| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Robert Peres (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. SG - Gregory Goodfellow (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Nicholas Banfield (fresh) 11 pts. 2 stl. PF - Fred Adams (fresh) 2 pts. C - Louis Welcher (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - David Boone (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Anthony Hogg (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Kenneth Johson (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Scott Stanford (fresh) 3 pts. 2 blk. C - Orville Brisson (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Kentucky | Nicholas Banfield inbounds the ball | 38-30 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:33 | Kentucky | Gregory Goodfellow is fouled on the floor by Anthony Hogg - foul #3 on Anthony Hogg, team foul #1 | 38-30 |
| 19:13 | Kentucky | Robert Peres drills a 3pt jumper from straight away on a great pass from Nicholas Banfield | 41-30 |
| 19:00 | UConn | Orville Brisson buries a pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Scott Stanford | 41-32 |
| 18:31 | Kentucky | Fred Adams is called for traveling | 41-32 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Stephen Larabee (SG), Edward Fontes (C) Gregory Goodfellow, Louis Welcher | |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| 18:21 | UConn | David Boone is whistled for a carry | 41-32 |
| 18:01 | Kentucky | Nicholas Banfield throws it down set up by Stephen Larabee | 43-32 |
| 17:44 | UConn | Kenneth Johson comes up short on the shot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Nicholas Banfield - foul #1 on Nicholas Banfield, team foul #1 | 43-32 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Raymond Massey (PG), Dikembe Abdalla (SF) Robert Peres, Nicholas Banfield | |
| Subs | UConn | Jacob Gregory (PG), William Whitchurch (SG), Jason Cotton (PF), Stjepan Zagar (C) David Boone, Anthony Hogg, Scott Stanford, Orville Brisson | |
| 17:44 | UConn | Kenneth Johson misses the 1st free throw | 43-32 |
| 17:44 | UConn | Kenneth Johson makes the 2nd free throw | 43-33 |
| 17:18 | Kentucky | Stephen Larabee comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 43-33 |
| 17:16 | UConn | Stjepan Zagar snags the defensive board | 43-33 |
| 16:54 | UConn | Jason Cotton makes the fadeaway from close range | 43-35 |
| 16:34 | Kentucky | William Whitchurch is called for the reach on Stephen Larabee - foul #2 on William Whitchurch, team foul #2 | 43-35 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Peres (PG), Gregory Goodfellow (SG), Tom Scarborough (PF), Louis Welcher (C) Raymond Massey, Stephen Larabee, Fred Adams, Edward Fontes | |
| Subs | UConn | David Boone (PG), Anthony Hogg (SG), Scott Stanford (PF) Jacob Gregory, William Whitchurch, Kenneth Johson | |
| 16:15 | Kentucky | Gregory Goodfellow misses short on a floater from just outside the lane | 43-35 |
| 16:14 | UConn | The rebound goes to Scott Stanford | 43-35 |
| 16:00 | UConn | Stjepan Zagar double dribbles | 43-35 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Nicholas Banfield (SF) Dikembe Abdalla | |
| Subs | UConn | Kevin Pettit (SF), Orville Brisson (C) Jason Cotton, Stjepan Zagar | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Robert Peres (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SG - Gregory Goodfellow (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Nicholas Banfield (fresh) 13 pts. 2 stl. PF - Tom Scarborough (fresh) 2 pts. C - Louis Welcher (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - David Boone (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Anthony Hogg (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. SF - Kevin Pettit (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Scott Stanford (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Orville Brisson (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:38 | Kentucky | Robert Peres misses short on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 43-35 |
| 15:37 | Kentucky | Nicholas Banfield grabs the offensive board | 43-35 |
| 15:19 | Kentucky | Gregory Goodfellow's pass is intercepted by David Boone | 43-35 |
| 15:06 | UConn | Scott Stanford banks in the layup on a great pass from David Boone and the foul's on Tom Scarborough - foul #2 on Tom Scarborough, team foul #2 | 43-37 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Fred Adams (PF) Tom Scarborough | |
| Subs | UConn | William Whitchurch (SG) Anthony Hogg | |
| 15:06 | UConn | Scott Stanford makes the free throw | 43-38 |
| 14:37 | Kentucky | Gregory Goodfellow drills a fadeaway from the left wing on a great pass from Louis Welcher and he's hacked by William Whitchurch - foul #3 on William Whitchurch, team foul #3 | 45-38 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Clarence Hendrix (SF), Edward Fontes (C) Nicholas Banfield, Louis Welcher | |
