| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Vincente Russo (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. SG - Lawrence Campbell (fresh) 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Lee Tylor (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Gregory Pruitt (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Yul Chu (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Dennis Anderson (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dewey Smtih (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - Conrad Jensen (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Owen Schober (fresh) 9 pts. C - Harry Hoisington (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Villanova | Lee Tylor inbounds the ball | 41-32 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 19:43 | Villanova | Yul Chu knocks in the floater from the right wing | 43-32 |
| 19:36 | Rutgers | Dennis Anderson clanks a jumper from the free throw line | 43-32 |
| 19:34 | Villanova | Gregory Pruitt snags the defensive board | 43-32 |
| 19:32 | Villanova | Vincente Russo throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 43-32 |
| Subs | Villanova | Gonzalo Ferrari (SG), Mile Kotowski (SF) Lawrence Campbell, Lee Tylor | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 19:10 | Rutgers | Dennis Anderson can't finish the layup against a doubleteam | 43-32 |
| 19:09 | Villanova | Gregory Pruitt snags the defensive board | 43-32 |
| 18:51 | Villanova | Mile Kotowski is fouled on the floor by Harry Hoisington - foul #3 on Harry Hoisington, team foul #1 | 43-32 |
| Subs | Villanova | Lee Tylor (SF) Mile Kotowski | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Danny Currie (C) Harry Hoisington | |
| 18:39 | Villanova | Vincente Russo lays it up and in set up by Yul Chu | 45-32 |
| 18:21 | Rutgers | Dewey Smtih is open but comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 45-32 |
| 18:19 | Rutgers | Owen Schober tips it back up and in | 45-34 |
| 17:59 | Villanova | Gregory Pruitt lays it in on a great pass from Lee Tylor | 47-34 |
| 17:41 | Rutgers | Danny Currie is fouled on the floor by Yul Chu - foul #2 on Yul Chu, team foul #1 | 47-34 |
| Subs | Villanova | Mile Kotowski (SF), Filiberto Bruno (PF) Lee Tylor, Gregory Pruitt | |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| 17:23 | Rutgers | Danny Currie is called for a charge against the doubleteam - foul #2 on Danny Currie, team foul #2 | 47-34 |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Marijan Slawski (SF), Marco Costa (C) Conrad Jensen, Owen Schober | |
| 17:08 | Villanova | Danny Currie picks off the pass by Gonzalo Ferrari | 47-34 |
| 16:50 | Rutgers | Marco Costa hits the front of the rim on the shot near the basket | 47-34 |
| 16:49 | Villanova | The rebound goes to Mile Kotowski | 47-34 |
| 16:33 | Villanova | Vincente Russo makes the shot from the left wing on a great pass from Mile Kotowski | 49-34 |
| 16:09 | Rutgers | Dennis Anderson shoots over the doubleteam and knocks in the 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Dewey Smtih | 49-37 |
| 15:53 | Villanova | Vincente Russo hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Danny Currie - foul #3 on Danny Currie, team foul #3 | 49-37 |
| Subs | Villanova | Lawrence Campbell (SG), Gabriel Showers (SF), Gregory Pruitt (PF) Gonzalo Ferrari, Mile Kotowski, Yul Chu | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Thomas Webb (PG), Conrad Jensen (SF), Owen Schober (PF), Harry Hoisington (C) Dennis Anderson, Dewey Smtih, Danny Currie, Marco Costa | |
| 15:53 | Villanova | Vincente Russo makes the 1st free throw | 50-37 |
| 15:53 | Villanova | Vincente Russo makes the 2nd free throw | 51-37 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Vincente Russo (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 2 reb. SG - Lawrence Campbell (fresh) 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Gabriel Showers (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Gregory Pruitt (fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. C - Filiberto Bruno (fresh) 1 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Thomas Webb (fresh) 7 pts. SG - Marijan Slawski (fresh) SF - Conrad Jensen (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Owen Schober (fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. C - Harry Hoisington (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 15:31 | Rutgers | Thomas Webb makes the 3 from the right wing | 51-40 |
| 15:18 | Villanova | Harry Hoisington is called for the reach on Filiberto Bruno - foul #4 on Harry Hoisington, team foul #4 | 51-40 |
