| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Michael Cave (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Clyde Cusack (fresh) 3 pts. SF - John Bunyard (fresh) PF - Charles Moyer (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - William Tate (fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Eric Johnson (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Robert Dorn (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SF - Robert Hancock (fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. PF - John Dyer (fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. C - Steve Cooper (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Syracuse | Robert Hancock inbounds the ball | 28-31 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a fastbreak offense and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-1) | |
| 19:38 | Syracuse | Eric Johnson comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right side | 28-31 |
| 19:37 | Syracuse | Robert Dorn pulls down the offensive rebound | 28-31 |
| 19:18 | Syracuse | Robert Hancock's pass is intercepted by Charles Moyer | 28-31 |
| 18:57 | Louisville | John Bunyard misses the fadeaway from close range | 28-31 |
| 18:55 | Louisville | William Tate can't tip it in | 28-31 |
| 18:53 | Syracuse | Steve Cooper gets the rebound | 28-31 |
| 18:31 | Syracuse | Steve Cooper is hacked by William Tate - foul #1 on William Tate, team foul #1 | 28-31 |
| Subs | Louisville | Joseph Thomas (PG), Donald Clarke (SG), Benjamin Hunter (C) Michael Cave, Clyde Cusack, William Tate | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 18:17 | Syracuse | Steve Cooper drills a shot from the left block on a great pass from Eric Johnson | 28-33 |
| 17:58 | Louisville | John Bunyard is open but misses the lay-in | 28-33 |
| 17:56 | Syracuse | John Dyer gets the rebound | 28-33 |
| 17:32 | Syracuse | Steve Cooper misses badly on a jumper from the left wing | 28-33 |
| 17:31 | Syracuse | John Dyer can't tip it in | 28-33 |
| 17:29 | Syracuse | John Dyer tips it back up and in | 28-35 |
| 17:15 | Louisville | Joseph Thomas comes up short on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 28-35 |
| 17:13 | Louisville | John Bunyard hits the follow up shot | 30-35 |
| 16:56 | Syracuse | Robert Hancock knocks in the jumpshot from the right side on a nice dish by Eric Johnson | 30-37 |
| 16:51 | Louisville | Donald Clarke misses the pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 30-37 |
| 16:49 | Syracuse | John Dyer pulls down the rebound | 30-37 |
| 16:21 | Syracuse | Robert Hancock connects on the 3pt attempt from the right corner on a nice dish by Robert Dorn | 30-40 |
| 16:06 | Louisville | John Bunyard knocks in the jump hook from the baseline set up by Joseph Thomas | 32-40 |
| 15:44 | Syracuse | Robert Hancock is fouled on the floor by Joseph Thomas - foul #1 on Joseph Thomas, team foul #2 | 32-40 |
| Subs | Louisville | Michael Cave (PG), Clyde Cusack (SG), Gustavo Ortiz (SF), Alvin Lucus (PF), William Tate (C) Joseph Thomas, Donald Clarke, John Bunyard, Charles Moyer, Benjamin Hunter | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Bobby Wilson (PG), David Byrd (SG), Amos Bator (SF), Archie Cutler (PF), Eric Robinson (C) Eric Johnson, Robert Dorn, Robert Hancock, John Dyer, Steve Cooper | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Michael Cave (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Clyde Cusack (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Gustavo Ortiz (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. PF - Alvin Lucus (fresh) 2 reb. C - William Tate (fresh) 10 pts. 7 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Bobby Wilson (fresh) 2 pts. SG - David Byrd (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Amos Bator (fresh) PF - Archie Cutler (fresh) 2 pts. C - Eric Robinson (fresh) | |
| 15:17 | Syracuse | Bobby Wilson connects on the 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Archie Cutler | 32-43 |
| 15:05 | Louisville | Gustavo Ortiz misses the easy layup | 32-43 |
| 15:03 | Louisville | William Tate grabs the offensive rebound | 32-43 |
| 14:48 | Louisville | Michael Cave connects on the 3pt jumper from straight away set up by Gustavo Ortiz | 35-43 |
| 14:32 | Syracuse | Amos Bator is fouled on the floor by Alvin Lucus - foul #2 on Alvin Lucus, team foul #3 | 35-43 |
| Subs | Louisville | Charles Moyer (PF) Alvin Lucus | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 14:11 | Syracuse | David Byrd misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 35-43 |
