| Lineup | UConn | PG - Nicholas Arnold (fresh) SG - Armando Sanchez (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Darin Peterson (fresh) 3 reb. PF - Charles Berning (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. C - Robert Pruitt (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - George Birchfield (fresh) 3 ast. SG - Nelson Clark (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Joe Powell (fresh) 7 pts. 2 reb. PF - Newton Brewer (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. C - Terry Johnson (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. | |
| 20:00 | St. John's | Joe Powell inbounds the ball | 17-29 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a flex offense and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:42 | St. John's | George Birchfield clanks a 3pt jumper from the right corner | 17-29 |
| 19:40 | UConn | Armando Sanchez grabs the board | 17-29 |
| 19:17 | UConn | Nicholas Arnold buries a 3pt jumper from the right corner on a nice dish by Armando Sanchez | 20-29 |
| 19:07 | St. John's | George Birchfield's layup is rejected by Charles Berning | 20-29 |
| 19:06 | St. John's | The offensive rebound goes to George Birchfield | 20-29 |
| 18:48 | St. John's | Joe Powell buries a shot from the left wing | 20-31 |
| 18:43 | UConn | Darin Peterson hits a 3 pointer from straight away on a nice dish by Robert Pruitt | 23-31 |
| 18:27 | St. John's | Terry Johnson misses short on a 3 from the left wing | 23-31 |
| 18:26 | UConn | Charles Berning grabs the board | 23-31 |
| 18:04 | UConn | Nicholas Arnold misses the 3pt shot from the left wing | 23-31 |
| 18:03 | UConn | Charles Berning tips it home | 25-31 |
| 17:50 | St. John's | Joe Powell can't connect on a jumpshot from the left side but he's fouled by Nicholas Arnold - foul #3 on Nicholas Arnold, team foul #1 | 25-31 |
| Subs | UConn | Donnie Lollar (PG) Nicholas Arnold | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 17:50 | St. John's | Joe Powell makes the 1st free throw | 25-32 |
| 17:50 | St. John's | Joe Powell makes the 2nd free throw | 25-33 |
| 17:37 | UConn | Nelson Clark steps in front of the Robert Pruitt pass | 25-33 |
| 17:34 | St. John's | George Birchfield misses the lay-in | 25-33 |
| 17:32 | St. John's | Joe Powell misses the tip | 25-33 |
| 17:30 | UConn | Charles Berning grabs the defensive rebound | 25-33 |
| 17:08 | UConn | Donnie Lollar knocks in the jumpshot from the left side | 27-33 |
| 16:47 | St. John's | George Birchfield misses long on a 3 from the right corner | 27-33 |
| 16:45 | UConn | Darin Peterson snags the defensive board | 27-33 |
| 16:17 | UConn | Armando Sanchez buries a 3pt shot from the left wing set up by Donnie Lollar | 30-33 |
| 16:09 | St. John's | Nelson Clark knocks in the 3pt jumper from the right corner on a great pass from Newton Brewer | 30-36 |
| 16:02 | UConn | Armando Sanchez is whistled for traveling | 30-36 |
| Subs | UConn | Orunjan Abdo (SG), Stephen West (SF), Micheal Carroll (PF), Chad Gervin (C) Armando Sanchez, Darin Peterson, Charles Berning, Robert Pruitt | |
| Subs | St. John's | Anthony Williams (PG), Jesse Stone (SG), Robert Ward (SF), Ty Houston (PF), Brad Rasco (C) George Birchfield, Nelson Clark, Joe Powell, Newton Brewer, Terry Johnson | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Donnie Lollar (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Orunjan Abdo (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Stephen West (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Micheal Carroll (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Chad Gervin (fresh) | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Anthony Williams (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Jesse Stone (fresh) SF - Robert Ward (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Ty Houston (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Brad Rasco (fresh) | |
| 15:43 | St. John's | Anthony Williams can't connect on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 30-36 |
| 15:41 | St. John's | Robert Ward hits the follow up shot | 30-38 |
| 15:25 | UConn | Chad Gervin comes up short on the 3 from the right wing | 30-38 |
| 15:23 | St. John's | Jesse Stone gets the rebound | 30-38 |
| 15:04 | St. John's | Robert Ward can't finish the layup but the foul's on Stephen West - foul #1 on Stephen West, team foul #2 | 30-38 |
| Subs | UConn | Nicholas Arnold (PG), Armando Sanchez (SG), Darin Peterson (SF) Donnie Lollar, Orunjan Abdo, Stephen West | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 15:04 | St. John's | Robert Ward makes the 1st free throw | 30-39 |
| 15:04 | St. John's | Robert Ward makes the 2nd free throw | 30-40 |
