| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Robert Stetler (fresh) SG - George Embree (fresh) SF - Carl Fickes (fresh) PF - Bernard Koehn (fresh) C - Ray Mullins (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Kansas | PG - Tony Gregg (fresh) SG - Clinton Lykins (fresh) SF - Fadey Walczynski (fresh) PF - Richard Estes (fresh) C - Edwin Elrod (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Colorado | Bernard Koehn wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Colorado | Colorado is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Kansas | Kansas is playing a motion offense and a fullcourt press (0) | |
| 19:58 | Colorado | Robert Stetler loses the dribble to Tony Gregg in the backcourt | 0-0 |
| 19:55 | Kansas | Tony Gregg misses the lay-in | 0-0 |
| 19:54 | Colorado | Robert Stetler grabs the defensive rebound | 0-0 |
| 19:50 | Colorado | Clinton Lykins steals the ball from Carl Fickes in the backcourt | 0-0 |
| 19:32 | Kansas | Richard Estes misses the dunk attempt | 0-0 |
| 19:30 | Colorado | George Embree grabs the board | 0-0 |
| 19:28 | Colorado | Bernard Koehn is called for traveling in the backcourt | 0-0 |
| 19:13 | Kansas | Clinton Lykins knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Tony Gregg | 0-3 |
| 19:06 | Colorado | Richard Estes blocks the short jumper by Ray Mullins | 0-3 |
| 19:04 | Kansas | The rebound goes to Richard Estes | 0-3 |
| 18:49 | Kansas | Edwin Elrod is called for traveling | 0-3 |
| 18:31 | Colorado | George Embree scores on a 3 from straight away set up by Robert Stetler | 3-3 |
| 18:19 | Kansas | Edwin Elrod misses short on a pull-up jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Carl Fickes - foul #1 on Carl Fickes, team foul #1 | 3-3 |
| 18:19 | Kansas | Edwin Elrod misses the 1st free throw | 3-3 |
| 18:19 | Kansas | Edwin Elrod misses the 2nd free throw | 3-3 |
| 18:19 | Colorado | Bernard Koehn pulls down the rebound | 3-3 |
| 18:15 | Colorado | George Embree is fouled in the backcourt by Clinton Lykins - foul #1 on Clinton Lykins, team foul #1 | 3-3 |
| 18:05 | Colorado | Carl Fickes comes up short on the 3 from the left corner | 3-3 |
| 18:04 | Kansas | Edwin Elrod grabs the defensive rebound | 3-3 |
| 17:38 | Kansas | Fadey Walczynski misses the 3 from the left wing | 3-3 |
| 17:36 | Kansas | Edwin Elrod hits the follow up shot | 3-5 |
| 17:21 | Colorado | Bernard Koehn misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 3-5 |
| 17:19 | Kansas | Richard Estes gets the rebound | 3-5 |
| 17:03 | Kansas | Richard Estes's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 3-5 |
| Subs | Colorado | Josiah Petrie (PG), Robert Henry (SG), Stanley Howell (SF), Phillip Johnson (PF), Henry King (C) Robert Stetler, George Embree, Carl Fickes, Bernard Koehn, Ray Mullins | |
| Subs | Kansas | Dishi Xaimoungkhoun (PG), Frank Marchand (SG), Gary Neumann (SF), Tim Jones (PF), Neil Negron (C) Tony Gregg, Clinton Lykins, Fadey Walczynski, Richard Estes, Edwin Elrod | |
| 16:43 | Colorado | Robert Henry drills a 3pt jumper from the left corner on a nice dish by Josiah Petrie | 6-5 |
| 16:22 | Kansas | Tim Jones misses badly on a shot from the left wing | 6-5 |
| 16:20 | Kansas | Frank Marchand misses the tip | 6-5 |
| 16:19 | Colorado | The rebound goes to Phillip Johnson | 6-5 |
| 16:05 | Colorado | Phillip Johnson misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 6-5 |
| 16:04 | Colorado | The offensive rebound goes to Henry King | 6-5 |
| 15:58 | Colorado | A charge is called on Josiah Petrie - foul #1 on Josiah Petrie, team foul #2 | 6-5 |
| Subs | Colorado | Joseph Guss (PF) Henry King | |
