| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - Marvin Acres (fresh) SG - Paul Williams (fresh) SF - Robert Ouellette (fresh) PF - Al Hayes (fresh) C - Hans Lemanski (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Thomas Woodward (fresh) SG - Dane Hicks (fresh) SF - Michael Jenkin (fresh) PF - Ronald Morris (fresh) C - Walter Moore (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Colorado | Michael Jenkin wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Nebraska | Nebraska is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a fullcourt press (-4) | |
| Game Plan | Colorado | Colorado is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:53 | Colorado | Ronald Morris can't connect on a driving attempt from the baseline but he's hacked by Robert Ouellette - foul #1 on Robert Ouellette, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:53 | Colorado | Ronald Morris makes the 1st free throw | 0-1 |
| 19:53 | Colorado | Ronald Morris makes the 2nd free throw | 0-2 |
| 19:24 | Nebraska | Marvin Acres connects on the 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from Robert Ouellette | 3-2 |
| 19:14 | Colorado | Dane Hicks is fouled on the floor by Paul Williams - foul #1 on Paul Williams, team foul #2 | 3-2 |
| 18:56 | Colorado | Walter Moore makes the floater from the baseline on a great pass from Dane Hicks | 3-4 |
| 18:35 | Nebraska | Al Hayes hits a floater from the free throw line on a nice dish by Marvin Acres | 5-4 |
| 18:32 | Colorado | Michael Jenkin is hacked by Paul Williams in the backcourt - foul #2 on Paul Williams, team foul #3 | 5-4 |
| Subs | Nebraska | George Robbins (SG) Paul Williams | |
| Subs | Colorado | | |
| 18:23 | Colorado | Michael Jenkin misses badly on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 5-4 |
| 18:22 | Nebraska | Al Hayes snags the defensive board | 5-4 |
| 17:53 | Nebraska | George Robbins hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 5-4 |
| 17:52 | Colorado | Walter Moore pulls down the rebound | 5-4 |
| 17:48 | Colorado | Michael Jenkin throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 5-4 |
| Subs | Nebraska | | |
| Subs | Colorado | Samuel Kokocinski (PG), Roy Cunningham (SG), Oren Melvin (SF), Henry Willis (PF) Thomas Woodward, Dane Hicks, Michael Jenkin, Ronald Morris | |
| 17:26 | Nebraska | Al Hayes banks in the layup | 7-4 |
| 17:02 | Colorado | Oren Melvin hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the left block | 7-4 |
| 17:00 | Nebraska | George Robbins snags the defensive board | 7-4 |
| 16:42 | Nebraska | George Robbins misses the floater from the free throw line but he's fouled by Oren Melvin - foul #1 on Oren Melvin, team foul #1 | 7-4 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Todd Connolly (PG), Robert Gonsalez (SF), Erasmo Romano (C) Marvin Acres, Robert Ouellette, Hans Lemanski | |
| Subs | Colorado | Thomas Woodward (PG) Roy Cunningham | |
| 16:42 | Nebraska | George Robbins misses the 1st free throw | 7-4 |
| 16:42 | Nebraska | George Robbins makes the 2nd free throw | 8-4 |
| 16:27 | Colorado | Oren Melvin misses long on an open fadeaway from the left block | 8-4 |
| 16:25 | Colorado | Walter Moore grabs the offensive rebound | 8-4 |
| 16:12 | Colorado | Henry Willis misses the jumper from the baseline but he's fouled by Erasmo Romano - foul #1 on Erasmo Romano, team foul #4 | 8-4 |
| Subs | Nebraska | | |
| Subs | Colorado | Dane Hicks (SG) Samuel Kokocinski | |
| 16:12 | Colorado | Henry Willis misses the 1st free throw | 8-4 |
| 16:12 | Colorado | Henry Willis misses the 2nd free throw | 8-4 |
| 16:12 | Nebraska | The rebound goes to Al Hayes | 8-4 |
| 15:47 | Nebraska | Erasmo Romano hits a turnaround from close range | 10-4 |
| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - Todd Connolly (fresh) SG - George Robbins (fairly fresh) 1 pts. SF - Robert Gonsalez (fresh) PF - Al Hayes (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Erasmo Romano (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Thomas Woodward (fresh) SG - Dane Hicks (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Oren Melvin (fairly fresh) PF - Henry Willis (fresh) C - Walter Moore (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:43 | Colorado | Todd Connolly is called for the reach on Thomas Woodward in the backcourt - foul #1 on Todd Connolly, team foul #5 | 10-4 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Robert Ouellette (SF) Robert Gonsalez | |
| Subs | Colorado | Michael Jenkin (SF), Ronald Morris (PF), Thomas Teisberg (C) Oren Melvin, Henry Willis, Walter Moore | |
| 15:24 | Colorado | Thomas Woodward can't connect on an uncontested pull-up jumper from the left side | 10-4 |
| 15:23 | Nebraska | George Robbins grabs the defensive rebound | 10-4 |
| 15:18 | Nebraska | Dane Hicks steals it from Todd Connolly | 10-4 |
| 15:10 | Colorado | Erasmo Romano is called for the reach on Thomas Woodward - foul #2 on Erasmo Romano, team foul #6 | 10-4 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Marvin Acres (SG), Hans Lemanski (C) George Robbins, Erasmo Romano | |
| Subs | Colorado | Samuel Kokocinski (PG) Thomas Woodward | |
| 14:53 | Colorado | Ronald Morris makes the wide open turnaround from the baseline on a nice dish by Dane Hicks | 10-6 |
| 14:31 | Nebraska | Todd Connolly is called for traveling | 10-6 |
| Subs | Nebraska | George Robbins (SG), Robert Gonsalez (SF), Steven Bradley (PF) Todd Connolly, Robert Ouellette, Al Hayes | |
| Subs | Colorado | Roy Cunningham (SG), Walter Moore (C) Dane Hicks, Thomas Teisberg | |
| 14:16 | Colorado | Ronald Morris loses the dribble to George Robbins | 10-6 |
| 13:54 | Nebraska | George Robbins hits a 3 pointer from the right corner set up by Steven Bradley | 13-6 |
| 13:52 | Colorado | Roy Cunningham is fouled in the backcourt by Robert Gonsalez - foul #1 on Robert Gonsalez, team foul #7 | 13-6 |
| Subs | Nebraska | | |
| Subs | Colorado | Thomas Woodward (PG), Oren Melvin (SF), Henry Willis (PF) Samuel Kokocinski, Michael Jenkin, Ronald Morris | |
| 13:52 | Colorado | Roy Cunningham misses the 1st free throw | 13-6 |
| 13:52 | Colorado | The offensive rebound goes to Walter Moore | 13-6 |
| 13:37 | Colorado | Oren Melvin makes the floater from the left block set up by Roy Cunningham and the foul's on Robert Gonsalez - foul #2 on Robert Gonsalez, team foul #8 | 13-8 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Robert Ouellette (SF) Robert Gonsalez | |
| Subs | Colorado | Samuel Kokocinski (SG), Thomas Teisberg (C) Roy Cunningham, Walter Moore | |
| 13:37 | Colorado | Oren Melvin misses the free throw | 13-8 |
| 13:37 | Nebraska | The rebound goes to Robert Ouellette | 13-8 |
| 13:15 | Nebraska | George Robbins misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 13-8 |
| 13:13 | Nebraska | Marvin Acres pulls down the offensive rebound | 13-8 |
| 12:54 | Nebraska | Steven Bradley clanks a jumper near the basket but the foul's on Samuel Kokocinski - foul #1 on Samuel Kokocinski, team foul #2 | 13-8 |
| Subs | Nebraska | | |
| Subs | Colorado | Dane Hicks (SG), Ronald Morris (PF) Samuel Kokocinski, Henry Willis | |
| 12:54 | Nebraska | Steven Bradley misses the 1st free throw | 13-8 |
| 12:54 | Nebraska | Steven Bradley makes the 2nd free throw | 14-8 |
| 12:42 | Colorado | Dane Hicks jams the wide open dunk on a great pass from Thomas Woodward and the foul's on George Robbins - foul #1 on George Robbins, team foul #9 | 14-10 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Todd Connolly (PG), Al Hayes (PF) Marvin Acres, Steven Bradley | |
| Subs | Colorado | | |
| 12:42 | Colorado | Dane Hicks makes the free throw | 14-11 |
| 12:20 | Nebraska | Todd Connolly can't connect on a fadeaway from the left side | 14-11 |
| 12:19 | Nebraska | Robert Ouellette snags the offensive board | 14-11 |
