| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - William Smock (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Dewey Smtih (fresh) 4 pts. SF - Conrad Jensen (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Owen Schober (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - Albert Choate (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Lawrence Campbell (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Gonzalo Ferrari (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SF - Raul Castro (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Mile Kotowski (fresh) 9 pts. C - Filiberto Bruno (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Rutgers | Conrad Jensen inbounds the ball | 22-31 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 19:44 | Rutgers | Dewey Smtih misses badly on a floater in the paint | 22-31 |
| 19:43 | Villanova | Filiberto Bruno pulls down the rebound | 22-31 |
| 19:21 | Villanova | Raul Castro's floater is tipped away by Owen Schober | 22-31 |
| 19:19 | Villanova | Mile Kotowski grabs the offensive board | 22-31 |
| 19:02 | Villanova | The jumper by Gonzalo Ferrari is denied by Albert Choate | 22-31 |
| 19:01 | Rutgers | Conrad Jensen grabs the defensive rebound | 22-31 |
| 18:38 | Rutgers | Owen Schober comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the right wing but he's fouled by Lawrence Campbell - foul #3 on Lawrence Campbell, team foul #1 | 22-31 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Villanova | Lee Tylor (PG) Lawrence Campbell | |
| 18:38 | Rutgers | Owen Schober makes the 1st free throw | 23-31 |
| 18:38 | Rutgers | Owen Schober makes the 2nd free throw | 24-31 |
| 18:25 | Villanova | Raul Castro blows the layup | 24-31 |
| 18:23 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to Dewey Smtih | 24-31 |
| 18:01 | Rutgers | Conrad Jensen hits a floater from the free throw line set up by William Smock and he's fouled by Raul Castro - foul #2 on Raul Castro, team foul #2 | 26-31 |
| 18:01 | Rutgers | Conrad Jensen makes the free throw | 27-31 |
| 17:41 | Villanova | Filiberto Bruno clanks a jumper from the right side | 27-31 |
| 17:39 | Villanova | Raul Castro snags the offensive board | 27-31 |
| 17:20 | Villanova | Mile Kotowski makes the shot from the left side | 27-33 |
| 17:11 | Rutgers | Owen Schober hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 27-33 |
| 17:10 | Villanova | Gonzalo Ferrari gets the rebound | 27-33 |
| 16:54 | Villanova | Filiberto Bruno lays it up and in set up by Mile Kotowski | 27-35 |
| 16:30 | Rutgers | Dewey Smtih is hacked by Lee Tylor - foul #1 on Lee Tylor, team foul #3 | 27-35 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Marijan Slawski (PG), Thomas Hadley (SG), Richard Bergman (SF), Marco Costa (PF), Jay Upchurch (C) William Smock, Dewey Smtih, Conrad Jensen, Owen Schober, Albert Choate | |
| Subs | Villanova | Jason Dudley (SG), Gabriel Showers (SF), Gregory Pruitt (PF), Mark Frechette (C) Gonzalo Ferrari, Raul Castro, Mile Kotowski, Filiberto Bruno | |
| 16:15 | Rutgers | Gabriel Showers is called for the reach on Thomas Hadley - foul #2 on Gabriel Showers, team foul #4 | 27-35 |
| 16:09 | Rutgers | The jump hook by Marijan Slawski is blocked by Mark Frechette | 27-35 |
| 16:08 | Rutgers | Thomas Hadley tips it home | 29-35 |
| 15:52 | Villanova | Gabriel Showers comes up short on the floater from the right wing but the foul's on Richard Bergman - foul #2 on Richard Bergman, team foul #1 | 29-35 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Thomas Webb (PG) Thomas Hadley | |
| Subs | Villanova | Lawrence Campbell (PG) Lee Tylor | |
| 15:52 | Villanova | Gabriel Showers makes the 1st free throw | 29-36 |
| 15:52 | Villanova | Gabriel Showers makes the 2nd free throw | 29-37 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Thomas Webb (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. 3 pf. SG - Marijan Slawski (fresh) 5 pts. SF - Richard Bergman (fresh) PF - Marco Costa (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Jay Upchurch (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Lawrence Campbell (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Jason Dudley (fresh) SF - Gabriel Showers (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Gregory Pruitt (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Mark Frechette (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 15:32 | Rutgers | Marco Costa misses badly on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 29-37 |
| 15:30 | Rutgers | Thomas Webb tips it but misses | 29-37 |
| 15:29 | Villanova | Gregory Pruitt snags the defensive board | 29-37 |
