| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Richard McIver (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Michael Richter (fresh) 8 pts. 2 stl. SF - James Traxler (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Ivan Donoho (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Rodolfo Vargas (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Ronald Poole (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Ebo Amoroso (fresh) 2 ast. SF - William Singleton (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Carl McKinney (fresh) 1 pts. C - Aaron Butler (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Virginia | James Traxler inbounds the ball | 36-24 |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:40 | Virginia | James Traxler scores on a fadeaway from the left side on a great pass from Michael Richter | 38-24 |
| 19:27 | Rutgers | Ebo Amoroso misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 38-24 |
| 19:26 | Virginia | Rodolfo Vargas gets the rebound | 38-24 |
| 18:57 | Virginia | Rodolfo Vargas misses long on a jumper in the paint but he's hacked by Aaron Butler - foul #3 on Aaron Butler, team foul #1 | 38-24 |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Craig Brooks (PG), Bobby McKinney (SG), Shawn Baldwin (SF), Brady Pilcher (C) Ronald Poole, Ebo Amoroso, Carl McKinney, Aaron Butler | |
| 18:57 | Virginia | Rodolfo Vargas makes the 1st free throw | 39-24 |
| 18:57 | Virginia | Rodolfo Vargas makes the 2nd free throw | 40-24 |
| 18:47 | Rutgers | Shawn Baldwin misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 40-24 |
| 18:46 | Rutgers | William Singleton tips it but misses | 40-24 |
| 18:44 | Virginia | Michael Richter snags the defensive board | 40-24 |
| 18:21 | Virginia | Michael Richter can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 40-24 |
| 18:20 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Craig Brooks | 40-24 |
| 18:01 | Rutgers | William Singleton misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 40-24 |
| 18:00 | Rutgers | Brady Pilcher grabs the offensive rebound | 40-24 |
| 17:44 | Rutgers | William Singleton comes up short on the shot from the right side but he's fouled by Richard McIver - foul #4 on Richard McIver, team foul #1 | 40-24 |
| Subs | Virginia | Lucas Borrero (SG) Richard McIver | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Ronald Poole (PG), Bill Quincy (SG), Ebo Amoroso (SF), Carl McKinney (C) Craig Brooks, Bobby McKinney, Shawn Baldwin, Brady Pilcher | |
| 17:44 | Rutgers | William Singleton makes the 1st free throw | 40-25 |
| 17:44 | Rutgers | William Singleton makes the 2nd free throw | 40-26 |
| 17:20 | Virginia | Rodolfo Vargas misses short on a turnaround in the paint | 40-26 |
| 17:18 | Rutgers | Ronald Poole gets the rebound | 40-26 |
| 17:01 | Rutgers | Bill Quincy can't connect on a shot from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Rodolfo Vargas - foul #2 on Rodolfo Vargas, team foul #2 | 40-26 |
| Subs | Virginia | Lonnie Thomas (PF), Martin Castilleja (C) Ivan Donoho, Rodolfo Vargas | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Bobby McKinney (SG) William Singleton | |
| 17:01 | Rutgers | Bill Quincy makes the 1st free throw | 40-27 |
| 17:01 | Rutgers | Bill Quincy misses the 2nd free throw | 40-27 |
| 17:01 | Virginia | Lonnie Thomas snags the defensive board | 40-27 |
| 16:36 | Virginia | James Traxler comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 40-27 |
| 16:34 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Ronald Poole | 40-27 |
| 16:23 | Rutgers | Bill Quincy knocks in the jumper in the lane on a nice dish by Bobby McKinney | 40-29 |
| 15:58 | Virginia | Lonnie Thomas clanks a shot from the right wing | 40-29 |
| 15:57 | Virginia | Lonnie Thomas tips it back up and in | 42-29 |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Michael Richter (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Lucas Borrero (fresh) SF - James Traxler (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. PF - Lonnie Thomas (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Martin Castilleja (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Ronald Poole (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Bobby McKinney (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Ebo Amoroso (fresh) 2 ast. PF - Carl McKinney (fresh) 1 pts. C - Bill Quincy (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. | |
| 15:33 | Rutgers | Ronald Poole misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 42-29 |
| 15:31 | Rutgers | Ebo Amoroso hits the follow up shot | 42-31 |
| 15:08 | Virginia | Michael Richter is fouled on the floor by Ronald Poole - foul #2 on Ronald Poole, team foul #2 | 42-31 |
