| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Eric Lee (fresh) 11 pts. 5 ast. SG - Mark Boyce (fresh) SF - Charles Thomas (fresh) PF - Nicholas Yarnell (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. C - Robert Hyslop (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Manuel Barker (fresh) 12 pts. 4 ast. SG - Craig Thomas (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Peter Witt (fresh) 7 pts. 2 stl. PF - John Matas (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. C - Giuseppe Conti (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Pitt | Peter Witt inbounds the ball | 29-34 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:50 | Pitt | Robert Hyslop steals the ball from Peter Witt | 29-34 |
| 19:47 | Louisville | Eric Lee is called for the illegal screen in the backcourt - foul #2 on Eric Lee, team foul #1 | 29-34 |
| 19:35 | Pitt | Giuseppe Conti blows the layup but he's hacked by Eric Lee - foul #3 on Eric Lee, team foul #2 | 29-34 |
| Subs | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky (PG) Eric Lee | |
| Subs | Pitt | Kong Ming (PF) Craig Thomas | |
| 19:35 | Pitt | Giuseppe Conti misses the 1st free throw | 29-34 |
| 19:35 | Pitt | Giuseppe Conti makes the 2nd free throw | 29-35 |
| 19:14 | Louisville | Charles Thomas misses short on a fadeaway from the right side but he's fouled by Peter Witt - foul #2 on Peter Witt, team foul #1 | 29-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Pitt | Craig Thomas (SG) Kong Ming | |
| 19:14 | Louisville | Charles Thomas makes the 1st free throw | 30-35 |
| 19:14 | Louisville | Charles Thomas makes the 2nd free throw | 31-35 |
| 18:58 | Pitt | Giuseppe Conti is fouled on the floor by Charles Thomas - foul #2 on Charles Thomas, team foul #3 | 31-35 |
| 18:47 | Pitt | Manuel Barker misses the 3 pointer from the right wing | 31-35 |
| 18:46 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell pulls down the rebound | 31-35 |
| 18:39 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell connects on the fadeaway near the basket on a nice dish by Zlatko Zukowsky | 33-35 |
| 18:23 | Pitt | Giuseppe Conti connects on the 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by Manuel Barker | 33-38 |
| 18:00 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 33-38 |
| 17:59 | Pitt | Peter Witt grabs the board | 33-38 |
| 17:41 | Pitt | John Matas can't connect on a jumper near the basket but he's hacked by Nicholas Yarnell - foul #1 on Nicholas Yarnell, team foul #4 | 33-38 |
| Subs | Louisville | Mark Young (SF) Charles Thomas | |
| Subs | Pitt | Kong Ming (PF) Craig Thomas | |
| 17:41 | Pitt | John Matas makes the 1st free throw | 33-39 |
| 17:41 | Pitt | John Matas makes the 2nd free throw | 33-40 |
| 17:21 | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky's pass is intercepted by Giuseppe Conti | 33-40 |
| 17:00 | Pitt | Manuel Barker misses badly on a runner in the paint but he's hacked by Zlatko Zukowsky - foul #2 on Zlatko Zukowsky, team foul #5 | 33-40 |
| Subs | Louisville | David Roberts (PG), Kerry Windham (PF) Zlatko Zukowsky, Nicholas Yarnell | |
| Subs | Pitt | Craig Thomas (SG), Ronald Delk (SF) Peter Witt, Giuseppe Conti | |
| 17:00 | Pitt | Manuel Barker makes the 1st free throw | 33-41 |
| 17:00 | Pitt | Manuel Barker misses the 2nd free throw | 33-41 |
| 17:00 | Louisville | Robert Hyslop snags the defensive board | 33-41 |
| 16:31 | Louisville | David Roberts drills a jumpshot from the left side | 35-41 |
| 16:24 | Pitt | Kong Ming hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Craig Thomas and he's hacked by David Roberts - foul #1 on David Roberts, team foul #6 | 35-43 |
| Subs | Louisville | Charles Thomas (SF) Mark Young | |
| Subs | Pitt | Giuseppe Conti (C) Craig Thomas | |
| 16:24 | Pitt | Kong Ming makes the free throw | 35-44 |
| 16:01 | Louisville | David Roberts can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 35-44 |
| 15:59 | Pitt | Giuseppe Conti grabs the defensive rebound | 35-44 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - David Roberts (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Mark Boyce (fairly fresh) SF - Charles Thomas (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Kerry Windham (fresh) 2 pts. C - Robert Hyslop (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Kong Ming (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Manuel Barker (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 5 ast. SF - Ronald Delk (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - John Matas (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Giuseppe Conti (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:45 | Pitt | Kong Ming misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 35-44 |
