| Lineup | Hawaii | PG - Minh Ming (fresh) SG - Olin Zenk (fresh) SF - Willie Wise (fresh) PF - Francesco Marino (fresh) C - Arturo Meza (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - Emmanuel Keller (fresh) SG - Lamont Moore (fresh) SF - Michael Morehouse (fresh) PF - Derek Riojas (fresh) C - Tracy Cox (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Nebraska | Tracy Cox wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Hawaii | Hawaii is playing a triangle offense and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Nebraska | Nebraska is playing a motion offense and a 3-2 zone (+2) | |
| 19:51 | Nebraska | Michael Morehouse drills a floater from just outside the lane | 0-2 |
| 19:43 | Hawaii | Minh Ming scores on a fadeaway from the right wing and he's fouled by Emmanuel Keller - foul #1 on Emmanuel Keller, team foul #1 | 2-2 |
| 19:43 | Hawaii | Minh Ming makes the free throw | 3-2 |
| 19:28 | Nebraska | Michael Morehouse comes up short on the jumper in the lane | 3-2 |
| 19:26 | Hawaii | Francesco Marino grabs the defensive rebound | 3-2 |
| 19:04 | Hawaii | Minh Ming comes up short on the floater from the free throw line | 3-2 |
| 19:02 | Nebraska | Emmanuel Keller grabs the defensive rebound | 3-2 |
| 18:43 | Nebraska | Tracy Cox is hacked by Francesco Marino - foul #1 on Francesco Marino, team foul #1 | 3-2 |
| 18:28 | Nebraska | Emmanuel Keller is hacked by Francesco Marino - foul #2 on Francesco Marino, team foul #2 | 3-2 |
| Subs | Hawaii | Dikembe Banda (PF) Francesco Marino | |
| Subs | Nebraska | | |
| 18:17 | Nebraska | Tracy Cox misses short on a jumper from the free throw line | 3-2 |
| 18:15 | Hawaii | Minh Ming grabs the defensive rebound | 3-2 |
| 17:52 | Hawaii | Olin Zenk knocks in the turnaround in the paint set up by Arturo Meza and the foul's on Lamont Moore - foul #1 on Lamont Moore, team foul #2 | 5-2 |
| 17:52 | Hawaii | Olin Zenk misses the free throw | 5-2 |
| 17:52 | Nebraska | Tracy Cox pulls down the rebound | 5-2 |
| 17:28 | Nebraska | Michael Morehouse is whistled for traveling | 5-2 |
| Subs | Hawaii | | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Richard Macgregor (PF), John Birk (C) Derek Riojas, Tracy Cox | |
| 17:08 | Hawaii | Emmanuel Keller is called for the reach on Minh Ming - foul #2 on Emmanuel Keller, team foul #3 | 5-2 |
| Subs | Hawaii | | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Wendell Hart (PG) Emmanuel Keller | |
| 17:00 | Hawaii | Willie Wise's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 5-2 |
| 16:47 | Nebraska | Michael Morehouse misses long on a floater in the lane but he's hacked by Arturo Meza - foul #1 on Arturo Meza, team foul #3 | 5-2 |
| Subs | Hawaii | Ramon Vasquez (SF) Willie Wise | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Alfred Huffman (SG) Lamont Moore | |
| 16:47 | Nebraska | Michael Morehouse misses the 1st free throw | 5-2 |
| 16:47 | Nebraska | Michael Morehouse misses the 2nd free throw | 5-2 |
| 16:47 | Hawaii | Arturo Meza gets the rebound | 5-2 |
| 16:29 | Hawaii | Arturo Meza misses long on a jump hook in the lane but he's hacked by Alfred Huffman - foul #1 on Alfred Huffman, team foul #4 | 5-2 |
| Subs | Hawaii | | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Charles Hollman (SF) Michael Morehouse | |
| 16:29 | Hawaii | Arturo Meza makes the 1st free throw | 6-2 |
| 16:29 | Hawaii | Arturo Meza misses the 2nd free throw | 6-2 |
| 16:29 | Nebraska | Richard Macgregor grabs the board | 6-2 |
