| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Andrew George (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Michael Cox (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Miladen Kirilenko (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. PF - Dennis Genao (fresh) 4 reb. C - Arthur Nichols (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - William Rayford (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Glenn Magoon (fresh) 15 pts. SF - Kyle Olson (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Mike Curtis (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Lance Hargrave (fresh) 5 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Rutgers | Miladen Kirilenko inbounds the ball | 29-37 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:43 | Rutgers | Dennis Genao can't connect on a fadeaway from the left side but he's fouled by Mike Curtis - foul #2 on Mike Curtis, team foul #1 | 29-37 |
| 19:43 | Rutgers | Dennis Genao makes the 1st free throw | 30-37 |
| 19:43 | Rutgers | Dennis Genao makes the 2nd free throw | 31-37 |
| 19:30 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave scores on a jumper in the lane on a nice dish by William Rayford | 31-39 |
| 19:14 | Rutgers | Michael Cox connects on the pull-up jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Andrew George | 33-39 |
| 19:06 | Louisville | Glenn Magoon buries a 3 from straight away on a great pass from William Rayford | 33-42 |
| 18:59 | Rutgers | Mike Curtis takes the ball from Michael Cox | 33-42 |
| 18:42 | Louisville | Mike Curtis buries a turnaround in the paint on a great pass from Kyle Olson | 33-44 |
| 18:27 | Rutgers | Andrew George hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 33-44 |
| 18:25 | Rutgers | Miladen Kirilenko gets the offensive rebound | 33-44 |
| 18:13 | Rutgers | Andrew George makes the floater from the left wing on a great pass from Michael Cox | 35-44 |
| 17:56 | Louisville | Glenn Magoon hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 35-44 |
| 17:54 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave tips it in | 35-46 |
| 17:48 | Rutgers | Michael Cox comes up short on the floater from the right side | 35-46 |
| 17:47 | Rutgers | Miladen Kirilenko hits the follow up shot | 37-46 |
| 17:22 | Louisville | Glenn Magoon hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 37-46 |
| 17:21 | Louisville | The offensive rebound goes to William Rayford | 37-46 |
| 17:12 | Louisville | Mike Curtis misses long on a shot from the right wing | 37-46 |
| 17:10 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave tips it home | 37-48 |
| 16:56 | Rutgers | Miladen Kirilenko comes up short on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 37-48 |
| 16:54 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave grabs the board | 37-48 |
| 16:31 | Louisville | Kyle Olson drills a 3 from the left corner on a great pass from Glenn Magoon | 37-51 |
| 16:18 | Rutgers | Mike Curtis steps in front of the Arthur Nichols pass | 37-51 |
| 15:56 | Louisville | Mike Curtis drills a jumper from the free throw line set up by William Rayford and he's hacked by Dennis Genao - foul #2 on Dennis Genao, team foul #1 | 37-53 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Archie Rutledge (PG), John Sundberg (SG), Thomas Coppock (SF), John Harris (PF), Greg Mack (C) Andrew George, Michael Cox, Miladen Kirilenko, Dennis Genao, Arthur Nichols | |
| Subs | Louisville | Edward Robinson (PG), Cory Dyar (SF), Charles Raff (C) William Rayford, Kyle Olson, Lance Hargrave | |
| 15:56 | Louisville | Mike Curtis misses the free throw | 37-53 |
| 15:56 | Rutgers | Greg Mack pulls down the rebound | 37-53 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Archie Rutledge (fresh) 2 pts. SG - John Sundberg (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Thomas Coppock (fresh) 4 pts. PF - John Harris (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Greg Mack (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Edward Robinson (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Glenn Magoon (fairly fresh) 18 pts. 1 ast. SF - Cory Dyar (fresh) 3 pf. PF - Mike Curtis (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Charles Raff (fresh) 2 blk. | |
| 15:37 | Rutgers | Glenn Magoon steals the ball from John Harris | 37-53 |
| 15:26 | Louisville | Cory Dyar scores on a pull-up jumper from the left side on a great pass from Edward Robinson | 37-55 |
| 15:18 | Rutgers | Greg Mack can't connect on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 37-55 |
| 15:16 | Louisville | Charles Raff pulls down the rebound | 37-55 |
| 14:52 | Louisville | Cory Dyar misses long on a jumpshot from the left side | 37-55 |
| 14:51 | Rutgers | Greg Mack pulls down the rebound | 37-55 |
