| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Donald Fitzpatrick (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ernesto Morales (fresh) 9 pts. SF - Shilin Xia (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Andrei Pijanowski (fresh) C - Michael Rommel (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Marc Digennaro (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Charles Brew (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Kenny Zills (fresh) 5 reb. PF - Martin Reed (fresh) 2 pts. C - William Starr (fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Marquette | Shilin Xia inbounds the ball | 21-25 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:48 | Marquette | Shilin Xia throws a bad pass out of bounds | 21-25 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Walter Ferro (PG), William Reed (SG), George Ray (PF), Thomas Crosby (C) Marc Digennaro, Charles Brew, Martin Reed, William Starr | |
| 19:29 | Wisconsin | Walter Ferro knocks in the 3 pointer from the right wing | 21-28 |
| 19:13 | Marquette | Michael Rommel throws a bad pass out of bounds | 21-28 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Charles Brew (SG) William Reed | |
| 18:53 | Wisconsin | Walter Ferro misses badly on a jumpshot from the right wing | 21-28 |
| 18:52 | Marquette | Shilin Xia pulls down the rebound | 21-28 |
| 18:38 | Marquette | Ernesto Morales misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 21-28 |
| 18:36 | Wisconsin | Kenny Zills gets the rebound | 21-28 |
| 18:14 | Wisconsin | George Ray can't finish the layup | 21-28 |
| 18:13 | Marquette | The rebound goes to Michael Rommel | 21-28 |
| 17:52 | Marquette | Ernesto Morales makes the runner from close range | 23-28 |
| 17:29 | Wisconsin | Kenny Zills is denied on a layup by Michael Rommel | 23-28 |
| 17:28 | Marquette | Andrei Pijanowski grabs the defensive rebound | 23-28 |
| 17:21 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 23-28 |
| 17:19 | Marquette | Shilin Xia tips it home | 25-28 |
| 16:59 | Wisconsin | Shilin Xia steals the ball from Thomas Crosby | 25-28 |
| 16:56 | Marquette | Shilin Xia banks in the layup | 27-28 |
| 16:32 | Wisconsin | Charles Brew shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the turnaround in the paint | 27-28 |
| 16:31 | Marquette | Michael Rommel grabs the defensive rebound | 27-28 |
| 16:12 | Marquette | Michael Rommel clanks a floater in the lane but he's hacked by Thomas Crosby - foul #3 on Thomas Crosby, team foul #1 | 27-28 |
| Subs | Marquette | Douglas Howard (PG), Joseph Gardner (SF), Richard Berry (PF) Donald Fitzpatrick, Shilin Xia, Andrei Pijanowski | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Marc Digennaro (PG), William Reed (SG), Martin Reed (PF), William Starr (C) Walter Ferro, Charles Brew, George Ray, Thomas Crosby | |
| 16:12 | Marquette | Michael Rommel makes the 1st free throw | 28-28 |
| 16:12 | Marquette | Michael Rommel misses the 2nd free throw | 28-28 |
| 16:12 | Wisconsin | William Starr grabs the defensive rebound | 28-28 |
| 15:57 | Wisconsin | William Reed's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 28-28 |
| Subs | Marquette | Joseph Page (C) Michael Rommel | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | | |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Douglas Howard (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ernesto Morales (fresh) 11 pts. SF - Joseph Gardner (fresh) PF - Richard Berry (fresh) C - Joseph Page (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Marc Digennaro (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - William Reed (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Kenny Zills (fairly fresh) 6 reb. PF - Martin Reed (fresh) 2 pts. C - William Starr (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:39 | Marquette | William Starr swats the short shot by Ernesto Morales | 28-28 |
| 15:37 | Wisconsin | Martin Reed grabs the board | 28-28 |
| 15:17 | Wisconsin | Martin Reed clanks a jumper from the left wing | 28-28 |
| 15:15 | Wisconsin | Martin Reed snags the offensive board | 28-28 |
| 14:46 | Wisconsin | Marc Digennaro hits a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 28-31 |
| 14:33 | Marquette | Ernesto Morales can't finish the layup but he's fouled by William Reed - foul #2 on William Reed, team foul #2 | 28-31 |
| Subs | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick (PG), Shilin Xia (SF), Andrei Pijanowski (PF), Michael Rommel (C) Douglas Howard, Joseph Gardner, Richard Berry, Joseph Page | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Charles Brew (SG) William Reed | |