| 16:13 | Nebraska | Wendell Hart clanks a floater from the left wing | 6-2 |
| 16:12 | Hawaii | Olin Zenk gets the rebound | 6-2 |
| 15:57 | Hawaii | Olin Zenk can't connect on a fadeaway from the left wing | 6-2 |
| 15:55 | Hawaii | Olin Zenk tips it in | 8-2 |
| Lineup | Hawaii | PG - Minh Ming (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Olin Zenk (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SF - Ramon Vasquez (fresh) PF - Dikembe Banda (fresh) C - Arturo Meza (fairly fresh) 1 pts. | |
| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - Wendell Hart (fresh) SG - Alfred Huffman (fresh) SF - Charles Hollman (fresh) PF - Richard Macgregor (fresh) C - John Birk (fresh) | |
| 15:35 | Nebraska | John Birk can't connect on a fadeaway from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Arturo Meza - foul #2 on Arturo Meza, team foul #4 | 8-2 |
| Subs | Hawaii | Monty Wright (PG), Willie Wise (SF), James Aikin (C) Minh Ming, Ramon Vasquez, Arturo Meza | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Lamont Moore (SG), Tracy Cox (C) Alfred Huffman, Richard Macgregor | |
| 15:35 | Nebraska | John Birk misses the 1st free throw | 8-2 |
| 15:35 | Nebraska | John Birk makes the 2nd free throw | 8-3 |
| 15:23 | Hawaii | Monty Wright buries a driving attempt from the left block on a nice dish by Dikembe Banda | 10-3 |
| 15:06 | Nebraska | Tracy Cox misses the lay-in | 10-3 |
| 15:04 | Hawaii | Dikembe Banda grabs the board | 10-3 |
| 14:44 | Hawaii | Dikembe Banda banks in the layup | 12-3 |
| 14:31 | Nebraska | Wendell Hart misses badly on a fadeaway from the left wing but he's hacked by Monty Wright - foul #1 on Monty Wright, team foul #5 | 12-3 |
| Subs | Hawaii | Minh Ming (PG) Monty Wright | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Michael Morehouse (SF), Derek Riojas (PF) Charles Hollman, John Birk | |
| 14:31 | Nebraska | Wendell Hart makes the 1st free throw | 12-4 |
| 14:31 | Nebraska | Wendell Hart makes the 2nd free throw | 12-5 |
| 14:13 | Hawaii | Derek Riojas is called for the reach on Dikembe Banda - foul #1 on Derek Riojas, team foul #5 | 12-5 |
| 13:57 | Hawaii | Dikembe Banda makes the turnaround near the basket on a nice dish by Minh Ming | 14-5 |
| 13:32 | Nebraska | Derek Riojas can't connect on a floater from close range | 14-5 |
| 13:30 | Nebraska | Derek Riojas tips it home | 14-7 |
| 13:18 | Hawaii | James Aikin double dribbles | 14-7 |
| Subs | Hawaii | | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Alfred Huffman (PG) Wendell Hart | |
| 13:10 | Nebraska | Alfred Huffman's pass is intercepted by Willie Wise | 14-7 |
| 12:50 | Hawaii | Derek Riojas steps in front of the James Aikin pass | 14-7 |
| 12:34 | Nebraska | Michael Morehouse buries a floater from the right wing set up by Lamont Moore | 14-9 |
| 12:26 | Hawaii | Olin Zenk throws a bad pass out of bounds | 14-9 |
| Subs | Hawaii | Ramon Vasquez (SF) Willie Wise | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Brian Hall (SG), John Birk (C) Lamont Moore, Tracy Cox | |
| 12:06 | Nebraska | Olin Zenk is called for the reach on Alfred Huffman - foul #1 on Olin Zenk, team foul #6 | 14-9 |
| Subs | Hawaii | Mark Nicoll (SF) Olin Zenk | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Wendell Hart (PG) Brian Hall | |
| 11:51 | Nebraska | Michael Morehouse can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left side but he's hacked by James Aikin - foul #1 on James Aikin, team foul #7 | 14-9 |
