| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Chad Long (fresh) SG - George Record (fresh) SF - Ron Kincaid (fresh) PF - Alan Engleman (fresh) C - Daniel Gaulke (fresh) | |
| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Thomas Murphy (fresh) SG - Jerome Gray (fresh) SF - Bill Adkins (fresh) PF - Timothy Dibble (fresh) C - William Baker (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Tennessee | Alan Engleman wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Tennessee | Tennessee is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | San Diego State | San Diego State is playing a triangle offense and a halfcourt press/man to man (+1) | |
| 19:34 | Tennessee | Daniel Gaulke clanks a jump hook from close range | 0-0 |
| 19:33 | Tennessee | Daniel Gaulke hits the follow up shot | 2-0 |
| 19:13 | San Diego State | Jerome Gray scores on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane and the foul's on Chad Long - foul #1 on Chad Long, team foul #1 | 2-2 |
| 19:13 | San Diego State | Jerome Gray makes the free throw | 2-3 |
| 18:52 | Tennessee | George Record misses the easy layup but he's hacked by Jerome Gray - foul #1 on Jerome Gray, team foul #1 | 2-3 |
| 18:52 | Tennessee | George Record misses the 1st free throw | 2-3 |
| 18:52 | Tennessee | George Record makes the 2nd free throw | 3-3 |
| 18:43 | San Diego State | Jerome Gray comes up short on the 3 from the left wing | 3-3 |
| 18:41 | Tennessee | Alan Engleman gets the rebound | 3-3 |
| 18:23 | Tennessee | Chad Long can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 3-3 |
| 18:21 | Tennessee | Ron Kincaid pulls down the offensive rebound | 3-3 |
| 17:58 | Tennessee | Ron Kincaid misses badly on a shot from the right wing | 3-3 |
| 17:57 | San Diego State | William Baker gets the rebound | 3-3 |
| 17:44 | San Diego State | Thomas Murphy is hacked by Chad Long - foul #2 on Chad Long, team foul #2 | 3-3 |
| Subs | Tennessee | James Reed (PG) Chad Long | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Everett Daniels (C) Timothy Dibble | |
| 17:27 | San Diego State | Everett Daniels scores on a fadeaway from the right wing | 3-5 |
| 17:11 | Tennessee | George Record's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 3-5 |
| 17:00 | San Diego State | Jerome Gray makes the 3pt attempt from the right wing set up by Thomas Murphy | 3-8 |
| 16:34 | Tennessee | Daniel Gaulke drills a shot from the right block | 5-8 |
| 16:17 | San Diego State | Jerome Gray is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #2 on Jerome Gray, team foul #2 | 5-8 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Joshua Charles (PF) Alan Engleman | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Timothy Dibble (SF) Jerome Gray | |
| 15:58 | Tennessee | Daniel Gaulke misses badly on a jumper from the left block but the foul's on Everett Daniels - foul #1 on Everett Daniels, team foul #3 | 5-8 |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Jerome Gray (SF) William Baker | |
| 15:58 | Tennessee | Daniel Gaulke makes the 1st free throw | 6-8 |
| 15:58 | Tennessee | Daniel Gaulke makes the 2nd free throw | 7-8 |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - James Reed (fresh) SG - George Record (fairly fresh) 1 pts. SF - Ron Kincaid (fresh) PF - Joshua Charles (fresh) C - Daniel Gaulke (fairly fresh) 6 pts. | |
| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Thomas Murphy (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Bill Adkins (fairly fresh) SF - Jerome Gray (fresh) 6 pts. PF - Timothy Dibble (fresh) C - Everett Daniels (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| 15:46 | San Diego State | Jerome Gray misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 7-8 |
| 15:45 | Tennessee | George Record grabs the defensive rebound | 7-8 |
| 15:17 | Tennessee | George Record misses short on a floater from the right wing | 7-8 |
| 15:15 | Tennessee | George Record pulls down the offensive rebound | 7-8 |
| 14:46 | Tennessee | George Record misses badly on a floater from the right block | 7-8 |
| 14:45 | San Diego State | Timothy Dibble snags the defensive board | 7-8 |
| 14:24 | San Diego State | Daniel Gaulke picks off the pass by Everett Daniels | 7-8 |
| 14:02 | Tennessee | George Record's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 7-8 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Alan Engleman (PF) Joshua Charles | |
| Subs | San Diego State | William Baker (PF) Timothy Dibble | |
| 13:43 | San Diego State | Jerome Gray knocks in the 3 from the left wing set up by Thomas Murphy | 7-11 |
| 13:28 | Tennessee | George Record is called for a moving pick - foul #1 on George Record, team foul #3 | 7-11 |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Timothy Dibble (SF) Thomas Murphy | |
| 13:09 | San Diego State | Timothy Dibble misses badly on a floater from the baseline but the foul's on James Reed - foul #1 on James Reed, team foul #4 | 7-11 |
| 13:09 | San Diego State | Timothy Dibble makes the 1st free throw | 7-12 |
| 13:09 | San Diego State | Timothy Dibble makes the 2nd free throw | 7-13 |
