| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Brandon Chitty (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. SG - Cruz Whitley (fresh) 4 ast. SF - Keith Hayes (fresh) 7 pts. PF - David Gimenez (fresh) 5 reb. C - William Cupples (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Robert Fusco (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SG - Raymond Reid (fresh) 12 pts. SF - Theodore Robinson (fresh) PF - Vernon Harris (fresh) 2 reb. C - Marcus Stradford (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Rutgers | Keith Hayes inbounds the ball | 29-33 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:33 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty drills a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a great pass from David Gimenez | 32-33 |
| 19:04 | Louisville | Robert Fusco is whistled for traveling | 32-33 |
| 18:36 | Rutgers | David Gimenez blows the layup | 32-33 |
| 18:35 | Rutgers | William Cupples tips it in | 34-33 |
| 18:14 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford can't throw it down but he's hacked by Brandon Chitty - foul #2 on Brandon Chitty, team foul #1 | 34-33 |
| 18:14 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford makes the 1st free throw | 34-34 |
| 18:14 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford makes the 2nd free throw | 34-35 |
| 17:57 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty is fouled on the floor by Raymond Reid - foul #3 on Raymond Reid, team foul #1 | 34-35 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Jeffery Maloney (SG) Raymond Reid | |
| 17:42 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty is fouled on the floor by Theodore Robinson - foul #2 on Theodore Robinson, team foul #2 | 34-35 |
| 17:34 | Rutgers | Theodore Robinson takes the ball from Keith Hayes | 34-35 |
| 17:05 | Louisville | Robert Fusco misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 34-35 |
| 17:03 | Rutgers | David Gimenez pulls down the rebound | 34-35 |
| 16:41 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 34-35 |
| 16:40 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford gets the rebound | 34-35 |
| 16:11 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford is fouled on the floor by Keith Hayes - foul #1 on Keith Hayes, team foul #2 | 34-35 |
| Subs | Rutgers | John James (SG), Tony Levine (SF), Vladimir Zieglen (PF) Cruz Whitley, Keith Hayes, David Gimenez | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 15:53 | Louisville | Vernon Harris scores on a jump hook near the basket on a nice dish by Robert Fusco | 34-37 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Brandon Chitty (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. SG - John James (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Tony Levine (fresh) PF - Vladimir Zieglen (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - William Cupples (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Robert Fusco (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. SG - Jeffery Maloney (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. SF - Theodore Robinson (fairly fresh) 2 stl. PF - Vernon Harris (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Marcus Stradford (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 15:34 | Rutgers | John James hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 34-37 |
| 15:33 | Louisville | Jeffery Maloney snags the defensive board | 34-37 |
| 15:11 | Louisville | Robert Fusco clanks a turnaround in the paint | 34-37 |
| 15:09 | Louisville | Vernon Harris tips it home | 34-39 |
| 14:50 | Rutgers | William Cupples drills a jumpshot from the free throw line | 36-39 |
| 14:45 | Louisville | Robert Fusco misses the floater from just outside the lane | 36-39 |
| 14:43 | Rutgers | William Cupples grabs the board | 36-39 |
| 14:39 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty makes the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 39-39 |
| 14:13 | Louisville | Theodore Robinson misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 39-39 |
| 14:11 | Rutgers | Vladimir Zieglen gets the rebound | 39-39 |
| 14:05 | Rutgers | Vernon Harris swats the shot by John James | 39-39 |
| 14:04 | Rutgers | Vladimir Zieglen grabs the offensive rebound | 39-39 |
| 13:51 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty knocks in the jumpshot from the right wing | 41-39 |
| 13:34 | Louisville | Jeffery Maloney is hacked by William Cupples - foul #3 on William Cupples, team foul #3 | 41-39 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley (PG), Keith Hayes (SF), David Gimenez (PF) Brandon Chitty, Tony Levine, William Cupples | |
