| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Jesse Snodgrass (fresh) SG - Scottie Wittig (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Jacob Schaible (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Demetrius Roland (fresh) 2 pts. C - Jessie Johnson (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Richard Sheets (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Toney Dumas (fresh) SF - Clifford Jacobs (fresh) PF - Paul Pierce (fresh) 16 pts. 5 reb. C - Christopher Freudenberg (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Pitt | Jacob Schaible inbounds the ball | 14-33 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:42 | Pitt | Demetrius Roland misses long on a turnaround from close range | 14-33 |
| 19:40 | Pitt | Demetrius Roland pulls down the offensive rebound | 14-33 |
| 19:30 | Pitt | Jessie Johnson can't connect on a jump hook in the paint | 14-33 |
| 19:29 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Christopher Freudenberg | 14-33 |
| 19:00 | Louisville | Paul Pierce scores on a fadeaway from the baseline and he's fouled by Demetrius Roland - foul #3 on Demetrius Roland, team foul #1 | 14-35 |
| Subs | Pitt | Dario Zwiebel (PF) Demetrius Roland | |
| Subs | Louisville | Michael Moore (SG), Joseph Nesbitt (SF), Rafael Ayala (C) Toney Dumas, Clifford Jacobs, Christopher Freudenberg | |
| 19:00 | Louisville | Paul Pierce makes the free throw | 14-36 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 18:42 | Pitt | Jacob Schaible hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left wing | 14-36 |
| 18:40 | Louisville | Richard Sheets gets the rebound | 14-36 |
| 18:20 | Louisville | Richard Sheets drills a 3 from the left wing on a great pass from Paul Pierce | 14-39 |
| 18:07 | Pitt | Jessie Johnson is called for traveling | 14-39 |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Marinelli (PG), Toney Dumas (SG), Clifford Jacobs (SF), Christopher Freudenberg (C) Richard Sheets, Michael Moore, Joseph Nesbitt, Paul Pierce | |
| 17:39 | Louisville | Timothy Marinelli is hacked by Jesse Snodgrass - foul #3 on Jesse Snodgrass, team foul #2 | 14-39 |
| Subs | Pitt | Michael Krasinski (PG) Jesse Snodgrass | |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Sheets (PG) Timothy Marinelli | |
| 17:22 | Louisville | Richard Sheets misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 14-39 |
| 17:21 | Pitt | Jessie Johnson pulls down the rebound | 14-39 |
| 17:17 | Pitt | Jacob Schaible connects on the floater from the left wing | 16-39 |
| 16:50 | Louisville | Richard Sheets misses the shot from the right block | 16-39 |
| 16:48 | Pitt | Jessie Johnson gets the rebound | 16-39 |
| 16:32 | Pitt | Jessie Johnson is fouled on the floor by Christopher Freudenberg - foul #2 on Christopher Freudenberg, team foul #1 | 16-39 |
| Subs | Pitt | Santos Garcia (C) Jessie Johnson | |
| 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 | |
| 16:22 | Pitt | Kevin Kemp steals it from Santos Garcia | 16-39 |
| 16:01 | Louisville | Paul Pierce misses badly on a jump hook in the paint | 16-39 |
| 16:00 | Louisville | Timothy Marinelli snags the offensive board | 16-39 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Michael Krasinski (fresh) SG - Scottie Wittig (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SF - Jacob Schaible (fairly fresh) 9 pts. PF - Dario Zwiebel (fresh) C - Santos Garcia (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Timothy Marinelli (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Moore (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Joseph Nesbitt (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Paul Pierce (fresh) 19 pts. 5 reb. C - Kevin Kemp (fresh) | |
| 15:37 | Louisville | Paul Pierce misses badly on a fadeaway in the paint | 16-39 |
| 15:35 | Louisville | Paul Pierce tips it in | 16-41 |
| 15:21 | Pitt | Santos Garcia misses long on a shot near the basket | 16-41 |
| 15:20 | Louisville | Michael Moore grabs the defensive rebound | 16-41 |
| 14:59 | Louisville | Joseph Nesbitt clanks a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 16-41 |
| 14:58 | Pitt | Dario Zwiebel pulls down the rebound | 16-41 |
