| Lineup | Florida | PG - Mike Nolan (fresh) SG - Jason Eccles (fresh) SF - William Byrd (fresh) PF - Daniel Christy (fresh) C - Kenneth Packard (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Robert Peres (fresh) SG - Gregory Goodfellow (fresh) SF - Nicholas Banfield (fresh) PF - Fred Adams (fresh) C - Louis Welcher (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Florida | Daniel Christy wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Florida | Florida is playing a flex offense and a fullcourt press (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (-2) | |
| 19:37 | Florida | Kenneth Packard is fouled on the floor by Robert Peres - foul #1 on Robert Peres, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:23 | Florida | Jason Eccles's fadeaway is rejected by Louis Welcher | 0-0 |
| 19:22 | Kentucky | Louis Welcher grabs the board | 0-0 |
| 18:56 | Kentucky | Nicholas Banfield misses long on a jumper from just outside the lane | 0-0 |
| 18:55 | Florida | The rebound goes to Mike Nolan | 0-0 |
| 18:33 | Florida | Jason Eccles clanks a fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 0-0 |
| 18:32 | Florida | Kenneth Packard grabs the offensive board | 0-0 |
| 18:18 | Florida | Mike Nolan misses the turnaround from the left block but he's fouled by Gregory Goodfellow - foul #1 on Gregory Goodfellow, team foul #2 | 0-0 |
| 18:18 | Florida | Mike Nolan makes the 1st free throw | 1-0 |
| 18:18 | Florida | Mike Nolan misses the 2nd free throw | 1-0 |
| 18:18 | Kentucky | Nicholas Banfield grabs the board | 1-0 |
| 18:15 | Kentucky | Mike Nolan steps in front of the Robert Peres pass in the backcourt | 1-0 |
| 18:14 | Florida | William Byrd lays it up and in on a great pass from Mike Nolan | 3-0 |
| 17:51 | Kentucky | Kenneth Packard steals it from Fred Adams | 3-0 |
| 17:34 | Florida | William Byrd is called for a pushoff foul - foul #1 on William Byrd, team foul #1 | 3-0 |
| Subs | Florida | Jessie Gleason (SG), Louis Faulk (SF) Jason Eccles, William Byrd | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 17:19 | Kentucky | Daniel Christy denies the turnaround by Louis Welcher | 3-0 |
| 17:18 | Florida | Louis Faulk grabs the board | 3-0 |
| 17:05 | Florida | Gregory Goodfellow is called for the reach on Kenneth Packard - foul #2 on Gregory Goodfellow, team foul #3 | 3-0 |
| Subs | Florida | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Stephen Larabee (SG), Dikembe Abdalla (SF), Edward Fontes (C) Gregory Goodfellow, Nicholas Banfield, Louis Welcher | |
| 16:54 | Florida | Kenneth Packard's floater is tipped away by Edward Fontes | 3-0 |
| 16:53 | Florida | The offensive rebound goes to Daniel Christy | 3-0 |
| 16:33 | Florida | Louis Faulk misses badly on a driving attempt from close range but the foul's on Dikembe Abdalla - foul #1 on Dikembe Abdalla, team foul #4 | 3-0 |
| Subs | Florida | | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Raymond Massey (PG) Robert Peres | |
| 16:33 | Florida | Louis Faulk makes the 1st free throw | 4-0 |
| 16:33 | Florida | Louis Faulk misses the 2nd free throw | 4-0 |
| 16:33 | Kentucky | Edward Fontes gets the rebound | 4-0 |
| 16:05 | Kentucky | Stephen Larabee misses badly on a floater from just outside the lane | 4-0 |
| 16:04 | Florida | Kenneth Packard grabs the defensive rebound | 4-0 |
| 16:02 | Florida | Mike Nolan is called for a moving pick in the backcourt - foul #1 on Mike Nolan, team foul #2 | 4-0 |
