| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Edward Simmons (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - James Nasser (fresh) 20 pts. 2 reb. SF - Douglass Miyashiro (fresh) 2 pts. PF - James Barkley (fresh) C - Randall Weber (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Pittsburgh | PG - Dikembe Abdulmateen (fresh) 7 pts. SG - Edward Thomas (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Daniel Westerfield (fresh) 2 reb. PF - David Ford (fresh) 3 reb. C - Brandon Claar (fresh) 12 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Pittsburgh | Daniel Westerfield inbounds the ball | 34-31 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:36 | Pittsburgh | Brandon Claar can't finish the layup | 34-31 |
| 19:35 | Pittsburgh | David Ford hits the follow up shot | 34-33 |
| 19:20 | Syracuse | Edward Simmons scores on a jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Randall Weber | 36-33 |
| 18:59 | Pittsburgh | Daniel Westerfield clanks a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 36-33 |
| 18:58 | Syracuse | James Nasser gets the rebound | 36-33 |
| 18:34 | Syracuse | James Nasser misses short on a driving attempt in the paint | 36-33 |
| 18:32 | Pittsburgh | Edward Thomas grabs the board | 36-33 |
| 18:10 | Pittsburgh | Brandon Claar lays it in on a great pass from Dikembe Abdulmateen and the foul's on Edward Simmons - foul #3 on Edward Simmons, team foul #1 | 36-35 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Marquis Wilkes (PG) Edward Simmons | |
| Subs | Pittsburgh | | |
| 18:10 | Pittsburgh | Brandon Claar misses the free throw | 36-35 |
| 18:10 | Syracuse | Randall Weber grabs the defensive rebound | 36-35 |
| 17:58 | Syracuse | Randall Weber lays it in on a great pass from Marquis Wilkes and he's hacked by Dikembe Abdulmateen - foul #3 on Dikembe Abdulmateen, team foul #1 | 38-35 |
| 17:58 | Syracuse | Randall Weber misses the free throw | 38-35 |
| 17:58 | Pittsburgh | Brandon Claar snags the defensive board | 38-35 |
| 17:37 | Pittsburgh | Brandon Claar is fouled on the floor by Marquis Wilkes - foul #2 on Marquis Wilkes, team foul #2 | 38-35 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | Pittsburgh | George Brown (PF) David Ford | |
| 17:10 | Pittsburgh | Randall Weber swats the short shot by Brandon Claar | 38-35 |
| 17:09 | Syracuse | James Nasser gets the rebound | 38-35 |
| 16:56 | Syracuse | Douglass Miyashiro makes the fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Marquis Wilkes and he's fouled by Daniel Westerfield - foul #1 on Daniel Westerfield, team foul #2 | 40-35 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | Pittsburgh | John Strauss (PG), Willie Fink (SF) Dikembe Abdulmateen, Daniel Westerfield | |
| 16:56 | Syracuse | Douglass Miyashiro makes the free throw | 41-35 |
| 16:28 | Pittsburgh | Brandon Claar hits a fadeaway in the paint on a nice dish by John Strauss | 41-37 |
| 16:13 | Syracuse | Randall Weber's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 41-37 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Richard Hillis (SF) Douglass Miyashiro | |
| Subs | Pittsburgh | Larry Jones (SG), Edward Marlowe (C) Edward Thomas, Brandon Claar | |
| 15:53 | Pittsburgh | James Nasser picks off the pass by John Strauss | 41-37 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Marquis Wilkes (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SG - James Nasser (fairly fresh) 20 pts. 4 reb. SF - Richard Hillis (fresh) 3 reb. PF - James Barkley (fairly fresh) C - Randall Weber (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Pittsburgh | PG - John Strauss (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Larry Jones (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Willie Fink (fresh) PF - George Brown (fresh) C - Edward Marlowe (fresh) | |
| 15:30 | Syracuse | James Nasser lays it in | 43-37 |
| 15:26 | Pittsburgh | Willie Fink misses short on a 3 from the right corner | 43-37 |
| 15:25 | Syracuse | James Barkley grabs the defensive rebound | 43-37 |
| 15:15 | Syracuse | John Strauss is called for the reach on Marquis Wilkes - foul #2 on John Strauss, team foul #3 | 43-37 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Edward Simmons (PG) Marquis Wilkes | |