| Subs | Hawaii | Monty Wright (PG) Minh Ming | |
| Subs | Nebraska | | |
| 11:51 | Nebraska | Michael Morehouse makes the 1st free throw | 14-10 |
| 11:51 | Nebraska | Michael Morehouse makes the 2nd free throw | 14-11 |
| Lineup | Hawaii | PG - Monty Wright (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Ramon Vasquez (fresh) SF - Mark Nicoll (fresh) PF - Dikembe Banda (fairly fresh) 4 pts. C - James Aikin (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - Wendell Hart (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Alfred Huffman (fresh) SF - Michael Morehouse (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Derek Riojas (fresh) 2 pts. C - John Birk (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 11:40 | Hawaii | Dikembe Banda throws a bad pass out of bounds | 14-11 |
| Subs | Hawaii | | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Richard Macgregor (PF) Derek Riojas | |
| 11:33 | Nebraska | John Birk hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from just outside the lane but he's hacked by James Aikin - foul #2 on James Aikin, team foul #8 | 14-11 |
| Subs | Hawaii | Arturo Meza (C) James Aikin | |
| Subs | Nebraska | | |
| 11:33 | Nebraska | John Birk makes the 1st free throw | 14-12 |
| 11:33 | Nebraska | John Birk makes the 2nd free throw | 14-13 |
| 11:12 | Hawaii | Monty Wright clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 14-13 |
| 11:10 | Nebraska | Alfred Huffman grabs the defensive rebound | 14-13 |
| 10:45 | Nebraska | Michael Morehouse throws a bad pass out of bounds | 14-13 |
| Subs | Hawaii | Minh Ming (PG), Olin Zenk (SG), Willie Wise (SF) Monty Wright, Ramon Vasquez, Mark Nicoll | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Lamont Moore (SG), Charles Hollman (SF), Tracy Cox (C) Alfred Huffman, Michael Morehouse, Richard Macgregor | |
| 10:30 | Hawaii | Dikembe Banda misses short on a jump hook from the left block but the foul's on John Birk - foul #1 on John Birk, team foul #6 | 14-13 |
| Subs | Hawaii | Francesco Marino (PF) Arturo Meza | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Derek Riojas (PF) John Birk | |
| 10:30 | Hawaii | Dikembe Banda makes the 1st free throw | 15-13 |
| 10:30 | Hawaii | Dikembe Banda makes the 2nd free throw | 16-13 |
| 10:08 | Nebraska | Wendell Hart clanks a shot from the right side | 16-13 |
| 10:07 | Nebraska | Tracy Cox grabs the offensive board | 16-13 |
| 09:52 | Nebraska | Wendell Hart is hacked by Willie Wise - foul #1 on Willie Wise, team foul #9 | 16-13 |
| Subs | Hawaii | Arturo Meza (C) Francesco Marino | |
| Subs | Nebraska | | |
| 09:52 | Nebraska | Wendell Hart misses the 1st free throw | 16-13 |
| 09:52 | Hawaii | The rebound goes to Arturo Meza | 16-13 |
| 09:42 | Hawaii | Olin Zenk comes up short on the jumper from the free throw line | 16-13 |
| 09:40 | Hawaii | Dikembe Banda grabs the offensive rebound | 16-13 |
| 09:25 | Hawaii | Olin Zenk can't finish the layup | 16-13 |
| 09:24 | Nebraska | Derek Riojas pulls down the rebound | 16-13 |
| 09:18 | Nebraska | Wendell Hart comes up short on the runner from the right block | 16-13 |
| 09:16 | Hawaii | Minh Ming grabs the defensive rebound | 16-13 |
| 08:53 | Hawaii | Tracy Cox blocks the short jumper by Dikembe Banda | 16-13 |
| 08:52 | Nebraska | Derek Riojas grabs the defensive rebound | 16-13 |
| 08:34 | Nebraska | Charles Hollman misses short on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 16-13 |
