| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Joe Rogers (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Kevin Madden (fresh) 5 ast. SF - Kenneth Cook (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. PF - Shawn Derry (fresh) 3 reb. C - Joe West (fresh) 8 pts. 6 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Thomas O'Connell (fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Robert Jones (fresh) SF - Jose Cuevas (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. PF - Alvaro Morales (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - Elvin Rexford (fresh) 6 pts. | |
| 20:00 | Wisconsin | Kenneth Cook inbounds the ball | 37-22 |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-4) | |
| 19:39 | Wisconsin | Joe Rogers clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 37-22 |
| 19:37 | Notre Dame | Alvaro Morales gets the rebound | 37-22 |
| 19:28 | Notre Dame | Alvaro Morales misses badly on a jumper near the basket | 37-22 |
| 19:26 | Wisconsin | Joe West snags the defensive board | 37-22 |
| 19:06 | Wisconsin | Joe West buries a fadeaway jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Joe Rogers | 39-22 |
| 18:52 | Notre Dame | Thomas O'Connell clanks a driving attempt from close range | 39-22 |
| 18:50 | Wisconsin | Kenneth Cook snags the defensive board | 39-22 |
| 18:32 | Wisconsin | Joe Rogers is hacked by Thomas O'Connell - foul #1 on Thomas O'Connell, team foul #1 | 39-22 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Dikembe Abdin (PG), Mwla Akimseu (SF) Joe Rogers, Joe West | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 18:16 | Wisconsin | Dikembe Abdin misses badly on a runner from close range | 39-22 |
| 18:14 | Notre Dame | Alvaro Morales grabs the board | 39-22 |
| 17:56 | Notre Dame | Kenneth Cook takes the ball from Jose Cuevas | 39-22 |
| 17:45 | Wisconsin | Shawn Derry loses the dribble to Thomas O'Connell | 39-22 |
| 17:27 | Notre Dame | Alvaro Morales clanks a pull-up jumper from the left side | 39-22 |
| 17:26 | Notre Dame | Elvin Rexford tips it but misses | 39-22 |
| 17:24 | Notre Dame | Jose Cuevas tips it in | 39-24 |
| 16:56 | Wisconsin | Mwla Akimseu makes the turnaround from the left block on a great pass from Dikembe Abdin | 41-24 |
| 16:35 | Notre Dame | Elvin Rexford makes the floater from the right block on a nice dish by Jose Cuevas and he's hacked by Kenneth Cook - foul #1 on Kenneth Cook, team foul #1 | 41-26 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Joe Rogers (SF), Joe West (PF) Mwla Akimseu, Shawn Derry | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 16:35 | Notre Dame | Elvin Rexford makes the free throw | 41-27 |
| 16:09 | Wisconsin | Kenneth Cook loses the dribble to Elvin Rexford | 41-27 |
| 15:50 | Notre Dame | Elvin Rexford throws a bad pass out of bounds | 41-27 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Leo Green (PF) Kenneth Cook | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Dikembe Abdin (fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. SG - Kevin Madden (fairly fresh) 5 ast. SF - Joe Rogers (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. PF - Leo Green (fresh) 2 pts. 3 pf. C - Joe West (fresh) 10 pts. 7 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Thomas O'Connell (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 ast. SG - Robert Jones (fairly fresh) SF - Jose Cuevas (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Alvaro Morales (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. C - Elvin Rexford (fairly fresh) 9 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:35 | Wisconsin | Dikembe Abdin drills a runner near the basket on a great pass from Kevin Madden and he's hacked by Robert Jones - foul #3 on Robert Jones, team foul #2 | 43-27 |
| 15:35 | Wisconsin | Dikembe Abdin makes the free throw | 44-27 |
| 15:18 | Notre Dame | Dikembe Abdin steals it from Robert Jones | 44-27 |
| 14:59 | Wisconsin | Joe West misses the dunk | 44-27 |
| 14:58 | Notre Dame | Jose Cuevas grabs the board | 44-27 |
| 14:30 | Notre Dame | Kevin Madden is called for the reach on Robert Jones - foul #1 on Kevin Madden, team foul #2 | 44-27 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Kenneth Cook (SF) Dikembe Abdin | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 14:08 | Notre Dame | Leo Green steps in front of the Robert Jones pass | 44-27 |
