| Lineup | Michigan | PG - Ronald Wolf (fresh) SG - Stephen Sanmiguel (fresh) SF - Jacob Hairston (fresh) PF - Robert Alderson (fresh) C - Donald Ehlert (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Linwood Otani (fresh) SG - Ronald Pittenger (fresh) SF - Daniel Sprague (fresh) PF - Derek Smith (fresh) C - Aaron Jude (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Notre Dame | Aaron Jude wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Michigan | Michigan is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-4) | |
| 19:45 | Notre Dame | Daniel Sprague is alone and drills a jumper from the baseline on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Linwood Otani | 0-2 |
| 19:29 | Michigan | Donald Ehlert makes the floater from the left side on a great pass from Stephen Sanmiguel | 2-2 |
| 19:15 | Notre Dame | Linwood Otani shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 2-2 |
| 19:13 | Notre Dame | Aaron Jude grabs the offensive board | 2-2 |
| 19:08 | Notre Dame | Aaron Jude double dribbles | 2-2 |
| 18:42 | Michigan | Ronald Wolf misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 2-2 |
| 18:41 | Notre Dame | Aaron Jude gets the rebound | 2-2 |
| 18:39 | Notre Dame | Linwood Otani is whistled for traveling in the backcourt | 2-2 |
| 18:19 | Michigan | Ronald Wolf can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 2-2 |
| 18:18 | Michigan | Donald Ehlert tips it in | 4-2 |
| 18:03 | Notre Dame | Linwood Otani's layup is rejected by Jacob Hairston | 4-2 |
| 18:02 | Notre Dame | Daniel Sprague hits the follow up shot | 4-4 |
| 17:54 | Michigan | Donald Ehlert misses the wide open driving attempt from the right block | 4-4 |
| 17:53 | Michigan | Robert Alderson gets the offensive rebound | 4-4 |
| 17:34 | Michigan | Aaron Jude denies the turnaround by Ronald Wolf | 4-4 |
| 17:32 | Notre Dame | Aaron Jude gets the rebound | 4-4 |
| 17:11 | Notre Dame | Ronald Pittenger's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 4-4 |
| Subs | Michigan | | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | James Thornton (PG), Andrew Thacker (SG), Weldon Bendel (SF), Leonard Hall (PF), Robert Fowler (C) Linwood Otani, Ronald Pittenger, Daniel Sprague, Derek Smith, Aaron Jude | |
| 16:44 | Michigan | Stephen Sanmiguel connects on the jump hook from the baseline on a nice dish by Ronald Wolf | 6-4 |
| 16:22 | Notre Dame | Leonard Hall drills a jump hook from the right block | 6-6 |
| 15:54 | Michigan | Stephen Sanmiguel travels with the ball | 6-6 |
| Subs | Michigan | Peter Lejeune (PG), William Rounds (SG), Charles Cota (SF), Sheldon Terry (PF) Ronald Wolf, Stephen Sanmiguel, Jacob Hairston, Robert Alderson | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Ronald Pittenger (SG), Daniel Sprague (SF), Aaron Jude (C) Andrew Thacker, Weldon Bendel, Robert Fowler | |
| Lineup | Michigan | PG - Peter Lejeune (fresh) SG - William Rounds (fresh) SF - Charles Cota (fresh) PF - Sheldon Terry (fresh) C - Donald Ehlert (fairly fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - James Thornton (fresh) SG - Ronald Pittenger (fresh) SF - Daniel Sprague (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Leonard Hall (fresh) 2 pts. C - Aaron Jude (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 15:44 | Notre Dame | Daniel Sprague is fouled on the floor by William Rounds - foul #1 on William Rounds, team foul #1 | 6-6 |
| 15:37 | Notre Dame | Leonard Hall scores on a turnaround in the paint | 6-8 |
| 15:15 | Michigan | Charles Cota can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 6-8 |
| 15:13 | Notre Dame | Daniel Sprague snags the defensive board | 6-8 |
| 15:06 | Notre Dame | Ronald Pittenger works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Donald Ehlert - foul #1 on Donald Ehlert, team foul #2 | 6-8 |
| Subs | Michigan | Robert Alderson (PF) Donald Ehlert | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Linwood Otani (PG), Derek Smith (PF) James Thornton, Leonard Hall | |
| 15:06 | Notre Dame | Ronald Pittenger misses the 1st free throw | 6-8 |
| 15:06 | Notre Dame | Ronald Pittenger makes the 2nd free throw | 6-9 |
| 14:46 | Michigan | Charles Cota can't connect on a floater from the left wing | 6-9 |
| 14:44 | Notre Dame | Daniel Sprague gets the rebound | 6-9 |
| 14:28 | Notre Dame | Linwood Otani is called for traveling | 6-9 |
