| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Dan Callas (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Andrew Patterson (fresh) 13 pts. SF - James Pate (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. PF - Giovanni Ferrari (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Ivan Topolski (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Texas Tech | PG - Carlos Slape (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Cole Allison (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Oleg Cichowski (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Fred Barreiro (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - James Zenger (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Wisconsin | James Pate inbounds the ball | 24-23 |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Texas Tech | Texas Tech is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:37 | Wisconsin | Andrew Patterson misses long on a floater from the left side | 24-23 |
| 19:36 | Texas Tech | Fred Barreiro pulls down the rebound | 24-23 |
| 19:20 | Texas Tech | Giovanni Ferrari is called for the reach on James Zenger - foul #1 on Giovanni Ferrari, team foul #1 | 24-23 |
| 19:12 | Texas Tech | Oleg Cichowski is called for the illegal screen - foul #3 on Oleg Cichowski, team foul #1 | 24-23 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Ronald Osterhout (SF) Oleg Cichowski | |
| 18:48 | Wisconsin | James Pate scores on a floater from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Andrew Patterson | 26-23 |
| 18:29 | Texas Tech | Carlos Slape comes up short on the jumper from the right side | 26-23 |
| 18:28 | Wisconsin | Dan Callas pulls down the rebound | 26-23 |
| 17:59 | Wisconsin | Giovanni Ferrari scores on a shot from the baseline and the foul's on James Zenger - foul #2 on James Zenger, team foul #2 | 28-23 |
| 17:59 | Wisconsin | Giovanni Ferrari makes the free throw | 29-23 |
| 17:37 | Texas Tech | Giovanni Ferrari is called for the reach on Carlos Slape - foul #2 on Giovanni Ferrari, team foul #2 | 29-23 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Viktor Zadd (PF) Giovanni Ferrari | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | | |
| 17:32 | Texas Tech | Cole Allison knocks in the 3pt shot from the right wing on a great pass from James Zenger | 29-26 |
| 17:11 | Wisconsin | James Pate can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 29-26 |
| 17:09 | Texas Tech | Carlos Slape snags the defensive board | 29-26 |
| 17:04 | Texas Tech | Cole Allison clanks a shot near the basket | 29-26 |
| 17:02 | Wisconsin | The rebound goes to Ivan Topolski | 29-26 |
| 16:57 | Wisconsin | Cole Allison steps in front of the Dan Callas pass in the backcourt | 29-26 |
| 16:46 | Texas Tech | Fred Barreiro can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 29-26 |
| 16:44 | Wisconsin | Andrew Patterson gets the rebound | 29-26 |
| 16:40 | Wisconsin | Carlos Slape is called for the reach on Dan Callas - foul #1 on Carlos Slape, team foul #3 | 29-26 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Mario Rivera (PG), Minh Hong (SF) Dan Callas, James Pate | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | | |
| 16:25 | Wisconsin | Minh Hong throws a bad pass out of bounds | 29-26 |
| 16:11 | Texas Tech | Carlos Slape's pass is intercepted by Andrew Patterson | 29-26 |
| 15:48 | Wisconsin | Andrew Patterson misses the 3pt shot from the right wing | 29-26 |
| 15:47 | Texas Tech | Ronald Osterhout snags the defensive board | 29-26 |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Mario Rivera (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Andrew Patterson (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. SF - Minh Hong (fresh) PF - Viktor Zadd (fresh) C - Ivan Topolski (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Texas Tech | PG - Carlos Slape (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SG - Cole Allison (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Ronald Osterhout (fresh) PF - Fred Barreiro (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. C - James Zenger (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 15:32 | Texas Tech | Carlos Slape comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 29-26 |
| 15:30 | Wisconsin | Viktor Zadd gets the rebound | 29-26 |
| 15:06 | Wisconsin | Andrew Patterson is called for traveling | 29-26 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Dan Callas (PG), Shaun Fazio (SG), James Pate (SF), Giovanni Ferrari (PF) Mario Rivera, Andrew Patterson, Minh Hong, Viktor Zadd | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | William Vidrio (PG), Oleg Cichowski (SF) Carlos Slape, Ronald Osterhout | |
| 14:48 | Texas Tech | William Vidrio misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 29-26 |