| 14:45 | UConn | Darin Peterson misses the 3 pointer from the left wing | 30-40 |
| 14:44 | UConn | Micheal Carroll tips it in | 32-40 |
| 14:36 | St. John's | Brad Rasco comes up short on the fadeaway in the lane | 32-40 |
| 14:34 | UConn | Darin Peterson grabs the defensive rebound | 32-40 |
| 14:17 | UConn | Micheal Carroll is whistled for a charge - foul #3 on Micheal Carroll, team foul #3 | 32-40 |
| Subs | UConn | Charles Berning (PF), Robert Pruitt (C) Micheal Carroll, Chad Gervin | |
| Subs | St. John's | George Birchfield (PG), Nelson Clark (SG), Joe Powell (SF), Newton Brewer (PF) Anthony Williams, Jesse Stone, Robert Ward, Brad Rasco | |
| 13:53 | St. John's | Joe Powell is hacked by Charles Berning - foul #1 on Charles Berning, team foul #4 | 32-40 |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Terry Johnson (C) Ty Houston | |
| 13:36 | St. John's | George Birchfield drills a 3pt shot from the left wing | 32-43 |
| 13:07 | UConn | Darin Peterson comes up short on the shot from the left block but he's hacked by Joe Powell - foul #1 on Joe Powell, team foul #1 | 32-43 |
| 13:07 | UConn | Darin Peterson makes the 1st free throw | 33-43 |
| 13:07 | UConn | Darin Peterson misses the 2nd free throw | 33-43 |
| 13:07 | St. John's | Terry Johnson snags the defensive board | 33-43 |
| 12:43 | St. John's | Newton Brewer can't finish the layup | 33-43 |
| 12:41 | UConn | Darin Peterson grabs the board | 33-43 |
| 12:28 | UConn | Darin Peterson knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left wing set up by Armando Sanchez | 35-43 |
| 12:22 | St. John's | Nicholas Arnold is called for the reach on Newton Brewer - foul #4 on Nicholas Arnold, team foul #5 | 35-43 |
| Subs | UConn | Donnie Lollar (PG), Orunjan Abdo (SG), Stephen West (SF), Micheal Carroll (C) Nicholas Arnold, Armando Sanchez, Darin Peterson, Robert Pruitt | |
| Subs | St. John's | Robert Ward (SG) Nelson Clark | |
| 12:02 | St. John's | Newton Brewer knocks in the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 35-46 |
| 11:45 | UConn | George Birchfield picks off the pass by Orunjan Abdo | 35-46 |
| 11:40 | St. John's | Robert Ward slams it home on a nice dish by George Birchfield | 35-48 |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Donnie Lollar (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - Orunjan Abdo (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SF - Stephen West (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Charles Berning (fresh) 7 pts. 5 reb. C - Micheal Carroll (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - George Birchfield (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. SG - Robert Ward (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. SF - Joe Powell (fresh) 11 pts. 3 reb. PF - Newton Brewer (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. C - Terry Johnson (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 11:22 | UConn | Donnie Lollar buries a shot from the left wing | 37-48 |
| 11:02 | St. John's | George Birchfield scores on a 3pt attempt from the right wing on a nice dish by Robert Ward | 37-51 |
| 10:50 | UConn | Newton Brewer takes the ball from Stephen West | 37-51 |
| 10:27 | St. John's | George Birchfield hits the front of the rim on the 3 from straight away | 37-51 |
| 10:26 | UConn | Charles Berning snags the defensive board | 37-51 |
| 10:03 | UConn | Terry Johnson takes the ball from Donnie Lollar | 37-51 |
| 09:54 | St. John's | Joe Powell misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 37-51 |
| 09:53 | St. John's | George Birchfield grabs the offensive rebound | 37-51 |
| 09:36 | St. John's | George Birchfield misses short on a 3 from straight away | 37-51 |
| 09:35 | UConn | Charles Berning snags the defensive board | 37-51 |
| 09:20 | UConn | Orunjan Abdo hits a 3pt shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Stephen West | 40-51 |
| 09:18 | St. John's | Donnie Lollar is called for the reach on George Birchfield in the backcourt - foul #1 on Donnie Lollar, team foul #6 | 40-51 |
| Subs | UConn | Armando Sanchez (SG), Darin Peterson (SF), Robert Pruitt (C) Orunjan Abdo, Charles Berning, Micheal Carroll | |
| Subs | St. John's | Jesse Stone (PG), Nelson Clark (SG), Anthony Williams (SF), Ty Houston (PF), Brad Rasco (C) George Birchfield, Robert Ward, Joe Powell, Newton Brewer, Terry Johnson | |
| 09:02 | St. John's | Jesse Stone connects on the 3pt shot from straight away set up by Anthony Williams | 40-54 |
| 08:43 | UConn | Armando Sanchez scores on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 43-54 |
| 08:16 | St. John's | Anthony Williams is fouled on the floor by Stephen West - foul #2 on Stephen West, team foul #7 | 43-54 |
