| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Carl Dunmire (fresh) SG - Carl Stewart (fresh) SF - Christopher Lipe (fresh) PF - Allen Baugher (fresh) C - Alvin Haas (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Kent Pittman (fresh) SG - Rolando Ramos (fresh) SF - Florentino Lombardi (fresh) PF - Ryan Page (fresh) C - John Tope (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | West Virginia | Allen Baugher wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:39 | West Virginia | Carl Stewart throws a bad pass out of bounds | 0-0 |
| 19:23 | Louisville | Ryan Page drills a shot from just outside the lane set up by Kent Pittman | 0-2 |
| 19:05 | West Virginia | Alvin Haas clanks a jumpshot from the right side | 0-2 |
| 19:04 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire grabs the offensive board | 0-2 |
| 18:54 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 0-2 |
| 18:53 | West Virginia | Christopher Lipe hits the follow up shot | 2-2 |
| 18:42 | Louisville | Ryan Page comes up short on the jump hook from close range but the foul's on Allen Baugher - foul #1 on Allen Baugher, team foul #1 | 2-2 |
| 18:42 | Louisville | Ryan Page makes the 1st free throw | 2-3 |
| 18:42 | Louisville | Ryan Page makes the 2nd free throw | 2-4 |
| 18:34 | West Virginia | Allen Baugher can't finish the layup | 2-4 |
| 18:32 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos grabs the defensive rebound | 2-4 |
| 18:19 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos connects on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 2-7 |
| 18:02 | West Virginia | Alvin Haas is fouled on the floor by John Tope - foul #1 on John Tope, team foul #1 | 2-7 |
| 17:52 | West Virginia | Christopher Lipe is whistled for a carry | 2-7 |
| 17:38 | Louisville | Florentino Lombardi can't finish the layup | 2-7 |
| 17:37 | West Virginia | Carl Stewart grabs the defensive rebound | 2-7 |
| 17:33 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire works out of a doubleteam and scores on a fadeaway from the left wing set up by Allen Baugher | 4-7 |
| 17:15 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos misses the 3 pointer from the right corner | 4-7 |
| 17:13 | Louisville | John Tope grabs the offensive rebound | 4-7 |
| 16:58 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left wing | 4-7 |
| 16:57 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos grabs the offensive board | 4-7 |
| 16:37 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos's pass is intercepted by Carl Stewart | 4-7 |
| 16:34 | West Virginia | Christopher Lipe misses the dunk | 4-7 |
| 16:33 | West Virginia | Alvin Haas tips it back up and in | 6-7 |
| 16:12 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 6-7 |
| 16:10 | West Virginia | Christopher Lipe gets the rebound | 6-7 |
| 15:56 | West Virginia | Allen Baugher hits the front of the rim on the jump hook near the basket | 6-7 |
| 15:54 | Louisville | Kent Pittman pulls down the rebound | 6-7 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Carl Dunmire (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Carl Stewart (fairly fresh) SF - Christopher Lipe (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Allen Baugher (fairly fresh) C - Alvin Haas (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Kent Pittman (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Rolando Ramos (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Florentino Lombardi (fresh) PF - Ryan Page (fresh) 4 pts. C - John Tope (fairly fresh) | |
| 15:51 | Louisville | Kent Pittman's pass is intercepted by Carl Stewart in the backcourt | 6-7 |
| 15:49 | West Virginia | Carl Stewart lays it in | 8-7 |
| 15:26 | Louisville | Kent Pittman misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 8-7 |
| 15:25 | West Virginia | Alvin Haas gets the rebound | 8-7 |
| 15:14 | West Virginia | Allen Baugher buries a runner from the right block and he's fouled by Ryan Page - foul #1 on Ryan Page, team foul #2 | 10-7 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Joshua Douglass (PG), Christopher Yale (SG), Chadwick Webber (SF), Michael Smith (C) Carl Dunmire, Carl Stewart, Christopher Lipe, Alvin Haas | |
| Subs | Louisville | Gary Sutton (SG), Scott Carnegie (PF), Jamie Howell (C) Rolando Ramos, Ryan Page, John Tope | |
| 15:14 | West Virginia | Allen Baugher misses the free throw | 10-7 |
| 15:14 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie snags the defensive board | 10-7 |
| 14:53 | Louisville | Florentino Lombardi knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Jamie Howell | 10-9 |
| 14:37 | West Virginia | Chadwick Webber hits a jumpshot from the left wing set up by Joshua Douglass | 12-9 |
| 14:30 | Louisville | Kent Pittman misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 12-9 |
| 14:28 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Michael Smith | 12-9 |
| 14:15 | West Virginia | Joshua Douglass drills a 3 from the right corner on a nice dish by Christopher Yale | 15-9 |
