| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Rodney Heller (fresh) SG - William Butz (fresh) SF - Arthur Yutzy (fresh) PF - David Blanchard (fresh) C - Louis Reaves (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Jimmy Riley (fresh) SG - Craig Alden (fresh) SF - Lloyd Malizia (fresh) PF - Robert Mason (fresh) C - David Kimbrough (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Rutgers | David Kimbrough wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:46 | Rutgers | Lloyd Malizia connects on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 0-3 |
| 19:20 | Louisville | David Blanchard hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Arthur Yutzy | 2-3 |
| 18:59 | Rutgers | Lloyd Malizia misses the 3pt shot from the left wing | 2-3 |
| 18:57 | Rutgers | David Kimbrough tips it home | 2-5 |
| 18:35 | Louisville | William Butz hits a fadeaway from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Arthur Yutzy | 4-5 |
| 18:17 | Rutgers | Louis Reaves takes the ball from David Kimbrough | 4-5 |
| 18:02 | Louisville | Rodney Heller's pass is intercepted by Craig Alden | 4-5 |
| 17:42 | Rutgers | Robert Mason comes up short on the turnaround in the lane | 4-5 |
| 17:40 | Louisville | Louis Reaves gets the rebound | 4-5 |
| 17:23 | Louisville | Rodney Heller misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 4-5 |
| 17:22 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy tips it back up and in | 6-5 |
| 17:10 | Rutgers | William Butz steals it from Jimmy Riley | 6-5 |
| 17:07 | Louisville | Rodney Heller jams it on a great pass from William Butz | 8-5 |
| 16:48 | Rutgers | Louis Reaves swats the layup by Robert Mason | 8-5 |
| 16:47 | Rutgers | Lloyd Malizia misses the tip | 8-5 |
| 16:45 | Louisville | David Blanchard snags the defensive board | 8-5 |
| 16:20 | Louisville | Louis Reaves blows the layup | 8-5 |
| 16:18 | Louisville | Louis Reaves tips it back up and in | 10-5 |
| 16:06 | Rutgers | Jimmy Riley is hacked by David Blanchard - foul #1 on David Blanchard, team foul #1 | 10-5 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Luis Walker (PG), Alberto Romano (SF), Joseph Jenkins (PF), Brock Cotton (C) Jimmy Riley, Lloyd Malizia, Robert Mason, David Kimbrough | |
| 15:53 | Rutgers | Joseph Jenkins jams it on a great pass from Luis Walker | 10-7 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Rodney Heller (fresh) 2 pts. SG - William Butz (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Arthur Yutzy (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. PF - David Blanchard (fresh) 2 pts. C - Louis Reaves (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Luis Walker (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Craig Alden (fresh) SF - Alberto Romano (fresh) PF - Joseph Jenkins (fresh) 2 pts. C - Brock Cotton (fresh) | |
| 15:34 | Louisville | Louis Reaves is called for 3 seconds | 10-7 |
| Subs | Louisville | James Gamble (SG), Nicholas Randolph (SF) William Butz, Arthur Yutzy | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 15:20 | Rutgers | Alberto Romano comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 10-7 |
| 15:18 | Louisville | Louis Reaves gets the rebound | 10-7 |
| 14:51 | Louisville | David Blanchard can't finish the layup | 10-7 |
| 14:49 | Louisville | Nicholas Randolph tips it but misses | 10-7 |
| 14:48 | Louisville | David Blanchard snags the offensive board | 10-7 |
| 14:29 | Louisville | James Gamble comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 10-7 |
| 14:28 | Rutgers | Alberto Romano gets the rebound | 10-7 |
| 14:13 | Rutgers | Brock Cotton clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 10-7 |
| 14:11 | Louisville | David Blanchard pulls down the rebound | 10-7 |
| 13:45 | Louisville | David Blanchard misses the turnaround in the paint but he's hacked by Joseph Jenkins - foul #1 on Joseph Jenkins, team foul #1 | 10-7 |
| Subs | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy (PG), William Butz (SG), Leonel Lundin (C) Rodney Heller, James Gamble, Louis Reaves | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Jimmy Riley (PG), Lloyd Malizia (SF), Robert Mason (PF), David Kimbrough (C) Luis Walker, Craig Alden, Joseph Jenkins, Brock Cotton | |