| 15:14 | Villanova | Mark Frechette hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 29-37 |
| 15:13 | Rutgers | Richard Bergman snags the defensive board | 29-37 |
| 15:01 | Rutgers | Marco Costa can't connect on a 3 from straight away | 29-37 |
| 14:59 | Villanova | Lawrence Campbell grabs the defensive rebound | 29-37 |
| 14:45 | Villanova | Gabriel Showers loses the dribble to Marco Costa | 29-37 |
| 14:32 | Rutgers | Marco Costa misses badly on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 29-37 |
| 14:30 | Villanova | Gabriel Showers snags the defensive board | 29-37 |
| 14:12 | Villanova | Gregory Pruitt knocks in the shot in the paint on a nice dish by Gabriel Showers and he's fouled by Marijan Slawski - foul #1 on Marijan Slawski, team foul #2 | 29-39 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Dewey Smtih (SG), Conrad Jensen (SF), Owen Schober (PF), Albert Choate (C) Marijan Slawski, Richard Bergman, Marco Costa, Jay Upchurch | |
| Subs | Villanova | Gonzalo Ferrari (SG), Raul Castro (SF), Filiberto Bruno (C) Jason Dudley, Gabriel Showers, Mark Frechette | |
| 14:12 | Villanova | Gregory Pruitt makes the free throw | 29-40 |
| 13:50 | Rutgers | Albert Choate splits the doubleteam but misses short on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 29-40 |
| 13:49 | Rutgers | Conrad Jensen hits the follow up shot | 31-40 |
| 13:30 | Villanova | Lawrence Campbell is fouled on the floor by Thomas Webb - foul #4 on Thomas Webb, team foul #3 | 31-40 |
| Subs | Rutgers | William Smock (PG) Thomas Webb | |
| Subs | Villanova | Mile Kotowski (PF) Gregory Pruitt | |
| 13:17 | Villanova | Conrad Jensen steals it from Gonzalo Ferrari | 31-40 |
| 13:12 | Rutgers | Conrad Jensen lays it in | 33-40 |
| 12:59 | Villanova | Lawrence Campbell is called for a charge - foul #4 on Lawrence Campbell, team foul #5 | 33-40 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Villanova | Lee Tylor (PG) Lawrence Campbell | |
| 12:45 | Rutgers | Dewey Smtih drills a floater in the paint | 35-40 |
| 12:34 | Villanova | Gonzalo Ferrari comes up short on the driving attempt in the lane | 35-40 |
| 12:33 | Villanova | Mile Kotowski grabs the offensive board | 35-40 |
| 12:19 | Villanova | Filiberto Bruno misses short on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 35-40 |
| 12:18 | Villanova | Filiberto Bruno snags the offensive board | 35-40 |
| 12:09 | Villanova | Filiberto Bruno knocks in the fadeaway jumper from the right side on a great pass from Lee Tylor and he's hacked by Albert Choate - foul #3 on Albert Choate, team foul #4 | 35-42 |
| 12:09 | Villanova | Filiberto Bruno makes the free throw | 35-43 |
| 11:48 | Rutgers | Owen Schober misses long on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 35-43 |
| 11:46 | Rutgers | The offensive rebound goes to William Smock | 35-43 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - William Smock (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dewey Smtih (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Conrad Jensen (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. PF - Owen Schober (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - Albert Choate (fresh) 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Lee Tylor (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Gonzalo Ferrari (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SF - Raul Castro (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. PF - Mile Kotowski (fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. C - Filiberto Bruno (fresh) 11 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:36 | Rutgers | Dewey Smtih misses short on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 35-43 |
| 11:34 | Villanova | Filiberto Bruno snags the defensive board | 35-43 |
| 11:16 | Villanova | Filiberto Bruno misses short on a driving attempt in the paint | 35-43 |
| 11:15 | Rutgers | Albert Choate gets the rebound | 35-43 |
| 11:07 | Rutgers | Dewey Smtih comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 35-43 |
| 11:06 | Rutgers | Dewey Smtih gets the offensive rebound | 35-43 |
| 10:46 | Rutgers | Filiberto Bruno takes the ball from William Smock | 35-43 |
| 10:37 | Villanova | Mile Kotowski can't connect on a 3 from the left corner | 35-43 |
| 10:35 | Rutgers | The rebound goes to William Smock | 35-43 |
| 10:17 | Rutgers | Dewey Smtih misses short on a floater from the right wing | 35-43 |
| 10:16 | Villanova | Lee Tylor grabs the board | 35-43 |
