| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Rolando Ramos (fresh) SG - Kent Pittman (fresh) SF - Malcolm Hamilton (fresh) PF - Kenneth Castle (fresh) C - John Tope (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Jared Morgan (fresh) SG - James Brown (fresh) SF - Ernest Sullivan (fresh) PF - Steve Barnes (fresh) C - Richard Dykes (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Rutgers | Richard Dykes wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:42 | Rutgers | Ernest Sullivan makes the driving attempt in the paint on a great pass from James Brown and the foul's on Kenneth Castle - foul #1 on Kenneth Castle, team foul #1 | 0-2 |
| 19:42 | Rutgers | Ernest Sullivan makes the free throw | 0-3 |
| 19:19 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos hits a 3pt attempt from the right corner on a great pass from Kent Pittman | 3-3 |
| 19:00 | Rutgers | Richard Dykes can't connect on a fadeaway from the left side | 3-3 |
| 18:58 | Louisville | John Tope pulls down the rebound | 3-3 |
| 18:40 | Louisville | Malcolm Hamilton loses the dribble to Richard Dykes | 3-3 |
| 18:20 | Rutgers | Ernest Sullivan misses the 3 pointer from the left corner | 3-3 |
| 18:19 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos grabs the board | 3-3 |
| 17:51 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos misses long on a 3 from the left corner | 3-3 |
| 17:50 | Louisville | The offensive rebound goes to Kenneth Castle | 3-3 |
| 17:36 | Louisville | Malcolm Hamilton makes the driving attempt near the basket set up by Kenneth Castle | 5-3 |
| 17:13 | Rutgers | Steve Barnes hits a 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from Jared Morgan | 5-6 |
| 16:57 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing but he's fouled by Jared Morgan - foul #1 on Jared Morgan, team foul #1 | 5-6 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | George Chambers (PF), Terry Dean (C) Steve Barnes, Richard Dykes | |
| 16:57 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos makes the 1st free throw | 6-6 |
| 16:57 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos makes the 2nd free throw | 7-6 |
| 16:57 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos makes the 3rd free throw | 8-6 |
| 16:38 | Rutgers | Kenneth Castle is called for the reach on James Brown - foul #2 on Kenneth Castle, team foul #2 | 8-6 |
| Subs | Louisville | Scott Carnegie (PF) Kenneth Castle | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Bobby Spillman (PG), Larry Kruse (SG) Jared Morgan, James Brown | |
| 16:24 | Rutgers | Ernest Sullivan knocks in the fadeaway in the lane on a nice dish by Larry Kruse | 8-8 |
| 16:10 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie can't connect on a driving attempt from close range | 8-8 |
| 16:09 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie gets the offensive rebound | 8-8 |
| 15:48 | Louisville | Malcolm Hamilton is fouled on the floor by Terry Dean - foul #1 on Terry Dean, team foul #2 | 8-8 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Jared Morgan (PG), Gregory Childress (SF), Richard Dykes (C) Larry Kruse, Ernest Sullivan, Terry Dean | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Rolando Ramos (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Kent Pittman (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Malcolm Hamilton (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Scott Carnegie (fresh) C - John Tope (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Jared Morgan (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Bobby Spillman (fresh) SF - Gregory Childress (fresh) PF - George Chambers (fresh) C - Richard Dykes (fresh) | |
| 15:34 | Louisville | John Tope blows the layup | 8-8 |
| 15:33 | Rutgers | Gregory Childress grabs the board | 8-8 |
| 15:29 | Rutgers | Gregory Childress knocks in the jump hook in the lane on a great pass from Bobby Spillman | 8-10 |
| 15:13 | Louisville | Jared Morgan picks off the pass by John Tope | 8-10 |
| 15:10 | Rutgers | Gregory Childress can't finish the layup | 8-10 |
| 15:09 | Louisville | John Tope gets the rebound | 8-10 |
| 14:53 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos drills a 3 from the right corner on a great pass from Malcolm Hamilton | 11-10 |
| 14:30 | Rutgers | Richard Dykes hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 11-10 |
| 14:28 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Scott Carnegie | 11-10 |
| 14:05 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 11-10 |
| 14:04 | Rutgers | George Chambers snags the defensive board | 11-10 |
| 13:44 | Rutgers | Jared Morgan clanks a 3 from the right wing | 11-10 |