| 14:37 | Rutgers | Greg Mack can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 37-55 |
| 14:35 | Rutgers | The offensive rebound goes to John Harris | 37-55 |
| 14:29 | Rutgers | Mike Curtis is called for the reach on Archie Rutledge - foul #3 on Mike Curtis, team foul #2 | 37-55 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Saxon (C) Mike Curtis | |
| 14:16 | Rutgers | John Harris misses the 3 from the left wing | 37-55 |
| 14:15 | Rutgers | Thomas Coppock tips it in | 39-55 |
| 13:56 | Louisville | Thomas Coppock is called for the reach on Cory Dyar - foul #2 on Thomas Coppock, team foul #2 | 39-55 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Andrew George (PG), Miladen Kirilenko (SF), Dennis Genao (PF) Archie Rutledge, Thomas Coppock, Greg Mack | |
| Subs | Louisville | William Rayford (PG) Edward Robinson | |
| 13:45 | Louisville | Cory Dyar throws a bad pass out of bounds | 39-55 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Lance Hargrave (C) Richard Saxon | |
| 13:20 | Rutgers | Dennis Genao hits the finger roll on a nice dish by John Harris | 41-55 |
| 13:09 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave buries a shot from the baseline set up by William Rayford | 41-57 |
| 12:45 | Rutgers | Cory Dyar steals it from Andrew George | 41-57 |
| 12:29 | Louisville | John Harris steps in front of the Cory Dyar pass | 41-57 |
| 12:09 | Rutgers | Andrew George can't connect on a floater from just outside the lane but the foul's on Lance Hargrave - foul #1 on Lance Hargrave, team foul #3 | 41-57 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Michael Cox (SG), Thomas Coppock (SF), Greg Mack (PF), Arthur Nichols (C) John Sundberg, Miladen Kirilenko, Dennis Genao, John Harris | |
| Subs | Louisville | Edward Robinson (SG), Kyle Olson (SF), Richard Saxon (PF) Glenn Magoon, Cory Dyar, Charles Raff | |
| 12:09 | Rutgers | Andrew George makes the 1st free throw | 42-57 |
| 12:09 | Rutgers | Andrew George makes the 2nd free throw | 43-57 |
| 11:57 | Louisville | Kyle Olson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 43-57 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Archie Rutledge (PG) Andrew George | |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Hooser (PG), Mike Curtis (PF) William Rayford, Lance Hargrave | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Archie Rutledge (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Michael Cox (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Thomas Coppock (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Greg Mack (fresh) 3 reb. C - Arthur Nichols (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Hooser (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Edward Robinson (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Kyle Olson (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. PF - Mike Curtis (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. C - Richard Saxon (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 11:29 | Rutgers | Archie Rutledge misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Timothy Hooser - foul #1 on Timothy Hooser, team foul #4 | 43-57 |
| 11:29 | Rutgers | Archie Rutledge makes the 1st free throw | 44-57 |
| 11:29 | Rutgers | Archie Rutledge makes the 2nd free throw | 45-57 |
| 11:15 | Louisville | Edward Robinson comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 45-57 |
| 11:14 | Louisville | Mike Curtis misses the tip | 45-57 |
| 11:13 | Rutgers | Arthur Nichols pulls down the rebound | 45-57 |
| 10:50 | Rutgers | Greg Mack slams it home and he's fouled by Mike Curtis - foul #4 on Mike Curtis, team foul #5 | 47-57 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Andrew George (PG), Miladen Kirilenko (SF) Archie Rutledge, Thomas Coppock | |
| Subs | Louisville | William Rayford (PG), Lance Hargrave (C) Timothy Hooser, Mike Curtis | |
| 10:50 | Rutgers | Greg Mack makes the free throw | 48-57 |
| 10:35 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave misses the easy layup | 48-57 |
| 10:34 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Arthur Nichols | 48-57 |
| 10:29 | Rutgers | Michael Cox clanks a 3pt shot from the right corner | 48-57 |
| 10:27 | Louisville | William Rayford grabs the defensive rebound | 48-57 |
| 10:09 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave misses the floater from the right block | 48-57 |
| 10:07 | Rutgers | Miladen Kirilenko pulls down the rebound | 48-57 |
| 09:49 | Rutgers | Michael Cox scores on a floater from the right wing | 50-57 |
| 09:45 | Louisville | William Rayford hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right side | 50-57 |
| 09:44 | Rutgers | Greg Mack gets the rebound | 50-57 |
| 09:26 | Rutgers | Arthur Nichols clanks a pull-up jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Lance Hargrave - foul #2 on Lance Hargrave, team foul #6 | 50-57 |
