| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Ray Warren (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ivan Radlinski (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SF - Brandon Green (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. PF - Andrew Combs (fresh) C - Timothy Johnson (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Anthony Crouse (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Steven Seitz (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Michael Fields (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Timothy Shay (fresh) 9 pts. C - Marcus Lee (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Michigan State | Michael Fields inbounds the ball | 24-32 |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:43 | Michigan State | Timothy Shay lays it up and in on a nice dish by Steven Seitz | 24-34 |
| 19:26 | Notre Dame | Ray Warren is whistled for traveling | 24-34 |
| 19:05 | Michigan State | Timothy Shay clanks a turnaround in the paint | 24-34 |
| 19:04 | Notre Dame | Brandon Green gets the rebound | 24-34 |
| 18:59 | Notre Dame | Brandon Green buries a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from Ivan Radlinski | 27-34 |
| 18:42 | Michigan State | Anthony Crouse scores on a jumper from close range on a great pass from Marcus Lee | 27-36 |
| 18:24 | Notre Dame | Timothy Johnson misses the lay-in but the foul's on Marcus Lee - foul #3 on Marcus Lee, team foul #1 | 27-36 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Stevie Smith (C) Marcus Lee | |
| 18:24 | Notre Dame | Timothy Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 28-36 |
| 18:24 | Notre Dame | Timothy Johnson makes the 2nd free throw | 29-36 |
| 17:55 | Michigan State | Timothy Shay clanks a fadeaway from the left side | 29-36 |
| 17:53 | Michigan State | Michael Fields tips it in | 29-38 |
| 17:43 | Notre Dame | Ray Warren makes the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Andrew Combs and he's hacked by Anthony Crouse - foul #1 on Anthony Crouse, team foul #2 | 31-38 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Ryan Whitacre (SF) Brandon Green | |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| 17:43 | Notre Dame | Ray Warren makes the free throw | 32-38 |
| 17:29 | Michigan State | Michael Fields's fadeaway is rejected by Ryan Whitacre | 32-38 |
| 17:27 | Michigan State | Stevie Smith tips it home | 32-40 |
| 17:03 | Notre Dame | Ryan Whitacre misses the lay-in but he's hacked by Michael Fields - foul #1 on Michael Fields, team foul #3 | 32-40 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Michael Menzel (PG), Andrew Johnson (SF), David Veiga (C) Ray Warren, Andrew Combs, Timothy Johnson | |
| Subs | Michigan State | David Harrison (SG), James Camargo (SF) Steven Seitz, Michael Fields | |
| 17:03 | Notre Dame | Ryan Whitacre makes the 1st free throw | 33-40 |
| 17:03 | Notre Dame | Ryan Whitacre misses the 2nd free throw | 33-40 |
| 17:03 | Michigan State | James Camargo pulls down the rebound | 33-40 |
| 16:43 | Michigan State | Stevie Smith can't connect on a runner in the lane | 33-40 |
| 16:41 | Notre Dame | Michael Menzel pulls down the rebound | 33-40 |
| 16:37 | Notre Dame | Michael Menzel throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 33-40 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Brandon Green (SF) Ivan Radlinski | |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| 16:19 | Michigan State | Anthony Crouse makes the floater from the left wing on a nice dish by David Harrison | 33-42 |
| 16:08 | Notre Dame | David Veiga is whistled for traveling | 33-42 |
| 15:53 | Michigan State | Timothy Shay dunks the ball set up by David Harrison | 33-44 |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Michael Menzel (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Andrew Johnson (fresh) SF - Brandon Green (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. PF - Ryan Whitacre (fresh) 3 pts. C - David Veiga (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Anthony Crouse (fairly fresh) 8 pts. SG - David Harrison (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - James Camargo (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Timothy Shay (fairly fresh) 13 pts. C - Stevie Smith (fresh) 3 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 15:42 | Notre Dame | Andrew Johnson scores on a 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Michael Menzel | 36-44 |
| 15:15 | Michigan State | David Veiga is called for the reach on Stevie Smith - foul #3 on David Veiga, team foul #1 | 36-44 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Ray Warren (PG), Ivan Radlinski (SG), James Hooper (SF), Andrew Combs (PF), Timothy Johnson (C) Michael Menzel, Andrew Johnson, Brandon Green, Ryan Whitacre, David Veiga | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Steven Seitz (SG), Michael Fields (SF), Marcus Lee (C) David Harrison, James Camargo, Stevie Smith | |
