| Lineup | Butler | PG - Peter Willett (fresh) 3 pts. 4 pf. SG - Luke Rollin (fresh) 9 pts. 3 pf. SF - Kenneth Pooley (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Nicholas Feliciano (fresh) C - Roger Cheesman (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Belmont | PG - Jeffrey Butler (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Kurt Thomas (fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. SF - Philip Zurowski (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Mervin Duncan (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - Andrew Davis (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 20:00 | Butler | Kenneth Pooley inbounds the ball | 25-47 |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 19:52 | Butler | Luke Rollin can't connect on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 25-47 |
| 19:51 | Butler | Roger Cheesman hits the follow up shot | 27-47 |
| 19:32 | Belmont | Kurt Thomas can't connect on a jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Kenneth Pooley - foul #1 on Kenneth Pooley, team foul #1 | 27-47 |
| 19:32 | Belmont | Kurt Thomas makes the 1st free throw | 27-48 |
| 19:32 | Belmont | Kurt Thomas makes the 2nd free throw | 27-49 |
| 19:19 | Butler | Roger Cheesman connects on the runner in the lane on a great pass from Peter Willett | 29-49 |
| 18:54 | Belmont | Roger Cheesman steps in front of the Jeffrey Butler pass | 29-49 |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 18:50 | Butler | Luke Rollin misses long on a turnaround from the baseline | 29-49 |
| 18:49 | Belmont | Mervin Duncan grabs the board | 29-49 |
| 18:45 | Belmont | Jeffrey Butler knocks in the 3 pointer from the left wing on a nice dish by Philip Zurowski | 29-52 |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 18:32 | Butler | Peter Willett hits a 3 pointer from the right wing | 32-52 |
| 18:09 | Belmont | Kurt Thomas buries a pull-up jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Jeffrey Butler | 32-54 |
| 17:47 | Butler | Peter Willett hits a floater from the right wing | 34-54 |
| 17:33 | Belmont | Philip Zurowski is hacked by Kenneth Pooley - foul #2 on Kenneth Pooley, team foul #2 | 34-54 |
| Subs | Butler | Dustin Simmons (PF) Nicholas Feliciano | |
| Subs | Belmont | Robert Dawe (PG), Elvin Olivera (SF) Jeffrey Butler, Philip Zurowski | |
| 17:12 | Belmont | Andrew Davis scores on a jump hook in the lane on a great pass from Kurt Thomas | 34-56 |
| 16:57 | Butler | Mervin Duncan steps in front of the Dustin Simmons pass | 34-56 |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 16:36 | Belmont | Robert Dawe lays it in set up by Elvin Olivera | 34-58 |
| 16:12 | Butler | Luke Rollin lays it up and in on a nice dish by Peter Willett and he's hacked by Kurt Thomas - foul #2 on Kurt Thomas, team foul #1 | 36-58 |
| Subs | Butler | Karl Epps (SF) Kenneth Pooley | |
| Subs | Belmont | Jeffrey Butler (PG), Philip Zurowski (SF), Jerry Spicer (C) Kurt Thomas, Mervin Duncan, Andrew Davis | |
| 16:12 | Butler | Luke Rollin makes the free throw | 37-58 |
| 15:50 | Belmont | Jeffrey Butler buries a fadeaway from the right wing | 37-60 |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - Peter Willett (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. SG - Luke Rollin (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 3 pf. SF - Karl Epps (fresh) PF - Dustin Simmons (fresh) 2 reb. C - Roger Cheesman (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Belmont | PG - Jeffrey Butler (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SG - Robert Dawe (fresh) 9 pts. 1 ast. SF - Philip Zurowski (fresh) 1 pts. PF - Elvin Olivera (fresh) 3 reb. C - Jerry Spicer (fresh) | |
| 15:35 | Butler | Roger Cheesman is hacked by Jerry Spicer - foul #2 on Jerry Spicer, team foul #2 | 37-60 |
| Subs | Butler | Nicholas Feliciano (PF) Dustin Simmons | |
| Subs | Belmont | | |
| 15:25 | Butler | Luke Rollin is fouled on the floor by Philip Zurowski - foul #1 on Philip Zurowski, team foul #3 | 37-60 |
| 15:13 | Butler | Karl Epps misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 37-60 |
