| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Mark Weesner (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - David Cotton (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Andrew Womac (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Nicholas Childers (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - James Coppa (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Richard Disney (fresh) SG - Darrell Raggs (fresh) SF - Randolph Mount (fresh) PF - Kurt Minton (fresh) 6 pts. C - Timothy Kilian (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | NC State | Randolph Mount inbounds the ball | 28-25 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 19:35 | NC State | The short jumper by Timothy Kilian is denied by Nicholas Childers | 28-25 |
| 19:33 | Louisville | James Coppa pulls down the rebound | 28-25 |
| 19:22 | Louisville | Richard Disney is called for the reach on Mark Weesner - foul #2 on Richard Disney, team foul #1 | 28-25 |
| 19:15 | Louisville | Nicholas Childers loses the ball out of bounds | 28-25 |
| 18:50 | NC State | Kurt Minton misses long on a jumper from the left wing | 28-25 |
| 18:48 | NC State | Kurt Minton grabs the offensive board | 28-25 |
| 18:24 | NC State | Kurt Minton scores on a shot from the left wing set up by Richard Disney | 28-27 |
| 18:07 | Louisville | Nicholas Childers hits the front of the rim on the runner from the left block | 28-27 |
| 18:05 | NC State | Richard Disney grabs the board | 28-27 |
| 17:38 | NC State | The short jumper by Randolph Mount is denied by Nicholas Childers | 28-27 |
| 17:37 | NC State | Timothy Kilian hits the follow up shot | 28-29 |
| 17:17 | Louisville | Andrew Womac makes the contested 3 pointer from the left corner set up by Mark Weesner | 31-29 |
| 16:53 | NC State | Nicholas Childers is called for the reach on Timothy Kilian - foul #2 on Nicholas Childers, team foul #1 | 31-29 |
| Subs | Louisville | Frank Hayes (C) James Coppa | |
| Subs | NC State | Joseph Peters (PG), Robert Schlemmer (SF), Victor Madrid (C) Richard Disney, Randolph Mount, Timothy Kilian | |
| 16:33 | NC State | Kurt Minton can't finish the layup | 31-29 |
| 16:31 | NC State | Darrell Raggs grabs the offensive rebound | 31-29 |
| 16:16 | NC State | Joseph Peters blows the layup | 31-29 |
| 16:15 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Mark Weesner | 31-29 |
| 15:58 | Louisville | Andrew Womac misses the 3 from the right wing | 31-29 |
| 15:57 | NC State | Kurt Minton pulls down the rebound | 31-29 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Mark Weesner (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - David Cotton (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Andrew Womac (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Nicholas Childers (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Frank Hayes (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Joseph Peters (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Darrell Raggs (fairly fresh) SF - Robert Schlemmer (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Kurt Minton (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - Victor Madrid (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:46 | NC State | Darrell Raggs hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 31-29 |
| 15:44 | Louisville | David Cotton gets the rebound | 31-29 |
| 15:32 | Louisville | Andrew Womac makes the fadeaway from the right wing on a nice dish by Mark Weesner | 33-29 |
| 15:20 | NC State | Kurt Minton can't connect on a fadeaway from the left wing | 33-29 |
| 15:18 | NC State | Joseph Peters can't tip it in | 33-29 |
| 15:16 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Nicholas Childers | 33-29 |
| 14:54 | Louisville | Nicholas Childers clanks a shot from the left wing | 33-29 |
| 14:53 | Louisville | Nicholas Childers gets the offensive rebound | 33-29 |
| 14:37 | Louisville | Mark Weesner loses the dribble to Joseph Peters | 33-29 |
| 14:08 | NC State | Kurt Minton misses badly on a turnaround in the paint | 33-29 |
| 14:06 | Louisville | Andrew Womac gets the rebound | 33-29 |
| 13:47 | Louisville | Darrell Raggs steps in front of the Frank Hayes pass | 33-29 |
| 13:21 | NC State | David Cotton is called for the reach on Darrell Raggs - foul #2 on David Cotton, team foul #2 | 33-29 |
| Subs | Louisville | Leonard Jenkins (PG), Jeffrey Pipkin (SG), Jared Dunlap (SF), James Coppa (PF), Kenneth Pijanowski (C) Mark Weesner, David Cotton, Andrew Womac, Nicholas Childers, Frank Hayes | |
| Subs | NC State | Richard Disney (PG), Christopher Bailey (SG), Randolph Mount (SF), Cody Miles (PF), Timothy Kilian (C) Joseph Peters, Darrell Raggs, Robert Schlemmer, Kurt Minton, Victor Madrid | |
| 12:54 | NC State | Christopher Bailey clanks a fadeaway from the left side | 33-29 |
| 12:52 | Louisville | James Coppa snags the defensive board | 33-29 |
| 12:42 | Louisville | Jared Dunlap hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt in the lane | 33-29 |
| 12:41 | Louisville | Leonard Jenkins grabs the offensive board | 33-29 |
