| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Gary Sutton (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Kent Pittman (fresh) 6 pts. 2 stl. SF - Malcolm Hamilton (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Kenneth Castle (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - John Tope (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Gary Jones (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Thomas Phelps (fresh) SF - Melvin Vieira (fresh) PF - Patrick Williams (fresh) 4 pts. C - Mario Lunsford (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 20:00 | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira inbounds the ball | 20-28 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-2) | |
| 19:42 | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira clanks a jumpshot from the right side | 20-28 |
| 19:40 | Syracuse | Patrick Williams tips it home | 20-30 |
| 19:13 | Louisville | Malcolm Hamilton's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 20-30 |
| 18:49 | Syracuse | Patrick Williams can't connect on a shot from the right wing | 20-30 |
| 18:48 | Louisville | Kent Pittman snags the defensive board | 20-30 |
| 18:22 | Louisville | John Tope misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Mario Lunsford - foul #4 on Mario Lunsford, team foul #1 | 20-30 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Kristopher Meadows (C) Mario Lunsford | |
| 18:22 | Louisville | John Tope misses the 1st free throw | 20-30 |
| 18:22 | Louisville | John Tope misses the 2nd free throw | 20-30 |
| 18:22 | Louisville | Malcolm Hamilton grabs the offensive rebound | 20-30 |
| 18:01 | Louisville | Kenneth Castle misses short on a jumpshot from the left wing | 20-30 |
| 17:59 | Louisville | Gary Sutton tips it home | 22-30 |
| 17:44 | Syracuse | Kristopher Meadows's layup is rejected by Kenneth Castle | 22-30 |
| 17:42 | Louisville | John Tope snags the defensive board | 22-30 |
| 17:37 | Louisville | Malcolm Hamilton makes the pull-up jumper from the left wing and he's hacked by Kristopher Meadows - foul #1 on Kristopher Meadows, team foul #2 | 24-30 |
| 17:37 | Louisville | Malcolm Hamilton makes the free throw | 25-30 |
| 17:09 | Syracuse | Kristopher Meadows misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 25-30 |
| 17:08 | Louisville | John Tope pulls down the rebound | 25-30 |
| 16:39 | Louisville | Kent Pittman hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 25-30 |
| 16:37 | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira gets the rebound | 25-30 |
| 16:21 | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing but the foul's on Malcolm Hamilton - foul #1 on Malcolm Hamilton, team foul #1 | 25-30 |
| Subs | Louisville | Kudyauku Albarazi (PG), Paul Hicks (SG), John Small (SF), Jamie Howell (PF), Boyd Bailey (C) Gary Sutton, Kent Pittman, Malcolm Hamilton, Kenneth Castle, John Tope | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jeffrey Shelton (PG), Johnny Katz (SG), Steven Citizen (PF) Gary Jones, Thomas Phelps, Patrick Williams | |
| 16:21 | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira makes the 1st free throw | 25-31 |
| 16:21 | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira makes the 2nd free throw | 25-32 |
| 15:52 | Louisville | Jamie Howell comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 25-32 |
| 15:51 | Louisville | The offensive rebound goes to Boyd Bailey | 25-32 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Kudyauku Albarazi (fresh) SG - Paul Hicks (fresh) SF - John Small (fresh) PF - Jamie Howell (fresh) C - Boyd Bailey (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Jeffrey Shelton (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Johnny Katz (fresh) SF - Melvin Vieira (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Steven Citizen (fresh) 2 pts. C - Kristopher Meadows (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:25 | Louisville | Jamie Howell misses long on a floater from the left side | 25-32 |
| 15:23 | Louisville | Boyd Bailey hits the follow up shot | 27-32 |
| 14:55 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Shelton scores on a 3 from the right wing | 27-35 |
| 14:27 | Louisville | Jamie Howell is called for a backcourt violation | 27-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | Gary Sutton (PG), Kent Pittman (SG), Malcolm Hamilton (SF), John Tope (C) Kudyauku Albarazi, Paul Hicks, John Small, Boyd Bailey | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Gary Jones (PG), Thomas Phelps (SG), Patrick Williams (PF), Gary Marcus (C) Jeffrey Shelton, Johnny Katz, Melvin Vieira, Kristopher Meadows | |
| 14:03 | Syracuse | Thomas Phelps is called for 3 seconds in the lane | 27-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | Kenneth Castle (PF) Jamie Howell | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 13:34 | Louisville | Thomas Phelps steals it from John Tope | 27-35 |
| 13:31 | Syracuse | Thomas Phelps lays it in | 27-37 |
| 13:10 | Louisville | Gary Marcus picks off the pass by Gary Sutton | 27-37 |
