| Lineup | UConn | PG - Ronald Rotstein (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Benjamin Hall (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Robert Knight (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Gregory Greene (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Joshua Marble (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Jeffrey Rorie (fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Lewis (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Charles Lauver (fresh) PF - James Cleghorn (fresh) 4 pts. C - Freeman Hahn (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Syracuse | Charles Lauver inbounds the ball | 38-29 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:33 | Syracuse | Freeman Hahn misses badly on a fadeaway in the paint but he's hacked by Joshua Marble - foul #2 on Joshua Marble, team foul #1 | 38-29 |
| 19:33 | Syracuse | Freeman Hahn makes the 1st free throw | 38-30 |
| 19:33 | Syracuse | Freeman Hahn makes the 2nd free throw | 38-31 |
| 19:04 | UConn | Joshua Marble throws a bad pass out of bounds | 38-31 |
| 18:47 | Syracuse | Michael Lewis is hacked by Joshua Marble - foul #3 on Joshua Marble, team foul #2 | 38-31 |
| 18:29 | Syracuse | Joshua Marble swats the short shot by Freeman Hahn | 38-31 |
| 18:27 | UConn | Joshua Marble gets the rebound | 38-31 |
| 18:01 | UConn | Ronald Rotstein misses badly on a jumpshot from the left side but he's fouled by Freeman Hahn - foul #2 on Freeman Hahn, team foul #1 | 38-31 |
| 18:01 | UConn | Ronald Rotstein misses the 1st free throw | 38-31 |
| 18:01 | UConn | Ronald Rotstein makes the 2nd free throw | 39-31 |
| 17:37 | Syracuse | Joshua Marble is called for the reach on James Cleghorn - foul #4 on Joshua Marble, team foul #3 | 39-31 |
| Subs | UConn | Frank Goodall (C) Joshua Marble | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 17:18 | Syracuse | Charles Lauver can't connect on a jumper from the left side | 39-31 |
| 17:16 | UConn | Ronald Rotstein snags the defensive board | 39-31 |
| 16:51 | UConn | Robert Knight comes up short on the fadeaway from the left block | 39-31 |
| 16:49 | Syracuse | Charles Lauver gets the rebound | 39-31 |
| 16:20 | Syracuse | Freeman Hahn misses short on a fadeaway from the free throw line but he's fouled by Frank Goodall - foul #2 on Frank Goodall, team foul #4 | 39-31 |
| Subs | UConn | Arthur Finlay (PG), Eric Fitzgerald (SG), Steven Miller (SF), Stephen Kissner (PF) Ronald Rotstein, Benjamin Hall, Robert Knight, Gregory Greene | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Joey Rosenzweig (SG), Larry Stanton (SF), Daniel Spataro (PF) Michael Lewis, Charles Lauver, James Cleghorn | |
| 16:20 | Syracuse | Freeman Hahn misses the 1st free throw | 39-31 |
| 16:20 | Syracuse | Freeman Hahn makes the 2nd free throw | 39-32 |
| 16:00 | UConn | Arthur Finlay can't connect on a jumpshot from the left side | 39-32 |
| 15:59 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Jeffrey Rorie | 39-32 |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Arthur Finlay (fresh) 6 pts. SG - Eric Fitzgerald (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Steven Miller (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Stephen Kissner (fresh) 2 pts. C - Frank Goodall (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Jeffrey Rorie (fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. SG - Joey Rosenzweig (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Larry Stanton (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Daniel Spataro (fresh) 2 pts. C - Freeman Hahn (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 15:33 | Syracuse | Joey Rosenzweig is called for traveling | 39-32 |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Lauver (SF), John Alexander (C) Jeffrey Rorie, Freeman Hahn | |
| 15:19 | UConn | Steven Miller is open and scores on a fadeaway in the paint on a nice dish by Frank Goodall | 41-32 |
| 15:03 | Syracuse | Charles Lauver misses badly on a floater in the paint | 41-32 |