| 11:57 | Nebraska | Todd Connolly comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 14-11 |
| 11:56 | Nebraska | Al Hayes misses the tip | 14-11 |
| 11:55 | Colorado | Thomas Teisberg grabs the defensive rebound | 14-11 |
| 11:33 | Colorado | Thomas Teisberg misses long on a turnaround in the lane | 14-11 |
| 11:32 | Colorado | Oren Melvin tips it back up and in | 14-13 |
| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - Todd Connolly (fairly fresh) SG - George Robbins (tiring) 4 pts. SF - Robert Ouellette (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Al Hayes (tiring) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Hans Lemanski (tiring) | |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Thomas Woodward (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Dane Hicks (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Oren Melvin (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Ronald Morris (fairly fresh) 4 pts. C - Thomas Teisberg (fairly fresh) | |
| 11:23 | Nebraska | Hans Lemanski hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt from the left block | 14-13 |
| 11:22 | Colorado | Ronald Morris gets the rebound | 14-13 |
| 11:03 | Colorado | Thomas Teisberg is by himself and knocks in the jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Ronald Morris | 14-15 |
| 10:47 | Nebraska | Thomas Teisberg blocks the jumper by Al Hayes | 14-15 |
| 10:45 | Colorado | Oren Melvin snags the defensive board | 14-15 |
| 10:25 | Colorado | Oren Melvin hits a wide open shot from close range on a nice dish by Thomas Woodward | 14-17 |
| 10:04 | Nebraska | Hans Lemanski can't finish the layup | 14-17 |
| 10:03 | Colorado | Thomas Teisberg grabs the defensive rebound | 14-17 |
| 09:49 | Colorado | Oren Melvin connects on the driving attempt from the right block on a nice dish by Thomas Teisberg | 14-19 |
| 09:34 | Nebraska | Hans Lemanski connects on the jump hook in the paint and he's hacked by Thomas Teisberg - foul #1 on Thomas Teisberg, team foul #3 | 16-19 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Marvin Acres (PG), Steven Bradley (PF) Todd Connolly, Al Hayes | |
| Subs | Colorado | Samuel Kokocinski (PG), Roy Cunningham (SG), Michael Jenkin (SF), Henry Willis (PF), Walter Moore (C) Thomas Woodward, Dane Hicks, Oren Melvin, Ronald Morris, Thomas Teisberg | |
| 09:34 | Nebraska | Hans Lemanski makes the free throw | 17-19 |
| 09:31 | Colorado | Michael Jenkin's pass is intercepted by Robert Ouellette in the backcourt | 17-19 |
| 09:09 | Nebraska | Marvin Acres misses the floater from the left side but he's fouled by Samuel Kokocinski - foul #2 on Samuel Kokocinski, team foul #4 | 17-19 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Thomas Stoops (PF) Hans Lemanski | |
| Subs | Colorado | Thomas Woodward (PG) Samuel Kokocinski | |
| 09:09 | Nebraska | Marvin Acres makes the 1st free throw | 18-19 |
| 09:09 | Nebraska | Marvin Acres makes the 2nd free throw | 19-19 |
| 09:07 | Colorado | Michael Jenkin is hacked by Robert Ouellette in the backcourt - foul #2 on Robert Ouellette, team foul #10 | 19-19 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Todd Connolly (PG) Robert Ouellette | |
| Subs | Colorado | | |
| 09:07 | Colorado | Michael Jenkin makes the 1st free throw | 19-20 |
| 09:07 | Colorado | Michael Jenkin makes the 2nd free throw | 19-21 |
| 08:40 | Nebraska | Steven Bradley's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 19-21 |
| 08:24 | Colorado | Roy Cunningham misses the lay-in | 19-21 |
| 08:23 | Nebraska | Todd Connolly grabs the board | 19-21 |
| 07:58 | Nebraska | Walter Moore steps in front of the Marvin Acres pass | 19-21 |
| 07:54 | Colorado | Thomas Woodward is fouled in the backcourt by Steven Bradley - foul #1 on Steven Bradley, team foul #11 | 19-21 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Hans Lemanski (C) Steven Bradley | |
