| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Richard Sheets (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Toney Dumas (fresh) SF - Clifford Jacobs (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Paul Pierce (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Christopher Freudenberg (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Alan Oliverio (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Garrett Tolan (fresh) SF - Charles Walsh (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Anthony Westbrook (fresh) 14 pts. 4 reb. C - Gregory Skaggs (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Rutgers | Charles Walsh inbounds the ball | 15-25 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:40 | Rutgers | Alan Oliverio scores on a 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Anthony Westbrook | 15-28 |
| 19:21 | Louisville | Richard Sheets is fouled on the floor by Anthony Westbrook - foul #1 on Anthony Westbrook, team foul #1 | 15-28 |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Marinelli (PG), Rafael Ayala (C) Richard Sheets, Christopher Freudenberg | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 18:58 | Louisville | Clifford Jacobs comes up short on the jumpshot from the right wing but he's hacked by Garrett Tolan - foul #1 on Garrett Tolan, team foul #2 | 15-28 |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Sheets (PG) Timothy Marinelli | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 18:58 | Louisville | Clifford Jacobs makes the 1st free throw | 16-28 |
| 18:58 | Louisville | Clifford Jacobs makes the 2nd free throw | 17-28 |
| 18:30 | Rutgers | Gregory Skaggs loses the ball out of bounds | 17-28 |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Marinelli (PG), Joseph Nesbitt (SF), Christopher Freudenberg (C) Richard Sheets, Clifford Jacobs, Paul Pierce | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 18:12 | Louisville | Rafael Ayala drills a shot from the baseline set up by Toney Dumas | 19-28 |
| 17:53 | Rutgers | Anthony Westbrook comes up short on the fadeaway from the free throw line | 19-28 |
| 17:52 | Rutgers | Gregory Skaggs snags the offensive board | 19-28 |
| 17:26 | Rutgers | Charles Walsh misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 19-28 |
| 17:24 | Rutgers | The offensive rebound goes to Charles Walsh | 19-28 |
| 17:15 | Rutgers | Alan Oliverio misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 19-28 |
| 17:13 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Toney Dumas | 19-28 |
| 16:46 | Louisville | Toney Dumas hits the finger roll on a great pass from Joseph Nesbitt | 21-28 |
| 16:19 | Rutgers | Alan Oliverio is fouled on the floor by Timothy Marinelli - foul #1 on Timothy Marinelli, team foul #1 | 21-28 |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Sheets (PG), Clifford Jacobs (SF), Paul Pierce (PF), Kevin Kemp (C) Timothy Marinelli, Joseph Nesbitt, Rafael Ayala, Christopher Freudenberg | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Allen Ordonez (SF), Jan Barry (C) Charles Walsh, Gregory Skaggs | |
| 15:59 | Rutgers | Allen Ordonez misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Richard Sheets - foul #1 on Richard Sheets, team foul #2 | 21-28 |
| 15:59 | Rutgers | Allen Ordonez makes the 1st free throw | 21-29 |
| 15:59 | Rutgers | Allen Ordonez makes the 2nd free throw | 21-30 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Richard Sheets (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Toney Dumas (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Clifford Jacobs (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Paul Pierce (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Kevin Kemp (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Alan Oliverio (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Garrett Tolan (fresh) SF - Allen Ordonez (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Anthony Westbrook (fresh) 14 pts. 4 reb. C - Jan Barry (fresh) 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 15:48 | Louisville | Paul Pierce hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left block but he's fouled by Anthony Westbrook - foul #2 on Anthony Westbrook, team foul #3 | 21-30 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Felix Lewis (PG) Alan Oliverio | |
| 15:48 | Louisville | Paul Pierce makes the 1st free throw | 22-30 |
| 15:48 | Louisville | Paul Pierce makes the 2nd free throw | 23-30 |
| 15:20 | Rutgers | Paul Pierce takes the ball from Anthony Westbrook | 23-30 |
