| Lineup | UMass | PG - Julio Sosa (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Roman Villanueva (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Alvaro Costa (fresh) PF - Roberto Martinez (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - Ronald Murphy (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Chris Tolbert (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Robert Davis (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Tim Murray (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Keith Brown (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. C - Robert Allen (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Tennessee | Tim Murray inbounds the ball | 31-16 |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:33 | Tennessee | Tim Murray blows the dunk | 31-16 |
| 19:32 | Tennessee | Robert Davis tips it in | 31-18 |
| 19:04 | UMass | Roberto Martinez loses the ball out of bounds | 31-18 |
| Subs | UMass | Kevin Hester (SF) Alvaro Costa | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 18:46 | Tennessee | Keith Brown hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left wing but he's fouled by Roberto Martinez - foul #2 on Roberto Martinez, team foul #1 | 31-18 |
| Subs | UMass | Marvin Cooper (SF) Kevin Hester | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 18:46 | Tennessee | Keith Brown makes the 1st free throw | 31-19 |
| 18:46 | Tennessee | Keith Brown makes the 2nd free throw | 31-20 |
| 18:26 | UMass | Roberto Martinez comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right side | 31-20 |
| 18:24 | UMass | Julio Sosa grabs the offensive board | 31-20 |
| 18:01 | UMass | Roman Villanueva drills a jumper from the left side set up by Julio Sosa | 33-20 |
| 17:42 | Tennessee | Robert Davis misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 33-20 |
| 17:40 | Tennessee | Robert Allen tips it back up and in | 33-22 |
| 17:17 | UMass | Ronald Murphy hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the baseline | 33-22 |
| 17:16 | Tennessee | Chris Tolbert snags the defensive board | 33-22 |
| 16:51 | Tennessee | Tim Murray throws a bad pass out of bounds | 33-22 |
| Subs | UMass | Stanley Tally (SG), Alvaro Costa (SF), Nelson Plemons (C) Roman Villanueva, Marvin Cooper, Ronald Murphy | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Thomas Yarborough (C) Robert Allen | |
| 16:27 | UMass | Alvaro Costa hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Julio Sosa | 35-22 |
| 15:58 | Tennessee | Thomas Yarborough buries a turnaround in the lane set up by Chris Tolbert | 35-24 |
| Lineup | UMass | PG - Julio Sosa (fairly fresh) 3 ast. SG - Stanley Tally (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Alvaro Costa (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Roberto Martinez (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - Nelson Plemons (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Chris Tolbert (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Robert Davis (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Tim Murray (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Keith Brown (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Thomas Yarborough (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 15:43 | UMass | Nelson Plemons is hacked by Thomas Yarborough - foul #1 on Thomas Yarborough, team foul #1 | 35-24 |
| Subs | UMass | Roman Villanueva (SG), Kevin Hester (SF), Ronald Murphy (C) Stanley Tally, Alvaro Costa, Roberto Martinez | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 15:15 | UMass | A charge is called on Roman Villanueva - foul #1 on Roman Villanueva, team foul #2 | 35-24 |
| Subs | UMass | Joseph Walker (SG), Alvaro Costa (SF), Roberto Martinez (PF) Roman Villanueva, Kevin Hester, Ronald Murphy | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Robert Allen (C) Thomas Yarborough | |
| 14:46 | Tennessee | Tim Murray hits the front of the rim on the wide open floater from close range | 35-24 |
| 14:44 | UMass | The rebound goes to Alvaro Costa | 35-24 |