| Subs | Villanova | Gonzalo Ferrari (SG) Lawrence Campbell | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Marco Costa (C) Harry Hoisington | |
| 15:03 | Villanova | Gonzalo Ferrari's pass is intercepted by Conrad Jensen | 51-40 |
| 14:50 | Rutgers | Marijan Slawski drills a shot from just outside the lane on a great pass from Thomas Webb | 51-42 |
| 14:27 | Villanova | Gregory Pruitt knocks in the turnaround in the lane set up by Gabriel Showers | 53-42 |
| 14:19 | Rutgers | Conrad Jensen is fouled on the floor by Gabriel Showers - foul #1 on Gabriel Showers, team foul #2 | 53-42 |
| Subs | Villanova | Lawrence Campbell (SG), Mile Kotowski (SF), Yul Chu (C) Gonzalo Ferrari, Gabriel Showers, Filiberto Bruno | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Dennis Anderson (PG), Dewey Smtih (SG) Thomas Webb, Marijan Slawski | |
| 14:04 | Rutgers | Owen Schober comes up short on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 53-42 |
| 14:03 | Villanova | Lawrence Campbell snags the defensive board | 53-42 |
| 13:53 | Villanova | Lawrence Campbell hits the finger roll set up by Mile Kotowski | 55-42 |
| 13:39 | Rutgers | Dennis Anderson misses short on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 55-42 |
| 13:37 | Villanova | Mile Kotowski gets the rebound | 55-42 |
| 13:13 | Villanova | Yul Chu hits the front of the rim on the driving attempt from the right block but he's fouled by Owen Schober - foul #3 on Owen Schober, team foul #5 | 55-42 |
| Subs | Villanova | Gonzalo Ferrari (SG), Gabriel Showers (SF), Filiberto Bruno (PF) Lawrence Campbell, Mile Kotowski, Gregory Pruitt | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Lawrence Mendes (SF), Danny Currie (PF), Logan Cull (C) Conrad Jensen, Owen Schober, Marco Costa | |
| 13:13 | Villanova | Yul Chu makes the 1st free throw | 56-42 |
| 13:13 | Villanova | Yul Chu makes the 2nd free throw | 57-42 |
| 12:54 | Rutgers | Dewey Smtih misses the jumper near the basket | 57-42 |
| 12:53 | Villanova | Filiberto Bruno pulls down the rebound | 57-42 |
| 12:33 | Villanova | Gabriel Showers is hacked by Dennis Anderson - foul #2 on Dennis Anderson, team foul #6 | 57-42 |
| Subs | Villanova | Mile Kotowski (SF), Mark Frechette (PF) Gabriel Showers, Filiberto Bruno | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Marijan Slawski (SF) Lawrence Mendes | |
| 12:14 | Villanova | Vincente Russo scores on a jumpshot from just outside the lane set up by Yul Chu | 59-42 |
| 11:51 | Rutgers | Dewey Smtih drills a 3 pointer from the left corner on a nice dish by Dennis Anderson | 59-45 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Vincente Russo (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 2 reb. SG - Gonzalo Ferrari (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Mile Kotowski (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Mark Frechette (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Yul Chu (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Dennis Anderson (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Dewey Smtih (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SF - Marijan Slawski (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Danny Currie (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. C - Logan Cull (fresh) | |
| 11:31 | Villanova | Mile Kotowski misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 59-45 |
| 11:29 | Rutgers | Marijan Slawski gets the rebound | 59-45 |
| 11:18 | Rutgers | Marijan Slawski misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 59-45 |
| 11:16 | Villanova | Mark Frechette gets the rebound | 59-45 |
| 11:03 | Villanova | Yul Chu scores on a jumper in the lane on a nice dish by Vincente Russo | 61-45 |
| 10:50 | Rutgers | Marijan Slawski throws a bad pass out of bounds | 61-45 |
| Subs | Villanova | Lawrence Campbell (SG), Lee Tylor (SF), Gregory Pruitt (PF), Filiberto Bruno (C) Gonzalo Ferrari, Mile Kotowski, Mark Frechette, Yul Chu | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Thomas Webb (PG), Conrad Jensen (SF), Owen Schober (PF), Marco Costa (C) Dennis Anderson, Dewey Smtih, Danny Currie, Logan Cull | |
| 10:43 | Villanova | Conrad Jensen steals it from Vincente Russo | 61-45 |
| 10:22 | Rutgers | Marco Costa misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Filiberto Bruno - foul #2 on Filiberto Bruno, team foul #3 | 61-45 |
| Subs | Villanova | Gabriel Showers (SF) Lee Tylor | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Thomas Hadley (PG) Marijan Slawski | |
| 10:22 | Rutgers | Marco Costa makes the 1st free throw | 61-46 |
| 10:22 | Rutgers | Marco Costa makes the 2nd free throw | 61-47 |
