| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - William Webster (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Randall Archibald (fresh) SF - Kenneth Pina (fresh) 3 pts. PF - George Walcott (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. C - Thomas Allen (fresh) 2 pts. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Amos Bator (fresh) SG - David Byrd (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. SF - Jeffery Clay (fresh) PF - Andy Rainey (fresh) C - John Dyer (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Michigan State | Kenneth Pina inbounds the ball | 15-22 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-3) | |
| 19:39 | Michigan State | William Webster knocks in the jumper from the left wing | 17-22 |
| 19:18 | Syracuse | David Byrd is hacked by Thomas Allen - foul #2 on Thomas Allen, team foul #1 | 17-22 |
| 18:56 | Syracuse | David Byrd connects on the 3 from the right wing | 17-25 |
| 18:35 | Michigan State | Kenneth Pina is fouled on the floor by Jeffery Clay - foul #2 on Jeffery Clay, team foul #1 | 17-25 |
| 18:14 | Michigan State | William Webster connects on the 3 from the right corner | 20-25 |
| 17:53 | Syracuse | David Byrd misses short on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 20-25 |
| 17:52 | Michigan State | Kenneth Pina grabs the defensive rebound | 20-25 |
| 17:30 | Michigan State | William Webster hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right side | 20-25 |
| 17:28 | Michigan State | George Walcott tips it back up and in | 22-25 |
| 17:08 | Syracuse | William Webster steals the ball from Jeffery Clay | 22-25 |
| 16:39 | Michigan State | John Dyer picks off the pass by Thomas Allen | 22-25 |
| 16:23 | Syracuse | John Dyer scores on a floater in the lane | 22-27 |
| 15:58 | Michigan State | William Webster hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right wing but he's hacked by Jeffery Clay - foul #3 on Jeffery Clay, team foul #2 | 22-27 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Charles Stokes (SG), Keith Lee (SF), Bruce Deacon (PF), Danny Hall (C) Randall Archibald, Kenneth Pina, George Walcott, Thomas Allen | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jack Hoose (PG), Nicholas Buendia (SG), Eric Robinson (SF), Archie Cutler (PF), Bradley Govea (C) Amos Bator, David Byrd, Jeffery Clay, Andy Rainey, John Dyer | |
| 15:58 | Michigan State | William Webster misses the 1st free throw | 22-27 |
| 15:58 | Michigan State | William Webster makes the 2nd free throw | 23-27 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - William Webster (fresh) 11 pts. SG - Charles Stokes (fresh) SF - Keith Lee (fresh) PF - Bruce Deacon (fresh) 2 pts. C - Danny Hall (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Jack Hoose (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Nicholas Buendia (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Eric Robinson (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Archie Cutler (fresh) C - Bradley Govea (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 15:37 | Syracuse | Eric Robinson scores on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 23-30 |
| 15:12 | Michigan State | Bruce Deacon misses short on a shot from the right side | 23-30 |
| 15:10 | Syracuse | Eric Robinson gets the rebound | 23-30 |
| 14:48 | Syracuse | Nicholas Buendia can't connect on a shot from the free throw line but he's hacked by Danny Hall - foul #1 on Danny Hall, team foul #2 | 23-30 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Ronald Scholl (SF) William Webster | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Amos Bator (PG), Andy Rainey (PF) Jack Hoose, Bradley Govea | |
| 14:48 | Syracuse | Nicholas Buendia makes the 1st free throw | 23-31 |
| 14:48 | Syracuse | Nicholas Buendia misses the 2nd free throw | 23-31 |
| 14:48 | Michigan State | Danny Hall snags the defensive board | 23-31 |
| 14:19 | Michigan State | Ronald Scholl buries a 3pt shot from the right corner | 26-31 |
| 13:52 | Syracuse | Bruce Deacon steps in front of the Eric Robinson pass | 26-31 |
| 13:50 | Michigan State | Amos Bator steps in front of the Charles Stokes pass in the backcourt | 26-31 |
| 13:36 | Syracuse | Nicholas Buendia is hacked by Keith Lee - foul #3 on Keith Lee, team foul #3 | 26-31 |
| Subs | Michigan State | William Webster (PG), Randall Archibald (SG), Kenneth Pina (SF), George Walcott (PF) Charles Stokes, Keith Lee, Ronald Scholl, Bruce Deacon | |
| Subs | Syracuse | David Byrd (SG), Jeffery Clay (SF), John Dyer (C) Nicholas Buendia, Eric Robinson, Archie Cutler | |
| 13:14 | Syracuse | John Dyer banks in the layup on a great pass from Amos Bator | 26-33 |
| 12:46 | Michigan State | William Webster misses badly on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 26-33 |
| 12:45 | Syracuse | John Dyer snags the defensive board | 26-33 |
| 12:40 | Syracuse | David Byrd clanks a jumpshot from the right wing | 26-33 |
| 12:38 | Michigan State | Kenneth Pina pulls down the rebound | 26-33 |
| 12:18 | Michigan State | George Walcott clanks a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 26-33 |
| 12:16 | Michigan State | Kenneth Pina tips it back up and in | 28-33 |
