| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - David Whittaker (fresh) 8 pts. SG - David Bentz (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Dobromir Prusinski (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. PF - Aaron Rice (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. C - Fabian Conti (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - David Williams (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SG - Gerry Allsop (fresh) 2 ast. SF - Walter Rhoades (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Michael Henneberg (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. C - Jacob Darling (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 20:00 | Michigan State | Walter Rhoades inbounds the ball | 41-40 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a fastbreak offense and a fullcourt press (+2) | |
| 19:43 | Michigan State | Gerry Allsop misses long on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 41-40 |
| 19:42 | Kentucky | Dobromir Prusinski grabs the board | 41-40 |
| 19:21 | Kentucky | David Bentz misses badly on a 3 from the left wing | 41-40 |
| 19:20 | Kentucky | Dobromir Prusinski gets the offensive rebound | 41-40 |
| 19:05 | Kentucky | Dobromir Prusinski misses the fadeaway jumper from the left side | 41-40 |
| 19:03 | Michigan State | David Williams gets the rebound | 41-40 |
| 18:57 | Michigan State | Jacob Darling misses the runner in the paint | 41-40 |
| 18:55 | Michigan State | Jacob Darling tips it back up and in | 41-42 |
| 18:38 | Kentucky | Dobromir Prusinski drills a shot near the basket on a nice dish by David Bentz and he's fouled by David Williams - foul #2 on David Williams, team foul #1 | 43-42 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Kwamin Akuchie (PF) Aaron Rice | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Richard Madruga (PG), Lechoslaw Zach (SG), William Morrison (SF), Kelvin Victory (PF) David Williams, Gerry Allsop, Walter Rhoades, Michael Henneberg | |
| 18:38 | Kentucky | Dobromir Prusinski makes the free throw | 44-42 |
| 18:15 | Michigan State | Richard Madruga misses long on a jumper from the left side but he's fouled by David Whittaker - foul #2 on David Whittaker, team foul #1 | 44-42 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Alexander Meredith (PG), Dikembe Abdelmuti (SG), Gary Stagner (SF), Gregory Cummings (C) David Whittaker, David Bentz, Dobromir Prusinski, Fabian Conti | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Charles Bonar (C) Jacob Darling | |
| 18:15 | Michigan State | Richard Madruga misses the 1st free throw | 44-42 |
| 18:15 | Michigan State | Richard Madruga makes the 2nd free throw | 44-43 |
| 17:55 | Kentucky | Dikembe Abdelmuti misses short on a shot from close range but he's fouled by Charles Bonar - foul #2 on Charles Bonar, team foul #2 | 44-43 |
| 17:55 | Kentucky | Dikembe Abdelmuti makes the 1st free throw | 45-43 |
| 17:55 | Kentucky | Dikembe Abdelmuti makes the 2nd free throw | 46-43 |
| 17:48 | Michigan State | Charles Bonar comes up short on the 3pt jumper from the left wing | 46-43 |
| 17:46 | Michigan State | Richard Madruga grabs the offensive board | 46-43 |
| 17:28 | Michigan State | Charles Bonar knocks in the runner near the basket | 46-45 |
| 17:16 | Kentucky | Dikembe Abdelmuti's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 46-45 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Dobromir Prusinski (SF), Aaron Rice (PF) Gary Stagner, Kwamin Akuchie | |
| Subs | Michigan State | David Williams (PG), Jeff Jefferson (SG), Walter Rhoades (SF), Adam Merrill (PF) Richard Madruga, Lechoslaw Zach, William Morrison, Kelvin Victory | |
| 17:07 | Michigan State | Walter Rhoades throws a bad pass out of bounds | 46-45 |
| Subs | Kentucky | David Whittaker (PG) Alexander Meredith | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Gerry Allsop (SG) Jeff Jefferson | |
| 16:46 | Kentucky | Dobromir Prusinski misses the 3pt attempt from straight away | 46-45 |
| 16:44 | Kentucky | Gregory Cummings hits the follow up shot | 48-45 |