| 14:33 | Marquette | Ernesto Morales makes the 1st free throw | 29-31 |
| 14:33 | Marquette | Ernesto Morales makes the 2nd free throw | 30-31 |
| 14:04 | Wisconsin | Ernesto Morales is called for the reach on Charles Brew - foul #1 on Ernesto Morales, team foul #1 | 30-31 |
| 13:50 | Wisconsin | William Starr misses long on a jumper from the baseline | 30-31 |
| 13:48 | Marquette | Shilin Xia grabs the defensive rebound | 30-31 |
| 13:28 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick makes the shot from the free throw line on a nice dish by Shilin Xia | 32-31 |
| 13:13 | Wisconsin | Charles Brew misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 32-31 |
| 13:11 | Marquette | Shilin Xia snags the defensive board | 32-31 |
| 12:53 | Marquette | Shilin Xia travels with the ball | 32-31 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | William Reed (SG) Charles Brew | |
| 12:30 | Wisconsin | William Starr shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the fadeaway in the lane and he's hacked by Andrei Pijanowski - foul #3 on Andrei Pijanowski, team foul #2 | 32-33 |
| Subs | Marquette | Richard Berry (PF) Andrei Pijanowski | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | | |
| 12:30 | Wisconsin | William Starr misses the free throw | 32-33 |
| 12:30 | Marquette | Michael Rommel pulls down the rebound | 32-33 |
| 12:08 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick misses long on a shot from the left wing | 32-33 |
| 12:07 | Wisconsin | The rebound goes to Marc Digennaro | 32-33 |
| 11:54 | Wisconsin | William Starr scores on a jumpshot from the right side | 32-35 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Donald Fitzpatrick (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ernesto Morales (fairly fresh) 13 pts. SF - Shilin Xia (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. PF - Richard Berry (fresh) C - Michael Rommel (fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Marc Digennaro (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - William Reed (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Kenny Zills (tiring) 6 reb. PF - Martin Reed (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - William Starr (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:39 | Marquette | William Starr swats the short shot by Michael Rommel | 32-35 |
| 11:37 | Marquette | Shilin Xia hits the follow up shot | 34-35 |
| 11:30 | Wisconsin | Kenny Zills travels with the ball | 34-35 |
| Subs | Marquette | Joseph Gardner (SF), Joseph Page (C) Shilin Xia, Michael Rommel | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Walter Ferro (PG), Charles Brew (SG) Marc Digennaro, William Reed | |
| 11:08 | Marquette | Joseph Gardner buries a 3 pointer from the left wing set up by Richard Berry | 37-35 |
| 10:40 | Wisconsin | Walter Ferro knocks in the shot from the right side set up by Charles Brew | 37-37 |
| 10:19 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick is fouled on the floor by Walter Ferro - foul #1 on Walter Ferro, team foul #3 | 37-37 |
| Subs | Marquette | Douglas Howard (PG), Shilin Xia (SF), Andrei Pijanowski (PF), Michael Rommel (C) Donald Fitzpatrick, Joseph Gardner, Richard Berry, Joseph Page | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Marc Digennaro (PG), Bill Dossett (SF) Walter Ferro, Kenny Zills | |
| 09:56 | Marquette | Ernesto Morales hits the front of the rim on the shot near the basket | 37-37 |
| 09:54 | Marquette | Andrei Pijanowski tips it in | 39-37 |
| 09:36 | Wisconsin | William Starr blows the layup over the doubleteam | 39-37 |
| 09:35 | Marquette | Andrei Pijanowski pulls down the rebound | 39-37 |
| 09:15 | Marquette | Charles Brew takes the ball from Michael Rommel | 39-37 |
| 08:51 | Wisconsin | Marc Digennaro is hacked by Ernesto Morales - foul #2 on Ernesto Morales, team foul #3 | 39-37 |
| Subs | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick (PG) Douglas Howard | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | William Reed (SG), Kenny Zills (SF) Charles Brew, Bill Dossett | |
| 08:35 | Wisconsin | William Starr's layup is rejected by Michael Rommel | 39-37 |
| 08:34 | Wisconsin | Martin Reed hits the follow up shot | 39-39 |
| 08:25 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick connects on the shot from the free throw line on a nice dish by Shilin Xia | 41-39 |
| 08:01 | Wisconsin | William Reed misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 41-39 |