| 13:52 | Wisconsin | Kevin Madden is fouled on the floor by Elvin Rexford - foul #3 on Elvin Rexford, team foul #3 | 44-27 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Shawn Derry (PF) Joe West | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 13:38 | Wisconsin | Joe Rogers knocks in the shot from the left wing on a great pass from Kevin Madden and he's hacked by Thomas O'Connell - foul #2 on Thomas O'Connell, team foul #4 | 46-27 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Joe West (C) Shawn Derry | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 13:38 | Wisconsin | Joe Rogers makes the free throw | 47-27 |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a flex offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-4) | |
| 13:29 | Notre Dame | Thomas O'Connell is whistled for an offensive foul - foul #3 on Thomas O'Connell, team foul #5 | 47-27 |
| 13:03 | Wisconsin | Robert Jones is called for the reach on Joe West - foul #4 on Robert Jones, team foul #6 | 47-27 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Dikembe Abdin (SG), Shawn Derry (PF) Kevin Madden, Joe West | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Melvin Phillippi (SG), Maynard Duke (SF) Robert Jones, Jose Cuevas | |
| 12:43 | Wisconsin | Shawn Derry throws a bad pass out of bounds | 47-27 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Kevin Madden (SG), Joe West (C) Dikembe Abdin, Shawn Derry | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 12:21 | Notre Dame | Melvin Phillippi is fouled on the floor by Kevin Madden - foul #2 on Kevin Madden, team foul #3 | 47-27 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Shawn Derry (PF) Joe West | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | William Kelley (PF) Alvaro Morales | |
| 12:15 | Notre Dame | Kevin Madden steals the ball from Melvin Phillippi | 47-27 |
| 12:12 | Wisconsin | Shawn Derry lays it in set up by Kevin Madden | 49-27 |
| 12:01 | Notre Dame | Elvin Rexford misses short on a shot from the left side | 49-27 |
| 11:59 | Wisconsin | The rebound goes to Kenneth Cook | 49-27 |
| 11:45 | Wisconsin | Joe Rogers clanks a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 49-27 |
| 11:43 | Wisconsin | Kenneth Cook pulls down the offensive rebound | 49-27 |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Joe Rogers (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SG - Kevin Madden (tiring) 8 ast. SF - Kenneth Cook (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. 2 stl. PF - Shawn Derry (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. C - Leo Green (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 stl. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Thomas O'Connell (tiring) 2 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Melvin Phillippi (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Maynard Duke (fresh) 4 pts. PF - William Kelley (fresh) 2 reb. C - Elvin Rexford (tiring) 9 pts. 2 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 11:30 | Wisconsin | Joe Rogers misses short on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 49-27 |
| 11:29 | Wisconsin | Kevin Madden hits the follow up shot | 51-27 |
| 11:08 | Notre Dame | Melvin Phillippi hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the right corner | 51-27 |
| 11:06 | Notre Dame | William Kelley snags the offensive board | 51-27 |
| 10:57 | Notre Dame | Thomas O'Connell misses the pull-up jumper from the right side but he's hacked by Kevin Madden - foul #3 on Kevin Madden, team foul #4 | 51-27 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Dikembe Abdin (PG), Joe West (C) Kenneth Cook, Shawn Derry | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Jose Cuevas (SG), Alvaro Morales (PF) Melvin Phillippi, William Kelley | |
| 10:57 | Notre Dame | Thomas O'Connell makes the 1st free throw | 51-28 |
| 10:57 | Notre Dame | Thomas O'Connell misses the 2nd free throw | 51-28 |
| 10:57 | Wisconsin | The rebound goes to Leo Green | 51-28 |
| 10:43 | Wisconsin | Kevin Madden is called for the offensive foul - foul #4 on Kevin Madden, team foul #5 | 51-28 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Kenneth Cook (SF) Kevin Madden | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Andre Morelock (PG) Thomas O'Connell | |
| 10:31 | Notre Dame | Alvaro Morales comes up short on the shot in the lane | 51-28 |
| 10:29 | Wisconsin | The rebound goes to Kenneth Cook | 51-28 |
| 10:11 | Wisconsin | Dikembe Abdin hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 51-28 |
| 10:10 | Notre Dame | Elvin Rexford snags the defensive board | 51-28 |
| 10:01 | Notre Dame | Jose Cuevas can't connect on a turnaround from the left block | 51-28 |
| 10:00 | Notre Dame | The offensive rebound goes to Elvin Rexford | 51-28 |
| 09:35 | Notre Dame | Maynard Duke lays it up and in | 51-30 |
| 09:23 | Wisconsin | Joe West makes the driving attempt in the paint on a great pass from Dikembe Abdin | 53-30 |
