| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - Thomas Mitchell (fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. SG - John Byrd (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Edward Fonville (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. PF - Ken Wicks (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Bradley Williams (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Jonathan Wilson (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Johnny Pfeiffer (fresh) SF - James Johnson (fresh) 2 reb. PF - Byron Phillips (fresh) 6 pts. 2 reb. C - Brian Troiano (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Nebraska | Edward Fonville inbounds the ball | 33-19 |
| Game Plan | Nebraska | Nebraska is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:45 | Nebraska | Bradley Williams hits a jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Edward Fonville | 35-19 |
| 19:24 | Pitt | James Johnson misses long on a jumpshot from the left side but he's fouled by Edward Fonville - foul #1 on Edward Fonville, team foul #1 | 35-19 |
| 19:24 | Pitt | James Johnson makes the 1st free throw | 35-20 |
| 19:24 | Pitt | James Johnson misses the 2nd free throw | 35-20 |
| 19:24 | Nebraska | Bradley Williams snags the defensive board | 35-20 |
| 18:59 | Nebraska | John Byrd is hacked by Brian Troiano - foul #1 on Brian Troiano, team foul #1 | 35-20 |
| 18:35 | Nebraska | Ken Wicks clanks a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 35-20 |
| 18:33 | Pitt | James Johnson grabs the defensive rebound | 35-20 |
| 18:10 | Pitt | Jonathan Wilson clanks a floater from just outside the lane | 35-20 |
| 18:09 | Nebraska | Ken Wicks snags the defensive board | 35-20 |
| 17:52 | Nebraska | Edward Fonville comes up short on the floater from the left side | 35-20 |
| 17:50 | Pitt | Byron Phillips gets the rebound | 35-20 |
| 17:46 | Pitt | Johnny Pfeiffer buries a 3pt attempt from straight away set up by Jonathan Wilson | 35-23 |
| 17:32 | Nebraska | Thomas Mitchell misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 35-23 |
| 17:30 | Nebraska | Edward Fonville tips it home | 37-23 |
| 17:12 | Pitt | Johnny Pfeiffer drills a shot from the baseline set up by Jonathan Wilson | 37-25 |
| 17:02 | Nebraska | Bradley Williams's pass is intercepted by James Johnson | 37-25 |
| 16:50 | Pitt | James Johnson clanks a 3pt shot from straight away | 37-25 |
| 16:49 | Pitt | Jonathan Wilson snags the offensive board | 37-25 |
| 16:33 | Pitt | Byron Phillips can't connect on a jumper from the left block | 37-25 |
| 16:31 | Nebraska | Ken Wicks pulls down the rebound | 37-25 |
| 16:07 | Nebraska | Edward Fonville is hacked by Byron Phillips - foul #3 on Byron Phillips, team foul #2 | 37-25 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Czeslaw Pjetrovic (PG), Jerzy Szczepkowski (SG), Randy Goff (PF), Anthony Teal (C) Thomas Mitchell, John Byrd, Ken Wicks, Bradley Williams | |
| Subs | Pitt | Daniel Paugh (PG), Robert Greer (SG), Robert Messenger (PF), George Collins (C) Jonathan Wilson, Johnny Pfeiffer, Byron Phillips, Brian Troiano | |
| 15:54 | Nebraska | Jerzy Szczepkowski hits a jumper from the right side on a nice dish by Czeslaw Pjetrovic | 39-25 |
| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - Czeslaw Pjetrovic (fresh) 4 ast. SG - Jerzy Szczepkowski (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Edward Fonville (fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. PF - Randy Goff (fresh) 2 reb. C - Anthony Teal (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Daniel Paugh (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Robert Greer (fresh) 2 pts. SF - James Johnson (fresh) 1 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. PF - Robert Messenger (fresh) 3 pts. C - George Collins (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 15:39 | Pitt | Robert Messenger hits the front of the rim on the jump hook in the paint but he's hacked by Randy Goff - foul #3 on Randy Goff, team foul #2 | 39-25 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Dan Tincher (PG) Edward Fonville | |
| Subs | Pitt | James Pulido (SG) James Johnson | |
| 15:39 | Pitt | Robert Messenger misses the 1st free throw | 39-25 |
| 15:39 | Pitt | Robert Messenger misses the 2nd free throw | 39-25 |
| 15:39 | Nebraska | Anthony Teal grabs the defensive rebound | 39-25 |
