| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Charles Mitchell (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Ray Boyd (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Brian Shurtleff (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. PF - James Cecere (fresh) 2 reb. C - Mark Arnold (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Benjamin Rust (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Semple (fresh) SF - Michael Byrnes (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Michael Lewis (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - Adam Sommer (fresh) 9 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Michigan State | Brian Shurtleff inbounds the ball | 28-15 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Colorado | Colorado is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:49 | Michigan State | Ray Boyd jams it | 30-15 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Colorado | Colorado is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:25 | Colorado | Brian Shurtleff is called for the reach on Benjamin Rust - foul #2 on Brian Shurtleff, team foul #1 | 30-15 |
| 19:12 | Colorado | Michael Lewis blows the layup but he's fouled by Charles Mitchell - foul #3 on Charles Mitchell, team foul #2 | 30-15 |
| Subs | Michigan State | David Burnett (PG) Charles Mitchell | |
| Subs | Colorado | | |
| 19:12 | Colorado | Michael Lewis makes the 1st free throw | 30-16 |
| 19:12 | Colorado | Michael Lewis misses the 2nd free throw | 30-16 |
| 19:12 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to Mark Arnold | 30-16 |
| 18:50 | Michigan State | Mark Arnold connects on the floater in the paint | 32-16 |
| 18:29 | Colorado | Adam Sommer blows the layup | 32-16 |
| 18:27 | Colorado | Michael Byrnes misses the tip | 32-16 |
| 18:25 | Michigan State | James Cecere grabs the defensive rebound | 32-16 |
| 18:20 | Michigan State | Brian Shurtleff clanks a jumpshot from the free throw line | 32-16 |
| 18:19 | Colorado | Adam Sommer grabs the board | 32-16 |
| 17:50 | Colorado | Adam Sommer hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 32-16 |
| 17:48 | Michigan State | Mark Arnold gets the rebound | 32-16 |
| 17:28 | Michigan State | Ray Boyd misses short on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 32-16 |
| 17:26 | Colorado | The rebound goes to Michael Lewis | 32-16 |
| 16:57 | Colorado | Michael Lewis is hacked by Brian Shurtleff - foul #3 on Brian Shurtleff, team foul #3 | 32-16 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Kenneth Swanson (SF), Lucas Ziek (C) Brian Shurtleff, Mark Arnold | |
| Subs | Colorado | Terry Kemp (SG), Michael Uselton (SF), John Thorpe (PF) Michael Semple, Michael Byrnes, Michael Lewis | |
| 16:36 | Colorado | John Thorpe connects on the shot from the left wing on a great pass from Benjamin Rust | 32-18 |
| 16:23 | Michigan State | James Cecere misses badly on a shot from the left wing but he's hacked by John Thorpe - foul #1 on John Thorpe, team foul #1 | 32-18 |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| Subs | Colorado | Juan Garcia (PG) Benjamin Rust | |
| 16:23 | Michigan State | James Cecere makes the 1st free throw | 33-18 |
| 16:23 | Michigan State | James Cecere makes the 2nd free throw | 34-18 |
| 16:11 | Colorado | Juan Garcia makes the fadeaway from close range | 34-20 |
| 15:52 | Michigan State | Kenneth Swanson throws a bad pass out of bounds | 34-20 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Charles Mitchell (PG), Brian Shurtleff (SF), Mark Arnold (C) David Burnett, Ray Boyd, James Cecere | |
| Subs | Colorado | Michael Lewis (PF) John Thorpe | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Charles Mitchell (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Kenneth Swanson (fresh) 3 pts. 2 stl. SF - Brian Shurtleff (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. PF - Lucas Ziek (fresh) 2 stl. C - Mark Arnold (fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Juan Garcia (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Terry Kemp (fresh) SF - Michael Uselton (fresh) PF - Michael Lewis (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Adam Sommer (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:35 | Colorado | Adam Sommer misses the floater from the left wing | 34-20 |
| 15:34 | Michigan State | Lucas Ziek gets the rebound | 34-20 |
| 15:14 | Michigan State | Mark Arnold misses the easy layup | 34-20 |
| 15:13 | Michigan State | Lucas Ziek grabs the offensive board | 34-20 |
| 15:07 | Michigan State | Terry Kemp steals it from Mark Arnold | 34-20 |
| 14:57 | Colorado | Adam Sommer misses the easy layup | 34-20 |
| 14:55 | Colorado | Adam Sommer grabs the offensive rebound | 34-20 |
