| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Michael Alexander (fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SG - Horace Morse (fresh) 9 pts. SF - Antonio Cruz (fresh) PF - Kenneth Drozd (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Barry Jacob (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Taylor (fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. SG - Edward Pipes (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Don Jordan (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Kenneth Wynn (fresh) 7 pts. C - David Dunn (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Pitt | Antonio Cruz inbounds the ball | 38-38 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:44 | Pitt | Michael Alexander works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 38-38 |
| 19:42 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Edward Pipes | 38-38 |
| 19:25 | Louisville | Edward Pipes misses the lay-in | 38-38 |
| 19:23 | Pitt | Horace Morse grabs the board | 38-38 |
| 19:11 | Pitt | Barry Jacob's pass is intercepted by Timothy Taylor | 38-38 |
| 18:55 | Louisville | Edward Pipes is fouled on the floor by Horace Morse - foul #1 on Horace Morse, team foul #1 | 38-38 |
| Subs | Pitt | Terry O'Harra (SG), John Depriest (SF), Lee Walls (PF) Horace Morse, Antonio Cruz, Barry Jacob | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 18:36 | Louisville | Edward Pipes misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 38-38 |
| 18:35 | Pitt | Lee Walls grabs the defensive rebound | 38-38 |
| 18:20 | Pitt | Kenneth Wynn blocks the short jumper by Lee Walls | 38-38 |
| 18:19 | Pitt | Kenneth Drozd tips it home | 40-38 |
| 18:00 | Louisville | Edward Pipes knocks in the shot from just outside the lane set up by Don Jordan | 40-40 |
| 17:52 | Pitt | Lee Walls misses long on a shot from the free throw line | 40-40 |
| 17:51 | Louisville | Kenneth Wynn snags the defensive board | 40-40 |
| 17:33 | Louisville | Terry O'Harra is called for the reach on Edward Pipes - foul #1 on Terry O'Harra, team foul #2 | 40-40 |
| Subs | Pitt | Horace Morse (SG), Barry Jacob (C) Terry O'Harra, John Depriest | |
| Subs | Louisville | Chris Gerken (SF), Ricky Nelson (PF) Don Jordan, Kenneth Wynn | |
| 17:18 | Louisville | Ricky Nelson knocks in the jumpshot from the right side set up by Timothy Taylor | 40-42 |
| 16:59 | Pitt | Michael Alexander comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 40-42 |
| 16:57 | Pitt | Lee Walls can't tip it in | 40-42 |
| 16:55 | Louisville | Timothy Taylor pulls down the rebound | 40-42 |
| 16:35 | Louisville | Timothy Taylor misses the 3 from the right wing | 40-42 |
| 16:34 | Louisville | David Dunn misses the tip | 40-42 |
| 16:32 | Pitt | Michael Alexander grabs the defensive rebound | 40-42 |
| 16:17 | Pitt | Michael Alexander misses long on a shot near the basket | 40-42 |
| 16:16 | Louisville | The rebound goes to David Dunn | 40-42 |
| 16:10 | Louisville | David Dunn's layup is rejected by Kenneth Drozd | 40-42 |
| 16:08 | Pitt | Lee Walls grabs the board | 40-42 |
| 15:57 | Pitt | Michael Alexander misses long on a jumpshot from the left wing | 40-42 |
| 15:55 | Louisville | Ricky Nelson gets the rebound | 40-42 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Michael Alexander (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SG - Horace Morse (fresh) 9 pts. SF - Lee Walls (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. PF - Kenneth Drozd (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - Barry Jacob (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Taylor (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 ast. 2 stl. SG - Edward Pipes (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Chris Gerken (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. PF - Ricky Nelson (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - David Dunn (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 15:33 | Louisville | David Dunn lays it in on a nice dish by Timothy Taylor | 40-44 |