| 10:09 | Villanova | Raul Castro drills a fadeaway in the lane on a great pass from Mile Kotowski and he's hacked by Conrad Jensen - foul #2 on Conrad Jensen, team foul #5 | 35-45 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Marijan Slawski (PG), Thomas Hadley (SG), Richard Bergman (SF), Marco Costa (PF), Jay Upchurch (C) William Smock, Dewey Smtih, Conrad Jensen, Owen Schober, Albert Choate | |
| Subs | Villanova | Jason Dudley (SG), Gregory Pruitt (PF), Mark Frechette (C) Gonzalo Ferrari, Mile Kotowski, Filiberto Bruno | |
| 10:09 | Villanova | Raul Castro makes the free throw | 35-46 |
| 09:48 | Rutgers | Marijan Slawski's floater is knocked away by Raul Castro | 35-46 |
| 09:46 | Villanova | Jason Dudley pulls down the rebound | 35-46 |
| 09:31 | Villanova | Raul Castro drills a fadeaway from the right block on a great pass from Lee Tylor | 35-48 |
| 09:26 | Rutgers | Jason Dudley is called for the reach on Thomas Hadley - foul #3 on Jason Dudley, team foul #6 | 35-48 |
| Subs | Rutgers | | |
| Subs | Villanova | Gabriel Showers (SF) Raul Castro | |
| 09:21 | Rutgers | Thomas Hadley misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 35-48 |
| 09:20 | Villanova | The rebound goes to Lee Tylor | 35-48 |
| 08:58 | Villanova | Gregory Pruitt dunks the ball on a great pass from Jason Dudley | 35-50 |
| 08:43 | Rutgers | Jay Upchurch can't connect on a fadeaway from the free throw line | 35-50 |
| 08:41 | Villanova | Gabriel Showers grabs the defensive rebound | 35-50 |
| 08:18 | Villanova | Mark Frechette scores on a floater from the left wing set up by Lee Tylor and he's hacked by Jay Upchurch - foul #2 on Jay Upchurch, team foul #6 | 35-52 |
| Subs | Rutgers | William Smock (PG), Dewey Smtih (SG), Conrad Jensen (SF), Owen Schober (PF), Albert Choate (C) Marijan Slawski, Thomas Hadley, Richard Bergman, Marco Costa, Jay Upchurch | |
| Subs | Villanova | Gonzalo Ferrari (SG), Mile Kotowski (PF) Jason Dudley, Gregory Pruitt | |
| 08:18 | Villanova | Mark Frechette makes the free throw | 35-53 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 07:57 | Rutgers | Conrad Jensen hits a driving attempt in the paint set up by Owen Schober and he's hacked by Gabriel Showers - foul #3 on Gabriel Showers, team foul #7 | 37-53 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Thomas Webb (PG) William Smock | |
| Subs | Villanova | Lawrence Campbell (PG), Filiberto Bruno (C) Lee Tylor, Mark Frechette | |
| 07:57 | Rutgers | Conrad Jensen makes the free throw | 38-53 |
| 07:36 | Villanova | Gonzalo Ferrari hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left side | 38-53 |
| 07:34 | Rutgers | Conrad Jensen snags the defensive board | 38-53 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Thomas Webb (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. 4 pf. SG - Dewey Smtih (fresh) 6 pts. SF - Conrad Jensen (fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. PF - Owen Schober (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - Albert Choate (fresh) 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Lawrence Campbell (fresh) 1 ast. 4 pf. SG - Gonzalo Ferrari (fresh) 1 pts. 2 ast. SF - Gabriel Showers (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. PF - Mile Kotowski (fresh) 11 pts. 2 reb. C - Filiberto Bruno (fresh) 11 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 07:24 | Rutgers | Dewey Smtih misses the easy layup | 38-53 |
| 07:23 | Villanova | Lawrence Campbell pulls down the rebound | 38-53 |
| 07:18 | Villanova | Lawrence Campbell misses badly on a shot from the left wing | 38-53 |
| 07:16 | Rutgers | Conrad Jensen pulls down the rebound | 38-53 |
| 07:03 | Rutgers | Conrad Jensen's pass is intercepted by Filiberto Bruno | 38-53 |
| 06:51 | Villanova | Gabriel Showers can't finish the layup | 38-53 |
| 06:50 | Rutgers | Albert Choate grabs the defensive rebound | 38-53 |
| 06:39 | Rutgers | Thomas Webb hits the front of the rim on the floater from the left side | 38-53 |
| 06:37 | Villanova | Mile Kotowski grabs the defensive rebound | 38-53 |
| 06:13 | Villanova | Mile Kotowski is hacked by Owen Schober - foul #1 on Owen Schober, team foul #7 | 38-53 |
| Subs | Rutgers | William Smock (SF), Marco Costa (PF) Conrad Jensen, Owen Schober | |
| Subs | Villanova | Raul Castro (SF) Gabriel Showers | |
| 06:13 | Villanova | Mile Kotowski makes the 1st free throw | 38-54 |
| 06:13 | Villanova | Mile Kotowski makes the 2nd free throw | 38-55 |
| 05:55 | Rutgers | Dewey Smtih drills a 3 pointer from the right wing set up by Thomas Webb | 41-55 |
| 05:35 | Villanova | Gonzalo Ferrari banks in the layup on a great pass from Raul Castro | 41-57 |
| 05:13 | Rutgers | Marco Costa comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left side but the foul's on Filiberto Bruno - foul #1 on Filiberto Bruno, team foul #8 | 41-57 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Owen Schober (PF) Albert Choate | |