| 14:39 | Colorado | Michael Lewis connects on the driving attempt from the left block | 34-22 |
| 14:32 | Michigan State | Kenneth Swanson is denied on a dunk by Adam Sommer | 34-22 |
| 14:31 | Michigan State | Kenneth Swanson tips it in | 36-22 |
| 14:16 | Colorado | Juan Garcia comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 36-22 |
| 14:15 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to Lucas Ziek | 36-22 |
| 14:02 | Michigan State | Mark Arnold can't connect on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 36-22 |
| 14:01 | Michigan State | Charles Mitchell hits the follow up shot | 38-22 |
| 13:38 | Colorado | Michael Uselton is hacked by Kenneth Swanson - foul #1 on Kenneth Swanson, team foul #4 | 38-22 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Ray Boyd (SG), David Burnett (SF), James Cecere (PF), Marcus Lantz (C) Kenneth Swanson, Brian Shurtleff, Lucas Ziek, Mark Arnold | |
| Subs | Colorado | Benjamin Rust (PG), Michael Semple (SG), Michael Byrnes (SF), John Thorpe (PF) Juan Garcia, Terry Kemp, Michael Uselton, Michael Lewis | |
| 13:21 | Colorado | Benjamin Rust makes the floater from the left wing | 38-24 |
| 13:06 | Michigan State | Ray Boyd is fouled on the floor by John Thorpe - foul #2 on John Thorpe, team foul #2 | 38-24 |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| Subs | Colorado | Tony Boone (PF) Adam Sommer | |
| 12:52 | Michigan State | Ray Boyd misses badly on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 38-24 |
| 12:51 | Colorado | Michael Semple grabs the board | 38-24 |
| 12:48 | Colorado | Benjamin Rust is whistled for traveling in the backcourt | 38-24 |
| 12:38 | Michigan State | James Cecere hits a jump hook in the lane set up by Ray Boyd | 40-24 |
| 12:14 | Colorado | Charles Mitchell is called for the reach on Michael Byrnes - foul #4 on Charles Mitchell, team foul #5 | 40-24 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Brian Shurtleff (SF), Mark Arnold (C) Charles Mitchell, Marcus Lantz | |
| Subs | Colorado | | |
| 12:01 | Colorado | Tony Boone misses the lay-in | 40-24 |
| 11:59 | Colorado | Michael Semple pulls down the offensive rebound | 40-24 |
| 11:46 | Colorado | The jumper by John Thorpe is denied by Brian Shurtleff | 40-24 |
| 11:44 | Michigan State | Mark Arnold grabs the defensive rebound | 40-24 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - David Burnett (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Ray Boyd (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SF - Brian Shurtleff (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. PF - James Cecere (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Mark Arnold (fresh) 9 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Benjamin Rust (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Semple (fresh) SF - Michael Byrnes (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Tony Boone (fresh) C - John Thorpe (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 11:27 | Michigan State | James Cecere connects on the shot from the right side | 42-24 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Colorado | Colorado is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 11:23 | Colorado | John Thorpe is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #3 on John Thorpe, team foul #3 | 42-24 |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| Subs | Colorado | Michael Lewis (PF), Adam Sommer (C) Tony Boone, John Thorpe | |
| 10:59 | Michigan State | Ray Boyd's layup is rejected by Adam Sommer | 42-24 |
| 10:58 | Colorado | Michael Lewis gets the rebound | 42-24 |
| 10:45 | Colorado | Adam Sommer comes up short on the driving attempt from the right block but he's hacked by James Cecere - foul #2 on James Cecere, team foul #6 | 42-24 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Kenneth Swanson (SG) Ray Boyd | |
| Subs | Colorado | Terry Kemp (SG), Michael Uselton (SF) Michael Semple, Michael Byrnes | |
| 10:45 | Colorado | Adam Sommer makes the 1st free throw | 42-25 |
| 10:45 | Colorado | Adam Sommer makes the 2nd free throw | 42-26 |
| 10:27 | Michigan State | Mark Arnold clanks a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Michael Uselton - foul #3 on Michael Uselton, team foul #4 | 42-26 |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| Subs | Colorado | Juan Garcia (PG) Benjamin Rust | |
| 10:27 | Michigan State | Mark Arnold misses the 1st free throw | 42-26 |
| 10:27 | Michigan State | Mark Arnold makes the 2nd free throw | 43-26 |
| 10:09 | Colorado | Juan Garcia makes the 3 pointer from the left corner on a nice dish by Michael Uselton | 43-29 |
| 09:51 | Michigan State | James Cecere drills a jumpshot from the right side set up by Kenneth Swanson | 45-29 |
| 09:43 | Colorado | Kenneth Swanson takes the ball from Terry Kemp | 45-29 |