| 12:27 | Louisville | James Coppa loses the dribble to Randolph Mount | 33-29 |
| 12:24 | NC State | Richard Disney throws it down set up by Randolph Mount | 33-31 |
| 12:07 | Louisville | Jared Dunlap misses the 3 from the right wing | 33-31 |
| 12:05 | NC State | Timothy Kilian grabs the board | 33-31 |
| 11:44 | NC State | Richard Disney is hacked by James Coppa - foul #2 on James Coppa, team foul #3 | 33-31 |
| Subs | Louisville | Andrew Womac (SF), Frank Hayes (C) Leonard Jenkins, Kenneth Pijanowski | |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Jeffrey Pipkin (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Jared Dunlap (fresh) 2 reb. SF - Andrew Womac (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - James Coppa (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - Frank Hayes (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Richard Disney (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Christopher Bailey (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Randolph Mount (fresh) PF - Cody Miles (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Timothy Kilian (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 11:19 | NC State | Timothy Kilian misses the pull-up jumper from the left side | 33-31 |
| 11:18 | Louisville | Jeffrey Pipkin pulls down the rebound | 33-31 |
| 11:01 | Louisville | Jared Dunlap connects on the open floater from just outside the lane | 35-31 |
| 10:34 | NC State | Randolph Mount travels with the ball | 35-31 |
| Subs | Louisville | Mark Weesner (PG), David Cotton (SG), Nicholas Childers (PF) Jeffrey Pipkin, Jared Dunlap, Frank Hayes | |
| Subs | NC State | Darrell Raggs (SG), Robert Schlemmer (SF), Kurt Minton (PF) Christopher Bailey, Randolph Mount, Cody Miles | |
| 10:16 | Louisville | James Coppa hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 35-31 |
| 10:15 | NC State | Robert Schlemmer gets the rebound | 35-31 |
| 09:54 | NC State | Darrell Raggs scores on a floater from the left side | 35-33 |
| 09:36 | Louisville | Andrew Womac can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Darrell Raggs - foul #2 on Darrell Raggs, team foul #2 | 35-33 |
| Subs | Louisville | Frank Hayes (C) James Coppa | |
| Subs | NC State | Joseph Peters (PG), Victor Madrid (C) Richard Disney, Timothy Kilian | |
| 09:36 | Louisville | Andrew Womac makes the 1st free throw | 36-33 |
| 09:36 | Louisville | Andrew Womac makes the 2nd free throw | 37-33 |
| 09:13 | NC State | Kurt Minton drills a turnaround near the basket | 37-35 |
| 09:00 | Louisville | Andrew Womac shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Mark Weesner | 39-35 |
| 08:36 | NC State | Kurt Minton misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 39-35 |
| 08:35 | Louisville | The rebound goes to David Cotton | 39-35 |
| 08:20 | Louisville | Mark Weesner hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 39-35 |
| 08:18 | NC State | Kurt Minton snags the defensive board | 39-35 |
| 07:53 | NC State | Kurt Minton knocks in the jumper from the left block and the foul's on Mark Weesner - foul #1 on Mark Weesner, team foul #4 | 39-37 |
| Subs | Louisville | Leonard Jenkins (PG), Jeffrey Pipkin (SG), Jared Dunlap (SF), James Coppa (C) Mark Weesner, David Cotton, Andrew Womac, Frank Hayes | |
| Subs | NC State | Richard Disney (PG), Randolph Mount (SF), Timothy Kilian (C) Joseph Peters, Robert Schlemmer, Victor Madrid | |
| 07:53 | NC State | Kurt Minton makes the free throw | 39-38 |
| 07:31 | Louisville | Nicholas Childers misses the shot in the lane | 39-38 |
| 07:30 | Louisville | Jared Dunlap snags the offensive board | 39-38 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Leonard Jenkins (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Jeffrey Pipkin (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Jared Dunlap (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Nicholas Childers (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - James Coppa (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Richard Disney (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Darrell Raggs (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Randolph Mount (fresh) PF - Kurt Minton (fresh) 13 pts. 4 reb. C - Timothy Kilian (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 07:13 | Louisville | Jared Dunlap connects on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 42-38 |
| 06:56 | NC State | Kurt Minton knocks in the jumper from the left wing set up by Richard Disney | 42-40 |
| 06:38 | Louisville | Jeffrey Pipkin shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 42-40 |
| 06:37 | NC State | Kurt Minton snags the defensive board | 42-40 |
| 06:17 | NC State | Randolph Mount makes the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 42-42 |
| 05:56 | Louisville | The jumper by Jared Dunlap is denied by Kurt Minton | 42-42 |
| 05:55 | Louisville | Jared Dunlap tips it in | 44-42 |
| 05:26 | NC State | Richard Disney hits a 3 pointer from the left wing | 44-45 |
| 05:26 | Louisville | Louisville calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 44-45 |