| Subs | Florida | Rodney Bittner (PG), Jason Eccles (SG), William Byrd (SF) Mike Nolan, Jessie Gleason, Louis Faulk | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Nicholas Banfield (SF) Raymond Massey | |
| 15:33 | Kentucky | Dikembe Abdalla's floater is knocked away by Daniel Christy | 4-0 |
| 15:31 | Florida | William Byrd grabs the board | 4-0 |
| Lineup | Florida | PG - Rodney Bittner (fresh) SG - Jason Eccles (fresh) SF - William Byrd (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Daniel Christy (tiring) 2 blk. C - Kenneth Packard (tiring) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Stephen Larabee (fairly fresh) SG - Dikembe Abdalla (fairly fresh) SF - Nicholas Banfield (fresh) PF - Fred Adams (tiring) C - Edward Fontes (fairly fresh) | |
| 15:09 | Florida | Kenneth Packard hits a jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Jason Eccles and he's hacked by Stephen Larabee - foul #1 on Stephen Larabee, team foul #5 | 6-0 |
| Subs | Florida | Louis Faulk (SF) William Byrd | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Peres (PG), Raymond Massey (SG), Louis Welcher (C) Stephen Larabee, Dikembe Abdalla, Edward Fontes | |
| 15:09 | Florida | Kenneth Packard misses the free throw | 6-0 |
| 15:09 | Kentucky | Louis Welcher grabs the defensive rebound | 6-0 |
| 15:07 | Kentucky | Raymond Massey is hacked by Daniel Christy in the backcourt - foul #1 on Daniel Christy, team foul #3 | 6-0 |
| Subs | Florida | Mike Nolan (PG) Jason Eccles | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 14:55 | Kentucky | Fred Adams is fouled on the floor by Kenneth Packard - foul #1 on Kenneth Packard, team foul #4 | 6-0 |
| Subs | Florida | Kenneth Brew (SG) Rodney Bittner | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Clarence Hendrix (SF) Nicholas Banfield | |
| 14:35 | Kentucky | Robert Peres can't connect on an uncontested 3pt jumper from the left corner | 6-0 |
| 14:34 | Kentucky | Louis Welcher tips it back up and in | 6-2 |
| 14:12 | Florida | Kenneth Brew misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 6-2 |
| 14:10 | Kentucky | Robert Peres grabs the board | 6-2 |
| 13:54 | Kentucky | Louis Welcher slams it home set up by Robert Peres and the foul's on Kenneth Packard - foul #2 on Kenneth Packard, team foul #5 | 6-4 |
| Subs | Florida | Jason Eccles (SG), William Byrd (SF), Craig Whitehurst (C) Kenneth Brew, Louis Faulk, Kenneth Packard | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Nicholas Banfield (SF), Tom Scarborough (PF) Clarence Hendrix, Fred Adams | |
| 13:54 | Kentucky | Louis Welcher makes the free throw | 6-5 |
| 13:38 | Florida | William Byrd's layup is rejected by Tom Scarborough | 6-5 |
| 13:36 | Kentucky | Tom Scarborough grabs the defensive rebound | 6-5 |
| 13:07 | Kentucky | Craig Whitehurst steals it from Tom Scarborough | 6-5 |
| 12:52 | Florida | Mike Nolan can't connect on a fadeaway from the left side | 6-5 |
| 12:50 | Kentucky | Nicholas Banfield pulls down the rebound | 6-5 |
| 12:21 | Kentucky | Jason Eccles takes the ball from Nicholas Banfield | 6-5 |
| 12:18 | Florida | Mike Nolan throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 6-5 |
| Subs | Florida | Rodney Bittner (PG), Jessie Gleason (SG), Louis Faulk (SF), Robert Clinton (PF), George Grinstead (C) Mike Nolan, Jason Eccles, William Byrd, Daniel Christy, Craig Whitehurst | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Stephen Larabee (PG), Dikembe Abdalla (SG), Clarence Hendrix (SF), Fred Adams (PF), Edward Fontes (C) Robert Peres, Raymond Massey, Nicholas Banfield, Tom Scarborough, Louis Welcher | |