| 14:47 | Wisconsin | Giovanni Ferrari snags the defensive board | 29-26 |
| 14:29 | Wisconsin | Ivan Topolski is hacked by Cole Allison - foul #2 on Cole Allison, team foul #4 | 29-26 |
| 14:13 | Wisconsin | Giovanni Ferrari's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 29-26 |
| 13:55 | Texas Tech | Cole Allison is called for a pushoff foul - foul #3 on Cole Allison, team foul #5 | 29-26 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Andrew Patterson (SG) Shaun Fazio | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | | |
| 13:53 | Wisconsin | William Vidrio steps in front of the Dan Callas pass in the backcourt | 29-26 |
| 13:52 | Texas Tech | Cole Allison lays it in set up by William Vidrio | 29-28 |
| 13:26 | Wisconsin | Giovanni Ferrari misses short on a shot from the free throw line | 29-28 |
| 13:25 | Wisconsin | Giovanni Ferrari pulls down the offensive rebound | 29-28 |
| 13:10 | Wisconsin | James Pate misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 29-28 |
| 13:08 | Wisconsin | James Pate misses the tip | 29-28 |
| 13:06 | Texas Tech | William Vidrio grabs the board | 29-28 |
| 12:48 | Texas Tech | Fred Barreiro is called for 5 seconds | 29-28 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Mario Rivera (PG), Minh Hong (SF), Viktor Zadd (PF), Shannon Epperson (C) Dan Callas, James Pate, Giovanni Ferrari, Ivan Topolski | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | | |
| 12:19 | Wisconsin | Andrew Patterson misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 29-28 |
| 12:18 | Texas Tech | James Zenger gets the rebound | 29-28 |
| 12:14 | Texas Tech | Viktor Zadd is called for the reach on William Vidrio - foul #1 on Viktor Zadd, team foul #3 | 29-28 |
| 12:02 | Texas Tech | Fred Barreiro misses short on an open 3pt attempt from straight away | 29-28 |
| 12:01 | Wisconsin | Minh Hong gets the rebound | 29-28 |
| 11:44 | Wisconsin | Andrew Patterson misses the 3 pointer from the left wing | 29-28 |
| 11:43 | Wisconsin | Shannon Epperson grabs the offensive board | 29-28 |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Mario Rivera (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Andrew Patterson (fresh) 13 pts. 1 ast. SF - Minh Hong (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Viktor Zadd (fresh) 2 reb. C - Shannon Epperson (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Texas Tech | PG - William Vidrio (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Cole Allison (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SF - Oleg Cichowski (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Fred Barreiro (tiring) 5 pts. 5 reb. C - James Zenger (tiring) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 11:24 | Wisconsin | Viktor Zadd buries a runner from the left block set up by Mario Rivera and he's hacked by Fred Barreiro - foul #3 on Fred Barreiro, team foul #6 | 31-28 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Shaun Fazio (SG), Giovanni Ferrari (PF) Andrew Patterson, Shannon Epperson | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | | |
| 11:24 | Wisconsin | Viktor Zadd makes the free throw | 32-28 |
| 11:04 | Texas Tech | Cole Allison misses badly on a fadeaway from the right wing | 32-28 |
| 11:02 | Texas Tech | The offensive rebound goes to James Zenger | 32-28 |
| 10:49 | Texas Tech | William Vidrio clanks a shot from the right wing but he's hacked by Mario Rivera - foul #1 on Mario Rivera, team foul #4 | 32-28 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Dan Callas (PG), James Pate (SF), Ivan Topolski (C) Mario Rivera, Minh Hong, Viktor Zadd | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | | |
| 10:49 | Texas Tech | William Vidrio misses the 1st free throw | 32-28 |
| 10:49 | Texas Tech | William Vidrio makes the 2nd free throw | 32-29 |
| 10:30 | Wisconsin | Giovanni Ferrari hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left side but the foul's on Oleg Cichowski - foul #4 on Oleg Cichowski, team foul #7 | 32-29 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Andrew Patterson (SG) Shaun Fazio | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Ronald Osterhout (SF) Oleg Cichowski | |
| 10:30 | Wisconsin | Giovanni Ferrari makes the 1st free throw | 33-29 |
| 10:30 | Wisconsin | Giovanni Ferrari makes the 2nd free throw | 34-29 |
| 10:06 | Texas Tech | James Zenger clanks a shot from the baseline | 34-29 |
| 10:05 | Wisconsin | Giovanni Ferrari pulls down the rebound | 34-29 |
| 09:39 | Wisconsin | Giovanni Ferrari misses the lay-in | 34-29 |
| 09:38 | Texas Tech | William Vidrio gets the rebound | 34-29 |
| 09:16 | Texas Tech | Cole Allison clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 34-29 |
| 09:15 | Wisconsin | Ivan Topolski snags the defensive board | 34-29 |