| 15:01 | UConn | Stephen Kissner gets the rebound | 41-32 |
| 14:53 | UConn | Eric Fitzgerald drills a 3 pointer from the right wing | 44-32 |
| 14:27 | Syracuse | Charles Lauver misses short on a shot from the baseline | 44-32 |
| 14:26 | UConn | Frank Goodall grabs the board | 44-32 |
| 14:00 | UConn | Charles Lauver denies the turnaround by Frank Goodall | 44-32 |
| 13:59 | Syracuse | John Alexander grabs the board | 44-32 |
| 13:37 | Syracuse | Daniel Spataro throws a bad pass out of bounds | 44-32 |
| Subs | UConn | Ronald Rotstein (PG), Benjamin Hall (SG), Robert Knight (SF), Gregory Greene (PF) Arthur Finlay, Eric Fitzgerald, Steven Miller, Stephen Kissner | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jeffrey Rorie (PG), Michael Lewis (SG), James Cleghorn (PF), Freeman Hahn (C) Joey Rosenzweig, Charles Lauver, Daniel Spataro, John Alexander | |
| 13:18 | UConn | Gregory Greene misses the easy dunk attempt | 44-32 |
| 13:17 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Jeffrey Rorie | 44-32 |
| 12:57 | Syracuse | Larry Stanton clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 44-32 |
| 12:55 | UConn | Gregory Greene snags the defensive board | 44-32 |
| 12:48 | UConn | Ronald Rotstein evades the doubleteam but misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 44-32 |
| 12:46 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Rorie gets the rebound | 44-32 |
| 12:26 | Syracuse | Michael Lewis hits a fadeaway from the free throw line | 44-34 |
| 12:15 | UConn | Ronald Rotstein hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 44-34 |
| 12:13 | UConn | Frank Goodall tips it but misses | 44-34 |
| 12:12 | Syracuse | James Cleghorn snags the defensive board | 44-34 |
| 11:50 | Syracuse | James Cleghorn misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Gregory Greene - foul #2 on Gregory Greene, team foul #5 | 44-34 |
| Subs | UConn | Joshua Marble (C) Frank Goodall | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Lauver (SF) Larry Stanton | |
| 11:50 | Syracuse | James Cleghorn makes the 1st free throw | 44-35 |
| 11:50 | Syracuse | James Cleghorn makes the 2nd free throw | 44-36 |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Ronald Rotstein (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SG - Benjamin Hall (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Robert Knight (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Gregory Greene (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Joshua Marble (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Jeffrey Rorie (fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. SG - Michael Lewis (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Charles Lauver (fresh) 2 reb. PF - James Cleghorn (fresh) 6 pts. C - Freeman Hahn (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:28 | UConn | Ronald Rotstein makes the contested 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Joshua Marble | 47-36 |
| 11:04 | Syracuse | Freeman Hahn drills a pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Jeffrey Rorie | 47-38 |
| 10:42 | UConn | Ronald Rotstein works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left block but he's hacked by Jeffrey Rorie - foul #1 on Jeffrey Rorie, team foul #2 | 47-38 |
| Subs | UConn | Eric Fitzgerald (SG), Steven Miller (PF) Benjamin Hall, Gregory Greene | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 10:42 | UConn | Ronald Rotstein makes the 1st free throw | 48-38 |
| 10:42 | UConn | Ronald Rotstein misses the 2nd free throw | 48-38 |
| 10:42 | Syracuse | Freeman Hahn grabs the board | 48-38 |
| 10:24 | Syracuse | Steven Miller is called for the reach on Charles Lauver - foul #2 on Steven Miller, team foul #6 | 48-38 |
| Subs | UConn | Arthur Finlay (PG), Stephen Kissner (PF) Ronald Rotstein, Robert Knight | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 10:00 | Syracuse | James Cleghorn connects on the jumper from just outside the lane set up by Charles Lauver | 48-40 |
| 09:34 | UConn | Eric Fitzgerald is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 48-40 |