| Subs | Pittsburgh | Dikembe Abdulmateen (PG), Edward Thomas (SG), Daniel Westerfield (SF), David Ford (PF), Brandon Claar (C) John Strauss, Larry Jones, Willie Fink, George Brown, Edward Marlowe | |
| 15:03 | Syracuse | James Nasser comes up short on the shot from the left side | 43-37 |
| 15:01 | Pittsburgh | The rebound goes to David Ford | 43-37 |
| 14:39 | Pittsburgh | Dikembe Abdulmateen connects on the 3pt jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Brandon Claar | 43-40 |
| 14:19 | Syracuse | Randall Weber jams it on a great pass from James Barkley | 45-40 |
| 13:53 | Pittsburgh | Dikembe Abdulmateen misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 45-40 |
| 13:52 | Syracuse | Richard Hillis grabs the board | 45-40 |
| 13:40 | Syracuse | Randall Weber buries a runner from close range on a great pass from James Barkley | 47-40 |
| 13:11 | Pittsburgh | Dikembe Abdulmateen clanks a 3 pointer from the left wing | 47-40 |
| 13:09 | Pittsburgh | The offensive rebound goes to David Ford | 47-40 |
| 12:51 | Pittsburgh | Dikembe Abdulmateen can't connect on a 3 from the left corner | 47-40 |
| 12:49 | Syracuse | James Barkley gets the rebound | 47-40 |
| 12:30 | Syracuse | James Barkley is fouled on the floor by Brandon Claar - foul #2 on Brandon Claar, team foul #4 | 47-40 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Marquis Wilkes (SG), Douglass Miyashiro (SF), Nicholas Rettkowski (PF), John Pope (C) James Nasser, Richard Hillis, James Barkley, Randall Weber | |
| Subs | Pittsburgh | John Strauss (PG), Larry Jones (SG), George Brown (PF), Edward Marlowe (C) Dikembe Abdulmateen, Edward Thomas, David Ford, Brandon Claar | |
| 12:16 | Syracuse | John Pope misses long on a driving attempt in the lane | 47-40 |
| 12:14 | Pittsburgh | George Brown gets the rebound | 47-40 |
| 12:09 | Pittsburgh | Edward Simmons steps in front of the Larry Jones pass | 47-40 |
| 11:47 | Syracuse | Daniel Westerfield is called for the reach on John Pope - foul #2 on Daniel Westerfield, team foul #5 | 47-40 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | Pittsburgh | Willie Fink (SF) Daniel Westerfield | |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Edward Simmons (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - Marquis Wilkes (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SF - Douglass Miyashiro (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Nicholas Rettkowski (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. C - John Pope (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Pittsburgh | PG - John Strauss (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Larry Jones (fresh) 7 pts. SF - Willie Fink (fresh) PF - George Brown (fresh) C - Edward Marlowe (fresh) | |
| 11:41 | Syracuse | John Pope can't connect on a driving attempt from the baseline | 47-40 |
| 11:39 | Pittsburgh | George Brown snags the defensive board | 47-40 |
| 11:23 | Pittsburgh | Larry Jones misses short on a runner in the paint | 47-40 |
| 11:22 | Syracuse | John Pope pulls down the rebound | 47-40 |
| 11:16 | Syracuse | John Pope can't connect on a driving attempt from the baseline | 47-40 |
| 11:15 | Syracuse | Douglass Miyashiro gets the offensive rebound | 47-40 |
| 10:48 | Syracuse | John Pope misses badly on a floater from the right wing but the foul's on Larry Jones - foul #1 on Larry Jones, team foul #6 | 47-40 |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Nasser (SG) Marquis Wilkes | |
| Subs | Pittsburgh | Dikembe Abdulmateen (PG), Edward Thomas (SG), Brandon Claar (C) John Strauss, Larry Jones, Edward Marlowe | |
| 10:48 | Syracuse | John Pope misses the 1st free throw | 47-40 |
| 10:48 | Syracuse | John Pope makes the 2nd free throw | 48-40 |
| 10:28 | Pittsburgh | James Nasser steals the ball from Brandon Claar | 48-40 |
| 10:24 | Syracuse | Edward Simmons lays it up and in set up by James Nasser | 50-40 |
| 10:07 | Pittsburgh | Edward Thomas hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left side | 50-40 |
| 10:05 | Syracuse | James Nasser pulls down the rebound | 50-40 |
| 10:01 | Syracuse | James Nasser misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 50-40 |
| 09:59 | Pittsburgh | Brandon Claar snags the defensive board | 50-40 |
| 09:34 | Pittsburgh | Dikembe Abdulmateen comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 50-40 |
| 09:33 | Syracuse | Nicholas Rettkowski grabs the board | 50-40 |
