| Lineup | Kansas State | PG - Tony Papke (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SG - Gerard Israel (fresh) 10 pts. 3 ast. SF - Charles Hicks (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. PF - Gonzalo Russo (fresh) C - John Cunningham (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana State | PG - Gary Buckmaster (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Timothy Deshields (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jacob Kelly (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. PF - Domingo Hernandez (fresh) 4 pts. C - Alan Headley (fresh) 6 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Kansas State | Charles Hicks inbounds the ball | 38-35 |
| Game Plan | Kansas State | Kansas State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana State | Louisiana State is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 19:42 | Kansas State | Tony Papke misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 38-35 |
| 19:40 | Kansas State | John Cunningham grabs the offensive board | 38-35 |
| 19:32 | Kansas State | Charles Hicks hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right corner | 38-35 |
| 19:31 | Louisiana State | Timothy Deshields grabs the defensive rebound | 38-35 |
| 19:09 | Louisiana State | Domingo Hernandez hits the front of the rim on the turnaround in the paint | 38-35 |
| 19:07 | Kansas State | Gonzalo Russo gets the rebound | 38-35 |
| 18:54 | Kansas State | Timothy Deshields is called for the reach on Tony Papke - foul #2 on Timothy Deshields, team foul #1 | 38-35 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Leonard Valverde (SG), Jeffrey Baxter (PF), Johnny Bice (C) Charles Hicks, Gonzalo Russo, John Cunningham | |
| Subs | Louisiana State | | |
| 18:41 | Kansas State | Gerard Israel is fouled on the floor by Jacob Kelly - foul #2 on Jacob Kelly, team foul #2 | 38-35 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Charles Hicks (SF) Tony Papke | |
| Subs | Louisiana State | | |
| 18:32 | Kansas State | Johnny Bice lays it in set up by Leonard Valverde and he's hacked by Jacob Kelly - foul #3 on Jacob Kelly, team foul #3 | 40-35 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Tony Papke (PG) Charles Hicks | |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Steven Desilets (SF) Jacob Kelly | |
| 18:32 | Kansas State | Johnny Bice makes the free throw | 41-35 |
| 18:11 | Louisiana State | Alan Headley scores on a jump hook in the paint set up by Timothy Deshields | 41-37 |
| 17:48 | Kansas State | Tony Papke misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 41-37 |
| 17:47 | Louisiana State | Steven Desilets gets the rebound | 41-37 |
| 17:20 | Louisiana State | Gary Buckmaster is fouled on the floor by Johnny Bice - foul #3 on Johnny Bice, team foul #1 | 41-37 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Charles Hicks (SF), Gonzalo Russo (PF), John Cunningham (C) Tony Papke, Jeffrey Baxter, Johnny Bice | |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Cornell Anderson (PF) Domingo Hernandez | |
| 16:58 | Louisiana State | Cornell Anderson throws it down set up by Gary Buckmaster | 41-39 |
| 16:44 | Kansas State | Leonard Valverde misses the easy layup but the foul's on Cornell Anderson - foul #1 on Cornell Anderson, team foul #4 | 41-39 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Tony Papke (PG), Noel Courville (SF) Gerard Israel, Charles Hicks | |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Robert Howell (PG), Domingo Hernandez (PF) Gary Buckmaster, Alan Headley | |
| 16:44 | Kansas State | Leonard Valverde makes the 1st free throw | 42-39 |
| 16:44 | Kansas State | Leonard Valverde makes the 2nd free throw | 43-39 |
| 16:15 | Louisiana State | Cornell Anderson loses the dribble to Tony Papke | 43-39 |
| 16:00 | Kansas State | Cornell Anderson swats the layup by John Cunningham | 43-39 |
| 15:59 | Louisiana State | The rebound goes to Steven Desilets | 43-39 |
| Lineup | Kansas State | PG - Tony Papke (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Leonard Valverde (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. SF - Noel Courville (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Gonzalo Russo (fresh) C - John Cunningham (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana State | PG - Robert Howell (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Timothy Deshields (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Steven Desilets (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Domingo Hernandez (fairly fresh) 4 pts. C - Cornell Anderson (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 15:36 | Louisiana State | Robert Howell comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 43-39 |
| 15:34 | Kansas State | John Cunningham grabs the defensive rebound | 43-39 |
