| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Jonathan Manz (fresh) SG - Richard Junkins (fresh) SF - William Fulcher (fresh) PF - Richard Appel (fresh) C - Billy Marshall (fresh) | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Scott Stark (fresh) SG - William Collins (fresh) SF - Michael James (fresh) PF - Matthew Bierman (fresh) C - Tyler Perry (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Louisville | Richard Appel wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | West Virginia | West Virginia is playing a fastbreak offense and a 2-3 zone (0) | |
| 19:42 | Louisville | Richard Appel makes the fadeaway near the basket | 2-0 |
| 19:23 | West Virginia | William Collins can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the left wing but the foul's on Richard Junkins - foul #1 on Richard Junkins, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 19:23 | West Virginia | William Collins makes the 1st free throw | 2-1 |
| 19:23 | West Virginia | William Collins misses the 2nd free throw | 2-1 |
| 19:23 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Richard Appel | 2-1 |
| 19:05 | Louisville | Jonathan Manz is called for traveling | 2-1 |
| 18:45 | West Virginia | Tyler Perry's floater is tipped away by Richard Appel | 2-1 |
| 18:44 | Louisville | Jonathan Manz pulls down the rebound | 2-1 |
| 18:19 | Louisville | William Collins is called for the reach on Richard Junkins - foul #1 on William Collins, team foul #1 | 2-1 |
| 17:59 | Louisville | Billy Marshall knocks in the floater from the left wing | 4-1 |
| 17:40 | West Virginia | Scott Stark misses badly on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 4-1 |
| 17:39 | West Virginia | Matthew Bierman snags the offensive board | 4-1 |
| 17:27 | West Virginia | Tyler Perry is hacked by Billy Marshall - foul #1 on Billy Marshall, team foul #2 | 4-1 |
| 17:09 | West Virginia | Michael James hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from straight away | 4-1 |
| 17:08 | Louisville | Billy Marshall grabs the board | 4-1 |
| 17:03 | Louisville | Richard Appel comes up short on the fadeaway from close range | 4-1 |
| 17:01 | West Virginia | Michael James grabs the board | 4-1 |
| 16:55 | West Virginia | Richard Junkins steals it from Matthew Bierman | 4-1 |
| 16:39 | Louisville | Billy Marshall misses badly on a shot near the basket but he's hacked by Tyler Perry - foul #1 on Tyler Perry, team foul #2 | 4-1 |
| 16:39 | Louisville | Billy Marshall makes the 1st free throw | 5-1 |
| 16:39 | Louisville | Billy Marshall makes the 2nd free throw | 6-1 |
| 16:10 | West Virginia | William Collins misses short on a jumper from the right wing but he's hacked by William Fulcher - foul #1 on William Fulcher, team foul #3 | 6-1 |
| Subs | Louisville | Edward Holguin (SF), Raymond Butler (PF) William Fulcher, Richard Appel | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 16:10 | West Virginia | William Collins makes the 1st free throw | 6-2 |
| 16:10 | West Virginia | William Collins makes the 2nd free throw | 6-3 |
| 15:55 | Louisville | Edward Holguin hits the finger roll and he's hacked by Scott Stark - foul #1 on Scott Stark, team foul #3 | 8-3 |
| Subs | Louisville | Gerald Santucci (PG), Curtis Billington (SG), Louis Quillen (C) Jonathan Manz, Richard Junkins, Billy Marshall | |
| Subs | West Virginia | | |
| 15:55 | Louisville | Edward Holguin makes the free throw | 9-3 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Gerald Santucci (fresh) SG - Curtis Billington (fresh) SF - Edward Holguin (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Raymond Butler (fresh) C - Louis Quillen (fresh) | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Scott Stark (fresh) SG - William Collins (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Michael James (fresh) PF - Matthew Bierman (fresh) C - Tyler Perry (fresh) | |
| 15:29 | West Virginia | Matthew Bierman clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 9-3 |
| 15:28 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Curtis Billington | 9-3 |