| 15:44 | Pitt | John Matas gets the offensive rebound | 35-44 |
| 15:30 | Pitt | John Matas knocks in the shot from close range | 35-46 |
| 15:09 | Louisville | Kerry Windham knocks in the jumpshot from the right wing | 37-46 |
| 14:54 | Pitt | Giuseppe Conti drills a jumper from the left side set up by Kong Ming | 37-48 |
| 14:31 | Louisville | Kerry Windham comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing but the foul's on John Matas - foul #2 on John Matas, team foul #2 | 37-48 |
| Subs | Louisville | Eric Lee (PG), Zlatko Zukowsky (SF) David Roberts, Charles Thomas | |
| Subs | Pitt | Craig Thomas (PG), Peter Witt (SF) Kong Ming, Ronald Delk | |
| 14:31 | Louisville | Kerry Windham misses the 1st free throw | 37-48 |
| 14:31 | Louisville | Kerry Windham misses the 2nd free throw | 37-48 |
| 14:31 | Louisville | The offensive rebound goes to Robert Hyslop | 37-48 |
| 14:19 | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky misses badly on a 3 from the right corner | 37-48 |
| 14:17 | Pitt | The rebound goes to Manuel Barker | 37-48 |
| 14:06 | Pitt | John Matas makes the jumper near the basket | 37-50 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 13:52 | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky makes the 3pt shot from straight away set up by Eric Lee | 40-50 |
| 13:40 | Pitt | Craig Thomas's pass is intercepted by Eric Lee | 40-50 |
| 13:36 | Louisville | Eric Lee banks in the layup | 42-50 |
| 13:19 | Pitt | Peter Witt misses the fadeaway from just outside the lane but the foul's on Zlatko Zukowsky - foul #3 on Zlatko Zukowsky, team foul #7 | 42-50 |
| Subs | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell (PF) Kerry Windham | |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| 13:19 | Pitt | Peter Witt makes the 1st free throw | 42-51 |
| 13:19 | Pitt | Peter Witt makes the 2nd free throw | 42-52 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 12:54 | Louisville | Eric Lee is hacked by John Matas - foul #3 on John Matas, team foul #3 | 42-52 |
| Subs | Louisville | Xavier Willis (C) Robert Hyslop | |
| Subs | Pitt | Kong Ming (PF) Giuseppe Conti | |
| 12:31 | Louisville | Peter Witt steps in front of the Xavier Willis pass | 42-52 |
| 12:18 | Pitt | Manuel Barker misses the turnaround from the baseline | 42-52 |
| 12:17 | Pitt | John Matas grabs the offensive board | 42-52 |
| 12:11 | Pitt | Mark Boyce steals it from Kong Ming | 42-52 |
| 11:54 | Louisville | John Matas takes the ball from Xavier Willis | 42-52 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Eric Lee (fresh) 13 pts. 6 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Mark Boyce (tiring) 2 stl. SF - Zlatko Zukowsky (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. PF - Nicholas Yarnell (fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. C - Xavier Willis (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Craig Thomas (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Manuel Barker (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 5 ast. SF - Peter Witt (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. 3 stl. PF - Kong Ming (fresh) 6 pts. C - John Matas (tiring) 9 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:40 | Pitt | Manuel Barker blows the layup | 42-52 |
| 11:38 | Louisville | Mark Boyce snags the defensive board | 42-52 |
| 11:10 | Louisville | Peter Witt swats the layup by Nicholas Yarnell | 42-52 |
| 11:09 | Louisville | Xavier Willis hits the follow up shot | 44-52 |
| 10:46 | Pitt | Eric Lee picks off the pass by Kong Ming | 44-52 |
| 10:42 | Louisville | Mark Boyce lays it in on a great pass from Eric Lee | 46-52 |
| 10:24 | Pitt | Craig Thomas's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 46-52 |
| Subs | Louisville | David Roberts (SG), Charles Thomas (SF), Kerry Windham (PF), Robert Hyslop (C) Mark Boyce, Zlatko Zukowsky, Nicholas Yarnell, Xavier Willis | |
| Subs | Pitt | Ronald Delk (SF), Giuseppe Conti (PF) Peter Witt, Kong Ming | |
