| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Warren Schneider (fresh) SG - Ronald Smith (fresh) SF - William Wallace (fresh) PF - Lamont Mallory (fresh) C - Michael Thayer (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Pauly Chambers (fresh) SG - Albert Coughlin (fresh) SF - Robert Manly (fresh) PF - Dikembe Abdulla (fresh) C - David Greene (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Michael Thayer wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:46 | Louisville | Michael Thayer's floater is knocked away by David Greene | 0-0 |
| 19:45 | Rutgers | Robert Manly pulls down the rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:29 | Rutgers | Pauly Chambers can't connect on a jumpshot from the right side but he's fouled by Lamont Mallory - foul #1 on Lamont Mallory, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:29 | Rutgers | Pauly Chambers makes the 1st free throw | 0-1 |
| 19:29 | Rutgers | Pauly Chambers misses the 2nd free throw | 0-1 |
| 19:29 | Louisville | Michael Thayer grabs the board | 0-1 |
| 19:12 | Louisville | Michael Thayer misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 0-1 |
| 19:11 | Rutgers | Robert Manly gets the rebound | 0-1 |
| 18:55 | Rutgers | Pauly Chambers makes the pull-up jumper from the left wing set up by Albert Coughlin | 0-3 |
| 18:32 | Louisville | Ronald Smith misses short on a floater from the baseline but the foul's on David Greene - foul #1 on David Greene, team foul #1 | 0-3 |
| 18:32 | Louisville | Ronald Smith makes the 1st free throw | 1-3 |
| 18:32 | Louisville | Ronald Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 2-3 |
| 18:09 | Rutgers | Albert Coughlin misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 2-3 |
| 18:07 | Rutgers | David Greene tips it home | 2-5 |
| 17:53 | Louisville | William Wallace is called for a moving pick - foul #1 on William Wallace, team foul #2 | 2-5 |
| 17:33 | Rutgers | Pauly Chambers misses short on a floater from just outside the lane | 2-5 |
| 17:31 | Louisville | Warren Schneider pulls down the rebound | 2-5 |
| 17:26 | Louisville | William Wallace slams it home and the foul's on David Greene - foul #2 on David Greene, team foul #2 | 4-5 |
| Subs | Louisville | Christopher Bunn (PF) Lamont Mallory | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Francis Franson (C) David Greene | |
| 17:26 | Louisville | William Wallace makes the free throw | 5-5 |
| 17:16 | Rutgers | The jump hook by Francis Franson is blocked by Christopher Bunn | 5-5 |
| 17:14 | Rutgers | Robert Manly pulls down the offensive rebound | 5-5 |
| 16:48 | Rutgers | Francis Franson misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 5-5 |
| 16:47 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Michael Thayer | 5-5 |
| 16:34 | Louisville | William Wallace clanks a floater from just outside the lane | 5-5 |
| 16:32 | Rutgers | Albert Coughlin pulls down the rebound | 5-5 |
| 16:20 | Rutgers | Pauly Chambers is fouled on the floor by Michael Thayer - foul #1 on Michael Thayer, team foul #3 | 5-5 |
| Subs | Louisville | Louie Chavira (PG), Luis Williams (SG), Robert Whittle (SF), Lamont Mallory (PF), Daryl Sheldon (C) Warren Schneider, Ronald Smith, William Wallace, Christopher Bunn, Michael Thayer | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 16:02 | Rutgers | Luis Williams steals it from Francis Franson | 5-5 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Louie Chavira (fresh) SG - Luis Williams (fresh) SF - Robert Whittle (fresh) PF - Lamont Mallory (fresh) C - Daryl Sheldon (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Pauly Chambers (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Albert Coughlin (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Robert Manly (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Dikembe Abdulla (fresh) C - Francis Franson (fresh) | |
| 15:42 | Louisville | Robert Whittle knocks in the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 7-5 |