| 15:03 | Louisville | Richard Sheets comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 23-30 |
| 15:02 | Louisville | Clifford Jacobs can't tip it in | 23-30 |
| 15:01 | Louisville | Paul Pierce pulls down the offensive rebound | 23-30 |
| 14:39 | Louisville | Jan Barry is called for the reach on Toney Dumas - foul #3 on Jan Barry, team foul #4 | 23-30 |
| Subs | Louisville | Christopher Freudenberg (C) Kevin Kemp | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Alan Oliverio (PG), Charles Walsh (SF), Gregory Skaggs (C) Felix Lewis, Garrett Tolan, Anthony Westbrook | |
| 14:18 | Louisville | Paul Pierce connects on the shot from close range set up by Toney Dumas | 25-30 |
| 14:03 | Rutgers | Alan Oliverio misses long on a floater from the right wing | 25-30 |
| 14:02 | Rutgers | Alan Oliverio hits the follow up shot | 25-32 |
| 13:43 | Louisville | Paul Pierce misses the driving attempt in the lane but he's hacked by Jan Barry - foul #4 on Jan Barry, team foul #5 | 25-32 |
| Subs | Louisville | Joseph Nesbitt (SF), Rafael Ayala (C) Clifford Jacobs, Christopher Freudenberg | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Anthony Westbrook (PF) Jan Barry | |
| 13:43 | Louisville | Paul Pierce makes the 1st free throw | 26-32 |
| 13:43 | Louisville | Paul Pierce misses the 2nd free throw | 26-32 |
| 13:43 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Anthony Westbrook | 26-32 |
| 13:16 | Rutgers | Charles Walsh connects on the 3pt shot from the left corner on a great pass from Alan Oliverio | 26-35 |
| 12:51 | Louisville | Gregory Skaggs swats the short shot by Paul Pierce | 26-35 |
| 12:49 | Louisville | Joseph Nesbitt grabs the offensive board | 26-35 |
| 12:32 | Louisville | Richard Sheets hits a 3 pointer from the left corner | 29-35 |
| 12:03 | Rutgers | Gregory Skaggs's floater is tipped away by Paul Pierce | 29-35 |
| 12:01 | Louisville | Richard Sheets pulls down the rebound | 29-35 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Richard Sheets (fairly fresh) 8 pts. SG - Toney Dumas (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Joseph Nesbitt (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Paul Pierce (fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. C - Rafael Ayala (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Alan Oliverio (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. SG - Allen Ordonez (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Charles Walsh (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Anthony Westbrook (fresh) 14 pts. 5 reb. C - Gregory Skaggs (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:38 | Louisville | Joseph Nesbitt is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Joseph Nesbitt, team foul #3 | 29-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | Michael Moore (PG), Clifford Jacobs (SF), Christopher Freudenberg (C) Richard Sheets, Joseph Nesbitt, Rafael Ayala | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Garrett Tolan (SG), Curtis Lynn (SF), Joshua Camp (C) Allen Ordonez, Charles Walsh, Gregory Skaggs | |
| 11:25 | Rutgers | Garrett Tolan hits a fadeaway from the left wing | 29-37 |
| 11:18 | Louisville | Joshua Camp picks off the pass by Paul Pierce | 29-37 |
| 10:55 | Rutgers | Anthony Westbrook is fouled on the floor by Toney Dumas - foul #3 on Toney Dumas, team foul #4 | 29-37 |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Sheets (PG) Michael Moore | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Felix Lewis (PG) Alan Oliverio | |
| 10:37 | Rutgers | Curtis Lynn double dribbles | 29-37 |
| Subs | Louisville | Michael Moore (PG) Richard Sheets | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Allen Ordonez (SF), Gregory Skaggs (C) Curtis Lynn, Anthony Westbrook | |
| 10:18 | Louisville | Michael Moore is hacked by Allen Ordonez - foul #3 on Allen Ordonez, team foul #6 | 29-37 |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Sheets (PG) Michael Moore | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Charles Walsh (SF) Felix Lewis | |
| 10:04 | Louisville | Toney Dumas is called for a backcourt violation | 29-37 |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Marinelli (PG) Richard Sheets | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 09:52 | Rutgers | Allen Ordonez throws a bad pass out of bounds | 29-37 |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Sheets (PG) Timothy Marinelli | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Alan Oliverio (PG), Anthony Westbrook (PF) Allen Ordonez, Gregory Skaggs | |