| 08:33 | Nebraska | Lamont Moore tips it in | 16-15 |
| 08:11 | Hawaii | Dikembe Banda misses long on a fadeaway from the left side | 16-15 |
| 08:10 | Hawaii | Dikembe Banda grabs the offensive rebound | 16-15 |
| 07:59 | Hawaii | Arturo Meza comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 16-15 |
| 07:58 | Hawaii | Arturo Meza pulls down the offensive rebound | 16-15 |
| 07:40 | Hawaii | Olin Zenk knocks in the shot from the left wing on a great pass from Minh Ming and the foul's on Wendell Hart - foul #1 on Wendell Hart, team foul #7 | 18-15 |
| Subs | Hawaii | Monty Wright (PG), Ramon Vasquez (SG), Mark Nicoll (SF) Minh Ming, Willie Wise, Arturo Meza | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Alfred Huffman (PG), Brian Hall (SG), Michael Morehouse (SF), Richard Macgregor (PF), John Birk (C) Wendell Hart, Lamont Moore, Charles Hollman, Derek Riojas, Tracy Cox | |
| 07:40 | Hawaii | Olin Zenk makes the free throw | 19-15 |
| Lineup | Hawaii | PG - Monty Wright (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Ramon Vasquez (fresh) SF - Mark Nicoll (fresh) PF - Olin Zenk (tiring) 7 pts. C - Dikembe Banda (tiring) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - Alfred Huffman (fresh) SG - Brian Hall (fresh) SF - Michael Morehouse (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Richard Macgregor (fresh) C - John Birk (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 07:19 | Nebraska | Michael Morehouse's dunk attempt is rejected by Dikembe Banda | 19-15 |
| 07:17 | Hawaii | Dikembe Banda gets the rebound | 19-15 |
| 07:01 | Hawaii | Olin Zenk knocks in the floater in the lane | 21-15 |
| 06:38 | Nebraska | Michael Morehouse misses short on a jumper from the left side | 21-15 |
| 06:36 | Hawaii | Ramon Vasquez grabs the board | 21-15 |
| 06:31 | Hawaii | Ramon Vasquez drills a fadeaway in the paint set up by Dikembe Banda and he's hacked by John Birk - foul #2 on John Birk, team foul #8 | 23-15 |
| Subs | Hawaii | Minh Ming (PG), Francesco Marino (PF), Arturo Meza (C) Monty Wright, Olin Zenk, Dikembe Banda | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Lamont Moore (SG), Tracy Cox (C) Brian Hall, John Birk | |
| 06:31 | Hawaii | Ramon Vasquez misses the free throw | 23-15 |
| 06:31 | Nebraska | The rebound goes to Richard Macgregor | 23-15 |
| 06:12 | Nebraska | Richard Macgregor hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 23-15 |
| 06:10 | Nebraska | Alfred Huffman grabs the offensive board | 23-15 |
| 05:59 | Nebraska | Alfred Huffman misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 23-15 |
| 05:58 | Hawaii | Mark Nicoll pulls down the rebound | 23-15 |
| 05:38 | Hawaii | The jump hook by Ramon Vasquez is blocked by Tracy Cox | 23-15 |
| 05:37 | Nebraska | The rebound goes to Richard Macgregor | 23-15 |
| 05:16 | Nebraska | Alfred Huffman makes the wide open pull-up jumper from the left side on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Michael Morehouse | 23-17 |
| 04:54 | Hawaii | Arturo Meza is hacked by Richard Macgregor - foul #1 on Richard Macgregor, team foul #9 | 23-17 |
| Subs | Hawaii | Willie Wise (SF) Mark Nicoll | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Wendell Hart (PG), Derek Riojas (PF) Alfred Huffman, Tracy Cox | |
| 04:54 | Hawaii | Arturo Meza makes the 1st free throw | 24-17 |
| 04:54 | Hawaii | Arturo Meza misses the 2nd free throw | 24-17 |
| 04:54 | Nebraska | Richard Macgregor gets the rebound | 24-17 |