| 13:51 | Louisville | Jamie Howell scores on a jumper in the paint set up by Gary Sutton | 15-11 |
| 13:27 | West Virginia | Joshua Douglass makes the shot from the right side | 17-11 |
| 13:21 | Louisville | Jamie Howell misses badly on a fadeaway in the lane but he's hacked by Michael Smith - foul #1 on Michael Smith, team foul #2 | 17-11 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire (PG), Carl Stewart (SG), Christopher Lipe (SF), Alvin Haas (C) Joshua Douglass, Christopher Yale, Chadwick Webber, Allen Baugher | |
| Subs | Louisville | Rolando Ramos (SG), Ryan Page (PF) Gary Sutton, Scott Carnegie | |
| 13:21 | Louisville | Jamie Howell makes the 1st free throw | 17-12 |
| 13:21 | Louisville | Jamie Howell makes the 2nd free throw | 17-13 |
| 13:11 | West Virginia | Christopher Lipe is hacked by Jamie Howell - foul #1 on Jamie Howell, team foul #3 | 17-13 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Louisville | John Tope (C) Jamie Howell | |
| 13:06 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 17-13 |
| 13:05 | Louisville | Florentino Lombardi snags the defensive board | 17-13 |
| 12:43 | Louisville | Florentino Lombardi is hacked by Christopher Lipe - foul #1 on Christopher Lipe, team foul #3 | 17-13 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Chadwick Webber (PF) Michael Smith | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 12:26 | Louisville | The short jumper by Ryan Page is denied by Alvin Haas | 17-13 |
| 12:24 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Alvin Haas | 17-13 |
| 12:04 | West Virginia | Kent Pittman steals the ball from Carl Dunmire | 17-13 |
| 12:01 | Louisville | Florentino Lombardi banks in the layup set up by Kent Pittman | 17-15 |
| 11:53 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire splits the doubleteam and buries a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a nice dish by Chadwick Webber | 20-15 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Carl Dunmire (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Carl Stewart (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. SF - Christopher Lipe (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Chadwick Webber (fresh) 2 pts. C - Alvin Haas (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Kent Pittman (tiring) 2 ast. SG - Rolando Ramos (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Florentino Lombardi (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Ryan Page (fresh) 4 pts. C - John Tope (fresh) | |
| 11:31 | Louisville | Christopher Lipe blocks the short jumper by John Tope | 20-15 |
| 11:29 | Louisville | Ryan Page pulls down the offensive rebound | 20-15 |
| 11:13 | Louisville | Florentino Lombardi drills a 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Kent Pittman | 20-18 |
| 10:55 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 20-18 |
| 10:53 | Louisville | Kent Pittman pulls down the rebound | 20-18 |
| 10:49 | Louisville | Kent Pittman misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 20-18 |
| 10:47 | Louisville | John Tope snags the offensive board | 20-18 |
| 10:30 | Louisville | Kent Pittman is hacked by Chadwick Webber - foul #1 on Chadwick Webber, team foul #4 | 20-18 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Joshua Douglass (SG), Christopher Yale (SF), Allen Baugher (PF), Michael Smith (C) Carl Stewart, Christopher Lipe, Chadwick Webber, Alvin Haas | |
| Subs | Louisville | Gary Sutton (PG), Paul Hicks (SG), Scott Carnegie (C) Kent Pittman, Rolando Ramos, John Tope | |
| 10:15 | Louisville | Florentino Lombardi misses badly on a jumpshot from the left side | 20-18 |
| 10:14 | West Virginia | Allen Baugher snags the defensive board | 20-18 |
| 10:01 | West Virginia | The short jumper by Allen Baugher is denied by Scott Carnegie | 20-18 |
| 10:00 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie grabs the board | 20-18 |
| 09:43 | Louisville | Ryan Page blows the layup | 20-18 |
| 09:42 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Joshua Douglass | 20-18 |
| 09:38 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire makes the contested 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Joshua Douglass | 23-18 |
| 09:26 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie connects on the floater from the left side | 23-20 |
| 09:14 | West Virginia | Christopher Yale misses badly on a jumpshot from the right wing but he's fouled by Paul Hicks - foul #1 on Paul Hicks, team foul #4 | 23-20 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Christopher Lipe (SF), Alvin Haas (C) Carl Dunmire, Michael Smith | |
| Subs | Louisville | Malcolm Hamilton (SF), Jamie Howell (C) Florentino Lombardi, Ryan Page | |
| 09:14 | West Virginia | Christopher Yale makes the 1st free throw | 24-20 |
| 09:14 | West Virginia | Christopher Yale makes the 2nd free throw | 25-20 |
| 08:50 | Louisville | Malcolm Hamilton can't connect on a driving attempt from the left block but he's hacked by Christopher Yale - foul #1 on Christopher Yale, team foul #5 | 25-20 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Carl Stewart (SG) Christopher Yale | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 08:50 | Louisville | Malcolm Hamilton makes the 1st free throw | 25-21 |