| 09:14 | Notre Dame | Maynard Duke misses long on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line but he's fouled by Kenneth Cook - foul #2 on Kenneth Cook, team foul #6 | 53-30 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Mwla Akimseu (SF), Shawn Derry (PF) Kenneth Cook, Joe West | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Thomas O'Connell (PG) Andre Morelock | |
| 09:14 | Notre Dame | Maynard Duke makes the 1st free throw | 53-31 |
| 09:14 | Notre Dame | Maynard Duke makes the 2nd free throw | 53-32 |
| 08:56 | Wisconsin | Joe Rogers buries a fadeaway from the right side | 55-32 |
| 08:43 | Notre Dame | Jose Cuevas hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right side | 55-32 |
| 08:41 | Wisconsin | Dikembe Abdin gets the rebound | 55-32 |
| 08:26 | Wisconsin | Dikembe Abdin misses the jumper in the lane | 55-32 |
| 08:25 | Wisconsin | Dikembe Abdin pulls down the offensive rebound | 55-32 |
| 08:17 | Wisconsin | Mwla Akimseu throws a bad pass out of bounds | 55-32 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Kenneth Cook (SF), Joe West (C) Mwla Akimseu, Shawn Derry | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Melvin Phillippi (SG) Maynard Duke | |
| 08:03 | Notre Dame | Jose Cuevas's pass is intercepted by Kenneth Cook | 55-32 |
| 07:46 | Wisconsin | Joe Rogers clanks a jumper from just outside the lane | 55-32 |
| 07:44 | Notre Dame | The rebound goes to Jose Cuevas | 55-32 |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Joe Rogers (tiring) 10 pts. 1 ast. SG - Dikembe Abdin (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 3 ast. SF - Kenneth Cook (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. 3 stl. PF - Leo Green (tiring) 2 pts. 2 stl. 3 pf. C - Joe West (fresh) 12 pts. 7 reb. 2 stl. | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Thomas O'Connell (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Melvin Phillippi (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Jose Cuevas (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. PF - Alvaro Morales (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 7 reb. C - Elvin Rexford (tiring) 9 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 07:29 | Notre Dame | Elvin Rexford lays it in on a nice dish by Thomas O'Connell | 55-34 |
| 07:25 | Wisconsin | Joe Rogers misses short on a floater from the right wing | 55-34 |
| 07:24 | Notre Dame | Elvin Rexford snags the defensive board | 55-34 |
| 07:13 | Notre Dame | Elvin Rexford misses the 3pt jumper from straight away | 55-34 |
| 07:11 | Wisconsin | Dikembe Abdin gets the rebound | 55-34 |
| 07:05 | Wisconsin | Jose Cuevas steps in front of the Joe West pass | 55-34 |
| 06:57 | Notre Dame | Elvin Rexford throws a bad pass out of bounds | 55-34 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Kevin Madden (SG), Shawn Derry (PF) Joe Rogers, Joe West | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Robert Jones (SG), William Kelley (SF), Joshua Johnson (PF) Thomas O'Connell, Jose Cuevas, Alvaro Morales | |
| 06:32 | Wisconsin | Dikembe Abdin hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 55-34 |
| 06:30 | Notre Dame | Joshua Johnson gets the rebound | 55-34 |
| 06:18 | Notre Dame | Elvin Rexford is fouled on the floor by Leo Green - foul #4 on Leo Green, team foul #7 | 55-34 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | William Blake (PG), Mwla Akimseu (SF), Cary Meeks (C) Kevin Madden, Kenneth Cook, Shawn Derry | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 06:18 | Notre Dame | Elvin Rexford makes the 1st free throw | 55-35 |
| 06:18 | Notre Dame | Elvin Rexford makes the 2nd free throw | 55-36 |
| 05:57 | Wisconsin | Dikembe Abdin drills a shot from just outside the lane and the foul's on Joshua Johnson - foul #2 on Joshua Johnson, team foul #7 | 57-36 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Thomas O'Connell (PG) Melvin Phillippi | |
| 05:57 | Wisconsin | Dikembe Abdin makes the free throw | 58-36 |
| 05:42 | Notre Dame | Elvin Rexford hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right corner | 58-36 |
| 05:41 | Wisconsin | Leo Green pulls down the rebound | 58-36 |
| 05:19 | Wisconsin | Mwla Akimseu misses short on a jumpshot from the left wing | 58-36 |
| 05:18 | Notre Dame | Joshua Johnson gets the rebound | 58-36 |
| 05:04 | Notre Dame | William Kelley's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 58-36 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Jose Cuevas (SF), Alvaro Morales (PF), Maynard Duke (C) William Kelley, Joshua Johnson, Elvin Rexford | |