| 04:32 | Nebraska | Wendell Hart hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Richard Macgregor | 24-19 |
| 04:10 | Hawaii | Willie Wise buries a jumper from close range set up by Minh Ming | 26-19 |
| 03:50 | Nebraska | Lamont Moore hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 26-19 |
| 03:49 | Hawaii | Arturo Meza gets the rebound | 26-19 |
| 03:40 | Hawaii | Richard Macgregor is called for the reach on Minh Ming - foul #2 on Richard Macgregor, team foul #10 | 26-19 |
| Subs | Hawaii | Olin Zenk (SG) Ramon Vasquez | |
| Subs | Nebraska | Emmanuel Keller (PG), Alfred Huffman (SG), Charles Hollman (SF), John Birk (C) Wendell Hart, Lamont Moore, Michael Morehouse, Richard Macgregor | |
| 03:40 | Hawaii | Minh Ming makes the 1st free throw | 27-19 |
| 03:40 | Hawaii | Minh Ming makes the 2nd free throw | 28-19 |
| Lineup | Hawaii | PG - Minh Ming (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Olin Zenk (fairly fresh) 9 pts. SF - Willie Wise (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Francesco Marino (fresh) C - Arturo Meza (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - Emmanuel Keller (fresh) SG - Alfred Huffman (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Charles Hollman (fresh) PF - Derek Riojas (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - John Birk (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 03:20 | Nebraska | Derek Riojas hits a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a great pass from Alfred Huffman | 28-22 |
| 03:12 | Hawaii | Olin Zenk hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left wing | 28-22 |
| 03:10 | Hawaii | Francesco Marino pulls down the offensive rebound | 28-22 |
| 02:53 | Hawaii | Arturo Meza comes up short on the floater in the lane | 28-22 |
| 02:52 | Nebraska | The rebound goes to Derek Riojas | 28-22 |
| 02:34 | Nebraska | Olin Zenk takes the ball from John Birk | 28-22 |
| 02:15 | Hawaii | Olin Zenk misses the floater from just outside the lane | 28-22 |
| 02:14 | Nebraska | Derek Riojas gets the rebound | 28-22 |
| 01:59 | Nebraska | Alfred Huffman misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 28-22 |
| 01:58 | Hawaii | Minh Ming snags the defensive board | 28-22 |
| 01:54 | Hawaii | Emmanuel Keller picks off the pass by Olin Zenk | 28-22 |
| 01:51 | Nebraska | Emmanuel Keller banks in the layup | 28-24 |
| 01:40 | Hawaii | Francesco Marino hits a shot from the right wing on a great pass from Minh Ming | 30-24 |
| 01:32 | Nebraska | Derek Riojas comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 30-24 |
| 01:30 | Hawaii | Arturo Meza snags the defensive board | 30-24 |
| 01:26 | Hawaii | Emmanuel Keller picks off the pass by Minh Ming | 30-24 |
| 01:08 | Nebraska | Emmanuel Keller misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 30-24 |
| 01:07 | Nebraska | John Birk grabs the offensive rebound | 30-24 |
| 00:54 | Nebraska | John Birk hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Alfred Huffman | 30-26 |
| 00:38 | Hawaii | Francesco Marino knocks in the jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Minh Ming | 32-26 |
| 00:21 | Nebraska | Emmanuel Keller misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 32-26 |
| 00:20 | Hawaii | Francesco Marino gets the rebound | 32-26 |
| 00:03 | Hawaii | Minh Ming makes the jump hook near the basket set up by Willie Wise | 34-26 |
| 00:00 | Nebraska | Charles Hollman misses short on a halfcourt shot | 34-26 |