| Lineup | UConn | PG - John Douglas (fresh) SG - Paul Satsky (fresh) SF - Willie Birch (fresh) PF - Gene Mackey (fresh) C - James Sontag (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Nicholas Gregory (fresh) SG - Donald Quinn (fresh) SF - Everett Fields (fresh) PF - Allen Sines (fresh) C - Ernest Gibbs (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | UConn | James Sontag wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 19:42 | UConn | Paul Satsky clanks a shot from the free throw line | 0-0 |
| 19:40 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory gets the rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:21 | Cincinnati | Paul Satsky takes the ball from Allen Sines | 0-0 |
| 19:18 | UConn | John Douglas lays it up and in on a nice dish by Paul Satsky | 2-0 |
| 19:08 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields blows the layup but he's hacked by James Sontag - foul #1 on James Sontag, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 19:08 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields makes the 1st free throw | 2-1 |
| 19:08 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields makes the 2nd free throw | 2-2 |
| 18:42 | UConn | John Douglas connects on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 5-2 |
| 18:33 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory buries a 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Everett Fields | 5-5 |
| 18:04 | UConn | John Douglas knocks in the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Paul Satsky | 7-5 |
| 17:47 | Cincinnati | Donald Quinn's pass is intercepted by Paul Satsky | 7-5 |
| 17:20 | UConn | Paul Satsky can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 7-5 |
| 17:19 | UConn | James Sontag grabs the offensive board | 7-5 |
| 16:50 | UConn | Gene Mackey misses the easy layup | 7-5 |
| 16:49 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Ernest Gibbs | 7-5 |
| 16:45 | Cincinnati | John Douglas is called for the reach on Nicholas Gregory - foul #1 on John Douglas, team foul #2 | 7-5 |
| Subs | UConn | Jamie Farrar (PG), Loren Stinson (PF), Maurice Short (C) John Douglas, Gene Mackey, James Sontag | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Kelly Taylor (SG) Donald Quinn | |
| 16:29 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 7-5 |
| 16:27 | UConn | Maurice Short grabs the defensive rebound | 7-5 |
| 16:05 | UConn | Paul Satsky comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 7-5 |
| 16:03 | Cincinnati | Ernest Gibbs pulls down the rebound | 7-5 |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Jamie Farrar (fresh) SG - Paul Satsky (fairly fresh) 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Willie Birch (fresh) PF - Loren Stinson (fresh) C - Maurice Short (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Nicholas Gregory (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Kelly Taylor (fresh) SF - Everett Fields (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Allen Sines (fresh) C - Ernest Gibbs (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:43 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields connects on the fadeaway near the basket | 7-7 |
| 15:25 | UConn | Jamie Farrar is hacked by Nicholas Gregory - foul #1 on Nicholas Gregory, team foul #1 | 7-7 |
| Subs | UConn | Robert Charles (SG), Robert Hurley (SF), Gene Mackey (PF), James Sontag (C) Paul Satsky, Willie Birch, Loren Stinson, Maurice Short | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke (PG), Donald Quinn (SG), Joseph Neth (PF), Edgar Davis (C) Nicholas Gregory, Everett Fields, Allen Sines, Ernest Gibbs | |
| 15:05 | UConn | James Sontag's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 7-7 |
| Subs | UConn | John Douglas (PG) Robert Charles | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 14:57 | Cincinnati | Donald Quinn clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 7-7 |
| 14:56 | Cincinnati | Edgar Davis hits the follow up shot | 7-9 |
| 14:32 | UConn | John Douglas misses long on a turnaround from close range but he's fouled by Jimmy Finke - foul #1 on Jimmy Finke, team foul #2 | 7-9 |
| Subs | UConn | Willie Birch (SF) Robert Hurley | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Allen Sines (SF) Kelly Taylor | |
| 14:32 | UConn | John Douglas makes the 1st free throw | 8-9 |
| 14:32 | UConn | John Douglas makes the 2nd free throw | 9-9 |