| 15:24 | Nebraska | Randy Goff misses the jumpshot from just outside the lane | 39-25 |
| 15:22 | Pitt | Robert Messenger pulls down the rebound | 39-25 |
| 14:56 | Pitt | Robert Messenger misses badly on a fadeaway from the left wing | 39-25 |
| 14:54 | Nebraska | Jerzy Szczepkowski grabs the board | 39-25 |
| 14:39 | Nebraska | Jerzy Szczepkowski misses long on a jumpshot from the free throw line | 39-25 |
| 14:37 | Pitt | Robert Greer pulls down the rebound | 39-25 |
| 14:20 | Pitt | Robert Greer misses long on a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 39-25 |
| 14:19 | Pitt | James Pulido tips it in | 39-27 |
| 14:03 | Nebraska | Anthony Teal comes up short on the jumper near the basket | 39-27 |
| 14:02 | Nebraska | Dan Tincher can't tip it in | 39-27 |
| 14:00 | Pitt | George Collins grabs the defensive rebound | 39-27 |
| 13:37 | Pitt | James Pulido misses long on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 39-27 |
| 13:36 | Nebraska | Randy Goff grabs the board | 39-27 |
| 13:21 | Nebraska | Czeslaw Pjetrovic misses badly on a fadeaway jumper from just outside the lane | 39-27 |
| 13:20 | Pitt | The rebound goes to Robert Messenger | 39-27 |
| 13:15 | Pitt | Daniel Paugh makes the 3 from straight away set up by Robert Greer | 39-30 |
| 13:00 | Nebraska | Anthony Teal hits the front of the rim on the shot from close range but he's hacked by Robert Greer - foul #2 on Robert Greer, team foul #3 | 39-30 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Thomas Mitchell (PG), John Byrd (SG), Edward Fonville (SF), Bradley Williams (C) Dan Tincher, Czeslaw Pjetrovic, Jerzy Szczepkowski, Randy Goff | |
| Subs | Pitt | Jonathan Wilson (PG), Johnny Pfeiffer (SG), James Johnson (SF), Byron Phillips (PF), Brian Troiano (C) Daniel Paugh, James Pulido, Robert Greer, Robert Messenger, George Collins | |
| 13:00 | Nebraska | Anthony Teal misses the 1st free throw | 39-30 |
| 13:00 | Nebraska | Anthony Teal misses the 2nd free throw | 39-30 |
| 13:00 | Pitt | Brian Troiano gets the rebound | 39-30 |
| 12:40 | Pitt | Johnny Pfeiffer clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 39-30 |
| 12:39 | Pitt | James Johnson grabs the offensive rebound | 39-30 |
| 12:27 | Pitt | Byron Phillips's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 39-30 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Ken Wicks (PF) Anthony Teal | |
| Subs | Pitt | | |
| 12:17 | Nebraska | Thomas Mitchell misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 39-30 |
| 12:16 | Nebraska | Ken Wicks hits the follow up shot | 41-30 |
| 11:55 | Pitt | Edward Fonville denies the turnaround by James Johnson | 41-30 |
| 11:54 | Nebraska | Ken Wicks grabs the board | 41-30 |
| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - Thomas Mitchell (fresh) 7 pts. 4 ast. SG - John Byrd (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - Edward Fonville (fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. PF - Ken Wicks (fresh) 11 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. C - Bradley Williams (fresh) 7 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Jonathan Wilson (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Johnny Pfeiffer (fresh) 5 pts. SF - James Johnson (fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Byron Phillips (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Brian Troiano (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 11:29 | Nebraska | Brian Troiano steps in front of the Ken Wicks pass | 41-30 |
| 11:15 | Pitt | Byron Phillips misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 41-30 |
| 11:13 | Pitt | Brian Troiano tips it home | 41-32 |
| 11:02 | Nebraska | Bradley Williams knocks in the shot near the basket | 43-32 |
| 10:35 | Pitt | Byron Phillips misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 43-32 |
| 10:34 | Pitt | Jonathan Wilson tips it in | 43-34 |
| 10:10 | Nebraska | Edward Fonville is hacked by James Johnson - foul #2 on James Johnson, team foul #4 | 43-34 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Czeslaw Pjetrovic (PG), Randy Goff (C) Thomas Mitchell, Bradley Williams | |
| Subs | Pitt | Robert Messenger (PF) Byron Phillips | |
| 09:47 | Nebraska | Ken Wicks lays it up and in on a nice dish by Edward Fonville | 45-34 |
| 09:30 | Pitt | Johnny Pfeiffer misses the jump hook from the right block but he's fouled by John Byrd - foul #1 on John Byrd, team foul #3 | 45-34 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Jerzy Szczepkowski (SG), Anthony Teal (C) John Byrd, Ken Wicks | |