| 16:42 | Michigan State | David Williams is fouled in the backcourt by David Whittaker - foul #3 on David Whittaker, team foul #2 | 48-45 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Alexander Meredith (PG), David Bentz (SG), Fabian Conti (C) David Whittaker, Dikembe Abdelmuti, Gregory Cummings | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Michael Henneberg (PF), Jacob Darling (C) Adam Merrill, Charles Bonar | |
| 16:37 | Michigan State | Gerry Allsop misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 48-45 |
| 16:35 | Michigan State | Walter Rhoades tips it home | 48-47 |
| 16:12 | Kentucky | Aaron Rice misses short on a 3 from the right wing | 48-47 |
| 16:10 | Michigan State | David Williams grabs the defensive rebound | 48-47 |
| 16:05 | Michigan State | Walter Rhoades banks in the layup on a nice dish by Michael Henneberg | 48-49 |
| 16:02 | Kentucky | Alexander Meredith loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 48-49 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Gary Stagner (SF), Kwamin Akuchie (PF) Dobromir Prusinski, Aaron Rice | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Richard Madruga (PG), Jeff Jefferson (SG), William Morrison (SF), Adam Merrill (PF) David Williams, Gerry Allsop, Walter Rhoades, Michael Henneberg | |
| 15:49 | Michigan State | Richard Madruga clanks a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 48-49 |
| 15:48 | Kentucky | Fabian Conti grabs the board | 48-49 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - Alexander Meredith (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - David Bentz (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. SF - Gary Stagner (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Kwamin Akuchie (fresh) 2 pts. C - Fabian Conti (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Richard Madruga (fresh) 13 pts. 2 stl. SG - Jeff Jefferson (fresh) 4 pts. SF - William Morrison (fresh) PF - Adam Merrill (fresh) 3 reb. C - Jacob Darling (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| 15:29 | Kentucky | Kwamin Akuchie misses the floater from the left wing | 48-49 |
| 15:27 | Michigan State | Adam Merrill gets the rebound | 48-49 |
| 15:12 | Michigan State | Richard Madruga can't connect on a 3 from the left corner | 48-49 |
| 15:11 | Michigan State | William Morrison snags the offensive board | 48-49 |
| 15:02 | Michigan State | Adam Merrill comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 48-49 |
| 15:00 | Michigan State | Jacob Darling misses the tip | 48-49 |
| 14:58 | Kentucky | Kwamin Akuchie pulls down the rebound | 48-49 |
| 14:51 | Kentucky | David Bentz connects on the shot from just outside the lane set up by Gary Stagner | 50-49 |
| 14:47 | Michigan State | Jeff Jefferson buries a shot from the baseline on a nice dish by William Morrison | 50-51 |
| 14:26 | Kentucky | The short jumper by Alexander Meredith is denied by Jacob Darling | 50-51 |
| 14:25 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to William Morrison | 50-51 |
| 14:20 | Michigan State | Jacob Darling is fouled on the floor by Fabian Conti - foul #3 on Fabian Conti, team foul #3 | 50-51 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Raul Marrero (PG), Dikembe Abdelmuti (SG), Dobromir Prusinski (SF), James Ton (PF), Gregory Cummings (C) Alexander Meredith, David Bentz, Gary Stagner, Kwamin Akuchie, Fabian Conti | |
| Subs | Michigan State | David Williams (PG), Lechoslaw Zach (SG), Walter Rhoades (SF), Michael Henneberg (PF), Kelvin Victory (C) Richard Madruga, Jeff Jefferson, William Morrison, Adam Merrill, Jacob Darling | |
| 14:00 | Michigan State | Dobromir Prusinski swats the layup by Michael Henneberg | 50-51 |
| 13:59 | Michigan State | Lechoslaw Zach tips it in | 50-53 |
| 13:51 | Kentucky | Dikembe Abdelmuti misses the fadeaway in the paint | 50-53 |
| 13:50 | Michigan State | The rebound goes to Michael Henneberg | 50-53 |
| 13:44 | Michigan State | Michael Henneberg is called for traveling | 50-53 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Aaron Rice (PF) James Ton | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Gerry Allsop (SG) Lechoslaw Zach | |
| 13:24 | Kentucky | David Williams picks off the pass by Aaron Rice | 50-53 |
| 13:21 | Michigan State | David Williams lays it in | 50-55 |
| 13:05 | Kentucky | Dobromir Prusinski connects on the jumpshot from the right side | 52-55 |