| 15:20 | Rutgers | Robert Manly misses badly on a floater from the baseline but the foul's on Daryl Sheldon - foul #1 on Daryl Sheldon, team foul #4 | 7-5 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Donald Duncan (SG), James Savage (C) Albert Coughlin, Dikembe Abdulla | |
| 15:20 | Rutgers | Robert Manly misses the 1st free throw | 7-5 |
| 15:20 | Rutgers | Robert Manly makes the 2nd free throw | 7-6 |
| 15:10 | Louisville | Pauly Chambers takes the ball from Robert Whittle | 7-6 |
| 15:03 | Rutgers | Donald Duncan is fouled on the floor by Luis Williams - foul #1 on Luis Williams, team foul #5 | 7-6 |
| Subs | Louisville | Warren Schneider (PG), Christopher Bunn (PF) Louie Chavira, Lamont Mallory | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 14:38 | Rutgers | Robert Manly knocks in the driving attempt in the lane on a great pass from Pauly Chambers | 7-8 |
| 14:23 | Louisville | Luis Williams buries a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from Warren Schneider | 10-8 |
| 14:00 | Rutgers | James Savage buries a 3 from the left corner set up by Pauly Chambers | 10-11 |
| 13:38 | Louisville | Daryl Sheldon comes up short on the shot from just outside the lane but he's fouled by James Savage - foul #1 on James Savage, team foul #3 | 10-11 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ronald Smith (SG), William Wallace (SF), Lamont Mallory (PF) Luis Williams, Robert Whittle, Christopher Bunn | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Collin Leavens (PG), Albert Coughlin (SG), Dikembe Abdulla (PF) Pauly Chambers, Robert Manly, Francis Franson | |
| 13:38 | Louisville | Daryl Sheldon makes the 1st free throw | 11-11 |
| 13:38 | Louisville | Daryl Sheldon misses the 2nd free throw | 11-11 |
| 13:38 | Rutgers | James Savage gets the rebound | 11-11 |
| 13:29 | Rutgers | Warren Schneider picks off the pass by James Savage | 11-11 |
| 13:10 | Louisville | Warren Schneider buries a 3 from the right wing set up by Daryl Sheldon | 14-11 |
| 12:56 | Rutgers | James Savage comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 14-11 |
| 12:54 | Louisville | Lamont Mallory gets the rebound | 14-11 |
| 12:41 | Louisville | Donald Duncan steals it from Ronald Smith | 14-11 |
| 12:37 | Rutgers | Albert Coughlin blows the layup | 14-11 |
| 12:36 | Louisville | Daryl Sheldon grabs the board | 14-11 |
| 12:31 | Louisville | Warren Schneider is fouled on the floor by James Savage - foul #2 on James Savage, team foul #4 | 14-11 |
| Subs | Louisville | Louie Chavira (PG), Michael Thayer (C) Warren Schneider, Daryl Sheldon | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Pauly Chambers (PG), Francis Franson (C) Collin Leavens, James Savage | |
| 12:04 | Louisville | Michael Thayer connects on the shot from the right block set up by Louie Chavira | 16-11 |
| 11:53 | Rutgers | Pauly Chambers's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 16-11 |
| Subs | Louisville | Christopher Bunn (PF) Lamont Mallory | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Robert Manly (SF) Donald Duncan | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Louie Chavira (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Ronald Smith (fresh) 2 pts. SF - William Wallace (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Christopher Bunn (fresh) C - Michael Thayer (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Pauly Chambers (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Albert Coughlin (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Robert Manly (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Dikembe Abdulla (fresh) C - Francis Franson (fresh) | |
| 11:38 | Louisville | Louie Chavira misses short on a jumper from the free throw line | 16-11 |
| 11:37 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Dikembe Abdulla | 16-11 |
| 11:22 | Rutgers | Pauly Chambers hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left wing | 16-11 |
| 11:20 | Louisville | Ronald Smith grabs the defensive rebound | 16-11 |