| 13:45 | Louisville | David Blanchard makes the 1st free throw | 11-7 |
| 13:45 | Louisville | David Blanchard makes the 2nd free throw | 12-7 |
| 13:33 | Rutgers | Alberto Romano buries a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a nice dish by Lloyd Malizia | 12-10 |
| 13:09 | Louisville | Leonel Lundin hits a fadeaway jumper from the left side on a great pass from Arthur Yutzy | 14-10 |
| 12:47 | Rutgers | David Kimbrough misses badly on a floater from the baseline | 14-10 |
| 12:45 | Rutgers | David Kimbrough tips it in | 14-12 |
| 12:25 | Louisville | David Blanchard throws it down | 16-12 |
| 12:03 | Rutgers | Alberto Romano is hacked by William Butz - foul #1 on William Butz, team foul #2 | 16-12 |
| Subs | Louisville | Rodney Heller (PG), Sammie Hudson (PF), Louis Reaves (C) Nicholas Randolph, David Blanchard, Leonel Lundin | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Craig Alden (SG) Alberto Romano | |
| 11:50 | Rutgers | Jimmy Riley misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 16-12 |
| 11:49 | Louisville | Sammie Hudson grabs the defensive rebound | 16-12 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Rodney Heller (fresh) 2 pts. SG - William Butz (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Arthur Yutzy (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. PF - Sammie Hudson (fresh) C - Louis Reaves (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Jimmy Riley (fresh) SG - Craig Alden (fresh) SF - Lloyd Malizia (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Robert Mason (fresh) C - David Kimbrough (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:30 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 16-12 |
| 11:29 | Rutgers | Robert Mason grabs the board | 16-12 |
| 11:11 | Rutgers | Jimmy Riley misses badly on a jumper from the left side | 16-12 |
| 11:09 | Rutgers | Robert Mason grabs the offensive rebound | 16-12 |
| 10:45 | Rutgers | Craig Alden clanks a 3 from the right wing | 16-12 |
| 10:43 | Rutgers | Robert Mason pulls down the offensive rebound | 16-12 |
| 10:33 | Rutgers | Robert Mason scores on a fadeaway from the right block on a nice dish by Craig Alden and the foul's on Sammie Hudson - foul #1 on Sammie Hudson, team foul #3 | 16-14 |
| Subs | Louisville | James Gamble (SG) William Butz | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Luis Walker (PG), Alberto Romano (SF), Joseph Jenkins (C) Jimmy Riley, Lloyd Malizia, David Kimbrough | |
| 10:33 | Rutgers | Robert Mason makes the free throw | 16-15 |
| 10:05 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy travels with the ball | 16-15 |
| Subs | Louisville | Nicholas Randolph (SF) Arthur Yutzy | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Brock Cotton (C) Robert Mason | |
| 09:48 | Rutgers | The short jumper by Brock Cotton is denied by Nicholas Randolph | 16-15 |
| 09:46 | Louisville | Sammie Hudson gets the rebound | 16-15 |
| 09:34 | Louisville | Craig Alden is called for the reach on Louis Reaves - foul #1 on Craig Alden, team foul #2 | 16-15 |
| Subs | Louisville | William Butz (SG), David Blanchard (PF) James Gamble, Sammie Hudson | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Jimmy Riley (PG), Lloyd Malizia (SF), David Kimbrough (C) Luis Walker, Alberto Romano, Brock Cotton | |
| 09:19 | Louisville | The short jumper by David Blanchard is denied by David Kimbrough | 16-15 |
| 09:18 | Rutgers | Joseph Jenkins snags the defensive board | 16-15 |
| 09:12 | Rutgers | Lloyd Malizia clanks a fadeaway in the lane | 16-15 |
| 09:11 | Rutgers | David Kimbrough misses the tip | 16-15 |
| 09:10 | Louisville | Rodney Heller gets the rebound | 16-15 |
| 08:49 | Louisville | Craig Alden is called for the reach on Nicholas Randolph - foul #2 on Craig Alden, team foul #3 | 16-15 |
| Subs | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy (SF) Nicholas Randolph | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Alberto Romano (SG), Robert Mason (PF) Craig Alden, Joseph Jenkins | |