| 14:53 | Pitt | Jacob Schaible comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 16-41 |
| 14:52 | Louisville | Paul Pierce grabs the board | 16-41 |
| 14:46 | Louisville | Joseph Nesbitt hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from straight away | 16-41 |
| 14:45 | Pitt | Santos Garcia snags the defensive board | 16-41 |
| 14:39 | Pitt | Jacob Schaible misses the shot near the basket but the foul's on Kevin Kemp - foul #1 on Kevin Kemp, team foul #2 | 16-41 |
| Subs | Pitt | Jesse Snodgrass (PG), Douglas Hart (SG), Demetrius Roland (PF), Jessie Johnson (C) Michael Krasinski, Scottie Wittig, Dario Zwiebel, Santos Garcia | |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Sheets (PG), Toney Dumas (SG), Clifford Jacobs (SF), Rafael Ayala (PF), Christopher Freudenberg (C) Timothy Marinelli, Michael Moore, Joseph Nesbitt, Paul Pierce, Kevin Kemp | |
| 14:39 | Pitt | Jacob Schaible makes the 1st free throw | 17-41 |
| 14:39 | Pitt | Jacob Schaible makes the 2nd free throw | 18-41 |
| 14:16 | Louisville | Rafael Ayala banks in the layup and he's hacked by Demetrius Roland - foul #4 on Demetrius Roland, team foul #3 | 18-43 |
| Subs | Pitt | Bennie Peters (SF), Michael Martineau (PF) Jacob Schaible, Demetrius Roland | |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| 14:16 | Louisville | Rafael Ayala makes the free throw | 18-44 |
| 14:02 | Pitt | Bennie Peters scores on a runner near the basket | 20-44 |
| 13:47 | Louisville | Richard Sheets connects on the pull-up jumper from the left wing set up by Toney Dumas | 20-46 |
| 13:38 | Pitt | Christopher Freudenberg is called for the reach on Jessie Johnson - foul #3 on Christopher Freudenberg, team foul #3 | 20-46 |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Paul Pierce (PF) Rafael Ayala | |
| 13:30 | Pitt | Jessie Johnson comes up short on the jumper from the baseline | 20-46 |
| 13:28 | Pitt | Jessie Johnson pulls down the offensive rebound | 20-46 |
| 13:10 | Pitt | Jessie Johnson clanks a jump hook in the paint | 20-46 |
| 13:09 | Louisville | Christopher Freudenberg grabs the defensive rebound | 20-46 |
| 12:50 | Louisville | Richard Sheets misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 20-46 |
| 12:48 | Louisville | Paul Pierce hits the follow up shot | 20-48 |
| 12:32 | Pitt | Jessie Johnson hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Christopher Freudenberg - foul #4 on Christopher Freudenberg, team foul #4 | 20-48 |
| Subs | Pitt | Michael Krasinski (PG), Dario Zwiebel (PF) Jesse Snodgrass, Michael Martineau | |
| Subs | Louisville | Michael Moore (SG), Joseph Nesbitt (SF), Rafael Ayala (C) Toney Dumas, Clifford Jacobs, Christopher Freudenberg | |
| 12:32 | Pitt | Jessie Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 21-48 |
| 12:32 | Pitt | Jessie Johnson misses the 2nd free throw | 21-48 |
| 12:32 | Louisville | Rafael Ayala gets the rebound | 21-48 |
| 12:11 | Louisville | Rafael Ayala misses the dunk attempt | 21-48 |
| 12:09 | Louisville | Rafael Ayala grabs the offensive rebound | 21-48 |
| 11:40 | Louisville | Paul Pierce hits a shot in the lane on a great pass from Rafael Ayala | 21-50 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Michael Krasinski (fresh) SG - Douglas Hart (fresh) SF - Bennie Peters (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Dario Zwiebel (fresh) 2 reb. C - Jessie Johnson (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Richard Sheets (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Michael Moore (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Joseph Nesbitt (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Paul Pierce (fresh) 25 pts. 8 reb. C - Rafael Ayala (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 11:18 | Pitt | Jessie Johnson connects on the driving attempt in the lane | 23-50 |
| 11:00 | Louisville | Paul Pierce misses the jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on Dario Zwiebel - foul #2 on Dario Zwiebel, team foul #4 | 23-50 |
| Subs | Pitt | Warren Mathews (SG), Santos Garcia (C) Douglas Hart, Jessie Johnson | |
| Subs | Louisville | Toney Dumas (SG), Clifford Jacobs (SF) Michael Moore, Joseph Nesbitt | |
