| Lineup | UConn | PG - Matthew French (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Earl Stodolski (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Jeremy Miller (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Denis Farley (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Timothy Clark (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - David Baker (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Marco Costa (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Bill Pace (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. PF - Gary Galusha (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Fernando Lopez (fresh) 2 pts. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | UConn | Jeremy Miller inbounds the ball | 26-25 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| 19:44 | UConn | Earl Stodolski is called for the offensive foul - foul #1 on Earl Stodolski, team foul #1 | 26-25 |
| 19:30 | Cincinnati | Timothy Clark is called for the reach on Bill Pace - foul #1 on Timothy Clark, team foul #2 | 26-25 |
| 19:11 | Cincinnati | Bill Pace misses badly on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 26-25 |
| 19:10 | UConn | Matthew French grabs the defensive rebound | 26-25 |
| 18:48 | UConn | Denis Farley drills a runner near the basket | 28-25 |
| 18:26 | Cincinnati | Gary Galusha makes the driving attempt from close range on a great pass from David Baker and the foul's on Denis Farley - foul #2 on Denis Farley, team foul #3 | 28-27 |
| 18:26 | Cincinnati | Gary Galusha makes the free throw | 28-28 |
| 18:00 | UConn | Denis Farley makes the 3pt attempt from the left corner | 31-28 |
| 17:31 | Cincinnati | Fernando Lopez clanks a driving attempt from the baseline | 31-28 |
| 17:29 | Cincinnati | Gary Galusha tips it but misses | 31-28 |
| 17:28 | UConn | Timothy Clark snags the defensive board | 31-28 |
| 17:26 | UConn | Matthew French is hacked by David Baker in the backcourt - foul #2 on David Baker, team foul #1 | 31-28 |
| 17:07 | UConn | Matthew French loses the ball out of bounds | 31-28 |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Ronnie Lambert (C) Fernando Lopez | |
| 16:51 | Cincinnati | Marco Costa can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right wing | 31-28 |
| 16:50 | UConn | Matthew French gets the rebound | 31-28 |
| 16:21 | UConn | Matthew French can't connect on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 31-28 |
| 16:20 | Cincinnati | Ronnie Lambert pulls down the rebound | 31-28 |
| 15:56 | Cincinnati | Marco Costa is fouled on the floor by Denis Farley - foul #3 on Denis Farley, team foul #4 | 31-28 |
| Subs | UConn | Richard Hille (SG), William Lamb (SF), Keith Jones (C) Earl Stodolski, Jeremy Miller, Timothy Clark | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Vito Bruno (SG), Gary Travis (PF) Marco Costa, Gary Galusha | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Matthew French (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Richard Hille (fresh) 1 ast. SF - William Lamb (fresh) PF - Denis Farley (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Keith Jones (fresh) 3 pts. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - David Baker (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SG - Vito Bruno (fresh) SF - Bill Pace (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. PF - Gary Travis (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. C - Ronnie Lambert (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:34 | Cincinnati | David Baker is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 31-28 |
| 15:33 | UConn | The rebound goes to Keith Jones | 31-28 |
| 15:11 | UConn | Denis Farley banks in the layup set up by Matthew French | 33-28 |
| 14:53 | Cincinnati | Gary Travis can't connect on a jumpshot from the left wing but the foul's on William Lamb - foul #2 on William Lamb, team foul #5 | 33-28 |
| Subs | UConn | Christopher Foster (PG), Frank Smith (PF) Matthew French, Denis Farley | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Fernando Lopez (C) Ronnie Lambert | |
| 14:53 | Cincinnati | Gary Travis makes the 1st free throw | 33-29 |
| 14:53 | Cincinnati | Gary Travis misses the 2nd free throw | 33-29 |
| 14:53 | UConn | Keith Jones snags the defensive board | 33-29 |