| 11:49 | Syracuse | Jeffery Clay drills a jumper from the left wing | 28-35 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - William Webster (fresh) 11 pts. SG - Randall Archibald (fresh) SF - Kenneth Pina (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. PF - George Walcott (fresh) 5 pts. 6 reb. C - Danny Hall (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Amos Bator (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - David Byrd (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. SF - Jeffery Clay (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. PF - Andy Rainey (fairly fresh) C - John Dyer (fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 11:21 | Michigan State | William Webster is called for 5 seconds | 28-35 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Charles Stokes (SG), Bruce Deacon (PF), Thomas Allen (C) Randall Archibald, George Walcott, Danny Hall | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jack Hoose (PG), Eric Robinson (SF), Archie Cutler (PF) Amos Bator, Jeffery Clay, Andy Rainey | |
| 11:03 | Syracuse | Archie Cutler makes the turnaround near the basket on a great pass from Jack Hoose | 28-37 |
| 10:49 | Michigan State | Bruce Deacon is fouled on the floor by David Byrd - foul #3 on David Byrd, team foul #3 | 28-37 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Keith Lee (SG) William Webster | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 10:25 | Michigan State | Bruce Deacon can't finish the layup | 28-37 |
| 10:23 | Syracuse | David Byrd gets the rebound | 28-37 |
| 10:01 | Syracuse | John Dyer can't connect on a turnaround from the left block but the foul's on Kenneth Pina - foul #3 on Kenneth Pina, team foul #4 | 28-37 |
| Subs | Michigan State | William Webster (PG), George Walcott (PF) Kenneth Pina, Bruce Deacon | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Nicholas Buendia (SG), Jeffery Clay (SF), Andy Rainey (PF) David Byrd, Eric Robinson, Archie Cutler | |
| 10:01 | Syracuse | John Dyer misses the 1st free throw | 28-37 |
| 10:01 | Syracuse | John Dyer misses the 2nd free throw | 28-37 |
| 10:01 | Michigan State | George Walcott grabs the defensive rebound | 28-37 |
| 09:44 | Michigan State | George Walcott is whistled for traveling | 28-37 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Randall Archibald (SG) Charles Stokes | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Amos Bator (PG), Archie Cutler (C) Jack Hoose, John Dyer | |
| 09:20 | Syracuse | Nicholas Buendia misses the jumpshot from the right wing | 28-37 |
| 09:18 | Michigan State | William Webster grabs the defensive rebound | 28-37 |
| 08:50 | Michigan State | George Walcott throws a bad pass out of bounds | 28-37 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Kenneth Pina (SF), Danny Hall (C) Keith Lee, Thomas Allen | |
| Subs | Syracuse | David Byrd (SG) Nicholas Buendia | |
| 08:33 | Syracuse | David Byrd makes the jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Archie Cutler | 28-39 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-3) | |
| 08:14 | Michigan State | Kenneth Pina's floater is knocked away by Archie Cutler | 28-39 |
| 08:12 | Syracuse | Archie Cutler grabs the defensive rebound | 28-39 |
| 07:46 | Syracuse | David Byrd is hacked by Randall Archibald - foul #1 on Randall Archibald, team foul #5 | 28-39 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Charles Stokes (PG), Keith Lee (SG), Bruce Deacon (PF) William Webster, Randall Archibald, George Walcott | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jack Hoose (PG), Eric Robinson (SF), John Dyer (C) Amos Bator, Jeffery Clay, Archie Cutler | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Charles Stokes (fresh) SG - Keith Lee (fresh) 3 pf. SF - Kenneth Pina (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. PF - Bruce Deacon (fresh) 2 pts. C - Danny Hall (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Jack Hoose (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - David Byrd (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. SF - Eric Robinson (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. PF - Andy Rainey (fresh) C - John Dyer (fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 07:28 | Syracuse | David Byrd can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 28-39 |
| 07:26 | Syracuse | John Dyer tips it home | 28-41 |
| 07:08 | Michigan State | Danny Hall can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 28-41 |
| 07:07 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Eric Robinson | 28-41 |
| 06:51 | Syracuse | Andy Rainey hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 28-41 |
| 06:49 | Syracuse | Eric Robinson tips it back up and in | 28-43 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-3) | |
| 06:36 | Michigan State | Kenneth Pina misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 28-43 |
| 06:35 | Michigan State | Danny Hall tips it in | 30-43 |
| 06:15 | Syracuse | Andy Rainey's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 30-43 |
| Subs | Michigan State | William Webster (PG), Randall Archibald (SG), Thomas Allen (C) Charles Stokes, Kenneth Pina, Danny Hall | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Amos Bator (PG), Nicholas Buendia (SG), Jeffery Clay (SF), Archie Cutler (PF) Jack Hoose, David Byrd, Eric Robinson, Andy Rainey | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-3) | |