| 10:59 | Louisville | Ronald Smith clanks a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 16-11 |
| 10:58 | Louisville | Christopher Bunn gets the offensive rebound | 16-11 |
| 10:29 | Louisville | Michael Thayer misses long on a floater in the lane | 16-11 |
| 10:27 | Louisville | William Wallace tips it in | 18-11 |
| 10:07 | Rutgers | Dikembe Abdulla throws a bad pass out of bounds | 18-11 |
| Subs | Louisville | Warren Schneider (PG), Luis Williams (SG), Robert Whittle (SF), Lamont Mallory (PF) Louie Chavira, Ronald Smith, William Wallace, Christopher Bunn | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Collin Leavens (PG), Donald Duncan (SG) Pauly Chambers, Albert Coughlin | |
| 09:46 | Louisville | Robert Whittle is denied on a dunk by Dikembe Abdulla | 18-11 |
| 09:45 | Louisville | Michael Thayer tips it home | 20-11 |
| 09:37 | Rutgers | Donald Duncan misses long on a floater in the lane | 20-11 |
| 09:35 | Louisville | Robert Whittle pulls down the rebound | 20-11 |
| 09:21 | Louisville | Lamont Mallory misses the easy layup but he's fouled by Dikembe Abdulla - foul #1 on Dikembe Abdulla, team foul #5 | 20-11 |
| Subs | Louisville | Daryl Sheldon (C) Michael Thayer | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Pauly Chambers (PG) Collin Leavens | |
| 09:21 | Louisville | Lamont Mallory misses the 1st free throw | 20-11 |
| 09:21 | Louisville | Lamont Mallory makes the 2nd free throw | 21-11 |
| 09:00 | Rutgers | Daryl Sheldon takes the ball from Robert Manly | 21-11 |
| 08:45 | Louisville | Robert Whittle misses long on a jumper from the left wing | 21-11 |
| 08:44 | Rutgers | Dikembe Abdulla grabs the defensive rebound | 21-11 |
| 08:26 | Rutgers | Robert Manly knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the left side on a great pass from Dikembe Abdulla | 21-13 |
| 08:04 | Louisville | Robert Whittle comes up short on the jumpshot from the left wing but he's fouled by Pauly Chambers - foul #1 on Pauly Chambers, team foul #6 | 21-13 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ronald Smith (SG), Christopher Bunn (PF), Michael Thayer (C) Luis Williams, Lamont Mallory, Daryl Sheldon | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Albert Coughlin (SG) Donald Duncan | |
| 08:04 | Louisville | Robert Whittle misses the 1st free throw | 21-13 |
| 08:04 | Louisville | Robert Whittle misses the 2nd free throw | 21-13 |
| 08:04 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Francis Franson | 21-13 |
| 07:47 | Rutgers | Dikembe Abdulla is called for a charge - foul #2 on Dikembe Abdulla, team foul #7 | 21-13 |
| Subs | Louisville | William Wallace (SF) Robert Whittle | |
| Subs | Rutgers | David Greene (C) Dikembe Abdulla | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Warren Schneider (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ronald Smith (fresh) 2 pts. SF - William Wallace (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Christopher Bunn (fresh) C - Michael Thayer (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Pauly Chambers (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Albert Coughlin (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Robert Manly (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Francis Franson (fairly fresh) C - David Greene (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 07:34 | Louisville | Michael Thayer misses the lay-in but he's hacked by David Greene - foul #3 on David Greene, team foul #8 | 21-13 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | James Savage (C) David Greene | |
| 07:34 | Louisville | Michael Thayer makes the 1st free throw | 22-13 |
| 07:34 | Louisville | Michael Thayer makes the 2nd free throw | 23-13 |
| 07:27 | Rutgers | Albert Coughlin misses long on a 3 from straight away | 23-13 |
| 07:26 | Rutgers | James Savage snags the offensive board | 23-13 |
| 07:14 | Rutgers | Albert Coughlin makes the 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Robert Manly | 23-16 |