| Subs | Pitt | Daniel Paugh (PG), George Collins (C) Jonathan Wilson, Brian Troiano | |
| 09:30 | Pitt | Johnny Pfeiffer makes the 1st free throw | 45-35 |
| 09:30 | Pitt | Johnny Pfeiffer makes the 2nd free throw | 45-36 |
| 09:26 | Nebraska | Czeslaw Pjetrovic's pass is intercepted by Johnny Pfeiffer in the backcourt | 45-36 |
| 09:14 | Pitt | Daniel Paugh misses short on a shot from the left wing | 45-36 |
| 09:13 | Nebraska | Anthony Teal grabs the board | 45-36 |
| 08:49 | Nebraska | Czeslaw Pjetrovic connects on the shot in the paint on a nice dish by Jerzy Szczepkowski and he's hacked by Robert Messenger - foul #1 on Robert Messenger, team foul #5 | 47-36 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Thomas Mitchell (PG), Bradley Williams (C) Edward Fonville, Anthony Teal | |
| Subs | Pitt | Robert Greer (SG), Byron Phillips (PF) Johnny Pfeiffer, James Johnson | |
| 08:49 | Nebraska | Czeslaw Pjetrovic misses the free throw | 47-36 |
| 08:49 | Pitt | The rebound goes to Byron Phillips | 47-36 |
| 08:23 | Pitt | Byron Phillips is hacked by Bradley Williams - foul #2 on Bradley Williams, team foul #4 | 47-36 |
| Subs | Nebraska | John Byrd (SG) Jerzy Szczepkowski | |
| Subs | Pitt | Jonathan Wilson (PG) Robert Messenger | |
| 08:06 | Pitt | Jonathan Wilson double dribbles | 47-36 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Edward Fonville (SF), Ken Wicks (PF) Czeslaw Pjetrovic, Randy Goff | |
| Subs | Pitt | James Johnson (SF), Brian Troiano (C) Daniel Paugh, George Collins | |
| 07:43 | Nebraska | John Byrd buries a 3pt shot from straight away set up by Thomas Mitchell | 50-36 |
| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - Thomas Mitchell (fresh) 7 pts. 5 ast. SG - John Byrd (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Edward Fonville (fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. 2 blk. PF - Ken Wicks (fresh) 13 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. C - Bradley Williams (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Jonathan Wilson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Robert Greer (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SF - James Johnson (fresh) 1 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Byron Phillips (fresh) 6 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Brian Troiano (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 07:17 | Pitt | Byron Phillips makes the 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from James Johnson | 50-39 |
| 06:58 | Nebraska | Thomas Mitchell drills a 3 pointer from the right corner set up by John Byrd | 53-39 |
| Game Plan | Nebraska | Nebraska is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 06:40 | Pitt | Byron Phillips blows the layup but he's fouled by Ken Wicks - foul #2 on Ken Wicks, team foul #5 | 53-39 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Czeslaw Pjetrovic (PG), Randy Goff (C) Thomas Mitchell, Bradley Williams | |
| Subs | Pitt | Daniel Paugh (PG), Johnny Pfeiffer (SG) Jonathan Wilson, Robert Greer | |
| 06:40 | Pitt | Byron Phillips makes the 1st free throw | 53-40 |
| 06:40 | Pitt | Byron Phillips makes the 2nd free throw | 53-41 |
| 06:28 | Nebraska | Edward Fonville is fouled on the floor by James Johnson - foul #3 on James Johnson, team foul #6 | 53-41 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Anthony Teal (C) Ken Wicks | |
| Subs | Pitt | Robert Messenger (PF) Byron Phillips | |
| 06:07 | Nebraska | Randy Goff is hacked by James Johnson - foul #4 on James Johnson, team foul #7 | 53-41 |
| Subs | Nebraska | | |
| Subs | Pitt | George Collins (C) Brian Troiano | |
| 06:07 | Nebraska | Randy Goff misses the 1st free throw | 53-41 |
| 06:07 | Pitt | James Johnson snags the defensive board | 53-41 |
| Game Plan | Nebraska | Nebraska is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 05:47 | Pitt | Robert Messenger clanks a 3pt attempt from the left corner | 53-41 |
| 05:46 | Nebraska | Randy Goff grabs the defensive rebound | 53-41 |
| 05:35 | Nebraska | Edward Fonville drills a turnaround in the lane on a great pass from John Byrd | 55-41 |
| Game Plan | Nebraska | Nebraska is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 05:22 | Pitt | Robert Messenger misses long on a shot in the lane | 55-41 |