| 06:00 | Michigan State | Randall Archibald lays it in on a nice dish by Keith Lee and he's fouled by Nicholas Buendia - foul #3 on Nicholas Buendia, team foul #4 | 32-43 |
| Subs | Michigan State | George Walcott (PF) Bruce Deacon | |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| 06:00 | Michigan State | Randall Archibald makes the free throw | 33-43 |
| 05:42 | Syracuse | John Dyer misses the lay-in | 33-43 |
| 05:40 | Michigan State | George Walcott grabs the board | 33-43 |
| 05:29 | Michigan State | George Walcott hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left wing | 33-43 |
| 05:28 | Michigan State | William Webster snags the offensive board | 33-43 |
| 05:17 | Michigan State | William Webster connects on the jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Randall Archibald | 35-43 |
| 04:53 | Syracuse | Amos Bator throws a bad pass out of bounds | 35-43 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Charles Stokes (SG), Kenneth Pina (SF) Randall Archibald, Keith Lee | |
| Subs | Syracuse | David Byrd (SG), Andy Rainey (PF) Nicholas Buendia, John Dyer | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-3) | |
| 04:41 | Michigan State | William Webster hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 35-43 |
| 04:39 | Syracuse | David Byrd grabs the board | 35-43 |
| 04:14 | Syracuse | David Byrd drills a floater from the right side set up by Archie Cutler | 35-45 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-3) | |
| 03:55 | Michigan State | George Walcott hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the left wing | 35-45 |
| 03:54 | Syracuse | David Byrd grabs the board | 35-45 |
| 03:27 | Syracuse | Andy Rainey misses long on a floater from the right wing but the foul's on George Walcott - foul #2 on George Walcott, team foul #6 | 35-45 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Keith Lee (SG), Ronald Scholl (SF), Bruce Deacon (PF), Danny Hall (C) William Webster, Kenneth Pina, George Walcott, Thomas Allen | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jack Hoose (PG), Nicholas Buendia (SG), Eric Robinson (SF), Bradley Govea (C) Amos Bator, David Byrd, Jeffery Clay, Archie Cutler | |
| 03:27 | Syracuse | Andy Rainey makes the 1st free throw | 35-46 |
| 03:27 | Syracuse | Andy Rainey makes the 2nd free throw | 35-47 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Charles Stokes (fresh) SG - Keith Lee (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Ronald Scholl (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Bruce Deacon (fresh) 2 pts. C - Danny Hall (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Jack Hoose (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Nicholas Buendia (fresh) 4 pts. 3 pf. SF - Eric Robinson (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. PF - Andy Rainey (fresh) 2 pts. C - Bradley Govea (fresh) 2 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-3) | |
| 03:19 | Michigan State | Danny Hall misses long on a jumpshot from the left wing but he's fouled by Bradley Govea - foul #2 on Bradley Govea, team foul #5 | 35-47 |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| Subs | Syracuse | Archie Cutler (C) Andy Rainey | |
| 03:19 | Michigan State | Danny Hall misses the 1st free throw | 35-47 |
| 03:19 | Michigan State | Danny Hall makes the 2nd free throw | 36-47 |
| 02:52 | Syracuse | Nicholas Buendia scores on a fadeaway from the left side set up by Eric Robinson | 36-49 |
| 02:32 | Michigan State | Danny Hall knocks in the floater in the lane | 38-49 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a halfcourt press/man to man (-3) | |
| 02:04 | Syracuse | Eric Robinson knocks in the 3 pointer from the left wing | 38-52 |
| 01:54 | Michigan State | Charles Stokes throws a bad pass out of bounds | 38-52 |
| 01:36 | Syracuse | Archie Cutler misses long on a shot from the baseline but he's hacked by Bruce Deacon - foul #1 on Bruce Deacon, team foul #7 | 38-52 |
| 01:36 | Syracuse | Archie Cutler misses the 1st free throw | 38-52 |
| 01:36 | Syracuse | Archie Cutler makes the 2nd free throw | 38-53 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 01:19 | Michigan State | Danny Hall is called for a pushoff foul - foul #2 on Danny Hall, team foul #8 | 38-53 |
| 00:56 | Syracuse | Eric Robinson misses the driving attempt from the right block | 38-53 |
| 00:54 | Michigan State | Danny Hall snags the defensive board | 38-53 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:48 | Michigan State | Ronald Scholl misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 38-53 |
| 00:47 | Syracuse | Bradley Govea gets the rebound | 38-53 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 00:20 | Syracuse | Eric Robinson misses the lay-in | 38-53 |
| 00:18 | Michigan State | Danny Hall grabs the board | 38-53 |
| 00:11 | Michigan State | Ronald Scholl misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 38-53 |
| 00:10 | Michigan State | Danny Hall snags the offensive board | 38-53 |
| 00:06 | Michigan State | Bruce Deacon hits the front of the rim on the jump hook in the paint | 38-53 |
| 00:04 | Syracuse | Archie Cutler grabs the board | 38-53 |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Jack Hoose runs out the clock | 38-53 |