| 08:00 | Marquette | Michael Rommel gets the rebound | 41-39 |
| 07:47 | Marquette | Ernesto Morales travels with the ball | 41-39 |
| Subs | Marquette | Joseph Gardner (SF), Joseph Page (C) Shilin Xia, Michael Rommel | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Walter Ferro (PG), Charles Brew (SG) Marc Digennaro, William Reed | |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Donald Fitzpatrick (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ernesto Morales (tiring) 13 pts. SF - Joseph Gardner (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Andrei Pijanowski (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Joseph Page (fresh) 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Walter Ferro (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Charles Brew (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kenny Zills (fairly fresh) 6 reb. PF - Martin Reed (tiring) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - William Starr (tiring) 14 pts. 3 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 07:18 | Wisconsin | Kenny Zills makes the pull-up jumper from the left wing set up by Walter Ferro | 41-41 |
| 07:04 | Marquette | Andrei Pijanowski's floater is tipped away by William Starr | 41-41 |
| 07:03 | Wisconsin | William Starr grabs the board | 41-41 |
| 06:46 | Wisconsin | Joseph Page steps in front of the Kenny Zills pass | 41-41 |
| 06:25 | Marquette | Andrei Pijanowski is called for traveling | 41-41 |
| Subs | Marquette | Douglas Howard (PG), Shilin Xia (SF), Richard Berry (PF), Michael Rommel (C) Donald Fitzpatrick, Joseph Gardner, Andrei Pijanowski, Joseph Page | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Marc Digennaro (PG), Thomas Crosby (C) Walter Ferro, William Starr | |
| 06:01 | Wisconsin | Charles Brew throws a bad pass out of bounds | 41-41 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | William Reed (SG), Bill Dossett (SF), William Starr (C) Charles Brew, Kenny Zills, Thomas Crosby | |
| 05:44 | Marquette | Michael Rommel drills a shot from the baseline set up by Ernesto Morales | 43-41 |
| 05:23 | Wisconsin | William Starr misses the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 43-41 |
| 05:22 | Wisconsin | William Starr tips it in | 43-43 |
| 05:01 | Marquette | William Starr is called for the reach on Michael Rommel - foul #2 on William Starr, team foul #4 | 43-43 |
| Subs | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick (PG) Douglas Howard | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Charles Brew (SG), Kenny Zills (SF), Thomas Crosby (C) William Reed, Bill Dossett, William Starr | |
| 04:53 | Marquette | Michael Rommel lays it in set up by Donald Fitzpatrick | 45-43 |
| 04:33 | Wisconsin | Charles Brew misses the floater in the lane | 45-43 |
| 04:32 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick pulls down the rebound | 45-43 |
| 04:25 | Marquette | Michael Rommel misses the lay-in | 45-43 |
| 04:23 | Marquette | Shilin Xia misses the tip | 45-43 |
| 04:22 | Marquette | Michael Rommel hits the follow up shot | 47-43 |
| 03:53 | Wisconsin | Donald Fitzpatrick steals the ball from Kenny Zills | 47-43 |
| 03:49 | Marquette | Shilin Xia banks in the layup set up by Donald Fitzpatrick | 49-43 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Donald Fitzpatrick (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SG - Ernesto Morales (tiring) 13 pts. 1 ast. SF - Shilin Xia (fresh) 8 pts. 8 reb. 2 stl. PF - Richard Berry (fresh) C - Michael Rommel (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. | |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Marc Digennaro (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Charles Brew (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Kenny Zills (tiring) 2 pts. 6 reb. PF - Martin Reed (tiring) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Thomas Crosby (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. | |
| 03:27 | Wisconsin | Marc Digennaro drills a floater from the right wing | 49-45 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:05 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick buries a 3 pointer from the right corner | 52-45 |
| 02:49 | Wisconsin | Richard Berry denies the turnaround by Martin Reed | 52-45 |
| 02:47 | Wisconsin | Thomas Crosby grabs the offensive rebound | 52-45 |
| 02:42 | Wisconsin | Kenny Zills's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 52-45 |