| 15:23 | Louisville | Gerald Santucci loses the dribble to William Collins | 9-3 |
| 15:11 | West Virginia | Tyler Perry loses the dribble to Gerald Santucci | 9-3 |
| 15:08 | Louisville | Edward Holguin hits the finger roll set up by Gerald Santucci | 11-3 |
| 14:48 | West Virginia | Raymond Butler steals it from William Collins | 11-3 |
| 14:22 | Louisville | Curtis Billington can't connect on a shot from the free throw line but the foul's on Matthew Bierman - foul #1 on Matthew Bierman, team foul #4 | 11-3 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jonathan Manz (PG), William Fulcher (SF), Richard Appel (PF), Billy Marshall (C) Gerald Santucci, Edward Holguin, Raymond Butler, Louis Quillen | |
| Subs | West Virginia | David Grant (PG), Eddie Santibanez (SG), Dikembe Emanuel (SF), Shen Huang (PF), Manuel Wilcox (C) Scott Stark, William Collins, Michael James, Matthew Bierman, Tyler Perry | |
| 14:22 | Louisville | Curtis Billington misses the 1st free throw | 11-3 |
| 14:22 | Louisville | Curtis Billington makes the 2nd free throw | 12-3 |
| 14:09 | West Virginia | Dikembe Emanuel misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 12-3 |
| 14:07 | Louisville | Richard Appel gets the rebound | 12-3 |
| 14:01 | Louisville | William Fulcher clanks a jumper from the baseline | 12-3 |
| 13:59 | West Virginia | Eddie Santibanez snags the defensive board | 12-3 |
| 13:43 | West Virginia | Dikembe Emanuel clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 12-3 |
| 13:41 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Billy Marshall | 12-3 |
| 13:35 | Louisville | Curtis Billington is fouled on the floor by Manuel Wilcox - foul #1 on Manuel Wilcox, team foul #5 | 12-3 |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Junkins (SG) Curtis Billington | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Scott Stark (PG) Eddie Santibanez | |
| 13:18 | Louisville | Jonathan Manz double dribbles | 12-3 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Tyler Perry (C) Manuel Wilcox | |
| 13:00 | West Virginia | Shen Huang knocks in the 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by David Grant | 12-6 |
| 12:52 | Louisville | Billy Marshall buries a shot from the right side set up by Richard Junkins and the foul's on Tyler Perry - foul #2 on Tyler Perry, team foul #6 | 14-6 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | William Collins (SG), Michael James (SF), Matthew Bierman (PF) David Grant, Shen Huang, Tyler Perry | |
| 12:52 | Louisville | Billy Marshall makes the free throw | 15-6 |
| 12:31 | West Virginia | Dikembe Emanuel misses the jumpshot from the free throw line | 15-6 |
| 12:30 | Louisville | Richard Appel pulls down the rebound | 15-6 |
| 12:25 | Louisville | Richard Junkins clanks a 3 from the left corner | 15-6 |
| 12:24 | West Virginia | Matthew Bierman gets the rebound | 15-6 |
| 12:20 | West Virginia | Matthew Bierman misses badly on a floater in the paint | 15-6 |
| 12:19 | West Virginia | Matthew Bierman hits the follow up shot | 15-8 |
| 12:11 | Louisville | William Fulcher misses the 3 from the left wing | 15-8 |
| 12:09 | Louisville | Billy Marshall pulls down the offensive rebound | 15-8 |
| 12:01 | Louisville | The jump hook by William Fulcher is blocked by Matthew Bierman | 15-8 |
| 12:00 | West Virginia | Dikembe Emanuel gets the rebound | 15-8 |
| 11:56 | West Virginia | Scott Stark's pass is intercepted by Jonathan Manz in the backcourt | 15-8 |
| 11:55 | Louisville | Richard Junkins lays it in set up by Jonathan Manz | 17-8 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Jonathan Manz (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Richard Junkins (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - William Fulcher (fresh) PF - Richard Appel (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Billy Marshall (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Scott Stark (fresh) SG - William Collins (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Michael James (fresh) PF - Matthew Bierman (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Dikembe Emanuel (fresh) | |