| 15:30 | Kansas State | Tony Papke throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 43-39 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Gerard Israel (PG), Charles Hicks (SF), Jeffrey Baxter (PF), Johnny Bice (C) Tony Papke, Noel Courville, Gonzalo Russo, John Cunningham | |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Gary Buckmaster (PG), Jacob Kelly (SF), Alan Headley (C) Robert Howell, Steven Desilets, Domingo Hernandez | |
| 15:14 | Louisiana State | Alan Headley can't finish the layup | 43-39 |
| 15:12 | Kansas State | Jeffrey Baxter pulls down the rebound | 43-39 |
| 15:07 | Kansas State | Leonard Valverde hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right corner | 43-39 |
| 15:05 | Louisiana State | Jacob Kelly grabs the board | 43-39 |
| 14:47 | Louisiana State | Timothy Deshields loses the dribble to Jeffrey Baxter | 43-39 |
| 14:35 | Kansas State | Gerard Israel can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 43-39 |
| 14:34 | Kansas State | Charles Hicks tips it in | 45-39 |
| 14:05 | Louisiana State | Alan Headley misses the shot from the right wing but the foul's on Gerard Israel - foul #1 on Gerard Israel, team foul #2 | 45-39 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Tony Papke (PG), Steven Spencer (SF), Gonzalo Russo (PF), John Cunningham (C) Leonard Valverde, Charles Hicks, Jeffrey Baxter, Johnny Bice | |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Steven Desilets (SF) Cornell Anderson | |
| 14:05 | Louisiana State | Alan Headley misses the 1st free throw | 45-39 |
| 14:05 | Louisiana State | Alan Headley makes the 2nd free throw | 45-40 |
| 13:43 | Kansas State | Tony Papke hits a pull-up jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Gerard Israel | 47-40 |
| 13:29 | Louisiana State | Jacob Kelly misses short on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 47-40 |
| 13:27 | Kansas State | The rebound goes to John Cunningham | 47-40 |
| 13:23 | Kansas State | Gerard Israel comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 47-40 |
| 13:21 | Louisiana State | Steven Desilets gets the rebound | 47-40 |
| 13:05 | Louisiana State | Jacob Kelly misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 47-40 |
| 13:03 | Kansas State | Gonzalo Russo pulls down the rebound | 47-40 |
| 12:44 | Kansas State | Gerard Israel misses the jumper from the left wing | 47-40 |
| 12:43 | Kansas State | John Cunningham tips it in | 49-40 |
| 12:23 | Louisiana State | Timothy Deshields buries a 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Gary Buckmaster | 49-43 |
| 12:03 | Kansas State | Gerard Israel misses the 3 from the left wing | 49-43 |
| 12:01 | Louisiana State | Jacob Kelly pulls down the rebound | 49-43 |
| Lineup | Kansas State | PG - Tony Papke (fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Gerard Israel (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 4 ast. SF - Steven Spencer (fresh) PF - Gonzalo Russo (fresh) 2 reb. C - John Cunningham (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana State | PG - Gary Buckmaster (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SG - Timothy Deshields (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Steven Desilets (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. PF - Jacob Kelly (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Alan Headley (fairly fresh) 9 pts. | |
| 11:40 | Louisiana State | Alan Headley buries a fadeaway from the right block on a nice dish by Timothy Deshields | 49-45 |
| 11:30 | Kansas State | Gerard Israel's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 49-45 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Leonard Valverde (SG), Charles Hicks (SF), Jeffrey Baxter (PF), Johnny Bice (C) Gerard Israel, Steven Spencer, Gonzalo Russo, John Cunningham | |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Robert Howell (PG), Domingo Hernandez (PF), Cornell Anderson (C) Gary Buckmaster, Jacob Kelly, Alan Headley | |
| 11:06 | Louisiana State | Leonard Valverde picks off the pass by Domingo Hernandez | 49-45 |
| 10:45 | Kansas State | Johnny Bice is fouled on the floor by Cornell Anderson - foul #2 on Cornell Anderson, team foul #5 | 49-45 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Gerard Israel (SG) Tony Papke | |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Zachary Odea (SG) Steven Desilets | |
| 10:33 | Kansas State | Gerard Israel buries a 3pt attempt from straight away on a great pass from Leonard Valverde | 52-45 |
| 10:04 | Louisiana State | Robert Howell misses long on a floater from just outside the lane | 52-45 |
| 10:02 | Kansas State | Leonard Valverde snags the defensive board | 52-45 |
| 09:49 | Kansas State | Leonard Valverde throws a bad pass out of bounds | 52-45 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Tony Papke (PG), Noel Courville (SF), John Cunningham (C) Gerard Israel, Charles Hicks, Johnny Bice | |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Steven Desilets (SF) Zachary Odea | |
| 09:27 | Louisiana State | Robert Howell is hacked by Noel Courville - foul #2 on Noel Courville, team foul #3 | 52-45 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Charles Hicks (SF) Jeffrey Baxter | |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Jacob Kelly (SF) Steven Desilets | |