| Subs | Kansas | Philip Ramsey (PG), Clinton Lykins (SG), Edwin Elrod (C) Dishi Xaimoungkhoun, Gary Neumann, Neil Negron | |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Josiah Petrie (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Robert Henry (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Stanley Howell (fresh) PF - Joseph Guss (fresh) C - Phillip Johnson (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Kansas | PG - Philip Ramsey (fresh) SG - Clinton Lykins (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Frank Marchand (fresh) PF - Tim Jones (fresh) C - Edwin Elrod (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:41 | Kansas | Clinton Lykins is hacked by Josiah Petrie - foul #2 on Josiah Petrie, team foul #3 | 6-5 |
| Subs | Colorado | Robert Stetler (PG) Josiah Petrie | |
| Subs | Kansas | George Manley (PG) Frank Marchand | |
| 15:34 | Kansas | Philip Ramsey misses long on a 3 from the left wing | 6-5 |
| 15:32 | Colorado | Phillip Johnson snags the defensive board | 6-5 |
| 15:28 | Colorado | Robert Stetler is hacked by Philip Ramsey in the backcourt - foul #1 on Philip Ramsey, team foul #2 | 6-5 |
| Subs | Colorado | George Embree (SG) Robert Henry | |
| Subs | Kansas | | |
| 15:14 | Colorado | George Embree comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the left wing | 6-5 |
| 15:12 | Colorado | The offensive rebound goes to Phillip Johnson | 6-5 |
| 14:53 | Colorado | Edwin Elrod swats the shot by Phillip Johnson | 6-5 |
| 14:52 | Kansas | The rebound goes to George Manley | 6-5 |
| 14:33 | Kansas | Edwin Elrod hits a fadeaway in the lane set up by Clinton Lykins | 6-7 |
| 14:08 | Colorado | George Embree can't connect on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 6-7 |
| 14:07 | Colorado | The offensive rebound goes to Stanley Howell | 6-7 |
| 13:49 | Colorado | George Embree's floater is tipped away by Tim Jones | 6-7 |
| 13:47 | Kansas | Clinton Lykins grabs the board | 6-7 |
| 13:43 | Kansas | George Manley hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left wing | 6-7 |
| 13:42 | Kansas | Edwin Elrod tips it back up and in | 6-9 |
| 13:27 | Colorado | George Embree is fouled on the floor by George Manley - foul #1 on George Manley, team foul #3 | 6-9 |
| Subs | Colorado | Robert Henry (SG), Carl Fickes (SF), Bernard Koehn (PF), Henry King (C) George Embree, Stanley Howell, Joseph Guss, Phillip Johnson | |
| Subs | Kansas | Dishi Xaimoungkhoun (PG), Frank Marchand (SG), Fadey Walczynski (SF), Gary Neumann (PF), Neil Negron (C) George Manley, Clinton Lykins, Philip Ramsey, Tim Jones, Edwin Elrod | |
| 13:12 | Colorado | Henry King is fouled on the floor by Neil Negron - foul #1 on Neil Negron, team foul #4 | 6-9 |
| 12:54 | Colorado | Robert Stetler travels with the ball | 6-9 |
| 12:39 | Kansas | Robert Henry steals the ball from Gary Neumann | 6-9 |
| 12:22 | Colorado | Bernard Koehn hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the free throw line | 6-9 |
| 12:21 | Kansas | Neil Negron gets the rebound | 6-9 |
| 12:12 | Kansas | Frank Marchand is fouled on the floor by Henry King - foul #1 on Henry King, team foul #4 | 6-9 |
| Subs | Colorado | Ray Mullins (C) Carl Fickes | |
| Subs | Kansas | Richard Estes (PF) Neil Negron | |
| 11:56 | Kansas | Robert Stetler is called for the reach on Dishi Xaimoungkhoun - foul #1 on Robert Stetler, team foul #5 | 6-9 |
| Subs | Colorado | Carl Fickes (SF) Henry King | |
| Subs | Kansas | Tony Gregg (PG), Edwin Elrod (C) Dishi Xaimoungkhoun, Gary Neumann | |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Robert Stetler (tiring) 1 ast. SG - Robert Henry (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Carl Fickes (fairly fresh) PF - Bernard Koehn (fairly fresh) C - Ray Mullins (fairly fresh) | |