| 11:58 | Kentucky | Dikembe Abdalla hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Louis Faulk - foul #1 on Louis Faulk, team foul #6 | 6-5 |
| 11:58 | Kentucky | Dikembe Abdalla makes the 1st free throw | 6-6 |
| 11:58 | Kentucky | Dikembe Abdalla makes the 2nd free throw | 6-7 |
| 11:40 | Florida | Rodney Bittner misses badly on a runner from the left block but he's fouled by Stephen Larabee - foul #2 on Stephen Larabee, team foul #6 | 6-7 |
| Subs | Florida | Kenneth Brew (SF) Louis Faulk | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Peres (PG) Stephen Larabee | |
| 11:40 | Florida | Rodney Bittner makes the 1st free throw | 7-7 |
| 11:40 | Florida | Rodney Bittner misses the 2nd free throw | 7-7 |
| 11:40 | Kentucky | Edward Fontes snags the defensive board | 7-7 |
| 11:38 | Kentucky | Dikembe Abdalla is hacked by Jessie Gleason in the backcourt - foul #1 on Jessie Gleason, team foul #7 | 7-7 |
| 11:38 | Kentucky | Dikembe Abdalla makes the 1st free throw | 7-8 |
| 11:38 | Kentucky | Dikembe Abdalla misses the 2nd free throw | 7-8 |
| 11:38 | Florida | George Grinstead pulls down the rebound | 7-8 |
| 11:26 | Florida | George Grinstead misses badly on a turnaround near the basket | 7-8 |
| 11:24 | Kentucky | Edward Fontes snags the defensive board | 7-8 |
| Lineup | Florida | PG - Rodney Bittner (fresh) 1 pts. SG - Jessie Gleason (fresh) SF - Kenneth Brew (fresh) PF - Robert Clinton (fresh) C - George Grinstead (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Robert Peres (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Dikembe Abdalla (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Clarence Hendrix (fresh) PF - Fred Adams (tired) C - Edward Fontes (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 11:00 | Kentucky | Dikembe Abdalla makes the shot from the left wing on a great pass from Robert Peres | 7-10 |
| 10:39 | Florida | Robert Clinton hits a jumper from the right side on a great pass from George Grinstead | 9-10 |
| 10:20 | Kentucky | Dikembe Abdalla scores on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Clarence Hendrix | 9-12 |
| 10:18 | Florida | Fred Adams is called for the reach on Rodney Bittner in the backcourt - foul #1 on Fred Adams, team foul #7 | 9-12 |
| Subs | Florida | Jason Eccles (SG), William Byrd (SF), Louis Faulk (PF), Craig Whitehurst (C) Jessie Gleason, Kenneth Brew, Robert Clinton, George Grinstead | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Raymond Massey (SG), Nicholas Banfield (SF), Tom Scarborough (PF), Louis Welcher (C) Dikembe Abdalla, Clarence Hendrix, Fred Adams, Edward Fontes | |
| 10:18 | Florida | Rodney Bittner misses the 1st free throw | 9-12 |
| 10:18 | Kentucky | Tom Scarborough snags the defensive board | 9-12 |
| 09:57 | Kentucky | Nicholas Banfield comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 9-12 |
| 09:56 | Kentucky | Robert Peres tips it in | 9-14 |
| 09:34 | Florida | Jason Eccles is hacked by Raymond Massey - foul #1 on Raymond Massey, team foul #8 | 9-14 |
| Subs | Florida | Mike Nolan (PG), Daniel Christy (PF) Rodney Bittner, Louis Faulk | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 09:34 | Florida | Jason Eccles misses the 1st free throw | 9-14 |
| 09:34 | Kentucky | Louis Welcher grabs the board | 9-14 |