| 05:21 | Nebraska | Edward Fonville pulls down the rebound | 55-41 |
| Game Plan | Nebraska | Nebraska is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 04:57 | Nebraska | Edward Fonville can't finish the layup | 55-41 |
| 04:56 | Pitt | James Johnson snags the defensive board | 55-41 |
| 04:36 | Pitt | George Collins's fadeaway is rejected by Anthony Teal | 55-41 |
| 04:35 | Pitt | James Johnson tips it back up and in | 55-43 |
| 04:11 | Nebraska | Randy Goff comes up short on the floater from just outside the lane | 55-43 |
| 04:10 | Pitt | The rebound goes to James Johnson | 55-43 |
| 04:10 | Pitt | Pitt calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 55-43 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Thomas Mitchell (PG), Ken Wicks (PF), Bradley Williams (C) Czeslaw Pjetrovic, Randy Goff, Anthony Teal | |
| Subs | Pitt | Jonathan Wilson (PG), Byron Phillips (PF), Brian Troiano (C) Daniel Paugh, Robert Messenger, George Collins | |
| 03:50 | Pitt | Johnny Pfeiffer comes up short on the 3pt shot from straight away | 55-43 |
| 03:49 | Nebraska | Bradley Williams snags the defensive board | 55-43 |
| Game Plan | Nebraska | Nebraska is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:20 | Nebraska | Edward Fonville connects on the runner from the baseline | 57-43 |
| Lineup | Nebraska | PG - Thomas Mitchell (fresh) 10 pts. 5 ast. SG - John Byrd (fresh) 5 pts. 3 ast. SF - Edward Fonville (fresh) 14 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. PF - Ken Wicks (fresh) 13 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. C - Bradley Williams (fresh) 9 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Pitt | PG - Jonathan Wilson (fresh) 2 pts. 3 ast. SG - Johnny Pfeiffer (fresh) 7 pts. SF - James Johnson (fresh) 3 pts. 8 reb. 2 stl. 4 pf. PF - Byron Phillips (fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Brian Troiano (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Game Plan | Nebraska | Nebraska is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a triangle offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:15 | Pitt | Jonathan Wilson is fouled on the floor by Ken Wicks - foul #3 on Ken Wicks, team foul #6 | 57-43 |
| Subs | Nebraska | Dan Tincher (PG), Czeslaw Pjetrovic (SG), Jerzy Szczepkowski (SF), Randy Goff (PF), Anthony Teal (C) Thomas Mitchell, John Byrd, Edward Fonville, Ken Wicks, Bradley Williams | |
| Subs | Pitt | Daniel Paugh (PG), James Pulido (SG), Robert Greer (SF), Robert Messenger (PF), George Collins (C) Jonathan Wilson, Johnny Pfeiffer, James Johnson, Byron Phillips, Brian Troiano | |
| 02:57 | Pitt | James Pulido is hacked by Dan Tincher - foul #1 on Dan Tincher, team foul #7 | 57-43 |
| 02:57 | Pitt | James Pulido makes the 1st free throw | 57-44 |
| 02:57 | Pitt | James Pulido makes the 2nd free throw | 57-45 |
| 02:39 | Nebraska | Anthony Teal misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 57-45 |
| 02:37 | Nebraska | Randy Goff tips it home | 59-45 |
| 02:19 | Pitt | Robert Messenger hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 59-45 |
| 02:17 | Nebraska | Czeslaw Pjetrovic snags the defensive board | 59-45 |
| 02:00 | Nebraska | Czeslaw Pjetrovic buries a 3pt attempt from the right corner set up by Dan Tincher | 62-45 |
| 01:37 | Pitt | James Pulido drills a 3pt shot from the left corner | 62-48 |
| 01:09 | Nebraska | Dan Tincher misses badly on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 62-48 |
| 01:07 | Nebraska | Anthony Teal gets the offensive rebound | 62-48 |
| 00:45 | Nebraska | Jerzy Szczepkowski is whistled for a carry | 62-48 |
| Game Plan | Nebraska | Nebraska is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:41 | Pitt | Robert Greer connects on the 3pt jumper from the right corner set up by Daniel Paugh | 62-51 |
| Game Plan | Nebraska | Nebraska is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a 2-3 zone (+1) | |
| Game Plan | Pitt | Pitt is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:12 | Nebraska | Czeslaw Pjetrovic misses the lay-in | 62-51 |
| 00:11 | Nebraska | Randy Goff hits the follow up shot | 64-51 |
| 00:07 | Pitt | Robert Messenger is hacked by Randy Goff - foul #4 on Randy Goff, team foul #8 | 64-51 |
| 00:07 | Pitt | Robert Messenger misses the 1st free throw | 64-51 |
| 00:07 | Nebraska | The rebound goes to Randy Goff | 64-51 |
| 00:00 | Nebraska | Dan Tincher runs out the clock | 64-51 |