| Subs | Louisville | Raymond Reid (SG) Jeffery Maloney | |
| 13:18 | Louisville | Raymond Reid hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right corner | 41-39 |
| 13:17 | Rutgers | David Gimenez gets the rebound | 41-39 |
| 12:57 | Rutgers | David Gimenez's pass is intercepted by Theodore Robinson | 41-39 |
| 12:31 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford is called for a backcourt violation | 41-39 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Tony Levine (C) Vladimir Zieglen | |
| Subs | Louisville | Jeffery Maloney (SF) Theodore Robinson | |
| 12:16 | Rutgers | John James misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 41-39 |
| 12:14 | Louisville | Vernon Harris grabs the defensive rebound | 41-39 |
| 11:50 | Louisville | Robert Fusco comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 41-39 |
| 11:48 | Rutgers | Tony Levine snags the defensive board | 41-39 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Cruz Whitley (fresh) 4 ast. SG - John James (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Keith Hayes (fresh) 7 pts. PF - David Gimenez (fresh) 7 reb. C - Tony Levine (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Robert Fusco (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. SG - Raymond Reid (fresh) 12 pts. 3 pf. SF - Jeffery Maloney (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Vernon Harris (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Marcus Stradford (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 11:42 | Rutgers | Keith Hayes scores on a 3 pointer from straight away | 44-39 |
| 11:20 | Louisville | Raymond Reid misses badly on a 3pt shot from straight away | 44-39 |
| 11:18 | Louisville | Vernon Harris tips it back up and in | 44-41 |
| 11:02 | Rutgers | Keith Hayes misses the 3 from the right corner | 44-41 |
| 11:01 | Rutgers | Tony Levine grabs the offensive rebound | 44-41 |
| 10:52 | Rutgers | Tony Levine misses badly on a jump hook from the baseline but he's fouled by Marcus Stradford - foul #2 on Marcus Stradford, team foul #3 | 44-41 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty (PG), William Cupples (C) John James, Keith Hayes | |
| Subs | Louisville | Theodore Robinson (SF), James Wilson (PF) Jeffery Maloney, Vernon Harris | |
| 10:52 | Rutgers | Tony Levine makes the 1st free throw | 45-41 |
| 10:52 | Rutgers | Tony Levine makes the 2nd free throw | 46-41 |
| 10:29 | Louisville | Cruz Whitley steals it from Marcus Stradford | 46-41 |
| 10:19 | Rutgers | Raymond Reid is called for the reach on Cruz Whitley - foul #4 on Raymond Reid, team foul #4 | 46-41 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Keith Hayes (SF) Tony Levine | |
| Subs | Louisville | Donald Fuhr (PG), Jeffery Maloney (SG) Robert Fusco, Raymond Reid | |
| 09:55 | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley banks in the layup on a nice dish by Brandon Chitty | 48-41 |
| 09:27 | Louisville | Keith Hayes is called for the reach on Donald Fuhr - foul #2 on Keith Hayes, team foul #4 | 48-41 |
| Subs | Rutgers | John James (SG), Vladimir Zieglen (PF) Cruz Whitley, David Gimenez | |
| Subs | Louisville | Vernon Harris (PF) Marcus Stradford | |
| 09:13 | Louisville | Theodore Robinson is hacked by Vladimir Zieglen - foul #1 on Vladimir Zieglen, team foul #5 | 48-41 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Robert Fusco (PG) Donald Fuhr | |
| 08:44 | Louisville | William Cupples steals the ball from Robert Fusco | 48-41 |
| 08:23 | Rutgers | Vladimir Zieglen loses the ball out of bounds | 48-41 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Donald Fuhr (PG) Theodore Robinson | |
| 08:06 | Louisville | Robert Fusco misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 48-41 |
| 08:04 | Rutgers | William Cupples snags the defensive board | 48-41 |
| 07:52 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty knocks in the 3pt shot from the left corner | 51-41 |
| 07:37 | Louisville | William Cupples picks off the pass by Jeffery Maloney | 51-41 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Brandon Chitty (fresh) 20 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SG - John James (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Keith Hayes (fairly fresh) 10 pts. PF - Vladimir Zieglen (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - William Cupples (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. 3 stl. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Donald Fuhr (fresh) SG - Robert Fusco (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. SF - Jeffery Maloney (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Vernon Harris (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - James Wilson (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 07:23 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 51-41 |
