| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Rodney Heller (fresh) 1 ast. SG - William Butz (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Arthur Yutzy (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. PF - David Blanchard (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Louis Reaves (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Kyle Cannon (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Phil Newsome (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Mathew Lawson (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Charles Farmer (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Jackie Nova (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Kentucky | Mathew Lawson inbounds the ball | 32-25 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:43 | Kentucky | Phil Newsome travels with the ball | 32-25 |
| 19:14 | Louisville | Louis Reaves misses badly on a jumpshot from the right side | 32-25 |
| 19:12 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Mathew Lawson | 32-25 |
| 18:51 | Kentucky | Jackie Nova is fouled on the floor by David Blanchard - foul #2 on David Blanchard, team foul #1 | 32-25 |
| 18:33 | Kentucky | Mathew Lawson scores on a shot from the right wing on a great pass from Kyle Cannon | 32-27 |
| 18:04 | Louisville | Kyle Cannon takes the ball from David Blanchard | 32-27 |
| 18:01 | Kentucky | Phil Newsome throws it down set up by Kyle Cannon | 32-29 |
| 17:43 | Louisville | Louis Reaves's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 32-29 |
| 17:23 | Kentucky | Arthur Yutzy is called for the reach on Mathew Lawson - foul #1 on Arthur Yutzy, team foul #2 | 32-29 |
| 17:10 | Kentucky | Kyle Cannon can't connect on a jump hook in the paint but he's hacked by Rodney Heller - foul #1 on Rodney Heller, team foul #3 | 32-29 |
| 17:10 | Kentucky | Kyle Cannon makes the 1st free throw | 32-30 |
| 17:10 | Kentucky | Kyle Cannon makes the 2nd free throw | 32-31 |
| 16:45 | Louisville | Charles Farmer swats the shot by William Butz | 32-31 |
| 16:44 | Kentucky | Jackie Nova pulls down the rebound | 32-31 |
| 16:30 | Kentucky | Mathew Lawson misses badly on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 32-31 |
| 16:29 | Kentucky | Mathew Lawson tips it but misses | 32-31 |
| 16:27 | Louisville | Louis Reaves gets the rebound | 32-31 |
| 16:02 | Louisville | Louis Reaves's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 32-31 |
| Subs | Louisville | James Gamble (SG), Nicholas Randolph (SF), Leonel Lundin (C) William Butz, Arthur Yutzy, Louis Reaves | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Christopher Gibson (PG), Kevin Cagle (SF), Archie Blosser (PF) Kyle Cannon, Mathew Lawson, Charles Farmer | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Rodney Heller (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - James Gamble (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Nicholas Randolph (fresh) 2 pts. PF - David Blanchard (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Leonel Lundin (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Christopher Gibson (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Phil Newsome (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kevin Cagle (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Archie Blosser (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Jackie Nova (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 15:44 | Kentucky | David Blanchard is called for the reach on Archie Blosser - foul #3 on David Blanchard, team foul #4 | 32-31 |
| Subs | Louisville | Sammie Hudson (PF) David Blanchard | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Cory Thompson (SG), Christopher Cobb (C) Phil Newsome, Jackie Nova | |
| 15:30 | Kentucky | Cory Thompson misses the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 32-31 |
| 15:29 | Louisville | Leonel Lundin gets the rebound | 32-31 |
| 15:09 | Louisville | Christopher Gibson is called for the reach on Rodney Heller - foul #1 on Christopher Gibson, team foul #1 | 32-31 |
| Subs | Louisville | Louis Reaves (C) Leonel Lundin | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Charles Farmer (PF) Archie Blosser | |
| 14:50 | Louisville | Louis Reaves drills a driving attempt in the lane | 34-31 |
| 14:35 | Kentucky | Charles Farmer makes the jump hook from the left block set up by Cory Thompson | 34-33 |
| 14:07 | Louisville | Louis Reaves hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right block | 34-33 |
| 14:05 | Louisville | Sammie Hudson snags the offensive board | 34-33 |
| 13:41 | Louisville | Nicholas Randolph is fouled on the floor by Kevin Cagle - foul #1 on Kevin Cagle, team foul #2 | 34-33 |