| 11:00 | Louisville | Paul Pierce makes the 1st free throw | 23-51 |
| 11:00 | Louisville | Paul Pierce misses the 2nd free throw | 23-51 |
| 11:00 | Louisville | Clifford Jacobs grabs the offensive board | 23-51 |
| 10:36 | Louisville | Richard Sheets scores on a floater from the left wing set up by Toney Dumas | 23-53 |
| 10:21 | Pitt | Michael Krasinski hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 23-53 |
| 10:19 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Toney Dumas | 23-53 |
| 09:50 | Louisville | Richard Sheets hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from straight away | 23-53 |
| 09:48 | Louisville | Paul Pierce misses the tip | 23-53 |
| 09:47 | Pitt | Dario Zwiebel snags the defensive board | 23-53 |
| 09:28 | Pitt | Michael Krasinski drills a jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Warren Mathews | 25-53 |
| 09:05 | Louisville | Rafael Ayala is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #2 on Rafael Ayala, team foul #5 | 25-53 |
| Subs | Pitt | Douglas Hart (SG), Michael Martineau (PF) Bennie Peters, Dario Zwiebel | |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Marinelli (PG), Wayne Dildy (SG), Joseph Nesbitt (SF), Kevin Kemp (C) Richard Sheets, Toney Dumas, Clifford Jacobs, Rafael Ayala | |
| 08:55 | Pitt | Santos Garcia comes up short on the driving attempt in the paint but he's fouled by Kevin Kemp - foul #2 on Kevin Kemp, team foul #6 | 25-53 |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Toney Dumas (SG) Wayne Dildy | |
| 08:55 | Pitt | Santos Garcia makes the 1st free throw | 26-53 |
| 08:55 | Pitt | Santos Garcia makes the 2nd free throw | 27-53 |
| 08:37 | Louisville | Joseph Nesbitt comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 27-53 |
| 08:35 | Pitt | Douglas Hart grabs the defensive rebound | 27-53 |
| 08:15 | Pitt | Michael Krasinski throws a bad pass out of bounds | 27-53 |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Sheets (PG), Michael Moore (SG), Clifford Jacobs (SF) Timothy Marinelli, Toney Dumas, Joseph Nesbitt | |
| 07:55 | Louisville | Richard Sheets misses badly on a fadeaway from the left wing | 27-53 |
| 07:53 | Pitt | Warren Mathews grabs the defensive rebound | 27-53 |
| 07:49 | Pitt | Michael Krasinski clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 27-53 |
| 07:48 | Louisville | Paul Pierce snags the defensive board | 27-53 |
| 07:32 | Louisville | Richard Sheets scores on a 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Kevin Kemp | 27-56 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Michael Krasinski (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - Douglas Hart (fresh) SF - Warren Mathews (fairly fresh) 1 ast. PF - Michael Martineau (fresh) C - Santos Garcia (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Richard Sheets (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Michael Moore (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Clifford Jacobs (fresh) PF - Paul Pierce (fairly fresh) 26 pts. 10 reb. C - Kevin Kemp (fresh) | |
| 07:23 | Pitt | Santos Garcia misses the jump hook near the basket | 27-56 |
| 07:21 | Louisville | Paul Pierce pulls down the rebound | 27-56 |
| 06:57 | Louisville | Richard Sheets misses the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 27-56 |
| 06:55 | Pitt | Michael Martineau gets the rebound | 27-56 |
| 06:39 | Pitt | Michael Martineau is fouled on the floor by Paul Pierce - foul #2 on Paul Pierce, team foul #7 | 27-56 |
| Subs | Pitt | Bennie Peters (SF), Dario Zwiebel (PF) Warren Mathews, Santos Garcia | |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Marinelli (PG), Toney Dumas (SG), Joseph Nesbitt (SF), Rafael Ayala (PF), Christopher Freudenberg (C) Richard Sheets, Michael Moore, Clifford Jacobs, Paul Pierce, Kevin Kemp | |
| 06:39 | Pitt | Michael Martineau makes the 1st free throw | 28-56 |
| 06:39 | Pitt | Michael Martineau makes the 2nd free throw | 29-56 |
| 06:10 | Louisville | Michael Krasinski takes the ball from Joseph Nesbitt | 29-56 |
| 05:49 | Pitt | Michael Martineau clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 29-56 |
| 05:47 | Pitt | Dario Zwiebel grabs the offensive board | 29-56 |