| 12:41 | Syracuse | Gary Jones splits the doubleteam but misses short on a jumpshot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Gary Sutton - foul #1 on Gary Sutton, team foul #2 | 27-37 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Johnny Katz (SG), Jeffrey Shelton (SF), Mario Lunsford (C) Thomas Phelps, Steven Citizen, Gary Marcus | |
| 12:41 | Syracuse | Gary Jones misses the 1st free throw | 27-37 |
| 12:41 | Syracuse | Gary Jones makes the 2nd free throw | 27-38 |
| 12:16 | Louisville | Kenneth Castle hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 27-38 |
| 12:15 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Gary Jones | 27-38 |
| 11:54 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Shelton misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 27-38 |
| 11:53 | Louisville | The rebound goes to John Tope | 27-38 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Gary Sutton (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Kent Pittman (fresh) 6 pts. 2 stl. SF - Malcolm Hamilton (fairly fresh) 7 pts. PF - Kenneth Castle (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - John Tope (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Gary Jones (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SG - Johnny Katz (fresh) SF - Jeffrey Shelton (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. PF - Patrick Williams (fairly fresh) 6 pts. C - Mario Lunsford (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 11:24 | Louisville | Gary Jones is called for the reach on Gary Sutton - foul #2 on Gary Jones, team foul #3 | 27-38 |
| Subs | Louisville | Kudyauku Albarazi (PG), John Small (SF), Jamie Howell (PF), Dale Hulse (C) Gary Sutton, Malcolm Hamilton, Kenneth Castle, John Tope | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Thomas Phelps (SG), Melvin Vieira (SF), Kristopher Meadows (PF) Johnny Katz, Jeffrey Shelton, Patrick Williams | |
| 11:10 | Louisville | Jamie Howell knocks in the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Kudyauku Albarazi | 29-38 |
| 10:41 | Syracuse | Thomas Phelps is hacked by Dale Hulse - foul #4 on Dale Hulse, team foul #3 | 29-38 |
| Subs | Louisville | Paul Hicks (SG), Boyd Bailey (C) Kent Pittman, Dale Hulse | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jeffrey Shelton (PG) Gary Jones | |
| 10:16 | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira drills a pull-up jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Mario Lunsford | 29-40 |
| 09:48 | Louisville | Jeffrey Shelton steals the ball from Kudyauku Albarazi | 29-40 |
| 09:44 | Syracuse | Thomas Phelps lays it up and in set up by Jeffrey Shelton | 29-42 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-2) | |
| 09:32 | Louisville | Kristopher Meadows swats the layup by Jamie Howell | 29-42 |
| 09:31 | Syracuse | Thomas Phelps pulls down the rebound | 29-42 |
| 09:13 | Syracuse | Kristopher Meadows comes up short on the runner in the lane | 29-42 |
| 09:11 | Syracuse | Kristopher Meadows grabs the offensive rebound | 29-42 |
| 08:50 | Syracuse | Thomas Phelps misses short on a floater from the left wing | 29-42 |
| 08:49 | Syracuse | Mario Lunsford tips it in | 29-44 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-2) | |
| 08:28 | Louisville | Thomas Phelps is called for the reach on Paul Hicks - foul #1 on Thomas Phelps, team foul #4 | 29-44 |
| Subs | Louisville | Gary Sutton (PG), Kent Pittman (SG), Malcolm Hamilton (SF), Kenneth Castle (PF), John Tope (C) Kudyauku Albarazi, Paul Hicks, John Small, Jamie Howell, Boyd Bailey | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Gary Jones (PG), Johnny Katz (SG), Steven Citizen (SF), Patrick Williams (PF), Gary Marcus (C) Jeffrey Shelton, Thomas Phelps, Melvin Vieira, Kristopher Meadows, Mario Lunsford | |
| 08:21 | Louisville | Malcolm Hamilton can't connect on a runner from the right block | 29-44 |
| 08:19 | Syracuse | Patrick Williams grabs the defensive rebound | 29-44 |
| 07:55 | Syracuse | Patrick Williams connects on the open jumper from the right block on a great pass from Gary Jones out of a doubleteam | 29-46 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Gary Sutton (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Kent Pittman (fresh) 6 pts. 2 stl. SF - Malcolm Hamilton (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Kenneth Castle (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. C - John Tope (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Gary Jones (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SG - Johnny Katz (fresh) SF - Steven Citizen (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Patrick Williams (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - Gary Marcus (fresh) | |
| 07:46 | Louisville | Kenneth Castle clanks a 3pt attempt from straight away | 29-46 |
| 07:45 | Louisville | Malcolm Hamilton grabs the offensive board | 29-46 |
| 07:30 | Louisville | Malcolm Hamilton misses the shot from just outside the lane | 29-46 |
| 07:28 | Syracuse | Johnny Katz grabs the defensive rebound | 29-46 |
| 06:59 | Syracuse | Steven Citizen is whistled for traveling | 29-46 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Melvin Vieira (SF) Gary Marcus | |
| 06:44 | Louisville | John Tope hits the front of the rim on the runner in the paint | 29-46 |