| 15:15 | Pitt | Michael Alexander is called for the illegal screen - foul #3 on Michael Alexander, team foul #3 | 40-44 |
| Subs | Pitt | Terry O'Harra (SG), Antonio Cruz (SF) Horace Morse, Barry Jacob | |
| Subs | Louisville | Thomas Turkowski (SG), Don Jordan (SF), Kenneth Wynn (PF) Timothy Taylor, Edward Pipes, David Dunn | |
| 14:52 | Louisville | Kenneth Wynn loses the dribble to Michael Alexander | 40-44 |
| 14:48 | Pitt | Michael Alexander lays it up and in | 42-44 |
| 14:22 | Louisville | Terry O'Harra steals the ball from Chris Gerken | 42-44 |
| 14:06 | Pitt | Kenneth Drozd can't connect on a floater from the right block | 42-44 |
| 14:05 | Louisville | Kenneth Wynn pulls down the rebound | 42-44 |
| 13:41 | Louisville | Chris Gerken buries a jumpshot from the left side | 42-46 |
| 13:31 | Pitt | Lee Walls comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 42-46 |
| 13:30 | Louisville | Ricky Nelson grabs the defensive rebound | 42-46 |
| 13:25 | Louisville | Chris Gerken scores on a floater from the right wing on a great pass from Thomas Turkowski and he's fouled by Michael Alexander - foul #4 on Michael Alexander, team foul #4 | 42-48 |
| Subs | Pitt | Miguel Ayala (PG), Barry Jacob (C) Michael Alexander, Antonio Cruz | |
| Subs | Louisville | Edward Pipes (SG), David Dunn (C) Thomas Turkowski, Ricky Nelson | |
| 13:25 | Louisville | Chris Gerken misses the free throw | 42-48 |
| 13:25 | Pitt | Lee Walls gets the rebound | 42-48 |
| 13:08 | Pitt | Barry Jacob is hacked by David Dunn - foul #2 on David Dunn, team foul #1 | 42-48 |
| Subs | Pitt | Michael Alexander (PG) Miguel Ayala | |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Taylor (PG) Chris Gerken | |
| 12:52 | Pitt | Lee Walls knocks in the jumper from the left wing | 44-48 |
| 12:32 | Louisville | David Dunn misses short on a fadeaway from the right block | 44-48 |
| 12:30 | Pitt | Kenneth Drozd grabs the defensive rebound | 44-48 |
| 12:12 | Pitt | Lee Walls misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing but the foul's on Don Jordan - foul #1 on Don Jordan, team foul #2 | 44-48 |
| Subs | Pitt | Horace Morse (SG) Terry O'Harra | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 12:12 | Pitt | Lee Walls makes the 1st free throw | 45-48 |
| 12:12 | Pitt | Lee Walls makes the 2nd free throw | 46-48 |
| 12:12 | Pitt | Lee Walls misses the 3rd free throw | 46-48 |
| 12:12 | Louisville | Kenneth Wynn gets the rebound | 46-48 |
| 11:59 | Louisville | Edward Pipes misses badly on the uncontested fadeaway from the left side | 46-48 |
| 11:58 | Pitt | Barry Jacob grabs the board | 46-48 |
| 11:44 | Pitt | David Dunn is called for the reach on Horace Morse - foul #3 on David Dunn, team foul #3 | 46-48 |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Thomas Turkowski (SG), Ricky Nelson (PF) Edward Pipes, Kenneth Wynn | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Michael Alexander (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. 4 pf. SG - Horace Morse (fresh) 9 pts. SF - Lee Walls (tiring) 11 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. PF - Kenneth Drozd (tiring) 7 pts. 6 reb. C - Barry Jacob (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Taylor (fresh) 4 pts. 6 ast. 2 stl. SG - Thomas Turkowski (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Don Jordan (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Ricky Nelson (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. C - David Dunn (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:16 | Pitt | Timothy Taylor takes the ball from Horace Morse | 46-48 |