| 11:38 | West Virginia | Scott Stark loses the dribble to William Fulcher | 17-8 |
| 11:35 | Louisville | Scott Stark steals the ball from Jonathan Manz in the backcourt | 17-8 |
| 11:32 | West Virginia | Scott Stark banks in the layup | 17-10 |
| 11:11 | Louisville | Jonathan Manz loses the ball out of bounds | 17-10 |
| Subs | Louisville | Gerald Santucci (PG), Edward Holguin (SF), Raymond Butler (PF), Louis Quillen (C) Jonathan Manz, William Fulcher, Richard Appel, Billy Marshall | |
| Subs | West Virginia | David Grant (PG), Eddie Santibanez (SG), Christopher Hall (SF), Shen Huang (C) Scott Stark, William Collins, Michael James, Dikembe Emanuel | |
| 11:04 | West Virginia | Matthew Bierman misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left wing | 17-10 |
| 11:03 | West Virginia | Matthew Bierman hits the follow up shot | 17-12 |
| 10:48 | Louisville | David Grant steps in front of the Edward Holguin pass | 17-12 |
| 10:35 | West Virginia | Shen Huang comes up short on the jump hook from the baseline | 17-12 |
| 10:34 | West Virginia | Shen Huang misses the tip | 17-12 |
| 10:33 | Louisville | Richard Junkins snags the defensive board | 17-12 |
| 10:26 | Louisville | Edward Holguin misses the dunk | 17-12 |
| 10:25 | West Virginia | Christopher Hall pulls down the rebound | 17-12 |
| 10:20 | West Virginia | Louis Quillen is called for the reach on Shen Huang - foul #1 on Louis Quillen, team foul #4 | 17-12 |
| Subs | Louisville | Curtis Billington (SG) Richard Junkins | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Manuel Wilcox (C) Matthew Bierman | |
| 10:05 | West Virginia | Shen Huang blows the layup but the foul's on Raymond Butler - foul #1 on Raymond Butler, team foul #5 | 17-12 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jonathan Manz (PG) Gerald Santucci | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Scott Stark (PG), William Collins (SG), Michael James (SF), Dikembe Emanuel (C) David Grant, Eddie Santibanez, Christopher Hall, Manuel Wilcox | |
| 10:05 | West Virginia | Shen Huang misses the 1st free throw | 17-12 |
| 10:05 | West Virginia | Shen Huang makes the 2nd free throw | 17-13 |
| 09:46 | Louisville | Edward Holguin blows the layup | 17-13 |
| 09:44 | Louisville | The offensive rebound goes to Edward Holguin | 17-13 |
| 09:31 | Louisville | Edward Holguin knocks in the floater from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Jonathan Manz | 19-13 |
| 09:13 | West Virginia | Michael James can't connect on a 3 from straight away | 19-13 |
| 09:11 | Louisville | Raymond Butler grabs the board | 19-13 |
| 09:06 | Louisville | Jonathan Manz misses short on a jumpshot from the left side | 19-13 |
| 09:04 | Louisville | Louis Quillen hits the follow up shot | 21-13 |
| 08:54 | West Virginia | Shen Huang travels with the ball | 21-13 |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Junkins (SG), William Fulcher (SF), Richard Appel (PF), Billy Marshall (C) Curtis Billington, Edward Holguin, Raymond Butler, Louis Quillen | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Matthew Bierman (PF) Shen Huang | |
| 08:35 | Louisville | Billy Marshall comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 21-13 |
| 08:34 | West Virginia | Matthew Bierman gets the rebound | 21-13 |
| 08:29 | West Virginia | Scott Stark clanks a jumper from the left wing | 21-13 |
| 08:27 | West Virginia | Michael James tips it but misses | 21-13 |
| 08:26 | Louisville | Billy Marshall snags the defensive board | 21-13 |
| 07:57 | Louisville | Billy Marshall hits the front of the rim on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 21-13 |