| 14:09 | Syracuse | Eric Robinson pulls down the offensive rebound | 35-43 |
| 13:51 | Syracuse | David Byrd lays it in | 35-45 |
| 13:27 | Louisville | Charles Moyer can't connect on a fadeaway from the right side | 35-45 |
| 13:26 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Archie Cutler | 35-45 |
| 13:07 | Syracuse | Clyde Cusack steps in front of the Eric Robinson pass | 35-45 |
| 13:03 | Louisville | Clyde Cusack lays it in | 37-45 |
| 12:39 | Syracuse | Eric Robinson blows the layup | 37-45 |
| 12:38 | Louisville | Charles Moyer gets the rebound | 37-45 |
| 12:33 | Louisville | Michael Cave can't connect on a jumper from the left side but the foul's on David Byrd - foul #1 on David Byrd, team foul #1 | 37-45 |
| Subs | Louisville | Alvin Lucus (PF) Charles Moyer | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Eric Johnson (PG), Robert Dorn (SG), Robert Hancock (SF), John Dyer (PF), Steve Cooper (C) Bobby Wilson, David Byrd, Amos Bator, Archie Cutler, Eric Robinson | |
| 12:33 | Louisville | Michael Cave makes the 1st free throw | 38-45 |
| 12:33 | Louisville | Michael Cave makes the 2nd free throw | 39-45 |
| 12:14 | Syracuse | Steve Cooper hits a floater from the free throw line set up by Eric Johnson | 39-47 |
| 12:01 | Louisville | Steve Cooper steals it from Clyde Cusack | 39-47 |
| 11:39 | Syracuse | John Dyer connects on the driving attempt in the paint on a nice dish by Robert Dorn and he's hacked by Alvin Lucus - foul #3 on Alvin Lucus, team foul #4 | 39-49 |
| Subs | Louisville | Joseph Thomas (PG), Donald Clarke (SG), Charles Moyer (PF) Michael Cave, Clyde Cusack, Alvin Lucus | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 11:39 | Syracuse | John Dyer misses the free throw | 39-49 |
| 11:39 | Syracuse | Robert Hancock grabs the offensive rebound | 39-49 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Joseph Thomas (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Donald Clarke (fresh) 3 reb. SF - Gustavo Ortiz (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. PF - Charles Moyer (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - William Tate (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Eric Johnson (fresh) 6 ast. SG - Robert Dorn (fresh) 8 pts. 4 ast. SF - Robert Hancock (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - John Dyer (fresh) 12 pts. 8 reb. C - Steve Cooper (fresh) 9 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:24 | Syracuse | Steve Cooper makes the floater from the free throw line and he's fouled by Joseph Thomas - foul #2 on Joseph Thomas, team foul #5 | 39-51 |
| 11:24 | Syracuse | Steve Cooper makes the free throw | 39-52 |
| 11:15 | Louisville | William Tate can't finish the layup | 39-52 |
| 11:14 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Eric Johnson | 39-52 |
| 10:48 | Syracuse | John Dyer is called for the offensive foul - foul #1 on John Dyer, team foul #2 | 39-52 |
| Subs | Louisville | Michael Cave (PG), Clyde Cusack (SG), Benjamin Hunter (C) Joseph Thomas, Donald Clarke, William Tate | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 10:37 | Louisville | Gustavo Ortiz double dribbles | 39-52 |
| Subs | Louisville | Alvin Lucus (PF), William Tate (C) Charles Moyer, Benjamin Hunter | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 10:25 | Syracuse | Robert Dorn's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 39-52 |
| Subs | Louisville | Charles Moyer (PF), Benjamin Hunter (C) Alvin Lucus, William Tate | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 10:08 | Louisville | Gustavo Ortiz's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 39-52 |
| Subs | Louisville | Alvin Lucus (PF), William Tate (C) Charles Moyer, Benjamin Hunter | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Amos Bator (SF) Robert Hancock | |
| 09:55 | Syracuse | John Dyer misses long on a jumper in the paint | 39-52 |
| 09:53 | Louisville | Alvin Lucus pulls down the rebound | 39-52 |
| 09:49 | Louisville | Michael Cave misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 39-52 |
| 09:47 | Syracuse | Steve Cooper gets the rebound | 39-52 |
| 09:29 | Syracuse | John Dyer misses short on a jumpshot from the right side | 39-52 |
| 09:27 | Louisville | William Tate gets the rebound | 39-52 |
| 09:23 | Louisville | Michael Cave hits a fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 41-52 |
| 08:54 | Syracuse | Steve Cooper can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 41-52 |