| 14:36 | UConn | Frank Smith can't connect on a fadeaway from the left side but he's fouled by Gary Travis - foul #4 on Gary Travis, team foul #2 | 33-29 |
| Subs | UConn | Timothy Clark (C) Keith Jones | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Marco Costa (SG), Gary Galusha (PF) Bill Pace, Gary Travis | |
| 14:36 | UConn | Frank Smith misses the 1st free throw | 33-29 |
| 14:36 | UConn | Frank Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 34-29 |
| 14:10 | Cincinnati | David Baker evades the doubleteam and hits a 3pt shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Fernando Lopez | 34-32 |
| 13:49 | UConn | Christopher Foster scores on a 3 pointer from straight away set up by Richard Hille | 37-32 |
| 13:20 | Cincinnati | Fernando Lopez clanks a pull-up jumper from the left side | 37-32 |
| 13:19 | UConn | Timothy Clark grabs the board | 37-32 |
| 13:05 | UConn | Fernando Lopez steals the ball from Timothy Clark | 37-32 |
| 12:36 | Cincinnati | David Baker misses long on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 37-32 |
| 12:34 | UConn | Timothy Clark gets the rebound | 37-32 |
| 12:07 | UConn | Richard Hille knocks in the 3pt shot from straight away | 40-32 |
| 11:47 | Cincinnati | David Baker misses long on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 40-32 |
| 11:45 | Cincinnati | Fernando Lopez gets the offensive rebound | 40-32 |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Christopher Foster (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Richard Hille (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - William Lamb (fairly fresh) PF - Frank Smith (fresh) 1 pts. C - Timothy Clark (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - David Baker (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Marco Costa (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Vito Bruno (fairly fresh) PF - Gary Galusha (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. C - Fernando Lopez (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 11:25 | Cincinnati | David Baker evades the doubleteam and hits a 3 from straight away on a nice dish by Vito Bruno | 40-35 |
| 11:13 | UConn | Timothy Clark comes up short on the turnaround from the right block but he's fouled by Fernando Lopez - foul #2 on Fernando Lopez, team foul #3 | 40-35 |
| Subs | UConn | Matthew French (PG), Earl Stodolski (SG), Jeremy Miller (SF), Denis Farley (PF) Christopher Foster, Richard Hille, William Lamb, Frank Smith | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Bill Pace (SF), Ronnie Lambert (PF) Vito Bruno, Gary Galusha | |
| 11:13 | UConn | Timothy Clark makes the 1st free throw | 41-35 |
| 11:13 | UConn | Timothy Clark misses the 2nd free throw | 41-35 |
| 11:13 | Cincinnati | Ronnie Lambert grabs the board | 41-35 |
| 10:48 | Cincinnati | David Baker loses the ball out of bounds against a doubleteam | 41-35 |
| Subs | UConn | Keith Jones (C) Timothy Clark | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 10:30 | UConn | Denis Farley can't connect on a 3 from the right wing | 41-35 |
| 10:28 | Cincinnati | Fernando Lopez grabs the defensive rebound | 41-35 |
| 10:09 | Cincinnati | Marco Costa clanks a jump hook near the basket | 41-35 |
| 10:08 | Cincinnati | Ronnie Lambert hits the follow up shot | 41-37 |
| 09:44 | UConn | Earl Stodolski scores on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a nice dish by Matthew French | 43-37 |
| 09:30 | Cincinnati | David Baker shoots over the doubleteam but comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 43-37 |
| 09:29 | UConn | Keith Jones snags the defensive board | 43-37 |
| 09:22 | UConn | Jeremy Miller misses long on a driving attempt from the baseline but the foul's on Bill Pace - foul #1 on Bill Pace, team foul #4 | 43-37 |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Vito Bruno (SG), Gary Galusha (PF) Marco Costa, Fernando Lopez | |
| 09:22 | UConn | Jeremy Miller misses the 1st free throw | 43-37 |
| 09:22 | UConn | Jeremy Miller misses the 2nd free throw | 43-37 |
| 09:22 | Cincinnati | Ronnie Lambert pulls down the rebound | 43-37 |
| 09:02 | Cincinnati | Jeremy Miller swats the shot by Gary Galusha | 43-37 |
| 09:01 | UConn | Keith Jones grabs the defensive rebound | 43-37 |
| 08:43 | UConn | Denis Farley hits the front of the rim on the turnaround near the basket | 43-37 |
