| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Christopher Courtney (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Christopher Baptiste (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Jerome Iler (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. PF - Jacob Hazelip (fresh) C - Ronald Steenbergen (fresh) 18 pts. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Grady Wotring (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Dragan Meleski (fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. SF - David Hart (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Hershel Tackitt (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - George Carrigan (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Syracuse | Jerome Iler inbounds the ball | 32-39 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:34 | Syracuse | The short jumper by Jacob Hazelip is denied by George Carrigan | 32-39 |
| 19:32 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski pulls down the rebound | 32-39 |
| 19:16 | West Virginia | David Hart misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 32-39 |
| 19:14 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Christopher Baptiste | 32-39 |
| 18:53 | Syracuse | George Carrigan is called for the reach on Christopher Courtney - foul #2 on George Carrigan, team foul #1 | 32-39 |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Harbert (PG), John Mendelsohn (SG), Michael Szopinski (SF), John Geib (PF) Christopher Courtney, Christopher Baptiste, Jerome Iler, Jacob Hazelip | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 18:34 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen's floater is knocked away by David Hart | 32-39 |
| 18:33 | Syracuse | Michael Szopinski grabs the offensive rebound | 32-39 |
| 18:17 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen's pass is intercepted by David Hart | 32-39 |
| 18:03 | West Virginia | David Hart misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 32-39 |
| 18:02 | West Virginia | The offensive rebound goes to Hershel Tackitt | 32-39 |
| 17:45 | West Virginia | David Hart knocks in the 3pt jumper from straight away on a nice dish by Grady Wotring | 32-42 |
| 17:26 | Syracuse | John Mendelsohn can't connect on a 3 from the right wing | 32-42 |
| 17:24 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Hershel Tackitt | 32-42 |
| 17:02 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski is denied on a layup by John Geib | 32-42 |
| 17:00 | Syracuse | John Geib grabs the board | 32-42 |
| 16:55 | Syracuse | John Mendelsohn clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 32-42 |
| 16:53 | West Virginia | Hershel Tackitt grabs the defensive rebound | 32-42 |
| 16:49 | West Virginia | Michael Szopinski is called for the reach on Hershel Tackitt - foul #1 on Michael Szopinski, team foul #1 | 32-42 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Christopher Courtney (PG), Jerome Iler (SF), Jacob Hazelip (PF) James Harbert, Michael Szopinski, Ronald Steenbergen | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters (PF) George Carrigan | |
| 16:29 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski can't connect on a 3 from straight away | 32-42 |
| 16:28 | Syracuse | Christopher Courtney pulls down the rebound | 32-42 |
| 16:01 | Syracuse | Jacob Hazelip banks in the layup | 34-42 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Christopher Courtney (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Mendelsohn (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jerome Iler (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. PF - Jacob Hazelip (fresh) 2 pts. C - John Geib (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Grady Wotring (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SG - Dragan Meleski (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. SF - David Hart (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. PF - Jeffrey Peters (fresh) 7 pts. C - Hershel Tackitt (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 15:44 | West Virginia | Hershel Tackitt misses the floater from the right block | 34-42 |
| 15:43 | Syracuse | John Mendelsohn gets the rebound | 34-42 |
| 15:37 | Syracuse | Jacob Hazelip misses short on a shot near the basket but the foul's on Jeffrey Peters - foul #2 on Jeffrey Peters, team foul #2 | 34-42 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Christopher Baptiste (SG), Ronald Steenbergen (C) John Mendelsohn, John Geib | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jesse Back (PG), Alex Osborne (SG), George Carrigan (C) Grady Wotring, Dragan Meleski, David Hart | |
| 15:37 | Syracuse | Jacob Hazelip makes the 1st free throw | 35-42 |
| 15:37 | Syracuse | Jacob Hazelip makes the 2nd free throw | 36-42 |
| 15:23 | West Virginia | Hershel Tackitt makes the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 36-44 |
| 15:06 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen buries a shot from the right side | 38-44 |
| 14:50 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters misses long on a floater from the left side | 38-44 |
| 14:48 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen gets the rebound | 38-44 |
