| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Samuel Hans (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Roy Haven (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SF - Kenneth Messenger (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Erik Garrett (fresh) C - Jesse Lane (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | UMass | PG - Kyle Williams (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Todd Rogers (fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. SF - Danny Greer (fresh) 1 ast. PF - Manuel Yeoman (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. C - Paul Way (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | UMass | Danny Greer inbounds the ball | 25-22 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:44 | UMass | Kyle Williams is denied on a dunk by Kenneth Messenger | 25-22 |
| 19:42 | Kentucky | Samuel Hans snags the defensive board | 25-22 |
| 19:20 | Kentucky | Roy Haven is fouled on the floor by Manuel Yeoman - foul #1 on Manuel Yeoman, team foul #1 | 25-22 |
| 19:03 | Kentucky | Samuel Hans misses short on a jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by Kyle Williams - foul #1 on Kyle Williams, team foul #2 | 25-22 |
| 19:03 | Kentucky | Samuel Hans misses the 1st free throw | 25-22 |
| 19:03 | Kentucky | Samuel Hans makes the 2nd free throw | 26-22 |
| 19:01 | UMass | Kyle Williams is called for traveling in the backcourt | 26-22 |
| 18:36 | Kentucky | Erik Garrett misses long on a driving attempt in the lane but he's fouled by Manuel Yeoman - foul #2 on Manuel Yeoman, team foul #3 | 26-22 |
| 18:36 | Kentucky | Erik Garrett makes the 1st free throw | 27-22 |
| 18:36 | Kentucky | Erik Garrett makes the 2nd free throw | 28-22 |
| 18:25 | UMass | Danny Greer knocks in the 3 from straight away | 28-25 |
| 18:12 | Kentucky | Samuel Hans misses the easy layup | 28-25 |
| 18:11 | Kentucky | Jesse Lane pulls down the offensive rebound | 28-25 |
| 17:49 | Kentucky | Roy Haven splits the doubleteam and buries a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Erik Garrett | 31-25 |
| 17:31 | UMass | Manuel Yeoman misses the jumper from the left block | 31-25 |
| 17:30 | Kentucky | Samuel Hans gets the rebound | 31-25 |
| 17:01 | Kentucky | Samuel Hans can't connect on a shot from the left block but he's hacked by Paul Way - foul #2 on Paul Way, team foul #4 | 31-25 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Leslie Pritts (SF) Kenneth Messenger | |
| Subs | UMass | Juan Huerta (SG), Thomas Wigginton (SF), Joseph Motz (PF), Marc Purifoy (C) Todd Rogers, Danny Greer, Manuel Yeoman, Paul Way | |
| 17:01 | Kentucky | Samuel Hans makes the 1st free throw | 32-25 |
| 17:01 | Kentucky | Samuel Hans makes the 2nd free throw | 33-25 |
| 16:43 | UMass | Marc Purifoy's pass is intercepted by Samuel Hans | 33-25 |
| 16:26 | Kentucky | Samuel Hans is whistled for a charge - foul #3 on Samuel Hans, team foul #1 | 33-25 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Paul Bryant (PG), Michael Adams (PF), James Scott (C) Samuel Hans, Erik Garrett, Jesse Lane | |
| Subs | UMass | Felix Bostic (PG) Kyle Williams | |
| 16:16 | UMass | Thomas Wigginton connects on the fadeaway from the right wing on a great pass from Felix Bostic and he's fouled by Leslie Pritts - foul #2 on Leslie Pritts, team foul #2 | 33-27 |
| 16:16 | UMass | Thomas Wigginton makes the free throw | 33-28 |
| 15:47 | Kentucky | Michael Adams makes the floater from the left block on a great pass from Paul Bryant | 35-28 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Paul Bryant (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Roy Haven (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Leslie Pritts (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Michael Adams (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - James Scott (fresh) | |
| Lineup | UMass | PG - Felix Bostic (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SG - Juan Huerta (fresh) SF - Thomas Wigginton (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Joseph Motz (fresh) C - Marc Purifoy (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:29 | UMass | Marc Purifoy can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by James Scott - foul #2 on James Scott, team foul #3 | 35-28 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Samuel Hans (PG), Kenneth Messenger (SF) Roy Haven, James Scott | |