| Subs | Villanova | Gregory Pruitt (PF) Mile Kotowski | |
| 05:13 | Rutgers | Marco Costa makes the 1st free throw | 42-57 |
| 05:13 | Rutgers | Marco Costa makes the 2nd free throw | 43-57 |
| 04:53 | Villanova | Gregory Pruitt's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 43-57 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Conrad Jensen (SF) Dewey Smtih | |
| Subs | Villanova | Lee Tylor (PG), Jason Dudley (SG), Mark Frechette (C) Lawrence Campbell, Gonzalo Ferrari, Filiberto Bruno | |
| 04:44 | Rutgers | Marco Costa makes the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 46-57 |
| 04:24 | Villanova | Raul Castro knocks in the jump hook in the paint | 46-59 |
| 04:16 | Rutgers | Marco Costa drills a jumpshot from the right wing set up by Thomas Webb | 48-59 |
| 03:48 | Villanova | Marco Costa denies the turnaround by Raul Castro | 48-59 |
| 03:47 | Villanova | Raul Castro gets the offensive rebound | 48-59 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:32 | Villanova | Mark Frechette drills a 3pt shot from the left wing | 48-62 |
| Lineup | Rutgers | PG - Thomas Webb (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 3 ast. 2 stl. 4 pf. SG - William Smock (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Conrad Jensen (fresh) 10 pts. 7 reb. PF - Owen Schober (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - Marco Costa (fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Lee Tylor (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Jason Dudley (fresh) 2 reb. 3 pf. SF - Raul Castro (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. PF - Gregory Pruitt (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. C - Mark Frechette (fresh) 12 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 03:09 | Rutgers | Thomas Webb scores on a 3pt shot from the left corner set up by Conrad Jensen | 51-62 |
| 03:09 | Villanova | Villanova calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 51-62 |
| Subs | Rutgers | Dewey Smtih (SG), Albert Choate (C) William Smock, Marco Costa | |
| Subs | Villanova | Lawrence Campbell (PG), Gonzalo Ferrari (SG), Mile Kotowski (PF), Filiberto Bruno (C) Lee Tylor, Jason Dudley, Gregory Pruitt, Mark Frechette | |
| 02:54 | Villanova | Mile Kotowski makes the 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Lawrence Campbell | 51-65 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:30 | Rutgers | Owen Schober hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 51-65 |
| 02:28 | Villanova | Filiberto Bruno gets the rebound | 51-65 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 02:10 | Villanova | Lawrence Campbell hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the left side | 51-65 |
| 02:09 | Rutgers | Albert Choate gets the rebound | 51-65 |
| 01:50 | Rutgers | Albert Choate drills a runner in the paint on a great pass from Dewey Smtih | 53-65 |
| 01:29 | Villanova | Gonzalo Ferrari is fouled on the floor by Thomas Webb - foul #5 on Thomas Webb, team foul #8 | 53-65 |
| Subs | Rutgers | William Smock (PG), Marijan Slawski (SG), Richard Bergman (SF), Marco Costa (PF), Jay Upchurch (C) Thomas Webb, Dewey Smtih, Conrad Jensen, Owen Schober, Albert Choate | |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| 01:29 | Villanova | Gonzalo Ferrari makes the 1st free throw | 53-66 |
| 01:29 | Villanova | Gonzalo Ferrari misses the 2nd free throw | 53-66 |
| 01:29 | Rutgers | Marco Costa pulls down the rebound | 53-66 |
| 01:12 | Rutgers | Marijan Slawski scores on a jumpshot from just outside the lane | 55-66 |
| 00:53 | Villanova | Mile Kotowski connects on the 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Lawrence Campbell | 55-69 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:48 | Rutgers | Jay Upchurch is fouled on the floor by Filiberto Bruno - foul #2 on Filiberto Bruno, team foul #9 | 55-69 |
| 00:48 | Rutgers | Jay Upchurch misses the 1st free throw | 55-69 |
| 00:48 | Villanova | The rebound goes to Filiberto Bruno | 55-69 |
| Game Plan | Rutgers | Rutgers is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:27 | Villanova | Raul Castro clanks a fadeaway from close range but he's hacked by Richard Bergman - foul #3 on Richard Bergman, team foul #9 | 55-69 |
| 00:27 | Villanova | Raul Castro makes the 1st free throw | 55-70 |
| 00:27 | Villanova | Raul Castro makes the 2nd free throw | 55-71 |
| 00:22 | Rutgers | Marijan Slawski misses badly on a pull-up jumper from the left side | 55-71 |
| 00:20 | Villanova | Raul Castro snags the defensive board | 55-71 |
| 00:00 | Villanova | Lawrence Campbell runs out the clock | 55-71 |