| 08:41 | UConn | Jeremy Miller tips it home | 45-37 |
| 08:24 | Cincinnati | Ronnie Lambert's pass is intercepted by Earl Stodolski | 45-37 |
| 08:21 | UConn | Jeremy Miller slams it home on a great pass from Earl Stodolski | 47-37 |
| 08:04 | Cincinnati | The pull-up jumper by David Baker is blocked by Keith Jones | 47-37 |
| 08:02 | UConn | Jeremy Miller gets the rebound | 47-37 |
| 07:38 | UConn | Earl Stodolski is fouled on the floor by Ronnie Lambert - foul #3 on Ronnie Lambert, team foul #5 | 47-37 |
| Subs | UConn | Richard Hille (SG), William Lamb (SF), Timothy Clark (C) Earl Stodolski, Jeremy Miller, Keith Jones | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Marco Costa (SG), Gary Travis (PF) David Baker, Gary Galusha | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Matthew French (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Richard Hille (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - William Lamb (fresh) PF - Denis Farley (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Timothy Clark (fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Vito Bruno (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Marco Costa (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Bill Pace (fresh) 10 pts. 3 reb. PF - Gary Travis (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. 4 pf. C - Ronnie Lambert (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:09 | UConn | Richard Hille is fouled on the floor by Marco Costa - foul #1 on Marco Costa, team foul #6 | 47-37 |
| 06:43 | UConn | Vito Bruno steals the ball from Timothy Clark | 47-37 |
| 06:39 | Cincinnati | Bill Pace lays it in set up by Vito Bruno | 47-39 |
| 06:32 | UConn | The short jumper by Timothy Clark is denied by Ronnie Lambert | 47-39 |
| 06:30 | UConn | Richard Hille hits the follow up shot | 49-39 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a triangle offense and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| 06:16 | Cincinnati | Gary Travis scores on a turnaround from the baseline and the foul's on Richard Hille - foul #1 on Richard Hille, team foul #6 | 49-41 |
| Subs | UConn | Christopher Foster (PG), Earl Stodolski (SG), Jeremy Miller (SF), Frank Smith (PF) Matthew French, Richard Hille, William Lamb, Denis Farley | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | David Baker (PG), Gary Galusha (C) Vito Bruno, Ronnie Lambert | |
| 06:16 | Cincinnati | Gary Travis makes the free throw | 49-42 |
| 05:47 | UConn | Jeremy Miller hits a jumper from the right wing | 51-42 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| 05:18 | Cincinnati | Gary Travis blows the layup | 51-42 |
| 05:17 | Cincinnati | Gary Galusha grabs the offensive board | 51-42 |
| 04:53 | Cincinnati | Bill Pace makes the turnaround from the left block set up by David Baker | 51-44 |
| 04:29 | UConn | Frank Smith is fouled on the floor by Gary Travis - foul #5 on Gary Travis, team foul #7 | 51-44 |
| Subs | UConn | Matthew French (PG) Christopher Foster | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Vito Bruno (PG), Fernando Lopez (C) David Baker, Gary Travis | |
| 04:29 | UConn | Frank Smith makes the 1st free throw | 52-44 |
| 04:29 | UConn | Frank Smith misses the 2nd free throw | 52-44 |
| 04:29 | Cincinnati | Bill Pace snags the defensive board | 52-44 |
| 04:09 | Cincinnati | Marco Costa is fouled on the floor by Frank Smith - foul #1 on Frank Smith, team foul #7 | 52-44 |
| Subs | UConn | William Lamb (SF), Denis Farley (PF) Jeremy Miller, Frank Smith | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 04:09 | Cincinnati | Marco Costa makes the 1st free throw | 52-45 |
| 04:09 | Cincinnati | Marco Costa makes the 2nd free throw | 52-46 |
| 03:42 | UConn | Denis Farley can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 52-46 |
| 03:41 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Marco Costa | 52-46 |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Matthew French (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SG - Earl Stodolski (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SF - William Lamb (fresh) PF - Denis Farley (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Timothy Clark (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | Cincinnati | PG - Vito Bruno (fresh) 2 ast. SG - Marco Costa (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Bill Pace (fairly fresh) 14 pts. 4 reb. PF - Gary Galusha (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. C - Fernando Lopez (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 03:12 | Cincinnati | Bill Pace can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 52-46 |
