| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Michael Lyon (fresh) SG - Karson Flury (fresh) SF - Edward Hyde (fresh) PF - Valeri Zellman (fresh) C - Frank Gafford (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Claud Lukowski (fresh) SG - Vincente Russo (fresh) SF - Kevin Maines (fresh) PF - Filiberto Bruno (fresh) C - Yul Chu (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Villanova | Yul Chu wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Marquette | Marquette is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:49 | Villanova | Yul Chu loses the dribble to Frank Gafford | 0-0 |
| 19:30 | Marquette | Frank Gafford hits a fadeaway from the right block on a great pass from Edward Hyde out of a doubleteam | 2-0 |
| 19:16 | Villanova | Yul Chu misses badly on a turnaround in the lane but he's fouled by Frank Gafford - foul #1 on Frank Gafford, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 19:16 | Villanova | Yul Chu makes the 1st free throw | 2-1 |
| 19:16 | Villanova | Yul Chu makes the 2nd free throw | 2-2 |
| 18:58 | Marquette | Edward Hyde shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the shot in the lane but the foul's on Vincente Russo - foul #1 on Vincente Russo, team foul #1 | 2-2 |
| 18:58 | Marquette | Edward Hyde makes the 1st free throw | 3-2 |
| 18:58 | Marquette | Edward Hyde makes the 2nd free throw | 4-2 |
| 18:44 | Villanova | Kevin Maines knocks in the floater from the right side on a great pass from Claud Lukowski | 4-4 |
| 18:30 | Marquette | Karson Flury drills a turnaround from the right block set up by Michael Lyon and the foul's on Claud Lukowski - foul #1 on Claud Lukowski, team foul #2 | 6-4 |
| 18:30 | Marquette | Karson Flury makes the free throw | 7-4 |
| 18:21 | Villanova | Frank Gafford swats the layup by Yul Chu | 7-4 |
| 18:19 | Marquette | Karson Flury grabs the defensive rebound | 7-4 |
| 17:54 | Marquette | Edward Hyde works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the floater from the right side | 7-4 |
| 17:52 | Marquette | Frank Gafford misses the tip | 7-4 |
| 17:50 | Villanova | Yul Chu gets the rebound | 7-4 |
| 17:35 | Villanova | Filiberto Bruno is hacked by Valeri Zellman - foul #1 on Valeri Zellman, team foul #2 | 7-4 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Villanova | Michael Ross (PG), Gonzalo Ferrari (SG), Mile Kotowski (SF), Gregory Pruitt (PF), Brandon Caldwell (C) Claud Lukowski, Vincente Russo, Kevin Maines, Filiberto Bruno, Yul Chu | |
| 17:24 | Villanova | Brandon Caldwell hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the free throw line | 7-4 |
| 17:23 | Marquette | Karson Flury grabs the board | 7-4 |
| 17:10 | Marquette | Michael Lyon is fouled on the floor by Brandon Caldwell - foul #1 on Brandon Caldwell, team foul #3 | 7-4 |
| Subs | Marquette | Antonio Burnette (SG), Gary Metzler (C) Karson Flury, Frank Gafford | |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| 16:51 | Marquette | Michael Lyon is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 7-4 |
| 16:49 | Marquette | Valeri Zellman tips it but misses | 7-4 |
| 16:47 | Marquette | Michael Lyon misses the tip | 7-4 |
| 16:45 | Villanova | Gregory Pruitt gets the rebound | 7-4 |
| 16:31 | Villanova | Michael Ross connects on the jumpshot from just outside the lane and he's hacked by Edward Hyde - foul #1 on Edward Hyde, team foul #3 | 7-6 |
| Subs | Marquette | William Housley (SF) Edward Hyde | |
| Subs | Villanova | Vincente Russo (SG), Gabriel Showers (SF) Gonzalo Ferrari, Mile Kotowski | |
| 16:31 | Villanova | Michael Ross makes the free throw | 7-7 |
| 16:10 | Marquette | William Housley makes the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 10-7 |