| 14:32 | Syracuse | Jacob Hazelip clanks a pull-up jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Hershel Tackitt - foul #2 on Hershel Tackitt, team foul #3 | 38-44 |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Harbert (PG), John Mendelsohn (SG), John Geib (C) Christopher Courtney, Christopher Baptiste, Ronald Steenbergen | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Grady Wotring (PG) Jesse Back | |
| 14:32 | Syracuse | Jacob Hazelip makes the 1st free throw | 39-44 |
| 14:32 | Syracuse | Jacob Hazelip makes the 2nd free throw | 40-44 |
| 14:09 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters's floater is tipped away by Jacob Hazelip | 40-44 |
| 14:08 | Syracuse | Jacob Hazelip gets the rebound | 40-44 |
| 13:54 | Syracuse | Jerome Iler is hacked by Alex Osborne - foul #2 on Alex Osborne, team foul #4 | 40-44 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Christopher Courtney (PG), Christopher Baptiste (SG), Ronald Steenbergen (C) James Harbert, John Mendelsohn, Jacob Hazelip | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski (SG), David Hart (SF) Alex Osborne, Jeffrey Peters | |
| 13:42 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen clanks a jumper in the lane | 40-44 |
| 13:41 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Hershel Tackitt | 40-44 |
| 13:17 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 40-44 |
| 13:15 | West Virginia | David Hart can't tip it in | 40-44 |
| 13:13 | Syracuse | John Geib pulls down the rebound | 40-44 |
| 13:08 | Syracuse | Jerome Iler travels with the ball | 40-44 |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Harbert (PG), John Mendelsohn (SG) Christopher Courtney, Christopher Baptiste | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Stephen Carney (PF), Santos Cherry (C) Hershel Tackitt, George Carrigan | |
| 12:55 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 40-44 |
| 12:53 | West Virginia | David Hart tips it in | 40-46 |
| 12:30 | Syracuse | The short jumper by Ronald Steenbergen is denied by Santos Cherry | 40-46 |
| 12:29 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Santos Cherry | 40-46 |
| 12:15 | West Virginia | David Hart evades the doubleteam but misses long on a shot from the right wing | 40-46 |
| 12:14 | West Virginia | Santos Cherry pulls down the offensive rebound | 40-46 |
| 12:03 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski misses badly on a floater from just outside the lane | 40-46 |
| 12:01 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen pulls down the rebound | 40-46 |
| 11:56 | Syracuse | John Mendelsohn hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 40-46 |
| 11:55 | West Virginia | Stephen Carney snags the defensive board | 40-46 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - James Harbert (fresh) SG - John Mendelsohn (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jerome Iler (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. PF - John Geib (fairly fresh) 4 reb. C - Ronald Steenbergen (fresh) 20 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Grady Wotring (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SG - Dragan Meleski (fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. SF - David Hart (fresh) 13 pts. 4 reb. PF - Stephen Carney (fresh) C - Santos Cherry (fresh) 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:26 | West Virginia | Santos Cherry is whistled for traveling | 40-46 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Christopher Courtney (PG), Christopher Baptiste (SG), Michael Szopinski (SF) James Harbert, John Mendelsohn, Jerome Iler | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Alex Osborne (SG), Hershel Tackitt (PF), George Carrigan (C) Grady Wotring, Stephen Carney, Santos Cherry | |
| 11:11 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen hits a 3pt shot from the left corner | 43-46 |
| 10:48 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski hits a 3pt shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Alex Osborne | 43-49 |
| 10:34 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen clanks a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 43-49 |
| 10:32 | West Virginia | Hershel Tackitt gets the rebound | 43-49 |
| 10:28 | West Virginia | David Hart hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 43-49 |
| 10:27 | Syracuse | John Geib grabs the defensive rebound | 43-49 |
| 10:21 | Syracuse | John Geib's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 43-49 |
| Subs | Syracuse | John Mendelsohn (SG), Jerome Iler (SF) Christopher Baptiste, Michael Szopinski | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jesse Back (PG), Jeffrey Peters (SF) Dragan Meleski, David Hart | |
| 10:03 | West Virginia | Hershel Tackitt is fouled on the floor by John Geib - foul #3 on John Geib, team foul #2 | 43-49 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Christopher Baptiste (SG) John Mendelsohn | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Grady Wotring (PG) Jesse Back | |
| 09:45 | West Virginia | Alex Osborne hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left wing | 43-49 |
| 09:44 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring tips it home | 43-51 |
| 09:26 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen throws a bad pass out of bounds | 43-51 |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Harbert (PG), John Mendelsohn (SG), Jacob Hazelip (PF) Christopher Courtney, Christopher Baptiste, John Geib | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Stephen Carney (PF) Hershel Tackitt | |