| 12:56 | Michigan State | David Williams makes the jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Gerry Allsop and he's fouled by Raul Marrero - foul #4 on Raul Marrero, team foul #4 | 52-57 |
| Subs | Kentucky | David Whittaker (PG), James Ton (C) Raul Marrero, Gregory Cummings | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Lechoslaw Zach (SF), Charles Bonar (C) Walter Rhoades, Kelvin Victory | |
| 12:56 | Michigan State | David Williams misses the free throw | 52-57 |
| 12:56 | Kentucky | Aaron Rice snags the defensive board | 52-57 |
| 12:32 | Kentucky | Dobromir Prusinski's pass is intercepted by Gerry Allsop | 52-57 |
| 12:23 | Michigan State | Gerry Allsop misses badly on a fadeaway in the lane but he's fouled by Dikembe Abdelmuti - foul #2 on Dikembe Abdelmuti, team foul #5 | 52-57 |
| Subs | Kentucky | David Bentz (SG), Gary Stagner (SF), Kwamin Akuchie (PF) Dikembe Abdelmuti, Dobromir Prusinski, Aaron Rice | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Richard Madruga (PG) David Williams | |
| 12:23 | Michigan State | Gerry Allsop misses the 1st free throw | 52-57 |
| 12:23 | Michigan State | Gerry Allsop makes the 2nd free throw | 52-58 |
| 12:06 | Kentucky | David Bentz misses the wide open runner from the right block | 52-58 |
| 12:05 | Michigan State | Gerry Allsop grabs the defensive rebound | 52-58 |
| 11:44 | Michigan State | A charge is called on Michael Henneberg - foul #2 on Michael Henneberg, team foul #3 | 52-58 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Fabian Conti (C) James Ton | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Jeff Jefferson (SG), William Morrison (SF), Adam Merrill (PF), Jacob Darling (C) Gerry Allsop, Lechoslaw Zach, Michael Henneberg, Charles Bonar | |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - David Whittaker (fresh) 8 pts. 3 pf. SG - David Bentz (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Gary Stagner (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Kwamin Akuchie (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Fabian Conti (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Richard Madruga (fresh) 13 pts. 2 stl. SG - Jeff Jefferson (fresh) 6 pts. SF - William Morrison (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Adam Merrill (fresh) 4 reb. C - Jacob Darling (fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 11:28 | Kentucky | David Whittaker hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from straight away | 52-58 |
| 11:26 | Michigan State | Jacob Darling gets the rebound | 52-58 |
| 11:10 | Michigan State | Fabian Conti swats the layup by Jacob Darling | 52-58 |
| 11:09 | Michigan State | William Morrison gets the offensive rebound | 52-58 |
| 10:58 | Michigan State | Adam Merrill comes up short on the fadeaway in the lane | 52-58 |
| 10:56 | Michigan State | Richard Madruga tips it back up and in | 52-60 |
| 10:54 | Kentucky | David Bentz is hacked by Jeff Jefferson in the backcourt - foul #3 on Jeff Jefferson, team foul #4 | 52-60 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Alexander Meredith (PG), Dikembe Abdelmuti (SG), Dobromir Prusinski (SF), James Ton (PF), Gregory Cummings (C) David Whittaker, David Bentz, Gary Stagner, Kwamin Akuchie, Fabian Conti | |
| Subs | Michigan State | David Williams (PG), Walter Rhoades (SF), Kelvin Victory (PF) Richard Madruga, William Morrison, Adam Merrill | |
| 10:49 | Kentucky | Dikembe Abdelmuti hits the front of the rim on the jumpshot from the right wing | 52-60 |
| 10:47 | Kentucky | The offensive rebound goes to Gregory Cummings | 52-60 |
| 10:29 | Kentucky | 3 seconds is called on Alexander Meredith | 52-60 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Aaron Rice (PF) James Ton | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Gerry Allsop (SG), Charles Bonar (C) Jeff Jefferson, Jacob Darling | |
| 10:05 | Michigan State | David Williams misses the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 52-60 |
| 10:03 | Kentucky | The rebound goes to Dikembe Abdelmuti | 52-60 |
| 09:48 | Kentucky | Alexander Meredith loses the dribble to Walter Rhoades | 52-60 |
| 09:38 | Michigan State | Gerry Allsop scores on a 3pt jumper from the right wing on a nice dish by Walter Rhoades | 52-63 |
| 09:27 | Kentucky | Gregory Cummings knocks in the jump hook near the basket and he's fouled by Charles Bonar - foul #3 on Charles Bonar, team foul #5 | 54-63 |