| 14:25 | UMass | Roberto Martinez shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left side but the foul's on Keith Brown - foul #3 on Keith Brown, team foul #2 | 35-24 |
| Subs | UMass | Stanley Tally (PG), Roman Villanueva (SG), Ronald Murphy (C) Julio Sosa, Joseph Walker, Nelson Plemons | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 14:25 | UMass | Roberto Martinez makes the 1st free throw | 36-24 |
| 14:25 | UMass | Roberto Martinez makes the 2nd free throw | 37-24 |
| 13:56 | Tennessee | Keith Brown connects on the 3pt shot from the right corner on a great pass from Robert Davis | 37-27 |
| 13:27 | UMass | Roman Villanueva misses long on a jumper from the left block | 37-27 |
| 13:25 | Tennessee | Robert Allen snags the defensive board | 37-27 |
| 12:56 | Tennessee | Keith Brown is wide open but clanks a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 37-27 |
| 12:54 | UMass | The rebound goes to Roberto Martinez | 37-27 |
| 12:35 | UMass | Keith Brown steals the ball from Alvaro Costa | 37-27 |
| 12:13 | Tennessee | Chris Tolbert clanks a fadeaway from the right wing but the foul's on Stanley Tally - foul #1 on Stanley Tally, team foul #3 | 37-27 |
| Subs | UMass | Julio Sosa (PG), Joseph Walker (SG), Kevin Hester (SF), Marvin Cooper (PF), Nelson Plemons (C) Stanley Tally, Roman Villanueva, Alvaro Costa, Roberto Martinez, Ronald Murphy | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Eldon Westerfield (SF), Thomas Yarborough (C) Tim Murray, Robert Allen | |
| 12:13 | Tennessee | Chris Tolbert makes the 1st free throw | 37-28 |
| 12:13 | Tennessee | Chris Tolbert makes the 2nd free throw | 37-29 |
| 11:49 | UMass | Joseph Walker drills a pull-up jumper from the left side set up by Julio Sosa | 39-29 |
| Lineup | UMass | PG - Julio Sosa (fresh) 4 ast. SG - Joseph Walker (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Kevin Hester (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Marvin Cooper (fresh) 7 pts. C - Nelson Plemons (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Chris Tolbert (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SG - Robert Davis (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Eldon Westerfield (fresh) PF - Keith Brown (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Thomas Yarborough (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:24 | Tennessee | Chris Tolbert loses the dribble to Marvin Cooper | 39-29 |
| 10:55 | UMass | Kevin Hester loses the dribble to Robert Davis | 39-29 |
| 10:34 | Tennessee | Eldon Westerfield can't connect on a fadeaway from the right side | 39-29 |
| 10:33 | UMass | Marvin Cooper pulls down the rebound | 39-29 |
| 10:11 | UMass | Marvin Cooper misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 39-29 |
| 10:09 | Tennessee | Thomas Yarborough gets the rebound | 39-29 |
| 09:52 | Tennessee | Keith Brown connects on the runner from the left block on a great pass from Chris Tolbert | 39-31 |
| 09:25 | UMass | Nelson Plemons drills a floater from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Marvin Cooper | 41-31 |
| 09:06 | Tennessee | Keith Brown drills a jumper from just outside the lane set up by Chris Tolbert | 41-33 |
| 09:02 | UMass | Julio Sosa clanks a shot in the lane but the foul's on Thomas Yarborough - foul #2 on Thomas Yarborough, team foul #3 | 41-33 |
| Subs | UMass | Roman Villanueva (SG), Alvaro Costa (SF), Roberto Martinez (PF), Ronald Murphy (C) Joseph Walker, Kevin Hester, Marvin Cooper, Nelson Plemons | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Henry Putman (SG), Tim Murray (SF), Steven Heim (PF), Robert Allen (C) Chris Tolbert, Robert Davis, Keith Brown, Thomas Yarborough | |
| 09:02 | UMass | Julio Sosa misses the 1st free throw | 41-33 |
| 09:02 | UMass | Julio Sosa makes the 2nd free throw | 42-33 |
| 08:41 | Tennessee | Ronald Murphy takes the ball from Eldon Westerfield | 42-33 |
| 08:14 | UMass | Roman Villanueva is wide open and slams it home on a nice dish by Alvaro Costa | 44-33 |
| 07:53 | Tennessee | Steven Heim can't connect on a shot from close range | 44-33 |