| 07:22 | Louisville | Jeffery Maloney snags the defensive board | 51-41 |
| 07:01 | Louisville | Robert Fusco drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from James Wilson | 51-44 |
| 06:44 | Rutgers | Keith Hayes connects on the floater from the left block on a nice dish by John James | 53-44 |
| 06:29 | Louisville | Robert Fusco is called for the illegal screen - foul #2 on Robert Fusco, team foul #5 | 53-44 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Alfredo Gallo (PG), Cruz Whitley (SG), Tony Levine (SF), David Gimenez (PF) Brandon Chitty, John James, Keith Hayes, Vladimir Zieglen | |
| Subs | Louisville | Raymond Reid (SG), Theodore Robinson (SF), Marcus Stradford (C) Robert Fusco, Jeffery Maloney, Vernon Harris | |
| 06:02 | Rutgers | William Cupples misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 53-44 |
| 06:01 | Louisville | James Wilson gets the rebound | 53-44 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 05:48 | Louisville | Raymond Reid misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 53-44 |
| 05:46 | Rutgers | David Gimenez gets the rebound | 53-44 |
| 05:31 | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley comes up short on the runner near the basket but he's hacked by Donald Fuhr - foul #1 on Donald Fuhr, team foul #6 | 53-44 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty (PG) Alfredo Gallo | |
| Subs | Louisville | Robert Fusco (PG) Donald Fuhr | |
| 05:31 | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley misses the 1st free throw | 53-44 |
| 05:31 | Rutgers | Cruz Whitley misses the 2nd free throw | 53-44 |
| 05:31 | Rutgers | David Gimenez pulls down the offensive rebound | 53-44 |
| 05:14 | Rutgers | Robert Fusco is called for the reach on Tony Levine - foul #3 on Robert Fusco, team foul #7 | 53-44 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Vladimir Zieglen (C) William Cupples | |
| Subs | Louisville | Vernon Harris (PF) James Wilson | |
| 05:14 | Rutgers | Tony Levine makes the 1st free throw | 54-44 |
| 05:14 | Rutgers | Tony Levine makes the 2nd free throw | 55-44 |
| 04:45 | Louisville | Theodore Robinson connects on the 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from Robert Fusco | 55-47 |
| 04:25 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty's pass is intercepted by Vernon Harris | 55-47 |
| 04:10 | Louisville | Vernon Harris is called for traveling | 55-47 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Keith Hayes (SF) Tony Levine | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 03:44 | Rutgers | David Gimenez misses short on a jump hook from close range but he's hacked by Marcus Stradford - foul #3 on Marcus Stradford, team foul #8 | 55-47 |
| Subs | Rutgers | William Cupples (C) Vladimir Zieglen | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 03:44 | Rutgers | David Gimenez misses the 1st free throw | 55-47 |
| 03:44 | Rutgers | David Gimenez makes the 2nd free throw | 56-47 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:34 | Louisville | Raymond Reid misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 56-47 |
| 03:32 | Rutgers | Keith Hayes pulls down the rebound | 56-47 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Brandon Chitty (fresh) 20 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SG - Cruz Whitley (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SF - Keith Hayes (fresh) 12 pts. PF - David Gimenez (fresh) 1 pts. 9 reb. C - William Cupples (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. 3 stl. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Robert Fusco (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 5 ast. 3 pf. SG - Raymond Reid (fresh) 12 pts. 4 pf. SF - Theodore Robinson (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 stl. PF - Vernon Harris (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. C - Marcus Stradford (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:21 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty is hacked by Marcus Stradford - foul #4 on Marcus Stradford, team foul #9 | 56-47 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Donald Fuhr (PG), Jeffery Maloney (SF), James Wilson (PF) Robert Fusco, Theodore Robinson, Vernon Harris | |