| 09:20 | Michigan State | Kenneth Swanson knocks in the 3 from the right corner | 48-29 |
| 09:05 | Colorado | Mark Arnold takes the ball from Terry Kemp | 48-29 |
| 08:53 | Michigan State | James Cecere comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 48-29 |
| 08:52 | Colorado | Juan Garcia gets the rebound | 48-29 |
| 08:46 | Colorado | Michael Lewis knocks in the floater from the left block on a great pass from Juan Garcia | 48-31 |
| 08:17 | Michigan State | David Burnett misses long on a floater from the right side but he's hacked by Juan Garcia - foul #2 on Juan Garcia, team foul #5 | 48-31 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Ray Boyd (SG), Lucas Ziek (PF), Marcus Lantz (C) Brian Shurtleff, James Cecere, Mark Arnold | |
| Subs | Colorado | Benjamin Rust (PG), Michael Semple (SG), Michael Byrnes (SF), Tony Boone (PF), John Thorpe (C) Juan Garcia, Terry Kemp, Michael Uselton, Michael Lewis, Adam Sommer | |
| 08:17 | Michigan State | David Burnett misses the 1st free throw | 48-31 |
| 08:17 | Michigan State | David Burnett makes the 2nd free throw | 49-31 |
| 08:04 | Colorado | John Thorpe scores on a runner from the left block and the foul's on Marcus Lantz - foul #2 on Marcus Lantz, team foul #7 | 49-33 |
| 08:04 | Colorado | John Thorpe makes the free throw | 49-34 |
| 07:53 | Michigan State | 3 seconds is called on David Burnett | 49-34 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Charles Mitchell (PG) David Burnett | |
| Subs | Colorado | | |
| 07:29 | Colorado | John Thorpe can't connect on a jump hook in the paint | 49-34 |
| 07:27 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to Ray Boyd | 49-34 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Charles Mitchell (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. SG - Ray Boyd (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SF - Kenneth Swanson (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. PF - Lucas Ziek (fresh) 4 reb. 2 stl. C - Marcus Lantz (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Benjamin Rust (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Semple (fresh) SF - Michael Byrnes (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Tony Boone (fresh) C - John Thorpe (fresh) 7 pts. 3 pf. | |
| 07:08 | Michigan State | Charles Mitchell knocks in the 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Kenneth Swanson | 52-34 |
| 06:54 | Colorado | Benjamin Rust misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 52-34 |
| 06:52 | Colorado | John Thorpe hits the follow up shot | 52-36 |
| 06:34 | Michigan State | Charles Mitchell travels with the ball | 52-36 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Brian Shurtleff (SF), James Cecere (PF) Kenneth Swanson, Marcus Lantz | |
| Subs | Colorado | Michael Lewis (PF), Adam Sommer (C) Tony Boone, John Thorpe | |
| 06:27 | Colorado | Benjamin Rust connects on the jumpshot from the right side set up by Adam Sommer | 52-38 |
| 06:11 | Michigan State | James Cecere misses the shot from the baseline but he's fouled by Michael Semple - foul #2 on Michael Semple, team foul #6 | 52-38 |
| 06:11 | Michigan State | James Cecere makes the 1st free throw | 53-38 |
| 06:11 | Michigan State | James Cecere makes the 2nd free throw | 54-38 |
| 06:02 | Colorado | Benjamin Rust misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 54-38 |
| 06:01 | Michigan State | James Cecere snags the defensive board | 54-38 |
| 05:55 | Michigan State | Charles Mitchell can't connect on a jumpshot from the left side | 54-38 |
| 05:54 | Colorado | Adam Sommer pulls down the rebound | 54-38 |
| 05:45 | Colorado | Adam Sommer lays it in | 54-40 |
| 05:27 | Michigan State | Charles Mitchell misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 54-40 |
| 05:26 | Michigan State | Lucas Ziek can't tip it in | 54-40 |
| 05:24 | Colorado | Michael Lewis gets the rebound | 54-40 |
| 05:16 | Colorado | Benjamin Rust's fadeaway is rejected by James Cecere | 54-40 |
| 05:15 | Michigan State | Lucas Ziek snags the defensive board | 54-40 |
| 05:09 | Michigan State | Charles Mitchell misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 54-40 |
| 05:07 | Michigan State | Brian Shurtleff tips it in | 56-40 |
| 04:53 | Colorado | Benjamin Rust misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 56-40 |
| 04:51 | Michigan State | Lucas Ziek pulls down the rebound | 56-40 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Colorado | Colorado is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 04:41 | Michigan State | Michael Byrnes is called for the reach on Brian Shurtleff - foul #2 on Michael Byrnes, team foul #7 | 56-40 |
| Subs | Michigan State | David Burnett (PG), Kenneth Swanson (SG), Wilbur Griffin (PF), Marcus Lantz (C) Charles Mitchell, Ray Boyd, James Cecere, Lucas Ziek | |
