathan Godwin misses the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 60-71 |
| 00:20 | Ohio State | Robert Zuckerberg pulls down the rebound | 60-71 |
| 00:00 | Ohio State | Robert Zuckerberg runs out the clock | 60-71 |