| 15:02 | Michigan State | Timothy Shay scores on a jump hook from the right block on a nice dish by Michael Fields and he's fouled by Andrew Combs - foul #3 on Andrew Combs, team foul #2 | 36-46 |
| 15:02 | Michigan State | Timothy Shay makes the free throw | 36-47 |
| 14:36 | Notre Dame | James Hooper connects on the 3 from straight away on a great pass from Timothy Johnson | 39-47 |
| 14:18 | Michigan State | Anthony Crouse drills a shot from just outside the lane on a great pass from Marcus Lee | 39-49 |
| 14:02 | Notre Dame | Ray Warren misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 39-49 |
| 14:00 | Notre Dame | The offensive rebound goes to James Hooper | 39-49 |
| 13:48 | Notre Dame | Ray Warren misses long on a 3 from the right wing | 39-49 |
| 13:47 | Notre Dame | Andrew Combs grabs the offensive rebound | 39-49 |
| 13:24 | Notre Dame | Ivan Radlinski misses the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 39-49 |
| 13:23 | Michigan State | Steven Seitz pulls down the rebound | 39-49 |
| 13:19 | Michigan State | Anthony Crouse is hacked by Ray Warren in the backcourt - foul #1 on Ray Warren, team foul #3 | 39-49 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Drew Gambrell (PG), David Harrison (SG), Stevie Smith (PF) Anthony Crouse, Steven Seitz, Timothy Shay | |
| 13:14 | Michigan State | Timothy Johnson is called for the reach on Drew Gambrell - foul #2 on Timothy Johnson, team foul #4 | 39-49 |
| 13:03 | Michigan State | Marcus Lee loses the dribble to Ivan Radlinski | 39-49 |
| 13:00 | Notre Dame | Ivan Radlinski throws it down | 41-49 |
| 12:42 | Michigan State | Michael Fields connects on the floater in the lane set up by Drew Gambrell | 41-51 |
| 12:36 | Notre Dame | Andrew Combs misses badly on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 41-51 |
| 12:34 | Michigan State | Stevie Smith snags the defensive board | 41-51 |
| 12:28 | Michigan State | Michael Fields clanks a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 41-51 |
| 12:27 | Michigan State | Drew Gambrell grabs the offensive board | 41-51 |
| 12:19 | Michigan State | David Harrison misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 41-51 |
| 12:18 | Michigan State | Michael Fields grabs the offensive rebound | 41-51 |
| 12:11 | Michigan State | David Harrison clanks a floater from the right side | 41-51 |
| 12:10 | Notre Dame | Timothy Johnson gets the rebound | 41-51 |
| 11:50 | Notre Dame | Drew Gambrell steals the ball from Ivan Radlinski | 41-51 |
| 11:47 | Michigan State | Drew Gambrell lays it in | 41-53 |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Ray Warren (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Ivan Radlinski (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SF - James Hooper (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Andrew Combs (fairly fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Timothy Johnson (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Drew Gambrell (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - David Harrison (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SF - Michael Fields (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. PF - Stevie Smith (fresh) 3 pts. 5 reb. C - Marcus Lee (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. 3 pf. | |
| 11:29 | Notre Dame | Ivan Radlinski clanks a 3 pointer from the right wing | 41-53 |
| 11:28 | Michigan State | Stevie Smith grabs the board | 41-53 |
| 11:07 | Michigan State | Michael Fields connects on the 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by David Harrison | 41-56 |
| 10:57 | Notre Dame | Ivan Radlinski connects on the shot from the left side on a great pass from Ray Warren and he's hacked by David Harrison - foul #1 on David Harrison, team foul #4 | 43-56 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Michael Menzel (PG), Brandon Green (SF), Ryan Whitacre (PF), David Veiga (C) Ray Warren, James Hooper, Andrew Combs, Timothy Johnson | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Anthony Crouse (PG), Steven Seitz (SG), James Camargo (SF), Timothy Shay (PF) Drew Gambrell, David Harrison, Michael Fields, Stevie Smith | |
| 10:57 | Notre Dame | Ivan Radlinski makes the free throw | 44-56 |
| 10:44 | Michigan State | Anthony Crouse misses the floater from close range | 44-56 |
| 10:42 | Notre Dame | Brandon Green grabs the defensive rebound | 44-56 |
| 10:31 | Notre Dame | The short jumper by David Veiga is denied by Timothy Shay | 44-56 |
| 10:29 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to Anthony Crouse | 44-56 |
| 10:11 | Michigan State | The short jumper by Timothy Shay is denied by David Veiga | 44-56 |
| 10:10 | Notre Dame | The rebound goes to Ivan Radlinski | 44-56 |