| 03:21 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty makes the 1st free throw | 57-47 |
| 03:21 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty makes the 2nd free throw | 58-47 |
| 03:09 | Louisville | Jeffery Maloney knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 58-50 |
| 02:49 | Rutgers | David Gimenez knocks in the fadeaway near the basket on a great pass from Brandon Chitty | 60-50 |
| 02:49 | Louisville | Louisville calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 60-50 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Robert Fusco (PG), Theodore Robinson (SF), Vernon Harris (PF) Donald Fuhr, Jeffery Maloney, James Wilson | |
| 02:38 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford connects on the fadeaway in the lane | 60-52 |
| 02:17 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty is hacked by Raymond Reid - foul #5 on Raymond Reid, team foul #10 | 60-52 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Jeffery Maloney (SG) Raymond Reid | |
| 02:17 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty makes the 1st free throw | 61-52 |
| 02:17 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty makes the 2nd free throw | 62-52 |
| 02:05 | Louisville | Jeffery Maloney misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 62-52 |
| 02:03 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to William Cupples | 62-52 |
| 01:41 | Rutgers | Keith Hayes is whistled for traveling | 62-52 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Alfredo Gallo (PG), John James (SG), Tony Levine (SF), Vladimir Zieglen (PF) Brandon Chitty, Cruz Whitley, Keith Hayes, David Gimenez | |
| Subs | Louisville | Donald Fuhr (PG), James Wilson (SF) Robert Fusco, Theodore Robinson | |
| 01:32 | Louisville | James Wilson banks in the layup on a nice dish by Jeffery Maloney | 62-54 |
| 01:32 | Rutgers | Rutgers calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 62-54 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty (PG), Cruz Whitley (SG), Keith Hayes (SF), David Gimenez (PF) Alfredo Gallo, John James, Tony Levine, Vladimir Zieglen | |
| Subs | Louisville | Robert Fusco (PG), Theodore Robinson (SF) Donald Fuhr, James Wilson | |
| 01:10 | Rutgers | Keith Hayes misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 62-54 |
| 01:08 | Rutgers | David Gimenez grabs the offensive board | 62-54 |
| 00:45 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty clanks a 3pt shot from the right corner | 62-54 |
| 00:44 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Vernon Harris | 62-54 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:38 | Louisville | Theodore Robinson clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 62-54 |
| 00:36 | Louisville | Robert Fusco gets the offensive rebound | 62-54 |
| 00:33 | Louisville | Robert Fusco connects on the 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Jeffery Maloney | 62-57 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:31 | Rutgers | David Gimenez is fouled in the backcourt by Jeffery Maloney - foul #1 on Jeffery Maloney, team foul #11 | 62-57 |
| 00:31 | Rutgers | David Gimenez makes the 1st free throw | 63-57 |
| 00:31 | Rutgers | David Gimenez makes the 2nd free throw | 64-57 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:25 | Louisville | Jeffery Maloney hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 64-57 |
| 00:24 | Louisville | Vernon Harris snags the offensive board | 64-57 |
| 00:20 | Louisville | Theodore Robinson is hacked by Keith Hayes - foul #3 on Keith Hayes, team foul #6 | 64-57 |
| 00:16 | Louisville | Theodore Robinson is whistled for a carry | 64-57 |
| 00:13 | Rutgers | Keith Hayes is hacked by Robert Fusco in the backcourt - foul #4 on Robert Fusco, team foul #12 | 64-57 |
| 00:13 | Rutgers | Keith Hayes makes the 1st free throw | 65-57 |
| 00:13 | Rutgers | Keith Hayes misses the 2nd free throw | 65-57 |
| 00:13 | Louisville | Vernon Harris grabs the defensive rebound | 65-57 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:06 | Louisville | Keith Hayes is called for the reach on Marcus Stradford - foul #4 on Keith Hayes, team foul #7 | 65-57 |
| 00:06 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford makes the 1st free throw | 65-58 |
| 00:06 | Louisville | Marcus Stradford misses the 2nd free throw | 65-58 |
| 00:06 | Rutgers | William Cupples snags the defensive board | 65-58 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:00 | Rutgers | Brandon Chitty runs out the clock | 65-58 |