| Lineup | Kansas | PG - Tony Gregg (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SG - Frank Marchand (fresh) SF - Fadey Walczynski (fairly fresh) PF - Richard Estes (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Edwin Elrod (tiring) 6 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:43 | Kansas | Tony Gregg comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 6-9 |
| 11:41 | Colorado | Ray Mullins grabs the board | 6-9 |
| 11:36 | Colorado | Robert Henry misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 6-9 |
| 11:35 | Colorado | Bernard Koehn grabs the offensive board | 6-9 |
| 11:24 | Colorado | Richard Estes blocks the jumper by Robert Stetler | 6-9 |
| 11:22 | Kansas | Richard Estes gets the rebound | 6-9 |
| 11:09 | Kansas | Richard Estes can't connect on a fadeaway in the lane but he's fouled by Robert Stetler - foul #2 on Robert Stetler, team foul #6 | 6-9 |
| Subs | Colorado | Stanley Howell (PG), George Embree (SG) Robert Stetler, Robert Henry | |
| Subs | Kansas | Philip Ramsey (PG), Clinton Lykins (SG), Neil Negron (C) Tony Gregg, Frank Marchand, Edwin Elrod | |
| 11:09 | Kansas | Richard Estes misses the 1st free throw | 6-9 |
| 11:09 | Kansas | Richard Estes misses the 2nd free throw | 6-9 |
| 11:09 | Colorado | Ray Mullins grabs the defensive rebound | 6-9 |
| 10:40 | Colorado | Stanley Howell buries a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 9-9 |
| 10:29 | Kansas | Fadey Walczynski misses the lay-in | 9-9 |
| 10:27 | Kansas | Neil Negron gets the offensive rebound | 9-9 |
| 10:09 | Kansas | Richard Estes hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from straight away | 9-9 |
| 10:07 | Kansas | Neil Negron gets the offensive rebound | 9-9 |
| 09:44 | Kansas | Fadey Walczynski double dribbles | 9-9 |
| Subs | Colorado | Robert Henry (PG), Henry King (SF), Joseph Guss (PF), Phillip Johnson (C) Stanley Howell, Carl Fickes, Bernard Koehn, Ray Mullins | |
| Subs | Kansas | Dishi Xaimoungkhoun (PG), Frank Marchand (SF), Tim Jones (PF), Gary Neumann (C) Philip Ramsey, Fadey Walczynski, Richard Estes, Neil Negron | |
| 09:18 | Colorado | Robert Henry knocks in the jumper in the paint on a great pass from George Embree and the foul's on Gary Neumann - foul #1 on Gary Neumann, team foul #5 | 11-9 |
| 09:18 | Colorado | Robert Henry makes the free throw | 12-9 |
| 08:55 | Kansas | Tim Jones's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 12-9 |
| 08:39 | Colorado | Tim Jones blocks the short jumper by Joseph Guss | 12-9 |
| 08:37 | Kansas | Clinton Lykins gets the rebound | 12-9 |
| 08:14 | Kansas | Frank Marchand drills a runner in the paint set up by Clinton Lykins and he's fouled by Henry King - foul #2 on Henry King, team foul #7 | 12-11 |
| Subs | Colorado | Stanley Howell (PG), Bernard Koehn (PF) Robert Henry, Henry King | |
| Subs | Kansas | George Manley (PG), Philip Ramsey (SF) Dishi Xaimoungkhoun, Clinton Lykins | |
| 08:14 | Kansas | Frank Marchand makes the free throw | 12-12 |
| 07:47 | Colorado | Bernard Koehn knocks in the runner from the baseline on a great pass from George Embree | 14-12 |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Stanley Howell (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SG - George Embree (tiring) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Joseph Guss (fairly fresh) PF - Bernard Koehn (tiring) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Phillip Johnson (fairly fresh) 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Kansas | PG - George Manley (fresh) SG - Frank Marchand (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - Philip Ramsey (fresh) PF - Tim Jones (fairly fresh) 2 blk. C - Gary Neumann (fairly fresh) | |