| 09:55 | Notre Dame | Timothy Shay is called for the reach on Ivan Radlinski - foul #3 on Timothy Shay, team foul #5 | 44-56 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Andrew Johnson (SG) Ivan Radlinski | |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| 09:40 | Notre Dame | Anthony Crouse picks off the pass by Ryan Whitacre | 44-56 |
| 09:30 | Michigan State | Timothy Shay misses short on a driving attempt from close range but the foul's on David Veiga - foul #4 on David Veiga, team foul #5 | 44-56 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Andrew Combs (PF) David Veiga | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Stevie Smith (C) Marcus Lee | |
| 09:30 | Michigan State | Timothy Shay makes the 1st free throw | 44-57 |
| 09:30 | Michigan State | Timothy Shay misses the 2nd free throw | 44-57 |
| 09:30 | Notre Dame | Ryan Whitacre pulls down the rebound | 44-57 |
| 09:03 | Notre Dame | Andrew Johnson comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 44-57 |
| 09:01 | Notre Dame | Andrew Combs grabs the offensive board | 44-57 |
| 08:44 | Notre Dame | Brandon Green travels with the ball | 44-57 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Ray Warren (PG), James Hooper (SF), Timothy Johnson (C) Michael Menzel, Brandon Green, Ryan Whitacre | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Michael Fields (SF) James Camargo | |
| 08:28 | Michigan State | Anthony Crouse scores on a fadeaway from the left block on a great pass from Stevie Smith and the foul's on Ray Warren - foul #2 on Ray Warren, team foul #6 | 44-59 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| Subs | Michigan State | David Harrison (SG) Steven Seitz | |
| 08:28 | Michigan State | Anthony Crouse makes the free throw | 44-60 |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 08:12 | Notre Dame | Andrew Combs loses the ball out of bounds | 44-60 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Drew Gambrell (PG) Anthony Crouse | |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 08:00 | Michigan State | Michael Fields knocks in the runner near the basket on a great pass from Stevie Smith and the foul's on Andrew Johnson - foul #3 on Andrew Johnson, team foul #7 | 44-62 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | David Veiga (PF) Andrew Combs | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Marcus Lee (C) Stevie Smith | |
| 08:00 | Michigan State | Michael Fields makes the free throw | 44-63 |
| 07:44 | Notre Dame | Ray Warren misses long on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 44-63 |
| 07:42 | Michigan State | Michael Fields grabs the board | 44-63 |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Ray Warren (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Andrew Johnson (fresh) 3 pts. 3 pf. SF - James Hooper (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - David Veiga (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. 4 pf. C - Timothy Johnson (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Drew Gambrell (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - David Harrison (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SF - Michael Fields (fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. PF - Timothy Shay (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - Marcus Lee (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. 3 pf. | |
| 07:24 | Michigan State | Marcus Lee comes up short on the shot from the right side | 44-63 |
| 07:22 | Notre Dame | The rebound goes to James Hooper | 44-63 |
| 07:15 | Notre Dame | James Hooper hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the free throw line | 44-63 |
| 07:14 | Notre Dame | James Hooper hits the follow up shot | 46-63 |
| 06:48 | Michigan State | Timothy Shay drills a fadeaway from the right block set up by Marcus Lee | 46-65 |
| 06:36 | Notre Dame | Ray Warren is hacked by Drew Gambrell - foul #1 on Drew Gambrell, team foul #6 | 46-65 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Michael Menzel (PG), Ivan Radlinski (SG), Ryan Whitacre (PF) Ray Warren, Andrew Johnson, Timothy Johnson | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Anthony Crouse (PG), Steven Seitz (SG), James Camargo (SF), Stevie Smith (C) Drew Gambrell, David Harrison, Michael Fields, Marcus Lee | |
| 06:23 | Notre Dame | James Camargo takes the ball from David Veiga | 46-65 |
| 06:01 | Michigan State | Timothy Shay scores on a runner from close range on a nice dish by James Camargo | 46-67 |
| 05:45 | Notre Dame | David Veiga is fouled on the floor by James Camargo - foul #3 on James Camargo, team foul #7 | 46-67 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Brandon Green (SF), Andrew Combs (PF) James Hooper, Ryan Whitacre | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Marcus Lee (C) Timothy Shay | |
| 05:45 | Notre Dame | David Veiga makes the 1st free throw | 47-67 |
| 05:45 | Notre Dame | David Veiga makes the 2nd free throw | 48-67 |
| 05:16 | Michigan State | David Veiga picks off the pass by Marcus Lee | 48-67 |