| 08:50 | Wisconsin | Giovanni Ferrari hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Dan Callas | 36-29 |
| 08:38 | Texas Tech | William Vidrio lays it in on a great pass from Fred Barreiro | 36-31 |
| 08:09 | Wisconsin | Dan Callas is hacked by William Vidrio - foul #4 on William Vidrio, team foul #8 | 36-31 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Shaun Fazio (SG), Minh Hong (SF), Viktor Zadd (PF), Shannon Epperson (C) Andrew Patterson, James Pate, Giovanni Ferrari, Ivan Topolski | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Carlos Slape (PG) William Vidrio | |
| 08:09 | Wisconsin | Dan Callas makes the 1st free throw | 37-31 |
| 08:09 | Wisconsin | Dan Callas makes the 2nd free throw | 38-31 |
| 07:50 | Texas Tech | Viktor Zadd swats the short shot by Fred Barreiro | 38-31 |
| 07:49 | Wisconsin | Viktor Zadd snags the defensive board | 38-31 |
| 07:45 | Wisconsin | Minh Hong connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing set up by Dan Callas | 40-31 |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Dan Callas (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Shaun Fazio (fresh) SF - Minh Hong (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Viktor Zadd (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Shannon Epperson (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Texas Tech | PG - Carlos Slape (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Cole Allison (tiring) 7 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SF - Ronald Osterhout (fresh) PF - Fred Barreiro (tiring) 5 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - James Zenger (tired) 2 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 07:23 | Texas Tech | Fred Barreiro misses long on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 40-31 |
| 07:22 | Wisconsin | Minh Hong grabs the defensive rebound | 40-31 |
| 07:00 | Wisconsin | Minh Hong hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the right wing | 40-31 |
| 06:58 | Texas Tech | James Zenger grabs the defensive rebound | 40-31 |
| 06:52 | Texas Tech | James Zenger can't connect on a floater in the lane but he's fouled by Shannon Epperson - foul #3 on Shannon Epperson, team foul #5 | 40-31 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Mario Rivera (PG), Andrew Patterson (SG) Dan Callas, Shaun Fazio | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | William Vidrio (PG), Oleg Cichowski (SF) Carlos Slape, Ronald Osterhout | |
| 06:52 | Texas Tech | James Zenger makes the 1st free throw | 40-32 |
| 06:52 | Texas Tech | James Zenger makes the 2nd free throw | 40-33 |
| 06:30 | Wisconsin | William Vidrio is called for the reach on Mario Rivera - foul #5 on William Vidrio, team foul #9 | 40-33 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Ivan Topolski (C) Shannon Epperson | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | Carlos Slape (PG) William Vidrio | |
| 06:30 | Wisconsin | Mario Rivera misses the 1st free throw | 40-33 |
| 06:30 | Texas Tech | Fred Barreiro snags the defensive board | 40-33 |
| 06:20 | Texas Tech | Carlos Slape clanks a 3pt attempt from straight away | 40-33 |
| 06:19 | Texas Tech | Cole Allison tips it in | 40-35 |
| 05:58 | Wisconsin | Mario Rivera misses short on a jumpshot from the left wing | 40-35 |
| 05:57 | Texas Tech | James Zenger snags the defensive board | 40-35 |
| 05:36 | Texas Tech | Carlos Slape hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 40-35 |
| 05:35 | Wisconsin | Viktor Zadd grabs the defensive rebound | 40-35 |
| 05:09 | Wisconsin | Mario Rivera scores on a 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by Andrew Patterson | 43-35 |
| 04:46 | Texas Tech | Cole Allison is alone and drills a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 43-37 |
| 04:24 | Wisconsin | Ivan Topolski throws a bad pass out of bounds | 43-37 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Dan Callas (PG), James Pate (SF), Giovanni Ferrari (PF), Shannon Epperson (C) Mario Rivera, Minh Hong, Viktor Zadd, Ivan Topolski | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | | |
| 04:06 | Texas Tech | Cole Allison misses short on a shot from the right wing but he's hacked by James Pate - foul #1 on James Pate, team foul #6 | 43-37 |
| 04:06 | Texas Tech | Texas Tech calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 43-37 |
| 04:06 | Texas Tech | Cole Allison makes the 1st free throw | 43-38 |
| 04:06 | Texas Tech | Cole Allison makes the 2nd free throw | 43-39 |
| 03:46 | Wisconsin | Dan Callas's pass is intercepted by Cole Allison | 43-39 |