| 09:03 | Louisiana State | Timothy Deshields scores on a jumpshot from just outside the lane on a great pass from Robert Howell | 52-47 |
| 08:50 | Kansas State | Tony Papke's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 52-47 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Gerard Israel (SG), Gonzalo Russo (PF), Johnny Bice (C) Tony Papke, Charles Hicks, John Cunningham | |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Gary Buckmaster (PG), Zachary Odea (SG), Steven Desilets (SF), Alan Headley (C) Robert Howell, Timothy Deshields, Domingo Hernandez, Cornell Anderson | |
| 08:23 | Louisiana State | Alan Headley misses the jump hook from the left block but he's hacked by Johnny Bice - foul #4 on Johnny Bice, team foul #4 | 52-47 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Tony Papke (PG), Jeffrey Baxter (PF), John Cunningham (C) Gerard Israel, Gonzalo Russo, Johnny Bice | |
| Subs | Louisiana State | | |
| 08:23 | Louisiana State | Alan Headley makes the 1st free throw | 52-48 |
| 08:23 | Louisiana State | Alan Headley makes the 2nd free throw | 52-49 |
| 08:04 | Kansas State | Noel Courville comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 52-49 |
| 08:03 | Louisiana State | The rebound goes to Gary Buckmaster | 52-49 |
| 07:41 | Louisiana State | Jacob Kelly is open but comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 52-49 |
| 07:39 | Kansas State | Tony Papke pulls down the rebound | 52-49 |
| Lineup | Kansas State | PG - Tony Papke (fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Leonard Valverde (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Noel Courville (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Jeffrey Baxter (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. C - John Cunningham (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana State | PG - Gary Buckmaster (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SG - Zachary Odea (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. SF - Steven Desilets (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. PF - Jacob Kelly (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. C - Alan Headley (fresh) 13 pts. | |
| 07:33 | Kansas State | Noel Courville can't finish the layup but the foul's on Jacob Kelly - foul #4 on Jacob Kelly, team foul #6 | 52-49 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Gerard Israel (SG), Charles Hicks (SF), Johnny Bice (C) Leonard Valverde, Jeffrey Baxter, John Cunningham | |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Timothy Deshields (SG), Domingo Hernandez (PF) Zachary Odea, Jacob Kelly | |
| 07:33 | Kansas State | Noel Courville makes the 1st free throw | 53-49 |
| 07:33 | Kansas State | Noel Courville makes the 2nd free throw | 54-49 |
| 07:15 | Louisiana State | Timothy Deshields hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right side but the foul's on Gerard Israel - foul #2 on Gerard Israel, team foul #5 | 54-49 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Leonard Valverde (SG), Gonzalo Russo (PF) Tony Papke, Noel Courville | |
| Subs | Louisiana State | | |
| 07:15 | Louisiana State | Timothy Deshields makes the 1st free throw | 54-50 |
| 07:15 | Louisiana State | Timothy Deshields misses the 2nd free throw | 54-50 |
| 07:15 | Kansas State | Johnny Bice grabs the board | 54-50 |
| 06:49 | Kansas State | Leonard Valverde throws a bad pass out of bounds | 54-50 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Tony Papke (PG), John Cunningham (C) Leonard Valverde, Johnny Bice | |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Robert Howell (PG), Cornell Anderson (C) Gary Buckmaster, Alan Headley | |
| 06:33 | Louisiana State | Steven Desilets misses the 3pt shot from the left corner | 54-50 |
| 06:31 | Louisiana State | Cornell Anderson tips it back up and in | 54-52 |
| 06:25 | Kansas State | Gerard Israel misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 54-52 |
| 06:23 | Kansas State | Gerard Israel pulls down the offensive rebound | 54-52 |
| 06:16 | Kansas State | John Cunningham misses badly on a jump hook from the left block but he's hacked by Cornell Anderson - foul #3 on Cornell Anderson, team foul #7 | 54-52 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Leonard Valverde (SG), Jeffrey Baxter (PF) Gerard Israel, Gonzalo Russo | |
| Subs | Louisiana State | | |
| 06:16 | Kansas State | John Cunningham makes the 1st free throw | 55-52 |
| 06:16 | Kansas State | John Cunningham makes the 2nd free throw | 56-52 |
| 05:57 | Louisiana State | Tony Papke steps in front of the Domingo Hernandez pass | 56-52 |
| 05:40 | Kansas State | Leonard Valverde throws a bad pass out of bounds | 56-52 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Gerard Israel (PG), Noel Courville (SF), Gonzalo Russo (PF), Johnny Bice (C) Tony Papke, Charles Hicks, Jeffrey Baxter, John Cunningham | |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Gary Buckmaster (PG), Jacob Kelly (SF), Alan Headley (C) Robert Howell, Steven Desilets, Domingo Hernandez | |