| 09:32 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Rorie gets the rebound | 48-40 |
| 09:03 | Syracuse | Michael Lewis misses short on a jumper from the right wing | 48-40 |
| 09:02 | Syracuse | Jeffrey Rorie tips it back up and in | 48-42 |
| 08:41 | UConn | Stephen Kissner's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 48-42 |
| Subs | UConn | Ronald Rotstein (PG), Benjamin Hall (SG), Robert Knight (SF), Gregory Greene (PF) Arthur Finlay, Eric Fitzgerald, Steven Miller, Stephen Kissner | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Joey Rosenzweig (PG), Larry Stanton (SG), Daniel Spataro (PF), John Alexander (C) Jeffrey Rorie, Michael Lewis, James Cleghorn, Freeman Hahn | |
| 08:20 | Syracuse | John Alexander knocks in the fadeaway from the left side on a nice dish by Joey Rosenzweig and he's fouled by Joshua Marble - foul #5 on Joshua Marble, team foul #7 | 48-44 |
| Subs | UConn | Stephen Kissner (C) Joshua Marble | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 08:20 | Syracuse | John Alexander misses the free throw | 48-44 |
| 08:20 | UConn | Stephen Kissner gets the rebound | 48-44 |
| 07:54 | UConn | Robert Knight loses the dribble to John Alexander | 48-44 |
| 07:31 | Syracuse | Larry Stanton misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 48-44 |
| 07:29 | UConn | Robert Knight pulls down the rebound | 48-44 |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Ronald Rotstein (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SG - Benjamin Hall (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Robert Knight (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Gregory Greene (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. C - Stephen Kissner (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Joey Rosenzweig (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Larry Stanton (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Charles Lauver (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Daniel Spataro (fresh) 2 pts. C - John Alexander (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:04 | UConn | Stephen Kissner lays it in on a great pass from Gregory Greene | 50-44 |
| 06:39 | Syracuse | Daniel Spataro makes the shot from the left block set up by Larry Stanton | 50-46 |
| 06:11 | UConn | Stephen Kissner makes the 3pt shot from the right wing on a great pass from Robert Knight | 53-46 |
| 05:44 | Syracuse | John Alexander misses the lay-in | 53-46 |
| 05:43 | UConn | Gregory Greene grabs the board | 53-46 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 05:17 | UConn | Gregory Greene comes up short on the jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on John Alexander - foul #1 on John Alexander, team foul #3 | 53-46 |
| Subs | UConn | Arthur Finlay (PG), Eric Fitzgerald (SG), Steven Miller (SF), Frank Goodall (C) Ronald Rotstein, Benjamin Hall, Robert Knight, Stephen Kissner | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jeffrey Rorie (PG), Michael Lewis (SG), James Cleghorn (PF), Freeman Hahn (C) Joey Rosenzweig, Charles Lauver, Daniel Spataro, John Alexander | |
| 05:17 | UConn | Gregory Greene makes the 1st free throw | 54-46 |
| 05:17 | UConn | Gregory Greene makes the 2nd free throw | 55-46 |
| 04:49 | Syracuse | James Cleghorn misses short on a runner from the left block | 55-46 |
| 04:47 | UConn | Arthur Finlay pulls down the rebound | 55-46 |
| 04:26 | UConn | Steven Miller misses the easy layup but the foul's on Michael Lewis - foul #2 on Michael Lewis, team foul #4 | 55-46 |
| Subs | UConn | Robert Knight (SF) Gregory Greene | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Lauver (SF) Larry Stanton | |
| 04:26 | UConn | Steven Miller misses the 1st free throw | 55-46 |
| 04:26 | UConn | Steven Miller makes the 2nd free throw | 56-46 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 04:02 | Syracuse | Eric Fitzgerald steps in front of the Charles Lauver pass | 56-46 |
| 03:42 | UConn | Michael Lewis steals it from Eric Fitzgerald | 56-46 |