| 03:35 | Texas Tech | Cole Allison buries a jumper from the right side on a great pass from Oleg Cichowski | 43-41 |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Dan Callas (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SG - Andrew Patterson (fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Pate (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. PF - Giovanni Ferrari (fresh) 13 pts. 6 reb. C - Shannon Epperson (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Texas Tech | PG - Carlos Slape (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Cole Allison (tiring) 15 pts. 1 ast. 3 stl. 3 pf. SF - Oleg Cichowski (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 4 pf. PF - Fred Barreiro (tired) 5 pts. 6 reb. 3 pf. C - James Zenger (tired) 4 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 03:12 | Wisconsin | James Pate can't connect on a 3pt shot from straight away | 43-41 |
| 03:10 | Wisconsin | Andrew Patterson grabs the offensive rebound | 43-41 |
| 02:55 | Wisconsin | Dan Callas misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 43-41 |
| 02:54 | Texas Tech | Oleg Cichowski grabs the board | 43-41 |
| 02:45 | Texas Tech | Carlos Slape hits a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 43-44 |
| 02:20 | Wisconsin | Oleg Cichowski takes the ball from James Pate | 43-44 |
| 01:51 | Texas Tech | Fred Barreiro drills a fadeaway from the baseline set up by Carlos Slape | 43-46 |
| 01:36 | Wisconsin | James Pate makes the jumper from the right block on a nice dish by Dan Callas | 45-46 |
| 01:20 | Texas Tech | Oleg Cichowski misses short on a fadeaway from the left wing | 45-46 |
| 01:18 | Wisconsin | Andrew Patterson snags the defensive board | 45-46 |
| 01:14 | Wisconsin | James Pate buries a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a great pass from Dan Callas | 48-46 |
| 01:14 | Texas Tech | Texas Tech calls a full timeout (2 :30 1 full remaining) | 48-46 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Ivan Topolski (C) Shannon Epperson | |
| Subs | Texas Tech | | |
| 00:59 | Texas Tech | Carlos Slape misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 48-46 |
| 00:58 | Wisconsin | Ivan Topolski grabs the board | 48-46 |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Texas Tech | Texas Tech is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:37 | Wisconsin | James Pate is hacked by James Zenger - foul #3 on James Zenger, team foul #10 | 48-46 |
| 00:37 | Wisconsin | James Pate makes the 1st free throw | 49-46 |
| 00:37 | Wisconsin | James Pate makes the 2nd free throw | 50-46 |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Texas Tech | Texas Tech is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:33 | Texas Tech | Cole Allison is fouled on the floor by James Pate - foul #2 on James Pate, team foul #7 | 50-46 |
| 00:33 | Texas Tech | Cole Allison makes the 1st free throw | 50-47 |
| 00:33 | Texas Tech | Cole Allison makes the 2nd free throw | 50-48 |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Texas Tech | Texas Tech is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:32 | Wisconsin | Andrew Patterson is fouled in the backcourt by Cole Allison - foul #4 on Cole Allison, team foul #11 | 50-48 |
| 00:32 | Wisconsin | Andrew Patterson misses the 1st free throw | 50-48 |
| 00:32 | Wisconsin | Andrew Patterson makes the 2nd free throw | 51-48 |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Texas Tech | Texas Tech is playing a triangle offense and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:21 | Texas Tech | Carlos Slape misses the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 51-48 |
| 00:19 | Wisconsin | The rebound goes to Giovanni Ferrari | 51-48 |
| 00:17 | Wisconsin | Carlos Slape is called for the reach on Giovanni Ferrari in the backcourt - foul #2 on Carlos Slape, team foul #12 | 51-48 |
| 00:17 | Wisconsin | Giovanni Ferrari misses the 1st free throw | 51-48 |
| 00:17 | Wisconsin | Giovanni Ferrari makes the 2nd free throw | 52-48 |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Texas Tech | Texas Tech is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:10 | Texas Tech | Oleg Cichowski is hacked by James Pate - foul #3 on James Pate, team foul #8 | 52-48 |
| 00:10 | Texas Tech | Oleg Cichowski makes the 1st free throw | 52-49 |
| 00:10 | Texas Tech | Oleg Cichowski makes the 2nd free throw | 52-50 |
| 00:07 | Wisconsin | James Pate is hacked by Carlos Slape in the backcourt - foul #3 on Carlos Slape, team foul #13 | 52-50 |
| 00:07 | Wisconsin | James Pate misses the 1st free throw | 52-50 |
| 00:07 | Wisconsin | James Pate makes the 2nd free throw | 53-50 |
| 00:07 | Texas Tech | Texas Tech calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 1 full remaining) | 53-50 |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Texas Tech | Texas Tech is playing a triangle offense and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:02 | Texas Tech | Carlos Slape can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 53-50 |
| 00:00 | Wisconsin | James Pate gets the rebound | 53-50 |