| 15:12 | Belmont | Elvin Olivera grabs the defensive rebound | 37-60 |
| 14:56 | Belmont | Philip Zurowski misses the jump hook in the paint but he's fouled by Karl Epps - foul #3 on Karl Epps, team foul #3 | 37-60 |
| Subs | Butler | | |
| Subs | Belmont | Kurt Thomas (SG), Mervin Duncan (PF) Robert Dawe, Jerry Spicer | |
| 14:56 | Belmont | Philip Zurowski makes the 1st free throw | 37-61 |
| 14:56 | Belmont | Philip Zurowski misses the 2nd free throw | 37-61 |
| 14:56 | Butler | The rebound goes to Karl Epps | 37-61 |
| 14:43 | Butler | Elvin Olivera swats the layup by Roger Cheesman | 37-61 |
| 14:41 | Belmont | The rebound goes to Mervin Duncan | 37-61 |
| 14:12 | Belmont | Mervin Duncan misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 37-61 |
| 14:10 | Belmont | Kurt Thomas tips it back up and in | 37-63 |
| 13:57 | Butler | Roger Cheesman can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Mervin Duncan - foul #1 on Mervin Duncan, team foul #4 | 37-63 |
| Subs | Butler | Kenneth Pooley (SF), Dustin Simmons (PF) Karl Epps, Nicholas Feliciano | |
| Subs | Belmont | Thomas Alger (PG), Robert Dawe (SF), Andrew Davis (C) Jeffrey Butler, Philip Zurowski, Elvin Olivera | |
| 13:57 | Butler | Roger Cheesman makes the 1st free throw | 38-63 |
| 13:57 | Butler | Roger Cheesman misses the 2nd free throw | 38-63 |
| 13:57 | Belmont | Mervin Duncan pulls down the rebound | 38-63 |
| 13:35 | Belmont | Mervin Duncan connects on the floater from the baseline on a nice dish by Andrew Davis | 38-65 |
| 13:13 | Butler | Roger Cheesman misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 38-65 |
| 13:11 | Belmont | Mervin Duncan pulls down the rebound | 38-65 |
| 12:57 | Belmont | Roger Cheesman is called for the reach on Mervin Duncan - foul #3 on Roger Cheesman, team foul #4 | 38-65 |
| 12:31 | Belmont | Andrew Davis scores on a runner from the baseline set up by Thomas Alger and he's fouled by Roger Cheesman - foul #4 on Roger Cheesman, team foul #5 | 38-67 |
| Subs | Butler | Nicholas Feliciano (PF) Dustin Simmons | |
| Subs | Belmont | Jeffrey Butler (PG), Philip Zurowski (SF) Thomas Alger, Kurt Thomas | |
| 12:31 | Belmont | Andrew Davis makes the free throw | 38-68 |
| 12:17 | Butler | Roger Cheesman misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Robert Dawe - foul #1 on Robert Dawe, team foul #5 | 38-68 |
| Subs | Butler | | |
| Subs | Belmont | Thomas Alger (SG) Robert Dawe | |
| 12:17 | Butler | Roger Cheesman misses the 1st free throw | 38-68 |
| 12:17 | Butler | Roger Cheesman makes the 2nd free throw | 39-68 |
| 11:49 | Belmont | Thomas Alger is fouled on the floor by Luke Rollin - foul #4 on Luke Rollin, team foul #6 | 39-68 |
| Subs | Butler | Karl Epps (SF) Kenneth Pooley | |
| Subs | Belmont | Elvin Olivera (PF) Mervin Duncan | |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - Peter Willett (tiring) 8 pts. 2 ast. 4 pf. SG - Luke Rollin (tiring) 12 pts. 4 pf. SF - Karl Epps (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Nicholas Feliciano (fresh) C - Roger Cheesman (tiring) 11 pts. 6 reb. 4 pf. | |
| Lineup | Belmont | PG - Jeffrey Butler (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SG - Thomas Alger (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SF - Philip Zurowski (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Elvin Olivera (fresh) 4 reb. C - Andrew Davis (fresh) 16 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 11:24 | Belmont | Elvin Olivera buries a floater from close range | 39-70 |
| 11:09 | Butler | Nicholas Feliciano loses the ball out of bounds | 39-70 |
| Subs | Butler | Dustin Simmons (PF) Nicholas Feliciano | |
| Subs | Belmont | Kurt Thomas (SG) Thomas Alger | |
| 10:54 | Belmont | Roger Cheesman steps in front of the Elvin Olivera pass | 39-70 |
| 10:47 | Butler | Luke Rollin buries a fadeaway from the free throw line | 41-70 |
| 10:27 | Belmont | Andrew Davis misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 41-70 |
| 10:26 | Butler | Peter Willett gets the rebound | 41-70 |
| 10:17 | Butler | Roger Cheesman misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 41-70 |