| Subs | UMass | Todd Rogers (SG), Danny Greer (SF), Manuel Yeoman (PF) Juan Huerta, Thomas Wigginton, Joseph Motz | |
| 15:29 | UMass | Marc Purifoy misses the 1st free throw | 35-28 |
| 15:29 | UMass | Marc Purifoy misses the 2nd free throw | 35-28 |
| 15:29 | UMass | Manuel Yeoman pulls down the offensive rebound | 35-28 |
| 15:15 | UMass | Danny Greer misses badly on a 3 from straight away | 35-28 |
| 15:13 | Kentucky | Leslie Pritts gets the rebound | 35-28 |
| 14:54 | Kentucky | Manuel Yeoman is called for the reach on Michael Adams - foul #3 on Manuel Yeoman, team foul #5 | 35-28 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Erik Garrett (PF), Jesse Lane (C) Michael Adams, Leslie Pritts | |
| Subs | UMass | Kyle Williams (PG), Paul Way (C) Felix Bostic, Marc Purifoy | |
| 14:36 | Kentucky | Erik Garrett is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #3 on Erik Garrett, team foul #4 | 35-28 |
| 14:23 | UMass | Todd Rogers can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 35-28 |
| 14:21 | UMass | Kyle Williams snags the offensive board | 35-28 |
| 14:14 | UMass | Kenneth Messenger steals it from Danny Greer | 35-28 |
| 14:10 | Kentucky | Samuel Hans drills a fadeaway from the left side | 37-28 |
| 13:45 | UMass | Danny Greer is whistled for a carry | 37-28 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Roy Haven (SG) Samuel Hans | |
| Subs | UMass | Thomas Wigginton (PF) Manuel Yeoman | |
| 13:18 | Kentucky | Paul Bryant is hacked by Danny Greer - foul #1 on Danny Greer, team foul #6 | 37-28 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Leslie Pritts (SF) Kenneth Messenger | |
| Subs | UMass | | |
| 13:02 | Kentucky | Paul Bryant clanks a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 37-28 |
| 13:00 | UMass | Thomas Wigginton grabs the defensive rebound | 37-28 |
| 12:40 | UMass | Todd Rogers drills a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line set up by Danny Greer and he's hacked by Jesse Lane - foul #2 on Jesse Lane, team foul #5 | 37-30 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Samuel Hans (PG), James Scott (C) Paul Bryant, Jesse Lane | |
| Subs | UMass | Manuel Yeoman (PF) Danny Greer | |
| 12:40 | UMass | Todd Rogers makes the free throw | 37-31 |
| 12:25 | Kentucky | Erik Garrett can't finish the layup | 37-31 |
| 12:23 | UMass | Manuel Yeoman pulls down the rebound | 37-31 |
| 12:02 | UMass | Todd Rogers misses the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 37-31 |
| 12:00 | Kentucky | Erik Garrett grabs the board | 37-31 |
| 11:40 | Kentucky | Erik Garrett scores on a floater from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Roy Haven | 39-31 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Samuel Hans (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Roy Haven (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SF - Leslie Pritts (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. PF - Erik Garrett (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - James Scott (fresh) | |
| Lineup | UMass | PG - Kyle Williams (fairly fresh) 8 pts. SG - Todd Rogers (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SF - Thomas Wigginton (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Manuel Yeoman (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Paul Way (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 11:22 | UMass | Paul Way is hacked by James Scott - foul #3 on James Scott, team foul #6 | 39-31 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Kenneth Messenger (SF), Michael Adams (PF), Jesse Lane (C) Leslie Pritts, Erik Garrett, James Scott | |
| Subs | UMass | Felix Bostic (PG), Juan Huerta (SG), Danny Greer (SF), Joseph Motz (C) Kyle Williams, Todd Rogers, Manuel Yeoman, Paul Way | |
| 11:07 | UMass | Felix Bostic drills a 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Danny Greer | 39-34 |
| 10:41 | Kentucky | Roy Haven misses the 3pt shot from straight away | 39-34 |
| 10:39 | Kentucky | Samuel Hans misses the tip | 39-34 |
| 10:37 | UMass | Joseph Motz grabs the defensive rebound | 39-34 |
| 10:32 | UMass | Felix Bostic comes up short on the 3 from the right corner | 39-34 |
| 10:30 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Kenneth Messenger | 39-34 |
| 10:01 | Kentucky | Samuel Hans buries a jumpshot from the right side on a great pass from Michael Adams | 41-34 |
