| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Drew Gambrell (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SG - Anthony Crouse (fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. SF - Michael Fields (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Gene McNeese (fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - Marcus Lee (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Ray Warren (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. SG - Ivan Radlinski (fresh) SF - Brandon Green (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Ryan Whitacre (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. C - Timothy Johnson (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Notre Dame | Brandon Green inbounds the ball | 33-29 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:44 | Notre Dame | Ryan Whitacre hits a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 33-32 |
| 19:21 | Michigan State | Michael Fields drills a 3 pointer from the left wing on a great pass from Drew Gambrell | 36-32 |
| 19:02 | Notre Dame | Brandon Green clanks a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 36-32 |
| 19:01 | Michigan State | Marcus Lee grabs the defensive rebound | 36-32 |
| 18:44 | Michigan State | Michael Fields hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 36-32 |
| 18:43 | Notre Dame | Timothy Johnson pulls down the rebound | 36-32 |
| 18:19 | Notre Dame | Ryan Whitacre throws a bad pass out of bounds | 36-32 |
| 17:55 | Michigan State | Michael Fields can't connect on a turnaround near the basket but he's hacked by Ivan Radlinski - foul #1 on Ivan Radlinski, team foul #1 | 36-32 |
| 17:55 | Michigan State | Michael Fields makes the 1st free throw | 37-32 |
| 17:55 | Michigan State | Michael Fields misses the 2nd free throw | 37-32 |
| 17:55 | Notre Dame | Timothy Johnson grabs the board | 37-32 |
| 17:41 | Notre Dame | Ivan Radlinski drills a 3 from the right corner | 37-35 |
| 17:15 | Michigan State | Michael Fields blows the layup | 37-35 |
| 17:14 | Michigan State | Drew Gambrell grabs the offensive board | 37-35 |
| 17:04 | Michigan State | Michael Fields is called for traveling | 37-35 |
| Subs | Michigan State | David Harrison (PG), Steven Seitz (SG), James Camargo (SF), Stevie Smith (PF) Drew Gambrell, Anthony Crouse, Michael Fields, Gene McNeese | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Andrew Johnson (PG), Felix Vanvalkenburg (SF), David Veiga (PF), David Webre (C) Ray Warren, Brandon Green, Ryan Whitacre, Timothy Johnson | |
| 16:53 | Notre Dame | Steven Seitz steals it from Andrew Johnson | 37-35 |
| 16:41 | Michigan State | Marcus Lee can't connect on a 3 from the right corner | 37-35 |
| 16:40 | Notre Dame | Andrew Johnson snags the defensive board | 37-35 |
| 16:27 | Notre Dame | Felix Vanvalkenburg's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 37-35 |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Michael Menzel (SG) Ivan Radlinski | |
| 16:18 | Michigan State | Marcus Lee misses long on a jumper from the left block but he's fouled by Michael Menzel - foul #1 on Michael Menzel, team foul #2 | 37-35 |
| 16:18 | Michigan State | Marcus Lee makes the 1st free throw | 38-35 |
| 16:18 | Michigan State | Marcus Lee makes the 2nd free throw | 39-35 |
| 16:01 | Notre Dame | Michael Menzel hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 39-35 |
| 15:59 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to Marcus Lee | 39-35 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - David Harrison (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Steven Seitz (fresh) 6 pts. SF - James Camargo (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Stevie Smith (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Marcus Lee (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Andrew Johnson (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Menzel (fresh) SF - Felix Vanvalkenburg (fresh) PF - David Veiga (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - David Webre (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| 15:46 | Michigan State | David Harrison can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 39-35 |
| 15:44 | Michigan State | Marcus Lee gets the offensive rebound | 39-35 |
| 15:30 | Michigan State | Marcus Lee makes the 3 from the left corner on a great pass from David Harrison | 42-35 |
| 15:23 | Notre Dame | Andrew Johnson connects on the 3pt shot from the right corner set up by Felix Vanvalkenburg | 42-38 |
| 15:02 | Michigan State | David Harrison makes the jumpshot from the free throw line on a nice dish by James Camargo | 44-38 |