| Subs | Marquette | Joseph Gardner (SF), Andrei Pijanowski (PF), Joseph Page (C) Shilin Xia, Richard Berry, Michael Rommel | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Walter Ferro (PG), William Reed (SG), Bill Dossett (SF), George Ray (PF), William Starr (C) Marc Digennaro, Charles Brew, Kenny Zills, Martin Reed, Thomas Crosby | |
| 02:40 | Marquette | Marquette calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 52-45 |
| 02:21 | Marquette | Ernesto Morales is fouled on the floor by William Reed - foul #3 on William Reed, team foul #5 | 52-45 |
| Subs | Marquette | Shilin Xia (SF), Michael Rommel (C) Joseph Gardner, Joseph Page | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Charles Brew (SG), Kenny Zills (SF) William Reed, Bill Dossett | |
| 02:13 | Marquette | William Starr is called for the reach on Michael Rommel - foul #3 on William Starr, team foul #6 | 52-45 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | William Reed (SG) Charles Brew | |
| 01:54 | Marquette | Ernesto Morales makes the jumper from just outside the lane and he's fouled by William Reed - foul #4 on William Reed, team foul #7 | 54-45 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Marc Digennaro (PG), Charles Brew (SG), Martin Reed (PF) Walter Ferro, William Reed, George Ray | |
| 01:54 | Marquette | Ernesto Morales misses the free throw | 54-45 |
| 01:54 | Wisconsin | Kenny Zills grabs the defensive rebound | 54-45 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 01:33 | Wisconsin | Charles Brew misses badly on a jumper from the free throw line | 54-45 |
| 01:32 | Wisconsin | Martin Reed grabs the offensive board | 54-45 |
| 01:14 | Wisconsin | Martin Reed misses long on a shot in the lane but the foul's on Andrei Pijanowski - foul #4 on Andrei Pijanowski, team foul #4 | 54-45 |
| 01:14 | Wisconsin | Martin Reed makes the 1st free throw | 54-46 |
| 01:14 | Wisconsin | Martin Reed makes the 2nd free throw | 54-47 |
| 00:57 | Marquette | Ernesto Morales misses the floater from the right wing | 54-47 |
| 00:55 | Wisconsin | Marc Digennaro gets the rebound | 54-47 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:48 | Wisconsin | Donald Fitzpatrick steals the ball from Marc Digennaro | 54-47 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:46 | Marquette | Marc Digennaro is called for the reach on Ernesto Morales in the backcourt - foul #1 on Marc Digennaro, team foul #8 | 54-47 |
| 00:46 | Marquette | Ernesto Morales makes the 1st free throw | 55-47 |
| 00:46 | Marquette | Ernesto Morales makes the 2nd free throw | 56-47 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:39 | Wisconsin | Marc Digennaro misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 56-47 |
| 00:38 | Wisconsin | Martin Reed grabs the offensive board | 56-47 |
| 00:36 | Wisconsin | Marc Digennaro hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 56-47 |
| 00:35 | Marquette | Shilin Xia pulls down the rebound | 56-47 |
| 00:33 | Marquette | Shilin Xia is fouled in the backcourt by Marc Digennaro - foul #2 on Marc Digennaro, team foul #9 | 56-47 |
| 00:33 | Marquette | Shilin Xia makes the 1st free throw | 57-47 |
| 00:33 | Marquette | Shilin Xia misses the 2nd free throw | 57-47 |
| 00:33 | Wisconsin | Kenny Zills grabs the board | 57-47 |
| 00:26 | Wisconsin | Martin Reed lays it up and in on a great pass from Charles Brew | 57-49 |
| 00:23 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick is hacked by Marc Digennaro in the backcourt - foul #3 on Marc Digennaro, team foul #10 | 57-49 |
| 00:23 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick makes the 1st free throw | 58-49 |
| 00:23 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick makes the 2nd free throw | 59-49 |
| 00:17 | Wisconsin | Marc Digennaro connects on the 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from Kenny Zills | 59-52 |
| 00:16 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick is fouled in the backcourt by Marc Digennaro - foul #4 on Marc Digennaro, team foul #11 | 59-52 |
| 00:16 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick makes the 1st free throw | 60-52 |
| 00:16 | Marquette | Donald Fitzpatrick makes the 2nd free throw | 61-52 |
| 00:09 | Wisconsin | Marc Digennaro can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 61-52 |
| 00:07 | Wisconsin | Kenny Zills grabs the offensive rebound | 61-52 |
| 00:04 | Wisconsin | Charles Brew misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 61-52 |
| 00:02 | Wisconsin | The offensive rebound goes to Kenny Zills | 61-52 |
| 00:00 | Wisconsin | The clock runs out | 61-52 |