| 12:49 | Tennessee | James Reed comes up short on the shot from just outside the lane | 7-13 |
| 12:48 | San Diego State | Bill Adkins pulls down the rebound | 7-13 |
| 12:25 | San Diego State | Everett Daniels hits the finger roll and he's hacked by Daniel Gaulke - foul #1 on Daniel Gaulke, team foul #5 | 7-15 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Jonathan Bevan (SG), Joshua Charles (C) George Record, Daniel Gaulke | |
| Subs | San Diego State | | |
| 12:25 | San Diego State | Everett Daniels misses the free throw | 7-15 |
| 12:25 | Tennessee | Jonathan Bevan snags the defensive board | 7-15 |
| 12:03 | Tennessee | Alan Engleman misses long on a jumper from the left wing but he's hacked by Timothy Dibble - foul #1 on Timothy Dibble, team foul #4 | 7-15 |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Thomas Murphy (PG) Timothy Dibble | |
| 12:03 | Tennessee | Alan Engleman makes the 1st free throw | 8-15 |
| 12:03 | Tennessee | Alan Engleman makes the 2nd free throw | 9-15 |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - James Reed (fairly fresh) SG - Jonathan Bevan (fresh) SF - Ron Kincaid (fairly fresh) PF - Alan Engleman (fresh) 2 pts. C - Joshua Charles (fresh) | |
| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Thomas Murphy (fairly fresh) 2 ast. SG - Bill Adkins (tiring) SF - Jerome Gray (tiring) 9 pts. PF - William Baker (fairly fresh) C - Everett Daniels (tiring) 4 pts. | |
| 11:41 | San Diego State | Thomas Murphy is fouled on the floor by James Reed - foul #2 on James Reed, team foul #6 | 9-15 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Clifton Charlton (PG) James Reed | |
| Subs | San Diego State | | |
| 11:31 | San Diego State | Jerome Gray comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 9-15 |
| 11:29 | San Diego State | Everett Daniels gets the offensive rebound | 9-15 |
| 11:15 | San Diego State | Jerome Gray loses the ball out of bounds | 9-15 |
| Subs | Tennessee | George Record (SG) Ron Kincaid | |
| Subs | San Diego State | | |
| 10:46 | Tennessee | William Baker steals it from Joshua Charles | 9-15 |
| 10:32 | San Diego State | Jerome Gray misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 9-15 |
| 10:30 | Tennessee | Alan Engleman pulls down the rebound | 9-15 |
| 10:11 | Tennessee | Clifton Charlton misses badly on a 3 from the right wing | 9-15 |
| 10:09 | San Diego State | William Baker snags the defensive board | 9-15 |
| 09:49 | San Diego State | Jerome Gray makes the 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Everett Daniels | 9-18 |
| 09:28 | Tennessee | Jonathan Bevan comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on Everett Daniels - foul #2 on Everett Daniels, team foul #5 | 9-18 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Ron Kincaid (SF), Tyler Todd (PF), Daniel Gaulke (C) Clifton Charlton, Alan Engleman, Joshua Charles | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Timothy Dibble (PF) Everett Daniels | |
| 09:28 | Tennessee | Jonathan Bevan makes the 1st free throw | 10-18 |
| 09:28 | Tennessee | Jonathan Bevan makes the 2nd free throw | 11-18 |
| 09:15 | San Diego State | Jerome Gray hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right corner | 11-18 |
| 09:14 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to Tyler Todd | 11-18 |
| 08:56 | Tennessee | George Record misses short on a driving attempt from the left block | 11-18 |
| 08:55 | San Diego State | William Baker snags the defensive board | 11-18 |
| 08:38 | San Diego State | Jerome Gray makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 11-21 |
| 08:18 | Tennessee | Ron Kincaid hits the finger roll | 13-21 |
| 08:00 | San Diego State | Jerome Gray misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 13-21 |
| 07:58 | San Diego State | William Baker grabs the offensive rebound | 13-21 |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Jonathan Bevan (fairly fresh) 2 pts. SG - George Record (tiring) 1 pts. SF - Ron Kincaid (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Tyler Todd (fresh) C - Daniel Gaulke (fairly fresh) 6 pts. | |
| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Thomas Murphy (tiring) 2 ast. SG - Bill Adkins (tired) SF - Jerome Gray (tiring) 15 pts. PF - Timothy Dibble (fairly fresh) 2 pts. C - William Baker (tiring) 4 reb. | |
| 07:44 | San Diego State | Ron Kincaid steals it from Thomas Murphy | 13-21 |
| 07:24 | Tennessee | George Record throws a bad pass out of bounds | 13-21 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Clifton Charlton (PG), Alan Engleman (PF) George Record, Tyler Todd | |
| Subs | San Diego State | | |
| 07:02 | San Diego State | Bill Adkins comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 13-21 |
| 07:00 | San Diego State | Bill Adkins grabs the offensive rebound | 13-21 |
| 06:47 | San Diego State | Jerome Gray misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 13-21 |
| 06:46 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to Alan Engleman | 13-21 |