| Subs | Colorado | | |
| 07:54 | Colorado | Thomas Woodward makes the 1st free throw | 19-22 |
| 07:54 | Colorado | Thomas Woodward makes the 2nd free throw | 19-23 |
| 07:34 | Nebraska | Hans Lemanski misses badly on a jumper from just outside the lane | 19-23 |
| 07:32 | Colorado | Michael Jenkin grabs the defensive rebound | 19-23 |
| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - Todd Connolly (tiring) SG - Marvin Acres (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - George Robbins (tired) 4 pts. PF - Thomas Stoops (fairly fresh) C - Hans Lemanski (tiring) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Thomas Woodward (tiring) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Roy Cunningham (fairly fresh) SF - Michael Jenkin (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Henry Willis (fairly fresh) C - Walter Moore (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:21 | Colorado | Roy Cunningham misses long on a floater in the lane but he's fouled by Marvin Acres - foul #1 on Marvin Acres, team foul #12 | 19-23 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Al Hayes (PF) Thomas Stoops | |
| Subs | Colorado | Ronald Morris (PF) Henry Willis | |
| 07:21 | Colorado | Roy Cunningham makes the 1st free throw | 19-24 |
| 07:21 | Colorado | Roy Cunningham makes the 2nd free throw | 19-25 |
| 07:18 | Nebraska | Thomas Woodward steps in front of the Todd Connolly pass in the backcourt | 19-25 |
| 07:17 | Colorado | Thomas Woodward lays it up and in | 19-27 |
| 06:59 | Nebraska | Al Hayes double dribbles | 19-27 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Steven Bradley (C) Hans Lemanski | |
| Subs | Colorado | Dane Hicks (SG) Roy Cunningham | |
| 06:54 | Colorado | Michael Jenkin's pass is intercepted by Marvin Acres in the backcourt | 19-27 |
| 06:52 | Nebraska | Marvin Acres dunks the ball | 21-27 |
| 06:27 | Colorado | Ronald Morris connects on the driving attempt in the paint set up by Walter Moore | 21-29 |
| 06:04 | Nebraska | Marvin Acres is fouled on the floor by Thomas Woodward - foul #1 on Thomas Woodward, team foul #5 | 21-29 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Hans Lemanski (C) Steven Bradley | |
| Subs | Colorado | Oren Melvin (SF), Henry Willis (PF) Michael Jenkin, Ronald Morris | |
| 05:47 | Nebraska | George Robbins scores on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 23-29 |
| 05:45 | Colorado | Thomas Woodward is fouled in the backcourt by Todd Connolly - foul #2 on Todd Connolly, team foul #13 | 23-29 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Robert Ouellette (SF) Todd Connolly | |
| Subs | Colorado | | |
| 05:45 | Colorado | Thomas Woodward makes the 1st free throw | 23-30 |
| 05:45 | Colorado | Thomas Woodward makes the 2nd free throw | 23-31 |
| 05:26 | Nebraska | Oren Melvin steals it from George Robbins | 23-31 |
| 05:23 | Colorado | Thomas Woodward blows the layup | 23-31 |
| 05:21 | Colorado | Dane Hicks grabs the offensive rebound | 23-31 |
| 05:04 | Colorado | Dane Hicks misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 23-31 |
| 05:02 | Nebraska | Al Hayes gets the rebound | 23-31 |
| 04:38 | Nebraska | The short jumper by Hans Lemanski is denied by Henry Willis | 23-31 |
| 04:36 | Colorado | The rebound goes to Oren Melvin | 23-31 |
| 04:31 | Colorado | Al Hayes steals it from Dane Hicks | 23-31 |
| 04:27 | Nebraska | Marvin Acres comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 23-31 |
| 04:25 | Colorado | Henry Willis gets the rebound | 23-31 |
| 04:18 | Colorado | Oren Melvin hits the front of the rim on the jumper from close range but he's hacked by George Robbins - foul #2 on George Robbins, team foul #14 | 23-31 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Paul Williams (SG), Robert Gonsalez (SF), Thomas Stoops (PF), Steven Bradley (C) George Robbins, Robert Ouellette, Al Hayes, Hans Lemanski | |
