| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Bryan Gardner (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Patrick Delahoussaye (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Michael Pare (fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. PF - John Vines (fresh) 3 reb. C - Clark Squires (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Joseph Clifford (fresh) SG - David Burchette (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Herbert Mungia (fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. PF - Zachary Bender (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - Jose Santiago (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Creighton | Herbert Mungia inbounds the ball | 31-40 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:36 | Creighton | Herbert Mungia clanks a 3 from the left wing | 31-40 |
| 19:35 | Villanova | Bryan Gardner gets the rebound | 31-40 |
| 19:18 | Villanova | Clark Squires misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 31-40 |
| 19:17 | Villanova | Michael Pare tips it home | 33-40 |
| 18:56 | Creighton | Herbert Mungia double dribbles | 33-40 |
| Subs | Villanova | Arnold Cuddy (PG), Wayne Bell (SF), Dan Perreira (PF), Jason Donahue (C) Patrick Delahoussaye, Michael Pare, John Vines, Clark Squires | |
| Subs | Creighton | | |
| 18:39 | Villanova | Wayne Bell lays it up and in on a great pass from Arnold Cuddy | 35-40 |
| 18:18 | Creighton | Arnold Cuddy is called for the reach on Joseph Clifford - foul #2 on Arnold Cuddy, team foul #1 | 35-40 |
| Subs | Villanova | Michael Pare (SF), Clark Squires (C) Wayne Bell, Jason Donahue | |
| Subs | Creighton | | |
| 18:01 | Creighton | Herbert Mungia comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 35-40 |
| 17:59 | Creighton | Zachary Bender tips it home | 35-42 |
| 17:38 | Villanova | Michael Pare loses the dribble to Zachary Bender | 35-42 |
| 17:33 | Creighton | David Burchette misses long on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 35-42 |
| 17:32 | Villanova | Dan Perreira gets the rebound | 35-42 |
| 17:27 | Villanova | Michael Pare's layup is rejected by Zachary Bender | 35-42 |
| 17:26 | Villanova | The offensive rebound goes to Dan Perreira | 35-42 |
| 17:05 | Villanova | Clark Squires is hacked by Jose Santiago - foul #1 on Jose Santiago, team foul #1 | 35-42 |
| Subs | Villanova | Patrick Delahoussaye (SG), Wayne Bell (SF), John Vines (PF), Jason Donahue (C) Bryan Gardner, Michael Pare, Dan Perreira, Clark Squires | |
| Subs | Creighton | Jason Owens (SG) David Burchette | |
| 16:36 | Villanova | Arnold Cuddy buries a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 38-42 |
| 16:28 | Creighton | Jose Santiago makes the driving attempt in the paint on a great pass from Herbert Mungia | 38-44 |
| 16:08 | Villanova | Wayne Bell can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 38-44 |
| 16:06 | Villanova | Patrick Delahoussaye hits the follow up shot | 40-44 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Arnold Cuddy (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 1 ast. SG - Patrick Delahoussaye (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Wayne Bell (fresh) 2 pts. PF - John Vines (fresh) 3 reb. C - Jason Donahue (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Joseph Clifford (fairly fresh) SG - Jason Owens (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SF - Herbert Mungia (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. PF - Zachary Bender (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - Jose Santiago (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 15:53 | Creighton | Joseph Clifford is fouled on the floor by Wayne Bell - foul #1 on Wayne Bell, team foul #2 | 40-44 |