| 15:58 | Villanova | Vincente Russo misses short on a jump hook near the basket but the foul's on Michael Lyon - foul #1 on Michael Lyon, team foul #4 | 10-7 |
| Subs | Marquette | Karson Flury (SG), Frank Gafford (C) Michael Lyon, Gary Metzler | |
| Subs | Villanova | Claud Lukowski (PG), Kevin Maines (SF) Michael Ross, Gabriel Showers | |
| 15:58 | Villanova | Vincente Russo makes the 1st free throw | 10-8 |
| 15:58 | Villanova | Vincente Russo makes the 2nd free throw | 10-9 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Antonio Burnette (fresh) SG - Karson Flury (fresh) 3 pts. SF - William Housley (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Valeri Zellman (fairly fresh) C - Frank Gafford (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Claud Lukowski (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Vincente Russo (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Kevin Maines (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Gregory Pruitt (fresh) C - Brandon Caldwell (fresh) | |
| 15:32 | Marquette | Antonio Burnette hits a 3pt shot from the left corner on a nice dish by William Housley and he's hacked by Claud Lukowski - foul #2 on Claud Lukowski, team foul #4 | 13-9 |
| Subs | Marquette | Edward Hyde (SF) William Housley | |
| Subs | Villanova | Michael Ross (PG), Filiberto Bruno (PF), Yul Chu (C) Claud Lukowski, Gregory Pruitt, Brandon Caldwell | |
| 15:32 | Marquette | Antonio Burnette makes the free throw | 14-9 |
| 15:12 | Villanova | Edward Hyde is called for the reach on Yul Chu - foul #2 on Edward Hyde, team foul #5 | 14-9 |
| Subs | Marquette | William Housley (SF) Edward Hyde | |
| Subs | Villanova | Gregory Pruitt (PF), Brandon Caldwell (C) Filiberto Bruno, Yul Chu | |
| 14:56 | Villanova | Brandon Caldwell misses long on a floater from the baseline | 14-9 |
| 14:55 | Marquette | The rebound goes to Karson Flury | 14-9 |
| 14:42 | Marquette | Valeri Zellman's floater is tipped away by Brandon Caldwell | 14-9 |
| 14:40 | Villanova | Kevin Maines grabs the board | 14-9 |
| 14:26 | Villanova | Michael Ross is hacked by Antonio Burnette - foul #1 on Antonio Burnette, team foul #6 | 14-9 |
| Subs | Marquette | Michael Lyon (PG) Antonio Burnette | |
| Subs | Villanova | Gonzalo Ferrari (PG), Gabriel Showers (SF), Filiberto Bruno (PF), Yul Chu (C) Michael Ross, Kevin Maines, Gregory Pruitt, Brandon Caldwell | |
| 14:17 | Villanova | Filiberto Bruno misses badly on a runner near the basket but he's fouled by William Housley - foul #1 on William Housley, team foul #7 | 14-9 |
| Subs | Marquette | Gary Metzler (C) Frank Gafford | |
| Subs | Villanova | Michael Ross (PG) Gonzalo Ferrari | |
| 14:17 | Villanova | Filiberto Bruno misses the 1st free throw | 14-9 |
| 14:17 | Villanova | Filiberto Bruno makes the 2nd free throw | 14-10 |
| 13:53 | Marquette | Gary Metzler is fouled on the floor by Yul Chu - foul #1 on Yul Chu, team foul #5 | 14-10 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Villanova | Gonzalo Ferrari (PG), Kevin Maines (SF) Michael Ross, Gabriel Showers | |
| 13:40 | Marquette | William Housley's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 14-10 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Villanova | Michael Ross (PG), Brandon Caldwell (C) Gonzalo Ferrari, Yul Chu | |
| 13:21 | Villanova | Brandon Caldwell steps out of bounds on the sideline | 14-10 |
| Subs | Marquette | Luis Boswell (PF) Valeri Zellman | |
| Subs | Villanova | Gonzalo Ferrari (PG), Gregory Pruitt (PF), Yul Chu (C) Michael Ross, Filiberto Bruno, Brandon Caldwell | |
| 13:03 | Marquette | Karson Flury misses long on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 14-10 |
| 13:02 | Villanova | Yul Chu grabs the defensive rebound | 14-10 |
| 12:55 | Villanova | A charge is called on Gregory Pruitt - foul #1 on Gregory Pruitt, team foul #6 | 14-10 |
