| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Paul Sanders (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lloyd Clark (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SF - Zlatko Zachman (fresh) 10 pts. PF - Lawrence Gilyard (fresh) C - Joshua Savage (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Abraham Heineman (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Mike Williams (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Herman Pleasant (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Aleksandar Ptaszynski (fresh) C - David Taylor (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman inbounds the ball | 35-29 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:37 | Syracuse | Paul Sanders's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 35-29 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | David Ralston (PG), Daniel Tomczak (SG) Abraham Heineman, Mike Williams | |
| 19:19 | West Virginia | Daniel Tomczak hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 35-29 |
| 19:17 | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman pulls down the rebound | 35-29 |
| 19:00 | Syracuse | Lawrence Gilyard hits a shot near the basket on a great pass from Zlatko Zachman and he's fouled by Aleksandar Ptaszynski - foul #1 on Aleksandar Ptaszynski, team foul #1 | 37-29 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Shing Ching (SF), Steven Dick (PF) Herman Pleasant, Aleksandar Ptaszynski | |
| 19:00 | Syracuse | Lawrence Gilyard misses the free throw | 37-29 |
| 19:00 | West Virginia | Daniel Tomczak gets the rebound | 37-29 |
| 18:37 | West Virginia | David Ralston is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on David Ralston, team foul #2 | 37-29 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Herman Pleasant (SF), Aleksandar Ptaszynski (PF) Shing Ching, Steven Dick | |
| 18:15 | Syracuse | Lloyd Clark misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 37-29 |
| 18:14 | West Virginia | David Ralston pulls down the rebound | 37-29 |
| 17:54 | West Virginia | Daniel Tomczak drills a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a nice dish by David Taylor | 37-32 |
| 17:31 | Syracuse | Herman Pleasant steps in front of the Joshua Savage pass | 37-32 |
| 17:08 | West Virginia | David Ralston drills a 3 pointer from the left wing | 37-35 |
| 16:42 | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 37-35 |
| 16:41 | West Virginia | David Taylor snags the defensive board | 37-35 |
| 16:14 | West Virginia | David Ralston can't connect on a 3 from the left corner | 37-35 |
| 16:13 | West Virginia | David Taylor hits the follow up shot | 37-37 |
| 15:50 | Syracuse | David Taylor swats the short shot by Lawrence Gilyard | 37-37 |
| 15:49 | West Virginia | David Taylor grabs the board | 37-37 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Paul Sanders (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lloyd Clark (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SF - Zlatko Zachman (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. PF - Lawrence Gilyard (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - Joshua Savage (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - David Ralston (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Daniel Tomczak (fresh) 8 pts. SF - Herman Pleasant (fresh) 5 pts. 2 stl. PF - Aleksandar Ptaszynski (fairly fresh) C - David Taylor (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 15:29 | West Virginia | Daniel Tomczak buries a 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Aleksandar Ptaszynski | 37-40 |
| 15:10 | Syracuse | Paul Sanders misses long on a shot from the left side | 37-40 |
| 15:09 | Syracuse | The offensive rebound goes to Zlatko Zachman | 37-40 |
| 14:44 | Syracuse | Lloyd Clark misses short on a shot from the left wing | 37-40 |
| 14:42 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Daniel Tomczak | 37-40 |
| 14:19 | West Virginia | David Ralston misses short on a jumpshot from the right side | 37-40 |
| 14:18 | Syracuse | Joshua Savage pulls down the rebound | 37-40 |
| 14:00 | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 37-40 |
| 13:59 | West Virginia | Aleksandar Ptaszynski grabs the board | 37-40 |
| 13:54 | West Virginia | David Ralston comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 37-40 |
| 13:53 | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman grabs the board | 37-40 |
