| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Samuel Pugh (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Thomas Legge (fresh) 3 ast. SF - Nathan Lambert (fresh) 3 pf. PF - Bryan Wellman (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. C - Tom Thacker (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | UCLA | PG - Shawn Krause (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Arthur Hill (fresh) 4 pts. 2 stl. SF - Mike Bergevin (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. PF - Eugene Gardener (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Rodney Frederick (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | UCLA | Mike Bergevin inbounds the ball | 21-24 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | UCLA | UCLA is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:31 | UCLA | Rodney Frederick connects on the floater from close range on a nice dish by Shawn Krause | 21-26 |
| 19:05 | Syracuse | Bryan Wellman evades the doubleteam and hits a fadeaway jumper from the right side set up by Thomas Legge | 23-26 |
| 18:42 | UCLA | Shawn Krause clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 23-26 |
| 18:40 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Thomas Legge | 23-26 |
| 18:14 | Syracuse | Nathan Lambert hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Rodney Frederick - foul #2 on Rodney Frederick, team foul #1 | 23-26 |
| 18:14 | Syracuse | Nathan Lambert misses the 1st free throw | 23-26 |
| 18:14 | Syracuse | Nathan Lambert misses the 2nd free throw | 23-26 |
| 18:14 | UCLA | Eugene Gardener grabs the board | 23-26 |
| 17:45 | UCLA | Rodney Frederick comes up short on the jumper from the free throw line | 23-26 |
| 17:44 | Syracuse | Thomas Legge snags the defensive board | 23-26 |
| 17:20 | Syracuse | Samuel Pugh evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3 from the right wing | 23-26 |
| 17:18 | Syracuse | Tom Thacker tips it in | 25-26 |
| 16:51 | UCLA | Thomas Legge picks off the pass by Rodney Frederick | 25-26 |
| 16:47 | Syracuse | Thomas Legge lays it up and in | 27-26 |
| 16:22 | UCLA | Shawn Krause loses the ball out of bounds | 27-26 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Jonathan Slaton (SG), Robert Fisher (SF), Willie Leonard (C) Thomas Legge, Nathan Lambert, Tom Thacker | |
| Subs | UCLA | Luka Stepnowski (SG), Andres Padilla (SF), Raymond Young (PF), Thomas Dever (C) Arthur Hill, Mike Bergevin, Eugene Gardener, Rodney Frederick | |
| 15:56 | Syracuse | Bryan Wellman misses badly on a jump hook from the right block but the foul's on Raymond Young - foul #1 on Raymond Young, team foul #2 | 27-26 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Steve Coleman (PG) Samuel Pugh | |
| Subs | UCLA | Thomas Mobley (PG) Shawn Krause | |
| 15:56 | Syracuse | Bryan Wellman misses the 1st free throw | 27-26 |
| 15:56 | Syracuse | Bryan Wellman misses the 2nd free throw | 27-26 |
| 15:56 | UCLA | Raymond Young gets the rebound | 27-26 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Steve Coleman (fresh) 4 pts. SG - Jonathan Slaton (fresh) SF - Robert Fisher (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Bryan Wellman (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - Willie Leonard (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | UCLA | PG - Thomas Mobley (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Luka Stepnowski (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Andres Padilla (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Raymond Young (fresh) C - Thomas Dever (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 15:30 | UCLA | Jonathan Slaton takes the ball from Thomas Mobley | 27-26 |
| 15:04 | Syracuse | Bryan Wellman works out of a doubleteam but hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the left block | 27-26 |
| 15:03 | UCLA | Thomas Dever snags the defensive board | 27-26 |
| 14:34 | UCLA | Luka Stepnowski clanks a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 27-26 |
| 14:32 | Syracuse | Willie Leonard grabs the defensive rebound | 27-26 |
| 14:10 | Syracuse | Jonathan Slaton misses long on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 27-26 |
| 14:09 | UCLA | Thomas Dever grabs the defensive rebound | 27-26 |