| 03:28 | Syracuse | Charles Lauver loses the ball out of bounds | 56-46 |
| Subs | UConn | Ronald Rotstein (PG), Benjamin Hall (SG) Arthur Finlay, Eric Fitzgerald | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Joey Rosenzweig (PG) Charles Lauver | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Ronald Rotstein (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SG - Benjamin Hall (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Robert Knight (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. PF - Steven Miller (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Frank Goodall (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Joey Rosenzweig (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. SG - Michael Lewis (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jeffrey Rorie (fresh) 16 pts. 3 ast. PF - James Cleghorn (fresh) 8 pts. C - Freeman Hahn (fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 03:11 | UConn | Steven Miller is hacked by James Cleghorn - foul #3 on James Cleghorn, team foul #5 | 56-46 |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Larry Stanton (SF) Joey Rosenzweig | |
| 02:48 | UConn | Ronald Rotstein hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left wing | 56-46 |
| 02:47 | Syracuse | Michael Lewis grabs the board | 56-46 |
| 02:36 | Syracuse | Larry Stanton makes the 3pt attempt from the left corner set up by Freeman Hahn | 56-49 |
| 02:36 | UConn | UConn calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 56-49 |
| Subs | UConn | Gregory Greene (PF) Steven Miller | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 02:17 | UConn | Frank Goodall throws a bad pass out of bounds | 56-49 |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Charles Lauver (SF) Larry Stanton | |
| 02:03 | Syracuse | James Cleghorn makes the floater in the paint on a nice dish by Charles Lauver | 56-51 |
| 01:34 | UConn | The short jumper by Ronald Rotstein is denied by Freeman Hahn | 56-51 |
| 01:33 | Syracuse | James Cleghorn gets the rebound | 56-51 |
| 01:17 | Syracuse | James Cleghorn misses the jumpshot from the right side | 56-51 |
| 01:15 | Syracuse | Freeman Hahn pulls down the offensive rebound | 56-51 |
| 00:58 | Syracuse | James Cleghorn scores on a floater from the baseline on a nice dish by Jeffrey Rorie and the foul's on Gregory Greene - foul #3 on Gregory Greene, team foul #8 | 56-53 |
| 00:58 | Syracuse | James Cleghorn makes the free throw | 56-54 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:31 | UConn | Gregory Greene makes the 3 from the left corner on a great pass from Robert Knight | 59-54 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:23 | Syracuse | Charles Lauver misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 59-54 |
| 00:21 | Syracuse | Freeman Hahn grabs the offensive rebound | 59-54 |
| 00:17 | Syracuse | Michael Lewis hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 59-54 |
| 00:15 | Syracuse | Michael Lewis pulls down the offensive rebound | 59-54 |
| 00:12 | Syracuse | Charles Lauver comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right corner | 59-54 |
| 00:11 | UConn | The rebound goes to Gregory Greene | 59-54 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| 00:10 | UConn | Gregory Greene is fouled in the backcourt by Michael Lewis - foul #3 on Michael Lewis, team foul #6 | 59-54 |
| Subs | UConn | Eric Fitzgerald (SG) Benjamin Hall | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 00:07 | UConn | Michael Lewis is called for the reach on Ronald Rotstein - foul #4 on Michael Lewis, team foul #7 | 59-54 |
| 00:07 | UConn | Ronald Rotstein makes the 1st free throw | 60-54 |
| 00:07 | UConn | Ronald Rotstein makes the 2nd free throw | 61-54 |
| 00:01 | Syracuse | Charles Lauver connects on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 61-57 |
| 00:01 | UConn | UConn calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 61-57 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-3) | |
| 00:00 | UConn | Ronald Rotstein runs out the clock | 61-57 |