| 13:29 | Syracuse | Paul Sanders is whistled for a carry | 37-40 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Ronald Hillman (SF), Richard Norby (PF), Richard Jones (C) Zlatko Zachman, Lawrence Gilyard, Joshua Savage | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Abraham Heineman (PG), Mike Williams (SG), Shing Ching (SF), Steven Dick (PF), Roland Johnson (C) David Ralston, Daniel Tomczak, Herman Pleasant, Aleksandar Ptaszynski, David Taylor | |
| 13:02 | West Virginia | Shing Ching lays it up and in | 37-42 |
| 12:34 | Syracuse | Paul Sanders misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 37-42 |
| 12:32 | West Virginia | Roland Johnson grabs the board | 37-42 |
| 12:06 | West Virginia | Shing Ching banks in the layup | 37-44 |
| 11:49 | Syracuse | A charge is called on Ronald Hillman - foul #1 on Ronald Hillman, team foul #1 | 37-44 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | David Taylor (C) Roland Johnson | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Paul Sanders (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Lloyd Clark (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SF - Ronald Hillman (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Richard Norby (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Richard Jones (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Abraham Heineman (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Mike Williams (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Shing Ching (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Steven Dick (fresh) 2 pts. C - David Taylor (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:25 | West Virginia | Mike Williams's corner 3pt jumper is blocked by Richard Jones | 37-44 |
| 11:23 | West Virginia | Abraham Heineman gets the offensive rebound | 37-44 |
| 10:57 | West Virginia | David Taylor's layup is rejected by Richard Jones | 37-44 |
| 10:55 | Syracuse | Ronald Hillman gets the rebound | 37-44 |
| 10:36 | Syracuse | Ronald Hillman hits a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 40-44 |
| 10:14 | West Virginia | Shing Ching hits the front of the rim on the floater from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Richard Norby - foul #1 on Richard Norby, team foul #2 | 40-44 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman (SG), Lawrence Gilyard (PF), Joshua Savage (C) Lloyd Clark, Richard Norby, Richard Jones | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 10:14 | West Virginia | Shing Ching makes the 1st free throw | 40-45 |
| 10:14 | West Virginia | Shing Ching makes the 2nd free throw | 40-46 |
| 09:49 | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman buries a 3 pointer from the right corner on a great pass from Paul Sanders | 43-46 |
| 09:26 | West Virginia | Paul Sanders takes the ball from Steven Dick | 43-46 |
| 08:58 | Syracuse | Joshua Savage misses short on a shot from the left wing | 43-46 |
| 08:56 | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman hits the follow up shot | 45-46 |
| 08:37 | West Virginia | Steven Dick misses short on a turnaround in the paint but the foul's on Ronald Hillman - foul #2 on Ronald Hillman, team foul #3 | 45-46 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Lloyd Clark (SG), Richard Jones (C) Ronald Hillman, Lawrence Gilyard | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Herman Pleasant (SF), Roland Johnson (C) Shing Ching, David Taylor | |
| 08:37 | West Virginia | Steven Dick makes the 1st free throw | 45-47 |
| 08:37 | West Virginia | Steven Dick misses the 2nd free throw | 45-47 |
| 08:37 | West Virginia | Roland Johnson grabs the offensive board | 45-47 |
| 08:09 | West Virginia | Roland Johnson comes up short on the floater from the right wing | 45-47 |
| 08:08 | Syracuse | Richard Jones snags the defensive board | 45-47 |
| 07:39 | Syracuse | Lloyd Clark hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from straight away | 45-47 |
| 07:37 | West Virginia | Steven Dick snags the defensive board | 45-47 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Paul Sanders (tiring) 9 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Lloyd Clark (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SF - Zlatko Zachman (fresh) 15 pts. 1 ast. PF - Joshua Savage (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Richard Jones (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Abraham Heineman (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Mike Williams (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Herman Pleasant (fresh) 5 pts. 2 stl. PF - Steven Dick (fairly fresh) 3 pts. C - Roland Johnson (fresh) 6 reb. | |
| 07:11 | West Virginia | Steven Dick hits the finger roll | 45-49 |
| 07:05 | Syracuse | Richard Jones connects on the turnaround from the right block on a great pass from Joshua Savage | 47-49 |