| 07:52 | Tennessee | Steven Heim misses the tip | 44-33 |
| 07:50 | UMass | Alvaro Costa gets the rebound | 44-33 |
| Lineup | UMass | PG - Julio Sosa (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 4 ast. SG - Roman Villanueva (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Alvaro Costa (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Roberto Martinez (fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. C - Ronald Murphy (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Eldon Westerfield (fairly fresh) SG - Henry Putman (fresh) SF - Tim Murray (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Steven Heim (fresh) C - Robert Allen (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:23 | UMass | Alvaro Costa buries a floater from the baseline on a nice dish by Julio Sosa and he's hacked by Tim Murray - foul #3 on Tim Murray, team foul #4 | 46-33 |
| Subs | UMass | Stanley Tally (PG) Julio Sosa | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Robert Davis (SG), Keith Brown (PF) Henry Putman, Steven Heim | |
| 07:23 | UMass | Alvaro Costa makes the free throw | 47-33 |
| 07:04 | Tennessee | Robert Allen misses short on a jump hook near the basket | 47-33 |
| 07:02 | Tennessee | Keith Brown grabs the offensive rebound | 47-33 |
| 06:37 | Tennessee | Roman Villanueva is called for the reach on Robert Davis - foul #2 on Roman Villanueva, team foul #4 | 47-33 |
| Subs | UMass | Julio Sosa (PG) Roman Villanueva | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Chris Tolbert (PG) Tim Murray | |
| 06:19 | Tennessee | Robert Davis knocks in the 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from Keith Brown | 47-36 |
| 06:00 | UMass | Stanley Tally can't connect on a jumper in the paint | 47-36 |
| 05:59 | Tennessee | Robert Davis snags the defensive board | 47-36 |
| 05:39 | Tennessee | Keith Brown makes the shot from the free throw line on a nice dish by Robert Davis | 47-38 |
| 05:13 | UMass | Alvaro Costa misses short on a jumpshot from the right side | 47-38 |
| 05:11 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to Robert Allen | 47-38 |
| 04:46 | Tennessee | Eldon Westerfield hits the finger roll and the foul's on Alvaro Costa - foul #2 on Alvaro Costa, team foul #5 | 47-40 |
| Subs | UMass | Roman Villanueva (SG), Nelson Plemons (C) Stanley Tally, Ronald Murphy | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Tim Murray (SF), Thomas Yarborough (C) Robert Davis, Robert Allen | |
| 04:46 | Tennessee | Eldon Westerfield makes the free throw | 47-41 |
| 04:18 | UMass | Roberto Martinez double dribbles | 47-41 |
| Subs | UMass | Marvin Cooper (SF), Ronald Murphy (C) Alvaro Costa, Nelson Plemons | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Henry Putman (SG) Eldon Westerfield | |
| 04:02 | Tennessee | Keith Brown connects on the jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Tim Murray | 47-43 |
| 03:43 | UMass | Roman Villanueva scores on a jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Ronald Murphy | 49-43 |
| Lineup | UMass | PG - Julio Sosa (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 5 ast. SG - Roman Villanueva (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Marvin Cooper (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. PF - Roberto Martinez (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. C - Ronald Murphy (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Chris Tolbert (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 ast. SG - Henry Putman (fresh) SF - Tim Murray (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. PF - Keith Brown (fairly fresh) 18 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Thomas Yarborough (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 03:15 | Tennessee | Tim Murray's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 49-43 |
| Subs | UMass | Stanley Tally (PG), Alvaro Costa (SF), Nelson Plemons (C) Julio Sosa, Marvin Cooper, Ronald Murphy | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Robert Davis (SG), Steven Heim (PF) Chris Tolbert, Keith Brown | |