| Subs | UConn | Jacob Gregory (PG), Kenneth Johson (SF), Jason Cotton (PF) David Boone, Kevin Pettit, Scott Stanford | |
| 14:37 | Kentucky | Gregory Goodfellow makes the free throw | 46-38 |
| 14:32 | UConn | Jacob Gregory's pass is intercepted by Clarence Hendrix in the backcourt | 46-38 |
| 14:30 | Kentucky | Robert Peres banks in the layup on a nice dish by Clarence Hendrix | 48-38 |
| 14:09 | UConn | Orville Brisson drills a driving attempt from the baseline on a great pass from Kenneth Johson and the foul's on Clarence Hendrix - foul #1 on Clarence Hendrix, team foul #3 | 48-40 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Raymond Massey (PG), Stephen Larabee (SG), Dikembe Abdalla (SF) Robert Peres, Gregory Goodfellow, Clarence Hendrix | |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| 14:09 | UConn | Orville Brisson makes the free throw | 48-41 |
| 13:40 | Kentucky | Stephen Larabee misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 48-41 |
| 13:39 | UConn | Jason Cotton grabs the defensive rebound | 48-41 |
| 13:21 | UConn | Orville Brisson makes the wide open driving attempt from the right block set up by Jason Cotton | 48-43 |
| 13:02 | Kentucky | Stephen Larabee misses long on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 48-43 |
| 13:01 | UConn | Orville Brisson grabs the defensive rebound | 48-43 |
| 12:57 | UConn | Kenneth Johson scores on a jumper from the free throw line set up by Jacob Gregory | 48-45 |
| 12:36 | Kentucky | Dikembe Abdalla knocks in the fadeaway from the left side | 50-45 |
| 12:28 | UConn | Jason Cotton misses badly on a runner near the basket but he's fouled by Stephen Larabee - foul #1 on Stephen Larabee, team foul #4 | 50-45 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Peres (PG), Nicholas Banfield (SF), Tom Scarborough (PF), Louis Welcher (C) Stephen Larabee, Dikembe Abdalla, Fred Adams, Edward Fontes | |
| Subs | UConn | David Boone (PG), Anthony Hogg (SG), Scott Stanford (PF), Stjepan Zagar (C) Jacob Gregory, William Whitchurch, Kenneth Johson, Orville Brisson | |
| 12:28 | UConn | Jason Cotton misses the 1st free throw | 50-45 |
| 12:28 | UConn | Jason Cotton makes the 2nd free throw | 50-46 |
| 11:59 | Kentucky | Tom Scarborough loses the dribble to David Boone | 50-46 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Robert Peres (fresh) 10 pts. 4 ast. SG - Raymond Massey (fairly fresh) 4 pts. SF - Nicholas Banfield (fresh) 13 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Tom Scarborough (fresh) 2 pts. C - Louis Welcher (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - David Boone (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Anthony Hogg (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. SF - Jason Cotton (fairly fresh) 6 pts. PF - Scott Stanford (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - Stjepan Zagar (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:40 | UConn | David Boone's floater is tipped away by Tom Scarborough | 50-46 |
| 11:38 | Kentucky | Louis Welcher grabs the board | 50-46 |
| 11:21 | Kentucky | Tom Scarborough misses the easy layup | 50-46 |
| 11:19 | Kentucky | Louis Welcher snags the offensive board | 50-46 |
| 11:04 | Kentucky | Robert Peres comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 50-46 |
| 11:03 | Kentucky | Tom Scarborough pulls down the offensive rebound | 50-46 |
| 10:43 | Kentucky | Nicholas Banfield misses short on a fadeaway from the right wing but he's hacked by Jason Cotton - foul #1 on Jason Cotton, team foul #4 | 50-46 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Gregory Goodfellow (SG), Clarence Hendrix (SF) Raymond Massey, Tom Scarborough | |
| Subs | UConn | Kenneth Johson (SF), Gary Winegar (C) Jason Cotton, Stjepan Zagar | |
| 10:43 | Kentucky | Nicholas Banfield misses the 1st free throw | 50-46 |
| 10:43 | Kentucky | Nicholas Banfield makes the 2nd free throw | 51-46 |
| 10:41 | UConn | Anthony Hogg is fouled in the backcourt by Gregory Goodfellow - foul #3 on Gregory Goodfellow, team foul #5 | 51-46 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Fred Adams (PF) Nicholas Banfield | |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| 10:28 | UConn | David Boone misses long on a floater from the right side | 51-46 |
| 10:27 | UConn | David Boone hits the follow up shot | 51-48 |
| 10:01 | Kentucky | Robert Peres misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 51-48 |
| 10:00 | UConn | Scott Stanford snags the defensive board | 51-48 |
| 09:33 | UConn | David Boone hits a floater in the lane | 51-50 |