| Subs | Villanova | Bryan Gardner (PG), Michael Pare (SF), Dan Perreira (PF), Clark Squires (C) Arnold Cuddy, Wayne Bell, John Vines, Jason Donahue | |
| Subs | Creighton | | |
| 15:27 | Creighton | Joseph Clifford is fouled on the floor by Dan Perreira - foul #2 on Dan Perreira, team foul #3 | 40-44 |
| Subs | Villanova | Arnold Cuddy (PG), John Vines (PF), Jason Donahue (C) Patrick Delahoussaye, Dan Perreira, Clark Squires | |
| Subs | Creighton | David Burchette (PG) Joseph Clifford | |
| 15:11 | Creighton | Herbert Mungia drills a 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by David Burchette | 40-47 |
| 15:03 | Villanova | Michael Pare travels with the ball | 40-47 |
| Subs | Villanova | Patrick Delahoussaye (SG), Dan Perreira (PF), Clark Squires (C) Arnold Cuddy, John Vines, Jason Donahue | |
| Subs | Creighton | | |
| 14:47 | Creighton | Jason Owens is hacked by Dan Perreira - foul #3 on Dan Perreira, team foul #4 | 40-47 |
| Subs | Villanova | Wayne Bell (SF) Dan Perreira | |
| Subs | Creighton | | |
| 14:31 | Creighton | David Burchette is hacked by Bryan Gardner - foul #1 on Bryan Gardner, team foul #5 | 40-47 |
| Subs | Villanova | Arnold Cuddy (PG), John Vines (PF), Jason Donahue (C) Patrick Delahoussaye, Wayne Bell, Clark Squires | |
| Subs | Creighton | Mariano Pena (C) Jose Santiago | |
| 14:22 | Creighton | Jason Owens hits the front of the rim on the shot from the left side | 40-47 |
| 14:21 | Creighton | Jason Owens tips it in | 40-49 |
| 14:02 | Villanova | John Vines misses long on a fadeaway in the paint | 40-49 |
| 14:00 | Villanova | John Vines grabs the offensive board | 40-49 |
| 13:48 | Villanova | Bryan Gardner misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left side but the foul's on Jason Owens - foul #1 on Jason Owens, team foul #2 | 40-49 |
| Subs | Villanova | Patrick Delahoussaye (SG), Dan Perreira (PF), Clark Squires (C) Arnold Cuddy, John Vines, Jason Donahue | |
| Subs | Creighton | Joseph Clifford (PG), David Crank (PF) Jason Owens, Herbert Mungia | |
| 13:48 | Villanova | Bryan Gardner misses the 1st free throw | 40-49 |
| 13:48 | Villanova | Bryan Gardner makes the 2nd free throw | 41-49 |
| 13:28 | Creighton | David Crank makes the turnaround near the basket on a great pass from David Burchette and he's fouled by Dan Perreira - foul #4 on Dan Perreira, team foul #6 | 41-51 |
| Subs | Villanova | Arnold Cuddy (PG), Wayne Bell (SF) Bryan Gardner, Dan Perreira | |
| Subs | Creighton | Jose Santiago (C) Mariano Pena | |
| 13:28 | Creighton | David Crank makes the free throw | 41-52 |
| 13:12 | Villanova | Michael Pare misses badly on a 3pt shot from straight away | 41-52 |
| 13:10 | Villanova | Clark Squires grabs the offensive board | 41-52 |
| 12:58 | Villanova | Arnold Cuddy misses the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 41-52 |
| 12:56 | Creighton | Jose Santiago snags the defensive board | 41-52 |
| 12:52 | Creighton | Joseph Clifford misses long on a shot from the left wing but he's hacked by Clark Squires - foul #2 on Clark Squires, team foul #7 | 41-52 |
| Subs | Villanova | Bryan Gardner (PG), John Vines (PF) Arnold Cuddy, Michael Pare | |
| Subs | Creighton | Herbert Mungia (SF) Zachary Bender | |
| 12:52 | Creighton | Joseph Clifford makes the 1st free throw | 41-53 |
| 12:52 | Creighton | Joseph Clifford makes the 2nd free throw | 41-54 |
| 12:37 | Villanova | Wayne Bell hits a jumpshot from the left wing on a great pass from Bryan Gardner | 43-54 |
| 12:28 | Creighton | Clark Squires blocks the short jumper by David Crank | 43-54 |
| 12:26 | Villanova | Patrick Delahoussaye grabs the board | 43-54 |
| 12:08 | Villanova | Clark Squires's pass is intercepted by Herbert Mungia | 43-54 |