| 09:20 | Syracuse | John Pope connects on the floater near the basket | 52-40 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 08:57 | Pittsburgh | Dikembe Abdulmateen knocks in the 3pt shot from the left corner set up by George Brown | 52-43 |
| 08:41 | Syracuse | Nicholas Rettkowski is fouled on the floor by Brandon Claar - foul #3 on Brandon Claar, team foul #7 | 52-43 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Marquis Wilkes (PG), Richard Hillis (SF), Randall Weber (C) Edward Simmons, Douglass Miyashiro, John Pope | |
| Subs | Pittsburgh | John Strauss (PG), Daniel Westerfield (SF), David Ford (PF) Dikembe Abdulmateen, Willie Fink, George Brown | |
| 08:41 | Syracuse | Nicholas Rettkowski makes the 1st free throw | 53-43 |
| 08:41 | Syracuse | Nicholas Rettkowski makes the 2nd free throw | 54-43 |
| 08:23 | Pittsburgh | Brandon Claar misses the lay-in | 54-43 |
| 08:22 | Pittsburgh | Brandon Claar can't tip it in | 54-43 |
| 08:21 | Syracuse | Nicholas Rettkowski snags the defensive board | 54-43 |
| 08:16 | Syracuse | Marquis Wilkes's pass is intercepted by Daniel Westerfield | 54-43 |
| 08:01 | Pittsburgh | Daniel Westerfield loses the dribble to Randall Weber | 54-43 |
| 07:43 | Syracuse | Richard Hillis misses long on a turnaround from the baseline but he's fouled by Edward Thomas - foul #3 on Edward Thomas, team foul #8 | 54-43 |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Barkley (PF) Nicholas Rettkowski | |
| Subs | Pittsburgh | | |
| 07:43 | Syracuse | Richard Hillis makes the 1st free throw | 55-43 |
| 07:43 | Syracuse | Richard Hillis makes the 2nd free throw | 56-43 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Marquis Wilkes (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. SG - James Nasser (fairly fresh) 22 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. SF - Richard Hillis (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. PF - James Barkley (fresh) 3 reb. C - Randall Weber (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Pittsburgh | PG - John Strauss (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Edward Thomas (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Daniel Westerfield (fresh) 2 reb. PF - David Ford (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Brandon Claar (fresh) 16 pts. 8 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:25 | Pittsburgh | John Strauss is fouled on the floor by James Barkley - foul #3 on James Barkley, team foul #3 | 56-43 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Edward Simmons (PG) James Nasser | |
| Subs | Pittsburgh | Dikembe Abdulmateen (PG), Larry Jones (SG), Edward Marlowe (C) John Strauss, Edward Thomas, Brandon Claar | |
| 07:10 | Pittsburgh | Larry Jones misses badly on a shot from just outside the lane | 56-43 |
| 07:09 | Pittsburgh | Larry Jones snags the offensive board | 56-43 |
| 06:53 | Pittsburgh | Dikembe Abdulmateen misses short on a 3 pointer from straight away | 56-43 |
| 06:52 | Syracuse | James Barkley grabs the board | 56-43 |
| 06:48 | Syracuse | Marquis Wilkes misses long on a 3 pointer from straight away | 56-43 |
| 06:47 | Syracuse | Randall Weber tips it in | 58-43 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+3) | |
| Game Plan | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 06:39 | Pittsburgh | Dikembe Abdulmateen can't connect on a 3 from the left corner | 58-43 |
| 06:37 | Syracuse | James Barkley grabs the defensive rebound | 58-43 |
| 06:17 | Syracuse | Edward Simmons makes the fadeaway from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Marquis Wilkes | 60-43 |
| 06:03 | Pittsburgh | The jump hook by Larry Jones is blocked by James Barkley | 60-43 |
| 06:01 | Pittsburgh | Dikembe Abdulmateen tips it back up and in | 60-45 |
| 05:48 | Syracuse | Marquis Wilkes loses the ball out of bounds | 60-45 |
| Subs | Syracuse | James Nasser (SG), Douglass Miyashiro (SF), John Pope (C) Edward Simmons, Richard Hillis, Randall Weber | |
| Subs | Pittsburgh | John Strauss (PG), Edward Thomas (SG), George Brown (PF), Brandon Claar (C) Dikembe Abdulmateen, Larry Jones, David Ford, Edward Marlowe | |
| 05:36 | Pittsburgh | John Strauss's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 60-45 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | Pittsburgh | Willie Fink (SF) Daniel Westerfield | |
