| Lineup | Louisville | PG - John Robinson (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - John Fierros (fresh) 5 pts. SF - George Hafner (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. PF - Merrill Brower (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Carl Joseph (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Minh Ming (fresh) 3 pts. SG - David Mason (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Eric Bill (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Gregory Miller (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Alton Englehart (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Rutgers | Eric Bill inbounds the ball | 42-28 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 19:42 | Rutgers | Alton Englehart misses badly on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 42-28 |
| 19:40 | Louisville | George Hafner snags the defensive board | 42-28 |
| 19:18 | Louisville | Merrill Brower is whistled for a charge - foul #2 on Merrill Brower, team foul #1 | 42-28 |
| 19:03 | Rutgers | Gregory Miller knocks in the jumper in the paint on a great pass from David Mason | 42-30 |
| 18:39 | Louisville | George Hafner hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left wing | 42-30 |
| 18:38 | Rutgers | Eric Bill gets the rebound | 42-30 |
| 18:25 | Rutgers | Gregory Miller lays it up and in on a nice dish by Eric Bill | 42-32 |
| 17:56 | Louisville | John Robinson connects on the shot from the left side on a nice dish by John Fierros | 44-32 |
| 17:38 | Rutgers | John Fierros is called for the reach on David Mason - foul #1 on John Fierros, team foul #2 | 44-32 |
| 17:18 | Rutgers | Alton Englehart's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 44-32 |
| 16:52 | Louisville | 3 seconds is called on John Robinson | 44-32 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Ryan Ballard (PF) Gregory Miller | |
| 16:47 | Rutgers | Minh Ming is hacked by John Robinson in the backcourt - foul #2 on John Robinson, team foul #3 | 44-32 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Lance Kendrick (SF) Eric Bill | |
| 16:35 | Rutgers | The pull-up jumper by David Mason is blocked by Carl Joseph | 44-32 |
| 16:33 | Louisville | Merrill Brower snags the defensive board | 44-32 |
| 16:08 | Louisville | Merrill Brower can't connect on a jumper from close range | 44-32 |
| 16:07 | Louisville | George Hafner gets the offensive rebound | 44-32 |
| 15:57 | Louisville | John Robinson misses long on a jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on Alton Englehart - foul #2 on Alton Englehart, team foul #1 | 44-32 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Eric Bill (PG), Rory Schwanbeck (SG), Kenneth Guerrette (SF), Gregory Miller (PF) Minh Ming, David Mason, Lance Kendrick, Alton Englehart | |
| 15:57 | Louisville | John Robinson makes the 1st free throw | 45-32 |
| 15:57 | Louisville | John Robinson makes the 2nd free throw | 46-32 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - John Robinson (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 3 ast. 3 stl. SG - John Fierros (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - George Hafner (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. PF - Merrill Brower (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - Carl Joseph (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Eric Bill (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Rory Schwanbeck (fresh) SF - Kenneth Guerrette (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Gregory Miller (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. C - Ryan Ballard (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:42 | Rutgers | Rory Schwanbeck is called for a charge - foul #2 on Rory Schwanbeck, team foul #2 | 46-32 |
| 15:13 | Louisville | John Fierros hits a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from John Robinson | 49-32 |
| 14:55 | Rutgers | Eric Bill misses short on a fadeaway from the right side | 49-32 |
| 14:54 | Louisville | Carl Joseph grabs the board | 49-32 |
| 14:35 | Louisville | Gregory Miller blocks the short jumper by Carl Joseph | 49-32 |
| 14:34 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Eric Bill | 49-32 |
| 14:29 | Rutgers | Eric Bill makes the 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Kenneth Guerrette | 49-35 |
| 14:00 | Louisville | Carl Joseph scores on a fadeaway near the basket on a great pass from John Fierros | 51-35 |
| 13:38 | Rutgers | Eric Bill hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 51-35 |
| 13:36 | Louisville | John Fierros grabs the defensive rebound | 51-35 |
| 13:14 | Louisville | John Robinson is fouled on the floor by Ryan Ballard - foul #1 on Ryan Ballard, team foul #3 | 51-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Minh Ming (PG), David Mason (SG), James Edgell (PF), Alton Englehart (C) Eric Bill, Rory Schwanbeck, Gregory Miller, Ryan Ballard | |
| 12:57 | Louisville | Merrill Brower misses badly on a turnaround from the right block | 51-35 |
| 12:55 | Louisville | Carl Joseph gets the offensive rebound | 51-35 |
| 12:30 | Louisville | John Fierros hits the front of the rim on the floater from the free throw line but he's hacked by Minh Ming - foul #3 on Minh Ming, team foul #4 | 51-35 |
| Subs | Louisville | Stephan Grothe (PG), Russell Branham (PF) John Robinson, Merrill Brower | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Lance Kendrick (SF) Kenneth Guerrette | |