| 08:50 | Louisville | Malcolm Hamilton misses the 2nd free throw | 25-21 |
| 08:50 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Alvin Haas | 25-21 |
| 08:27 | West Virginia | Carl Stewart is fouled on the floor by Gary Sutton - foul #1 on Gary Sutton, team foul #5 | 25-21 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire (PG) Joshua Douglass | |
| Subs | Louisville | Rolando Ramos (SG), John Tope (C) Paul Hicks, Jamie Howell | |
| 08:13 | West Virginia | Christopher Lipe misses badly on a fadeaway in the lane | 25-21 |
| 08:11 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos grabs the defensive rebound | 25-21 |
| 08:06 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos is whistled for a carry | 25-21 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Michael Smith (PF) Allen Baugher | |
| Subs | Louisville | Kent Pittman (PG), Florentino Lombardi (SF) Gary Sutton, Malcolm Hamilton | |
| 07:46 | West Virginia | Scott Carnegie is called for the reach on Michael Smith - foul #1 on Scott Carnegie, team foul #6 | 25-21 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Ryan Page (PF) Scott Carnegie | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Carl Dunmire (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Carl Stewart (fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. SF - Christopher Lipe (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Michael Smith (fresh) C - Alvin Haas (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Kent Pittman (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SG - Rolando Ramos (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Florentino Lombardi (fairly fresh) 7 pts. PF - Ryan Page (fresh) 4 pts. C - John Tope (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 07:33 | West Virginia | Michael Smith is called for a moving pick - foul #2 on Michael Smith, team foul #6 | 25-21 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Chadwick Webber (PF), Christopher Yale (C) Michael Smith, Alvin Haas | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 07:09 | Louisville | Ryan Page knocks in the turnaround in the lane on a nice dish by Florentino Lombardi | 25-23 |
| 06:58 | West Virginia | Carl Stewart buries a shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Carl Dunmire and the foul's on Kent Pittman - foul #1 on Kent Pittman, team foul #7 | 27-23 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Allen Baugher (PF) Christopher Lipe | |
| Subs | Louisville | Paul Hicks (SG), Scott Carnegie (C) Rolando Ramos, John Tope | |
| 06:58 | West Virginia | Carl Stewart makes the free throw | 28-23 |
| 06:46 | Louisville | Kent Pittman is whistled for traveling | 28-23 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Joshua Douglass (SG) Carl Stewart | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 06:23 | West Virginia | Joshua Douglass loses the ball out of bounds | 28-23 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Alvin Haas (C) Christopher Yale | |
| Subs | Louisville | Gary Sutton (SG) Paul Hicks | |
| 06:03 | Louisville | Florentino Lombardi is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Florentino Lombardi, team foul #8 | 28-23 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Christopher Lipe (SF) Chadwick Webber | |
| Subs | Louisville | Paul Hicks (SG) Kent Pittman | |
| 05:50 | West Virginia | Paul Hicks picks off the pass by Carl Dunmire | 28-23 |
| 05:47 | Louisville | Florentino Lombardi banks in the layup on a nice dish by Paul Hicks | 28-25 |
| 05:30 | West Virginia | Gary Sutton is called for the reach on Carl Dunmire - foul #2 on Gary Sutton, team foul #9 | 28-25 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Carl Stewart (SG) Joshua Douglass | |
| Subs | Louisville | William Grullon (PG), Rolando Ramos (SG), Malcolm Hamilton (SF), John Tope (C) Gary Sutton, Paul Hicks, Florentino Lombardi, Ryan Page | |
| 05:30 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire makes the 1st free throw | 29-25 |
| 05:30 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire makes the 2nd free throw | 30-25 |
| 05:08 | Louisville | Allen Baugher swats the layup by Scott Carnegie | 30-25 |
| 05:07 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie grabs the offensive rebound | 30-25 |
| 04:46 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie comes up short on the jumpshot from the left side but the foul's on Allen Baugher - foul #2 on Allen Baugher, team foul #7 | 30-25 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Joshua Douglass (PG), Michael Smith (PF) Carl Dunmire, Allen Baugher | |
| Subs | Louisville | Kent Pittman (PG) William Grullon | |
| 04:46 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie makes the 1st free throw | 30-26 |
| 04:46 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie misses the 2nd free throw | 30-26 |