| Subs | Rutgers | John Sundberg (SG), Dennis Genao (PF) Michael Cox, Greg Mack | |
| Subs | Louisville | Glenn Magoon (SG), Cory Dyar (SF), Charles Raff (PF) Edward Robinson, Kyle Olson, Richard Saxon | |
| 09:26 | Rutgers | Arthur Nichols misses the 1st free throw | 50-57 |
| 09:26 | Rutgers | Arthur Nichols makes the 2nd free throw | 51-57 |
| 09:05 | Louisville | Glenn Magoon hits a 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by William Rayford | 51-60 |
| 08:40 | Rutgers | Dennis Genao drills a fadeaway jumper from the right wing set up by Andrew George | 53-60 |
| 08:26 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave makes the runner in the paint on a nice dish by William Rayford and the foul's on Andrew George - foul #3 on Andrew George, team foul #3 | 53-62 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Archie Rutledge (PG), Thomas Coppock (SF), John Harris (C) Andrew George, Miladen Kirilenko, Arthur Nichols | |
| Subs | Louisville | Edward Robinson (PG) William Rayford | |
| 08:26 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave makes the free throw | 53-63 |
| 08:06 | Rutgers | Charles Raff is called for the reach on Dennis Genao - foul #1 on Charles Raff, team foul #7 | 53-63 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Saxon (C) Lance Hargrave | |
| 08:06 | Rutgers | Dennis Genao misses the 1st free throw | 53-63 |
| 08:06 | Louisville | Charles Raff snags the defensive board | 53-63 |
| 07:47 | Louisville | Charles Raff misses short on a turnaround from the left block but he's fouled by Archie Rutledge - foul #1 on Archie Rutledge, team foul #4 | 53-63 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Michael Cox (SG) Archie Rutledge | |
| Subs | Louisville | Mike Curtis (PF) Richard Saxon | |
| 07:47 | Louisville | Charles Raff makes the 1st free throw | 53-64 |
| 07:47 | Louisville | Charles Raff misses the 2nd free throw | 53-64 |
| 07:47 | Rutgers | John Harris snags the defensive board | 53-64 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - John Sundberg (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Michael Cox (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Thomas Coppock (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Dennis Genao (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - John Harris (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Edward Robinson (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Glenn Magoon (fairly fresh) 21 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Cory Dyar (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. PF - Mike Curtis (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. 4 pf. C - Charles Raff (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 07:40 | Rutgers | Glenn Magoon takes the ball from John Sundberg | 53-64 |
| 07:24 | Louisville | Glenn Magoon buries a 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Cory Dyar | 53-67 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 07:07 | Rutgers | John Sundberg is called for a charge - foul #1 on John Sundberg, team foul #5 | 53-67 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Andrew George (PG), Miladen Kirilenko (SF) John Sundberg, Thomas Coppock | |
| Subs | Louisville | William Rayford (PG), Richard Saxon (C) Edward Robinson, Charles Raff | |
| 06:41 | Louisville | Glenn Magoon connects on the 3 pointer from straight away | 53-70 |
| 06:28 | Rutgers | Miladen Kirilenko loses the ball out of bounds | 53-70 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Thomas Coppock (SG), Greg Mack (C) Michael Cox, Dennis Genao | |
| Subs | Louisville | Kyle Olson (SF) Cory Dyar | |
| 06:06 | Louisville | Glenn Magoon is called for traveling | 53-70 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Edward Robinson (SG) Glenn Magoon | |
| 05:51 | Rutgers | John Harris clanks a 3pt shot from the right corner but the foul's on Mike Curtis - foul #5 on Mike Curtis, team foul #8 | 53-70 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Charles Raff (PF) Mike Curtis | |
| 05:51 | Rutgers | John Harris misses the 1st free throw | 53-70 |
| 05:51 | Rutgers | John Harris makes the 2nd free throw | 54-70 |
| 05:51 | Rutgers | John Harris makes the 3rd free throw | 55-70 |
| 05:37 | Louisville | Kyle Olson misses badly on a floater from just outside the lane | 55-70 |
| 05:35 | Rutgers | Miladen Kirilenko pulls down the rebound | 55-70 |
| 05:30 | Rutgers | Thomas Coppock comes up short on the floater from the right wing | 55-70 |
| 05:29 | Louisville | William Rayford snags the defensive board | 55-70 |
| 05:09 | Louisville | Richard Saxon drills a shot from the right block set up by Edward Robinson | 55-72 |
| 04:43 | Rutgers | Thomas Coppock loses the ball out of bounds | 55-72 |