| 05:02 | Notre Dame | Ivan Radlinski misses the 3 from straight away | 48-67 |
| 05:00 | Notre Dame | David Veiga hits the follow up shot | 50-67 |
| 04:37 | Michigan State | Marcus Lee hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right side | 50-67 |
| 04:36 | Michigan State | Stevie Smith pulls down the offensive rebound | 50-67 |
| 04:16 | Michigan State | Anthony Crouse throws a bad pass out of bounds | 50-67 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Ray Warren (PG), James Hooper (SF), Timothy Johnson (C) Michael Menzel, Brandon Green, David Veiga | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Drew Gambrell (PG), David Harrison (SG), Michael Fields (SF), Timothy Shay (PF) Anthony Crouse, Steven Seitz, James Camargo, Stevie Smith | |
| 04:03 | Notre Dame | Andrew Combs misses long on a shot from the left side | 50-67 |
| 04:02 | Michigan State | Michael Fields gets the rebound | 50-67 |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:37 | Michigan State | Marcus Lee makes the floater from the right block on a great pass from David Harrison | 50-69 |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Ray Warren (fresh) 8 pts. 2 ast. SG - Ivan Radlinski (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SF - James Hooper (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. PF - Andrew Combs (fresh) 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Timothy Johnson (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Drew Gambrell (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - David Harrison (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SF - Michael Fields (fresh) 12 pts. 6 reb. PF - Timothy Shay (fairly fresh) 21 pts. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - Marcus Lee (tiring) 8 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. 3 pf. | |
| 03:23 | Notre Dame | Ivan Radlinski misses long on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 50-69 |
| 03:22 | Michigan State | Drew Gambrell pulls down the rebound | 50-69 |
| 03:01 | Michigan State | Drew Gambrell comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 50-69 |
| 03:00 | Notre Dame | James Hooper grabs the board | 50-69 |
| 02:55 | Notre Dame | Ivan Radlinski comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 50-69 |
| 02:53 | Michigan State | Marcus Lee grabs the defensive rebound | 50-69 |
| 02:31 | Michigan State | Michael Fields buries a shot from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Drew Gambrell | 50-71 |
| 02:11 | Notre Dame | Timothy Johnson misses badly on a floater from the free throw line | 50-71 |
| 02:10 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to Marcus Lee | 50-71 |
| 01:52 | Michigan State | Michael Fields connects on the fadeaway in the lane on a great pass from Drew Gambrell | 50-73 |
| 01:40 | Notre Dame | James Hooper buries a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane and he's fouled by Michael Fields - foul #2 on Michael Fields, team foul #8 | 52-73 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Michael Menzel (PG), Brandon Green (SG), Ryan Whitacre (PF), David Veiga (C) Ray Warren, Ivan Radlinski, Andrew Combs, Timothy Johnson | |
| Subs | Michigan State | James Camargo (SF), Stevie Smith (PF) Michael Fields, Timothy Shay | |
| 01:40 | Notre Dame | James Hooper makes the free throw | 53-73 |
| 01:14 | Michigan State | James Camargo is fouled on the floor by Ryan Whitacre - foul #2 on Ryan Whitacre, team foul #8 | 53-73 |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Andrew Johnson (SG) James Hooper | |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| 01:14 | Michigan State | James Camargo misses the 1st free throw | 53-73 |
| 01:14 | Notre Dame | Ryan Whitacre gets the rebound | 53-73 |
| 01:00 | Notre Dame | David Veiga can't finish the layup but the foul's on Stevie Smith - foul #1 on Stevie Smith, team foul #9 | 53-73 |
| 01:00 | Notre Dame | David Veiga makes the 1st free throw | 54-73 |
| 01:00 | Notre Dame | David Veiga makes the 2nd free throw | 55-73 |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:38 | Michigan State | David Harrison is hacked by Andrew Johnson - foul #4 on Andrew Johnson, team foul #9 | 55-73 |
| 00:38 | Michigan State | David Harrison makes the 1st free throw | 55-74 |
| 00:38 | Michigan State | David Harrison makes the 2nd free throw | 55-75 |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:33 | Notre Dame | Michael Menzel misses long on a floater from the right wing | 55-75 |
| 00:31 | Notre Dame | David Veiga snags the offensive board | 55-75 |
| 00:29 | Notre Dame | Andrew Johnson misses short on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 55-75 |
| 00:27 | Notre Dame | David Veiga misses the tip | 55-75 |
| 00:25 | Notre Dame | David Veiga grabs the offensive board | 55-75 |
| 00:22 | Notre Dame | Brandon Green travels with the ball | 55-75 |
| 00:00 | Michigan State | Drew Gambrell runs out the clock | 55-75 |