| 09:11 | Kentucky | Robert Peres is hacked by Mike Nolan - foul #2 on Mike Nolan, team foul #8 | 9-14 |
| Subs | Florida | Rodney Bittner (PG), Kenneth Brew (SF) Mike Nolan, William Byrd | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Dikembe Abdalla (SG), Fred Adams (PF) Raymond Massey, Tom Scarborough | |
| 09:11 | Kentucky | Robert Peres makes the 1st free throw | 9-15 |
| 09:11 | Kentucky | Robert Peres makes the 2nd free throw | 9-16 |
| 08:56 | Florida | Rodney Bittner is whistled for a carry | 9-16 |
| 08:45 | Kentucky | Louis Welcher clanks a shot from the right side but he's fouled by Kenneth Brew - foul #1 on Kenneth Brew, team foul #9 | 9-16 |
| Subs | Florida | William Byrd (SF), George Grinstead (C) Jason Eccles, Craig Whitehurst | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 08:45 | Kentucky | Louis Welcher makes the 1st free throw | 9-17 |
| 08:45 | Kentucky | Louis Welcher makes the 2nd free throw | 9-18 |
| 08:27 | Florida | Kenneth Brew makes the 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Rodney Bittner | 12-18 |
| 08:03 | Kentucky | Louis Welcher loses the dribble to Rodney Bittner | 12-18 |
| 08:01 | Florida | Kenneth Brew is fouled in the backcourt by Louis Welcher - foul #1 on Louis Welcher, team foul #9 | 12-18 |
| Subs | Florida | Jason Eccles (SG), Craig Whitehurst (C) William Byrd, George Grinstead | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Raymond Massey (SG), Clarence Hendrix (SF), Tom Scarborough (PF), Edward Fontes (C) Dikembe Abdalla, Nicholas Banfield, Fred Adams, Louis Welcher | |
| 08:01 | Florida | Kenneth Brew makes the 1st free throw | 13-18 |
| 08:01 | Florida | Kenneth Brew misses the 2nd free throw | 13-18 |
| 08:01 | Kentucky | Edward Fontes pulls down the rebound | 13-18 |
| 07:43 | Kentucky | Robert Peres drills a 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Clarence Hendrix | 13-21 |
| 07:29 | Florida | Craig Whitehurst clanks a jumper from the right wing | 13-21 |
| 07:27 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Tom Scarborough | 13-21 |
| 07:03 | Kentucky | Tom Scarborough misses long on a fadeaway from the left block but he's fouled by Kenneth Brew - foul #2 on Kenneth Brew, team foul #10 | 13-21 |
| Subs | Florida | Jessie Gleason (SG), Louis Faulk (SF), Robert Clinton (PF), George Grinstead (C) Jason Eccles, Kenneth Brew, Daniel Christy, Craig Whitehurst | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Nicholas Banfield (SF) Clarence Hendrix | |
| 07:03 | Kentucky | Tom Scarborough misses the 1st free throw | 13-21 |
| 07:03 | Kentucky | Tom Scarborough misses the 2nd free throw | 13-21 |
| 07:03 | Florida | George Grinstead grabs the defensive rebound | 13-21 |
| Lineup | Florida | PG - Rodney Bittner (tired) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jessie Gleason (fresh) SF - Louis Faulk (fairly fresh) 1 pts. PF - Robert Clinton (fresh) 2 pts. C - George Grinstead (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Robert Peres (tiring) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Raymond Massey (fairly fresh) SF - Nicholas Banfield (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Tom Scarborough (fairly fresh) 3 reb. C - Edward Fontes (fairly fresh) 4 reb. | |
| 06:55 | Florida | Robert Clinton knocks in the turnaround in the lane on a nice dish by Jessie Gleason | 15-21 |
| 06:52 | Kentucky | George Grinstead picks off the pass by Nicholas Banfield in the backcourt | 15-21 |