| 14:23 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines hits a pull-up jumper from the right side set up by Jimmy Finke and he's hacked by Willie Birch - foul #1 on Willie Birch, team foul #3 | 9-11 |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory (PG) Jimmy Finke | |
| 14:23 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines makes the free throw | 9-12 |
| 14:11 | UConn | John Douglas can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 9-12 |
| 14:09 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines snags the defensive board | 9-12 |
| 13:50 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory clanks a 3 from the right wing | 9-12 |
| 13:48 | Cincinnati | Edgar Davis grabs the offensive board | 9-12 |
| 13:33 | Cincinnati | Donald Quinn hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right side | 9-12 |
| 13:32 | UConn | Jamie Farrar pulls down the rebound | 9-12 |
| 13:28 | UConn | Nicholas Gregory is called for the reach on John Douglas - foul #2 on Nicholas Gregory, team foul #3 | 9-12 |
| Subs | UConn | Paul Satsky (SG) Jamie Farrar | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke (PG), Kelly Taylor (SG), Everett Fields (SF), Ernest Gibbs (C) Nicholas Gregory, Donald Quinn, Joseph Neth, Edgar Davis | |
| 13:17 | UConn | Gene Mackey misses short on a shot from the right side | 9-12 |
| 13:16 | UConn | Gene Mackey tips it in | 11-12 |
| 12:58 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields comes up short on the shot from close range | 11-12 |
| 12:56 | UConn | James Sontag pulls down the rebound | 11-12 |
| 12:50 | UConn | Gene Mackey misses badly on a runner from the left block but he's hacked by Allen Sines - foul #1 on Allen Sines, team foul #4 | 11-12 |
| Subs | UConn | Maurice Short (C) James Sontag | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 12:50 | UConn | Gene Mackey makes the 1st free throw | 12-12 |
| 12:50 | UConn | Gene Mackey makes the 2nd free throw | 13-12 |
| 12:41 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke clanks a shot from the free throw line but he's fouled by John Douglas - foul #2 on John Douglas, team foul #4 | 13-12 |
| Subs | UConn | Robert Hurley (SF), Loren Stinson (PF) John Douglas, Gene Mackey | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Joseph Neth (PF) Allen Sines | |
| 12:41 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke makes the 1st free throw | 13-13 |
| 12:41 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke makes the 2nd free throw | 13-14 |
| 12:17 | UConn | Paul Satsky drills a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a nice dish by Loren Stinson and he's fouled by Kelly Taylor - foul #1 on Kelly Taylor, team foul #5 | 16-14 |
| Subs | UConn | Jamie Farrar (PG) Willie Birch | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 12:17 | UConn | Paul Satsky makes the free throw | 17-14 |
| 12:01 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke clanks a floater from the left side but the foul's on Jamie Farrar - foul #1 on Jamie Farrar, team foul #5 | 17-14 |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Donald Quinn (SG) Kelly Taylor | |
| 12:01 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke makes the 1st free throw | 17-15 |
| 12:01 | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke makes the 2nd free throw | 17-16 |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Jamie Farrar (fresh) SG - Paul Satsky (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Robert Hurley (fresh) PF - Loren Stinson (fresh) C - Maurice Short (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Jimmy Finke (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Donald Quinn (fresh) SF - Everett Fields (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Joseph Neth (fresh) C - Ernest Gibbs (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 11:45 | UConn | Jamie Farrar's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 17-16 |
| Subs | UConn | James Sontag (PF) Loren Stinson | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Allen Sines (PF) Joseph Neth | |
| 11:28 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields knocks in the fadeaway in the lane | 17-18 |
| 11:14 | UConn | James Sontag misses the lay-in | 17-18 |
| 11:12 | UConn | The offensive rebound goes to Maurice Short | 17-18 |
| 10:53 | UConn | Robert Hurley is fouled on the floor by Jimmy Finke - foul #2 on Jimmy Finke, team foul #6 | 17-18 |