| 03:10 | UConn | The rebound goes to William Lamb | 52-46 |
| 02:55 | UConn | Earl Stodolski comes up short on the floater from the left side | 52-46 |
| 02:54 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Fernando Lopez | 52-46 |
| 02:54 | Cincinnati | Cincinnati calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 52-46 |
| Subs | UConn | Jeremy Miller (SF) William Lamb | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | David Baker (PG) Marco Costa | |
| 02:36 | Cincinnati | Vito Bruno is whistled for a carry | 52-46 |
| 02:13 | UConn | Denis Farley blows the layup | 52-46 |
| 02:11 | Cincinnati | The rebound goes to Fernando Lopez | 52-46 |
| 01:49 | Cincinnati | David Baker is bothered by a doubleteam and misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 52-46 |
| 01:48 | UConn | The rebound goes to Jeremy Miller | 52-46 |
| 01:32 | UConn | Jeremy Miller misses badly on a fadeaway from the right wing but he's hacked by Bill Pace - foul #2 on Bill Pace, team foul #8 | 52-46 |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Marco Costa (SG) Vito Bruno | |
| 01:32 | UConn | Jeremy Miller makes the 1st free throw | 53-46 |
| 01:32 | UConn | Jeremy Miller makes the 2nd free throw | 54-46 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a triangle offense (slowdown) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| 01:24 | Cincinnati | Bill Pace makes the floater from the right wing | 54-48 |
| 01:07 | UConn | Timothy Clark connects on the pull-up jumper from the left side on a nice dish by Matthew French and he's hacked by Fernando Lopez - foul #3 on Fernando Lopez, team foul #9 | 56-48 |
| 01:07 | UConn | Timothy Clark makes the free throw | 57-48 |
| 00:54 | Cincinnati | David Baker scores on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 57-51 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| 00:52 | UConn | David Baker is called for the reach on Matthew French in the backcourt - foul #3 on David Baker, team foul #10 | 57-51 |
| Subs | UConn | Richard Hille (SG) Earl Stodolski | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | | |
| 00:52 | UConn | Matthew French makes the 1st free throw | 58-51 |
| 00:52 | UConn | Matthew French makes the 2nd free throw | 59-51 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| 00:45 | Cincinnati | Bill Pace's floater is knocked away by Denis Farley | 59-51 |
| 00:44 | Cincinnati | Fernando Lopez pulls down the offensive rebound | 59-51 |
| 00:42 | Cincinnati | David Baker evades the doubleteam but misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 59-51 |
| 00:40 | UConn | Jeremy Miller snags the defensive board | 59-51 |
| 00:38 | UConn | Jeremy Miller is fouled in the backcourt by David Baker - foul #4 on David Baker, team foul #11 | 59-51 |
| 00:38 | UConn | Jeremy Miller misses the 1st free throw | 59-51 |
| 00:38 | UConn | Jeremy Miller makes the 2nd free throw | 60-51 |
| 00:32 | Cincinnati | Bill Pace is open but comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 60-51 |
| 00:30 | UConn | Matthew French gets the rebound | 60-51 |
| 00:28 | UConn | Matthew French is fouled in the backcourt by David Baker - foul #5 on David Baker, team foul #12 | 60-51 |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| Subs | Cincinnati | Vito Bruno (PG) David Baker | |
| 00:28 | UConn | Matthew French makes the 1st free throw | 61-51 |
| 00:28 | UConn | Matthew French makes the 2nd free throw | 62-51 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-3) | |
| 00:23 | Cincinnati | Timothy Clark blocks the jumper by Bill Pace | 62-51 |
| 00:21 | UConn | Jeremy Miller pulls down the rebound | 62-51 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 3-2 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Cincinnati | Cincinnati is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 3-2 zone (-3) | |
| 00:00 | UConn | Matthew French runs out the clock | 62-51 |