| Subs | Kentucky | David Whittaker (PG), David Bentz (SG), James Ton (PF) Alexander Meredith, Dikembe Abdelmuti, Aaron Rice | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Lechoslaw Zach (SG), William Morrison (SF), Adam Merrill (PF), Jacob Darling (C) Gerry Allsop, Walter Rhoades, Kelvin Victory, Charles Bonar | |
| 09:27 | Kentucky | Gregory Cummings makes the free throw | 55-63 |
| 09:07 | Michigan State | Lechoslaw Zach comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 55-63 |
| 09:06 | Kentucky | Dobromir Prusinski grabs the board | 55-63 |
| 08:51 | Kentucky | Dobromir Prusinski hits a 3pt jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by David Bentz | 58-63 |
| 08:49 | Michigan State | David Williams throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 58-63 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Gary Stagner (SF), Kwamin Akuchie (PF), Fabian Conti (C) Dobromir Prusinski, James Ton, Gregory Cummings | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Richard Madruga (PG) David Williams | |
| 08:39 | Kentucky | Gary Stagner knocks in the 3pt shot from the right wing set up by David Whittaker | 61-63 |
| 08:17 | Michigan State | David Bentz steals the ball from Jacob Darling | 61-63 |
| 08:11 | Kentucky | Fabian Conti is fouled on the floor by William Morrison - foul #1 on William Morrison, team foul #6 | 61-63 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Jeff Jefferson (SG), Walter Rhoades (SF), Michael Henneberg (PF) Lechoslaw Zach, William Morrison, Adam Merrill | |
| 07:58 | Kentucky | David Whittaker hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 61-63 |
| 07:56 | Kentucky | Gary Stagner grabs the offensive rebound | 61-63 |
| 07:42 | Kentucky | Fabian Conti comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 61-63 |
| 07:40 | Michigan State | Michael Henneberg grabs the board | 61-63 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - David Whittaker (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - David Bentz (tiring) 5 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SF - Gary Stagner (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Kwamin Akuchie (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Fabian Conti (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Richard Madruga (fairly fresh) 15 pts. 2 stl. SG - Jeff Jefferson (fresh) 6 pts. 3 pf. SF - Walter Rhoades (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Michael Henneberg (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. C - Jacob Darling (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 07:24 | Michigan State | Jacob Darling knocks in the floater near the basket and the foul's on Fabian Conti - foul #4 on Fabian Conti, team foul #6 | 61-65 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Raul Marrero (PG), Dikembe Abdelmuti (SG), Dobromir Prusinski (SF), Aaron Rice (PF) David Whittaker, David Bentz, Gary Stagner, Kwamin Akuchie | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Gerry Allsop (SG) Richard Madruga | |
| 07:24 | Michigan State | Jacob Darling misses the free throw | 61-65 |
| 07:24 | Kentucky | Fabian Conti gets the rebound | 61-65 |
| 07:03 | Kentucky | Dobromir Prusinski is open and buries a 3pt shot from the left wing on a great pass from Raul Marrero | 64-65 |
| 06:56 | Michigan State | Jeff Jefferson double dribbles | 64-65 |
| Subs | Kentucky | James Ton (C) Fabian Conti | |
| Subs | Michigan State | David Williams (PG), Kelvin Victory (PF), Charles Bonar (C) Jeff Jefferson, Michael Henneberg, Jacob Darling | |
| 06:39 | Kentucky | Dikembe Abdelmuti drills a 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by Raul Marrero | 67-65 |
| 06:21 | Michigan State | Gerry Allsop buries a 3 pointer from the right corner on a nice dish by Kelvin Victory | 67-68 |
| 06:18 | Kentucky | Raul Marrero throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 67-68 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Lechoslaw Zach (SG), William Morrison (SF), Adam Merrill (PF) Gerry Allsop, Walter Rhoades, Kelvin Victory | |
| 06:08 | Michigan State | William Morrison is hacked by Raul Marrero - foul #5 on Raul Marrero, team foul #7 | 67-68 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Alexander Meredith (PG) Raul Marrero | |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| 06:08 | Michigan State | William Morrison misses the 1st free throw | 67-68 |