| 14:53 | Notre Dame | David Webre knocks in the turnaround from close range | 44-40 |
| 14:35 | Michigan State | Marcus Lee comes up short on the floater from just outside the lane but he's hacked by David Webre - foul #1 on David Webre, team foul #3 | 44-40 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Drew Gambrell (PG), Anthony Crouse (SG), Michael Fields (SF), Gene McNeese (PF) David Harrison, Steven Seitz, James Camargo, Stevie Smith | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Ray Warren (PG), Ivan Radlinski (SG), Brandon Green (SF), Ryan Whitacre (PF), Timothy Johnson (C) Andrew Johnson, Michael Menzel, Felix Vanvalkenburg, David Veiga, David Webre | |
| 14:35 | Michigan State | Marcus Lee misses the 1st free throw | 44-40 |
| 14:35 | Michigan State | Marcus Lee makes the 2nd free throw | 45-40 |
| 14:16 | Notre Dame | Gene McNeese is called for the reach on Ryan Whitacre - foul #1 on Gene McNeese, team foul #1 | 45-40 |
| 13:54 | Notre Dame | Timothy Johnson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 45-40 |
| 13:38 | Michigan State | Timothy Johnson steals it from Anthony Crouse | 45-40 |
| 13:30 | Notre Dame | Timothy Johnson hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 45-40 |
| 13:28 | Michigan State | Michael Fields pulls down the rebound | 45-40 |
| 13:23 | Michigan State | Anthony Crouse is hacked by Ray Warren - foul #3 on Ray Warren, team foul #4 | 45-40 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Stevie Smith (C) Marcus Lee | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 13:01 | Michigan State | Michael Fields drills a floater from the left side on a great pass from Stevie Smith and he's hacked by Ryan Whitacre - foul #2 on Ryan Whitacre, team foul #5 | 47-40 |
| 13:01 | Michigan State | Michael Fields makes the free throw | 48-40 |
| 12:38 | Notre Dame | Ryan Whitacre misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 48-40 |
| 12:36 | Michigan State | Stevie Smith gets the rebound | 48-40 |
| 12:17 | Michigan State | Michael Fields hits a 3 pointer from the right corner | 51-40 |
| 12:08 | Notre Dame | Anthony Crouse takes the ball from Ray Warren | 51-40 |
| 11:51 | Michigan State | Michael Fields misses the fadeaway jumper from the right side | 51-40 |
| 11:49 | Michigan State | Stevie Smith hits the follow up shot | 53-40 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Drew Gambrell (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Anthony Crouse (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. SF - Michael Fields (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 3 reb. PF - Gene McNeese (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - Stevie Smith (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Ray Warren (fresh) 6 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Ivan Radlinski (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Brandon Green (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. PF - Ryan Whitacre (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. C - Timothy Johnson (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 11:36 | Notre Dame | Brandon Green hits a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a great pass from Ray Warren | 53-43 |
| 11:15 | Michigan State | Michael Fields knocks in the jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Stevie Smith | 55-43 |
| 11:01 | Notre Dame | Ivan Radlinski connects on the 3 from the right corner set up by Ray Warren | 55-46 |
| 10:47 | Michigan State | Michael Fields knocks in the driving attempt in the paint | 57-46 |
| 10:30 | Notre Dame | Ryan Whitacre is called for the offensive foul - foul #3 on Ryan Whitacre, team foul #6 | 57-46 |
| Subs | Michigan State | David Harrison (PG), Steven Seitz (SG), James Camargo (SF), Marcus Lee (C) Drew Gambrell, Anthony Crouse, Michael Fields, Stevie Smith | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Andrew Johnson (PG), Michael Menzel (SG), Felix Vanvalkenburg (SF), David Veiga (PF), David Webre (C) Ray Warren, Ivan Radlinski, Brandon Green, Ryan Whitacre, Timothy Johnson | |
| 10:20 | Michigan State | David Webre is called for the reach on Gene McNeese - foul #2 on David Webre, team foul #7 | 57-46 |
| 10:20 | Michigan State | Gene McNeese makes the 1st free throw | 58-46 |
| 10:20 | Michigan State | Gene McNeese makes the 2nd free throw | 59-46 |
| 09:59 | Notre Dame | Felix Vanvalkenburg scores on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 59-48 |
| 09:37 | Michigan State | Marcus Lee is called for traveling | 59-48 |
| 09:20 | Notre Dame | David Veiga travels with the ball | 59-48 |