| 07:56 | West Virginia | Dikembe Emanuel pulls down the rebound | 21-13 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Jonathan Manz (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - Richard Junkins (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - William Fulcher (fresh) PF - Richard Appel (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Billy Marshall (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Scott Stark (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - William Collins (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Michael James (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Matthew Bierman (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Dikembe Emanuel (fairly fresh) 2 reb. | |
| 07:51 | West Virginia | Scott Stark loses the dribble to Richard Junkins | 21-13 |
| 07:46 | Louisville | Jonathan Manz banks in the layup on a nice dish by Richard Junkins | 23-13 |
| 07:39 | West Virginia | Scott Stark misses badly on a fadeaway from the free throw line but he's fouled by Jonathan Manz - foul #1 on Jonathan Manz, team foul #6 | 23-13 |
| Subs | Louisville | Gerald Santucci (PG) Jonathan Manz | |
| Subs | West Virginia | David Grant (SG), Christopher Hall (SF), Shen Huang (C) William Collins, Michael James, Dikembe Emanuel | |
| 07:39 | West Virginia | Scott Stark makes the 1st free throw | 23-14 |
| 07:39 | West Virginia | Scott Stark misses the 2nd free throw | 23-14 |
| 07:39 | Louisville | Richard Appel gets the rebound | 23-14 |
| 07:20 | Louisville | William Fulcher connects on the floater from the left block on a nice dish by Gerald Santucci and he's hacked by Scott Stark - foul #2 on Scott Stark, team foul #7 | 25-14 |
| Subs | Louisville | Raymond Butler (PF) Richard Appel | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Eddie Santibanez (SG), Manuel Wilcox (C) Scott Stark, Matthew Bierman | |
| 07:20 | Louisville | William Fulcher makes the free throw | 26-14 |
| 07:01 | West Virginia | Eddie Santibanez connects on the fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by David Grant | 26-16 |
| 06:37 | Louisville | Manuel Wilcox denies the turnaround by Billy Marshall | 26-16 |
| 06:36 | Louisville | William Fulcher tips it back up and in | 28-16 |
| 06:12 | West Virginia | David Grant misses short on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 28-16 |
| 06:11 | Louisville | Billy Marshall pulls down the rebound | 28-16 |
| 05:46 | Louisville | Richard Junkins loses the ball out of bounds | 28-16 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jonathan Manz (PG), Curtis Billington (SG), Edward Holguin (SF), Richard Appel (PF), Louis Quillen (C) Gerald Santucci, Richard Junkins, William Fulcher, Raymond Butler, Billy Marshall | |
| Subs | West Virginia | William Collins (SG), Michael James (SF), Matthew Bierman (PF), Dikembe Emanuel (C) Eddie Santibanez, Christopher Hall, Shen Huang, Manuel Wilcox | |
| 05:17 | West Virginia | David Grant is whistled for traveling | 28-16 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Eddie Santibanez (PG) David Grant | |
| 04:57 | Louisville | Richard Appel misses badly on a floater from just outside the lane but he's fouled by Matthew Bierman - foul #2 on Matthew Bierman, team foul #8 | 28-16 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Manuel Wilcox (C) Matthew Bierman | |
| 04:57 | Louisville | Richard Appel misses the 1st free throw | 28-16 |
| 04:57 | Louisville | Richard Appel makes the 2nd free throw | 29-16 |
| 04:31 | West Virginia | Manuel Wilcox comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 29-16 |
| 04:29 | Louisville | Edward Holguin grabs the board | 29-16 |
| 04:15 | Louisville | Michael James picks off the pass by Richard Appel | 29-16 |
| 04:01 | West Virginia | Eddie Santibanez is hacked by Curtis Billington - foul #1 on Curtis Billington, team foul #7 | 29-16 |
| Subs | Louisville | Raymond Butler (PF), Billy Marshall (C) Richard Appel, Louis Quillen | |
| Subs | West Virginia | David Grant (SG), Shen Huang (C) William Collins, Manuel Wilcox | |
| 04:01 | West Virginia | Eddie Santibanez makes the 1st free throw | 29-17 |
| 04:01 | West Virginia | Eddie Santibanez misses the 2nd free throw | 29-17 |
| 04:01 | Louisville | Billy Marshall pulls down the rebound | 29-17 |