| Subs | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy (PG), William Butz (SG), David Blanchard (PF) Rodney Heller, James Gamble, Sammie Hudson | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Kyle Cannon (PG), Mathew Lawson (SF), Jackie Nova (C) Christopher Gibson, Kevin Cagle, Christopher Cobb | |
| 13:16 | Louisville | Louis Reaves scores on a floater from the free throw line on a nice dish by Arthur Yutzy | 36-33 |
| 12:58 | Kentucky | Jackie Nova connects on the turnaround near the basket on a great pass from Cory Thompson | 36-35 |
| 12:45 | Louisville | Louis Reaves misses the easy layup | 36-35 |
| 12:43 | Kentucky | Mathew Lawson pulls down the rebound | 36-35 |
| 12:31 | Kentucky | Jackie Nova misses short on a runner from the baseline | 36-35 |
| 12:30 | Kentucky | Mathew Lawson grabs the offensive rebound | 36-35 |
| 12:11 | Kentucky | Charles Farmer loses the dribble to David Blanchard | 36-35 |
| 11:42 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy misses long on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 36-35 |
| 11:40 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Mathew Lawson | 36-35 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Arthur Yutzy (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - William Butz (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Nicholas Randolph (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - David Blanchard (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Louis Reaves (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Kyle Cannon (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SG - Cory Thompson (fresh) 2 ast. 3 pf. SF - Mathew Lawson (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. PF - Charles Farmer (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Jackie Nova (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:17 | Kentucky | Jackie Nova drills a turnaround from the baseline | 36-37 |
| 10:48 | Louisville | Louis Reaves makes the shot in the paint | 38-37 |
| 10:31 | Kentucky | Kyle Cannon hits a 3 from the right wing | 38-40 |
| 10:02 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy connects on the 3 from straight away | 41-40 |
| 09:44 | Kentucky | Mathew Lawson hits the front of the rim on the jumper in the paint | 41-40 |
| 09:42 | Louisville | Louis Reaves snags the defensive board | 41-40 |
| 09:37 | Louisville | David Blanchard can't finish the layup | 41-40 |
| 09:36 | Kentucky | Jackie Nova pulls down the rebound | 41-40 |
| 09:29 | Kentucky | Mathew Lawson drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by Cory Thompson | 41-43 |
| 09:08 | Louisville | William Butz hits the finger roll | 43-43 |
| 08:55 | Kentucky | Mathew Lawson makes the fadeaway from the baseline on a nice dish by Kyle Cannon and he's hacked by Nicholas Randolph - foul #2 on Nicholas Randolph, team foul #5 | 43-45 |
| Subs | Louisville | Rodney Heller (PG), James Gamble (SG), Sammie Hudson (PF), Leonel Lundin (C) William Butz, Nicholas Randolph, David Blanchard, Louis Reaves | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Christopher Gibson (PG), Phil Newsome (SG), Archie Blosser (PF), Christopher Cobb (C) Kyle Cannon, Cory Thompson, Charles Farmer, Jackie Nova | |
| 08:55 | Kentucky | Mathew Lawson makes the free throw | 43-46 |
| 08:41 | Louisville | Rodney Heller misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 43-46 |
| 08:39 | Kentucky | Christopher Cobb pulls down the rebound | 43-46 |
| 08:26 | Kentucky | Leonel Lundin picks off the pass by Mathew Lawson | 43-46 |
| 08:04 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 43-46 |
| 08:03 | Louisville | Sammie Hudson grabs the offensive rebound | 43-46 |
| 07:44 | Louisville | Leonel Lundin misses the turnaround near the basket but the foul's on Christopher Cobb - foul #4 on Christopher Cobb, team foul #3 | 43-46 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Cory Thompson (SG), Kevin Cagle (SF) Phil Newsome, Mathew Lawson | |
| 07:44 | Louisville | Leonel Lundin makes the 1st free throw | 44-46 |
| 07:44 | Louisville | Leonel Lundin misses the 2nd free throw | 44-46 |
| 07:44 | Kentucky | Archie Blosser grabs the board | 44-46 |
| 07:39 | Kentucky | Kevin Cagle hits a fadeaway jumper from the left side on a great pass from Christopher Gibson | 44-48 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Rodney Heller (fresh) 1 ast. SG - James Gamble (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Arthur Yutzy (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. PF - Sammie Hudson (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Leonel Lundin (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Christopher Gibson (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Cory Thompson (fresh) 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - Kevin Cagle (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Archie Blosser (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Christopher Cobb (fresh) 2 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 07:28 | Louisville | Leonel Lundin blows the layup | 44-48 |