| 05:14 | Louisiana State | Cornell Anderson loses the dribble to Johnny Bice | 56-52 |
| 05:12 | Kansas State | Gerard Israel's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 56-52 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Tony Papke (PG), Charles Hicks (SF), Jeffrey Baxter (PF) Leonard Valverde, Noel Courville, Gonzalo Russo | |
| Subs | Louisiana State | | |
| 04:51 | Louisiana State | Alan Headley hits a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Timothy Deshields | 56-54 |
| 04:35 | Kansas State | Tony Papke hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 56-54 |
| 04:34 | Louisiana State | Timothy Deshields gets the rebound | 56-54 |
| 04:15 | Louisiana State | Cornell Anderson misses badly on a shot from the left side but he's hacked by Jeffrey Baxter - foul #3 on Jeffrey Baxter, team foul #6 | 56-54 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Leonard Valverde (PG), Noel Courville (SF), Gonzalo Russo (PF), John Cunningham (C) Tony Papke, Charles Hicks, Jeffrey Baxter, Johnny Bice | |
| Subs | Louisiana State | | |
| 04:15 | Louisiana State | Cornell Anderson makes the 1st free throw | 56-55 |
| 04:15 | Louisiana State | Cornell Anderson makes the 2nd free throw | 56-56 |
| 03:59 | Kansas State | Leonard Valverde misses the 3 from the left corner | 56-56 |
| 03:57 | Louisiana State | Jacob Kelly snags the defensive board | 56-56 |
| 03:34 | Louisiana State | Gary Buckmaster misses short on an open fadeaway from the right wing | 56-56 |
| 03:32 | Kansas State | Gonzalo Russo pulls down the rebound | 56-56 |
| Lineup | Kansas State | PG - Leonard Valverde (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Gerard Israel (fresh) 13 pts. 4 ast. SF - Noel Courville (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. PF - Gonzalo Russo (fresh) 3 reb. C - John Cunningham (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Louisiana State | PG - Gary Buckmaster (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SG - Timothy Deshields (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 ast. SF - Jacob Kelly (fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. 4 pf. PF - Cornell Anderson (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - Alan Headley (fairly fresh) 15 pts. | |
| 03:18 | Kansas State | Gerard Israel misses long on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 56-56 |
| 03:17 | Kansas State | John Cunningham snags the offensive board | 56-56 |
| 02:59 | Kansas State | Gerard Israel buries a shot from the right side on a great pass from Noel Courville | 58-56 |
| 02:39 | Louisiana State | Alan Headley's floater is tipped away by John Cunningham | 58-56 |
| 02:38 | Kansas State | The rebound goes to John Cunningham | 58-56 |
| 02:33 | Kansas State | Gerard Israel misses the 3pt shot from the left wing | 58-56 |
| 02:31 | Louisiana State | Alan Headley pulls down the rebound | 58-56 |
| 02:08 | Louisiana State | Gary Buckmaster scores on a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 58-58 |
| 02:00 | Kansas State | Gonzalo Russo knocks in the pull-up jumper from the right side set up by John Cunningham | 60-58 |
| 01:38 | Louisiana State | Cornell Anderson clanks a jumpshot from the right wing | 60-58 |
| 01:37 | Louisiana State | Alan Headley hits the follow up shot | 60-60 |
| 01:37 | Kansas State | Kansas State calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 60-60 |
| Subs | Kansas State | Tony Papke (PG), Charles Hicks (SF) Leonard Valverde, Noel Courville | |
| Subs | Louisiana State | Domingo Hernandez (PF) Cornell Anderson | |
| 01:24 | Kansas State | Tony Papke's pass is intercepted by Gary Buckmaster | 60-60 |
| 00:58 | Louisiana State | Domingo Hernandez loses the ball out of bounds | 60-60 |
| 00:41 | Kansas State | Tony Papke is fouled on the floor by Domingo Hernandez - foul #2 on Domingo Hernandez, team foul #8 | 60-60 |
| 00:41 | Kansas State | Tony Papke misses the 1st free throw | 60-60 |
| 00:41 | Louisiana State | Jacob Kelly gets the rebound | 60-60 |
| Game Plan | Kansas State | Kansas State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Louisiana State | Louisiana State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 00:20 | Louisiana State | Alan Headley lays it in despite the doubleteam and the foul's on John Cunningham - foul #2 on John Cunningham, team foul #7 | 60-62 |
| 00:20 | Louisiana State | Alan Headley misses the free throw | 60-62 |
| 00:20 | Kansas State | Charles Hicks grabs the defensive rebound | 60-62 |
| 00:09 | Kansas State | Timothy Deshields is called for the reach on Gerard Israel - foul #3 on Timothy Deshields, team foul #9 | 60-62 |
| 00:09 | Kansas State | Gerard Israel makes the 1st free throw | 61-62 |
| 00:09 | Kansas State | Gerard Israel makes the 2nd free throw | 62-62 |
| 00:09 | Louisiana State | Louisiana State calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 4 full remaining) | 62-62 |
| 00:00 | Louisiana State | Alan Headley hits a jumper from the left block | 62-64 |