| Subs | Virginia | Ivan Donoho (PF), Rodolfo Vargas (C) Lonnie Thomas, Martin Castilleja | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Craig Brooks (PG), William Singleton (SF), Donald Echols (PF), Aaron Butler (C) Ronald Poole, Bobby McKinney, Ebo Amoroso, Carl McKinney | |
| 14:46 | Virginia | Ivan Donoho misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 42-31 |
| 14:45 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Aaron Butler | 42-31 |
| 14:38 | Rutgers | James Traxler steals it from William Singleton | 42-31 |
| 14:34 | Virginia | Lucas Borrero hits the finger roll set up by James Traxler | 44-31 |
| 14:10 | Rutgers | Bill Quincy's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 44-31 |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Ronald Poole (SG) Bill Quincy | |
| 13:49 | Virginia | James Traxler loses the dribble to Aaron Butler | 44-31 |
| 13:32 | Rutgers | Ronald Poole buries a pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by William Singleton | 44-33 |
| 13:20 | Virginia | Lucas Borrero can't connect on a floater from the right side | 44-33 |
| 13:18 | Rutgers | William Singleton snags the defensive board | 44-33 |
| 13:00 | Rutgers | Donald Echols hits the front of the rim on the runner from the baseline but the foul's on Ivan Donoho - foul #1 on Ivan Donoho, team foul #3 | 44-33 |
| Subs | Virginia | Richard McIver (PG) Lucas Borrero | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Bobby McKinney (SG), Brady Pilcher (C) Craig Brooks, Aaron Butler | |
| 13:00 | Rutgers | Donald Echols misses the 1st free throw | 44-33 |
| 13:00 | Rutgers | Donald Echols misses the 2nd free throw | 44-33 |
| 13:00 | Rutgers | William Singleton pulls down the offensive rebound | 44-33 |
| 12:45 | Rutgers | Ronald Poole misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 44-33 |
| 12:44 | Virginia | Rodolfo Vargas grabs the board | 44-33 |
| 12:15 | Virginia | Rodolfo Vargas knocks in the floater in the lane on a nice dish by James Traxler | 46-33 |
| 11:53 | Rutgers | Donald Echols is hacked by James Traxler - foul #1 on James Traxler, team foul #4 | 46-33 |
| Subs | Virginia | Lonnie Thomas (PF), Martin Castilleja (C) Ivan Donoho, Rodolfo Vargas | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Craig Brooks (PG), Bill Quincy (SG), Ebo Amoroso (SF), Aaron Butler (C) Ronald Poole, Bobby McKinney, William Singleton, Brady Pilcher | |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Richard McIver (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. SG - Michael Richter (tiring) 8 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - James Traxler (tiring) 4 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. PF - Lonnie Thomas (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Martin Castilleja (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Craig Brooks (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Bill Quincy (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Ebo Amoroso (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. PF - Donald Echols (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Aaron Butler (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:44 | Rutgers | Ebo Amoroso hits a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Bill Quincy | 46-35 |
| 11:20 | Virginia | James Traxler's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 46-35 |
| Subs | Virginia | Lucas Borrero (SG) Michael Richter | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Ronald Poole (PG), Shawn Baldwin (SF) Craig Brooks, Bill Quincy | |
| 11:12 | Rutgers | Aaron Butler comes up short on the floater from the left side | 46-35 |
| 11:10 | Rutgers | Donald Echols can't tip it in | 46-35 |
| 11:09 | Virginia | Martin Castilleja pulls down the rebound | 46-35 |
| 10:54 | Virginia | James Traxler is fouled on the floor by Ebo Amoroso - foul #1 on Ebo Amoroso, team foul #3 | 46-35 |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Bill Quincy (SG), William Singleton (SF), Carl McKinney (C) Ebo Amoroso, Shawn Baldwin, Aaron Butler | |
| 10:26 | Virginia | Carl McKinney blocks the short jumper by Lonnie Thomas | 46-35 |
| 10:24 | Virginia | Martin Castilleja grabs the offensive board | 46-35 |
| 09:59 | Virginia | Martin Castilleja is called for traveling | 46-35 |
| Subs | Virginia | Michael Richter (SG), Ivan Donoho (PF), Rodolfo Vargas (C) James Traxler, Lonnie Thomas, Martin Castilleja | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Craig Brooks (PG), Bobby McKinney (SG), Ebo Amoroso (SF), Aaron Butler (C) Ronald Poole, Bill Quincy, William Singleton, Carl McKinney | |
| 09:40 | Rutgers | Bobby McKinney knocks in the runner in the lane set up by Ebo Amoroso | 46-37 |