| 03:39 | Louisville | Billy Marshall connects on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a great pass from Edward Holguin | 31-17 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Jonathan Manz (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Curtis Billington (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Edward Holguin (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. PF - Raymond Butler (fresh) C - Billy Marshall (fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | West Virginia | PG - Eddie Santibanez (fresh) 3 pts. SG - David Grant (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Michael James (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Dikembe Emanuel (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Shen Huang (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 03:16 | West Virginia | Michael James is fouled on the floor by Edward Holguin - foul #1 on Edward Holguin, team foul #8 | 31-17 |
| Subs | Louisville | Gerald Santucci (PG), Richard Junkins (SG), William Fulcher (SF) Jonathan Manz, Curtis Billington, Edward Holguin | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Scott Stark (PG), Matthew Bierman (PF), Tyler Perry (C) Eddie Santibanez, Dikembe Emanuel, Shen Huang | |
| 03:16 | West Virginia | Michael James misses the 1st free throw | 31-17 |
| 03:16 | Louisville | Raymond Butler gets the rebound | 31-17 |
| 03:06 | Louisville | William Fulcher lays it up and in set up by Richard Junkins | 33-17 |
| 02:42 | West Virginia | Scott Stark connects on the 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Matthew Bierman | 33-20 |
| 02:31 | Louisville | Matthew Bierman steals it from Raymond Butler | 33-20 |
| 02:20 | West Virginia | Matthew Bierman comes up short on the jumpshot from the right side but he's fouled by Raymond Butler - foul #2 on Raymond Butler, team foul #9 | 33-20 |
| Subs | Louisville | Richard Appel (PF) Raymond Butler | |
| Subs | West Virginia | William Collins (SG), Christopher Hall (SF) David Grant, Michael James | |
| 02:20 | West Virginia | Matthew Bierman makes the 1st free throw | 33-21 |
| 02:20 | West Virginia | Matthew Bierman makes the 2nd free throw | 33-22 |
| 01:51 | Louisville | Billy Marshall loses the dribble to Christopher Hall | 33-22 |
| 01:32 | West Virginia | Matthew Bierman can't connect on a jumper from close range but the foul's on Gerald Santucci - foul #1 on Gerald Santucci, team foul #10 | 33-22 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jonathan Manz (PG), Louis Quillen (C) Gerald Santucci, Billy Marshall | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Dikembe Emanuel (SF) Christopher Hall | |
| 01:32 | West Virginia | Matthew Bierman makes the 1st free throw | 33-23 |
| 01:32 | West Virginia | Matthew Bierman misses the 2nd free throw | 33-23 |
| 01:32 | Louisville | Richard Appel pulls down the rebound | 33-23 |
| 01:10 | Louisville | Jonathan Manz knocks in the 3 from the right corner set up by Richard Junkins | 36-23 |
| 00:57 | West Virginia | Scott Stark clanks a fadeaway from the left wing | 36-23 |
| 00:55 | Louisville | Louis Quillen snags the defensive board | 36-23 |
| 00:36 | Louisville | Tyler Perry swats the short shot by William Fulcher | 36-23 |
| 00:34 | Louisville | Richard Appel can't tip it in | 36-23 |
| 00:32 | West Virginia | Scott Stark pulls down the rebound | 36-23 |
| 00:25 | West Virginia | Scott Stark is fouled on the floor by Louis Quillen - foul #2 on Louis Quillen, team foul #11 | 36-23 |
| Subs | Louisville | Curtis Billington (SG), Edward Holguin (SF), Raymond Butler (PF), Billy Marshall (C) Richard Junkins, William Fulcher, Richard Appel, Louis Quillen | |
| Subs | West Virginia | Shen Huang (PF) Matthew Bierman | |
| 00:25 | West Virginia | Scott Stark makes the 1st free throw | 36-24 |
| 00:25 | West Virginia | Scott Stark makes the 2nd free throw | 36-25 |
| 00:03 | Louisville | Billy Marshall makes the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Curtis Billington | 38-25 |
| 00:00 | West Virginia | William Collins misses short on a halfcourt shot | 38-25 |