| 12:30 | Louisville | John Fierros makes the 1st free throw | 52-35 |
| 12:30 | Louisville | John Fierros makes the 2nd free throw | 53-35 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 12:21 | Rutgers | David Mason misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 53-35 |
| 12:19 | Louisville | Russell Branham grabs the defensive rebound | 53-35 |
| 12:00 | Louisville | Carl Joseph misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 53-35 |
| 11:58 | Rutgers | Alton Englehart pulls down the rebound | 53-35 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Stephan Grothe (fresh) 2 ast. SG - John Fierros (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 reb. SF - George Hafner (tiring) 10 pts. 3 ast. PF - Russell Branham (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Carl Joseph (tiring) 10 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Minh Ming (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. SG - David Mason (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Lance Kendrick (fresh) 1 ast. PF - James Edgell (fresh) 2 pts. C - Alton Englehart (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:54 | Rutgers | Minh Ming scores on a jumpshot from the right wing on a nice dish by Lance Kendrick | 53-37 |
| 11:31 | Louisville | John Fierros clanks a pull-up jumper from the left side | 53-37 |
| 11:30 | Rutgers | Alton Englehart pulls down the rebound | 53-37 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 11:22 | Rutgers | Lance Kendrick connects on the floater from the right wing on a nice dish by David Mason | 53-39 |
| 10:53 | Louisville | George Hafner drills a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from Stephan Grothe | 56-39 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 10:37 | Rutgers | David Mason scores on a 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from James Edgell | 56-42 |
| 10:14 | Louisville | Stephan Grothe is hacked by Minh Ming - foul #4 on Minh Ming, team foul #5 | 56-42 |
| Subs | Louisville | John Robinson (PG), Merrill Brower (C) John Fierros, Carl Joseph | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Eric Bill (PG), Kenneth Guerrette (SF), Gregory Miller (PF) Minh Ming, Lance Kendrick, James Edgell | |
| 09:58 | Louisville | George Hafner hits a jumper from the right wing | 58-42 |
| 09:45 | Rutgers | Eric Bill makes the 3pt shot from the left corner set up by Kenneth Guerrette | 58-45 |
| 09:22 | Louisville | Merrill Brower jams it on a great pass from George Hafner | 60-45 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 09:06 | Rutgers | Kenneth Guerrette buries a 3pt shot from the right wing on a great pass from David Mason | 60-48 |
| 08:37 | Louisville | John Robinson is hacked by Gregory Miller - foul #2 on Gregory Miller, team foul #6 | 60-48 |
| Subs | Louisville | Carl Joseph (C) George Hafner | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Rory Schwanbeck (SG), Ryan Ballard (C) David Mason, Alton Englehart | |
| 08:12 | Louisville | John Robinson misses the 3pt shot from the right corner | 60-48 |
| 08:11 | Louisville | Carl Joseph tips it back up and in | 62-48 |
| 07:57 | Rutgers | Eric Bill misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 62-48 |
| 07:55 | Louisville | Carl Joseph gets the rebound | 62-48 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - John Robinson (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 4 ast. 3 stl. SG - Stephan Grothe (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SF - Merrill Brower (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Russell Branham (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Carl Joseph (tiring) 12 pts. 10 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Eric Bill (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Rory Schwanbeck (fresh) SF - Kenneth Guerrette (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Gregory Miller (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. C - Ryan Ballard (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:31 | Louisville | Stephan Grothe loses the ball out of bounds | 62-48 |
| Subs | Louisville | John Fierros (SG) Carl Joseph | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Minh Ming (PG), David Mason (SG) Eric Bill, Rory Schwanbeck | |
| 07:19 | Rutgers | Gregory Miller misses the fadeaway from the left block | 62-48 |
| 07:18 | Rutgers | Ryan Ballard tips it in | 62-50 |
| 06:55 | Louisville | Stephan Grothe can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 62-50 |
| 06:54 | Rutgers | Minh Ming grabs the board | 62-50 |
| 06:34 | Rutgers | Merrill Brower steps in front of the Kenneth Guerrette pass | 62-50 |
| 06:05 | Louisville | John Robinson connects on the pull-up jumper from the left side set up by Merrill Brower | 64-50 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 05:53 | Rutgers | Gregory Miller misses the jump hook in the lane | 64-50 |
| 05:51 | Louisville | John Robinson grabs the defensive rebound | 64-50 |
| 05:45 | Louisville | John Robinson can't connect on a jump hook from the left block | 64-50 |
| 05:44 | Rutgers | Kenneth Guerrette snags the defensive board | 64-50 |
| 05:28 | Rutgers | Gregory Miller is hacked by Russell Branham - foul #2 on Russell Branham, team foul #4 | 64-50 |