| 10:16 | Belmont | The rebound goes to Philip Zurowski | 41-70 |
| 10:10 | Belmont | Elvin Olivera misses short on a floater from the left wing but the foul's on Dustin Simmons - foul #2 on Dustin Simmons, team foul #7 | 41-70 |
| Subs | Butler | Kenneth Pooley (SF) Karl Epps | |
| Subs | Belmont | Thomas Alger (PG), Robert Dawe (SF), Mervin Duncan (PF) Jeffrey Butler, Philip Zurowski, Andrew Davis | |
| 10:10 | Belmont | Elvin Olivera misses the 1st free throw | 41-70 |
| 10:10 | Belmont | Elvin Olivera misses the 2nd free throw | 41-70 |
| 10:10 | Butler | Dustin Simmons gets the rebound | 41-70 |
| 10:05 | Butler | Dustin Simmons throws a bad pass out of bounds | 41-70 |
| 09:43 | Belmont | Kurt Thomas is fouled on the floor by Peter Willett - foul #5 on Peter Willett, team foul #8 | 41-70 |
| Subs | Butler | Matt Sliva (PG), Nicholas Feliciano (PF) Peter Willett, Dustin Simmons | |
| Subs | Belmont | | |
| 09:43 | Belmont | Kurt Thomas makes the 1st free throw | 41-71 |
| 09:43 | Belmont | Kurt Thomas misses the 2nd free throw | 41-71 |
| 09:43 | Butler | Kenneth Pooley grabs the board | 41-71 |
| 09:31 | Butler | Kenneth Pooley can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 41-71 |
| 09:29 | Butler | Roger Cheesman can't tip it in | 41-71 |
| 09:28 | Butler | Roger Cheesman gets the offensive rebound | 41-71 |
| 09:13 | Butler | Roger Cheesman misses long on a fadeaway from the left side | 41-71 |
| 09:12 | Butler | Roger Cheesman grabs the offensive board | 41-71 |
| 09:01 | Butler | Luke Rollin blows the layup | 41-71 |
| 08:59 | Butler | Nicholas Feliciano gets the offensive rebound | 41-71 |
| 08:47 | Butler | Kenneth Pooley hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 41-71 |
| 08:46 | Belmont | Thomas Alger pulls down the rebound | 41-71 |
| 08:22 | Belmont | Kenneth Pooley steals it from Elvin Olivera | 41-71 |
| 08:18 | Butler | Luke Rollin clanks a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 41-71 |
| 08:16 | Belmont | The rebound goes to Elvin Olivera | 41-71 |
| 07:51 | Belmont | Thomas Alger hits a floater from just outside the lane set up by Robert Dawe and the foul's on Roger Cheesman - foul #5 on Roger Cheesman, team foul #9 | 41-73 |
| Subs | Butler | Karl Epps (SF), Dustin Simmons (PF), Edward Aleshire (C) Kenneth Pooley, Nicholas Feliciano, Roger Cheesman | |
| Subs | Belmont | James Scott (SG), Louis Morris (PF), Jerry Spicer (C) Kurt Thomas, Mervin Duncan, Elvin Olivera | |
| 07:51 | Belmont | Thomas Alger makes the free throw | 41-74 |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - Matt Sliva (fresh) SG - Luke Rollin (tiring) 14 pts. 4 pf. SF - Karl Epps (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Dustin Simmons (fresh) 3 reb. C - Edward Aleshire (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Belmont | PG - Thomas Alger (fresh) 5 pts. 4 ast. SG - James Scott (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Robert Dawe (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. PF - Louis Morris (fresh) C - Jerry Spicer (fresh) | |
| 07:35 | Butler | Karl Epps misses long on a floater from close range | 41-74 |
| 07:34 | Butler | Matt Sliva hits the follow up shot | 43-74 |
| 07:13 | Belmont | Jerry Spicer misses the jumpshot from the left wing | 43-74 |
| 07:11 | Butler | Karl Epps grabs the board | 43-74 |
| 07:04 | Butler | Luke Rollin misses the easy layup | 43-74 |
| 07:03 | Butler | Matt Sliva tips it in | 45-74 |
| 06:48 | Belmont | Louis Morris makes the runner from the right block on a nice dish by Thomas Alger and he's fouled by Karl Epps - foul #4 on Karl Epps, team foul #10 | 45-76 |
| Subs | Butler | Tony Pelkowski (PG), Kenneth Pooley (SF) Matt Sliva, Karl Epps | |
| Subs | Belmont | Ricky Black (C) Thomas Alger | |
| 06:48 | Belmont | Louis Morris makes the free throw | 45-77 |
| 06:33 | Butler | Edward Aleshire makes the floater near the basket on a great pass from Kenneth Pooley | 47-77 |
| 06:09 | Belmont | James Scott misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 47-77 |
| 06:07 | Belmont | Jerry Spicer misses the tip | 47-77 |
| 06:05 | Butler | Kenneth Pooley pulls down the rebound | 47-77 |