| 02:51 | UMass | Roberto Martinez throws a bad pass out of bounds | 49-43 |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:47 | Tennessee | Tennessee calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 49-43 |
| Subs | UMass | | |
| Subs | Tennessee | Chris Tolbert (PG), Keith Brown (PF), Robert Allen (C) Henry Putman, Steven Heim, Thomas Yarborough | |
| 02:40 | Tennessee | Keith Brown is hacked by Roberto Martinez - foul #3 on Roberto Martinez, team foul #6 | 49-43 |
| Subs | UMass | Julio Sosa (PG), Ronald Murphy (C) Stanley Tally, Nelson Plemons | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 02:24 | Tennessee | Keith Brown misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 49-43 |
| 02:23 | UMass | Ronald Murphy snags the defensive board | 49-43 |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 01:57 | UMass | Alvaro Costa travels with the ball | 49-43 |
| 01:42 | Tennessee | Tim Murray's floater is tipped away by Ronald Murphy | 49-43 |
| 01:41 | UMass | Roman Villanueva grabs the board | 49-43 |
| 01:20 | UMass | Roberto Martinez drills a 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Julio Sosa | 52-43 |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 01:10 | Tennessee | Chris Tolbert is called for 10 seconds | 52-43 |
| 00:55 | UMass | Roberto Martinez loses the dribble to Keith Brown | 52-43 |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:47 | Tennessee | Keith Brown clanks a 3 from the right corner | 52-43 |
| 00:45 | Tennessee | Robert Allen snags the offensive board | 52-43 |
| 00:42 | Tennessee | Keith Brown clanks a 3pt attempt from straight away | 52-43 |
| 00:41 | UMass | The rebound goes to Julio Sosa | 52-43 |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/3-2 zone (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:38 | UMass | Chris Tolbert is called for the reach on Julio Sosa in the backcourt - foul #1 on Chris Tolbert, team foul #5 | 52-43 |
| Subs | UMass | Kevin Hester (SF), Nelson Plemons (C) Alvaro Costa, Ronald Murphy | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 00:36 | UMass | Nelson Plemons is fouled on the floor by Robert Allen - foul #3 on Robert Allen, team foul #6 | 52-43 |
| 00:35 | UMass | Tim Murray is called for the reach on Kevin Hester - foul #4 on Tim Murray, team foul #7 | 52-43 |
| 00:35 | UMass | Kevin Hester misses the 1st free throw | 52-43 |
| 00:35 | Tennessee | Keith Brown snags the defensive board | 52-43 |
| 00:27 | Tennessee | Tim Murray's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 52-43 |
| 00:24 | UMass | Nelson Plemons is hacked by Chris Tolbert in the backcourt - foul #2 on Chris Tolbert, team foul #8 | 52-43 |
| 00:24 | UMass | Nelson Plemons misses the 1st free throw | 52-43 |
| 00:24 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to Keith Brown | 52-43 |
| 00:18 | Tennessee | Robert Davis is by himself and knocks in the 3 from the right corner | 52-46 |
| 00:16 | UMass | Chris Tolbert is called for the reach on Roberto Martinez in the backcourt - foul #3 on Chris Tolbert, team foul #9 | 52-46 |
| Subs | UMass | Joseph Walker (SG) Julio Sosa | |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| 00:16 | UMass | Roberto Martinez misses the 1st free throw | 52-46 |
| 00:16 | Tennessee | Robert Davis grabs the defensive rebound | 52-46 |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-2) | |
| 00:10 | Tennessee | Robert Davis misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 52-46 |
| 00:08 | UMass | The rebound goes to Kevin Hester | 52-46 |
| 00:05 | UMass | Kevin Hester is hacked by Chris Tolbert in the backcourt - foul #4 on Chris Tolbert, team foul #10 | 52-46 |
| 00:05 | UMass | Kevin Hester makes the 1st free throw | 53-46 |
| 00:05 | UMass | Kevin Hester misses the 2nd free throw | 53-46 |
| 00:05 | UMass | Nelson Plemons snags the offensive board | 53-46 |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a halfcourt press/2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 00:00 | UMass | Roman Villanueva runs out the clock | 53-46 |