| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Gary Jones (fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. SG - Thomas Phelps (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. SF - Melvin Vieira (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Patrick Williams (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Mario Lunsford (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - James Yamamoto (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Glenn Schwartzman (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Johnny Hoffman (fresh) PF - Arthur Lichtenberg (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Jason Collins (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira inbounds the ball | 37-31 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:37 | Syracuse | Thomas Phelps is called for traveling | 37-31 |
| 19:19 | Northern Iowa | The pull-up jumper by James Yamamoto is blocked by Melvin Vieira | 37-31 |
| 19:18 | Syracuse | Patrick Williams snags the defensive board | 37-31 |
| 19:01 | Syracuse | Thomas Phelps misses the easy layup | 37-31 |
| 18:59 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to Jason Collins | 37-31 |
| 18:54 | Northern Iowa | Glenn Schwartzman clanks a 3 pointer from straight away | 37-31 |
| 18:53 | Syracuse | Mario Lunsford grabs the defensive rebound | 37-31 |
| 18:40 | Syracuse | Gary Jones misses short on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 37-31 |
| 18:38 | Syracuse | Mario Lunsford snags the offensive board | 37-31 |
| 18:14 | Syracuse | Arthur Lichtenberg steals it from Mario Lunsford | 37-31 |
| 17:57 | Northern Iowa | Arthur Lichtenberg comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 37-31 |
| 17:56 | Syracuse | Mario Lunsford snags the defensive board | 37-31 |
| 17:34 | Syracuse | Jason Collins swats the dunk try by Melvin Vieira | 37-31 |
| 17:32 | Syracuse | Mario Lunsford grabs the offensive board | 37-31 |
| 17:09 | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira misses long on a fadeaway from the right side | 37-31 |
| 17:08 | Northern Iowa | James Yamamoto snags the defensive board | 37-31 |
| 17:00 | Northern Iowa | Arthur Lichtenberg is hacked by Patrick Williams - foul #1 on Patrick Williams, team foul #1 | 37-31 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jeffrey Shelton (PG), Johnny Katz (SG), Bruce Her (SF), Steven Citizen (PF), Kristopher Meadows (C) Gary Jones, Thomas Phelps, Melvin Vieira, Patrick Williams, Mario Lunsford | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Oscar Knowlton (SG), Corey Sutton (SF), Trinidad Glickman (PF), Daniel Fulk (C) Glenn Schwartzman, Johnny Hoffman, Arthur Lichtenberg, Jason Collins | |
| 16:49 | Northern Iowa | Corey Sutton misses the turnaround from the baseline | 37-31 |
| 16:47 | Syracuse | Steven Citizen snags the defensive board | 37-31 |
| 16:41 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Shelton hits a 3 pointer from the right corner | 40-31 |
| 16:20 | Northern Iowa | Jeffrey Shelton steals the ball from James Yamamoto | 40-31 |
| 15:56 | Syracuse | Steven Citizen comes up short on the jump hook from the right block but he's hacked by Daniel Fulk - foul #1 on Daniel Fulk, team foul #1 | 40-31 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Glenn Schwartzman (SG), Arthur Lichtenberg (PF), Jason Collins (C) James Yamamoto, Trinidad Glickman, Daniel Fulk | |
| 15:56 | Syracuse | Steven Citizen misses the 1st free throw | 40-31 |
| 15:56 | Syracuse | Steven Citizen makes the 2nd free throw | 41-31 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Jeffrey Shelton (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Johnny Katz (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Bruce Her (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Steven Citizen (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Kristopher Meadows (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Oscar Knowlton (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Glenn Schwartzman (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Corey Sutton (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Arthur Lichtenberg (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Jason Collins (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 15:35 | Northern Iowa | Corey Sutton misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 41-31 |
| 15:34 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Shelton gets the rebound | 41-31 |