| 05:34 | Pitt | Michael Krasinski loses the ball out of bounds | 29-56 |
| Subs | Pitt | Santos Garcia (C) Michael Martineau | |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Sheets (PG), Paul Pierce (PF) Timothy Marinelli, Rafael Ayala | |
| 05:06 | Louisville | Toney Dumas misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 29-56 |
| 05:05 | Louisville | Christopher Freudenberg grabs the offensive board | 29-56 |
| 04:59 | Louisville | Toney Dumas buries a fadeaway jumper from the left side set up by Paul Pierce | 29-58 |
| 04:40 | Pitt | Santos Garcia drills a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Dario Zwiebel | 31-58 |
| 04:16 | Louisville | Santos Garcia denies the turnaround by Christopher Freudenberg | 31-58 |
| 04:15 | Louisville | Paul Pierce tips it back up and in | 31-60 |
| 04:02 | Pitt | Christopher Freudenberg takes the ball from Bennie Peters | 31-60 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:39 | Louisville | Joseph Nesbitt hits a 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Paul Pierce | 31-63 |
| 03:30 | Pitt | Santos Garcia makes the driving attempt from the left block | 33-63 |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Michael Krasinski (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - Douglas Hart (fairly fresh) SF - Bennie Peters (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Dario Zwiebel (fairly fresh) 4 reb. C - Santos Garcia (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Richard Sheets (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Toney Dumas (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Joseph Nesbitt (fresh) 7 pts. PF - Paul Pierce (fresh) 28 pts. 12 reb. C - Christopher Freudenberg (fresh) 3 pts. 6 reb. 4 pf. | |
| 03:04 | Louisville | Richard Sheets makes the 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Toney Dumas | 33-66 |
| 02:47 | Pitt | Douglas Hart is hacked by Toney Dumas - foul #1 on Toney Dumas, team foul #8 | 33-66 |
| Subs | Pitt | Warren Mathews (PG), Michael Martineau (PF) Michael Krasinski, Dario Zwiebel | |
| Subs | Louisville | Timothy Marinelli (PG), Michael Moore (SG), Clifford Jacobs (SF), Rafael Ayala (PF) Richard Sheets, Toney Dumas, Joseph Nesbitt, Paul Pierce | |
| 02:47 | Pitt | Douglas Hart makes the 1st free throw | 34-66 |
| 02:47 | Pitt | Douglas Hart makes the 2nd free throw | 35-66 |
| 02:25 | Louisville | Christopher Freudenberg banks in the layup | 35-68 |
| 02:06 | Pitt | Rafael Ayala blocks the short jumper by Bennie Peters | 35-68 |
| 02:04 | Louisville | Christopher Freudenberg snags the defensive board | 35-68 |
| 01:41 | Louisville | Christopher Freudenberg double dribbles | 35-68 |
| Subs | Pitt | Michael Krasinski (PG), Dario Zwiebel (PF) Warren Mathews, Michael Martineau | |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Sheets (PG), Toney Dumas (SG), Paul Pierce (PF) Timothy Marinelli, Michael Moore, Rafael Ayala | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 01:32 | Pitt | Bennie Peters misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Clifford Jacobs - foul #1 on Clifford Jacobs, team foul #9 | 35-68 |
| 01:32 | Pitt | Bennie Peters misses the 1st free throw | 35-68 |
| 01:32 | Pitt | Bennie Peters makes the 2nd free throw | 36-68 |
| 01:17 | Louisville | Toney Dumas scores on a fadeaway near the basket on a great pass from Clifford Jacobs and he's hacked by Santos Garcia - foul #1 on Santos Garcia, team foul #5 | 36-70 |
| 01:17 | Louisville | Toney Dumas misses the free throw | 36-70 |
| 01:17 | Pitt | The rebound goes to Santos Garcia | 36-70 |
| 00:59 | Pitt | Santos Garcia misses long on a jumpshot from the left wing | 36-70 |
| 00:58 | Louisville | Clifford Jacobs snags the defensive board | 36-70 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:34 | Louisville | Christopher Freudenberg lays it in on a great pass from Paul Pierce | 36-72 |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:27 | Pitt | Santos Garcia hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left wing | 36-72 |
| 00:26 | Louisville | Christopher Freudenberg gets the rebound | 36-72 |
| 00:00 | Louisville | Richard Sheets runs out the clock | 36-72 |