| Subs | Rutgers | John Sundberg (PG), Michael Cox (SG), Joe Prosienski (SF), Dennis Genao (PF), Arthur Nichols (C) Andrew George, Thomas Coppock, Miladen Kirilenko, John Harris, Greg Mack | |
| Subs | Louisville | Glenn Magoon (SG), Cory Dyar (SF), Lance Hargrave (C) William Rayford, Kyle Olson, Richard Saxon | |
| 04:29 | Louisville | Glenn Magoon connects on the fadeaway from the left side and he's fouled by Michael Cox - foul #3 on Michael Cox, team foul #6 | 55-74 |
| 04:29 | Louisville | Glenn Magoon makes the free throw | 55-75 |
| 04:17 | Rutgers | The jumper by Michael Cox is denied by Charles Raff | 55-75 |
| 04:16 | Rutgers | Arthur Nichols misses the tip | 55-75 |
| 04:15 | Louisville | Edward Robinson pulls down the rebound | 55-75 |
| 04:08 | Louisville | Glenn Magoon hits a 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Edward Robinson | 55-78 |
| 03:55 | Rutgers | Joe Prosienski is called for traveling | 55-78 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Archie Rutledge (PG), Greg Mack (PF), John Harris (C) Michael Cox, Dennis Genao, Arthur Nichols | |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Saxon (PF) Charles Raff | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:38 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave is hacked by Archie Rutledge - foul #2 on Archie Rutledge, team foul #7 | 55-78 |
| 03:38 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave makes the 1st free throw | 55-79 |
| 03:38 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave makes the 2nd free throw | 55-80 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Archie Rutledge (fresh) 4 pts. SG - John Sundberg (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Joe Prosienski (fresh) PF - Greg Mack (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - John Harris (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Edward Robinson (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SG - Glenn Magoon (fairly fresh) 33 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. SF - Cory Dyar (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. PF - Richard Saxon (fresh) 4 pts. C - Lance Hargrave (fresh) 18 pts. 11 reb. | |
| 03:28 | Rutgers | Archie Rutledge buries a jumper from just outside the lane | 57-80 |
| 03:04 | Louisville | Joe Prosienski takes the ball from Glenn Magoon | 57-80 |
| 02:49 | Rutgers | John Sundberg is hacked by Cory Dyar - foul #4 on Cory Dyar, team foul #9 | 57-80 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Thomas Coppock (C) John Harris | |
| Subs | Louisville | William Rayford (PG), Kyle Olson (SF) Edward Robinson, Cory Dyar | |
| 02:49 | Rutgers | John Sundberg makes the 1st free throw | 58-80 |
| 02:49 | Rutgers | John Sundberg misses the 2nd free throw | 58-80 |
| 02:49 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Lance Hargrave | 58-80 |
| 02:44 | Louisville | Archie Rutledge is called for the reach on William Rayford in the backcourt - foul #3 on Archie Rutledge, team foul #8 | 58-80 |
| 02:44 | Louisville | William Rayford misses the 1st free throw | 58-80 |
| 02:44 | Rutgers | Greg Mack snags the defensive board | 58-80 |
| 02:27 | Rutgers | John Sundberg drills a fadeaway from the right side on a great pass from Archie Rutledge | 60-80 |
| 02:12 | Louisville | Glenn Magoon misses the 3 from the left corner | 60-80 |
| 02:10 | Rutgers | Greg Mack snags the defensive board | 60-80 |
| 02:05 | Rutgers | John Sundberg buries a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 63-80 |
| 01:56 | Louisville | Lance Hargrave comes up short on the runner from the left block | 63-80 |
| 01:55 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Joe Prosienski | 63-80 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 01:38 | Rutgers | Greg Mack misses short on a shot from the free throw line | 63-80 |
| 01:36 | Rutgers | Greg Mack grabs the offensive board | 63-80 |
| 01:20 | Rutgers | John Sundberg hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 63-80 |
| 01:18 | Louisville | Kyle Olson pulls down the rebound | 63-80 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:58 | Louisville | Kyle Olson makes the 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Lance Hargrave | 63-83 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:53 | Rutgers | Archie Rutledge is whistled for a carry | 63-83 |
| Subs | Rutgers | John Harris (PF) Joe Prosienski | |
| Subs | Louisville | Cory Dyar (SF), Charles Raff (PF) Kyle Olson, Richard Saxon | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:27 | Louisville | Charles Raff comes up short on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 63-83 |
| 00:26 | Louisville | Cory Dyar grabs the offensive rebound | 63-83 |
| 00:00 | Louisville | William Rayford runs out the clock | 63-83 |