| Lineup | Colorado | PG - William Jackson (fresh) SG - Darryl Wright (fresh) SF - Jerry Brown (fresh) PF - Kevin Yamamoto (fresh) C - Larry Morris (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - John Love (fresh) SG - Thomas Jones (fresh) SF - Johnny Miller (fresh) PF - Andrew Privalsky (fresh) C - Wayne Smiechowski (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Wayne Smiechowski wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Colorado | Colorado is playing a flex offense and a fullcourt press (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:41 | Louisville | John Love knocks in the 3pt shot from the right wing | 0-3 |
| 19:27 | Colorado | Kevin Yamamoto misses badly on a fadeaway in the paint | 0-3 |
| 19:25 | Louisville | Wayne Smiechowski snags the defensive board | 0-3 |
| 18:58 | Louisville | John Love makes the shot from close range on a great pass from Thomas Jones and the foul's on William Jackson - foul #1 on William Jackson, team foul #1 | 0-5 |
| 18:58 | Louisville | John Love misses the free throw | 0-5 |
| 18:58 | Colorado | The rebound goes to Larry Morris | 0-5 |
| 18:35 | Colorado | William Jackson misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 0-5 |
| 18:34 | Colorado | Darryl Wright hits the follow up shot | 2-5 |
| 18:07 | Louisville | John Love misses the floater from just outside the lane | 2-5 |
| 18:06 | Louisville | Thomas Jones misses the tip | 2-5 |
| 18:05 | Colorado | Larry Morris gets the rebound | 2-5 |
| 17:56 | Colorado | Darryl Wright drills a 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by Kevin Yamamoto | 5-5 |
| 17:27 | Louisville | Johnny Miller clanks a jumpshot from the right wing but he's hacked by Jerry Brown - foul #1 on Jerry Brown, team foul #2 | 5-5 |
| Subs | Colorado | David Thomas (PF) Kevin Yamamoto | |
| Subs | Louisville | Donald Roane (SG), Marc Melton (PF), Carl Banks (C) Thomas Jones, Andrew Privalsky, Wayne Smiechowski | |
| 17:27 | Louisville | Johnny Miller misses the 1st free throw | 5-5 |
| 17:27 | Louisville | Johnny Miller makes the 2nd free throw | 5-6 |
| 17:10 | Colorado | David Thomas misses long on a runner from close range | 5-6 |
| 17:09 | Colorado | David Thomas grabs the offensive rebound | 5-6 |
| 16:46 | Colorado | William Jackson misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 5-6 |
| 16:45 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Donald Roane | 5-6 |
| 16:43 | Louisville | John Love throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 5-6 |
| Subs | Colorado | Cameron Guitierrez (PG), Ronnie Crain (SG), Charles Nesbitt (SF), Joseph Thomas (C) William Jackson, Darryl Wright, Jerry Brown, Larry Morris | |
| Subs | Louisville | Micheal Peterson (SF) Johnny Miller | |
| 16:27 | Colorado | Joseph Thomas loses the dribble to Micheal Peterson | 5-6 |
| 16:05 | Louisville | Donald Roane is open but comes up short on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 5-6 |
| 16:04 | Louisville | The offensive rebound goes to Marc Melton | 5-6 |
| 15:44 | Louisville | Marc Melton throws a bad pass out of bounds | 5-6 |
| Subs | Colorado | Kevin Yamamoto (PF) Joseph Thomas | |
| Subs | Louisville | Andrew Privalsky (PF), Wayne Smiechowski (C) Marc Melton, Carl Banks | |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Cameron Guitierrez (fresh) SG - Ronnie Crain (fresh) SF - Charles Nesbitt (fresh) PF - Kevin Yamamoto (fresh) C - David Thomas (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - John Love (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SG - Donald Roane (fresh) SF - Micheal Peterson (fresh) PF - Andrew Privalsky (fresh) C - Wayne Smiechowski (fresh) | |
| 15:30 | Colorado | Charles Nesbitt's fadeaway is rejected by Wayne Smiechowski | 5-6 |
| 15:29 | Louisville | Donald Roane gets the rebound | 5-6 |
| 15:02 | Louisville | Andrew Privalsky hits the front of the rim on the shot in the paint | 5-6 |
| 15:01 | Louisville | Andrew Privalsky misses the tip | 5-6 |
| 14:59 | Colorado | Kevin Yamamoto grabs the board | 5-6 |
| 14:55 | Colorado | Cameron Guitierrez makes the fadeaway from close range on a nice dish by Charles Nesbitt | 7-6 |
| 14:38 | Louisville | Donald Roane misses short on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 7-6 |
| 14:36 | Colorado | David Thomas grabs the defensive rebound | 7-6 |