| 06:22 | Tennessee | Alan Engleman is fouled on the floor by Timothy Dibble - foul #2 on Timothy Dibble, team foul #6 | 13-21 |
| Subs | Tennessee | | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Everett Daniels (C) Timothy Dibble | |
| 06:04 | Tennessee | Clifton Charlton scores on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 16-21 |
| 05:48 | San Diego State | Jerome Gray misses badly on a floater from the right wing | 16-21 |
| 05:46 | Tennessee | Daniel Gaulke grabs the board | 16-21 |
| 05:28 | Tennessee | Ron Kincaid can't finish the layup | 16-21 |
| 05:27 | San Diego State | Everett Daniels gets the rebound | 16-21 |
| 05:21 | San Diego State | Jerome Gray misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 16-21 |
| 05:20 | Tennessee | Ron Kincaid snags the defensive board | 16-21 |
| 04:55 | Tennessee | Ron Kincaid can't connect on a shot from the left wing but he's hacked by William Baker - foul #1 on William Baker, team foul #7 | 16-21 |
| Subs | Tennessee | George Record (SG), Joshua Charles (C) Jonathan Bevan, Daniel Gaulke | |
| Subs | San Diego State | | |
| 04:55 | San Diego State | San Diego State calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 16-21 |
| 04:55 | Tennessee | Ron Kincaid makes the 1st free throw | 17-21 |
| 04:55 | Tennessee | Ron Kincaid makes the 2nd free throw | 18-21 |
| 04:36 | San Diego State | William Baker comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left wing | 18-21 |
| 04:35 | San Diego State | Jerome Gray pulls down the offensive rebound | 18-21 |
| 04:17 | San Diego State | Jerome Gray comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 18-21 |
| 04:15 | Tennessee | George Record snags the defensive board | 18-21 |
| 03:52 | Tennessee | George Record makes the runner from the baseline set up by Clifton Charlton | 20-21 |
| Lineup | Tennessee | PG - Clifton Charlton (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - George Record (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Ron Kincaid (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Alan Engleman (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Joshua Charles (fresh) | |
| Lineup | San Diego State | PG - Thomas Murphy (tiring) 2 ast. SG - Bill Adkins (tired) SF - Jerome Gray (tired) 15 pts. PF - William Baker (tiring) 4 reb. C - Everett Daniels (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:37 | San Diego State | Everett Daniels misses short on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 20-21 |
| 03:36 | Tennessee | The rebound goes to Alan Engleman | 20-21 |
| 03:16 | Tennessee | George Record is open and scores on a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Alan Engleman | 23-21 |
| 03:03 | San Diego State | Thomas Murphy drills a fadeaway jumper from the left wing set up by Everett Daniels | 23-23 |
| 02:38 | Tennessee | George Record drills a runner from the right block set up by Ron Kincaid | 25-23 |
| 02:27 | San Diego State | Jerome Gray travels with the ball | 25-23 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Chad Long (PG), Jonathan Bevan (SF), Daniel Gaulke (C) Clifton Charlton, Ron Kincaid, Alan Engleman | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Timothy Dibble (SF) Thomas Murphy | |
| 02:06 | Tennessee | Everett Daniels is called for the reach on Daniel Gaulke - foul #3 on Everett Daniels, team foul #8 | 25-23 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Tyler Todd (PF) Joshua Charles | |
| Subs | San Diego State | Thomas Murphy (PG) Everett Daniels | |
| 02:06 | Tennessee | Daniel Gaulke misses the 1st free throw | 25-23 |
| 02:06 | San Diego State | William Baker gets the rebound | 25-23 |
| 01:55 | San Diego State | Jerome Gray comes up short on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 25-23 |
| 01:53 | San Diego State | Jerome Gray grabs the offensive rebound | 25-23 |
| 01:34 | San Diego State | Jerome Gray can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 25-23 |
| 01:32 | Tennessee | Daniel Gaulke grabs the board | 25-23 |
| 01:11 | Tennessee | George Record misses long on a shot from the baseline | 25-23 |
| 01:09 | Tennessee | Daniel Gaulke tips it back up and in | 27-23 |
| 00:50 | San Diego State | Jerome Gray loses the ball out of bounds | 27-23 |
| Subs | Tennessee | Ron Kincaid (SF), Alan Engleman (PF) Jonathan Bevan, Tyler Todd | |
| Subs | San Diego State | | |
| 00:29 | Tennessee | George Record drills a floater from just outside the lane on a great pass from Alan Engleman | 29-23 |
| 00:23 | San Diego State | Jerome Gray can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 29-23 |
| 00:22 | Tennessee | Chad Long grabs the defensive rebound | 29-23 |
| 00:02 | Tennessee | Jerome Gray is called for the reach on George Record - foul #3 on Jerome Gray, team foul #9 | 29-23 |
| 00:02 | Tennessee | George Record makes the 1st free throw | 30-23 |
| 00:02 | Tennessee | George Record misses the 2nd free throw | 30-23 |
| 00:02 | San Diego State | William Baker gets the rebound | 30-23 |
| 00:00 | San Diego State | William Baker comes up short on the fullcourt shot | 30-23 |