| Subs | Louisville | George Hafner (SF), Carl Joseph (C) John Robinson, Merrill Brower | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Eric Bill (SF), James Edgell (PF), Alton Englehart (C) Kenneth Guerrette, Gregory Miller, Ryan Ballard | |
| 05:13 | Rutgers | James Edgell connects on the shot from the left side on a great pass from Minh Ming | 64-52 |
| 04:52 | Louisville | John Fierros buries a jumper from the left wing set up by Stephan Grothe | 66-52 |
| 04:45 | Rutgers | James Edgell clanks a 3 pointer from the left wing | 66-52 |
| 04:44 | Rutgers | The offensive rebound goes to Eric Bill | 66-52 |
| 04:30 | Rutgers | David Mason throws a bad pass out of bounds | 66-52 |
| Subs | Louisville | Merrill Brower (PF) Russell Branham | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Lance Kendrick (SF) David Mason | |
| 04:08 | Louisville | Stephan Grothe can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 66-52 |
| 04:06 | Louisville | Carl Joseph tips it but misses | 66-52 |
| 04:05 | Louisville | George Hafner can't tip it in | 66-52 |
| 04:04 | Rutgers | James Edgell snags the defensive board | 66-52 |
| 03:43 | Rutgers | Lance Kendrick misses badly on a jump hook from the baseline but the foul's on George Hafner - foul #1 on George Hafner, team foul #5 | 66-52 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | David Mason (SG), Kenneth Guerrette (SF), Gregory Miller (PF) Minh Ming, Eric Bill, James Edgell | |
| 03:43 | Rutgers | Lance Kendrick misses the 1st free throw | 66-52 |
| 03:43 | Rutgers | Lance Kendrick makes the 2nd free throw | 66-53 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Stephan Grothe (fairly fresh) 4 ast. SG - John Fierros (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 2 reb. SF - George Hafner (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 4 ast. PF - Merrill Brower (tiring) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Carl Joseph (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 11 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Lance Kendrick (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - David Mason (fresh) 11 pts. 4 ast. SF - Kenneth Guerrette (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. PF - Gregory Miller (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. C - Alton Englehart (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 03:21 | Louisville | George Hafner can't connect on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 66-53 |
| 03:19 | Louisville | John Fierros gets the offensive rebound | 66-53 |
| 03:02 | Louisville | Merrill Brower misses short on a jumpshot from the left wing but he's hacked by Gregory Miller - foul #3 on Gregory Miller, team foul #7 | 66-53 |
| Subs | Louisville | John Robinson (PG), Dominic Esposito (SG) Stephan Grothe, John Fierros | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Eric Bill (PG) Lance Kendrick | |
| 03:02 | Louisville | Merrill Brower misses the 1st free throw | 66-53 |
| 03:02 | Louisville | Merrill Brower makes the 2nd free throw | 67-53 |
| 02:39 | Rutgers | David Mason buries a floater from the free throw line on a nice dish by Gregory Miller | 67-55 |
| 02:20 | Louisville | Merrill Brower blows the layup | 67-55 |
| 02:19 | Louisville | John Robinson tips it but misses | 67-55 |
| 02:17 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Eric Bill | 67-55 |
| 02:10 | Rutgers | Eric Bill loses the dribble to Dominic Esposito | 67-55 |
| 02:07 | Louisville | John Robinson lays it up and in on a great pass from Dominic Esposito | 69-55 |
| 01:49 | Rutgers | Alton Englehart's layup is rejected by Carl Joseph | 69-55 |
| 01:48 | Louisville | John Robinson snags the defensive board | 69-55 |
| 01:27 | Louisville | Merrill Brower scores on a driving attempt from the left block set up by George Hafner and he's fouled by Alton Englehart - foul #3 on Alton Englehart, team foul #8 | 71-55 |
| Subs | Louisville | John Fierros (SG) Dominic Esposito | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Rory Schwanbeck (SG), Lance Kendrick (SF), Ryan Ballard (PF), James Edgell (C) David Mason, Kenneth Guerrette, Gregory Miller, Alton Englehart | |
| 01:27 | Louisville | Merrill Brower misses the free throw | 71-55 |
| 01:27 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Ryan Ballard | 71-55 |
| 01:05 | Rutgers | James Edgell hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left wing | 71-55 |
| 01:03 | Louisville | John Fierros gets the rebound | 71-55 |
| 00:44 | Louisville | Carl Joseph can't finish the layup but the foul's on James Edgell - foul #1 on James Edgell, team foul #9 | 71-55 |
| 00:44 | Louisville | Carl Joseph makes the 1st free throw | 72-55 |
| 00:44 | Louisville | Carl Joseph makes the 2nd free throw | 73-55 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:39 | Rutgers | Eric Bill scores on a jumper from the left wing and the foul's on John Robinson - foul #3 on John Robinson, team foul #6 | 73-57 |
| 00:39 | Rutgers | Eric Bill makes the free throw | 73-58 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:14 | Louisville | John Fierros blows the layup | 73-58 |
| 00:12 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Ryan Ballard | 73-58 |
| 00:04 | Rutgers | Eric Bill misses the 3 from the right wing | 73-58 |
| 00:02 | Rutgers | The offensive rebound goes to James Edgell | 73-58 |
| 00:00 | Rutgers | The clock runs out | 73-58 |