| 11:12 | Louisville | Don Jordan lays it in on a great pass from Timothy Taylor | 46-50 |
| 11:00 | Pitt | Lee Walls connects on the fadeaway from just outside the lane set up by Michael Alexander and the foul's on Thomas Turkowski - foul #4 on Thomas Turkowski, team foul #4 | 48-50 |
| Subs | Pitt | Terry O'Harra (SG), Antonio Cruz (SF) Horace Morse, Barry Jacob | |
| Subs | Louisville | Paul Williams (PG), Edward Pipes (SG), Chris Gerken (SF) Timothy Taylor, Thomas Turkowski, Don Jordan | |
| 11:00 | Pitt | Lee Walls makes the free throw | 49-50 |
| 10:46 | Louisville | Ricky Nelson misses badly on a floater from the free throw line but he's fouled by Lee Walls - foul #4 on Lee Walls, team foul #5 | 49-50 |
| 10:46 | Louisville | Ricky Nelson makes the 1st free throw | 49-51 |
| 10:46 | Louisville | Ricky Nelson misses the 2nd free throw | 49-51 |
| 10:46 | Pitt | The rebound goes to Kenneth Drozd | 49-51 |
| 10:21 | Pitt | Lee Walls is whistled for a carry | 49-51 |
| Subs | Pitt | Barry Jacob (C) Antonio Cruz | |
| Subs | Louisville | Kenneth Wynn (C) David Dunn | |
| 10:14 | Louisville | Kenneth Wynn misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left side but the foul's on Barry Jacob - foul #2 on Barry Jacob, team foul #6 | 49-51 |
| Subs | Pitt | Horace Morse (SG) Terry O'Harra | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 10:14 | Louisville | Kenneth Wynn makes the 1st free throw | 49-52 |
| 10:14 | Louisville | Kenneth Wynn makes the 2nd free throw | 49-53 |
| 09:58 | Pitt | Lee Walls scores on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 52-53 |
| 09:53 | Louisville | Edward Pipes knocks in the 3 from the right corner set up by Chris Gerken | 52-56 |
| 09:45 | Pitt | Michael Alexander double dribbles | 52-56 |
| Subs | Pitt | Terry O'Harra (SG), Antonio Cruz (SF) Horace Morse, Barry Jacob | |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Taylor (PG) Paul Williams | |
| 09:29 | Louisville | Kenneth Wynn misses the runner in the paint | 52-56 |
| 09:28 | Pitt | Lee Walls gets the rebound | 52-56 |
| 09:08 | Pitt | Michael Alexander buries a shot from the baseline on a nice dish by Antonio Cruz and he's fouled by Timothy Taylor - foul #3 on Timothy Taylor, team foul #5 | 54-56 |
| Subs | Pitt | Horace Morse (SG), Barry Jacob (C) Terry O'Harra, Antonio Cruz | |
| Subs | Louisville | Don Jordan (SF), David Dunn (C) Chris Gerken, Ricky Nelson | |
| 09:08 | Pitt | Michael Alexander makes the free throw | 55-56 |
| 09:00 | Louisville | Don Jordan buries a 3 pointer from the right wing set up by David Dunn | 55-59 |
| 08:38 | Pitt | Kenneth Wynn swats the short shot by Kenneth Drozd | 55-59 |
| 08:37 | Louisville | Edward Pipes snags the defensive board | 55-59 |
| 08:21 | Louisville | David Dunn misses short on a jump hook from the left block | 55-59 |
| 08:19 | Pitt | Kenneth Drozd gets the rebound | 55-59 |
| 08:12 | Pitt | Michael Alexander misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 55-59 |
| 08:10 | Louisville | Don Jordan pulls down the rebound | 55-59 |
| 07:45 | Louisville | Edward Pipes knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left side on a great pass from Kenneth Wynn and he's fouled by Horace Morse - foul #2 on Horace Morse, team foul #7 | 55-61 |
| Subs | Pitt | Terry O'Harra (SG), Antonio Cruz (SF) Horace Morse, Barry Jacob | |
| Subs | Louisville | Thomas Turkowski (SG), Chris Gerken (SF), Ricky Nelson (PF) Timothy Taylor, Don Jordan, Kenneth Wynn | |