| 08:59 | Michigan State | Steven Seitz misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 59-48 |
| 08:57 | Notre Dame | Andrew Johnson pulls down the rebound | 59-48 |
| 08:37 | Notre Dame | Felix Vanvalkenburg's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 59-48 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Drew Gambrell (PG), Michael Fields (PF), Stevie Smith (C) David Harrison, Gene McNeese, Marcus Lee | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Ray Warren (PG), Ivan Radlinski (SG) Andrew Johnson, Michael Menzel | |
| 08:26 | Michigan State | Stevie Smith is fouled on the floor by Felix Vanvalkenburg - foul #1 on Felix Vanvalkenburg, team foul #8 | 59-48 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Anthony Crouse (SG) Steven Seitz | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Timothy Johnson (C) David Webre | |
| 08:26 | Michigan State | Stevie Smith makes the 1st free throw | 60-48 |
| 08:26 | Michigan State | Stevie Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 61-48 |
| 08:10 | Notre Dame | Ivan Radlinski misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 61-48 |
| 08:09 | Michigan State | Stevie Smith grabs the defensive rebound | 61-48 |
| 07:57 | Michigan State | Michael Fields misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 61-48 |
| 07:55 | Notre Dame | Timothy Johnson gets the rebound | 61-48 |
| 07:31 | Notre Dame | Michael Fields steals it from Ray Warren | 61-48 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Drew Gambrell (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Anthony Crouse (fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. SF - James Camargo (fairly fresh) 2 reb. PF - Michael Fields (fresh) 20 pts. 3 reb. C - Stevie Smith (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Ray Warren (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. SG - Ivan Radlinski (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Felix Vanvalkenburg (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - David Veiga (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Timothy Johnson (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 07:03 | Michigan State | Stevie Smith misses short on a floater from the right block | 61-48 |
| 07:02 | Notre Dame | Felix Vanvalkenburg pulls down the rebound | 61-48 |
| 06:43 | Notre Dame | Ivan Radlinski comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 61-48 |
| 06:41 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to James Camargo | 61-48 |
| 06:34 | Michigan State | Anthony Crouse misses the fadeaway jumper from the free throw line | 61-48 |
| 06:33 | Michigan State | Stevie Smith pulls down the offensive rebound | 61-48 |
| 06:14 | Michigan State | Stevie Smith can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Ivan Radlinski - foul #2 on Ivan Radlinski, team foul #9 | 61-48 |
| Subs | Michigan State | David Harrison (PG), Steven Seitz (SG), Marcus Lee (C) Drew Gambrell, Anthony Crouse, James Camargo | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Andrew Johnson (PG), Brandon Green (SF), Ryan Whitacre (PF), David Webre (C) Ray Warren, Felix Vanvalkenburg, David Veiga, Timothy Johnson | |
| 06:14 | Michigan State | Stevie Smith makes the 1st free throw | 62-48 |
| 06:14 | Michigan State | Stevie Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 63-48 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 05:55 | Notre Dame | Brandon Green is hacked by Marcus Lee - foul #2 on Marcus Lee, team foul #2 | 63-48 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Gene McNeese (PF) Stevie Smith | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Michael Menzel (SG) Ivan Radlinski | |
| 05:46 | Notre Dame | David Webre can't connect on a 3 from the right corner | 63-48 |
| 05:45 | Michigan State | Michael Fields grabs the board | 63-48 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (+2) | |
| 05:25 | Michigan State | Marcus Lee hits the finger roll set up by David Harrison | 65-48 |
| 05:02 | Notre Dame | Michael Menzel is hacked by Steven Seitz - foul #2 on Steven Seitz, team foul #3 | 65-48 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Drew Gambrell (PG) David Harrison | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Ivan Radlinski (SG) Michael Menzel | |
| 04:48 | Notre Dame | Brandon Green clanks a 3pt shot from the right wing | 65-48 |
| 04:47 | Notre Dame | David Webre tips it home | 65-50 |
| 04:31 | Michigan State | Marcus Lee comes up short on the runner from close range | 65-50 |
| 04:29 | Notre Dame | Brandon Green pulls down the rebound | 65-50 |