| 09:15 | Virginia | Ivan Donoho misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Ebo Amoroso - foul #2 on Ebo Amoroso, team foul #4 | 46-37 |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Ronald Poole (PG), William Singleton (SF), Brady Pilcher (C) Craig Brooks, Ebo Amoroso, Aaron Butler | |
| 09:15 | Virginia | Ivan Donoho makes the 1st free throw | 47-37 |
| 09:15 | Virginia | Ivan Donoho makes the 2nd free throw | 48-37 |
| 08:53 | Rutgers | Donald Echols's fadeaway is rejected by Ivan Donoho | 48-37 |
| 08:52 | Virginia | The rebound goes to Lucas Borrero | 48-37 |
| 08:47 | Virginia | Rodolfo Vargas is hacked by Brady Pilcher - foul #2 on Brady Pilcher, team foul #5 | 48-37 |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Bill Quincy (SG), Shawn Baldwin (SF), Aaron Butler (C) Bobby McKinney, William Singleton, Brady Pilcher | |
| 08:28 | Virginia | Lucas Borrero misses the jumpshot from the right wing | 48-37 |
| 08:27 | Rutgers | Ronald Poole snags the defensive board | 48-37 |
| 08:05 | Rutgers | Donald Echols drills a fadeaway from close range | 48-39 |
| 07:44 | Virginia | Ronald Poole steps in front of the Ivan Donoho pass | 48-39 |
| 07:39 | Rutgers | Bill Quincy lays it in set up by Ronald Poole | 48-41 |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Richard McIver (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. SG - Michael Richter (tiring) 8 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Lucas Borrero (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Ivan Donoho (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. C - Rodolfo Vargas (fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Ronald Poole (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Bill Quincy (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Shawn Baldwin (fresh) PF - Donald Echols (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Aaron Butler (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:10 | Virginia | Rodolfo Vargas misses the dunk | 48-41 |
| 07:08 | Rutgers | Shawn Baldwin grabs the defensive rebound | 48-41 |
| 06:53 | Rutgers | Bill Quincy comes up short on the shot in the paint but he's fouled by Rodolfo Vargas - foul #3 on Rodolfo Vargas, team foul #5 | 48-41 |
| Subs | Virginia | James Traxler (SF), Lonnie Thomas (PF), Martin Castilleja (C) Lucas Borrero, Ivan Donoho, Rodolfo Vargas | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Craig Brooks (PG), William Singleton (SF), Carl McKinney (C) Ronald Poole, Shawn Baldwin, Aaron Butler | |
| 06:53 | Rutgers | Bill Quincy misses the 1st free throw | 48-41 |
| 06:53 | Rutgers | Bill Quincy makes the 2nd free throw | 48-42 |
| 06:41 | Virginia | James Traxler is hacked by William Singleton - foul #2 on William Singleton, team foul #6 | 48-42 |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Ebo Amoroso (SG) Bill Quincy | |
| 06:25 | Virginia | Lonnie Thomas misses the shot from the left block but the foul's on Carl McKinney - foul #2 on Carl McKinney, team foul #7 | 48-42 |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Bobby McKinney (SG) Ebo Amoroso | |
| 06:25 | Virginia | Lonnie Thomas misses the 1st free throw | 48-42 |
| 06:25 | Virginia | Lonnie Thomas makes the 2nd free throw | 49-42 |
| 06:16 | Rutgers | Michael Richter steals the ball from William Singleton | 49-42 |
| 06:12 | Virginia | James Traxler hits the finger roll on a great pass from Michael Richter | 51-42 |
| 05:51 | Rutgers | Martin Castilleja is called for the reach on William Singleton - foul #2 on Martin Castilleja, team foul #6 | 51-42 |
| Subs | Virginia | Lucas Borrero (SG) Michael Richter | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Ronald Poole (PG), Ebo Amoroso (SG), Brady Pilcher (C) Craig Brooks, Bobby McKinney, Carl McKinney | |
| 05:37 | Rutgers | Donald Echols misses short on a shot from close range | 51-42 |
| 05:35 | Virginia | Lonnie Thomas pulls down the rebound | 51-42 |
| 05:15 | Virginia | Lucas Borrero hits a 3pt shot from the left corner | 54-42 |
| 05:03 | Rutgers | Martin Castilleja is called for the reach on Donald Echols - foul #3 on Martin Castilleja, team foul #7 | 54-42 |
| Subs | Virginia | Ivan Donoho (PF), Rodolfo Vargas (C) Lonnie Thomas, Martin Castilleja | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Craig Brooks (PG), Bobby McKinney (SG), Carl McKinney (C) Ronald Poole, William Singleton, Brady Pilcher | |
| 05:03 | Rutgers | Donald Echols makes the 1st free throw | 54-43 |
| 05:03 | Rutgers | Donald Echols misses the 2nd free throw | 54-43 |
| 05:03 | Virginia | Ivan Donoho pulls down the rebound | 54-43 |
| 04:34 | Virginia | James Traxler misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 54-43 |
| 04:32 | Virginia | Lucas Borrero gets the offensive rebound | 54-43 |
| 04:18 | Virginia | Richard McIver misses badly on a fadeaway from the left side | 54-43 |