| 07:20 | Kansas | Philip Ramsey misses the turnaround from the baseline | 14-12 |
| 07:19 | Colorado | Bernard Koehn grabs the defensive rebound | 14-12 |
| 07:04 | Colorado | Stanley Howell misses long on a floater from the right side | 14-12 |
| 07:03 | Colorado | Joseph Guss hits the follow up shot | 16-12 |
| 06:41 | Kansas | Philip Ramsey scores on a floater from the left wing on a great pass from George Manley | 16-14 |
| 06:28 | Colorado | Bernard Koehn is whistled for a carry | 16-14 |
| Subs | Colorado | Robert Henry (PG), Carl Fickes (SF), Ray Mullins (C) George Embree, Joseph Guss, Phillip Johnson | |
| Subs | Kansas | Tony Gregg (PG), Dishi Xaimoungkhoun (SG), Fadey Walczynski (SF), Richard Estes (PF), Neil Negron (C) George Manley, Frank Marchand, Philip Ramsey, Tim Jones, Gary Neumann | |
| 06:26 | Kansas | Tony Gregg is hacked by Robert Henry in the backcourt - foul #1 on Robert Henry, team foul #8 | 16-14 |
| 06:26 | Kansas | Tony Gregg misses the 1st free throw | 16-14 |
| 06:26 | Colorado | Bernard Koehn grabs the board | 16-14 |
| 06:07 | Colorado | Ray Mullins comes up short on the jumpshot from the left side | 16-14 |
| 06:06 | Kansas | Tony Gregg pulls down the rebound | 16-14 |
| 05:49 | Kansas | Dishi Xaimoungkhoun buries a runner from the right block on a nice dish by Tony Gregg and he's fouled by Stanley Howell - foul #1 on Stanley Howell, team foul #9 | 16-16 |
| 05:49 | Kansas | Dishi Xaimoungkhoun makes the free throw | 16-17 |
| 05:32 | Colorado | Stanley Howell scores on a shot from just outside the lane | 18-17 |
| 05:16 | Kansas | Tony Gregg can't connect on a fadeaway from the left side | 18-17 |
| 05:15 | Colorado | Bernard Koehn pulls down the rebound | 18-17 |
| 05:10 | Colorado | Bernard Koehn loses the ball out of bounds in the backcourt | 18-17 |
| Subs | Colorado | Phillip Johnson (PF) Bernard Koehn | |
| Subs | Kansas | Clinton Lykins (SG), Philip Ramsey (SF), Edwin Elrod (C) Tony Gregg, Fadey Walczynski, Neil Negron | |
| 04:55 | Kansas | Philip Ramsey drills a floater in the lane on a nice dish by Dishi Xaimoungkhoun | 18-19 |
| 04:53 | Colorado | Robert Henry is hacked by Dishi Xaimoungkhoun in the backcourt - foul #1 on Dishi Xaimoungkhoun, team foul #6 | 18-19 |
| Subs | Colorado | George Embree (SG) Stanley Howell | |
| Subs | Kansas | Fadey Walczynski (SF) Dishi Xaimoungkhoun | |
| 04:29 | Colorado | Phillip Johnson blows the layup | 18-19 |
| 04:28 | Kansas | Clinton Lykins gets the rebound | 18-19 |
| 04:08 | Kansas | Fadey Walczynski lays it up and in on a nice dish by Philip Ramsey and he's fouled by Robert Henry - foul #2 on Robert Henry, team foul #10 | 18-21 |
| Subs | Colorado | Stanley Howell (PG), Bernard Koehn (PF) Robert Henry, Phillip Johnson | |
| Subs | Kansas | George Manley (PG), Tim Jones (PF) Philip Ramsey, Richard Estes | |
| 04:08 | Kansas | Fadey Walczynski misses the free throw | 18-21 |
| 04:08 | Colorado | George Embree snags the defensive board | 18-21 |
| 03:50 | Colorado | Ray Mullins's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 18-21 |
| Subs | Colorado | Robert Stetler (PG), Josiah Petrie (SG), Joseph Guss (PF), Henry King (C) Stanley Howell, George Embree, Bernard Koehn, Ray Mullins | |
| Subs | Kansas | Neil Negron (C) Edwin Elrod | |