| 05:43 | Butler | Tony Pelkowski is fouled on the floor by James Scott - foul #1 on James Scott, team foul #6 | 47-77 |
| Subs | Butler | Nicholas Feliciano (PF) Dustin Simmons | |
| Subs | Belmont | Thomas Alger (PG), Elvin Olivera (SF) Robert Dawe, Ricky Black | |
| 05:29 | Butler | Luke Rollin is called for traveling | 47-77 |
| 05:04 | Belmont | Elvin Olivera jams it set up by Thomas Alger and he's fouled by Tony Pelkowski - foul #1 on Tony Pelkowski, team foul #11 | 47-79 |
| Subs | Butler | Karl Epps (SF) Kenneth Pooley | |
| Subs | Belmont | Robert Dawe (SF), Ricky Black (C) Louis Morris, Jerry Spicer | |
| 05:04 | Belmont | Elvin Olivera makes the free throw | 47-80 |
| 04:54 | Butler | Nicholas Feliciano loses the dribble to Elvin Olivera | 47-80 |
| 04:27 | Belmont | Elvin Olivera clanks a shot from just outside the lane | 47-80 |
| 04:26 | Butler | Nicholas Feliciano gets the rebound | 47-80 |
| 04:02 | Butler | Tony Pelkowski misses short on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 47-80 |
| 04:00 | Belmont | Ricky Black gets the rebound | 47-80 |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| 03:37 | Belmont | Elvin Olivera misses the floater in the paint | 47-80 |
| 03:35 | Butler | Nicholas Feliciano snags the defensive board | 47-80 |
| Lineup | Butler | PG - Tony Pelkowski (fairly fresh) SG - Luke Rollin (tired) 14 pts. 4 pf. SF - Karl Epps (fresh) 3 reb. 4 pf. PF - Nicholas Feliciano (fairly fresh) 4 reb. C - Edward Aleshire (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Belmont | PG - Thomas Alger (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 6 ast. SG - James Scott (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SF - Robert Dawe (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. PF - Elvin Olivera (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. C - Ricky Black (fresh) | |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 03:16 | Butler | Edward Aleshire knocks in the turnaround in the paint set up by Luke Rollin | 49-80 |
| 03:02 | Belmont | Thomas Alger misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 49-80 |
| 03:00 | Belmont | James Scott tips it but misses | 49-80 |
| 02:58 | Belmont | James Scott pulls down the offensive rebound | 49-80 |
| 02:36 | Belmont | Robert Dawe clanks a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 49-80 |
| 02:35 | Butler | Karl Epps grabs the board | 49-80 |
| 02:21 | Butler | Edward Aleshire can't connect on a jump hook from close range but he's hacked by Elvin Olivera - foul #1 on Elvin Olivera, team foul #7 | 49-80 |
| Subs | Butler | Matt Sliva (PG), Kenneth Pooley (SF), Dustin Simmons (PF) Tony Pelkowski, Karl Epps, Nicholas Feliciano | |
| Subs | Belmont | Louis Morris (SF), Jerry Spicer (PF) James Scott, Elvin Olivera | |
| 02:21 | Butler | Edward Aleshire makes the 1st free throw | 50-80 |
| 02:21 | Butler | Edward Aleshire makes the 2nd free throw | 51-80 |
| 01:53 | Belmont | Thomas Alger is called for traveling | 51-80 |
| Subs | Butler | Nicholas Feliciano (PF) Dustin Simmons | |
| Subs | Belmont | Elvin Olivera (SF) Ricky Black | |
| 01:39 | Butler | Luke Rollin misses the jumpshot from the left side | 51-80 |
| 01:38 | Butler | Matt Sliva grabs the offensive board | 51-80 |
| 01:18 | Butler | Luke Rollin can't connect on a 3 pointer from straight away | 51-80 |
| 01:16 | Belmont | Elvin Olivera pulls down the rebound | 51-80 |
| 00:52 | Belmont | Jerry Spicer drills a runner near the basket | 51-82 |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:46 | Butler | Robert Dawe picks off the pass by Luke Rollin | 51-82 |
| Game Plan | Butler | Butler is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Belmont | Belmont is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| 00:18 | Belmont | Jerry Spicer misses the easy layup | 51-82 |
| 00:16 | Butler | Edward Aleshire pulls down the rebound | 51-82 |
| 00:08 | Butler | Luke Rollin misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 51-82 |
| 00:07 | Belmont | Jerry Spicer gets the rebound | 51-82 |
| 00:00 | Belmont | Robert Dawe runs out the clock | 51-82 |