| 06:52 | Louisville | Michael Thayer hits the finger roll | 25-16 |
| 06:37 | Rutgers | Pauly Chambers hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right wing | 25-16 |
| 06:35 | Rutgers | Albert Coughlin tips it back up and in | 25-18 |
| 06:31 | Louisville | Warren Schneider misses short on a floater from the left wing but the foul's on Pauly Chambers - foul #2 on Pauly Chambers, team foul #9 | 25-18 |
| Subs | Louisville | Lamont Mallory (PF) Christopher Bunn | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Collin Leavens (PG), Donald Duncan (SF), David Greene (C) Pauly Chambers, Robert Manly, James Savage | |
| 06:31 | Louisville | Warren Schneider makes the 1st free throw | 26-18 |
| 06:31 | Louisville | Warren Schneider makes the 2nd free throw | 27-18 |
| 06:13 | Rutgers | David Greene blows the layup | 27-18 |
| 06:12 | Louisville | Lamont Mallory gets the rebound | 27-18 |
| 05:54 | Louisville | Francis Franson is called for the reach on William Wallace - foul #1 on Francis Franson, team foul #10 | 27-18 |
| Subs | Louisville | Louie Chavira (PG), Daryl Sheldon (C) Warren Schneider, Michael Thayer | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Robert Manly (SF) Albert Coughlin | |
| 05:54 | Louisville | William Wallace makes the 1st free throw | 28-18 |
| 05:54 | Louisville | William Wallace makes the 2nd free throw | 29-18 |
| 05:48 | Rutgers | Collin Leavens loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 29-18 |
| 05:41 | Louisville | William Wallace clanks a turnaround in the paint but he's fouled by Robert Manly - foul #1 on Robert Manly, team foul #11 | 29-18 |
| 05:41 | Louisville | William Wallace makes the 1st free throw | 30-18 |
| 05:41 | Louisville | William Wallace makes the 2nd free throw | 31-18 |
| 05:24 | Rutgers | David Greene hits a shot from close range | 31-20 |
| 05:06 | Louisville | Louie Chavira is fouled on the floor by Donald Duncan - foul #1 on Donald Duncan, team foul #12 | 31-20 |
| Subs | Louisville | Luis Williams (SG) Ronald Smith | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 05:06 | Louisville | Louie Chavira makes the 1st free throw | 32-20 |
| 05:06 | Louisville | Louie Chavira makes the 2nd free throw | 33-20 |
| 04:47 | Rutgers | Collin Leavens comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 33-20 |
| 04:46 | Louisville | William Wallace grabs the defensive rebound | 33-20 |
| 04:33 | Louisville | William Wallace hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 33-20 |
| 04:31 | Louisville | Luis Williams tips it home | 35-20 |
| 04:15 | Rutgers | Francis Franson misses the lay-in but he's fouled by Daryl Sheldon - foul #2 on Daryl Sheldon, team foul #6 | 35-20 |
| Subs | Louisville | Warren Schneider (PG), Robert Whittle (SF), Christopher Bunn (PF), Michael Thayer (C) Louie Chavira, William Wallace, Lamont Mallory, Daryl Sheldon | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Albert Coughlin (SG), Dikembe Abdulla (PF) Donald Duncan, David Greene | |
| 04:15 | Rutgers | Francis Franson misses the 1st free throw | 35-20 |
| 04:15 | Rutgers | Francis Franson misses the 2nd free throw | 35-20 |
| 04:15 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Michael Thayer | 35-20 |
| 04:04 | Louisville | Warren Schneider misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 35-20 |
| 04:02 | Rutgers | Robert Manly gets the rebound | 35-20 |
| 03:46 | Rutgers | A charge is called on Albert Coughlin - foul #1 on Albert Coughlin, team foul #13 | 35-20 |