| 13:47 | UCLA | Thomas Dever misses short on a floater from the right side but he's hacked by Willie Leonard - foul #1 on Willie Leonard, team foul #1 | 27-26 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Samuel Pugh (PG), Thomas Legge (SG), Nathan Lambert (SF), Thomas Garretson (PF), Tom Thacker (C) Steve Coleman, Jonathan Slaton, Robert Fisher, Bryan Wellman, Willie Leonard | |
| Subs | UCLA | Shawn Krause (PG), Arthur Hill (SG), Mike Bergevin (SF), Eugene Gardener (PF) Thomas Mobley, Luka Stepnowski, Andres Padilla, Raymond Young | |
| 13:47 | UCLA | Thomas Dever makes the 1st free throw | 27-27 |
| 13:47 | UCLA | Thomas Dever misses the 2nd free throw | 27-27 |
| 13:47 | Syracuse | Tom Thacker pulls down the rebound | 27-27 |
| 13:18 | Syracuse | Thomas Garretson misses the fadeaway from the left wing | 27-27 |
| 13:16 | Syracuse | Tom Thacker snags the offensive board | 27-27 |
| 13:04 | Syracuse | Thomas Garretson hits a fadeaway near the basket on a nice dish by Samuel Pugh | 29-27 |
| 12:44 | UCLA | Arthur Hill misses long on a jumper in the paint | 29-27 |
| 12:42 | Syracuse | Nathan Lambert snags the defensive board | 29-27 |
| 12:20 | Syracuse | Nathan Lambert misses short on a jumper from the right wing | 29-27 |
| 12:18 | UCLA | Shawn Krause gets the rebound | 29-27 |
| 11:54 | UCLA | Thomas Dever connects on the runner from the left block set up by Shawn Krause | 29-29 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Samuel Pugh (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Thomas Legge (fresh) 2 pts. 4 ast. 2 stl. SF - Nathan Lambert (fresh) 3 pf. PF - Thomas Garretson (fresh) 4 pts. C - Tom Thacker (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | UCLA | PG - Shawn Krause (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Arthur Hill (fresh) 4 pts. 2 stl. SF - Mike Bergevin (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. PF - Eugene Gardener (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Thomas Dever (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 11:32 | Syracuse | Thomas Garretson loses the dribble to Arthur Hill | 29-29 |
| 11:11 | UCLA | Eugene Gardener is by himself and knocks in the fadeaway from the left wing on a nice dish by a doubleteamed Shawn Krause | 29-31 |
| 10:48 | Syracuse | Thomas Garretson clanks a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 29-31 |
| 10:47 | Syracuse | Nathan Lambert tips it home | 31-31 |
| 10:22 | UCLA | Eugene Gardener connects on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 31-34 |
| 09:58 | Syracuse | Nathan Lambert misses short on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 31-34 |
| 09:57 | Syracuse | Tom Thacker snags the offensive board | 31-34 |
| 09:35 | Syracuse | Thomas Legge double dribbles | 31-34 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Steve Coleman (PG), Jonathan Slaton (SG), Robert Fisher (SF), Bryan Wellman (PF), Willie Leonard (C) Samuel Pugh, Thomas Legge, Nathan Lambert, Thomas Garretson, Tom Thacker | |
| Subs | UCLA | Thomas Mobley (PG), Luka Stepnowski (SG), Andres Padilla (SF), Raymond Young (PF), Rodney Frederick (C) Shawn Krause, Arthur Hill, Mike Bergevin, Eugene Gardener, Thomas Dever | |
| 09:13 | UCLA | Luka Stepnowski is fouled on the floor by Robert Fisher - foul #1 on Robert Fisher, team foul #2 | 31-34 |
| 08:53 | UCLA | Raymond Young hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 31-34 |
| 08:51 | UCLA | Rodney Frederick hits the follow up shot | 31-36 |
| 08:26 | Syracuse | Steve Coleman makes the jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Robert Fisher | 33-36 |
| 08:04 | UCLA | Rodney Frederick makes the runner in the lane on a great pass from Andres Padilla | 33-38 |