| 08:34 | Louisville | Louis Reaves scores on a jumper from the right side | 18-15 |
| 08:23 | Rutgers | Lloyd Malizia misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 18-15 |
| 08:22 | Louisville | Louis Reaves gets the rebound | 18-15 |
| 08:02 | Louisville | William Butz drills a fadeaway jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Rodney Heller | 20-15 |
| 07:40 | Rutgers | Jimmy Riley buries a fadeaway in the lane on a nice dish by David Kimbrough | 20-17 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Rodney Heller (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - William Butz (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Arthur Yutzy (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. PF - David Blanchard (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Louis Reaves (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Jimmy Riley (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Alberto Romano (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Lloyd Malizia (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Robert Mason (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - David Kimbrough (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:12 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 20-17 |
| 07:11 | Rutgers | Robert Mason gets the rebound | 20-17 |
| 07:05 | Rutgers | Jimmy Riley loses the ball out of bounds | 20-17 |
| Subs | Louisville | James Gamble (SG), Nicholas Randolph (SF), Leonel Lundin (C) Rodney Heller, William Butz, Louis Reaves | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Luis Walker (PG), Kim Smith (SF), Joseph Jenkins (PF), Brock Cotton (C) Jimmy Riley, Lloyd Malizia, Robert Mason, David Kimbrough | |
| 06:41 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy drills a 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Leonel Lundin | 23-17 |
| 06:23 | Rutgers | Alberto Romano is whistled for traveling | 23-17 |
| Subs | Louisville | Rodney Heller (PG), Sammie Hudson (PF) Arthur Yutzy, David Blanchard | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 05:58 | Louisville | Sammie Hudson is hacked by Brock Cotton - foul #1 on Brock Cotton, team foul #4 | 23-17 |
| Subs | Louisville | Louis Reaves (C) Leonel Lundin | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Robert Mason (PF) Brock Cotton | |
| 05:47 | Louisville | Sammie Hudson blows the dunk but he's fouled by Robert Mason - foul #1 on Robert Mason, team foul #5 | 23-17 |
| Subs | Louisville | William Butz (SG) James Gamble | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Jimmy Riley (PG), Lloyd Malizia (SF), David Kimbrough (C) Luis Walker, Kim Smith, Joseph Jenkins | |
| 05:47 | Louisville | Sammie Hudson makes the 1st free throw | 24-17 |
| 05:47 | Louisville | Sammie Hudson makes the 2nd free throw | 25-17 |
| 05:24 | Rutgers | Lloyd Malizia's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 25-17 |
| Subs | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy (PG), David Blanchard (PF) Rodney Heller, Sammie Hudson | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 04:57 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 25-17 |
| 04:55 | Rutgers | David Kimbrough gets the rebound | 25-17 |
| 04:40 | Rutgers | Robert Mason misses short on a floater from the right side but he's fouled by Louis Reaves - foul #1 on Louis Reaves, team foul #4 | 25-17 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Luis Walker (SG) Alberto Romano | |
| 04:40 | Rutgers | Robert Mason makes the 1st free throw | 25-18 |
| 04:40 | Rutgers | Robert Mason misses the 2nd free throw | 25-18 |
| 04:40 | Louisville | Louis Reaves gets the rebound | 25-18 |
| 04:19 | Louisville | Louis Reaves misses badly on a jumper from the left side but the foul's on Jimmy Riley - foul #1 on Jimmy Riley, team foul #6 | 25-18 |
| Subs | Louisville | Rodney Heller (PG) Nicholas Randolph | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 04:19 | Louisville | Louis Reaves makes the 1st free throw | 26-18 |
| 04:19 | Louisville | Louis Reaves misses the 2nd free throw | 26-18 |
| 04:19 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to David Kimbrough | 26-18 |