| 13:43 | Rutgers | Richard Dykes grabs the offensive rebound | 11-10 |
| 13:30 | Rutgers | Gregory Childress comes up short on the 3 from straight away | 11-10 |
| 13:29 | Rutgers | Gregory Childress grabs the offensive rebound | 11-10 |
| 13:23 | Rutgers | George Chambers is whistled for a carry | 11-10 |
| Subs | Louisville | William Grullon (PG), Gary Sutton (SG), John Small (SF), Jamie Howell (C) Rolando Ramos, Kent Pittman, Malcolm Hamilton, John Tope | |
| Subs | Rutgers | James Brown (SG), Ernest Sullivan (SF), Steve Barnes (PF), Terry Dean (C) Jared Morgan, Gregory Childress, George Chambers, Richard Dykes | |
| 12:58 | Louisville | Gary Sutton is fouled on the floor by Ernest Sullivan - foul #1 on Ernest Sullivan, team foul #3 | 11-10 |
| 12:46 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie clanks a shot from the right wing but he's hacked by James Brown - foul #1 on James Brown, team foul #4 | 11-10 |
| 12:46 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie makes the 1st free throw | 12-10 |
| 12:46 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie makes the 2nd free throw | 13-10 |
| 12:28 | Rutgers | Scott Carnegie steps in front of the Bobby Spillman pass | 13-10 |
| 12:09 | Louisville | John Small is hacked by James Brown - foul #2 on James Brown, team foul #5 | 13-10 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Jared Morgan (PG), Larry Kruse (SG), Richard Dykes (C) Bobby Spillman, James Brown, Terry Dean | |
| 11:46 | Louisville | Jamie Howell is whistled for traveling | 13-10 |
| Subs | Louisville | Rolando Ramos (PG), Kent Pittman (SG) William Grullon, Gary Sutton | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Rolando Ramos (fresh) 9 pts. SG - Kent Pittman (fresh) 1 ast. SF - John Small (fresh) PF - Scott Carnegie (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Jamie Howell (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Jared Morgan (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Larry Kruse (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Ernest Sullivan (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Steve Barnes (fresh) 3 pts. C - Richard Dykes (fresh) | |
| 11:23 | Rutgers | Steve Barnes misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 13-10 |
| 11:22 | Rutgers | Ernest Sullivan grabs the offensive rebound | 13-10 |
| 11:06 | Rutgers | Richard Dykes double dribbles | 13-10 |
| Subs | Louisville | Malcolm Hamilton (SF), John Tope (C) John Small, Scott Carnegie | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Bobby Spillman (SG) Larry Kruse | |
| 10:59 | Louisville | Malcolm Hamilton clanks a 3pt shot from the left wing | 13-10 |
| 10:57 | Louisville | Jamie Howell hits the follow up shot | 15-10 |
| 10:51 | Rutgers | Steve Barnes misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 15-10 |
| 10:49 | Louisville | Jamie Howell grabs the board | 15-10 |
| 10:45 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos scores on a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Jamie Howell | 18-10 |
| 10:27 | Rutgers | Ernest Sullivan's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 18-10 |
| 10:12 | Louisville | Malcolm Hamilton's layup is rejected by Richard Dykes | 18-10 |
| 10:11 | Rutgers | Ernest Sullivan grabs the board | 18-10 |
| 10:02 | Rutgers | Steve Barnes lays it in and he's hacked by Jamie Howell - foul #1 on Jamie Howell, team foul #3 | 18-12 |
| Subs | Louisville | Scott Carnegie (PF) Jamie Howell | |
| Subs | Rutgers | George Chambers (C) Richard Dykes | |
| 10:02 | Rutgers | Steve Barnes makes the free throw | 18-13 |
| 09:43 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos makes the 3 from the right corner on a nice dish by Kent Pittman | 21-13 |
| 09:17 | Rutgers | Steve Barnes is called for the offensive foul - foul #1 on Steve Barnes, team foul #6 | 21-13 |
| Subs | Louisville | William Grullon (PG), Gary Sutton (SG) Rolando Ramos, Kent Pittman | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Larry Kruse (SG), Gregory Childress (SF), Terry Dean (C) Jared Morgan, Ernest Sullivan, Steve Barnes | |
| 08:55 | Louisville | John Tope buries a fadeaway from the baseline set up by William Grullon | 23-13 |
| 08:40 | Rutgers | Malcolm Hamilton takes the ball from Larry Kruse | 23-13 |
| 08:36 | Louisville | Malcolm Hamilton lays it up and in | 25-13 |
| 08:21 | Rutgers | Terry Dean scores on a floater from the right block | 25-15 |
| 08:03 | Louisville | William Grullon is fouled on the floor by Terry Dean - foul #2 on Terry Dean, team foul #7 | 25-15 |