| Subs | Michigan | Stephen Sanmiguel (SG), Jacob Hairston (PF) William Rounds, Robert Alderson | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Weldon Bendel (SF), Robert Fowler (C) Daniel Sprague, Aaron Jude | |
| 13:59 | Michigan | Jacob Hairston is fouled on the floor by Robert Fowler - foul #1 on Robert Fowler, team foul #1 | 6-9 |
| Subs | Michigan | Ronald Wolf (PG) Peter Lejeune | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Andrew Thacker (SG) Ronald Pittenger | |
| 13:37 | Michigan | Sheldon Terry lays it in set up by Charles Cota | 8-9 |
| 13:20 | Notre Dame | Robert Fowler is by himself and knocks in the shot from the right block on a great pass from Linwood Otani | 8-11 |
| 13:00 | Michigan | Sheldon Terry buries a jump hook from close range and he's hacked by Robert Fowler - foul #2 on Robert Fowler, team foul #2 | 10-11 |
| Subs | Michigan | Donald Ehlert (C) Charles Cota | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | James Thornton (PG), Daniel Sprague (SF), Leonard Hall (PF), Aaron Jude (C) Linwood Otani, Weldon Bendel, Derek Smith, Robert Fowler | |
| 13:00 | Michigan | Sheldon Terry misses the free throw | 10-11 |
| 13:00 | Notre Dame | The rebound goes to Leonard Hall | 10-11 |
| 12:42 | Notre Dame | Stephen Sanmiguel steals it from Leonard Hall | 10-11 |
| 12:39 | Michigan | Stephen Sanmiguel throws it down | 12-11 |
| 12:27 | Notre Dame | Ronald Wolf is called for the reach on Andrew Thacker - foul #1 on Ronald Wolf, team foul #3 | 12-11 |
| Subs | Michigan | William Rounds (SG), Kerry Jackson (SF), Robert Alderson (PF) Stephen Sanmiguel, Jacob Hairston, Sheldon Terry | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Ronald Pittenger (SG) Andrew Thacker | |
| 12:11 | Notre Dame | Ronald Wolf takes the ball from Leonard Hall | 12-11 |
| 11:50 | Michigan | Aaron Jude picks off the pass by Ronald Wolf | 12-11 |
| Lineup | Michigan | PG - Ronald Wolf (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - William Rounds (fresh) SF - Kerry Jackson (fresh) PF - Robert Alderson (fresh) C - Donald Ehlert (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - James Thornton (fresh) SG - Ronald Pittenger (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Daniel Sprague (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Leonard Hall (fresh) 4 pts. C - Aaron Jude (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 11:25 | Notre Dame | Leonard Hall misses badly on a shot from the left side | 12-11 |
| 11:23 | Michigan | Robert Alderson grabs the defensive rebound | 12-11 |
| 10:54 | Michigan | Kerry Jackson scores on a pull-up jumper from the left side on a great pass from Robert Alderson | 14-11 |
| 10:43 | Notre Dame | Leonard Hall misses short on a runner from the right block but he's hacked by Robert Alderson - foul #1 on Robert Alderson, team foul #4 | 14-11 |
| Subs | Michigan | Peter Lejeune (PG), Stephen Sanmiguel (SG), Jacob Hairston (SF), Sheldon Terry (C) Ronald Wolf, William Rounds, Kerry Jackson, Donald Ehlert | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Linwood Otani (PG), Weldon Bendel (SF), Robert Wilson (C) James Thornton, Daniel Sprague, Aaron Jude | |
| 10:43 | Notre Dame | Leonard Hall misses the 1st free throw | 14-11 |
| 10:43 | Notre Dame | Leonard Hall misses the 2nd free throw | 14-11 |
| 10:43 | Michigan | Stephen Sanmiguel snags the defensive board | 14-11 |
| 10:14 | Michigan | Stephen Sanmiguel can't connect on a jumper from the right side | 14-11 |
| 10:12 | Notre Dame | Ronald Pittenger grabs the board | 14-11 |
| 09:54 | Notre Dame | Ronald Pittenger comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 14-11 |
| 09:52 | Notre Dame | Robert Wilson tips it but misses | 14-11 |
| 09:51 | Michigan | Robert Alderson pulls down the rebound | 14-11 |
| 09:22 | Michigan | Jacob Hairston is fouled on the floor by Weldon Bendel - foul #1 on Weldon Bendel, team foul #3 | 14-11 |
| Subs | Michigan | Charles Cota (SF), Donald Ehlert (C) Robert Alderson, Sheldon Terry | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Andrew Thacker (SG), Daniel Sprague (SF), Derek Smith (PF), Aaron Jude (C) Ronald Pittenger, Weldon Bendel, Leonard Hall, Robert Wilson | |
| 08:56 | Michigan | Jacob Hairston is hacked by Andrew Thacker - foul #1 on Andrew Thacker, team foul #4 | 14-11 |