| 15:14 | Syracuse | Steven Citizen dunks the ball on a nice dish by Kristopher Meadows | 43-31 |
| 14:48 | Northern Iowa | The short jumper by Glenn Schwartzman is denied by Kristopher Meadows | 43-31 |
| 14:46 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Shelton pulls down the rebound | 43-31 |
| 14:22 | Syracuse | Kristopher Meadows is hacked by Jason Collins - foul #2 on Jason Collins, team foul #2 | 43-31 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Gary Jones (PG), Thomas Phelps (SG), Melvin Vieira (SF), Patrick Williams (PF), Mario Lunsford (C) Jeffrey Shelton, Johnny Katz, Bruce Her, Steven Citizen, Kristopher Meadows | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | James Yamamoto (PG), Johnny Hoffman (SF), Trinidad Glickman (PF) Glenn Schwartzman, Corey Sutton, Arthur Lichtenberg | |
| 14:04 | Syracuse | James Yamamoto is called for the reach on Gary Jones - foul #2 on James Yamamoto, team foul #3 | 43-31 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Daniel Fulk (C) Jason Collins | |
| 13:40 | Syracuse | Patrick Williams misses the easy layup | 43-31 |
| 13:38 | Syracuse | Mario Lunsford tips it in | 45-31 |
| 13:16 | Northern Iowa | Patrick Williams steps in front of the James Yamamoto pass | 45-31 |
| 12:53 | Syracuse | Gary Jones throws a bad pass out of bounds | 45-31 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Glenn Schwartzman (SG), Arthur Lichtenberg (PF), Jason Collins (C) Oscar Knowlton, Trinidad Glickman, Daniel Fulk | |
| 12:42 | Northern Iowa | Glenn Schwartzman is fouled on the floor by Thomas Phelps - foul #1 on Thomas Phelps, team foul #2 | 45-31 |
| 12:24 | Northern Iowa | James Yamamoto connects on the fadeaway from the left side and he's fouled by Mario Lunsford - foul #3 on Mario Lunsford, team foul #3 | 45-33 |
| 12:24 | Northern Iowa | James Yamamoto makes the free throw | 45-34 |
| 12:03 | Syracuse | Patrick Williams comes up short on the fadeaway from the right wing | 45-34 |
| 12:01 | Northern Iowa | James Yamamoto snags the defensive board | 45-34 |
| 11:42 | Northern Iowa | Gary Jones steals it from Glenn Schwartzman | 45-34 |
| 11:38 | Syracuse | Thomas Phelps misses the lay-in | 45-34 |
| 11:37 | Northern Iowa | Jason Collins snags the defensive board | 45-34 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Gary Jones (fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Thomas Phelps (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. SF - Melvin Vieira (fairly fresh) 2 reb. 2 blk. PF - Patrick Williams (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - Mario Lunsford (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - James Yamamoto (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Glenn Schwartzman (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Johnny Hoffman (fresh) PF - Arthur Lichtenberg (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Jason Collins (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:08 | Northern Iowa | Johnny Hoffman knocks in the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 45-36 |
| 10:46 | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira comes up short on the fadeaway from close range | 45-36 |
| 10:44 | Northern Iowa | Jason Collins grabs the defensive rebound | 45-36 |
| 10:25 | Northern Iowa | Johnny Hoffman connects on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by James Yamamoto | 45-38 |
| 09:59 | Syracuse | Gary Jones misses long on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 45-38 |
| 09:57 | Northern Iowa | Arthur Lichtenberg grabs the board | 45-38 |
| 09:39 | Northern Iowa | Glenn Schwartzman misses badly on a fadeaway from just outside the lane but the foul's on Mario Lunsford - foul #4 on Mario Lunsford, team foul #4 | 45-38 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jeffrey Shelton (PG), Johnny Katz (SG), Bruce Her (SF), Steven Citizen (PF), Kristopher Meadows (C) Gary Jones, Thomas Phelps, Melvin Vieira, Patrick Williams, Mario Lunsford | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Oscar Knowlton (PG), Corey Sutton (SF), Trinidad Glickman (PF), Daniel Fulk (C) James Yamamoto, Johnny Hoffman, Arthur Lichtenberg, Jason Collins | |
| 09:39 | Northern Iowa | Glenn Schwartzman makes the 1st free throw | 45-39 |
| 09:39 | Northern Iowa | Glenn Schwartzman makes the 2nd free throw | 45-40 |
| 09:16 | Syracuse | Kristopher Meadows drills a shot from close range on a nice dish by Jeffrey Shelton | 47-40 |