| 12:04 | Creighton | Herbert Mungia hits the finger roll | 43-56 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Bryan Gardner (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Patrick Delahoussaye (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. SF - Wayne Bell (fresh) 4 pts. PF - John Vines (fresh) 4 reb. C - Clark Squires (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Joseph Clifford (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - David Burchette (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SF - Herbert Mungia (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. PF - David Crank (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Jose Santiago (tiring) 9 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 11:54 | Villanova | Patrick Delahoussaye drills a runner near the basket | 45-56 |
| 11:44 | Creighton | Joseph Clifford hits a jumper from the free throw line | 45-58 |
| 11:19 | Villanova | John Vines is whistled for traveling | 45-58 |
| Subs | Villanova | Arnold Cuddy (PG), Michael Pare (PF), Jason Donahue (C) Wayne Bell, John Vines, Clark Squires | |
| Subs | Creighton | Jason Owens (SG), Zachary Bender (SF), Steve Chiaramonte (PF), Mariano Pena (C) David Burchette, Herbert Mungia, David Crank, Jose Santiago | |
| 10:50 | Creighton | Mariano Pena buries a runner in the paint on a nice dish by Jason Owens | 45-60 |
| 10:35 | Villanova | Michael Pare blows the layup | 45-60 |
| 10:33 | Creighton | The rebound goes to Mariano Pena | 45-60 |
| 10:29 | Creighton | Jason Owens clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 45-60 |
| 10:27 | Villanova | Jason Donahue snags the defensive board | 45-60 |
| 10:05 | Villanova | Zachary Bender is called for the reach on Bryan Gardner - foul #3 on Zachary Bender, team foul #3 | 45-60 |
| Subs | Villanova | John Vines (PF), Clark Squires (C) Bryan Gardner, Jason Donahue | |
| Subs | Creighton | Herbert Mungia (SF) Steve Chiaramonte | |
| 09:49 | Villanova | John Vines is hacked by Zachary Bender - foul #4 on Zachary Bender, team foul #4 | 45-60 |
| Subs | Villanova | Bryan Gardner (SG), Jason Donahue (C) Patrick Delahoussaye, Clark Squires | |
| Subs | Creighton | David Crank (PF) Zachary Bender | |
| 09:43 | Villanova | Michael Pare's fadeaway is rejected by David Crank | 45-60 |
| 09:42 | Villanova | John Vines pulls down the offensive rebound | 45-60 |
| 09:34 | Villanova | Michael Pare knocks in the shot from the left block on a great pass from Arnold Cuddy | 47-60 |
| 09:13 | Creighton | Herbert Mungia misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 47-60 |
| 09:12 | Villanova | The rebound goes to Jason Donahue | 47-60 |
| 09:01 | Villanova | Michael Pare misses the lay-in | 47-60 |
| 09:00 | Creighton | Mariano Pena grabs the board | 47-60 |
| 08:56 | Creighton | Herbert Mungia misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 47-60 |
| 08:54 | Creighton | David Crank pulls down the offensive rebound | 47-60 |
| 08:41 | Creighton | Jason Owens steps out of bounds on the baseline | 47-60 |
| Subs | Villanova | Patrick Delahoussaye (SG), Wayne Bell (SF), Clark Squires (C) Bryan Gardner, John Vines, Jason Donahue | |
| Subs | Creighton | David Burchette (SG), Jose Santiago (C) Joseph Clifford, Mariano Pena | |
| 08:22 | Villanova | Michael Pare loses the ball out of bounds | 47-60 |
| Subs | Villanova | Bryan Gardner (PG) Arnold Cuddy | |
| Subs | Creighton | Joseph Clifford (PG) Jason Owens | |
| 08:02 | Creighton | Jose Santiago clanks a fadeaway in the lane | 47-60 |