| Subs | Colorado | Juan Garcia (PG), Terry Kemp (SG), Michael Uselton (SF), Tony Boone (PF), John Thorpe (C) Benjamin Rust, Michael Semple, Michael Byrnes, Michael Lewis, Adam Sommer | |
| 04:41 | Michigan State | Brian Shurtleff makes the 1st free throw | 57-40 |
| 04:41 | Michigan State | Brian Shurtleff misses the 2nd free throw | 57-40 |
| 04:41 | Colorado | John Thorpe grabs the defensive rebound | 57-40 |
| 04:27 | Colorado | Juan Garcia misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 57-40 |
| 04:26 | Michigan State | Brian Shurtleff gets the rebound | 57-40 |
| 04:12 | Michigan State | Brian Shurtleff loses the dribble to Juan Garcia | 57-40 |
| 03:50 | Colorado | Tony Boone misses long on a runner near the basket | 57-40 |
| 03:49 | Michigan State | Wilbur Griffin grabs the defensive rebound | 57-40 |
| 03:40 | Michigan State | Kenneth Swanson scores on a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a great pass from Brian Shurtleff | 60-40 |
| 03:22 | Colorado | John Thorpe misses short on a driving attempt from the baseline but the foul's on Marcus Lantz - foul #3 on Marcus Lantz, team foul #8 | 60-40 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Charles Mitchell (PG) Brian Shurtleff | |
| Subs | Colorado | | |
| 03:22 | Colorado | John Thorpe misses the 1st free throw | 60-40 |
| 03:22 | Colorado | John Thorpe makes the 2nd free throw | 60-41 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Charles Mitchell (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. SG - Kenneth Swanson (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. 3 stl. SF - David Burnett (fresh) 1 pts. 3 ast. PF - Wilbur Griffin (fresh) 2 reb. C - Marcus Lantz (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Juan Garcia (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Terry Kemp (fresh) SF - Michael Uselton (fresh) 3 pf. PF - Tony Boone (fresh) C - John Thorpe (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 03:03 | Michigan State | Charles Mitchell hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 60-41 |
| 03:02 | Colorado | John Thorpe pulls down the rebound | 60-41 |
| 02:55 | Colorado | Juan Garcia misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 60-41 |
| 02:53 | Michigan State | Marcus Lantz grabs the defensive rebound | 60-41 |
| 02:36 | Michigan State | Marcus Lantz loses the dribble to Michael Uselton | 60-41 |
| 02:22 | Colorado | Kenneth Swanson takes the ball from Tony Boone | 60-41 |
| 02:12 | Michigan State | Charles Mitchell misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 60-41 |
| 02:10 | Colorado | The rebound goes to John Thorpe | 60-41 |
| 02:03 | Colorado | Michael Uselton is hacked by Marcus Lantz - foul #4 on Marcus Lantz, team foul #9 | 60-41 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Ray Boyd (SG), Lucas Ziek (C) Charles Mitchell, Marcus Lantz | |
| Subs | Colorado | | |
| 02:03 | Colorado | Michael Uselton makes the 1st free throw | 60-42 |
| 02:03 | Colorado | Michael Uselton makes the 2nd free throw | 60-43 |
| 01:49 | Michigan State | Kenneth Swanson drills a shot from the left side on a nice dish by David Burnett | 62-43 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Colorado | Colorado is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 01:42 | Colorado | John Thorpe knocks in the turnaround from the left block | 62-45 |
| 01:27 | Michigan State | Ray Boyd loses the ball out of bounds | 62-45 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Brian Shurtleff (SF), Marcus Lantz (C) Ray Boyd, Wilbur Griffin | |
| Subs | Colorado | | |
| 01:07 | Colorado | John Thorpe misses long on a jumper from the left wing | 62-45 |
| 01:05 | Colorado | Michael Uselton tips it back up and in | 62-47 |
| 00:45 | Michigan State | Brian Shurtleff scores on a floater from the free throw line and he's hacked by Michael Uselton - foul #4 on Michael Uselton, team foul #8 | 64-47 |
| 00:45 | Michigan State | Brian Shurtleff makes the free throw | 65-47 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Colorado | Colorado is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:39 | Colorado | Tony Boone scores on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing set up by Juan Garcia | 65-49 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Colorado | Colorado is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:12 | Michigan State | Tony Boone denies the turnaround by Brian Shurtleff | 65-49 |
| 00:10 | Colorado | John Thorpe grabs the defensive rebound | 65-49 |
| 00:04 | Colorado | John Thorpe makes the jumper from the baseline on a nice dish by Terry Kemp | 65-51 |
| 00:00 | Michigan State | David Burnett runs out the clock | 65-51 |