| Subs | Louisville | Kent Pittman (SG), John Small (SF), Jamie Howell (C) Gary Sutton, Malcolm Hamilton, John Tope | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Jared Morgan (PG), Ernest Sullivan (SF), Richard Dykes (C) Bobby Spillman, Gregory Childress, Terry Dean | |
| 08:03 | Louisville | William Grullon makes the 1st free throw | 26-15 |
| 08:03 | Louisville | William Grullon makes the 2nd free throw | 27-15 |
| 07:42 | Rutgers | Richard Dykes misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Kent Pittman - foul #1 on Kent Pittman, team foul #4 | 27-15 |
| Subs | Louisville | Rolando Ramos (PG) William Grullon | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 07:42 | Rutgers | Richard Dykes misses the 1st free throw | 27-15 |
| 07:42 | Rutgers | Richard Dykes makes the 2nd free throw | 27-16 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Rolando Ramos (fresh) 15 pts. SG - Kent Pittman (fresh) 2 ast. SF - John Small (fresh) PF - Scott Carnegie (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Jamie Howell (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Jared Morgan (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Larry Kruse (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Ernest Sullivan (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - George Chambers (fresh) C - Richard Dykes (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| 07:29 | Louisville | George Chambers is called for the reach on Rolando Ramos - foul #1 on George Chambers, team foul #8 | 27-16 |
| 07:29 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos makes the 1st free throw | 28-16 |
| 07:29 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos makes the 2nd free throw | 29-16 |
| 07:02 | Rutgers | Ernest Sullivan misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 29-16 |
| 07:01 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie grabs the defensive rebound | 29-16 |
| 06:42 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie misses long on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by George Chambers - foul #2 on George Chambers, team foul #9 | 29-16 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Bobby Spillman (SG), Steve Barnes (PF) Larry Kruse, George Chambers | |
| 06:42 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie makes the 1st free throw | 30-16 |
| 06:42 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie makes the 2nd free throw | 31-16 |
| 06:27 | Rutgers | Steve Barnes's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 31-16 |
| Subs | Louisville | John Tope (C) Scott Carnegie | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 06:04 | Louisville | John Small can't throw it down | 31-16 |
| 06:02 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Steve Barnes | 31-16 |
| 05:40 | Rutgers | Steve Barnes can't connect on a 3 from the right corner | 31-16 |
| 05:38 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos snags the defensive board | 31-16 |
| 05:32 | Louisville | John Tope is called for the offensive foul - foul #1 on John Tope, team foul #5 | 31-16 |
| Subs | Louisville | Malcolm Hamilton (SF) John Small | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Larry Kruse (SG) Jared Morgan | |
| 05:12 | Rutgers | Rolando Ramos steals it from Ernest Sullivan | 31-16 |
| 05:08 | Louisville | Malcolm Hamilton misses the lay-in | 31-16 |
| 05:07 | Louisville | Malcolm Hamilton gets the offensive rebound | 31-16 |
| 04:53 | Louisville | Kent Pittman scores on a 3pt shot from straight away | 34-16 |
| 04:39 | Rutgers | Larry Kruse can't connect on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 34-16 |
| 04:37 | Rutgers | Richard Dykes tips it home | 34-18 |
| 04:26 | Louisville | John Tope misses long on a driving attempt in the paint but he's hacked by Richard Dykes - foul #1 on Richard Dykes, team foul #10 | 34-18 |
| Subs | Louisville | Gary Sutton (SG), Scott Carnegie (PF) Kent Pittman, Jamie Howell | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Jared Morgan (PG), Gregory Childress (SF), Edward Connery (C) Larry Kruse, Ernest Sullivan, Richard Dykes | |
| 04:26 | Louisville | John Tope misses the 1st free throw | 34-18 |
| 04:26 | Louisville | John Tope makes the 2nd free throw | 35-18 |
| 04:10 | Rutgers | Bobby Spillman misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 35-18 |
| 04:09 | Rutgers | Steve Barnes pulls down the offensive rebound | 35-18 |
| 04:00 | Rutgers | Edward Connery lays it up and in | 35-20 |