| Subs | Louisville | Ronald Smith (SG) Luis Williams | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Pauly Chambers (PG), James Savage (C) Collin Leavens, Francis Franson | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Warren Schneider (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ronald Smith (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Robert Whittle (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Christopher Bunn (fresh) C - Michael Thayer (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Pauly Chambers (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Albert Coughlin (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Robert Manly (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. PF - Dikembe Abdulla (fresh) 2 reb. C - James Savage (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 03:33 | Louisville | Michael Thayer buries a turnaround from the right block on a nice dish by Ronald Smith | 37-20 |
| 03:23 | Rutgers | Albert Coughlin knocks in the jumpshot from the right side | 37-22 |
| 03:15 | Louisville | Michael Thayer hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway in the lane | 37-22 |
| 03:13 | Louisville | Robert Whittle tips it but misses | 37-22 |
| 03:12 | Louisville | Ronald Smith tips it back up and in | 39-22 |
| 02:57 | Rutgers | Robert Manly's layup is rejected by Robert Whittle | 39-22 |
| 02:56 | Louisville | Ronald Smith grabs the defensive rebound | 39-22 |
| 02:51 | Louisville | Warren Schneider hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 39-22 |
| 02:50 | Louisville | Michael Thayer tips it in | 41-22 |
| 02:37 | Rutgers | Albert Coughlin can't connect on a 3 from the left wing | 41-22 |
| 02:35 | Louisville | Christopher Bunn grabs the board | 41-22 |
| 02:15 | Louisville | Robert Whittle misses short on a fadeaway from the right block but the foul's on James Savage - foul #3 on James Savage, team foul #14 | 41-22 |
| Subs | Louisville | Louie Chavira (PG), Luis Williams (SG), Lamont Mallory (PF) Warren Schneider, Ronald Smith, Christopher Bunn | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Donald Duncan (SF), Francis Franson (C) Robert Manly, James Savage | |
| 02:15 | Louisville | Robert Whittle makes the 1st free throw | 42-22 |
| 02:15 | Louisville | Robert Whittle makes the 2nd free throw | 43-22 |
| 02:01 | Rutgers | Francis Franson hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right side | 43-22 |
| 01:59 | Louisville | Louie Chavira gets the rebound | 43-22 |
| 01:54 | Louisville | Dikembe Abdulla swats the shot by Robert Whittle | 43-22 |
| 01:53 | Rutgers | Donald Duncan snags the defensive board | 43-22 |
| 01:37 | Rutgers | The jumper by Donald Duncan is denied by Michael Thayer | 43-22 |
| 01:36 | Rutgers | Dikembe Abdulla grabs the offensive board | 43-22 |
| 01:12 | Rutgers | Donald Duncan buries a 3 from the left wing set up by Pauly Chambers | 43-25 |
| 01:07 | Louisville | Luis Williams scores on a floater from the free throw line set up by Louie Chavira | 45-25 |
| 00:58 | Rutgers | Michael Thayer swats the short shot by Francis Franson | 45-25 |
| 00:57 | Louisville | Michael Thayer snags the defensive board | 45-25 |
| 00:40 | Louisville | Michael Thayer hits the front of the rim on the jump hook in the paint but the foul's on Francis Franson - foul #2 on Francis Franson, team foul #15 | 45-25 |
| Subs | Louisville | Warren Schneider (PG), Ronald Smith (SG), William Wallace (SF) Louie Chavira, Luis Williams, Robert Whittle | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Robert Manly (SF) Albert Coughlin | |
| 00:40 | Louisville | Michael Thayer misses the 1st free throw | 45-25 |
| 00:40 | Louisville | Michael Thayer makes the 2nd free throw | 46-25 |
| 00:15 | Rutgers | The refs have stopped play. Dikembe Abdulla is in a lot of pain and is being checked by the trainers. He's holding his knee. It doesn't look like he is going to be able to return to the game. | 46-25 |
| Subs | Louisville | Christopher Bunn (PF), Daryl Sheldon (C) Lamont Mallory, Michael Thayer | |
| Subs | Rutgers | David Greene (C) Dikembe Abdulla | |
| 00:11 | Rutgers | Pauly Chambers double dribbles | 46-25 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Collin Leavens (PG) Pauly Chambers | |
| 00:01 | Louisville | Warren Schneider scores on a fadeaway from the right wing | 48-25 |
| 00:00 | Rutgers | Collin Leavens clanks a fullcourt shot | 48-25 |