| Subs | Michigan | Ronald Wolf (PG) Peter Lejeune | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 08:35 | Michigan | Charles Cota double dribbles | 14-11 |
| Subs | Michigan | | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | James Thornton (PG) Linwood Otani | |
| 08:16 | Notre Dame | Daniel Sprague misses badly on a shot from the baseline but the foul's on Charles Cota - foul #1 on Charles Cota, team foul #5 | 14-11 |
| Subs | Michigan | Sheldon Terry (PF) Jacob Hairston | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 08:16 | Notre Dame | Daniel Sprague makes the 1st free throw | 14-12 |
| 08:16 | Notre Dame | Daniel Sprague makes the 2nd free throw | 14-13 |
| 07:51 | Michigan | Daniel Sprague is called for the reach on Charles Cota - foul #1 on Daniel Sprague, team foul #5 | 14-13 |
| Subs | Michigan | William Rounds (SG) Stephen Sanmiguel | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Ronald Pittenger (SG) Andrew Thacker | |
| 07:34 | Michigan | Ronald Wolf clanks a floater from the left side | 14-13 |
| 07:32 | Notre Dame | The rebound goes to Daniel Sprague | 14-13 |
| Lineup | Michigan | PG - Ronald Wolf (fresh) 1 ast. SG - William Rounds (fresh) SF - Charles Cota (fresh) PF - Sheldon Terry (fresh) 4 pts. C - Donald Ehlert (fairly fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - James Thornton (fresh) SG - Ronald Pittenger (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Daniel Sprague (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. PF - Derek Smith (fresh) C - Aaron Jude (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 07:26 | Notre Dame | Aaron Jude clanks a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 14-13 |
| 07:25 | Notre Dame | Derek Smith can't tip it in | 14-13 |
| 07:24 | Michigan | William Rounds snags the defensive board | 14-13 |
| 06:59 | Michigan | Ronald Wolf's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 14-13 |
| Subs | Michigan | Peter Lejeune (PG), Stephen Sanmiguel (SG), Jacob Hairston (SF), Robert Alderson (PF) Ronald Wolf, William Rounds, Charles Cota, Donald Ehlert | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Linwood Otani (PG), Weldon Bendel (SF), Leonard Hall (PF), Robert Wilson (C) James Thornton, Daniel Sprague, Derek Smith, Aaron Jude | |
| 06:49 | Notre Dame | Linwood Otani is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 14-13 |
| 06:48 | Michigan | Sheldon Terry grabs the defensive rebound | 14-13 |
| 06:43 | Michigan | Jacob Hairston is fouled on the floor by Weldon Bendel - foul #2 on Weldon Bendel, team foul #6 | 14-13 |
| Subs | Michigan | Donald Ehlert (C) Sheldon Terry | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Paul Kluge (SF) Weldon Bendel | |
| 06:23 | Michigan | Peter Lejeune scores on a jumpshot from the left side on a great pass from Stephen Sanmiguel | 16-13 |
| 06:12 | Notre Dame | Ronald Pittenger misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 16-13 |
| 06:11 | Notre Dame | Paul Kluge misses the tip | 16-13 |
| 06:10 | Michigan | Robert Alderson grabs the defensive rebound | 16-13 |
| 05:53 | Michigan | Jacob Hairston clanks a floater from just outside the lane | 16-13 |
| 05:51 | Notre Dame | Paul Kluge gets the rebound | 16-13 |
| 05:34 | Notre Dame | Paul Kluge is open but comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 16-13 |
| 05:32 | Michigan | Robert Alderson pulls down the rebound | 16-13 |
| 05:06 | Michigan | Peter Lejeune misses the floater from the left wing | 16-13 |
| 05:05 | Michigan | The offensive rebound goes to Jacob Hairston | 16-13 |
| 04:56 | Michigan | Robert Alderson misses the dunk but the foul's on Robert Wilson - foul #1 on Robert Wilson, team foul #7 | 16-13 |
| Subs | Michigan | Ronald Wolf (PG), William Rounds (SG), Charles Cota (SF), Sheldon Terry (C) Peter Lejeune, Stephen Sanmiguel, Jacob Hairston, Donald Ehlert | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | James Thornton (PG), Andrew Thacker (SG), Daniel Sprague (SF), Derek Smith (PF), Aaron Jude (C) Linwood Otani, Ronald Pittenger, Paul Kluge, Leonard Hall, Robert Wilson | |
| 04:56 | Michigan | Robert Alderson makes the 1st free throw | 17-13 |
| 04:56 | Michigan | Robert Alderson makes the 2nd free throw | 18-13 |
| 04:42 | Notre Dame | Daniel Sprague can't connect on a jump hook from close range | 18-13 |
| 04:40 | Notre Dame | Daniel Sprague tips it but misses | 18-13 |