| 09:02 | Northern Iowa | Glenn Schwartzman is wide open but clanks a 3pt attempt from straight away | 47-40 |
| 09:00 | Syracuse | Steven Citizen snags the defensive board | 47-40 |
| 08:40 | Syracuse | Steven Citizen is denied on a dunk by Trinidad Glickman | 47-40 |
| 08:38 | Northern Iowa | The rebound goes to Glenn Schwartzman | 47-40 |
| 08:17 | Northern Iowa | Oscar Knowlton makes the runner from close range set up by Trinidad Glickman | 47-42 |
| 07:56 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Shelton knocks in the 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Bruce Her | 50-42 |
| 07:35 | Northern Iowa | Oscar Knowlton comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 50-42 |
| 07:33 | Syracuse | Johnny Katz grabs the defensive rebound | 50-42 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Jeffrey Shelton (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - Johnny Katz (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Bruce Her (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. PF - Steven Citizen (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - Kristopher Meadows (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - Oscar Knowlton (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Glenn Schwartzman (fairly fresh) 8 pts. SF - Corey Sutton (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Trinidad Glickman (fresh) 2 reb. C - Daniel Fulk (fresh) | |
| 07:09 | Syracuse | Steven Citizen clanks a pull-up jumper from the right side | 50-42 |
| 07:07 | Northern Iowa | Corey Sutton grabs the board | 50-42 |
| 06:52 | Northern Iowa | Johnny Katz is called for the reach on Glenn Schwartzman - foul #3 on Johnny Katz, team foul #5 | 50-42 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Gary Jones (PG), Christopher Baldwin (SG), Melvin Vieira (SF), Patrick Williams (PF), Gary Marcus (C) Jeffrey Shelton, Johnny Katz, Bruce Her, Steven Citizen, Kristopher Meadows | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | James Yamamoto (PG), Johnny Hoffman (SF), Arthur Lichtenberg (PF), Jason Collins (C) Glenn Schwartzman, Corey Sutton, Trinidad Glickman, Daniel Fulk | |
| 06:36 | Northern Iowa | Arthur Lichtenberg misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 50-42 |
| 06:35 | Northern Iowa | Oscar Knowlton grabs the offensive board | 50-42 |
| 06:21 | Northern Iowa | Gary Jones takes the ball from James Yamamoto | 50-42 |
| 06:03 | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira makes the floater in the lane set up by Christopher Baldwin and he's hacked by Jason Collins - foul #3 on Jason Collins, team foul #4 | 52-42 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Thomas Phelps (SG), Mario Lunsford (C) Christopher Baldwin, Gary Marcus | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Fred Grubbs (SG) Oscar Knowlton | |
| 06:03 | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira misses the free throw | 52-42 |
| 06:03 | Northern Iowa | Jason Collins grabs the defensive rebound | 52-42 |
| 05:52 | Northern Iowa | Fred Grubbs drills a pull-up jumper from the left wing on a great pass from James Yamamoto and he's hacked by Gary Jones - foul #1 on Gary Jones, team foul #6 | 52-44 |
| 05:52 | Northern Iowa | Fred Grubbs misses the free throw | 52-44 |
| 05:52 | Syracuse | Patrick Williams pulls down the rebound | 52-44 |
| 05:23 | Syracuse | Thomas Phelps misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 52-44 |
| 05:22 | Syracuse | Mario Lunsford pulls down the offensive rebound | 52-44 |
| 05:05 | Syracuse | Gary Jones's pass is intercepted by Johnny Hoffman | 52-44 |
| 04:55 | Northern Iowa | Johnny Hoffman is open but comes up short on the driving attempt near the basket | 52-44 |
| 04:53 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Mario Lunsford | 52-44 |
| 04:24 | Syracuse | Mario Lunsford's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 52-44 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jeffrey Shelton (PG), Steven Citizen (SF), Kristopher Meadows (PF) Gary Jones, Melvin Vieira, Patrick Williams | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Oscar Knowlton (SG), Corey Sutton (SF) Fred Grubbs, Johnny Hoffman | |
| 04:06 | Northern Iowa | Arthur Lichtenberg comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 52-44 |