| 14:21 | Colorado | Cameron Guitierrez is hacked by Donald Roane - foul #1 on Donald Roane, team foul #1 | 7-6 |
| Subs | Colorado | William Jackson (PG), Darryl Wright (SG), Jerry Brown (SF), Joseph Thomas (PF), Larry Morris (C) Cameron Guitierrez, Ronnie Crain, Charles Nesbitt, Kevin Yamamoto, David Thomas | |
| Subs | Louisville | Thomas Jones (SG), Frederick Rogers (SF), Carl Banks (C) Donald Roane, Micheal Peterson, Wayne Smiechowski | |
| 14:06 | Colorado | Carl Banks takes the ball from William Jackson | 7-6 |
| 14:04 | Louisville | Thomas Jones is hacked by Darryl Wright in the backcourt - foul #1 on Darryl Wright, team foul #3 | 7-6 |
| Subs | Colorado | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Marc Melton (PF) Andrew Privalsky | |
| 13:47 | Louisville | The jumper by John Love is denied by Larry Morris | 7-6 |
| 13:45 | Colorado | William Jackson grabs the defensive rebound | 7-6 |
| 13:27 | Colorado | William Jackson scores on a pull-up jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Darryl Wright | 9-6 |
| 13:14 | Louisville | Marc Melton lays it up and in on a great pass from John Love | 9-8 |
| 12:59 | Colorado | Jerry Brown is called for the offensive foul - foul #2 on Jerry Brown, team foul #4 | 9-8 |
| Subs | Colorado | Charles Nesbitt (SF), Kevin Yamamoto (PF) Jerry Brown, Joseph Thomas | |
| Subs | Louisville | Donald Roane (SG), Johnny Miller (SF), Andrew Privalsky (PF), Wayne Smiechowski (C) John Love, Frederick Rogers, Marc Melton, Carl Banks | |
| 12:55 | Louisville | Darryl Wright takes the ball from Wayne Smiechowski in the backcourt | 9-8 |
| 12:52 | Colorado | Darryl Wright lays it up and in | 11-8 |
| 12:23 | Louisville | Donald Roane hits a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 11-11 |
| 12:11 | Colorado | Darryl Wright misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 11-11 |
| 12:09 | Colorado | Kevin Yamamoto can't tip it in | 11-11 |
| 12:07 | Louisville | Johnny Miller pulls down the rebound | 11-11 |
| 11:44 | Louisville | Thomas Jones hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 11-11 |
| 11:43 | Louisville | Johnny Miller tips it back up and in | 11-13 |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - William Jackson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - Darryl Wright (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Nesbitt (fairly fresh) 1 ast. PF - Kevin Yamamoto (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Larry Morris (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Thomas Jones (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Donald Roane (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. SF - Johnny Miller (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Andrew Privalsky (fairly fresh) C - Wayne Smiechowski (fairly fresh) | |
| 11:18 | Colorado | Darryl Wright's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 11-13 |
| Subs | Colorado | Ronnie Crain (SG), Cameron Guitierrez (SF), David Thomas (PF), Joseph Thomas (C) Darryl Wright, Charles Nesbitt, Kevin Yamamoto, Larry Morris | |
| Subs | Louisville | John Love (PG), Micheal Peterson (SF), Marc Melton (PF), Carl Banks (C) Donald Roane, Johnny Miller, Andrew Privalsky, Wayne Smiechowski | |
| 11:00 | Louisville | Micheal Peterson clanks a jumper from the left wing | 11-13 |
| 10:59 | Louisville | Micheal Peterson grabs the offensive board | 11-13 |
| 10:33 | Louisville | Micheal Peterson clanks a shot in the paint | 11-13 |
| 10:31 | Colorado | David Thomas gets the rebound | 11-13 |
| 10:18 | Colorado | William Jackson misses short on a jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Marc Melton - foul #1 on Marc Melton, team foul #2 | 11-13 |
| Subs | Colorado | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Donald Roane (SG) Thomas Jones | |
| 10:18 | Colorado | William Jackson makes the 1st free throw | 12-13 |
| 10:18 | Colorado | William Jackson makes the 2nd free throw | 13-13 |
| 09:57 | Louisville | John Love knocks in the jumper from the baseline | 13-15 |
| 09:40 | Colorado | The jump hook by Ronnie Crain is blocked by Carl Banks | 13-15 |
| 09:39 | Louisville | John Love gets the rebound | 13-15 |
| 09:35 | Louisville | Ronnie Crain is called for the reach on Donald Roane in the backcourt - foul #1 on Ronnie Crain, team foul #5 | 13-15 |