| Lineup | Colorado | PG - Robert Stetler (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Josiah Petrie (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Carl Fickes (tiring) PF - Joseph Guss (fresh) 2 pts. C - Henry King (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Kansas | PG - George Manley (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Clinton Lykins (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SF - Fadey Walczynski (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Tim Jones (fairly fresh) 2 blk. C - Neil Negron (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 03:29 | Kansas | Tim Jones is whistled for a carry | 18-21 |
| Subs | Colorado | | |
| Subs | Kansas | Tony Gregg (PG) George Manley | |
| 03:18 | Colorado | Joseph Guss scores on a runner near the basket set up by Robert Stetler | 20-21 |
| 03:00 | Kansas | Clinton Lykins misses badly on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 20-21 |
| 02:59 | Kansas | Tim Jones tips it but misses | 20-21 |
| 02:57 | Colorado | Henry King grabs the defensive rebound | 20-21 |
| 02:32 | Colorado | Carl Fickes hits the front of the rim on the jumper from just outside the lane | 20-21 |
| 02:31 | Kansas | Tim Jones pulls down the rebound | 20-21 |
| 02:15 | Kansas | Carl Fickes takes the ball from Tony Gregg | 20-21 |
| 02:09 | Colorado | Tim Jones is called for the reach on Carl Fickes in the backcourt - foul #1 on Tim Jones, team foul #7 | 20-21 |
| Subs | Colorado | Robert Henry (SG), Bernard Koehn (PF), Ray Mullins (C) Josiah Petrie, Joseph Guss, Henry King | |
| Subs | Kansas | Dishi Xaimoungkhoun (PG), Frank Marchand (SG), Philip Ramsey (SF), Gary Neumann (PF), Edwin Elrod (C) Tony Gregg, Clinton Lykins, Fadey Walczynski, Tim Jones, Neil Negron | |
| 02:09 | Colorado | Carl Fickes makes the 1st free throw | 21-21 |
| 02:09 | Colorado | Carl Fickes makes the 2nd free throw | 22-21 |
| 02:07 | Kansas | Robert Henry steals the ball from Dishi Xaimoungkhoun in the backcourt | 22-21 |
| 01:55 | Colorado | Robert Stetler clanks a jumper from the left side | 22-21 |
| 01:54 | Kansas | Dishi Xaimoungkhoun grabs the board | 22-21 |
| 01:44 | Kansas | Frank Marchand connects on the 3 from the right wing on a great pass from Edwin Elrod | 22-24 |
| 01:24 | Colorado | Ray Mullins hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right side | 22-24 |
| 01:23 | Colorado | The offensive rebound goes to Ray Mullins | 22-24 |
| 01:13 | Colorado | Ray Mullins clanks a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on Frank Marchand - foul #1 on Frank Marchand, team foul #8 | 22-24 |
| Subs | Colorado | Josiah Petrie (PG), Stanley Howell (SF), Phillip Johnson (PF) Robert Stetler, Carl Fickes, Bernard Koehn | |
| Subs | Kansas | | |
| 01:13 | Colorado | Ray Mullins makes the 1st free throw | 23-24 |
| 01:13 | Colorado | Ray Mullins misses the 2nd free throw | 23-24 |
| 01:13 | Kansas | Edwin Elrod gets the rebound | 23-24 |
| 00:53 | Kansas | Edwin Elrod connects on the jumpshot from the free throw line | 23-26 |
| 00:30 | Colorado | Ray Mullins connects on the shot from the right block on a great pass from Josiah Petrie and the foul's on Edwin Elrod - foul #1 on Edwin Elrod, team foul #9 | 25-26 |
| Subs | Colorado | Henry King (SF) Stanley Howell | |
| Subs | Kansas | George Manley (PG), Clinton Lykins (SG), Richard Estes (PF) Dishi Xaimoungkhoun, Philip Ramsey, Gary Neumann | |
| 00:30 | Colorado | Ray Mullins makes the free throw | 26-26 |
| 00:03 | Kansas | Frank Marchand misses short on a turnaround from the baseline | 26-26 |
| 00:01 | Colorado | Josiah Petrie pulls down the rebound | 26-26 |
| 00:00 | Colorado | Josiah Petrie misses the fullcourt shot | 26-26 |