| 05:09 | Syracuse | John Pope throws a bad pass out of bounds | 60-45 |
| 04:59 | Pittsburgh | Willie Fink misses the fadeaway from the right wing but the foul's on Marquis Wilkes - foul #3 on Marquis Wilkes, team foul #4 | 60-45 |
| 04:59 | Pittsburgh | Willie Fink makes the 1st free throw | 60-46 |
| 04:59 | Pittsburgh | Willie Fink misses the 2nd free throw | 60-46 |
| 04:59 | Syracuse | John Pope grabs the board | 60-46 |
| 04:40 | Syracuse | James Nasser connects on the runner in the paint | 62-46 |
| 04:25 | Pittsburgh | Brandon Claar's floater is tipped away by James Barkley | 62-46 |
| 04:24 | Pittsburgh | George Brown snags the offensive board | 62-46 |
| 04:16 | Pittsburgh | Willie Fink knocks in the 3 pointer from the left wing | 62-49 |
| 03:59 | Syracuse | Douglass Miyashiro misses the fadeaway from the right side | 62-49 |
| 03:57 | Pittsburgh | Brandon Claar grabs the board | 62-49 |
| 03:57 | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 62-49 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Edward Simmons (PG), Randall Weber (C) Marquis Wilkes, John Pope | |
| Subs | Pittsburgh | Dikembe Abdulmateen (PG), Daniel Westerfield (SF), David Ford (PF) John Strauss, Willie Fink, George Brown | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 03:32 | Pittsburgh | Brandon Claar hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the baseline but he's fouled by Randall Weber - foul #2 on Randall Weber, team foul #5 | 62-49 |
| 03:32 | Pittsburgh | Brandon Claar makes the 1st free throw | 62-50 |
| 03:32 | Pittsburgh | Brandon Claar makes the 2nd free throw | 62-51 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Edward Simmons (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SG - James Nasser (fairly fresh) 24 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. SF - Douglass Miyashiro (fresh) 5 pts. PF - James Barkley (fairly fresh) 5 reb. 2 blk. 3 pf. C - Randall Weber (fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Pittsburgh | PG - Dikembe Abdulmateen (fresh) 15 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Edward Thomas (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SF - Daniel Westerfield (fresh) 2 reb. PF - David Ford (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Brandon Claar (fresh) 18 pts. 9 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 03:09 | Syracuse | James Nasser is denied on a layup by David Ford | 62-51 |
| 03:07 | Syracuse | Randall Weber tips it but misses | 62-51 |
| 03:06 | Syracuse | James Barkley grabs the offensive rebound | 62-51 |
| 02:46 | Syracuse | Brandon Claar denies the turnaround by James Barkley | 62-51 |
| 02:44 | Syracuse | James Nasser tips it back up and in | 64-51 |
| 02:25 | Pittsburgh | Dikembe Abdulmateen hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 64-51 |
| 02:23 | Pittsburgh | Daniel Westerfield grabs the offensive rebound | 64-51 |
| 02:18 | Pittsburgh | Edward Thomas misses long on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 64-51 |
| 02:16 | Syracuse | James Nasser snags the defensive board | 64-51 |
| 01:56 | Syracuse | James Nasser buries a driving attempt from the baseline set up by Douglass Miyashiro | 66-51 |
| 01:44 | Pittsburgh | Brandon Claar is fouled on the floor by Randall Weber - foul #3 on Randall Weber, team foul #6 | 66-51 |
| 01:31 | Pittsburgh | Dikembe Abdulmateen drills a 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Edward Thomas | 66-54 |
| 01:12 | Syracuse | James Nasser misses the easy layup but the foul's on Dikembe Abdulmateen - foul #4 on Dikembe Abdulmateen, team foul #9 | 66-54 |
| 01:12 | Syracuse | James Nasser makes the 1st free throw | 67-54 |
| 01:12 | Syracuse | James Nasser makes the 2nd free throw | 68-54 |
| 01:00 | Pittsburgh | Randall Weber blocks the short jumper by Brandon Claar | 68-54 |
| 00:59 | Syracuse | James Nasser snags the defensive board | 68-54 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:32 | Syracuse | James Barkley double dribbles | 68-54 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+4) | |
| Game Plan | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (0) | |
| 00:25 | Pittsburgh | Brandon Claar makes the turnaround from the baseline on a nice dish by Dikembe Abdulmateen | 68-56 |
| 00:00 | Syracuse | Edward Simmons runs out the clock | 68-56 |