| 07:45 | Louisville | Edward Pipes misses the free throw | 55-61 |
| 07:45 | Pitt | The rebound goes to Kenneth Drozd | 55-61 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Michael Alexander (tiring) 14 pts. 5 ast. 4 pf. SG - Terry O'Harra (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Antonio Cruz (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Lee Walls (tiring) 17 pts. 7 reb. 4 pf. C - Kenneth Drozd (tired) 7 pts. 9 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Edward Pipes (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Thomas Turkowski (fresh) 1 ast. 4 pf. SF - Chris Gerken (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. PF - Ricky Nelson (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - David Dunn (tiring) 9 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:20 | Pitt | Lee Walls misses badly on a floater from close range but he's fouled by Ricky Nelson - foul #2 on Ricky Nelson, team foul #6 | 55-61 |
| Subs | Pitt | Barry Jacob (C) Antonio Cruz | |
| Subs | Louisville | Paul Williams (PG) Edward Pipes | |
| 07:20 | Pitt | Lee Walls misses the 1st free throw | 55-61 |
| 07:20 | Pitt | Lee Walls makes the 2nd free throw | 56-61 |
| 07:02 | Louisville | Chris Gerken makes the shot from close range on a great pass from Paul Williams | 56-63 |
| 06:47 | Pitt | Kenneth Drozd is whistled for traveling | 56-63 |
| Subs | Pitt | Antonio Cruz (SF) Barry Jacob | |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Taylor (PG), Kenneth Wynn (C) Paul Williams, David Dunn | |
| 06:35 | Louisville | Chris Gerken hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 56-63 |
| 06:34 | Pitt | The rebound goes to Antonio Cruz | 56-63 |
| 06:13 | Pitt | Terry O'Harra comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 56-63 |
| 06:12 | Louisville | Ricky Nelson grabs the defensive rebound | 56-63 |
| 05:55 | Louisville | Ricky Nelson jams it | 56-65 |
| 05:47 | Pitt | Michael Alexander makes the 3 pointer from the left corner | 59-65 |
| 05:30 | Louisville | Timothy Taylor knocks in the 3 from straight away | 59-68 |
| 05:08 | Pitt | Michael Alexander can't connect on a jumpshot from the right wing | 59-68 |
| 05:06 | Louisville | Ricky Nelson grabs the defensive rebound | 59-68 |
| 04:52 | Louisville | Ricky Nelson buries a jumper from the left block | 59-70 |
| 04:30 | Pitt | Kenneth Drozd makes the shot in the lane set up by Michael Alexander | 61-70 |
| 04:30 | Louisville | Louisville calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 61-70 |
| Subs | Pitt | Horace Morse (SG), Barry Jacob (C) Terry O'Harra, Antonio Cruz | |
| Subs | Louisville | Edward Pipes (SG), Don Jordan (SF), David Dunn (C) Thomas Turkowski, Chris Gerken, Kenneth Wynn | |
| 04:20 | Louisville | Timothy Taylor can't finish the layup | 61-70 |
| 04:18 | Pitt | Kenneth Drozd grabs the defensive rebound | 61-70 |
| 03:57 | Pitt | Michael Alexander knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the left side set up by Horace Morse | 63-70 |
| 03:51 | Louisville | Edward Pipes is called for a charge - foul #2 on Edward Pipes, team foul #7 | 63-70 |
| 03:38 | Pitt | Kenneth Drozd comes up short on the fadeaway from the left block but the foul's on Ricky Nelson - foul #3 on Ricky Nelson, team foul #8 | 63-70 |
| 03:38 | Pitt | Kenneth Drozd misses the 1st free throw | 63-70 |
| 03:38 | Pitt | Kenneth Drozd misses the 2nd free throw | 63-70 |