| 09:10 | Kentucky | Louis Welcher misses long on a floater from the right block but the foul's on Gary Winegar - foul #1 on Gary Winegar, team foul #5 | 51-50 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Stephen Larabee (PG), Dikembe Abdalla (SG), Nicholas Banfield (SF), Tom Scarborough (PF) Robert Peres, Gregory Goodfellow, Clarence Hendrix, Fred Adams | |
| Subs | UConn | Jacob Gregory (PG), William Whitchurch (SG), Kevin Pettit (PF), Orville Brisson (C) David Boone, Anthony Hogg, Scott Stanford, Gary Winegar | |
| 09:10 | Kentucky | Louis Welcher makes the 1st free throw | 52-50 |
| 09:10 | Kentucky | Louis Welcher makes the 2nd free throw | 53-50 |
| 08:49 | UConn | Orville Brisson hits a fadeaway jumper from the left wing and he's hacked by Nicholas Banfield - foul #2 on Nicholas Banfield, team foul #6 | 53-52 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Edward Fontes (C) Louis Welcher | |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| 08:49 | UConn | Orville Brisson makes the free throw | 53-53 |
| 08:35 | Kentucky | Tom Scarborough is fouled on the floor by Orville Brisson - foul #2 on Orville Brisson, team foul #6 | 53-53 |
| 08:17 | Kentucky | Dikembe Abdalla lays it up and in and the foul's on William Whitchurch - foul #4 on William Whitchurch, team foul #7 | 55-53 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Raymond Massey (PG) Tom Scarborough | |
| Subs | UConn | Anthony Hogg (SG) William Whitchurch | |
| 08:17 | Kentucky | Dikembe Abdalla makes the free throw | 56-53 |
| 07:55 | UConn | Orville Brisson misses long on a driving attempt in the lane | 56-53 |
| 07:53 | Kentucky | Edward Fontes gets the rebound | 56-53 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Raymond Massey (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Stephen Larabee (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Dikembe Abdalla (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. PF - Nicholas Banfield (fresh) 14 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. C - Edward Fontes (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Jacob Gregory (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Anthony Hogg (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. SF - Kenneth Johson (fairly fresh) 9 pts. PF - Kevin Pettit (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Orville Brisson (fresh) 14 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 07:29 | Kentucky | Dikembe Abdalla's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 56-53 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Peres (PG), Gregory Goodfellow (SG), Clarence Hendrix (SF), Tom Scarborough (PF) Raymond Massey, Stephen Larabee, Dikembe Abdalla, Nicholas Banfield | |
| Subs | UConn | David Boone (PG), William Whitchurch (SG), Scott Stanford (PF), Stjepan Zagar (C) Jacob Gregory, Anthony Hogg, Kenneth Johson, Orville Brisson | |
| 07:24 | UConn | David Boone is fouled in the backcourt by Gregory Goodfellow - foul #4 on Gregory Goodfellow, team foul #7 | 56-53 |
| 07:24 | UConn | David Boone makes the 1st free throw | 56-54 |
| 07:24 | UConn | David Boone makes the 2nd free throw | 56-55 |
| 06:55 | Kentucky | Robert Peres scores on a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a nice dish by Clarence Hendrix | 59-55 |
| 06:53 | UConn | David Boone is fouled in the backcourt by Robert Peres - foul #2 on Robert Peres, team foul #8 | 59-55 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Louis Welcher (C) Edward Fontes | |
| Subs | UConn | Kenneth Johson (SF) Kevin Pettit | |
| 06:53 | UConn | David Boone makes the 1st free throw | 59-56 |
| 06:53 | UConn | David Boone makes the 2nd free throw | 59-57 |
| 06:33 | Kentucky | Louis Welcher misses long on a jumpshot from the right side | 59-57 |
| 06:31 | UConn | Stjepan Zagar grabs the board | 59-57 |
| 06:26 | UConn | David Boone is by himself and knocks in the fadeaway from the right block on a great pass from William Whitchurch and he's fouled by Tom Scarborough - foul #3 on Tom Scarborough, team foul #9 | 59-59 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Nicholas Banfield (PF) Tom Scarborough | |
| Subs | UConn | Jason Cotton (SF), Orville Brisson (C) Kenneth Johson, Stjepan Zagar | |
| 06:26 | UConn | David Boone makes the free throw | 59-60 |
| 06:04 | Kentucky | Louis Welcher throws a bad pass out of bounds | 59-60 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Stephen Larabee (SG) Gregory Goodfellow | |
| Subs | UConn | Jacob Gregory (PG), Anthony Hogg (SG) David Boone, William Whitchurch | |
| 05:48 | UConn | Anthony Hogg makes the wide open 3pt attempt from the right wing | 59-63 |
| 05:23 | Kentucky | Stephen Larabee knocks in the shot from the right side on a great pass from Robert Peres | 61-63 |
| 05:16 | UConn | Orville Brisson misses short on a jumper from just outside the lane | 61-63 |
| 05:14 | Kentucky | Stephen Larabee gets the rebound | 61-63 |