| 09:30 | Louisville | Toney Dumas is fouled on the floor by Garrett Tolan - foul #2 on Garrett Tolan, team foul #7 | 29-37 |
| Subs | Louisville | Joseph Nesbitt (SF), Rafael Ayala (C) Clifford Jacobs, Christopher Freudenberg | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 09:30 | Louisville | Toney Dumas misses the 1st free throw | 29-37 |
| 09:30 | Rutgers | Anthony Westbrook snags the defensive board | 29-37 |
| 09:11 | Rutgers | Charles Walsh's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 29-37 |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Marinelli (PG), Clifford Jacobs (SF), Christopher Freudenberg (C) Richard Sheets, Joseph Nesbitt, Rafael Ayala | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 08:48 | Louisville | Christopher Freudenberg hits the front of the rim on the runner from close range | 29-37 |
| 08:46 | Rutgers | Joshua Camp gets the rebound | 29-37 |
| 08:24 | Rutgers | Garrett Tolan is fouled on the floor by Toney Dumas - foul #4 on Toney Dumas, team foul #5 | 29-37 |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Sheets (PG), Michael Moore (SG), Joseph Nesbitt (SF), Rafael Ayala (C) Timothy Marinelli, Toney Dumas, Clifford Jacobs, Christopher Freudenberg | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 08:04 | Rutgers | Anthony Westbrook hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway in the paint but he's fouled by Joseph Nesbitt - foul #2 on Joseph Nesbitt, team foul #6 | 29-37 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Gregory Skaggs (C) Joshua Camp | |
| 08:04 | Rutgers | Anthony Westbrook makes the 1st free throw | 29-38 |
| 08:04 | Rutgers | Anthony Westbrook makes the 2nd free throw | 29-39 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Richard Sheets (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Michael Moore (fresh) SF - Joseph Nesbitt (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Paul Pierce (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. C - Rafael Ayala (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Alan Oliverio (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. SG - Garrett Tolan (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Charles Walsh (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Anthony Westbrook (fresh) 16 pts. 6 reb. C - Gregory Skaggs (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:35 | Louisville | Paul Pierce throws a bad pass out of bounds | 29-39 |
| Subs | Louisville | Toney Dumas (SG), Clifford Jacobs (SF), Christopher Freudenberg (C) Michael Moore, Joseph Nesbitt, Paul Pierce | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Felix Lewis (PG), Allen Ordonez (SF) Alan Oliverio, Charles Walsh | |
| 07:06 | Rutgers | Garrett Tolan buries a pull-up jumper from the right side | 29-41 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 06:42 | Louisville | Toney Dumas makes the shot from the left wing on a great pass from Rafael Ayala | 31-41 |
| 06:23 | Rutgers | Gregory Skaggs clanks a jumper from the free throw line | 31-41 |
| 06:22 | Louisville | Richard Sheets grabs the defensive rebound | 31-41 |
| 06:17 | Louisville | Richard Sheets connects on the driving attempt from the baseline on a great pass from Toney Dumas | 33-41 |
| 05:50 | Rutgers | Allen Ordonez lays it up and in on a great pass from Gregory Skaggs | 33-43 |
| 05:29 | Louisville | Richard Sheets misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 33-43 |
| 05:27 | Louisville | Rafael Ayala pulls down the offensive rebound | 33-43 |
| 05:11 | Louisville | Richard Sheets misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 33-43 |
| 05:10 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Gregory Skaggs | 33-43 |
| 05:10 | Rutgers | Rutgers calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 33-43 |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Marinelli (PG), Michael Moore (SG), Joseph Nesbitt (SF), Paul Pierce (PF), Kevin Kemp (C) Richard Sheets, Toney Dumas, Clifford Jacobs, Rafael Ayala, Christopher Freudenberg | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Alan Oliverio (PG), Charles Walsh (SF) Felix Lewis, Allen Ordonez | |
| 04:44 | Rutgers | Charles Walsh misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 33-43 |
| 04:43 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Timothy Marinelli | 33-43 |
| 04:24 | Louisville | Gregory Skaggs steps in front of the Timothy Marinelli pass | 33-43 |