| 03:54 | Rutgers | Jimmy Riley makes the jumper from just outside the lane | 26-20 |
| 03:38 | Louisville | Rodney Heller clanks a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on Jimmy Riley - foul #2 on Jimmy Riley, team foul #7 | 26-20 |
| Subs | Louisville | James Gamble (SG) William Butz | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Craig Alden (SG), Alberto Romano (SF), Joseph Jenkins (PF), Brock Cotton (C) Jimmy Riley, Lloyd Malizia, Robert Mason, David Kimbrough | |
| 03:38 | Louisville | Rodney Heller makes the 1st free throw | 27-20 |
| 03:38 | Louisville | Rodney Heller misses the 2nd free throw | 27-20 |
| 03:38 | Rutgers | Brock Cotton grabs the board | 27-20 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Rodney Heller (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - James Gamble (fresh) SF - Arthur Yutzy (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. PF - David Blanchard (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Louis Reaves (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Luis Walker (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Craig Alden (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Alberto Romano (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Joseph Jenkins (fresh) 2 pts. C - Brock Cotton (fresh) | |
| 03:19 | Rutgers | Alberto Romano clanks a floater from the left side | 27-20 |
| 03:17 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy grabs the board | 27-20 |
| 02:48 | Louisville | Louis Reaves banks in the layup set up by Rodney Heller | 29-20 |
| 02:26 | Rutgers | Brock Cotton is fouled on the floor by Rodney Heller - foul #1 on Rodney Heller, team foul #5 | 29-20 |
| Subs | Louisville | William Butz (SG), Nicholas Randolph (SF), Sammie Hudson (PF), Leonel Lundin (C) James Gamble, Arthur Yutzy, David Blanchard, Louis Reaves | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Jimmy Riley (PG), Lloyd Malizia (SF), Robert Mason (PF), David Kimbrough (C) Luis Walker, Alberto Romano, Joseph Jenkins, Brock Cotton | |
| 02:15 | Rutgers | Lloyd Malizia's layup is rejected by Sammie Hudson | 29-20 |
| 02:14 | Rutgers | Lloyd Malizia grabs the offensive rebound | 29-20 |
| 01:56 | Rutgers | Robert Mason misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 29-20 |
| 01:54 | Louisville | Nicholas Randolph pulls down the rebound | 29-20 |
| 01:47 | Louisville | Rodney Heller can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 29-20 |
| 01:45 | Louisville | Leonel Lundin tips it back up and in | 31-20 |
| 01:31 | Rutgers | David Kimbrough misses the easy layup but he's hacked by William Butz - foul #2 on William Butz, team foul #6 | 31-20 |
| Subs | Louisville | Louis Reaves (C) Leonel Lundin | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 01:31 | Rutgers | David Kimbrough makes the 1st free throw | 31-21 |
| 01:31 | Rutgers | David Kimbrough makes the 2nd free throw | 31-22 |
| 01:09 | Louisville | Louis Reaves is fouled on the floor by Craig Alden - foul #3 on Craig Alden, team foul #8 | 31-22 |
| Subs | Louisville | David Blanchard (PF) Sammie Hudson | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Alberto Romano (SG) Craig Alden | |
| 01:09 | Louisville | Louis Reaves makes the 1st free throw | 32-22 |
| 01:09 | Louisville | Louis Reaves makes the 2nd free throw | 33-22 |
| 00:48 | Rutgers | Nicholas Randolph is called for the reach on Jimmy Riley - foul #1 on Nicholas Randolph, team foul #7 | 33-22 |
| Subs | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy (PG) Rodney Heller | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Joseph Jenkins (PF) Robert Mason | |
| 00:48 | Rutgers | Jimmy Riley makes the 1st free throw | 33-23 |
| 00:48 | Rutgers | Jimmy Riley makes the 2nd free throw | 33-24 |
| 00:19 | Louisville | Arthur Yutzy connects on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 36-24 |
| 00:04 | Rutgers | Alberto Romano misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 36-24 |
| 00:03 | Rutgers | Joseph Jenkins hits the follow up shot | 36-26 |
| 00:00 | Louisville | William Butz misses short on a halfcourt shot | 36-26 |