| 04:49 | Wisconsin | Leo Green misses short on a fadeaway from close range but he's hacked by Alvaro Morales - foul #3 on Alvaro Morales, team foul #8 | 58-36 |
| 04:49 | Wisconsin | Leo Green makes the 1st free throw | 59-36 |
| 04:49 | Wisconsin | Leo Green makes the 2nd free throw | 60-36 |
| 04:37 | Notre Dame | Thomas O'Connell knocks in the fadeaway in the lane on a great pass from Jose Cuevas and he's fouled by William Blake - foul #1 on William Blake, team foul #8 | 60-38 |
| 04:37 | Notre Dame | Thomas O'Connell misses the free throw | 60-38 |
| 04:37 | Wisconsin | Leo Green snags the defensive board | 60-38 |
| 04:21 | Wisconsin | The jump hook by Leo Green is blocked by Maynard Duke | 60-38 |
| 04:19 | Wisconsin | Cary Meeks snags the offensive board | 60-38 |
| 03:50 | Wisconsin | Leo Green is whistled for a carry | 60-38 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Ralph Curry (SG) William Blake | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Melvin Phillippi (PG), Elvin Rexford (C) Thomas O'Connell, Maynard Duke | |
| 03:38 | Notre Dame | Alvaro Morales makes the floater near the basket on a nice dish by Robert Jones | 60-40 |
| Lineup | Wisconsin | PG - Dikembe Abdin (fairly fresh) 19 pts. 3 ast. SG - Ralph Curry (fresh) SF - Mwla Akimseu (fairly fresh) 4 pts. PF - Leo Green (tiring) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. 4 pf. C - Cary Meeks (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Notre Dame | PG - Melvin Phillippi (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Robert Jones (fresh) 1 ast. 4 pf. SF - Jose Cuevas (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. 2 stl. PF - Alvaro Morales (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. 3 pf. C - Elvin Rexford (tiring) 13 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| 03:20 | Wisconsin | Dikembe Abdin misses the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 60-40 |
| 03:18 | Notre Dame | Elvin Rexford snags the defensive board | 60-40 |
| 03:00 | Notre Dame | Leo Green is called for the reach on Jose Cuevas - foul #5 on Leo Green, team foul #9 | 60-40 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | Joe West (C) Leo Green | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | | |
| 03:00 | Notre Dame | Jose Cuevas makes the 1st free throw | 60-41 |
| 03:00 | Notre Dame | Jose Cuevas makes the 2nd free throw | 60-42 |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 02:31 | Wisconsin | Joe West scores on a shot in the lane on a great pass from Mwla Akimseu and he's fouled by Elvin Rexford - foul #4 on Elvin Rexford, team foul #9 | 62-42 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Thomas O'Connell (PG) Melvin Phillippi | |
| 02:31 | Wisconsin | Joe West makes the free throw | 63-42 |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a flex offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 02:18 | Notre Dame | Thomas O'Connell is hacked by Cary Meeks - foul #1 on Cary Meeks, team foul #10 | 63-42 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Maynard Duke (SF) Jose Cuevas | |
| 02:18 | Notre Dame | Thomas O'Connell misses the 1st free throw | 63-42 |
| 02:18 | Notre Dame | Thomas O'Connell makes the 2nd free throw | 63-43 |
| 01:49 | Wisconsin | Joe West comes up short on the shot in the paint | 63-43 |
| 01:48 | Notre Dame | Maynard Duke grabs the board | 63-43 |
| 01:42 | Notre Dame | Thomas O'Connell comes up short on the pull-up jumper from the left side | 63-43 |
| 01:40 | Wisconsin | Joe West pulls down the rebound | 63-43 |
| 01:20 | Wisconsin | Thomas O'Connell is called for the reach on Dikembe Abdin - foul #4 on Thomas O'Connell, team foul #10 | 63-43 |
| Subs | Wisconsin | William Blake (PG) Joe West | |
| Subs | Notre Dame | Jose Cuevas (SF) Maynard Duke | |
| 01:20 | Wisconsin | Dikembe Abdin makes the 1st free throw | 64-43 |
| 01:20 | Wisconsin | Dikembe Abdin makes the 2nd free throw | 65-43 |
| 01:05 | Notre Dame | Thomas O'Connell scores on a floater from close range | 65-45 |
| 00:36 | Wisconsin | Dikembe Abdin scores on a 3pt jumper from the right wing set up by William Blake | 68-45 |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin is playing a flex 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 (-2) | |
| 00:32 | Notre Dame | Elvin Rexford clanks a floater in the lane | 68-45 |
| 00:30 | Notre Dame | Robert Jones pulls down the offensive rebound | 68-45 |
| 00:27 | Notre Dame | Elvin Rexford's pass is intercepted by William Blake | 68-45 |
| Game Plan | Wisconsin | Wisconsin 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 (-2) | |
| 00:00 | Wisconsin | William Blake runs out the clock | 68-45 |