| 04:00 | Rutgers | Charles Walsh scores on a shot in the paint on a great pass from Garrett Tolan | 33-45 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Marinelli (fresh) SG - Michael Moore (fresh) SF - Joseph Nesbitt (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Paul Pierce (fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. C - Kevin Kemp (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Alan Oliverio (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. SG - Garrett Tolan (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Walsh (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Anthony Westbrook (fresh) 16 pts. 6 reb. C - Gregory Skaggs (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 03:52 | Louisville | Joseph Nesbitt drills a 3pt shot from the left corner | 36-45 |
| 03:35 | Rutgers | Anthony Westbrook can't connect on a shot in the paint | 36-45 |
| 03:34 | Louisville | Joseph Nesbitt snags the defensive board | 36-45 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 03:29 | Louisville | Timothy Marinelli knocks in the 3 pointer from the left corner on a great pass from Michael Moore | 39-45 |
| 03:00 | Rutgers | Anthony Westbrook banks in the layup on a great pass from Garrett Tolan | 39-47 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:55 | Louisville | Timothy Marinelli connects on the jumpshot from the right side on a great pass from Joseph Nesbitt | 41-47 |
| 02:33 | Rutgers | Alan Oliverio throws a bad pass out of bounds | 41-47 |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Sheets (PG), Toney Dumas (SG), Clifford Jacobs (SF), Christopher Freudenberg (C) Timothy Marinelli, Michael Moore, Joseph Nesbitt, Kevin Kemp | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Allen Ordonez (SG), Jan Barry (PF), Joshua Camp (C) Garrett Tolan, Anthony Westbrook, Gregory Skaggs | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 02:10 | Louisville | Charles Walsh picks off the pass by Clifford Jacobs | 41-47 |
| 02:06 | Rutgers | Allen Ordonez blows the layup | 41-47 |
| 02:04 | Louisville | Clifford Jacobs pulls down the rebound | 41-47 |
| 01:42 | Louisville | Paul Pierce connects on the fadeaway from close range | 43-47 |
| 01:42 | Rutgers | Rutgers calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 43-47 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Garrett Tolan (SG), Anthony Westbrook (PF), Gregory Skaggs (C) Allen Ordonez, Jan Barry, Joshua Camp | |
| 01:25 | Rutgers | Anthony Westbrook misses the easy layup | 43-47 |
| 01:23 | Louisville | Paul Pierce pulls down the rebound | 43-47 |
| 01:02 | Louisville | Richard Sheets misses short on a jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Alan Oliverio - foul #1 on Alan Oliverio, team foul #8 | 43-47 |
| 01:02 | Louisville | Richard Sheets makes the 1st free throw | 44-47 |
| 01:02 | Louisville | Richard Sheets misses the 2nd free throw | 44-47 |
| 01:02 | Rutgers | Anthony Westbrook grabs the board | 44-47 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:37 | Rutgers | Alan Oliverio clanks a floater near the basket but he's fouled by Richard Sheets - foul #2 on Richard Sheets, team foul #7 | 44-47 |
| 00:37 | Rutgers | Alan Oliverio misses the 1st free throw | 44-47 |
| 00:37 | Rutgers | Alan Oliverio makes the 2nd free throw | 44-48 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:32 | Louisville | Richard Sheets drills a fadeaway from the left side set up by Toney Dumas | 46-48 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:29 | Rutgers | Anthony Westbrook is hacked by Richard Sheets in the backcourt - foul #3 on Richard Sheets, team foul #8 | 46-48 |
| 00:29 | Rutgers | Anthony Westbrook makes the 1st free throw | 46-49 |
| 00:29 | Rutgers | Anthony Westbrook makes the 2nd free throw | 46-50 |
| 00:23 | Louisville | Richard Sheets scores on a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Toney Dumas | 49-50 |
| 00:21 | Rutgers | Charles Walsh is hacked by Toney Dumas in the backcourt - foul #5 on Toney Dumas, team foul #9 | 49-50 |
| Subs | Louisville | Michael Moore (SG) Toney Dumas | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 00:21 | Rutgers | Charles Walsh makes the 1st free throw | 49-51 |
| 00:21 | Rutgers | Charles Walsh makes the 2nd free throw | 49-52 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:01 | Louisville | Richard Sheets misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 49-52 |
| 00:00 | Louisville | Paul Pierce gets the offensive rebound | 49-52 |