| 06:40 | Florida | Robert Clinton misses the wide open fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 15-21 |
| 06:38 | Kentucky | Robert Peres pulls down the rebound | 15-21 |
| 06:14 | Kentucky | Nicholas Banfield misses the dunk but the foul's on Jessie Gleason - foul #2 on Jessie Gleason, team foul #11 | 15-21 |
| Subs | Florida | Mike Nolan (PG), Jason Eccles (SG), William Byrd (SF), Kenneth Packard (C) Rodney Bittner, Jessie Gleason, Louis Faulk, George Grinstead | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Stephen Larabee (PG), Gregory Goodfellow (SG), Fred Adams (PF), Louis Welcher (C) Robert Peres, Raymond Massey, Tom Scarborough, Edward Fontes | |
| 06:14 | Kentucky | Nicholas Banfield makes the 1st free throw | 15-22 |
| 06:14 | Kentucky | Nicholas Banfield makes the 2nd free throw | 15-23 |
| 05:57 | Florida | Jason Eccles is open and buries a jumper from the baseline on a great pass from Mike Nolan | 17-23 |
| 05:29 | Kentucky | Stephen Larabee blows the layup but he's fouled by Mike Nolan - foul #3 on Mike Nolan, team foul #12 | 17-23 |
| Subs | Florida | Rodney Bittner (PG), Daniel Christy (PF) Mike Nolan, Robert Clinton | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 05:29 | Kentucky | Stephen Larabee misses the 1st free throw | 17-23 |
| 05:29 | Kentucky | Stephen Larabee makes the 2nd free throw | 17-24 |
| 05:26 | Florida | Nicholas Banfield steals the ball from Rodney Bittner in the backcourt | 17-24 |
| 05:10 | Kentucky | Fred Adams misses long on an open turnaround in the lane | 17-24 |
| 05:08 | Kentucky | Stephen Larabee tips it back up and in | 17-26 |
| 04:48 | Florida | The jump hook by Rodney Bittner is blocked by Louis Welcher | 17-26 |
| 04:46 | Florida | Jason Eccles misses the tip | 17-26 |
| 04:44 | Florida | William Byrd snags the offensive board | 17-26 |
| 04:31 | Florida | Daniel Christy is hacked by Fred Adams - foul #2 on Fred Adams, team foul #10 | 17-26 |
| Subs | Florida | Louis Faulk (SF) William Byrd | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Clarence Hendrix (SF), Tom Scarborough (PF), Edward Fontes (C) Nicholas Banfield, Fred Adams, Louis Welcher | |
| 04:31 | Florida | Daniel Christy misses the 1st free throw | 17-26 |
| 04:31 | Florida | Daniel Christy makes the 2nd free throw | 18-26 |
| 04:27 | Kentucky | Kenneth Packard is called for the reach on Stephen Larabee in the backcourt - foul #3 on Kenneth Packard, team foul #13 | 18-26 |
| Subs | Florida | George Grinstead (C) Kenneth Packard | |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| 04:27 | Kentucky | Stephen Larabee misses the 1st free throw | 18-26 |
| 04:27 | Kentucky | Stephen Larabee misses the 2nd free throw | 18-26 |
| 04:27 | Kentucky | Tom Scarborough pulls down the offensive rebound | 18-26 |
| 04:09 | Kentucky | Tom Scarborough connects on the turnaround from the left block set up by Stephen Larabee | 18-28 |
| 04:07 | Florida | Jason Eccles loses the dribble to Tom Scarborough in the backcourt | 18-28 |
| 03:47 | Kentucky | Stephen Larabee is fouled on the floor by Daniel Christy - foul #2 on Daniel Christy, team foul #14 | 18-28 |
| Subs | Florida | Jessie Gleason (SG), Kenneth Brew (SF) Rodney Bittner, Daniel Christy | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Raymond Massey (PG) Gregory Goodfellow | |
| 03:47 | Kentucky | Stephen Larabee makes the 1st free throw | 18-29 |
| 03:47 | Kentucky | Stephen Larabee misses the 2nd free throw | 18-29 |