| 03:38 | Louisville | David Dunn gets the rebound | 63-70 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Michael Alexander (tiring) 19 pts. 6 ast. 4 pf. SG - Horace Morse (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Lee Walls (tired) 18 pts. 7 reb. 4 pf. PF - Kenneth Drozd (tired) 9 pts. 10 reb. C - Barry Jacob (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Taylor (fresh) 7 pts. 7 ast. 3 stl. 3 pf. SG - Edward Pipes (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SF - Don Jordan (fresh) 13 pts. 4 reb. PF - Ricky Nelson (fresh) 11 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. C - David Dunn (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 8 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 03:17 | Louisville | David Dunn can't connect on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Michael Alexander - foul #5 on Michael Alexander, team foul #8 | 63-70 |
| Subs | Pitt | Miguel Ayala (PG) Michael Alexander | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 03:17 | Louisville | David Dunn makes the 1st free throw | 63-71 |
| 03:17 | Louisville | David Dunn makes the 2nd free throw | 63-72 |
| 02:48 | Pitt | Lee Walls misses short on a 3 from the left corner | 63-72 |
| 02:46 | Louisville | David Dunn snags the defensive board | 63-72 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 02:23 | Louisville | Edward Pipes knocks in the shot from close range on a great pass from Don Jordan | 63-74 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 02:10 | Pitt | Lee Walls misses short on a floater from the left side | 63-74 |
| 02:09 | Pitt | Kenneth Drozd gets the offensive rebound | 63-74 |
| 01:45 | Pitt | Miguel Ayala is hacked by Timothy Taylor - foul #4 on Timothy Taylor, team foul #9 | 63-74 |
| Subs | Pitt | Terry O'Harra (SG), Steven Elkins (PF) Horace Morse, Kenneth Drozd | |
| Subs | Louisville | Kenneth Wynn (PF) Ricky Nelson | |
| 01:45 | Pitt | Miguel Ayala makes the 1st free throw | 64-74 |
| 01:45 | Pitt | Miguel Ayala misses the 2nd free throw | 64-74 |
| 01:45 | Louisville | Kenneth Wynn grabs the defensive rebound | 64-74 |
| 01:41 | Louisville | Don Jordan makes the contested jumper from the right wing set up by Timothy Taylor | 64-76 |
| 01:32 | Pitt | Steven Elkins's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 64-76 |
| 01:30 | Louisville | Miguel Ayala is called for the reach on Timothy Taylor in the backcourt - foul #1 on Miguel Ayala, team foul #9 | 64-76 |
| 01:30 | Louisville | Timothy Taylor makes the 1st free throw | 64-77 |
| 01:30 | Louisville | Timothy Taylor makes the 2nd free throw | 64-78 |
| 01:22 | Pitt | Lee Walls is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a floater from just outside the lane | 64-78 |
| 01:21 | Louisville | Don Jordan snags the defensive board | 64-78 |
| 00:52 | Louisville | David Dunn drills a jump hook from close range | 64-80 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:47 | Pitt | Barry Jacob's floater is tipped away by David Dunn | 64-80 |
| 00:45 | Louisville | Don Jordan gets the rebound | 64-80 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:18 | Louisville | Don Jordan is hacked by Lee Walls - foul #5 on Lee Walls, team foul #10 | 64-80 |
| Subs | Pitt | John Depriest (SF) Lee Walls | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 00:18 | Louisville | Don Jordan misses the 1st free throw | 64-80 |
| 00:18 | Louisville | Don Jordan misses the 2nd free throw | 64-80 |
| 00:18 | Pitt | Steven Elkins grabs the board | 64-80 |
| 00:12 | Pitt | Miguel Ayala is fouled on the floor by Timothy Taylor - foul #5 on Timothy Taylor, team foul #10 | 64-80 |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Chris Gerken (SG) Timothy Taylor | |
| 00:12 | Pitt | Miguel Ayala makes the 1st free throw | 65-80 |
| 00:12 | Pitt | Miguel Ayala makes the 2nd free throw | 66-80 |
| 00:00 | Louisville | Edward Pipes runs out the clock | 66-80 |