| 04:04 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Shelton snags the defensive board | 52-44 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:40 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Shelton loses the dribble to James Yamamoto | 52-44 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:22 | Northern Iowa | James Yamamoto drills a 3 from the right corner on a nice dish by Oscar Knowlton | 52-47 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Jeffrey Shelton (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - Thomas Phelps (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. SF - Steven Citizen (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. PF - Kristopher Meadows (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Mario Lunsford (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 7 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Northern Iowa | PG - James Yamamoto (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SG - Oscar Knowlton (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Corey Sutton (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Arthur Lichtenberg (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Jason Collins (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 03:04 | Syracuse | The short jumper by Steven Citizen is denied by Corey Sutton | 52-47 |
| 03:02 | Northern Iowa | Arthur Lichtenberg gets the rebound | 52-47 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 03:00 | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 52-47 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Gary Jones (PG), Melvin Vieira (SF), Patrick Williams (PF) Jeffrey Shelton, Steven Citizen, Kristopher Meadows | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | Glenn Schwartzman (SG), Johnny Hoffman (SF) Oscar Knowlton, Corey Sutton | |
| 02:57 | Northern Iowa | Glenn Schwartzman comes up short on the floater from the left side | 52-47 |
| 02:55 | Syracuse | Patrick Williams grabs the board | 52-47 |
| 02:34 | Syracuse | Gary Jones hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 52-47 |
| 02:32 | Northern Iowa | Arthur Lichtenberg grabs the board | 52-47 |
| 02:16 | Northern Iowa | Arthur Lichtenberg connects on the shot from close range set up by Johnny Hoffman | 52-49 |
| 01:48 | Syracuse | Gary Jones loses the ball out of bounds | 52-49 |
| 01:36 | Northern Iowa | Glenn Schwartzman misses the 3 pointer from the right corner | 52-49 |
| 01:35 | Syracuse | Thomas Phelps snags the defensive board | 52-49 |
| 01:16 | Syracuse | Patrick Williams misses long on a floater from the baseline | 52-49 |
| 01:14 | Northern Iowa | James Yamamoto snags the defensive board | 52-49 |
| 00:57 | Northern Iowa | Jason Collins's fadeaway is rejected by Patrick Williams | 52-49 |
| 00:56 | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira grabs the defensive rebound | 52-49 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:29 | Syracuse | Glenn Schwartzman is called for the reach on Thomas Phelps - foul #3 on Glenn Schwartzman, team foul #5 | 52-49 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Bruce Her (SF) Melvin Vieira | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a flex offense and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:26 | Syracuse | Glenn Schwartzman is called for the reach on Gary Jones - foul #4 on Glenn Schwartzman, team foul #6 | 52-49 |
| 00:23 | Syracuse | Bruce Her is hacked by Johnny Hoffman - foul #3 on Johnny Hoffman, team foul #7 | 52-49 |
| 00:23 | Syracuse | Bruce Her makes the 1st free throw | 53-49 |
| 00:23 | Syracuse | Bruce Her makes the 2nd free throw | 54-49 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:17 | Northern Iowa | James Yamamoto comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 54-49 |
| 00:16 | Syracuse | Bruce Her grabs the board | 54-49 |
| 00:14 | Syracuse | Bruce Her is hacked by James Yamamoto in the backcourt - foul #3 on James Yamamoto, team foul #8 | 54-49 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira (SF), Gary Marcus (C) Patrick Williams, Mario Lunsford | |
| Subs | Northern Iowa | | |
| 00:14 | Syracuse | Bruce Her makes the 1st free throw | 55-49 |
| 00:14 | Syracuse | Bruce Her misses the 2nd free throw | 55-49 |
| 00:14 | Northern Iowa | Arthur Lichtenberg snags the defensive board | 55-49 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:09 | Northern Iowa | Gary Jones steals the ball from James Yamamoto | 55-49 |
| 00:05 | Syracuse | Thomas Phelps lays it in on a great pass from Gary Jones | 57-49 |
| 00:00 | Northern Iowa | Glenn Schwartzman makes the 3 from the left wing | 57-52 |