| 03:33 | Louisville | John Tope banks in the layup | 37-20 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Rolando Ramos (fairly fresh) 17 pts. SG - Gary Sutton (fresh) SF - Malcolm Hamilton (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Scott Carnegie (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - John Tope (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Jared Morgan (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Bobby Spillman (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Gregory Childress (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Steve Barnes (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Edward Connery (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 03:17 | Rutgers | Jared Morgan is hacked by John Tope - foul #2 on John Tope, team foul #6 | 37-20 |
| Subs | Louisville | William Grullon (PG), Kenneth Castle (PF) Rolando Ramos, John Tope | |
| Subs | Rutgers | James Brown (SG), George Chambers (PF), Terry Dean (C) Bobby Spillman, Steve Barnes, Edward Connery | |
| 03:05 | Rutgers | Jared Morgan's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 37-20 |
| Subs | Louisville | Kent Pittman (SG) Gary Sutton | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Ernest Sullivan (SF), Richard Dykes (C) Gregory Childress, Terry Dean | |
| 02:54 | Louisville | Kent Pittman makes the 3 from the right corner on a nice dish by Kenneth Castle | 40-20 |
| 02:36 | Rutgers | Jared Morgan misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 40-20 |
| 02:34 | Rutgers | George Chambers grabs the offensive rebound | 40-20 |
| 02:20 | Rutgers | James Brown misses short on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 40-20 |
| 02:19 | Louisville | Kenneth Castle snags the defensive board | 40-20 |
| 01:56 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie misses short on a turnaround from the left block but the foul's on James Brown - foul #3 on James Brown, team foul #11 | 40-20 |
| Subs | Louisville | John Small (SF) Malcolm Hamilton | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Bobby Spillman (PG), Larry Kruse (SG) Jared Morgan, James Brown | |
| 01:56 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie misses the 1st free throw | 40-20 |
| 01:56 | Louisville | Scott Carnegie misses the 2nd free throw | 40-20 |
| 01:56 | Rutgers | George Chambers gets the rebound | 40-20 |
| 01:35 | Rutgers | George Chambers comes up short on the shot from the left wing but the foul's on Kenneth Castle - foul #3 on Kenneth Castle, team foul #7 | 40-20 |
| Subs | Louisville | Rolando Ramos (PG), Jamie Howell (C) William Grullon, Kenneth Castle | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 01:35 | Rutgers | George Chambers makes the 1st free throw | 40-21 |
| 01:35 | Rutgers | George Chambers misses the 2nd free throw | 40-21 |
| 01:35 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Scott Carnegie | 40-21 |
| 01:24 | Louisville | Kent Pittman comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 40-21 |
| 01:23 | Rutgers | Richard Dykes pulls down the rebound | 40-21 |
| 01:21 | Rutgers | Bobby Spillman throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 40-21 |
| Subs | Louisville | John Tope (C) Jamie Howell | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 01:13 | Louisville | John Tope misses badly on a shot from the left block but the foul's on George Chambers - foul #3 on George Chambers, team foul #12 | 40-21 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Terry Dean (PF), Edward Connery (C) George Chambers, Richard Dykes | |
| 01:13 | Louisville | John Tope misses the 1st free throw | 40-21 |
| 01:13 | Louisville | John Tope makes the 2nd free throw | 41-21 |
| 00:53 | Rutgers | Terry Dean can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 41-21 |
| 00:51 | Louisville | John Tope snags the defensive board | 41-21 |
| 00:36 | Louisville | John Tope misses the jumper from close range | 41-21 |
| 00:34 | Rutgers | Ernest Sullivan pulls down the rebound | 41-21 |
| 00:22 | Rutgers | Edward Connery knocks in the runner in the lane on a great pass from Bobby Spillman | 41-23 |
| 00:01 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos is fouled on the floor by Terry Dean - foul #3 on Terry Dean, team foul #13 | 41-23 |
| Subs | Louisville | Gary Sutton (SG), Malcolm Hamilton (SF), Jamie Howell (PF) Kent Pittman, John Small, Scott Carnegie | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Jared Morgan (PG), Gregory Childress (SF), Steve Barnes (PF), Richard Dykes (C) Larry Kruse, Ernest Sullivan, Terry Dean, Edward Connery | |
| 00:01 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos makes the 1st free throw | 42-23 |
| 00:01 | Louisville | Rolando Ramos misses the 2nd free throw | 42-23 |
| 00:01 | Rutgers | Richard Dykes gets the rebound | 42-23 |
| 00:00 | Rutgers | Richard Dykes misses short on a fullcourt shot | 42-23 |