| 09:43 | UMass | Danny Greer scores on a jumpshot from the free throw line set up by Felix Bostic | 41-36 |
| 09:14 | Kentucky | Kenneth Messenger clanks a floater from the left wing | 41-36 |
| 09:13 | UMass | Joseph Motz grabs the defensive rebound | 41-36 |
| 08:54 | UMass | Felix Bostic makes the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 41-39 |
| 08:52 | Kentucky | Felix Bostic is called for the reach on Samuel Hans in the backcourt - foul #3 on Felix Bostic, team foul #7 | 41-39 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Paul Bryant (SG), Erik Garrett (PF), Leslie Pritts (C) Roy Haven, Michael Adams, Jesse Lane | |
| Subs | UMass | Kyle Williams (PG), Todd Rogers (SG), Manuel Yeoman (PF), Paul Way (C) Felix Bostic, Juan Huerta, Thomas Wigginton, Joseph Motz | |
| 08:52 | Kentucky | Samuel Hans makes the 1st free throw | 42-39 |
| 08:52 | Kentucky | Samuel Hans makes the 2nd free throw | 43-39 |
| 08:31 | UMass | Danny Greer hits a 3 from the right corner set up by Kyle Williams | 43-42 |
| 08:06 | Kentucky | Kenneth Messenger clanks a fadeaway from the left block but he's hacked by Todd Rogers - foul #2 on Todd Rogers, team foul #8 | 43-42 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Roy Haven (SG) Samuel Hans | |
| Subs | UMass | | |
| 08:06 | Kentucky | Kenneth Messenger misses the 1st free throw | 43-42 |
| 08:06 | Kentucky | Kenneth Messenger makes the 2nd free throw | 44-42 |
| 07:52 | UMass | Danny Greer misses badly on a 3 from the left corner | 44-42 |
| 07:50 | Kentucky | Erik Garrett gets the rebound | 44-42 |
| 07:29 | Kentucky | Paul Bryant is open and scores on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 47-42 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Paul Bryant (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - Roy Haven (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SF - Kenneth Messenger (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Erik Garrett (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Leslie Pritts (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | UMass | PG - Kyle Williams (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Todd Rogers (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SF - Danny Greer (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. PF - Manuel Yeoman (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Paul Way (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 07:18 | UMass | Danny Greer misses badly on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 47-42 |
| 07:16 | Kentucky | Erik Garrett gets the rebound | 47-42 |
| 06:47 | Kentucky | Kenneth Messenger misses badly on a shot from the left side | 47-42 |
| 06:45 | Kentucky | Roy Haven hits the follow up shot | 49-42 |
| 06:30 | UMass | Danny Greer connects on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 49-45 |
| 06:01 | Kentucky | Kenneth Messenger misses the lay-in | 49-45 |
| 06:00 | UMass | Manuel Yeoman grabs the board | 49-45 |
| 05:56 | UMass | Kyle Williams comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 49-45 |
| 05:55 | Kentucky | Erik Garrett gets the rebound | 49-45 |
| 05:35 | Kentucky | Erik Garrett makes the jumper in the paint on a great pass from Paul Bryant | 51-45 |
| 05:20 | UMass | Kyle Williams can't throw it down | 51-45 |
| 05:19 | UMass | Kyle Williams gets the offensive rebound | 51-45 |
| 05:00 | UMass | Manuel Yeoman hits the finger roll set up by Danny Greer | 51-47 |
| 04:55 | Kentucky | Paul Bryant comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 51-47 |
| 04:53 | UMass | Manuel Yeoman grabs the board | 51-47 |
| 04:34 | UMass | Todd Rogers is called for traveling | 51-47 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Samuel Hans (PG), James Scott (SF), Michael Adams (PF), Jesse Lane (C) Paul Bryant, Kenneth Messenger, Erik Garrett, Leslie Pritts | |
| Subs | UMass | Felix Bostic (PG), Juan Huerta (SG), Thomas Wigginton (SF), Joseph Motz (PF), Marc Purifoy (C) Kyle Williams, Todd Rogers, Danny Greer, Manuel Yeoman, Paul Way | |
| 04:08 | Kentucky | Thomas Wigginton blocks the jumper by Michael Adams | 51-47 |
| 04:06 | UMass | Thomas Wigginton snags the defensive board | 51-47 |
| 03:44 | UMass | Felix Bostic can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 51-47 |
| 03:43 | Kentucky | James Scott grabs the defensive rebound | 51-47 |