| 10:09 | Villanova | Vincente Russo misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 61-47 |
| 10:07 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Owen Schober | 61-47 |
| 09:58 | Rutgers | Conrad Jensen misses the lay-in | 61-47 |
| 09:57 | Villanova | Filiberto Bruno grabs the defensive rebound | 61-47 |
| 09:39 | Villanova | Vincente Russo can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 61-47 |
| 09:37 | Villanova | Gregory Pruitt tips it home | 63-47 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 09:29 | Rutgers | Gabriel Showers blocks the jumper by Conrad Jensen | 63-47 |
| 09:28 | Villanova | Lawrence Campbell gets the rebound | 63-47 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| 09:05 | Villanova | Gregory Pruitt scores on a jumper in the lane on a nice dish by Vincente Russo | 65-47 |
| 08:44 | Rutgers | Thomas Webb drills a shot from the right wing | 65-49 |
| 08:24 | Villanova | Filiberto Bruno's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 65-49 |
| Subs | Villanova | Gonzalo Ferrari (SG), Mile Kotowski (SF), Yul Chu (C) Lawrence Campbell, Gabriel Showers, Gregory Pruitt | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Dennis Anderson (PG), Dewey Smtih (SG), Danny Currie (PF) Thomas Hadley, Thomas Webb, Owen Schober | |
| 08:17 | Rutgers | Dennis Anderson double dribbles | 65-49 |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Marijan Slawski (SF) Conrad Jensen | |
| 07:56 | Villanova | Filiberto Bruno misses the 3pt shot from the right wing | 65-49 |
| 07:55 | Rutgers | Dewey Smtih grabs the board | 65-49 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Vincente Russo (tiring) 15 pts. 2 reb. SG - Gonzalo Ferrari (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Mile Kotowski (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Filiberto Bruno (fairly fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. C - Yul Chu (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Dennis Anderson (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Dewey Smtih (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SF - Marijan Slawski (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Danny Currie (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. C - Marco Costa (fairly fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 07:37 | Rutgers | Dennis Anderson is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 65-49 |
| 07:36 | Villanova | Yul Chu grabs the defensive rebound | 65-49 |
| 07:11 | Villanova | Yul Chu can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Dewey Smtih - foul #1 on Dewey Smtih, team foul #7 | 65-49 |
| Subs | Villanova | Lee Tylor (SF), Gregory Pruitt (PF) Mile Kotowski, Filiberto Bruno | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Conrad Jensen (SF), Harry Hoisington (C) Marijan Slawski, Marco Costa | |
| 07:11 | Villanova | Yul Chu makes the 1st free throw | 66-49 |
| 07:11 | Villanova | Yul Chu makes the 2nd free throw | 67-49 |
| 06:59 | Rutgers | Dennis Anderson evades the doubleteam but misses long on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 67-49 |
| 06:57 | Villanova | Vincente Russo grabs the defensive rebound | 67-49 |
| 06:31 | Villanova | Vincente Russo misses badly on a jumper in the lane | 67-49 |
| 06:30 | Rutgers | Dennis Anderson gets the rebound | 67-49 |
| 06:26 | Rutgers | Dennis Anderson hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right corner | 67-49 |
| 06:25 | Rutgers | Danny Currie pulls down the offensive rebound | 67-49 |
| 06:20 | Rutgers | Danny Currie hits the finger roll | 67-51 |
| 05:53 | Villanova | Gregory Pruitt misses the easy layup | 67-51 |
| 05:52 | Rutgers | Danny Currie grabs the defensive rebound | 67-51 |
| 05:36 | Rutgers | Danny Currie's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 67-51 |
| Subs | Villanova | Lawrence Campbell (SG), Mile Kotowski (SF), Mark Frechette (PF) Gonzalo Ferrari, Lee Tylor, Gregory Pruitt | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Marijan Slawski (SF), Owen Schober (PF) Conrad Jensen, Danny Currie | |
| 05:20 | Villanova | Yul Chu lays it in on a great pass from Vincente Russo | 69-51 |
| 05:10 | Rutgers | Dewey Smtih is hacked by Yul Chu - foul #3 on Yul Chu, team foul #4 | 69-51 |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Thomas Hadley (PG), Thomas Webb (SG) Dennis Anderson, Dewey Smtih | |
| 04:57 | Rutgers | Thomas Webb's pass is intercepted by Mark Frechette | 69-51 |
| 04:34 | Villanova | Owen Schober is called for the reach on Lawrence Campbell - foul #4 on Owen Schober, team foul #8 | 69-51 |