| 09:55 | Louisville | David Roberts knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 49-52 |
| 09:29 | Pitt | The jump hook by John Matas is blocked by Robert Hyslop | 49-52 |
| 09:28 | Louisville | Kerry Windham gets the rebound | 49-52 |
| 08:59 | Louisville | Eric Lee misses the shot from the right wing | 49-52 |
| 08:58 | Pitt | Ronald Delk snags the defensive board | 49-52 |
| 08:33 | Pitt | Craig Thomas misses badly on a shot in the paint but he's hacked by Eric Lee - foul #4 on Eric Lee, team foul #8 | 49-52 |
| Subs | Louisville | Mark Boyce (SG), Nicholas Yarnell (PF) Eric Lee, Kerry Windham | |
| Subs | Pitt | Kong Ming (PF) John Matas | |
| 08:33 | Pitt | Craig Thomas makes the 1st free throw | 49-53 |
| 08:33 | Pitt | Craig Thomas misses the 2nd free throw | 49-53 |
| 08:33 | Louisville | Robert Hyslop gets the rebound | 49-53 |
| 08:11 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell misses long on a jumpshot from the left wing | 49-53 |
| 08:09 | Louisville | David Roberts snags the offensive board | 49-53 |
| 07:42 | Louisville | Mark Boyce travels with the ball | 49-53 |
| Subs | Louisville | Eric Lee (PG), Zlatko Zukowsky (SF) David Roberts, Charles Thomas | |
| Subs | Pitt | Peter Witt (SF) Ronald Delk | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Eric Lee (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 7 ast. 3 stl. 4 pf. SG - Mark Boyce (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. SF - Zlatko Zukowsky (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. PF - Nicholas Yarnell (fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. C - Robert Hyslop (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Manuel Barker (tiring) 13 pts. 5 ast. SG - Craig Thomas (tiring) 5 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Peter Witt (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. 3 stl. PF - Kong Ming (fresh) 6 pts. C - Giuseppe Conti (tiring) 8 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:21 | Pitt | Manuel Barker throws a bad pass out of bounds | 49-53 |
| 07:00 | Louisville | Eric Lee connects on the fadeaway from the free throw line on a great pass from Mark Boyce | 51-53 |
| 06:50 | Pitt | Manuel Barker is whistled for a carry | 51-53 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Pitt | John Matas (C) Giuseppe Conti | |
| 06:21 | Louisville | Eric Lee is hacked by Manuel Barker - foul #1 on Manuel Barker, team foul #4 | 51-53 |
| Subs | Louisville | David Roberts (SG), Xavier Willis (C) Mark Boyce, Robert Hyslop | |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| 06:09 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell loses the ball out of bounds | 51-53 |
| Subs | Louisville | Charles Thomas (SF) Zlatko Zukowsky | |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| 05:49 | Pitt | Manuel Barker drills a 3pt jumper from straight away on a great pass from Peter Witt | 51-56 |
| 05:27 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell lays it in | 53-56 |
| 05:04 | Pitt | Xavier Willis is called for the reach on Kong Ming - foul #1 on Xavier Willis, team foul #9 | 53-56 |
| Subs | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky (PG), Mark Boyce (SG), Kerry Windham (PF), Robert Hyslop (C) Eric Lee, David Roberts, Nicholas Yarnell, Xavier Willis | |
| Subs | Pitt | Ronald Delk (SF), Giuseppe Conti (C) Peter Witt, John Matas | |
| 05:04 | Pitt | Kong Ming makes the 1st free throw | 53-57 |
| 05:04 | Pitt | Kong Ming misses the 2nd free throw | 53-57 |
| 05:04 | Louisville | Robert Hyslop gets the rebound | 53-57 |
| 04:37 | Louisville | Kerry Windham is fouled on the floor by Kong Ming - foul #1 on Kong Ming, team foul #5 | 53-57 |
| Subs | Louisville | Mark Young (SF) Charles Thomas | |
| Subs | Pitt | John Matas (C) Kong Ming | |
| 04:09 | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 53-57 |
| 04:07 | Louisville | Mark Young hits the follow up shot | 55-57 |
| 03:49 | Pitt | Giuseppe Conti drills a floater in the paint on a nice dish by Manuel Barker | 55-59 |
| 03:30 | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky can't connect on a shot from the left wing but he's fouled by Giuseppe Conti - foul #3 on Giuseppe Conti, team foul #6 | 55-59 |
| Subs | Louisville | Eric Lee (PG), Nicholas Yarnell (PF) Mark Young, Kerry Windham | |