| 09:01 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters comes up short on the jumpshot from the left side but he's hacked by Jerome Iler - foul #3 on Jerome Iler, team foul #3 | 43-51 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Christopher Courtney (PG), John Geib (PF) James Harbert, Jacob Hazelip | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski (SG), David Hart (SF) Alex Osborne, Stephen Carney | |
| 09:01 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters makes the 1st free throw | 43-52 |
| 09:01 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters misses the 2nd free throw | 43-52 |
| 09:01 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen grabs the defensive rebound | 43-52 |
| 08:48 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen misses long on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 43-52 |
| 08:47 | West Virginia | David Hart grabs the defensive rebound | 43-52 |
| 08:30 | West Virginia | David Hart misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 43-52 |
| 08:29 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen grabs the defensive rebound | 43-52 |
| 08:11 | Syracuse | John Geib misses badly on a runner from the right block | 43-52 |
| 08:09 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Jeffrey Peters | 43-52 |
| 07:52 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski misses long on a runner from the right block | 43-52 |
| 07:50 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters misses the tip | 43-52 |
| 07:49 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring grabs the offensive rebound | 43-52 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Christopher Courtney (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Mendelsohn (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jerome Iler (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. PF - John Geib (fairly fresh) 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Ronald Steenbergen (fairly fresh) 23 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Grady Wotring (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Dragan Meleski (fresh) 15 pts. 3 ast. SF - David Hart (fresh) 13 pts. 5 reb. PF - Jeffrey Peters (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - George Carrigan (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:24 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters can't connect on a jump hook near the basket | 43-52 |
| 07:22 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Jerome Iler | 43-52 |
| 07:11 | Syracuse | David Hart swats the shot by Jerome Iler | 43-52 |
| 07:09 | West Virginia | George Carrigan grabs the board | 43-52 |
| 06:48 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters buries a runner in the paint on a great pass from Dragan Meleski | 43-54 |
| 06:28 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen hits a 3 from the left corner | 46-54 |
| 06:09 | West Virginia | David Hart hits a 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Grady Wotring | 46-57 |
| 05:40 | Syracuse | Jerome Iler lays it in on a nice dish by John Mendelsohn | 48-57 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 05:25 | West Virginia | David Hart hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 48-57 |
| 05:23 | Syracuse | John Geib gets the rebound | 48-57 |
| 05:13 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left side | 48-57 |
| 05:11 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring snags the defensive board | 48-57 |
| 04:49 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski misses the fadeaway from the left wing | 48-57 |
| 04:47 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring hits the follow up shot | 48-59 |
| 04:18 | Syracuse | John Mendelsohn misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 48-59 |
| 04:17 | West Virginia | The rebound goes to Jeffrey Peters | 48-59 |
| 03:58 | West Virginia | David Hart buries a fadeaway from the right side set up by George Carrigan | 48-61 |
| 03:34 | Syracuse | Jerome Iler comes up short on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 48-61 |
| 03:32 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen hits the follow up shot | 50-61 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Christopher Courtney (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - John Mendelsohn (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Jerome Iler (tiring) 7 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. PF - John Geib (tiring) 6 reb. 3 pf. C - Ronald Steenbergen (tiring) 28 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Grady Wotring (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. SG - Dragan Meleski (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 4 ast. SF - David Hart (fairly fresh) 18 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. PF - Jeffrey Peters (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. C - George Carrigan (tiring) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 03:18 | West Virginia | Grady Wotring's pass is intercepted by Jerome Iler | 50-61 |
| 03:14 | Syracuse | John Mendelsohn dunks the ball set up by Jerome Iler | 52-61 |