| Subs | Marquette | Antonio Burnette (SG), Robert Batres (SF), Frank Gafford (C) Karson Flury, William Housley, Luis Boswell | |
| Subs | Villanova | Michael Ross (PG), Gabriel Showers (SG), Mile Kotowski (SF), Filiberto Bruno (PF), Brandon Caldwell (C) Gonzalo Ferrari, Vincente Russo, Kevin Maines, Gregory Pruitt, Yul Chu | |
| 12:36 | Marquette | Antonio Burnette's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 14-10 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Villanova | Vincente Russo (SG), Kevin Maines (SF), Yul Chu (C) Gabriel Showers, Mile Kotowski, Brandon Caldwell | |
| 12:09 | Villanova | Filiberto Bruno scores on a jumper near the basket set up by Kevin Maines | 14-12 |
| 11:45 | Marquette | Robert Batres's pass is intercepted by Michael Ross | 14-12 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Michael Lyon (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Antonio Burnette (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Robert Batres (fresh) PF - Gary Metzler (fresh) C - Frank Gafford (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Michael Ross (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Vincente Russo (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Kevin Maines (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Filiberto Bruno (fresh) 3 pts. C - Yul Chu (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 11:29 | Villanova | Yul Chu loses the dribble to Gary Metzler | 14-12 |
| 11:02 | Marquette | Antonio Burnette loses the ball out of bounds | 14-12 |
| Subs | Marquette | Karson Flury (SG), William Housley (SF), Luis Boswell (PF), Valeri Zellman (C) Antonio Burnette, Robert Batres, Gary Metzler, Frank Gafford | |
| Subs | Villanova | Gonzalo Ferrari (PG), Gabriel Showers (SG), Mile Kotowski (SF), Gregory Pruitt (PF), Brandon Caldwell (C) Michael Ross, Vincente Russo, Kevin Maines, Filiberto Bruno, Yul Chu | |
| 11:00 | Villanova | Michael Lyon picks off the pass by Gonzalo Ferrari in the backcourt | 14-12 |
| 10:49 | Marquette | William Housley connects on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 17-12 |
| 10:33 | Villanova | Brandon Caldwell buries a turnaround from the left block set up by Gabriel Showers and he's fouled by Valeri Zellman - foul #2 on Valeri Zellman, team foul #8 | 17-14 |
| Subs | Marquette | Frank Gafford (C) Valeri Zellman | |
| Subs | Villanova | Vincente Russo (SG), Kevin Maines (SF) Gabriel Showers, Mile Kotowski | |
| 10:33 | Villanova | Brandon Caldwell makes the free throw | 17-15 |
| 10:18 | Marquette | Karson Flury loses the dribble to Vincente Russo | 17-15 |
| 10:06 | Villanova | Brandon Caldwell misses long on a floater from the baseline | 17-15 |
| 10:04 | Villanova | Brandon Caldwell gets the offensive rebound | 17-15 |
| 09:40 | Villanova | Gregory Pruitt misses short on a jumper from just outside the lane | 17-15 |
| 09:39 | Marquette | Frank Gafford snags the defensive board | 17-15 |
| 09:35 | Marquette | Michael Lyon shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the floater from the free throw line on a nice dish by William Housley | 19-15 |
| 09:20 | Villanova | Brandon Caldwell knocks in the runner from the left block on a nice dish by Kevin Maines and he's fouled by Frank Gafford - foul #2 on Frank Gafford, team foul #9 | 19-17 |
| Subs | Marquette | Antonio Burnette (PG), Gary Metzler (C) Michael Lyon, Frank Gafford | |
| Subs | Villanova | Mile Kotowski (SF), Filiberto Bruno (PF), Yul Chu (C) Gonzalo Ferrari, Kevin Maines, Gregory Pruitt | |
| 09:20 | Villanova | Brandon Caldwell makes the free throw | 19-18 |
| 08:58 | Marquette | Antonio Burnette knocks in the jumper from just outside the lane | 21-18 |
| 08:45 | Villanova | Yul Chu misses the easy layup | 21-18 |