| 06:08 | Kentucky | Aaron Rice grabs the board | 67-68 |
| 06:02 | Kentucky | David Williams steps in front of the Alexander Meredith pass in the backcourt | 67-68 |
| 05:48 | Michigan State | Adam Merrill throws a bad pass out of bounds | 67-68 |
| Subs | Kentucky | David Bentz (SG), Gary Stagner (SF) Dikembe Abdelmuti, Dobromir Prusinski | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Jeff Jefferson (PG), Jacob Darling (C) David Williams, Charles Bonar | |
| 05:23 | Kentucky | James Ton is hacked by Lechoslaw Zach - foul #1 on Lechoslaw Zach, team foul #7 | 67-68 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Kwamin Akuchie (SG), Fabian Conti (C) David Bentz, Aaron Rice | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Richard Madruga (PG) Lechoslaw Zach | |
| 05:23 | Kentucky | James Ton makes the 1st free throw | 68-68 |
| 05:23 | Kentucky | James Ton makes the 2nd free throw | 69-68 |
| 05:07 | Michigan State | Jacob Darling can't connect on a jumpshot from the left wing but he's fouled by Alexander Meredith - foul #2 on Alexander Meredith, team foul #8 | 69-68 |
| Subs | Kentucky | David Bentz (SG), Dobromir Prusinski (SF) Gary Stagner, James Ton | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Gerry Allsop (SG), Walter Rhoades (SF), Kelvin Victory (PF) Jeff Jefferson, William Morrison, Adam Merrill | |
| 05:07 | Michigan State | Jacob Darling misses the 1st free throw | 69-68 |
| 05:07 | Michigan State | Jacob Darling makes the 2nd free throw | 69-69 |
| 05:05 | Kentucky | Dobromir Prusinski's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 69-69 |
| Subs | Kentucky | David Whittaker (PG) Alexander Meredith | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Michael Henneberg (PF) Jacob Darling | |
| 04:45 | Michigan State | Kelvin Victory comes up short on the jumper from the left side | 69-69 |
| 04:44 | Michigan State | Kelvin Victory grabs the offensive rebound | 69-69 |
| 04:31 | Michigan State | David Whittaker is called for the reach on Walter Rhoades - foul #4 on David Whittaker, team foul #9 | 69-69 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Alexander Meredith (PG), Aaron Rice (PF), Gregory Cummings (C) David Bentz, Kwamin Akuchie, Fabian Conti | |
| Subs | Michigan State | David Williams (PG), Charles Bonar (C) Gerry Allsop, Kelvin Victory | |
| 04:31 | Michigan State | Walter Rhoades makes the 1st free throw | 69-70 |
| 04:31 | Michigan State | Walter Rhoades makes the 2nd free throw | 69-71 |
| 04:24 | Kentucky | Alexander Meredith is fouled in the backcourt by Charles Bonar - foul #4 on Charles Bonar, team foul #8 | 69-71 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Dikembe Abdelmuti (SF) Dobromir Prusinski | |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| 04:24 | Kentucky | Alexander Meredith makes the 1st free throw | 70-71 |
| 04:24 | Kentucky | Alexander Meredith makes the 2nd free throw | 71-71 |
| 04:09 | Michigan State | Richard Madruga comes up short on the jumper from the right side | 71-71 |
| 04:07 | Kentucky | Gregory Cummings grabs the defensive rebound | 71-71 |
| 03:54 | Kentucky | Michael Henneberg picks off the pass by Aaron Rice | 71-71 |
| 03:36 | Michigan State | Richard Madruga can't connect on a jumper from the free throw line but the foul's on Aaron Rice - foul #1 on Aaron Rice, team foul #10 | 71-71 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Gary Stagner (SF), James Ton (C) Alexander Meredith, Gregory Cummings | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Lechoslaw Zach (SG), William Morrison (SF), Adam Merrill (PF), Jacob Darling (C) David Williams, Walter Rhoades, Michael Henneberg, Charles Bonar | |
| 03:36 | Michigan State | Richard Madruga makes the 1st free throw | 71-72 |
| 03:36 | Michigan State | Richard Madruga makes the 2nd free throw | 71-73 |
| Lineup | Kentucky | PG - David Whittaker (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 4 pf. SG - Dikembe Abdelmuti (fresh) 10 pts. SF - Gary Stagner (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Aaron Rice (fairly fresh) 4 pts. 5 reb. C - James Ton (fresh) 4 pts. | |