| Subs | UConn | Willie Birch (SF), Gene Mackey (PF) Robert Hurley, Maurice Short | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Carl Plum (PG) Jimmy Finke | |
| 10:40 | UConn | James Sontag clanks a jump hook from close range | 17-18 |
| 10:39 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines grabs the board | 17-18 |
| 10:25 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines can't connect on a floater from the left side | 17-18 |
| 10:24 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines pulls down the offensive rebound | 17-18 |
| 10:11 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields connects on the jumpshot from the right wing set up by Ernest Gibbs | 17-20 |
| 09:46 | UConn | Paul Satsky misses long on a shot from the right side | 17-20 |
| 09:44 | Cincinnati | Ernest Gibbs grabs the board | 17-20 |
| 09:32 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields drills a floater in the lane | 17-22 |
| 09:29 | UConn | Jamie Farrar loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 17-22 |
| Subs | UConn | Robert Charles (SG), Robert Hurley (SF), Maurice Short (C) Jamie Farrar, Paul Satsky, James Sontag | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Kelly Taylor (SG), Joseph Neth (PF), Edgar Davis (C) Donald Quinn, Allen Sines, Ernest Gibbs | |
| 09:22 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields loses the dribble to Gene Mackey | 17-22 |
| 08:58 | UConn | Gene Mackey hits a turnaround from the right block on a nice dish by Robert Charles | 19-22 |
| 08:44 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields connects on the fadeaway from the right wing on a nice dish by Kelly Taylor and he's fouled by Robert Hurley - foul #1 on Robert Hurley, team foul #6 | 19-24 |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Allen Sines (PF) Joseph Neth | |
| 08:44 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields misses the free throw | 19-24 |
| 08:44 | UConn | Gene Mackey grabs the board | 19-24 |
| 08:30 | UConn | Willie Birch knocks in the fadeaway from the left side set up by Gene Mackey | 21-24 |
| 08:21 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields comes up short on the runner in the paint but he's fouled by Robert Charles - foul #1 on Robert Charles, team foul #7 | 21-24 |
| Subs | UConn | Paul Satsky (SG) Robert Charles | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 08:21 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields misses the 1st free throw | 21-24 |
| 08:21 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields makes the 2nd free throw | 21-25 |
| 07:58 | UConn | Robert Hurley hits the front of the rim on the jump hook from the baseline but he's fouled by Allen Sines - foul #2 on Allen Sines, team foul #7 | 21-25 |
| Subs | UConn | James Sontag (PF) Gene Mackey | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Donald Quinn (SG), Joseph Neth (PF), Ernest Gibbs (C) Everett Fields, Allen Sines, Edgar Davis | |
| 07:58 | UConn | Robert Hurley misses the 1st free throw | 21-25 |
| 07:58 | UConn | Robert Hurley makes the 2nd free throw | 22-25 |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Willie Birch (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Paul Satsky (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Robert Hurley (fresh) 1 pts. PF - James Sontag (fresh) 2 reb. C - Maurice Short (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Carl Plum (fresh) SG - Donald Quinn (fresh) SF - Kelly Taylor (fresh) PF - Joseph Neth (fresh) C - Ernest Gibbs (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 07:43 | Cincinnati | Carl Plum loses the dribble to Robert Hurley | 22-25 |
| 07:26 | UConn | James Sontag connects on the driving attempt from the right block set up by Paul Satsky and the foul's on Joseph Neth - foul #1 on Joseph Neth, team foul #8 | 24-25 |
| Subs | UConn | Jamie Farrar (PG) Robert Hurley | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Samuel Marson (PG) Carl Plum | |
| 07:26 | UConn | James Sontag makes the free throw | 25-25 |
| 07:07 | Cincinnati | Donald Quinn is whistled for a carry | 25-25 |
| 06:48 | UConn | Willie Birch scores on a jump hook from the right block | 27-25 |
| 06:42 | Cincinnati | Donald Quinn knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 27-28 |
| 06:20 | UConn | Willie Birch connects on the fadeaway from the free throw line | 29-28 |
| 06:04 | Cincinnati | Donald Quinn misses the 3pt shot from the left wing | 29-28 |