| 08:00 | Villanova | The rebound goes to Wayne Bell | 47-60 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Bryan Gardner (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Patrick Delahoussaye (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. SF - Wayne Bell (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Michael Pare (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 4 reb. C - Clark Squires (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Joseph Clifford (tiring) 4 pts. SG - David Burchette (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SF - Herbert Mungia (tiring) 16 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. PF - David Crank (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. C - Jose Santiago (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 07:34 | Villanova | Herbert Mungia takes the ball from Bryan Gardner | 47-60 |
| 07:14 | Creighton | Herbert Mungia buries a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Joseph Clifford | 47-63 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 07:02 | Villanova | Clark Squires loses the dribble to Jose Santiago | 47-63 |
| 06:37 | Creighton | David Burchette misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 47-63 |
| 06:36 | Villanova | Michael Pare gets the rebound | 47-63 |
| 06:14 | Villanova | Michael Pare buries a jump hook from the right block on a great pass from Patrick Delahoussaye and the foul's on David Burchette - foul #2 on David Burchette, team foul #5 | 49-63 |
| Subs | Villanova | Arnold Cuddy (PG), Dan Perreira (PF), Jason Donahue (C) Bryan Gardner, Wayne Bell, Clark Squires | |
| Subs | Creighton | Jason Owens (PG), Zachary Bender (SF), Steve Chiaramonte (PF) Joseph Clifford, Herbert Mungia, David Crank | |
| 06:14 | Villanova | Michael Pare makes the free throw | 50-63 |
| 05:45 | Creighton | Steve Chiaramonte misses the driving attempt in the paint | 50-63 |
| 05:44 | Villanova | Arnold Cuddy pulls down the rebound | 50-63 |
| 05:24 | Villanova | Arnold Cuddy misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 50-63 |
| 05:23 | Villanova | Michael Pare snags the offensive board | 50-63 |
| 05:14 | Villanova | Arnold Cuddy misses the 3 from the left wing | 50-63 |
| 05:13 | Creighton | Steve Chiaramonte snags the defensive board | 50-63 |
| 04:55 | Creighton | Steve Chiaramonte misses badly on a runner near the basket but he's hacked by Jason Donahue - foul #2 on Jason Donahue, team foul #8 | 50-63 |
| Subs | Villanova | Bryan Gardner (SG), Wayne Bell (SF), Clark Squires (C) Patrick Delahoussaye, Michael Pare, Jason Donahue | |
| Subs | Creighton | Joseph Clifford (PG), Mariano Pena (C) David Burchette, Jose Santiago | |
| 04:55 | Creighton | Steve Chiaramonte makes the 1st free throw | 50-64 |
| 04:55 | Creighton | Steve Chiaramonte makes the 2nd free throw | 50-65 |
| 04:32 | Villanova | Arnold Cuddy drills a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 53-65 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 04:23 | Creighton | Mariano Pena throws a bad pass out of bounds | 53-65 |
| Subs | Villanova | Michael Pare (SF) Wayne Bell | |
| Subs | Creighton | David Crank (PF) Steve Chiaramonte | |
| 04:15 | Villanova | Michael Pare misses the 3pt shot from the left corner | 53-65 |
| 04:13 | Creighton | The rebound goes to Joseph Clifford | 53-65 |
| 04:09 | Creighton | Michael Pare steals the ball from Mariano Pena | 53-65 |
| 03:46 | Villanova | Michael Pare connects on the fadeaway from the right side on a great pass from Bryan Gardner | 55-65 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Arnold Cuddy (fresh) 14 pts. 2 ast. SG - Bryan Gardner (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - Michael Pare (tiring) 21 pts. 6 reb. PF - Dan Perreira (fairly fresh) 4 reb. 4 pf. C - Clark Squires (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Creighton | PG - Joseph Clifford (tiring) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Jason Owens (fresh) 4 pts. 4 ast. SF - Zachary Bender (fresh) 10 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. 4 pf. PF - David Crank (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. C - Mariano Pena (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 03:25 | Creighton | Zachary Bender misses short on a floater from the right side | 55-65 |