| 07:40 | Syracuse | Steve Coleman knocks in the pull-up jumper from the right wing | 35-38 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Steve Coleman (fresh) 8 pts. SG - Jonathan Slaton (fresh) SF - Robert Fisher (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. PF - Bryan Wellman (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. C - Willie Leonard (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | UCLA | PG - Thomas Mobley (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Luka Stepnowski (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Andres Padilla (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Raymond Young (fresh) C - Rodney Frederick (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 07:21 | UCLA | Thomas Mobley buries a driving attempt near the basket set up by Luka Stepnowski and he's hacked by Steve Coleman - foul #2 on Steve Coleman, team foul #3 | 35-40 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Samuel Pugh (PG), Thomas Legge (SG), Nathan Lambert (SF), Tom Thacker (C) Steve Coleman, Jonathan Slaton, Robert Fisher, Willie Leonard | |
| Subs | UCLA | Arthur Hill (SG), Mike Bergevin (SF), Eugene Gardener (PF) Luka Stepnowski, Andres Padilla, Raymond Young | |
| 07:21 | UCLA | Thomas Mobley misses the free throw | 35-40 |
| 07:21 | Syracuse | Tom Thacker snags the defensive board | 35-40 |
| 07:05 | Syracuse | Arthur Hill steals the ball from Tom Thacker | 35-40 |
| 06:41 | UCLA | Thomas Mobley misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 35-40 |
| 06:39 | UCLA | The offensive rebound goes to Mike Bergevin | 35-40 |
| 06:17 | UCLA | Bryan Wellman takes the ball from Eugene Gardener | 35-40 |
| 06:10 | Syracuse | Samuel Pugh makes the 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by Bryan Wellman | 38-40 |
| 05:51 | UCLA | Thomas Mobley misses the jumpshot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Bryan Wellman - foul #1 on Bryan Wellman, team foul #4 | 38-40 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | UCLA | Thomas Dever (C) Rodney Frederick | |
| 05:51 | UCLA | Thomas Mobley misses the 1st free throw | 38-40 |
| 05:51 | UCLA | Thomas Mobley makes the 2nd free throw | 38-41 |
| 05:30 | Syracuse | Samuel Pugh can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 38-41 |
| 05:29 | Syracuse | Tom Thacker snags the offensive board | 38-41 |
| 05:08 | Syracuse | Thomas Dever takes the ball from Bryan Wellman | 38-41 |
| 04:46 | UCLA | Thomas Dever knocks in the floater from the left wing | 38-43 |
| 04:28 | Syracuse | Samuel Pugh buries a 3 from straight away set up by Thomas Legge | 41-43 |
| 04:02 | UCLA | Thomas Mobley scores on a jumpshot from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Arthur Hill | 41-45 |
| 03:46 | Syracuse | Bryan Wellman connects on the runner near the basket set up by Thomas Legge | 43-45 |
| 03:29 | UCLA | Mike Bergevin evades the doubleteam but misses long on a jump hook near the basket | 43-45 |
| 03:28 | Syracuse | The rebound goes to Tom Thacker | 43-45 |
| Lineup | Syracuse | PG - Samuel Pugh (fresh) 9 pts. 2 ast. SG - Thomas Legge (fresh) 2 pts. 6 ast. 2 stl. SF - Nathan Lambert (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. PF - Bryan Wellman (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. C - Tom Thacker (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 9 reb. | |
| Lineup | UCLA | PG - Thomas Mobley (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Arthur Hill (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 4 stl. SF - Mike Bergevin (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. PF - Eugene Gardener (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. C - Thomas Dever (fresh) 9 pts. 7 reb. | |
| 03:03 | Syracuse | Bryan Wellman's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 43-45 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Steve Coleman (PG), Jonathan Slaton (SG), Robert Fisher (SF), Thomas Garretson (PF), Willie Leonard (C) Samuel Pugh, Thomas Legge, Nathan Lambert, Bryan Wellman, Tom Thacker | |
| Subs | UCLA | Shawn Krause (PG), Luka Stepnowski (SG), Andres Padilla (SF), Raymond Young (PF), Rodney Frederick (C) Thomas Mobley, Arthur Hill, Mike Bergevin, Eugene Gardener, Thomas Dever | |
| 02:58 | UCLA | UCLA calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 43-45 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Samuel Pugh (PG), Thomas Legge (SG), Tom Thacker (C) Steve Coleman, Jonathan Slaton, Willie Leonard | |
| Subs | UCLA | Mike Bergevin (SF) Andres Padilla | |
| 02:46 | UCLA | Mike Bergevin is denied on a dunk by Tom Thacker | 43-45 |
| 02:45 | UCLA | Rodney Frederick tips it in | 43-47 |