| 08:43 | Villanova | Brandon Caldwell tips it home | 21-20 |
| 08:37 | Marquette | Karson Flury's layup is rejected by Filiberto Bruno | 21-20 |
| 08:36 | Villanova | Vincente Russo gets the rebound | 21-20 |
| 08:22 | Villanova | Yul Chu banks in the layup set up by Brandon Caldwell | 21-22 |
| 08:07 | Marquette | Karson Flury misses short on a fadeaway from the right block | 21-22 |
| 08:05 | Villanova | Vincente Russo snags the defensive board | 21-22 |
| 07:45 | Villanova | Mile Kotowski is hacked by Gary Metzler - foul #1 on Gary Metzler, team foul #10 | 21-22 |
| Subs | Marquette | Michael Lyon (PG), Robert Batres (SF) Antonio Burnette, William Housley | |
| Subs | Villanova | Michael Ross (PG), Gabriel Showers (SG), Gregory Pruitt (PF), Kevin Maines (C) Brandon Caldwell, Vincente Russo, Filiberto Bruno, Yul Chu | |
| 07:45 | Villanova | Mile Kotowski makes the 1st free throw | 21-23 |
| 07:45 | Villanova | Mile Kotowski makes the 2nd free throw | 21-24 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Michael Lyon (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Karson Flury (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Robert Batres (fresh) PF - Luis Boswell (fairly fresh) C - Gary Metzler (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Michael Ross (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Gabriel Showers (fresh) SF - Mile Kotowski (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Gregory Pruitt (fresh) C - Kevin Maines (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 07:23 | Marquette | Michael Lyon is doubleteamed and throws a bad pass out of bounds | 21-24 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Villanova | Vincente Russo (SG), Brandon Caldwell (C) Gabriel Showers, Mile Kotowski | |
| 07:10 | Villanova | Michael Lyon steals it from Kevin Maines | 21-24 |
| 06:53 | Marquette | Karson Flury can't connect on an uncontested fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 21-24 |
| 06:52 | Villanova | Michael Ross grabs the board | 21-24 |
| 06:26 | Villanova | Vincente Russo lays it up and in on a nice dish by Michael Ross | 21-26 |
| 06:17 | Marquette | Karson Flury hits a wide open jumpshot from just outside the lane set up by Michael Lyon out of the doubleteam | 23-26 |
| 05:56 | Villanova | Vincente Russo comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 23-26 |
| 05:54 | Villanova | Brandon Caldwell gets the offensive rebound | 23-26 |
| 05:31 | Villanova | Kevin Maines hits the front of the rim on the runner near the basket | 23-26 |
| 05:29 | Marquette | Karson Flury pulls down the rebound | 23-26 |
| 05:24 | Marquette | Michael Lyon works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 23-26 |
| 05:22 | Marquette | The offensive rebound goes to Gary Metzler | 23-26 |
| 05:09 | Marquette | Karson Flury makes the jumpshot from the right wing on a great pass from Michael Lyon | 25-26 |
| 04:48 | Villanova | Kevin Maines makes the jumper from the baseline on a nice dish by Michael Ross and he's fouled by Luis Boswell - foul #1 on Luis Boswell, team foul #11 | 25-28 |
| Subs | Marquette | Antonio Burnette (SG), William Housley (SF) Karson Flury, Robert Batres | |
| Subs | Villanova | Gonzalo Ferrari (PG), Gabriel Showers (SG), Filiberto Bruno (PF), Yul Chu (C) Michael Ross, Vincente Russo, Gregory Pruitt, Brandon Caldwell | |
| 04:48 | Villanova | Kevin Maines makes the free throw | 25-29 |
| 04:32 | Marquette | Gary Metzler is wide open but clanks a jump hook in the paint | 25-29 |
| 04:31 | Villanova | Gabriel Showers snags the defensive board | 25-29 |
| 04:25 | Villanova | Yul Chu jams it | 25-31 |
| 04:10 | Marquette | Michael Lyon is fouled on the floor by Gonzalo Ferrari - foul #1 on Gonzalo Ferrari, team foul #7 | 25-31 |