| 06:49 | West Virginia | Mike Williams misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 47-49 |
| 06:48 | West Virginia | Steven Dick pulls down the offensive rebound | 47-49 |
| 06:29 | West Virginia | Steven Dick scores on a floater from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Herman Pleasant | 47-51 |
| 06:14 | Syracuse | Lloyd Clark is hacked by Mike Williams - foul #2 on Mike Williams, team foul #3 | 47-51 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Ronald Hillman (SF), Lawrence Gilyard (PF) Zlatko Zachman, Joshua Savage | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Shing Ching (SF), Aleksandar Ptaszynski (PF), David Taylor (C) Herman Pleasant, Steven Dick, Roland Johnson | |
| 05:56 | Syracuse | Lawrence Gilyard clanks a jump hook from the left block but he's hacked by Abraham Heineman - foul #1 on Abraham Heineman, team foul #4 | 47-51 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Richard Norby (C) Richard Jones | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 05:56 | Syracuse | Lawrence Gilyard makes the 1st free throw | 48-51 |
| 05:56 | Syracuse | Lawrence Gilyard makes the 2nd free throw | 49-51 |
| 05:41 | West Virginia | David Taylor misses short on a jump hook from the left block but he's hacked by Paul Sanders - foul #2 on Paul Sanders, team foul #4 | 49-51 |
| 05:41 | West Virginia | David Taylor makes the 1st free throw | 49-52 |
| 05:41 | West Virginia | David Taylor makes the 2nd free throw | 49-53 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 05:29 | Syracuse | Richard Norby can't connect on a jumpshot from the left wing | 49-53 |
| 05:28 | Syracuse | The offensive rebound goes to Richard Norby | 49-53 |
| 05:12 | Syracuse | Paul Sanders misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 49-53 |
| 05:11 | West Virginia | Shing Ching pulls down the rebound | 49-53 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 04:42 | West Virginia | Mike Williams scores on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 49-56 |
| 04:28 | Syracuse | Mike Williams is called for the reach on Paul Sanders - foul #3 on Mike Williams, team foul #5 | 49-56 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman (PG), Joshua Savage (SF), Richard Jones (C) Paul Sanders, Lloyd Clark, Richard Norby | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Herman Pleasant (SF) Shing Ching | |
| 04:19 | Syracuse | Lawrence Gilyard lays it in | 51-56 |
| 03:50 | West Virginia | Aleksandar Ptaszynski misses short on a floater from the free throw line | 51-56 |
| 03:49 | Syracuse | Lawrence Gilyard grabs the defensive rebound | 51-56 |
| 03:38 | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 51-56 |
| 03:36 | Syracuse | Lawrence Gilyard grabs the offensive board | 51-56 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Zlatko Zachman (fresh) 15 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ronald Hillman (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. SF - Joshua Savage (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Lawrence Gilyard (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Richard Jones (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Abraham Heineman (tiring) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Mike Williams (tiring) 8 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Herman Pleasant (fresh) 5 pts. 2 stl. PF - Aleksandar Ptaszynski (fresh) C - David Taylor (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:22 | Syracuse | Ronald Hillman drills a turnaround from close range | 53-56 |
| 03:05 | West Virginia | Mike Williams hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 53-56 |
| 03:03 | West Virginia | Aleksandar Ptaszynski misses the tip | 53-56 |
| 03:01 | West Virginia | The offensive rebound goes to Herman Pleasant | 53-56 |
| 02:32 | West Virginia | Mike Williams connects on the 3pt jumper from the left corner on a nice dish by Abraham Heineman | 53-59 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 02:18 | Syracuse | Richard Jones misses short on a fadeaway from the left side | 53-59 |
| 02:16 | West Virginia | Mike Williams grabs the defensive rebound | 53-59 |
| 01:53 | West Virginia | Mike Williams is called for traveling | 53-59 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Paul Sanders (PG), Lloyd Clark (SG) Ronald Hillman, Richard Jones | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 01:40 | Syracuse | Lloyd Clark comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 53-59 |
| 01:39 | Syracuse | Lawrence Gilyard snags the offensive board | 53-59 |