| 02:45 | Syracuse | Syracuse calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 43-47 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Nathan Lambert (SF), Bryan Wellman (PF) Robert Fisher, Thomas Garretson | |
| Subs | UCLA | Arthur Hill (SG), Eugene Gardener (PF) Luka Stepnowski, Raymond Young | |
| 02:27 | Syracuse | Nathan Lambert knocks in the fadeaway in the lane set up by Bryan Wellman out of the doubleteam | 45-47 |
| 02:02 | UCLA | Mike Bergevin is fouled on the floor by Nathan Lambert - foul #4 on Nathan Lambert, team foul #5 | 45-47 |
| 01:49 | UCLA | Arthur Hill can't connect on a jump hook from the baseline but the foul's on Nathan Lambert - foul #5 on Nathan Lambert, team foul #6 | 45-47 |
| Subs | Syracuse | Robert Fisher (SF) Nathan Lambert | |
| Subs | UCLA | | |
| 01:49 | UCLA | Arthur Hill makes the 1st free throw | 45-48 |
| 01:49 | UCLA | Arthur Hill makes the 2nd free throw | 45-49 |
| 01:26 | Syracuse | Samuel Pugh evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 45-49 |
| 01:25 | Syracuse | Robert Fisher tips it home | 47-49 |
| 00:56 | UCLA | Mike Bergevin is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a shot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Robert Fisher - foul #2 on Robert Fisher, team foul #7 | 47-49 |
| 00:56 | UCLA | Mike Bergevin makes the 1st free throw | 47-50 |
| 00:56 | UCLA | Mike Bergevin makes the 2nd free throw | 47-51 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (0) | |
| Game Plan | UCLA | UCLA is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 00:40 | Syracuse | Shawn Krause steps in front of the Samuel Pugh pass as he passes out of a doubleteam | 47-51 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | UCLA | UCLA is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 00:39 | UCLA | Samuel Pugh is called for the reach on Shawn Krause in the backcourt - foul #1 on Samuel Pugh, team foul #8 | 47-51 |
| 00:39 | UCLA | Shawn Krause makes the 1st free throw | 47-52 |
| 00:39 | UCLA | Shawn Krause makes the 2nd free throw | 47-53 |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (0) | |
| Game Plan | UCLA | UCLA is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 00:34 | Syracuse | Robert Fisher misses long on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 47-53 |
| 00:33 | Syracuse | Samuel Pugh gets the offensive rebound | 47-53 |
| 00:29 | Syracuse | Samuel Pugh shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 47-53 |
| 00:28 | Syracuse | The offensive rebound goes to Bryan Wellman | 47-53 |
| 00:25 | Syracuse | Robert Fisher drills a 3 from the left corner on a great pass from Samuel Pugh | 50-53 |
| 00:24 | UCLA | Shawn Krause is fouled in the backcourt by Samuel Pugh - foul #2 on Samuel Pugh, team foul #9 | 50-53 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | UCLA | Luka Stepnowski (SG), Andres Padilla (SF), Raymond Young (PF) Arthur Hill, Mike Bergevin, Eugene Gardener | |
| 00:24 | UCLA | Shawn Krause makes the 1st free throw | 50-54 |
| 00:24 | UCLA | Shawn Krause makes the 2nd free throw | 50-55 |
| 00:19 | Syracuse | Thomas Legge is called for traveling | 50-55 |
| 00:17 | UCLA | Samuel Pugh is called for the reach on Shawn Krause in the backcourt - foul #3 on Samuel Pugh, team foul #10 | 50-55 |
| 00:17 | UCLA | Shawn Krause makes the 1st free throw | 50-56 |
| 00:17 | UCLA | Shawn Krause makes the 2nd free throw | 50-57 |
| 00:11 | Syracuse | Samuel Pugh misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 50-57 |
| 00:09 | UCLA | Andres Padilla pulls down the rebound | 50-57 |
| 00:09 | UCLA | UCLA calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 50-57 |
| Subs | Syracuse | | |
| Subs | UCLA | Arthur Hill (SG) Luka Stepnowski | |
| Game Plan | Syracuse | Syracuse is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| Game Plan | UCLA | UCLA is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+4) | |
| 00:08 | UCLA | Samuel Pugh is called for the reach on Shawn Krause in the backcourt - foul #4 on Samuel Pugh, team foul #11 | 50-57 |
| 00:08 | UCLA | Shawn Krause makes the 1st free throw | 50-58 |
| 00:08 | UCLA | Shawn Krause makes the 2nd free throw | 50-59 |
| 00:02 | Syracuse | Robert Fisher is open but comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 50-59 |
| 00:00 | UCLA | Rodney Frederick gets the rebound | 50-59 |