| 06:03 | UConn | The rebound goes to James Sontag | 29-28 |
| 05:37 | UConn | Willie Birch's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 29-28 |
| Subs | UConn | John Douglas (PG), Robert Hurley (SF), Gene Mackey (PF) Paul Satsky, Willie Birch, Maurice Short | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Carl Plum (PG), Everett Fields (SF), Edgar Davis (C) Samuel Marson, Kelly Taylor, Ernest Gibbs | |
| 05:29 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields misses long on a runner in the paint | 29-28 |
| 05:27 | UConn | Jamie Farrar gets the rebound | 29-28 |
| 05:06 | UConn | John Douglas can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 29-28 |
| 05:05 | Cincinnati | Edgar Davis snags the defensive board | 29-28 |
| 04:59 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields blows the layup | 29-28 |
| 04:57 | Cincinnati | Joseph Neth gets the offensive rebound | 29-28 |
| 04:47 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields jams it on a great pass from Carl Plum and the foul's on Robert Hurley - foul #2 on Robert Hurley, team foul #8 | 29-30 |
| Subs | UConn | Paul Satsky (SG), Loren Stinson (PF) Jamie Farrar, Robert Hurley | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 04:47 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields makes the free throw | 29-31 |
| 04:21 | UConn | Gene Mackey knocks in the turnaround in the lane | 31-31 |
| 04:09 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields throws it down | 31-33 |
| 03:44 | UConn | Paul Satsky throws a bad pass out of bounds | 31-33 |
| Subs | UConn | Willie Birch (SF), Maurice Short (C) Loren Stinson, James Sontag | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory (PG), Kelly Taylor (SG), Allen Sines (PF), Ernest Gibbs (C) Carl Plum, Donald Quinn, Joseph Neth, Edgar Davis | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - John Douglas (fresh) 9 pts. SG - Paul Satsky (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Willie Birch (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Gene Mackey (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - Maurice Short (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Nicholas Gregory (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Kelly Taylor (fresh) SF - Everett Fields (fresh) 18 pts. PF - Allen Sines (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Ernest Gibbs (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 03:24 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 31-33 |
| 03:23 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines grabs the offensive rebound | 31-33 |
| 03:12 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines misses badly on a floater from the right side | 31-33 |
| 03:10 | UConn | Paul Satsky pulls down the rebound | 31-33 |
| 02:52 | UConn | Maurice Short hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from close range | 31-33 |
| 02:51 | UConn | Gene Mackey can't tip it in | 31-33 |
| 02:50 | UConn | John Douglas tips it home | 33-33 |
| 02:34 | Cincinnati | Everett Fields clanks a jumpshot from the free throw line | 33-33 |
| 02:33 | UConn | Paul Satsky grabs the board | 33-33 |
| 02:11 | UConn | John Douglas hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 33-33 |
| 02:10 | Cincinnati | Kelly Taylor grabs the board | 33-33 |
| 02:06 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory hits a 3pt shot from straight away on a great pass from Kelly Taylor | 33-36 |
| 01:52 | UConn | Gene Mackey loses the ball out of bounds | 33-36 |
| Subs | UConn | Jamie Farrar (PG), Robert Charles (SG), Loren Stinson (PF), James Sontag (C) John Douglas, Paul Satsky, Gene Mackey, Maurice Short | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Jimmy Finke (PG), Joseph Neth (PF) Kelly Taylor, Everett Fields | |
| 01:31 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Ernest Gibbs | 33-39 |
| 01:03 | UConn | Jamie Farrar hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 33-39 |
| 01:01 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines gets the rebound | 33-39 |
| 00:36 | Cincinnati | Allen Sines buries a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Jimmy Finke | 33-41 |
| 00:07 | UConn | Jamie Farrar clanks a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 33-41 |
| 00:05 | Cincinnati | Ernest Gibbs grabs the defensive rebound | 33-41 |
| 00:00 | Cincinnati | Nicholas Gregory misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 33-41 |