| 07:27 | Louisville | Sammie Hudson gets the offensive rebound | 44-48 |
| 07:02 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy misses long on a 3 from the right wing | 44-48 |
| 07:01 | Louisville | Sammie Hudson gets the offensive rebound | 44-48 |
| 06:43 | Louisville | Rodney Heller can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 44-48 |
| 06:42 | Kentucky | Kevin Cagle grabs the defensive rebound | 44-48 |
| 06:18 | Kentucky | Christopher Gibson comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 44-48 |
| 06:16 | Kentucky | Cory Thompson grabs the offensive board | 44-48 |
| 06:01 | Kentucky | Sammie Hudson is called for the reach on Archie Blosser - foul #4 on Sammie Hudson, team foul #6 | 44-48 |
| Subs | Louisville | William Butz (SG), David Blanchard (PF), Louis Reaves (C) James Gamble, Sammie Hudson, Leonel Lundin | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Kyle Cannon (PG), Charles Farmer (PF), Jackie Nova (C) Christopher Gibson, Archie Blosser, Christopher Cobb | |
| 05:41 | Kentucky | Cory Thompson is whistled for traveling | 44-48 |
| 05:22 | Louisville | Louis Reaves is hacked by Jackie Nova - foul #3 on Jackie Nova, team foul #4 | 44-48 |
| 05:03 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 44-48 |
| 05:02 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Kyle Cannon | 44-48 |
| 04:37 | Kentucky | Kyle Cannon misses long on a fadeaway from close range but he's hacked by Arthur Yutzy - foul #2 on Arthur Yutzy, team foul #7 | 44-48 |
| Subs | Louisville | Nicholas Randolph (SF) Arthur Yutzy | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Phil Newsome (SG), Mathew Lawson (SF) Cory Thompson, Kevin Cagle | |
| 04:37 | Kentucky | Kyle Cannon makes the 1st free throw | 44-49 |
| 04:37 | Kentucky | Kyle Cannon makes the 2nd free throw | 44-50 |
| 04:08 | Louisville | William Butz is whistled for traveling | 44-50 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Christopher Cobb (C) Jackie Nova | |
| 03:52 | Kentucky | Charles Farmer connects on the driving attempt in the lane on a great pass from Kyle Cannon and he's fouled by Rodney Heller - foul #2 on Rodney Heller, team foul #8 | 44-52 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Cory Thompson (SG) Phil Newsome | |
| 03:52 | Kentucky | Charles Farmer makes the free throw | 44-53 |
| 03:33 | Louisville | David Blanchard hits a floater from the right block | 46-53 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Rodney Heller (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - William Butz (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Nicholas Randolph (fresh) 2 pts. PF - David Blanchard (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Louis Reaves (fresh) 15 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Kyle Cannon (fresh) 12 pts. 5 ast. SG - Cory Thompson (fresh) 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - Mathew Lawson (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. PF - Charles Farmer (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. C - Christopher Cobb (fresh) 2 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 03:11 | Kentucky | Christopher Cobb's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 46-53 |
| 02:55 | Louisville | Christopher Cobb swats the layup by David Blanchard | 46-53 |
| 02:54 | Kentucky | Kyle Cannon snags the defensive board | 46-53 |
| 02:48 | Kentucky | Mathew Lawson comes up short on the fadeaway from the left wing but he's hacked by Nicholas Randolph - foul #3 on Nicholas Randolph, team foul #9 | 46-53 |
| Subs | Louisville | James Gamble (SG), Arthur Yutzy (SF) William Butz, Nicholas Randolph | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Jackie Nova (C) Christopher Cobb | |
| 02:48 | Kentucky | Mathew Lawson misses the 1st free throw | 46-53 |
| 02:48 | Kentucky | Mathew Lawson misses the 2nd free throw | 46-53 |
| 02:48 | Louisville | Louis Reaves snags the defensive board | 46-53 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 02:31 | Louisville | Jackie Nova swats the layup by Louis Reaves | 46-53 |
| 02:29 | Kentucky | Cory Thompson grabs the board | 46-53 |
| 02:23 | Kentucky | Kyle Cannon hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 46-53 |
| 02:21 | Louisville | David Blanchard gets the rebound | 46-53 |
| 02:04 | Louisville | David Blanchard misses the floater near the basket | 46-53 |