| 02:55 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters misses the lay-in but he's hacked by John Geib - foul #4 on John Geib, team foul #4 | 52-61 |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Harbert (PG), Christopher Baptiste (SG), Michael Szopinski (SF), Jacob Hazelip (PF) Christopher Courtney, John Mendelsohn, Jerome Iler, John Geib | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Jesse Back (PG), Alex Osborne (SG), Hershel Tackitt (PF), Santos Cherry (C) Grady Wotring, Dragan Meleski, David Hart, George Carrigan | |
| 02:55 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters makes the 1st free throw | 52-62 |
| 02:55 | West Virginia | Jeffrey Peters makes the 2nd free throw | 52-63 |
| 02:45 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen misses the jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Santos Cherry - foul #2 on Santos Cherry, team foul #5 | 52-63 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Grady Wotring (PG) Jeffrey Peters | |
| 02:45 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen makes the 1st free throw | 53-63 |
| 02:45 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen makes the 2nd free throw | 54-63 |
| 02:42 | West Virginia | Alex Osborne is hacked by Christopher Baptiste in the backcourt - foul #1 on Christopher Baptiste, team foul #5 | 54-63 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jerome Iler (C) Ronald Steenbergen | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 02:23 | West Virginia | Alex Osborne is open and buries a fadeaway from the left wing on a nice dish by Grady Wotring | 54-65 |
| 01:58 | Syracuse | Jacob Hazelip connects on the turnaround from the left block on a great pass from Jerome Iler | 56-65 |
| 01:58 | West Virginia | West Virginia calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 56-65 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Christopher Courtney (PG), Ronald Steenbergen (C) James Harbert, Michael Szopinski | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski (SG), David Hart (SF), George Carrigan (C) Alex Osborne, Jesse Back, Santos Cherry | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 01:55 | West Virginia | David Hart is fouled in the backcourt by Christopher Baptiste - foul #2 on Christopher Baptiste, team foul #6 | 56-65 |
| 01:53 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski is hacked by Christopher Courtney - foul #2 on Christopher Courtney, team foul #7 | 56-65 |
| 01:53 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski makes the 1st free throw | 56-66 |
| 01:53 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski makes the 2nd free throw | 56-67 |
| 01:30 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen makes the 3pt jumper from straight away | 59-67 |
| 01:29 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski is hacked by Christopher Baptiste in the backcourt - foul #3 on Christopher Baptiste, team foul #8 | 59-67 |
| 01:29 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski makes the 1st free throw | 59-68 |
| 01:29 | West Virginia | Dragan Meleski makes the 2nd free throw | 59-69 |
| 01:14 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen is called for traveling | 59-69 |
| 01:11 | West Virginia | Christopher Courtney is called for the reach on David Hart in the backcourt - foul #3 on Christopher Courtney, team foul #9 | 59-69 |
| 01:11 | West Virginia | David Hart misses the 1st free throw | 59-69 |
| 01:11 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen gets the rebound | 59-69 |
| 00:50 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen loses the dribble to Hershel Tackitt | 59-69 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense and intentionally fouling (+1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:49 | West Virginia | George Carrigan is fouled in the backcourt by Christopher Baptiste - foul #4 on Christopher Baptiste, team foul #10 | 59-69 |
| 00:49 | West Virginia | George Carrigan makes the 1st free throw | 59-70 |
| 00:49 | West Virginia | George Carrigan makes the 2nd free throw | 59-71 |
| 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 man to man (+5) | |
| 00:45 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen can't finish the layup but the foul's on David Hart - foul #1 on David Hart, team foul #6 | 59-71 |
| 00:45 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen makes the 1st free throw | 60-71 |
| 00:45 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen makes the 2nd free throw | 61-71 |
| 00:42 | West Virginia | Christopher Courtney is called for the reach on David Hart in the backcourt - foul #4 on Christopher Courtney, team foul #11 | 61-71 |
| 00:42 | West Virginia | David Hart makes the 1st free throw | 61-72 |
| 00:42 | West Virginia | David Hart makes the 2nd free throw | 61-73 |
| 00:36 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen misses short on a jump hook from the baseline | 61-73 |
| 00:34 | West Virginia | David Hart grabs the board | 61-73 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+5) | |
| 00:06 | West Virginia | David Hart is open and buries a jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Grady Wotring | 61-75 |
| 00:01 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 61-75 |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Ronald Steenbergen grabs the offensive rebound | 61-75 |