| 06:42 | Louisville | John Tope tips it in | 31-46 |
| 06:17 | Syracuse | Steven Citizen scores on a shot near the basket on a great pass from Johnny Katz | 31-48 |
| 06:07 | Louisville | Malcolm Hamilton misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 31-48 |
| 06:06 | Syracuse | Johnny Katz pulls down the rebound | 31-48 |
| 06:00 | Syracuse | John Tope takes the ball from Steven Citizen | 31-48 |
| 05:55 | Louisville | Malcolm Hamilton is denied on a layup by Melvin Vieira | 31-48 |
| 05:54 | Syracuse | Patrick Williams grabs the board | 31-48 |
| 05:25 | Syracuse | Steven Citizen comes up short on the floater from the baseline | 31-48 |
| 05:23 | Louisville | Kenneth Castle snags the defensive board | 31-48 |
| 05:04 | Louisville | Kenneth Castle hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 31-48 |
| 05:03 | Syracuse | Patrick Williams snags the defensive board | 31-48 |
| 04:43 | Syracuse | Patrick Williams blows the layup | 31-48 |
| 04:41 | Syracuse | Patrick Williams misses the tip | 31-48 |
| 04:39 | Louisville | John Tope grabs the board | 31-48 |
| 04:34 | Louisville | Kent Pittman misses short on a shot from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Johnny Katz - foul #2 on Johnny Katz, team foul #5 | 31-48 |
| Subs | Louisville | Kudyauku Albarazi (PG), John Small (SF), Jamie Howell (PF), Dale Hulse (C) Gary Sutton, Malcolm Hamilton, Kenneth Castle, John Tope | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jeffrey Shelton (PG), Christopher Baldwin (SG), Bruce Her (SF), Kristopher Meadows (PF), Gary Marcus (C) Gary Jones, Johnny Katz, Melvin Vieira, Patrick Williams, Steven Citizen | |
| 04:34 | Louisville | Kent Pittman makes the 1st free throw | 32-48 |
| 04:34 | Louisville | Kent Pittman misses the 2nd free throw | 32-48 |
| 04:34 | Syracuse | Kristopher Meadows pulls down the rebound | 32-48 |
| 04:06 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Shelton loses the ball out of bounds | 32-48 |
| Subs | Louisville | Paul Hicks (SG) Kent Pittman | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 03:42 | Louisville | Paul Hicks's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 32-48 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Kudyauku Albarazi (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Paul Hicks (fresh) SF - John Small (fresh) PF - Jamie Howell (fresh) 2 pts. C - Dale Hulse (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Jeffrey Shelton (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Christopher Baldwin (fresh) SF - Bruce Her (fresh) PF - Kristopher Meadows (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. C - Gary Marcus (fresh) | |
| 03:18 | Syracuse | Bruce Her buries a floater from the left wing on a great pass from Jeffrey Shelton | 32-50 |
| 02:59 | Louisville | Jamie Howell is fouled on the floor by Gary Marcus - foul #1 on Gary Marcus, team foul #6 | 32-50 |
| Subs | Louisville | Gary Sutton (SG) Paul Hicks | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Johnny Katz (SG) Christopher Baldwin | |
| 02:52 | Louisville | Kristopher Meadows is called for the reach on Jamie Howell - foul #2 on Kristopher Meadows, team foul #7 | 32-50 |
| 02:52 | Louisville | Jamie Howell makes the 1st free throw | 33-50 |
| 02:52 | Louisville | Jamie Howell makes the 2nd free throw | 34-50 |
| 02:30 | Syracuse | Kristopher Meadows clanks a jumpshot from the free throw line but the foul's on John Small - foul #1 on John Small, team foul #4 | 34-50 |
| Subs | Louisville | Kent Pittman (SG), Malcolm Hamilton (SF), John Tope (C) Kudyauku Albarazi, John Small, Dale Hulse | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 02:30 | Syracuse | Kristopher Meadows makes the 1st free throw | 34-51 |
| 02:30 | Syracuse | Kristopher Meadows makes the 2nd free throw | 34-52 |
| 02:19 | Louisville | John Tope is called for traveling | 34-52 |
| 01:55 | Syracuse | Kristopher Meadows can't connect on a floater from the baseline but the foul's on Gary Sutton - foul #2 on Gary Sutton, team foul #5 | 34-52 |
| Subs | Louisville | Kenneth Castle (PF) Jamie Howell | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Steven Citizen (SF) Gary Marcus | |
| 01:55 | Syracuse | Kristopher Meadows makes the 1st free throw | 34-53 |
| 01:55 | Syracuse | Kristopher Meadows makes the 2nd free throw | 34-54 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 01:36 | Louisville | Malcolm Hamilton connects on the jumper near the basket | 36-54 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 01:14 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Shelton makes the 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Johnny Katz | 36-57 |
| 00:56 | Louisville | John Tope can't connect on a shot in the paint | 36-57 |
| 00:54 | Syracuse | Steven Citizen grabs the board | 36-57 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:30 | Syracuse | Kristopher Meadows knocks in the floater in the lane set up by Jeffrey Shelton | 36-59 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:24 | Louisville | Kent Pittman makes the 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Kenneth Castle | 39-59 |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Shelton runs out the clock | 39-59 |