| Lineup | Michigan State | PG - Richard Madruga (fairly fresh) 17 pts. 2 stl. SG - Lechoslaw Zach (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. SF - William Morrison (fresh) 4 reb. PF - Adam Merrill (fresh) 4 reb. C - Jacob Darling (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 6 reb. 3 blk. | |
| 03:19 | Kentucky | Gary Stagner makes the wide open 3pt shot from the left wing | 74-73 |
| 02:58 | Michigan State | Jacob Darling hits a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a nice dish by Adam Merrill | 74-76 |
| 02:58 | Kentucky | Kentucky calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 74-76 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Alexander Meredith (PG), Dobromir Prusinski (SF), Kwamin Akuchie (PF), Fabian Conti (C) David Whittaker, Gary Stagner, Aaron Rice, James Ton | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Jeff Jefferson (PG), Kelvin Victory (PF) Richard Madruga, Adam Merrill | |
| 02:32 | Kentucky | Kwamin Akuchie is hacked by Jeff Jefferson - foul #4 on Jeff Jefferson, team foul #9 | 74-76 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Charles Bonar (C) Jacob Darling | |
| 02:32 | Kentucky | Kwamin Akuchie makes the 1st free throw | 75-76 |
| 02:32 | Kentucky | Kwamin Akuchie makes the 2nd free throw | 76-76 |
| 02:30 | Michigan State | Michigan State calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 76-76 |
| Subs | Kentucky | David Whittaker (PG), David Bentz (SG) Alexander Meredith, Dikembe Abdelmuti | |
| Subs | Michigan State | David Williams (PG), Gerry Allsop (SG), Walter Rhoades (SF), Jacob Darling (C) Jeff Jefferson, Lechoslaw Zach, William Morrison, Charles Bonar | |
| 02:12 | Michigan State | Kelvin Victory misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 76-76 |
| 02:10 | Kentucky | Fabian Conti grabs the board | 76-76 |
| 02:10 | Kentucky | Kentucky calls a full timeout (2 :30 2 full remaining) | 76-76 |
| Subs | Kentucky | Aaron Rice (PF) Kwamin Akuchie | |
| Subs | Michigan State | | |
| 01:52 | Kentucky | David Bentz misses long on a floater from the right wing | 76-76 |
| 01:51 | Kentucky | David Whittaker gets the offensive rebound | 76-76 |
| 01:33 | Kentucky | Fabian Conti's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 76-76 |
| Subs | Kentucky | | |
| Subs | Michigan State | Michael Henneberg (PF) Kelvin Victory | |
| 01:10 | Michigan State | Dobromir Prusinski steals it from Gerry Allsop | 76-76 |
| 01:07 | Kentucky | Dobromir Prusinski can't finish the layup | 76-76 |
| 01:06 | Michigan State | Michael Henneberg snags the defensive board | 76-76 |
| 01:01 | Michigan State | David Williams hits a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane set up by Gerry Allsop | 76-78 |
| 00:44 | Kentucky | David Bentz knocks in the 3 pointer from the right wing on a great pass from David Whittaker | 79-78 |
| 00:34 | Michigan State | Walter Rhoades hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 79-78 |
| 00:32 | Michigan State | Jacob Darling tips it back up and in | 79-80 |
| 00:30 | Kentucky | Gerry Allsop is called for the reach on David Whittaker in the backcourt - foul #3 on Gerry Allsop, team foul #10 | 79-80 |
| 00:30 | Kentucky | David Whittaker makes the 1st free throw | 80-80 |
| 00:30 | Kentucky | David Whittaker makes the 2nd free throw | 81-80 |
| 00:04 | Michigan State | David Williams hits the front of the rim on the floater from the baseline | 81-80 |
| 00:03 | Kentucky | Fabian Conti gets the rebound | 81-80 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a fastbreak offense and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:02 | Kentucky | Fabian Conti is fouled in the backcourt by David Williams - foul #3 on David Williams, team foul #11 | 81-80 |
| 00:02 | Kentucky | Fabian Conti makes the 1st free throw | 82-80 |
| 00:02 | Kentucky | Fabian Conti makes the 2nd free throw | 83-80 |
| 00:02 | Michigan State | Michigan State calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 3 full remaining) | 83-80 |
| Game Plan | Kentucky | Kentucky is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Michigan State | Michigan State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (+2) | |
| 00:00 | Michigan State | David Williams hits the front of the rim on the halfcourt shot | 83-80 |