| Subs | Colorado | Darryl Wright (SG), Charles Nesbitt (SF), Kevin Yamamoto (PF) Ronnie Crain, Cameron Guitierrez, Joseph Thomas | |
| Subs | Louisville | Andrew Privalsky (PF), Frederick Rogers (C) Marc Melton, Carl Banks | |
| 09:16 | Louisville | Frederick Rogers hits a fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a great pass from John Love and he's fouled by David Thomas - foul #1 on David Thomas, team foul #6 | 13-17 |
| Subs | Colorado | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Johnny Miller (PG), Wayne Smiechowski (C) John Love, Micheal Peterson | |
| 09:16 | Louisville | Frederick Rogers misses the free throw | 13-17 |
| 09:16 | Colorado | Charles Nesbitt gets the rebound | 13-17 |
| 08:53 | Colorado | Charles Nesbitt comes up short on the fadeaway from the free throw line but he's hacked by Frederick Rogers - foul #1 on Frederick Rogers, team foul #3 | 13-17 |
| Subs | Colorado | Ronnie Crain (PG), Larry Morris (C) William Jackson, David Thomas | |
| Subs | Louisville | John Love (PG) Frederick Rogers | |
| 08:53 | Colorado | Charles Nesbitt makes the 1st free throw | 14-17 |
| 08:53 | Colorado | Charles Nesbitt makes the 2nd free throw | 15-17 |
| 08:24 | Louisville | Wayne Smiechowski knocks in the fadeaway in the paint | 15-19 |
| 08:10 | Colorado | Charles Nesbitt's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 15-19 |
| Subs | Colorado | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Thomas Jones (SG), Micheal Peterson (SF), Marc Melton (PF), Carl Banks (C) Donald Roane, Johnny Miller, Andrew Privalsky, Wayne Smiechowski | |
| 07:46 | Louisville | Thomas Jones throws a bad pass out of bounds | 15-19 |
| Subs | Colorado | William Jackson (PG), Cameron Guitierrez (SF), David Thomas (PF), Joseph Thomas (C) Ronnie Crain, Charles Nesbitt, Kevin Yamamoto, Larry Morris | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - William Jackson (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SG - Darryl Wright (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Cameron Guitierrez (fresh) 2 pts. PF - David Thomas (fresh) 3 reb. C - Joseph Thomas (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - John Love (tiring) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Thomas Jones (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Micheal Peterson (fresh) PF - Marc Melton (fresh) 2 pts. C - Carl Banks (fresh) | |
| 07:19 | Colorado | Darryl Wright misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 15-19 |
| 07:17 | Colorado | David Thomas tips it back up and in | 17-19 |
| 06:57 | Louisville | Carl Banks travels with the ball | 17-19 |
| Subs | Colorado | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Donald Roane (SG), Frederick Rogers (SF), Andrew Privalsky (PF), Wayne Smiechowski (C) Thomas Jones, Micheal Peterson, Marc Melton, Carl Banks | |
| 06:37 | Colorado | William Jackson drills a 3 from the right corner | 20-19 |
| 06:15 | Louisville | John Love hits a jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Donald Roane and he's fouled by William Jackson - foul #2 on William Jackson, team foul #7 | 20-21 |
| Subs | Colorado | Ronnie Crain (PG), Jerry Brown (SF), Kevin Yamamoto (PF), Larry Morris (C) William Jackson, Cameron Guitierrez, David Thomas, Joseph Thomas | |
| Subs | Louisville | Johnny Miller (SF) Frederick Rogers | |
| 06:15 | Louisville | John Love makes the free throw | 20-22 |
| 05:57 | Colorado | Darryl Wright clanks a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 20-22 |
| 05:56 | Louisville | Andrew Privalsky grabs the board | 20-22 |
| 05:32 | Louisville | John Love throws a bad pass out of bounds | 20-22 |
| Subs | Colorado | Charles Nesbitt (SG) Darryl Wright | |
| Subs | Louisville | Micheal Peterson (SG), Frederick Rogers (SF), Marc Melton (PF), Carl Banks (C) John Love, Donald Roane, Andrew Privalsky, Wayne Smiechowski | |
| 05:18 | Colorado | Charles Nesbitt clanks a floater from the baseline but he's fouled by Johnny Miller - foul #1 on Johnny Miller, team foul #4 | 20-22 |
| Subs | Colorado | David Thomas (PF) Kevin Yamamoto | |
| Subs | Louisville | Thomas Jones (SG) Frederick Rogers | |
| 05:18 | Colorado | Charles Nesbitt misses the 1st free throw | 20-22 |
| 05:18 | Colorado | Charles Nesbitt makes the 2nd free throw | 21-22 |
| 04:58 | Louisville | Micheal Peterson hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway in the paint | 21-22 |