| Subs | Louisville | Mark Weesner (PG), David Cotton (SG), Andrew Womac (SF) Leonard Jenkins, Jeffrey Pipkin, Jared Dunlap | |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| 05:06 | Louisville | Nicholas Childers can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Richard Disney - foul #3 on Richard Disney, team foul #3 | 44-45 |
| 05:06 | Louisville | Nicholas Childers makes the 1st free throw | 45-45 |
| 05:06 | Louisville | Nicholas Childers makes the 2nd free throw | 46-45 |
| 04:46 | NC State | Timothy Kilian blows the layup | 46-45 |
| 04:44 | Louisville | James Coppa grabs the defensive rebound | 46-45 |
| 04:15 | Louisville | David Cotton misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 46-45 |
| 04:14 | NC State | Richard Disney snags the defensive board | 46-45 |
| 03:47 | NC State | Timothy Kilian is denied on a layup by James Coppa | 46-45 |
| 03:46 | Louisville | James Coppa snags the defensive board | 46-45 |
| 03:23 | Louisville | Andrew Womac scores on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 49-45 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Mark Weesner (fresh) 6 pts. 5 ast. SG - David Cotton (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Andrew Womac (fresh) 18 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Nicholas Childers (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - James Coppa (fresh) 4 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Richard Disney (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Darrell Raggs (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Randolph Mount (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Kurt Minton (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 5 reb. C - Timothy Kilian (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 02:54 | NC State | Kurt Minton is whistled for traveling | 49-45 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jared Dunlap (SF), Frank Hayes (C) Nicholas Childers, James Coppa | |
| Subs | NC State | Joseph Peters (PG), Christopher Bailey (SG), Robert Schlemmer (SF), Cody Miles (PF), Victor Madrid (C) Richard Disney, Darrell Raggs, Randolph Mount, Kurt Minton, Timothy Kilian | |
| 02:51 | Louisville | Louisville calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 49-45 |
| Subs | Louisville | James Coppa (PF) Jared Dunlap | |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| 02:44 | Louisville | Andrew Womac's layup is rejected by Cody Miles | 49-45 |
| 02:43 | NC State | The rebound goes to Cody Miles | 49-45 |
| 02:43 | NC State | NC State calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 49-45 |
| Subs | Louisville | Nicholas Childers (PF) Frank Hayes | |
| Subs | NC State | Richard Disney (PG), Darrell Raggs (SG), Randolph Mount (SF), Kurt Minton (PF), Timothy Kilian (C) Joseph Peters, Christopher Bailey, Robert Schlemmer, Cody Miles, Victor Madrid | |
| 02:14 | NC State | Timothy Kilian misses long on a shot from the right wing | 49-45 |
| 02:12 | Louisville | James Coppa pulls down the rebound | 49-45 |
| 01:49 | Louisville | David Cotton hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 49-45 |
| 01:47 | NC State | The rebound goes to Kurt Minton | 49-45 |
| 01:35 | NC State | Timothy Kilian knocks in the jumpshot from the right side set up by Richard Disney | 49-47 |
| 01:17 | Louisville | Andrew Womac misses badly on a driving attempt from close range | 49-47 |
| 01:15 | NC State | The rebound goes to Darrell Raggs | 49-47 |
| 00:53 | NC State | Richard Disney knocks in the floater from the left side and he's fouled by James Coppa - foul #3 on James Coppa, team foul #5 | 49-49 |
| 00:53 | NC State | Richard Disney makes the free throw | 49-50 |
| 00:46 | Louisville | The jumper by Andrew Womac is denied by Randolph Mount | 49-50 |
| 00:44 | NC State | Randolph Mount grabs the board | 49-50 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 00:22 | NC State | Timothy Kilian is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on Timothy Kilian, team foul #4 | 49-50 |
| 00:11 | Louisville | David Cotton hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left side | 49-50 |
| 00:09 | NC State | Kurt Minton pulls down the rebound | 49-50 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| 00:08 | NC State | Kurt Minton is fouled in the backcourt by David Cotton - foul #3 on David Cotton, team foul #6 | 49-50 |
| 00:07 | NC State | Darrell Raggs is hacked by James Coppa - foul #4 on James Coppa, team foul #7 | 49-50 |
| 00:07 | NC State | Darrell Raggs makes the 1st free throw | 49-51 |
| 00:07 | NC State | Darrell Raggs makes the 2nd free throw | 49-52 |
| 00:07 | Louisville | Louisville calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 2 full remaining) | 49-52 |
| 00:01 | Louisville | Andrew Womac is whistled for traveling | 49-52 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | NC State | Steven Ellerman (SG), Robert Schlemmer (SF) Darrell Raggs, Randolph Mount | |
| 00:00 | NC State | Richard Disney runs out the clock | 49-52 |