| 03:23 | Creighton | Zachary Bender hits the follow up shot | 55-67 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 03:09 | Villanova | Michael Pare clanks a 3pt shot from the left corner | 55-67 |
| 03:08 | Creighton | The rebound goes to David Crank | 55-67 |
| 02:59 | Creighton | Joseph Clifford is hacked by Arnold Cuddy - foul #3 on Arnold Cuddy, team foul #9 | 55-67 |
| Subs | Villanova | Patrick Delahoussaye (SG), Wayne Bell (SF), John Vines (PF), Jason Donahue (C) Arnold Cuddy, Michael Pare, Dan Perreira, Clark Squires | |
| Subs | Creighton | Herbert Mungia (SG), Jose Santiago (C) Jason Owens, Mariano Pena | |
| 02:59 | Creighton | Joseph Clifford makes the 1st free throw | 55-68 |
| 02:59 | Creighton | Joseph Clifford makes the 2nd free throw | 55-69 |
| 02:46 | Villanova | Patrick Delahoussaye misses the shot from the right wing but he's hacked by Herbert Mungia - foul #1 on Herbert Mungia, team foul #6 | 55-69 |
| Subs | Villanova | Arnold Cuddy (PG), Dan Perreira (PF) Bryan Gardner, John Vines | |
| Subs | Creighton | David Burchette (SG) David Crank | |
| 02:46 | Villanova | Patrick Delahoussaye makes the 1st free throw | 56-69 |
| 02:46 | Villanova | Patrick Delahoussaye makes the 2nd free throw | 57-69 |
| 02:30 | Creighton | Jose Santiago misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Patrick Delahoussaye - foul #1 on Patrick Delahoussaye, team foul #10 | 57-69 |
| 02:30 | Creighton | Jose Santiago misses the 1st free throw | 57-69 |
| 02:30 | Creighton | Jose Santiago makes the 2nd free throw | 57-70 |
| 02:09 | Villanova | Wayne Bell comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 57-70 |
| 02:08 | Villanova | The offensive rebound goes to Jason Donahue | 57-70 |
| 01:59 | Villanova | Zachary Bender steals the ball from Patrick Delahoussaye | 57-70 |
| 01:53 | Creighton | Zachary Bender misses the lay-in but the foul's on Dan Perreira - foul #5 on Dan Perreira, team foul #11 | 57-70 |
| Subs | Villanova | Michael Pare (SF), John Vines (PF) Patrick Delahoussaye, Dan Perreira | |
| Subs | Creighton | | |
| 01:53 | Creighton | Zachary Bender misses the 1st free throw | 57-70 |
| 01:53 | Creighton | Zachary Bender misses the 2nd free throw | 57-70 |
| 01:53 | Villanova | John Vines grabs the defensive rebound | 57-70 |
| 01:40 | Villanova | Michael Pare misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 57-70 |
| 01:38 | Creighton | Jose Santiago grabs the defensive rebound | 57-70 |
| 01:34 | Creighton | Herbert Mungia drills a 3 from the left wing set up by Joseph Clifford | 57-73 |
| 01:22 | Villanova | Michael Pare is called for traveling | 57-73 |
| 00:54 | Creighton | Herbert Mungia misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 57-73 |
| 00:53 | Villanova | Jason Donahue grabs the board | 57-73 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:48 | Villanova | Michael Pare clanks a floater from the free throw line but the foul's on Herbert Mungia - foul #2 on Herbert Mungia, team foul #7 | 57-73 |
| 00:48 | Villanova | Michael Pare makes the 1st free throw | 58-73 |
| 00:48 | Villanova | Michael Pare makes the 2nd free throw | 59-73 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Creighton | Creighton is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:46 | Creighton | Wayne Bell takes the ball from Joseph Clifford in the backcourt | 59-73 |
| 00:44 | Villanova | Michael Pare buries a 3pt attempt from straight away | 62-73 |
| 00:38 | Creighton | Jose Santiago buries a shot from the baseline set up by David Burchette | 62-75 |
| 00:30 | Villanova | Jose Santiago takes the ball from Jason Donahue | 62-75 |
| 00:00 | Creighton | Joseph Clifford runs out the clock | 62-75 |