| Subs | Villanova | Gonzalo Ferrari (SG), Gregory Pruitt (PF), Filiberto Bruno (C) Vincente Russo, Mark Frechette, Yul Chu | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Marco Costa (C) Harry Hoisington | |
| 04:34 | Villanova | Lawrence Campbell misses the 1st free throw | 69-51 |
| 04:34 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Owen Schober | 69-51 |
| 04:29 | Rutgers | Thomas Webb comes up short on the fadeaway from the right wing | 69-51 |
| 04:27 | Rutgers | Marijan Slawski tips it home | 69-53 |
| 04:01 | Villanova | Gonzalo Ferrari misses the fadeaway from just outside the lane | 69-53 |
| 04:00 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Owen Schober | 69-53 |
| 03:41 | Rutgers | Marco Costa scores on a jumper from the right block | 69-55 |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Lawrence Campbell (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SG - Gonzalo Ferrari (fresh) 9 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. SF - Mile Kotowski (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Gregory Pruitt (fresh) 15 pts. 7 reb. C - Filiberto Bruno (fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Thomas Hadley (fresh) 2 stl. SG - Thomas Webb (fresh) 12 pts. 1 ast. SF - Marijan Slawski (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Owen Schober (fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. 4 pf. C - Marco Costa (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 03:12 | Villanova | Gonzalo Ferrari misses long on a jumper from the free throw line but he's hacked by Thomas Hadley - foul #1 on Thomas Hadley, team foul #9 | 69-55 |
| Subs | Villanova | Vincente Russo (PG), Gabriel Showers (SF), Mark Frechette (PF), Yul Chu (C) Lawrence Campbell, Mile Kotowski, Gregory Pruitt, Filiberto Bruno | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Dennis Anderson (PG), Dewey Smtih (SG), Conrad Jensen (SF), Danny Currie (PF), Harry Hoisington (C) Thomas Hadley, Thomas Webb, Marijan Slawski, Owen Schober, Marco Costa | |
| 03:12 | Villanova | Gonzalo Ferrari makes the 1st free throw | 70-55 |
| 03:12 | Villanova | Gonzalo Ferrari makes the 2nd free throw | 71-55 |
| 03:03 | Rutgers | Dennis Anderson is hacked by Yul Chu - foul #4 on Yul Chu, team foul #5 | 71-55 |
| Subs | Villanova | Filiberto Bruno (PF) Mark Frechette | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Thomas Hadley (PG), Thomas Webb (SG), Marco Costa (PF), Logan Cull (C) Dennis Anderson, Dewey Smtih, Conrad Jensen, Harry Hoisington | |
| 02:48 | Rutgers | Thomas Hadley misses the floater from the left wing | 71-55 |
| 02:47 | Villanova | The rebound goes to Filiberto Bruno | 71-55 |
| 02:18 | Villanova | Yul Chu is fouled on the floor by Logan Cull - foul #1 on Logan Cull, team foul #10 | 71-55 |
| Subs | Villanova | Mile Kotowski (SF), Gregory Pruitt (PF) Gabriel Showers, Filiberto Bruno | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Marijan Slawski (SG) Thomas Hadley | |
| 02:18 | Villanova | Yul Chu makes the 1st free throw | 72-55 |
| 02:18 | Villanova | Yul Chu makes the 2nd free throw | 73-55 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 02:02 | Rutgers | Marco Costa's floater is tipped away by Mile Kotowski | 73-55 |
| 02:01 | Villanova | Gregory Pruitt grabs the board | 73-55 |
| 01:35 | Villanova | Gregory Pruitt can't finish the layup but he's fouled by Marijan Slawski - foul #3 on Marijan Slawski, team foul #11 | 73-55 |
| Subs | Villanova | Lawrence Campbell (SG), Lee Tylor (SF) Gonzalo Ferrari, Mile Kotowski | |
| Subs | Rutgers | Thomas Hadley (PG) Logan Cull | |
| 01:35 | Villanova | Gregory Pruitt misses the 1st free throw | 73-55 |
| 01:35 | Villanova | Gregory Pruitt makes the 2nd free throw | 74-55 |
| 01:16 | Rutgers | Danny Currie makes the contested jumper from the baseline set up by Thomas Webb and he's hacked by Gregory Pruitt - foul #1 on Gregory Pruitt, team foul #6 | 74-57 |
| 01:16 | Rutgers | Danny Currie makes the free throw | 74-58 |
| 00:47 | Villanova | Vincente Russo misses badly on a floater from just outside the lane | 74-58 |
| 00:45 | Rutgers | Marco Costa grabs the board | 74-58 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:40 | Rutgers | Marco Costa hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Thomas Webb | 74-60 |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| 00:19 | Villanova | Lawrence Campbell connects on the floater from the free throw line on a great pass from Vincente Russo | 76-60 |
| 00:14 | Rutgers | Thomas Webb misses the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 76-60 |
| 00:12 | Villanova | Yul Chu gets the rebound | 76-60 |
| 00:00 | Villanova | Vincente Russo runs out the clock | 76-60 |