| 04:46 | Kentucky | Louis Welcher clanks a runner in the paint | 61-63 |
| 04:45 | UConn | Scott Stanford grabs the defensive rebound | 61-63 |
| 04:32 | UConn | Anthony Hogg misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 61-63 |
| 04:30 | Kentucky | Louis Welcher pulls down the rebound | 61-63 |
| 04:25 | Kentucky | Robert Peres hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left corner | 61-63 |
| 04:24 | UConn | Scott Stanford pulls down the rebound | 61-63 |
| 04:14 | UConn | Orville Brisson is whistled for traveling | 61-63 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Raymond Massey (PG), Gregory Goodfellow (SG), Dikembe Abdalla (SF), Tom Scarborough (PF), Edward Fontes (C) Robert Peres, Stephen Larabee, Clarence Hendrix, Nicholas Banfield, Louis Welcher | |
| Subs | UConn | David Boone (PG), William Whitchurch (SG), Kenneth Johson (SF), Kevin Pettit (PF), Stjepan Zagar (C) Jacob Gregory, Anthony Hogg, Jason Cotton, Scott Stanford, Orville Brisson | |
| 03:47 | Kentucky | Raymond Massey's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 61-63 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Raymond Massey (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Gregory Goodfellow (fresh) 5 pts. 4 pf. SF - Dikembe Abdalla (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. PF - Tom Scarborough (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Edward Fontes (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - David Boone (fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - William Whitchurch (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. SF - Kenneth Johson (fresh) 9 pts. PF - Kevin Pettit (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Stjepan Zagar (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 03:28 | UConn | David Boone makes the wide open floater in the paint set up by Kevin Pettit | 61-65 |
| 03:00 | Kentucky | Gregory Goodfellow misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 61-65 |
| 02:58 | UConn | Kenneth Johson grabs the defensive rebound | 61-65 |
| 02:58 | UConn | UConn calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 61-65 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Peres (PG), Nicholas Banfield (SF) Raymond Massey, Dikembe Abdalla | |
| Subs | UConn | Anthony Hogg (SG), Jason Cotton (PF), Orville Brisson (C) William Whitchurch, Kevin Pettit, Stjepan Zagar | |
| 02:41 | UConn | David Boone comes up short on the fadeaway in the lane | 61-65 |
| 02:40 | Kentucky | Gregory Goodfellow pulls down the rebound | 61-65 |
| 02:18 | Kentucky | Robert Peres misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 61-65 |
| 02:16 | UConn | Orville Brisson grabs the defensive rebound | 61-65 |
| 02:11 | UConn | David Boone is fouled in the backcourt by Robert Peres - foul #3 on Robert Peres, team foul #10 | 61-65 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Fred Adams (PF) Tom Scarborough | |
| Subs | UConn | Scott Stanford (PF) Jason Cotton | |
| 02:11 | UConn | David Boone makes the 1st free throw | 61-66 |
| 02:11 | UConn | David Boone misses the 2nd free throw | 61-66 |
| 02:11 | Kentucky | Edward Fontes gets the rebound | 61-66 |
| 02:05 | Kentucky | Gregory Goodfellow scores on a 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Nicholas Banfield | 64-66 |
| 01:57 | UConn | Scott Stanford comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 64-66 |
| 01:56 | Kentucky | Edward Fontes grabs the board | 64-66 |
| 01:27 | Kentucky | Robert Peres makes the 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Nicholas Banfield | 67-66 |
| 01:23 | UConn | Orville Brisson throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 67-66 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Louis Welcher (C) Edward Fontes | |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| 01:01 | Kentucky | Louis Welcher makes the runner from the baseline | 69-66 |
| 00:47 | UConn | Kenneth Johson is hacked by Louis Welcher - foul #1 on Louis Welcher, team foul #11 | 69-66 |
| 00:47 | UConn | Kenneth Johson makes the 1st free throw | 69-67 |
| 00:47 | UConn | Kenneth Johson makes the 2nd free throw | 69-68 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:19 | Kentucky | David Boone is called for the reach on Robert Peres - foul #2 on David Boone, team foul #8 | 69-68 |
| 00:19 | Kentucky | Robert Peres makes the 1st free throw | 70-68 |
| 00:19 | Kentucky | Robert Peres makes the 2nd free throw | 71-68 |
| 00:08 | UConn | Anthony Hogg connects on the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from David Boone | 71-71 |
| 00:08 | Kentucky | Kentucky calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 4 full remaining) | 71-71 |
| 00:00 | Kentucky | Robert Peres scores on a shot near the basket | 73-71 |