| 04:17 | Rutgers | Ebo Amoroso snags the defensive board | 54-43 |
| 03:55 | Rutgers | Ebo Amoroso hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 54-43 |
| 03:53 | Virginia | Ivan Donoho snags the defensive board | 54-43 |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a flex offense and a halfcourt press/man to man (-1) | |
| 03:32 | Virginia | Donald Echols takes the ball from Richard McIver | 54-43 |
| Lineup | Virginia | PG - Richard McIver (tiring) 6 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. SG - Lucas Borrero (tiring) 5 pts. 2 reb. SF - James Traxler (tiring) 6 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. PF - Ivan Donoho (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. C - Rodolfo Vargas (fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Craig Brooks (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Bobby McKinney (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Ebo Amoroso (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. PF - Donald Echols (tiring) 13 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Carl McKinney (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-1) | |
| 03:25 | Rutgers | Donald Echols is fouled on the floor by Ivan Donoho - foul #2 on Ivan Donoho, team foul #8 | 54-43 |
| Subs | Virginia | Michael Richter (SG) Lucas Borrero | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Ronald Poole (PG), Bill Quincy (SG), William Singleton (SF), Aaron Butler (C) Craig Brooks, Bobby McKinney, Ebo Amoroso, Carl McKinney | |
| 03:25 | Rutgers | Donald Echols makes the 1st free throw | 54-44 |
| 03:25 | Rutgers | Donald Echols misses the 2nd free throw | 54-44 |
| 03:25 | Rutgers | William Singleton pulls down the offensive rebound | 54-44 |
| 03:13 | Rutgers | Aaron Butler's pass is intercepted by James Traxler | 54-44 |
| 02:45 | Virginia | Michael Richter drills a fadeaway from the right wing | 56-44 |
| 02:38 | Rutgers | Donald Echols can't finish the layup | 56-44 |
| 02:37 | Rutgers | William Singleton pulls down the offensive rebound | 56-44 |
| 02:19 | Rutgers | William Singleton dunks the ball set up by Ronald Poole | 56-46 |
| 01:54 | Virginia | Ivan Donoho comes up short on the fadeaway from the free throw line | 56-46 |
| 01:52 | Virginia | Ivan Donoho tips it in | 58-46 |
| 01:31 | Rutgers | Bill Quincy knocks in the fadeaway from the baseline on a great pass from Ronald Poole | 58-48 |
| 01:11 | Virginia | Richard McIver misses short on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 58-48 |
| 01:09 | Virginia | Rodolfo Vargas tips it back up and in | 60-48 |
| 00:50 | Rutgers | Donald Echols makes the runner in the paint on a great pass from Ronald Poole | 60-50 |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:49 | Virginia | Richard McIver is hacked by Ronald Poole in the backcourt - foul #3 on Ronald Poole, team foul #8 | 60-50 |
| Subs | Virginia | Lucas Borrero (SF), Lonnie Thomas (PF), Martin Castilleja (C) James Traxler, Ivan Donoho, Rodolfo Vargas | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Ebo Amoroso (SG) Bill Quincy | |
| 00:49 | Virginia | Richard McIver makes the 1st free throw | 61-50 |
| 00:49 | Virginia | Richard McIver makes the 2nd free throw | 62-50 |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:43 | Rutgers | Ebo Amoroso makes the 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Ronald Poole | 62-53 |
| 00:43 | Virginia | Virginia calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 62-53 |
| Subs | Virginia | James Traxler (SF), Ivan Donoho (PF), Rodolfo Vargas (C) Lucas Borrero, Lonnie Thomas, Martin Castilleja | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 00:41 | Virginia | Ronald Poole is called for the reach on Rodolfo Vargas in the backcourt - foul #4 on Ronald Poole, team foul #9 | 62-53 |
| 00:41 | Virginia | Rodolfo Vargas makes the 1st free throw | 63-53 |
| 00:41 | Virginia | Rodolfo Vargas makes the 2nd free throw | 64-53 |
| 00:35 | Rutgers | Aaron Butler scores on a jump hook from the right block on a nice dish by Ronald Poole | 64-55 |
| 00:33 | Virginia | Richard McIver is fouled in the backcourt by Ronald Poole - foul #5 on Ronald Poole, team foul #10 | 64-55 |
| Subs | Virginia | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Craig Brooks (PG) Ronald Poole | |
| 00:33 | Virginia | Richard McIver makes the 1st free throw | 65-55 |
| 00:33 | Virginia | Richard McIver makes the 2nd free throw | 66-55 |
| 00:26 | Rutgers | Ebo Amoroso misses long on a jumpshot from the left wing | 66-55 |
| 00:24 | Rutgers | William Singleton tips it but misses | 66-55 |
| 00:23 | Virginia | James Traxler gets the rebound | 66-55 |
| Game Plan | Virginia | Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-1) | |
| 00:00 | Virginia | Richard McIver runs out the clock | 66-55 |