| 04:25 | Notre Dame | Brandon Green misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 65-50 |
| 04:24 | Michigan State | Marcus Lee grabs the board | 65-50 |
| 04:00 | Michigan State | Michael Fields misses badly on a floater in the paint but he's hacked by Brandon Green - foul #2 on Brandon Green, team foul #10 | 65-50 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Anthony Crouse (SG) Steven Seitz | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Ray Warren (PG), Timothy Johnson (C) Brandon Green, David Webre | |
| 04:00 | Michigan State | Michael Fields makes the 1st free throw | 66-50 |
| 04:00 | Michigan State | Michael Fields misses the 2nd free throw | 66-50 |
| 04:00 | Notre Dame | Timothy Johnson gets the rebound | 66-50 |
| 03:51 | Notre Dame | Timothy Johnson blows the layup | 66-50 |
| 03:50 | Notre Dame | Timothy Johnson tips it back up and in | 66-52 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:27 | Michigan State | Michael Fields makes the 3pt jumper from the left wing set up by Gene McNeese | 69-52 |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Drew Gambrell (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Anthony Crouse (fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. SF - Michael Fields (fairly fresh) 24 pts. 4 reb. PF - Gene McNeese (tiring) 6 pts. 6 reb. C - Marcus Lee (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 8 reb. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Ray Warren (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. 3 pf. SG - Ivan Radlinski (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Andrew Johnson (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. PF - Ryan Whitacre (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Timothy Johnson (fresh) 8 pts. 8 reb. 2 stl. | |
| 03:07 | Notre Dame | Ray Warren misses long on a jump hook from the left block | 69-52 |
| 03:05 | Michigan State | Gene McNeese snags the defensive board | 69-52 |
| 02:46 | Michigan State | Michael Fields clanks a fadeaway from the right side but he's fouled by Andrew Johnson - foul #2 on Andrew Johnson, team foul #11 | 69-52 |
| Subs | Michigan State | David Harrison (PG), Steven Seitz (SG), James Camargo (SF), Stevie Smith (C) Drew Gambrell, Anthony Crouse, Gene McNeese, Marcus Lee | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Roberto Giordano (PG), Michael Menzel (SG), Felix Vanvalkenburg (SF), David Veiga (PF), David Webre (C) Ray Warren, Ivan Radlinski, Andrew Johnson, Ryan Whitacre, Timothy Johnson | |
| 02:46 | Michigan State | Michael Fields makes the 1st free throw | 70-52 |
| 02:46 | Michigan State | Michael Fields makes the 2nd free throw | 71-52 |
| 02:33 | Notre Dame | David Webre scores on a shot from the free throw line on a nice dish by Felix Vanvalkenburg | 71-54 |
| 02:19 | Michigan State | Michael Fields makes the fadeaway from close range on a great pass from David Harrison and the foul's on David Veiga - foul #1 on David Veiga, team foul #12 | 73-54 |
| 02:19 | Michigan State | Michael Fields makes the free throw | 74-54 |
| 02:08 | Notre Dame | Michael Menzel scores on a 3pt shot from the left wing on a nice dish by David Veiga | 74-57 |
| 01:44 | Michigan State | Steven Seitz's pass is intercepted by Felix Vanvalkenburg | 74-57 |
| 01:27 | Notre Dame | Stevie Smith is called for the reach on Michael Menzel - foul #3 on Stevie Smith, team foul #4 | 74-57 |
| Subs | Michigan State | Marcus Lee (C) Michael Fields | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Andrew Johnson (PG) Roberto Giordano | |
| 01:08 | Notre Dame | Felix Vanvalkenburg misses long on a jumper from the left side | 74-57 |
| 01:07 | Michigan State | Marcus Lee grabs the board | 74-57 |
| 00:48 | Michigan State | Marcus Lee can't connect on a jumper from the right wing | 74-57 |
| 00:47 | Notre Dame | David Webre snags the defensive board | 74-57 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:40 | Notre Dame | Michael Menzel can't connect on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 74-57 |
| 00:38 | Michigan State | James Camargo grabs the board | 74-57 |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:13 | Michigan State | Steven Seitz loses the ball out of bounds | 74-57 |
| 00:07 | Notre Dame | Felix Vanvalkenburg misses short on a shot from just outside the lane but the foul's on Stevie Smith - foul #4 on Stevie Smith, team foul #5 | 74-57 |
| 00:07 | Notre Dame | Felix Vanvalkenburg makes the 1st free throw | 74-58 |
| 00:07 | Notre Dame | Felix Vanvalkenburg makes the 2nd free throw | 74-59 |
| 00:00 | Michigan State | David Harrison runs out the clock | 74-59 |