| 08:52 | Syracuse | John Dyer tips it back up and in | 41-54 |
| 08:46 | Louisville | Michael Cave hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 41-54 |
| 08:44 | Louisville | Alvin Lucus grabs the offensive board | 41-54 |
| 08:33 | Louisville | William Tate throws a bad pass out of bounds | 41-54 |
| Subs | Louisville | Joseph Thomas (PG), Donald Clarke (SG), John Bunyard (SF), Charles Moyer (PF), Benjamin Hunter (C) Michael Cave, Clyde Cusack, Gustavo Ortiz, Alvin Lucus, William Tate | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Bobby Wilson (PG), David Byrd (SG), Robert Hancock (SF), Archie Cutler (PF), Eric Robinson (C) Eric Johnson, Robert Dorn, Amos Bator, John Dyer, Steve Cooper | |
| 08:11 | Syracuse | Eric Robinson connects on the fadeaway from the right side set up by Bobby Wilson | 41-56 |
| 07:48 | Louisville | Joseph Thomas is whistled for a carry | 41-56 |
| Subs | Louisville | Gustavo Ortiz (SF), William Tate (C) John Bunyard, Benjamin Hunter | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 07:32 | Syracuse | Bobby Wilson is hacked by Joseph Thomas - foul #3 on Joseph Thomas, team foul #6 | 41-56 |
| Subs | Louisville | Michael Cave (PG) Joseph Thomas | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Michael Cave (fresh) 15 pts. 3 ast. SG - Donald Clarke (fresh) 3 reb. SF - Gustavo Ortiz (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. PF - Charles Moyer (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - William Tate (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 9 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Bobby Wilson (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - David Byrd (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Robert Hancock (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Archie Cutler (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Eric Robinson (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 07:10 | Syracuse | Bobby Wilson drills a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Archie Cutler | 41-59 |
| 06:48 | Louisville | Gustavo Ortiz is hacked by Robert Hancock - foul #4 on Robert Hancock, team foul #3 | 41-59 |
| Subs | Louisville | Joseph Thomas (PG), Clyde Cusack (SG), John Bunyard (SF), Benjamin Hunter (C) Michael Cave, Donald Clarke, Gustavo Ortiz, William Tate | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Eric Johnson (PG), Robert Dorn (SG), Steve Cooper (C) Bobby Wilson, David Byrd, Eric Robinson | |
| 06:31 | Louisville | Clyde Cusack misses short on a jumpshot from the left wing | 41-59 |
| 06:29 | Syracuse | Robert Dorn pulls down the rebound | 41-59 |
| 06:05 | Syracuse | Robert Hancock misses short on a floater near the basket | 41-59 |
| 06:04 | Louisville | Charles Moyer grabs the board | 41-59 |
| 05:58 | Louisville | John Bunyard can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Archie Cutler - foul #1 on Archie Cutler, team foul #4 | 41-59 |
| Subs | Louisville | Michael Cave (PG), Donald Clarke (SG), William Tate (C) Joseph Thomas, Clyde Cusack, Benjamin Hunter | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Amos Bator (SF), John Dyer (PF) Robert Hancock, Archie Cutler | |
| 05:58 | Louisville | John Bunyard misses the 1st free throw | 41-59 |
| 05:58 | Louisville | John Bunyard misses the 2nd free throw | 41-59 |
| 05:58 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Steve Cooper | 41-59 |
| 05:43 | Syracuse | Eric Johnson knocks in the jumper in the paint on a great pass from John Dyer | 41-61 |
| 05:23 | Louisville | John Bunyard steps out of bounds on the baseline | 41-61 |
| Subs | Louisville | Clyde Cusack (SG), Gustavo Ortiz (SF), Alvin Lucus (PF) Donald Clarke, John Bunyard, Charles Moyer | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Bobby Wilson (PG), David Byrd (SG), Eric Robinson (PF), Archie Cutler (C) Eric Johnson, Robert Dorn, John Dyer, Steve Cooper | |
| 05:03 | Syracuse | David Byrd travels with the ball | 41-61 |
| Subs | Louisville | Charles Moyer (PF) Alvin Lucus | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 04:46 | Louisville | Charles Moyer lays it up and in | 43-61 |
| 04:28 | Syracuse | Bobby Wilson can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 43-61 |
| 04:26 | Louisville | Gustavo Ortiz snags the defensive board | 43-61 |
| 04:19 | Louisville | Amos Bator swats the shot by William Tate | 43-61 |
| 04:17 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to David Byrd | 43-61 |
| 03:48 | Syracuse | William Tate steals it from Archie Cutler | 43-61 |