| 04:57 | Colorado | David Thomas gets the rebound | 21-22 |
| 04:34 | Colorado | Ronnie Crain comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 21-22 |
| 04:33 | Louisville | Carl Banks grabs the defensive rebound | 21-22 |
| 04:31 | Louisville | Johnny Miller's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 21-22 |
| Subs | Colorado | Cameron Guitierrez (PG) Ronnie Crain | |
| Subs | Louisville | Donald Roane (SG), Frederick Rogers (C) Johnny Miller, Carl Banks | |
| 04:14 | Colorado | Marc Melton steps in front of the Cameron Guitierrez pass | 21-22 |
| 03:45 | Louisville | Donald Roane knocks in the 3pt jumper from straight away on a nice dish by Marc Melton | 21-25 |
| 03:33 | Colorado | Jerry Brown misses long on a jumper from close range but the foul's on Thomas Jones - foul #1 on Thomas Jones, team foul #5 | 21-25 |
| Subs | Colorado | William Jackson (PG), Darryl Wright (SG), Kevin Yamamoto (PF), Joseph Thomas (C) Cameron Guitierrez, Charles Nesbitt, David Thomas, Larry Morris | |
| Subs | Louisville | John Love (PG), Andrew Privalsky (PF), Wayne Smiechowski (C) Thomas Jones, Micheal Peterson, Marc Melton | |
| 03:33 | Colorado | Jerry Brown makes the 1st free throw | 22-25 |
| 03:33 | Colorado | Jerry Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 23-25 |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - William Jackson (fairly fresh) 7 pts. SG - Darryl Wright (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jerry Brown (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Kevin Yamamoto (fresh) 2 reb. C - Joseph Thomas (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - John Love (tiring) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Donald Roane (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. SF - Frederick Rogers (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Andrew Privalsky (fresh) 2 reb. C - Wayne Smiechowski (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 03:31 | Louisville | Donald Roane double dribbles in the backcourt | 23-25 |
| 03:15 | Colorado | Kevin Yamamoto misses badly on a floater in the lane | 23-25 |
| 03:14 | Colorado | Kevin Yamamoto tips it in | 25-25 |
| 03:11 | Louisville | Jerry Brown steals it from John Love in the backcourt | 25-25 |
| 02:47 | Colorado | William Jackson buries a jumper from the right block on a great pass from Darryl Wright and he's fouled by Frederick Rogers - foul #2 on Frederick Rogers, team foul #6 | 27-25 |
| Subs | Colorado | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Thomas Jones (SG) Donald Roane | |
| 02:47 | Colorado | William Jackson makes the free throw | 28-25 |
| 02:18 | Louisville | Frederick Rogers buries a floater from the left block on a great pass from Andrew Privalsky | 28-27 |
| 02:03 | Colorado | Darryl Wright misses long on a 3pt shot from straight away | 28-27 |
| 02:02 | Colorado | William Jackson tips it home | 30-27 |
| 01:57 | Louisville | Thomas Jones's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 30-27 |
| Subs | Colorado | Cameron Guitierrez (SF), David Thomas (PF), Larry Morris (C) Jerry Brown, Kevin Yamamoto, Joseph Thomas | |
| Subs | Louisville | Johnny Miller (PG), Donald Roane (SG), Micheal Peterson (SF), Carl Banks (C) John Love, Thomas Jones, Frederick Rogers, Wayne Smiechowski | |
| 01:40 | Colorado | Darryl Wright buries a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Larry Morris | 33-27 |
| 01:17 | Louisville | Johnny Miller clanks a turnaround in the paint | 33-27 |
| 01:16 | Colorado | Cameron Guitierrez gets the rebound | 33-27 |
| 00:53 | Colorado | William Jackson scores on a 3 from the right corner | 36-27 |
| 00:24 | Louisville | Johnny Miller makes the jumper near the basket and he's hacked by Darryl Wright - foul #2 on Darryl Wright, team foul #8 | 36-29 |
| Subs | Colorado | Ronnie Crain (SG), Charles Nesbitt (SF), Kevin Yamamoto (PF) Darryl Wright, Cameron Guitierrez, Larry Morris | |
| Subs | Louisville | John Love (PG), Thomas Jones (SG), Marc Melton (PF), Wayne Smiechowski (C) Donald Roane, Micheal Peterson, Andrew Privalsky, Carl Banks | |
| 00:24 | Louisville | Johnny Miller makes the free throw | 36-30 |
| 00:03 | Colorado | Kevin Yamamoto buries a fadeaway from the right block on a nice dish by William Jackson | 38-30 |
| 00:00 | Louisville | John Love comes up short on the halfcourt shot | 38-30 |