| 04:46 | West Virginia | Alvin Haas grabs the board | 30-26 |
| 04:38 | West Virginia | Carl Stewart hits a fadeaway from the baseline set up by Joshua Douglass | 32-26 |
| 04:20 | Louisville | Malcolm Hamilton misses the jump hook from the baseline | 32-26 |
| 04:18 | West Virginia | Alvin Haas pulls down the rebound | 32-26 |
| 04:13 | West Virginia | Carl Stewart hits a floater near the basket on a great pass from Joshua Douglass and the foul's on Kent Pittman - foul #2 on Kent Pittman, team foul #10 | 34-26 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Chadwick Webber (SF), Christopher Yale (C) Christopher Lipe, Alvin Haas | |
| Subs | Louisville | William Grullon (PG), Florentino Lombardi (SF), Ryan Page (PF) Kent Pittman, Malcolm Hamilton, Scott Carnegie | |
| 04:13 | West Virginia | Carl Stewart makes the free throw | 35-26 |
| 03:55 | Louisville | Carl Stewart steals the ball from Florentino Lombardi | 35-26 |
| 03:52 | West Virginia | Carl Stewart banks in the layup | 37-26 |
| 03:34 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 37-29 |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Joshua Douglass (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. SG - Carl Stewart (fresh) 12 pts. 3 stl. SF - Chadwick Webber (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Michael Smith (fresh) C - Christopher Yale (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - William Grullon (fresh) SG - Rolando Ramos (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Florentino Lombardi (fairly fresh) 9 pts. PF - Ryan Page (fresh) 6 pts. C - John Tope (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 03:19 | West Virginia | Carl Stewart can't finish the layup | 37-29 |
| 03:18 | Louisville | Ryan Page gets the rebound | 37-29 |
| 03:00 | Louisville | Ryan Page clanks a jumpshot from the left side but he's fouled by Joshua Douglass - foul #1 on Joshua Douglass, team foul #8 | 37-29 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire (PG), Christopher Lipe (SF), Allen Baugher (PF), Alvin Haas (C) Carl Stewart, Chadwick Webber, Michael Smith, Christopher Yale | |
| Subs | Louisville | Kent Pittman (PG), Gary Sutton (SG), Scott Carnegie (C) William Grullon, Rolando Ramos, John Tope | |
| 03:00 | Louisville | Ryan Page makes the 1st free throw | 37-30 |
| 03:00 | Louisville | Ryan Page makes the 2nd free throw | 37-31 |
| 02:44 | West Virginia | Kent Pittman steals the ball from Christopher Lipe | 37-31 |
| 02:41 | Louisville | Kent Pittman banks in the layup | 37-33 |
| 02:24 | West Virginia | Allen Baugher lays it up and in on a nice dish by Christopher Lipe | 39-33 |
| 01:58 | Louisville | Kent Pittman makes the 3 from the left wing | 39-36 |
| 01:42 | West Virginia | Christopher Lipe dunks the ball | 41-36 |
| 01:24 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie hits the front of the rim on the floater in the paint | 41-36 |
| 01:22 | West Virginia | Alvin Haas grabs the board | 41-36 |
| 01:17 | West Virginia | Joshua Douglass scores on a fadeaway from the right side on a nice dish by Christopher Lipe and he's fouled by Gary Sutton - foul #3 on Gary Sutton, team foul #11 | 43-36 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Carl Stewart (SG) Carl Dunmire | |
| Subs | Louisville | Rolando Ramos (SG), John Tope (C) Gary Sutton, Ryan Page | |
| 01:17 | West Virginia | Joshua Douglass makes the free throw | 44-36 |
| 00:57 | Louisville | Florentino Lombardi can't finish the layup but the foul's on Christopher Lipe - foul #2 on Christopher Lipe, team foul #9 | 44-36 |
| Subs | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire (PG), Chadwick Webber (SF), Michael Smith (C) Joshua Douglass, Christopher Lipe, Alvin Haas | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 00:57 | Louisville | Florentino Lombardi makes the 1st free throw | 44-37 |
| 00:57 | Louisville | Florentino Lombardi makes the 2nd free throw | 44-38 |
| 00:45 | West Virginia | Allen Baugher clanks a runner from the left block | 44-38 |
| 00:43 | Louisville | Kent Pittman grabs the board | 44-38 |
| 00:37 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos can't connect on a 3 from the right wing | 44-38 |
| 00:36 | West Virginia | Chadwick Webber snags the defensive board | 44-38 |
| 00:27 | West Virginia | Kent Pittman is called for the reach on Carl Dunmire - foul #3 on Kent Pittman, team foul #12 | 44-38 |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| Subs | Louisville | William Grullon (PG), Malcolm Hamilton (SF), Jamie Howell (PF) Kent Pittman, Florentino Lombardi, Scott Carnegie | |
| 00:27 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire misses the 1st free throw | 44-38 |
| 00:27 | West Virginia | Carl Dunmire misses the 2nd free throw | 44-38 |
| 00:27 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Jamie Howell | 44-38 |
| 00:04 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos scores on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 44-41 |
| 00:00 | West Virginia | Chadwick Webber misses the halfcourt shot | 44-41 |