| 03:20 | Kentucky | James Scott is fouled on the floor by Thomas Wigginton - foul #3 on Thomas Wigginton, team foul #9 | 51-47 |
| 03:20 | Kentucky | James Scott makes the 1st free throw | 52-47 |
| 03:20 | Kentucky | James Scott misses the 2nd free throw | 52-47 |
| 03:20 | UMass | Marc Purifoy pulls down the rebound | 52-47 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Samuel Hans (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Roy Haven (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. SF - James Scott (fresh) 1 pts. 3 pf. PF - Michael Adams (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Jesse Lane (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | UMass | PG - Felix Bostic (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Juan Huerta (fresh) SF - Thomas Wigginton (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. PF - Joseph Motz (fresh) 2 reb. C - Marc Purifoy (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 02:57 | UMass | Juan Huerta hits a 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by Felix Bostic | 52-50 |
| 02:57 | Kentucky | Kentucky calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 52-50 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Paul Bryant (SG), Leslie Pritts (SF), Erik Garrett (PF) Roy Haven, James Scott, Michael Adams | |
| Subs | UMass | Kyle Williams (PG), Todd Rogers (SG), Manuel Yeoman (PF), Paul Way (C) Felix Bostic, Juan Huerta, Joseph Motz, Marc Purifoy | |
| 02:36 | Kentucky | Jesse Lane comes up short on the floater in the lane | 52-50 |
| 02:35 | Kentucky | Paul Bryant hits the follow up shot | 54-50 |
| 02:23 | UMass | Thomas Wigginton is called for 5 seconds | 54-50 |
| 02:21 | Kentucky | Kentucky calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 54-50 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Roy Haven (SG), Kenneth Messenger (SF) Paul Bryant, Leslie Pritts | |
| Subs | UMass | Danny Greer (SF) Thomas Wigginton | |
| 01:58 | Kentucky | Kenneth Messenger is hacked by Todd Rogers - foul #3 on Todd Rogers, team foul #10 | 54-50 |
| 01:58 | Kentucky | Kenneth Messenger makes the 1st free throw | 55-50 |
| 01:58 | Kentucky | Kenneth Messenger makes the 2nd free throw | 56-50 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 01:41 | UMass | Manuel Yeoman is denied on a layup by Jesse Lane | 56-50 |
| 01:39 | UMass | The offensive rebound goes to Kyle Williams | 56-50 |
| 01:28 | UMass | Samuel Hans is called for the reach on Kyle Williams - foul #4 on Samuel Hans, team foul #7 | 56-50 |
| 01:28 | UMass | Kyle Williams misses the 1st free throw | 56-50 |
| 01:28 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Jesse Lane | 56-50 |
| 00:59 | Kentucky | Manuel Yeoman steals the ball from Kenneth Messenger | 56-50 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:41 | UMass | Todd Rogers can't connect on a 3 from straight away | 56-50 |
| 00:40 | UMass | The offensive rebound goes to Manuel Yeoman | 56-50 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:36 | UMass | Danny Greer hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right wing | 56-50 |
| 00:35 | Kentucky | Samuel Hans grabs the board | 56-50 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| 00:32 | Kentucky | Kyle Williams is called for the reach on Samuel Hans in the backcourt - foul #2 on Kyle Williams, team foul #11 | 56-50 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Leslie Pritts (C) Jesse Lane | |
| Subs | UMass | | |
| 00:32 | Kentucky | Samuel Hans makes the 1st free throw | 57-50 |
| 00:32 | Kentucky | Samuel Hans makes the 2nd free throw | 58-50 |
| 00:25 | UMass | Leslie Pritts steps in front of the Todd Rogers pass | 58-50 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-1) | |
| 00:24 | Kentucky | Roy Haven is hacked by Todd Rogers in the backcourt - foul #4 on Todd Rogers, team foul #12 | 58-50 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Paul Bryant (PG) Samuel Hans | |
| Subs | UMass | | |
| 00:24 | Kentucky | Roy Haven makes the 1st free throw | 59-50 |
| 00:24 | Kentucky | Roy Haven makes the 2nd free throw | 60-50 |
| 00:17 | UMass | Todd Rogers misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 60-50 |
| 00:15 | Kentucky | Erik Garrett gets the rebound | 60-50 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | UMass | UMass is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:00 | Kentucky | Paul Bryant runs out the clock | 60-50 |