| Subs | Marquette | | |
| Subs | Villanova | Michael Ross (PG), Vincente Russo (SG) Gonzalo Ferrari, Gabriel Showers | |
| 04:10 | Marquette | Michael Lyon makes the 1st free throw | 26-31 |
| 04:10 | Marquette | Michael Lyon makes the 2nd free throw | 27-31 |
| 03:55 | Villanova | Michael Ross drills a 3pt attempt from the left wing set up by Kevin Maines | 27-34 |
| 03:41 | Marquette | Michael Lyon splits the doubleteam but misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Michael Ross - foul #1 on Michael Ross, team foul #8 | 27-34 |
| Subs | Marquette | Edward Hyde (SF), Valeri Zellman (PF), Frank Gafford (C) William Housley, Luis Boswell, Gary Metzler | |
| Subs | Villanova | Claud Lukowski (PG), Gabriel Showers (SF) Michael Ross, Kevin Maines | |
| 03:41 | Marquette | Michael Lyon makes the 1st free throw | 28-34 |
| 03:41 | Marquette | Michael Lyon makes the 2nd free throw | 29-34 |
| Lineup | Marquette | PG - Michael Lyon (tiring) 6 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Antonio Burnette (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Edward Hyde (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Valeri Zellman (fresh) C - Frank Gafford (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Claud Lukowski (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Vincente Russo (tiring) 4 pts. 2 reb. SF - Gabriel Showers (fresh) PF - Filiberto Bruno (fresh) 3 pts. C - Yul Chu (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:27 | Villanova | Yul Chu knocks in the shot from the baseline set up by Vincente Russo and he's hacked by Frank Gafford - foul #3 on Frank Gafford, team foul #12 | 29-36 |
| Subs | Marquette | William Housley (SG), Gary Metzler (C) Michael Lyon, Frank Gafford | |
| Subs | Villanova | Kevin Maines (SF) Gabriel Showers | |
| 03:27 | Villanova | Yul Chu makes the free throw | 29-37 |
| 03:09 | Marquette | Yul Chu denies the turnaround by Edward Hyde | 29-37 |
| 03:08 | Villanova | The rebound goes to Vincente Russo | 29-37 |
| 02:56 | Villanova | Kevin Maines hits a turnaround from the right block | 29-39 |
| 02:35 | Marquette | Valeri Zellman can't connect on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 29-39 |
| 02:33 | Marquette | Gary Metzler misses the tip | 29-39 |
| 02:31 | Villanova | Vincente Russo snags the defensive board | 29-39 |
| 02:15 | Villanova | Claud Lukowski is fouled on the floor by Antonio Burnette - foul #2 on Antonio Burnette, team foul #13 | 29-39 |
| Subs | Marquette | Karson Flury (SG) Antonio Burnette | |
| Subs | Villanova | Gabriel Showers (SF), Brandon Caldwell (C) Kevin Maines, Yul Chu | |
| 02:15 | Villanova | Claud Lukowski makes the 1st free throw | 29-40 |
| 02:15 | Villanova | Claud Lukowski makes the 2nd free throw | 29-41 |
| 01:46 | Marquette | Edward Hyde loses the ball out of bounds against a doubleteam | 29-41 |
| Subs | Marquette | Michael Lyon (PG) William Housley | |
| Subs | Villanova | Kevin Maines (SF), Yul Chu (C) Gabriel Showers, Brandon Caldwell | |
| 01:27 | Villanova | Vincente Russo hits a turnaround from the left block on a nice dish by Kevin Maines | 29-43 |
| 01:14 | Marquette | Karson Flury blows the layup | 29-43 |
| 01:12 | Villanova | Vincente Russo pulls down the rebound | 29-43 |
| 00:55 | Villanova | Yul Chu makes the runner from the right block on a nice dish by Claud Lukowski | 29-45 |
| 00:39 | Marquette | Filiberto Bruno steps in front of the Karson Flury pass | 29-45 |
| 00:21 | Villanova | Yul Chu misses the jump hook from the right block | 29-45 |
| 00:19 | Villanova | Filiberto Bruno tips it home | 29-47 |
| 00:01 | Marquette | Michael Lyon makes the jumper from the free throw line | 31-47 |
| 00:00 | Villanova | Vincente Russo misses long on a fullcourt shot | 31-47 |