| 04:38 | Michigan | Sheldon Terry grabs the board | 18-13 |
| 04:18 | Michigan | Charles Cota knocks in the fadeaway from the right wing | 20-13 |
| 04:09 | Notre Dame | Derek Smith connects on the jumper from the left wing on a great pass from James Thornton | 20-15 |
| 03:46 | Michigan | Ronald Wolf knocks in the 3 from the right wing | 23-15 |
| 03:28 | Notre Dame | Derek Smith misses long on a jumper from the baseline | 23-15 |
| 03:27 | Notre Dame | Andrew Thacker tips it but misses | 23-15 |
| 03:25 | Notre Dame | Andrew Thacker pulls down the offensive rebound | 23-15 |
| Lineup | Michigan | PG - Ronald Wolf (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - William Rounds (fresh) SF - Charles Cota (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Robert Alderson (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Sheldon Terry (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - James Thornton (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Andrew Thacker (fresh) SF - Daniel Sprague (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. PF - Derek Smith (fresh) 2 pts. C - Aaron Jude (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 03:09 | Notre Dame | Ronald Wolf picks off the pass by James Thornton | 23-15 |
| 02:52 | Michigan | Derek Smith blocks the jumper by Sheldon Terry | 23-15 |
| 02:50 | Notre Dame | Andrew Thacker grabs the board | 23-15 |
| 02:40 | Notre Dame | Andrew Thacker misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 23-15 |
| 02:39 | Michigan | Sheldon Terry gets the rebound | 23-15 |
| 02:18 | Michigan | Robert Alderson scores on a jumpshot from the free throw line set up by Ronald Wolf | 25-15 |
| 02:10 | Notre Dame | James Thornton is wide open but clanks a 3 from the left wing | 25-15 |
| 02:08 | Michigan | Ronald Wolf pulls down the rebound | 25-15 |
| 02:04 | Michigan | Ronald Wolf is hacked by James Thornton - foul #1 on James Thornton, team foul #8 | 25-15 |
| Subs | Michigan | Stephen Sanmiguel (SG), Kerry Jackson (SF), Jacob Hairston (PF), Donald Ehlert (C) William Rounds, Charles Cota, Robert Alderson, Sheldon Terry | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Linwood Otani (PG), Ronald Pittenger (SG), Weldon Bendel (SF), Leonard Hall (PF), Robert Fowler (C) James Thornton, Andrew Thacker, Daniel Sprague, Derek Smith, Aaron Jude | |
| 02:04 | Michigan | Ronald Wolf makes the 1st free throw | 26-15 |
| 02:04 | Michigan | Ronald Wolf makes the 2nd free throw | 27-15 |
| 01:44 | Notre Dame | Ronald Pittenger splits the doubleteam but misses short on a driving attempt from close range but the foul's on Jacob Hairston - foul #1 on Jacob Hairston, team foul #6 | 27-15 |
| Subs | Michigan | Peter Lejeune (PG) Ronald Wolf | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 01:44 | Notre Dame | Ronald Pittenger misses the 1st free throw | 27-15 |
| 01:44 | Notre Dame | Ronald Pittenger makes the 2nd free throw | 27-16 |
| 01:28 | Michigan | Jacob Hairston makes the turnaround from the left block on a nice dish by Kerry Jackson and he's fouled by Weldon Bendel - foul #3 on Weldon Bendel, team foul #9 | 29-16 |
| Subs | Michigan | | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Paul Kluge (SF) Weldon Bendel | |
| 01:28 | Michigan | Jacob Hairston makes the free throw | 30-16 |
| 01:26 | Notre Dame | Peter Lejeune picks off the pass by Linwood Otani in the backcourt | 30-16 |
| 01:25 | Michigan | Peter Lejeune dunks the ball | 32-16 |
| 01:12 | Notre Dame | Ronald Pittenger splits the doubleteam but misses short on a shot from just outside the lane | 32-16 |
| 01:11 | Michigan | Peter Lejeune grabs the defensive rebound | 32-16 |
| 00:46 | Michigan | Jacob Hairston misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 32-16 |
| 00:44 | Michigan | Peter Lejeune snags the offensive board | 32-16 |
| 00:17 | Michigan | Peter Lejeune's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 32-16 |
| Subs | Michigan | Ronald Wolf (PG), Charles Cota (SF) Peter Lejeune, Kerry Jackson | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Daniel Sprague (SF), Derek Smith (PF), Aaron Jude (C) Paul Kluge, Leonard Hall, Robert Fowler | |
| 00:03 | Notre Dame | Derek Smith makes the jump hook near the basket set up by Linwood Otani | 32-18 |
| 00:00 | Michigan | Charles Cota hits the front of the rim on the halfcourt shot | 32-18 |