| 03:37 | Louisville | Charles Moyer clanks a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 43-61 |
| 03:36 | Syracuse | Eric Robinson grabs the defensive rebound | 43-61 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Michael Cave (fresh) 15 pts. 3 ast. SG - Clyde Cusack (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Gustavo Ortiz (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Charles Moyer (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - William Tate (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 9 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Bobby Wilson (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - David Byrd (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Amos Bator (fresh) PF - Eric Robinson (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Archie Cutler (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:14 | Syracuse | David Byrd misses the fadeaway from the right wing | 43-61 |
| 03:13 | Louisville | William Tate grabs the defensive rebound | 43-61 |
| 03:07 | Louisville | Gustavo Ortiz's pass is intercepted by Amos Bator | 43-61 |
| 03:02 | Syracuse | Bobby Wilson lays it in set up by Amos Bator | 43-63 |
| 02:48 | Louisville | Gustavo Ortiz banks in the layup | 45-63 |
| 02:43 | Syracuse | Bobby Wilson misses badly on a floater from the right wing | 45-63 |
| 02:42 | Syracuse | Archie Cutler can't tip it in | 45-63 |
| 02:40 | Louisville | Clyde Cusack snags the defensive board | 45-63 |
| 02:36 | Louisville | Charles Moyer knocks in the 3 from straight away | 48-63 |
| 02:15 | Syracuse | Bobby Wilson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 48-63 |
| Subs | Louisville | Joseph Thomas (PG), Donald Clarke (SG), John Bunyard (SF), Alvin Lucus (PF), Benjamin Hunter (C) Michael Cave, Clyde Cusack, Gustavo Ortiz, Charles Moyer, William Tate | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 01:56 | Louisville | Donald Clarke misses the fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Eric Robinson - foul #1 on Eric Robinson, team foul #5 | 48-63 |
| Subs | Louisville | Michael Cave (PG), Gustavo Ortiz (SF), Charles Moyer (PF), William Tate (C) Joseph Thomas, John Bunyard, Alvin Lucus, Benjamin Hunter | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 01:56 | Louisville | Donald Clarke misses the 1st free throw | 48-63 |
| 01:56 | Louisville | Donald Clarke misses the 2nd free throw | 48-63 |
| 01:56 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Archie Cutler | 48-63 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-1) | |
| 01:41 | Syracuse | Bobby Wilson can't connect on a shot from the free throw line | 48-63 |
| 01:39 | Syracuse | David Byrd pulls down the offensive rebound | 48-63 |
| 01:26 | Syracuse | David Byrd makes the shot from the free throw line set up by Bobby Wilson | 48-65 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 01:21 | Louisville | Donald Clarke loses the dribble to David Byrd | 48-65 |
| 01:02 | Syracuse | Bobby Wilson clanks a 3 pointer from the right corner | 48-65 |
| 01:00 | Syracuse | Archie Cutler pulls down the offensive rebound | 48-65 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:40 | Syracuse | Bobby Wilson misses short on a fadeaway from the free throw line but he's fouled by Michael Cave - foul #2 on Michael Cave, team foul #7 | 48-65 |
| Subs | Louisville | Clyde Cusack (SG) Donald Clarke | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 00:40 | Syracuse | Bobby Wilson makes the 1st free throw | 48-66 |
| 00:40 | Syracuse | Bobby Wilson makes the 2nd free throw | 48-67 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:34 | Louisville | Bobby Wilson is called for the reach on Michael Cave - foul #1 on Bobby Wilson, team foul #6 | 48-67 |
| 00:31 | Louisville | William Tate knocks in the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Gustavo Ortiz and he's fouled by Eric Robinson - foul #2 on Eric Robinson, team foul #7 | 50-67 |
| 00:31 | Louisville | William Tate makes the free throw | 51-67 |
| 00:10 | Syracuse | Eric Robinson misses long on a floater from the left block | 51-67 |
| 00:08 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Gustavo Ortiz | 51-67 |
| 00:02 | Louisville | Michael Cave is hacked by Bobby Wilson - foul #2 on Bobby Wilson, team foul #8 | 51-67 |
| 00:02 | Louisville | Michael Cave makes the 1st free throw | 52-67 |
| 00:02 | Louisville | Michael Cave makes the 2nd free throw | 53-67 |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Bobby Wilson runs out the clock | 53-67 |