| 02:02 | Kentucky | Kyle Cannon grabs the defensive rebound | 46-53 |
| 01:45 | Kentucky | Jackie Nova is denied on a layup by Louis Reaves | 46-53 |
| 01:44 | Louisville | David Blanchard pulls down the rebound | 46-53 |
| 01:38 | Louisville | Louis Reaves's pass is intercepted by Mathew Lawson | 46-53 |
| 01:33 | Kentucky | Mathew Lawson banks in the layup | 46-55 |
| 01:04 | Louisville | Jackie Nova is called for the reach on David Blanchard - foul #4 on Jackie Nova, team foul #5 | 46-55 |
| Subs | Louisville | William Butz (SG) James Gamble | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 00:52 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy scores on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 49-55 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:50 | Kentucky | Charles Farmer is fouled in the backcourt by Rodney Heller - foul #3 on Rodney Heller, team foul #10 | 49-55 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Christopher Gibson (PG) Kyle Cannon | |
| 00:50 | Kentucky | Charles Farmer makes the 1st free throw | 49-56 |
| 00:50 | Kentucky | Charles Farmer misses the 2nd free throw | 49-56 |
| 00:50 | Louisville | David Blanchard grabs the defensive rebound | 49-56 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:45 | Louisville | William Butz is hacked by Christopher Gibson - foul #2 on Christopher Gibson, team foul #6 | 49-56 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Kyle Cannon (PG) Christopher Gibson | |
| 00:42 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy misses long on a shot from the free throw line | 49-56 |
| 00:40 | Kentucky | Mathew Lawson pulls down the rebound | 49-56 |
| 00:37 | Kentucky | Rodney Heller is called for the reach on Mathew Lawson in the backcourt - foul #4 on Rodney Heller, team foul #11 | 49-56 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Christopher Gibson (PG) Kyle Cannon | |
| 00:37 | Kentucky | Mathew Lawson misses the 1st free throw | 49-56 |
| 00:37 | Kentucky | Mathew Lawson misses the 2nd free throw | 49-56 |
| 00:37 | Kentucky | Mathew Lawson grabs the offensive board | 49-56 |
| 00:35 | Kentucky | Arthur Yutzy is called for the reach on Mathew Lawson - foul #3 on Arthur Yutzy, team foul #12 | 49-56 |
| 00:35 | Kentucky | Mathew Lawson misses the 1st free throw | 49-56 |
| 00:35 | Kentucky | Mathew Lawson makes the 2nd free throw | 49-57 |
| 00:29 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy clanks a 3 from the left wing | 49-57 |
| 00:28 | Kentucky | Cory Thompson gets the rebound | 49-57 |
| 00:26 | Kentucky | Cory Thompson is hacked by Rodney Heller in the backcourt - foul #5 on Rodney Heller, team foul #13 | 49-57 |
| Subs | Louisville | Nicholas Randolph (SF) Rodney Heller | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 00:26 | Kentucky | Cory Thompson misses the 1st free throw | 49-57 |
| 00:26 | Kentucky | Cory Thompson misses the 2nd free throw | 49-57 |
| 00:26 | Louisville | William Butz snags the defensive board | 49-57 |
| 00:21 | Louisville | William Butz misses the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 49-57 |
| 00:20 | Kentucky | Jackie Nova snags the defensive board | 49-57 |
| 00:18 | Kentucky | Jackie Nova is hacked by Arthur Yutzy in the backcourt - foul #4 on Arthur Yutzy, team foul #14 | 49-57 |
| 00:18 | Kentucky | Jackie Nova makes the 1st free throw | 49-58 |
| 00:18 | Kentucky | Jackie Nova makes the 2nd free throw | 49-59 |
| 00:12 | Louisville | Louis Reaves misses long on a floater from the right wing but the foul's on Jackie Nova - foul #5 on Jackie Nova, team foul #7 | 49-59 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Kyle Cannon (PG), Christopher Cobb (C) Christopher Gibson, Jackie Nova | |
| 00:12 | Louisville | Louis Reaves makes the 1st free throw | 50-59 |
| 00:12 | Louisville | Louis Reaves makes the 2nd free throw | 51-59 |
| 00:10 | Kentucky | Charles Farmer is hacked by Arthur Yutzy in the backcourt - foul #5 on Arthur Yutzy, team foul #15 | 51-59 |
| Subs | Louisville | James Gamble (PG) Arthur Yutzy | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Christopher Gibson (PG) Kyle Cannon | |
| 00:10 | Kentucky | Charles Farmer misses the 1st free throw | 51-59 |
| 00:10 | Kentucky | Charles Farmer makes the 2nd free throw | 51-60 |
| 00:05 | Louisville | William Butz misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 51-60 |
| 00:04 | Kentucky | Charles Farmer pulls down the rebound | 51-60 |
| 00:04 | Kentucky | Kentucky calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 51-60 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-5) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:00 | Kentucky | Christopher Gibson runs out the clock | 51-60 |