| 01:15 | Syracuse | Joshua Savage buries a jumper from the baseline on a nice dish by Paul Sanders and he's hacked by Abraham Heineman - foul #2 on Abraham Heineman, team foul #6 | 55-59 |
| 01:15 | Syracuse | Joshua Savage misses the free throw | 55-59 |
| 01:15 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to David Taylor | 55-59 |
| 00:54 | West Virginia | Mike Williams drills a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 55-62 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:50 | Syracuse | Paul Sanders makes the pull-up jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Joshua Savage | 57-62 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:48 | West Virginia | Lloyd Clark is called for the reach on Mike Williams in the backcourt - foul #1 on Lloyd Clark, team foul #5 | 57-62 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Roland Johnson (C) David Taylor | |
| 00:47 | West Virginia | Herman Pleasant is fouled on the floor by Zlatko Zachman - foul #2 on Zlatko Zachman, team foul #6 | 57-62 |
| 00:44 | West Virginia | Herman Pleasant is fouled on the floor by Lawrence Gilyard - foul #2 on Lawrence Gilyard, team foul #7 | 57-62 |
| 00:44 | West Virginia | Herman Pleasant makes the 1st free throw | 57-63 |
| 00:44 | West Virginia | Herman Pleasant makes the 2nd free throw | 57-64 |
| 00:38 | Syracuse | Lawrence Gilyard's fadeaway is rejected by Roland Johnson | 57-64 |
| 00:36 | West Virginia | Roland Johnson grabs the board | 57-64 |
| 00:34 | West Virginia | Roland Johnson is fouled in the backcourt by Paul Sanders - foul #3 on Paul Sanders, team foul #8 | 57-64 |
| 00:34 | West Virginia | Roland Johnson misses the 1st free throw | 57-64 |
| 00:34 | Syracuse | Lawrence Gilyard grabs the board | 57-64 |
| 00:28 | Syracuse | Abraham Heineman is called for the reach on Joshua Savage - foul #3 on Abraham Heineman, team foul #7 | 57-64 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | David Taylor (C) Roland Johnson | |
| 00:28 | Syracuse | Joshua Savage makes the 1st free throw | 58-64 |
| 00:28 | Syracuse | Joshua Savage makes the 2nd free throw | 59-64 |
| 00:26 | West Virginia | Paul Sanders is called for the reach on Mike Williams in the backcourt - foul #4 on Paul Sanders, team foul #9 | 59-64 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | David Ralston (PG), Steven Dick (PF), Roland Johnson (C) Abraham Heineman, Aleksandar Ptaszynski, David Taylor | |
| 00:26 | West Virginia | Mike Williams makes the 1st free throw | 59-65 |
| 00:26 | West Virginia | Mike Williams makes the 2nd free throw | 59-66 |
| 00:21 | Syracuse | Lloyd Clark drills a 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Zlatko Zachman | 62-66 |
| 00:20 | West Virginia | Paul Sanders is called for the reach on Herman Pleasant in the backcourt - foul #5 on Paul Sanders, team foul #10 | 62-66 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Ronald Hillman (SF) Paul Sanders | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Daniel Tomczak (SG), David Taylor (C) Mike Williams, Roland Johnson | |
| 00:20 | West Virginia | Herman Pleasant makes the 1st free throw | 62-67 |
| 00:20 | West Virginia | Herman Pleasant misses the 2nd free throw | 62-67 |
| 00:20 | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman gets the rebound | 62-67 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 00:14 | Syracuse | Zlatko Zachman comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 62-67 |
| 00:13 | Syracuse | Lawrence Gilyard grabs the offensive board | 62-67 |
| 00:11 | Syracuse | Ronald Hillman can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 62-67 |
| 00:10 | West Virginia | Herman Pleasant snags the defensive board | 62-67 |
| 00:08 | West Virginia | Herman Pleasant is fouled in the backcourt by Lloyd Clark - foul #2 on Lloyd Clark, team foul #11 | 62-67 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Mike Williams (SG), Roland Johnson (C) Daniel Tomczak, David Taylor | |
| 00:08 | West Virginia | Herman Pleasant misses the 1st free throw | 62-67 |
| 00:08 | West Virginia | Herman Pleasant makes the 2nd free throw | 62-68 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:06 | Syracuse | David Ralston picks off the pass by Lloyd Clark in the backcourt | 62-68 |
| 00:03 | West Virginia | Ronald Hillman is called for the reach on Herman Pleasant - foul #3 on Ronald Hillman, team foul #12 | 62-68 |
| 00:03 | West Virginia | Herman Pleasant makes the 1st free throw | 62-69 |
| 00:03 | West Virginia | Herman Pleasant misses the 2nd free throw | 62-69 |
| 00:03 | West Virginia | Steven Dick snags the offensive board | 62-69 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:00 | West Virginia | David Ralston runs out the clock | 62-69 |