| Subs | Pitt | Peter Witt (SF) Ronald Delk | |
| 03:30 | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky makes the 1st free throw | 56-59 |
| 03:30 | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky makes the 2nd free throw | 57-59 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Eric Lee (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 7 ast. 3 stl. 4 pf. SG - Mark Boyce (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Zlatko Zukowsky (fresh) 10 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. PF - Nicholas Yarnell (fresh) 13 pts. 5 reb. C - Robert Hyslop (fairly fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Manuel Barker (tired) 16 pts. 6 ast. SG - Craig Thomas (tired) 5 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Peter Witt (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. 3 stl. PF - Giuseppe Conti (tiring) 10 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - John Matas (tiring) 9 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 03:09 | Pitt | Craig Thomas's pass is intercepted by Robert Hyslop | 57-59 |
| 02:49 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell drills a jumper in the lane on a great pass from Zlatko Zukowsky and the foul's on Giuseppe Conti - foul #4 on Giuseppe Conti, team foul #7 | 59-59 |
| Subs | Louisville | Charles Thomas (SF), Xavier Willis (C) Zlatko Zukowsky, Robert Hyslop | |
| Subs | Pitt | Kong Ming (PF) John Matas | |
| 02:49 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell makes the free throw | 60-59 |
| 02:29 | Pitt | Manuel Barker misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 60-59 |
| 02:28 | Pitt | Giuseppe Conti tips it home | 60-61 |
| 02:04 | Louisville | Charles Thomas drills a fadeaway near the basket on a nice dish by Mark Boyce | 62-61 |
| 01:52 | Pitt | Craig Thomas connects on the fadeaway from the right wing | 62-63 |
| 01:38 | Louisville | Eric Lee misses long on a jumper from the left side | 62-63 |
| 01:36 | Louisville | Xavier Willis tips it but misses | 62-63 |
| 01:34 | Louisville | Charles Thomas grabs the offensive board | 62-63 |
| 01:07 | Louisville | Xavier Willis hits the front of the rim on the turnaround near the basket | 62-63 |
| 01:06 | Pitt | Giuseppe Conti gets the rebound | 62-63 |
| 00:44 | Pitt | Manuel Barker misses badly on a fadeaway from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Eric Lee - foul #5 on Eric Lee, team foul #10 | 62-63 |
| Subs | Louisville | Zlatko Zukowsky (PG), Robert Hyslop (C) Eric Lee, Xavier Willis | |
| Subs | Pitt | John Matas (PF) Kong Ming | |
| 00:44 | Pitt | Manuel Barker makes the 1st free throw | 62-64 |
| 00:44 | Pitt | Manuel Barker makes the 2nd free throw | 62-65 |
| 00:25 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell misses the runner in the lane but the foul's on Giuseppe Conti - foul #5 on Giuseppe Conti, team foul #8 | 62-65 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Pitt | Kong Ming (PF) Giuseppe Conti | |
| 00:25 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell makes the 1st free throw | 63-65 |
| 00:25 | Louisville | Nicholas Yarnell makes the 2nd free throw | 64-65 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:24 | Pitt | Zlatko Zukowsky is called for the reach on Manuel Barker in the backcourt - foul #4 on Zlatko Zukowsky, team foul #11 | 64-65 |
| 00:24 | Pitt | Manuel Barker makes the 1st free throw | 64-66 |
| 00:24 | Pitt | Manuel Barker makes the 2nd free throw | 64-67 |
| 00:10 | Louisville | Charles Thomas loses the dribble to Manuel Barker | 64-67 |
| 00:08 | Pitt | Peter Witt is hacked by Zlatko Zukowsky in the backcourt - foul #5 on Zlatko Zukowsky, team foul #12 | 64-67 |
| Subs | Louisville | David Roberts (PG) Zlatko Zukowsky | |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| 00:08 | Pitt | Peter Witt makes the 1st free throw | 64-68 |
| 00:08 | Pitt | Peter Witt misses the 2nd free throw | 64-68 |
| 00:08 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Nicholas Yarnell | 64-68 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:01 | Louisville | David Roberts is hacked by Peter Witt - foul #3 on Peter Witt, team foul #9 | 64-68 |
| 00:01 | Louisville | David Roberts makes the 1st free throw | 65-68 |
| 00:01 | Louisville | David Roberts makes the 2nd free throw | 66-68 |
| 00:00 | Pitt | Manuel Barker runs out the clock | 66-68 |