| Subs | Colorado | Roy Cunningham (SG), Ronald Morris (PF), Thomas Teisberg (C) Dane Hicks, Henry Willis, Walter Moore | |
| 04:18 | Colorado | Oren Melvin makes the 1st free throw | 23-32 |
| 04:18 | Colorado | Oren Melvin makes the 2nd free throw | 23-33 |
| 03:57 | Nebraska | Ronald Morris swats the layup by Marvin Acres | 23-33 |
| 03:56 | Colorado | Thomas Teisberg grabs the defensive rebound | 23-33 |
| 03:50 | Colorado | Oren Melvin misses the lay-in | 23-33 |
| 03:48 | Nebraska | Paul Williams grabs the board | 23-33 |
| 03:26 | Nebraska | Robert Gonsalez comes up short on the fadeaway from the left block | 23-33 |
| 03:24 | Colorado | Thomas Teisberg grabs the board | 23-33 |
| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - Marvin Acres (tiring) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Paul Williams (fresh) SF - Robert Gonsalez (fresh) PF - Thomas Stoops (fresh) C - Steven Bradley (fresh) 1 pts. | |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Thomas Woodward (tired) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Roy Cunningham (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Oren Melvin (tiring) 10 pts. 3 reb. PF - Ronald Morris (fairly fresh) 6 pts. C - Thomas Teisberg (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 03:13 | Colorado | Roy Cunningham is whistled for a charge - foul #1 on Roy Cunningham, team foul #6 | 23-33 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Robert Ouellette (SF), Erasmo Romano (C) Robert Gonsalez, Thomas Stoops | |
| Subs | Colorado | Samuel Kokocinski (PG), Michael Jenkin (SF), Walter Moore (C) Thomas Woodward, Oren Melvin, Thomas Teisberg | |
| 02:53 | Nebraska | Marvin Acres misses long on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 23-33 |
| 02:51 | Colorado | Roy Cunningham grabs the board | 23-33 |
| 02:32 | Colorado | Ronald Morris's fadeaway is rejected by Steven Bradley | 23-33 |
| 02:31 | Colorado | Roy Cunningham tips it in | 23-35 |
| 02:08 | Nebraska | Marvin Acres misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 23-35 |
| 02:07 | Colorado | Roy Cunningham grabs the defensive rebound | 23-35 |
| 01:52 | Colorado | Ronald Morris misses the wide open floater from the left wing but he's fouled by Erasmo Romano - foul #3 on Erasmo Romano, team foul #15 | 23-35 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Robert Gonsalez (SF), Thomas Stoops (PF), Hans Lemanski (C) Robert Ouellette, Steven Bradley, Erasmo Romano | |
| Subs | Colorado | Dane Hicks (SG), Thomas Teisberg (C) Roy Cunningham, Walter Moore | |
| 01:52 | Colorado | Ronald Morris makes the 1st free throw | 23-36 |
| 01:52 | Colorado | Ronald Morris misses the 2nd free throw | 23-36 |
| 01:52 | Nebraska | Thomas Stoops snags the defensive board | 23-36 |
| 01:26 | Nebraska | Marvin Acres is fouled on the floor by Michael Jenkin - foul #1 on Michael Jenkin, team foul #7 | 23-36 |
| Subs | Nebraska | | |
| Subs | Colorado | Henry Willis (PF) Ronald Morris | |
| 01:26 | Nebraska | Marvin Acres misses the 1st free throw | 23-36 |
| 01:26 | Colorado | Thomas Teisberg pulls down the rebound | 23-36 |
| 01:22 | Colorado | Dane Hicks is hacked by Thomas Stoops in the backcourt - foul #1 on Thomas Stoops, team foul #16 | 23-36 |
| 01:22 | Colorado | Dane Hicks misses the 1st free throw | 23-36 |
| 01:22 | Colorado | Dane Hicks makes the 2nd free throw | 23-37 |
| 01:04 | Nebraska | Marvin Acres misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 23-37 |
| 01:03 | Colorado | Henry Willis grabs the defensive rebound | 23-37 |
| 00:47 | Colorado | Thomas Teisberg hits the easy wide open finger roll set up by Samuel Kokocinski | 23-39 |
| 00:24 | Nebraska | Marvin Acres drills a jumper from the left side on a great pass from Paul Williams | 25-39 |
| 00:01 | Colorado | Thomas Stoops steals it from Thomas Teisberg | 25-39 |
| 00:00 | Nebraska | Thomas Stoops misses long on a fullcourt shot | 25-39 |