| 03:47 | Florida | The rebound goes to George Grinstead | 18-29 |
| 03:32 | Florida | Jessie Gleason hits a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 20-29 |
| 03:06 | Kentucky | Tom Scarborough comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 20-29 |
| 03:04 | Florida | George Grinstead grabs the defensive rebound | 20-29 |
| Lineup | Florida | PG - Jason Eccles (tired) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jessie Gleason (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kenneth Brew (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Louis Faulk (tiring) 1 pts. C - George Grinstead (fairly fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Raymond Massey (fresh) SG - Stephen Larabee (tiring) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Clarence Hendrix (fairly fresh) 2 ast. PF - Tom Scarborough (tiring) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Edward Fontes (tiring) 4 reb. | |
| 02:50 | Florida | George Grinstead makes the jumper in the lane set up by Jason Eccles | 22-29 |
| 02:21 | Kentucky | Tom Scarborough blows the layup | 22-29 |
| 02:19 | Florida | Louis Faulk grabs the defensive rebound | 22-29 |
| 02:05 | Florida | Jason Eccles misses the floater from the free throw line but he's hacked by Raymond Massey - foul #2 on Raymond Massey, team foul #11 | 22-29 |
| Subs | Florida | William Byrd (SF), Robert Clinton (PF), Craig Whitehurst (C) Kenneth Brew, Louis Faulk, George Grinstead | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Robert Peres (PG), Gregory Goodfellow (SG), Dikembe Abdalla (SF), Fred Adams (PF), Louis Welcher (C) Raymond Massey, Stephen Larabee, Clarence Hendrix, Tom Scarborough, Edward Fontes | |
| 02:05 | Florida | Jason Eccles makes the 1st free throw | 23-29 |
| 02:05 | Florida | Jason Eccles makes the 2nd free throw | 24-29 |
| 01:45 | Kentucky | Robert Clinton steals the ball from Gregory Goodfellow | 24-29 |
| 01:35 | Florida | Jason Eccles's floater is tipped away by Fred Adams | 24-29 |
| 01:34 | Kentucky | Fred Adams grabs the board | 24-29 |
| 01:29 | Kentucky | Jason Eccles is called for the reach on Robert Peres in the backcourt - foul #1 on Jason Eccles, team foul #15 | 24-29 |
| Subs | Florida | Rodney Bittner (PG) Jason Eccles | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Nicholas Banfield (SF) Dikembe Abdalla | |
| 01:29 | Kentucky | Robert Peres makes the 1st free throw | 24-30 |
| 01:29 | Kentucky | Robert Peres makes the 2nd free throw | 24-31 |
| 01:07 | Florida | William Byrd throws a bad pass out of bounds | 24-31 |
| 00:46 | Kentucky | Robert Peres misses long on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 24-31 |
| 00:44 | Florida | William Byrd gets the rebound | 24-31 |
| 00:39 | Florida | William Byrd is hacked by Gregory Goodfellow - foul #3 on Gregory Goodfellow, team foul #12 | 24-31 |
| Subs | Florida | Daniel Christy (PF) Robert Clinton | |
| Subs | Kentucky | Dikembe Abdalla (SG) Gregory Goodfellow | |
| 00:39 | Florida | William Byrd makes the 1st free throw | 25-31 |
| 00:39 | Florida | William Byrd makes the 2nd free throw | 26-31 |
| 00:23 | Kentucky | Fred Adams misses long on a floater from the free throw line | 26-31 |
| 00:21 | Florida | Craig Whitehurst snags the defensive board | 26-31 |
| 00:02 | Florida | William Byrd makes the jumpshot from the free throw line | 28-31 |
| 00:00 | Kentucky | Nicholas Banfield misses the fullcourt shot | 28-31 |