| Subs | UConn | Orunjan Abdo (PG), Chad Gervin (PF) Donnie Lollar, Stephen West | |
| Subs | St. John's | | |
| 08:16 | St. John's | Anthony Williams makes the 1st free throw | 43-55 |
| 08:16 | St. John's | Anthony Williams misses the 2nd free throw | 43-55 |
| 08:16 | UConn | Robert Pruitt grabs the defensive rebound | 43-55 |
| 07:52 | UConn | Armando Sanchez knocks in the pull-up jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Darin Peterson | 45-55 |
| 07:28 | St. John's | Nelson Clark is hacked by Chad Gervin - foul #1 on Chad Gervin, team foul #8 | 45-55 |
| Subs | UConn | Nicholas Arnold (PG), Micheal Carroll (PF) Orunjan Abdo, Chad Gervin | |
| Subs | St. John's | Robert Ward (SF) Jesse Stone | |
| 07:28 | St. John's | Nelson Clark misses the 1st free throw | 45-55 |
| 07:28 | UConn | Micheal Carroll pulls down the rebound | 45-55 |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Nicholas Arnold (fresh) 3 pts. 4 pf. SG - Armando Sanchez (fresh) 8 pts. 3 ast. SF - Darin Peterson (fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. PF - Micheal Carroll (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. 3 pf. C - Robert Pruitt (fresh) 4 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Anthony Williams (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Nelson Clark (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Robert Ward (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Ty Houston (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Brad Rasco (fresh) | |
| 07:09 | UConn | Armando Sanchez is hacked by Nelson Clark - foul #1 on Nelson Clark, team foul #2 | 45-55 |
| Subs | UConn | Charles Berning (PF) Micheal Carroll | |
| Subs | St. John's | Joe Powell (SF) Robert Ward | |
| 06:52 | UConn | Armando Sanchez is whistled for traveling | 45-55 |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| Subs | St. John's | George Birchfield (PG) Anthony Williams | |
| 06:35 | St. John's | Nelson Clark misses badly on a 3 pointer from straight away | 45-55 |
| 06:33 | UConn | Charles Berning snags the defensive board | 45-55 |
| 06:09 | UConn | Armando Sanchez is called for traveling | 45-55 |
| Subs | UConn | Micheal Carroll (C) Robert Pruitt | |
| Subs | St. John's | Robert Ward (SG), Newton Brewer (PF), James Haas (C) Nelson Clark, Ty Houston, Brad Rasco | |
| 05:43 | St. John's | George Birchfield connects on the 3 pointer from the left wing | 45-58 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense and a man to man (-2) | |
| 05:24 | UConn | Armando Sanchez can't connect on a 3 pointer from the left corner | 45-58 |
| 05:22 | St. John's | George Birchfield grabs the board | 45-58 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 04:53 | St. John's | Darin Peterson steals the ball from James Haas | 45-58 |
| 04:41 | UConn | Darin Peterson clanks a 3 from the right corner | 45-58 |
| 04:39 | St. John's | George Birchfield pulls down the rebound | 45-58 |
| 04:16 | St. John's | Robert Ward misses short on a floater from the right side | 45-58 |
| 04:14 | UConn | Micheal Carroll grabs the defensive rebound | 45-58 |
| 04:09 | UConn | Nicholas Arnold clanks a 3pt shot from the right wing | 45-58 |
| 04:08 | St. John's | The rebound goes to Joe Powell | 45-58 |
| 04:02 | St. John's | Joe Powell is hacked by Darin Peterson - foul #1 on Darin Peterson, team foul #9 | 45-58 |
| Subs | UConn | Donnie Lollar (PG), Orunjan Abdo (SG), Stephen West (SF), Robert Pruitt (C) Nicholas Arnold, Armando Sanchez, Darin Peterson, Charles Berning | |
| Subs | St. John's | Anthony Williams (PG), Nelson Clark (SG), Terry Johnson (C) George Birchfield, Robert Ward, James Haas | |
| 04:02 | St. John's | Joe Powell makes the 1st free throw | 45-59 |
| 04:02 | St. John's | Joe Powell makes the 2nd free throw | 45-60 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+2) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:54 | UConn | Micheal Carroll can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 45-60 |
| 03:53 | UConn | Donnie Lollar pulls down the offensive rebound | 45-60 |
| 03:40 | UConn | Robert Pruitt knocks in the fadeaway in the lane on a nice dish by Donnie Lollar and he's fouled by Terry Johnson - foul #1 on Terry Johnson, team foul #3 | 47-60 |
| Subs | UConn | | |
| Subs | St. John's | Brad Rasco (SF) Joe Powell | |
| 03:40 | UConn | Robert Pruitt makes the free throw | 48-60 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a flex offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:15 | St. John's | Brad Rasco travels with the ball | 48-60 |
| Subs | UConn | Chad Gervin (PF) Micheal Carroll | |
| Subs | St. John's | Robert Ward (SF), Ty Houston (PF) Brad Rasco, Newton Brewer | |
| Lineup | UConn | PG - Donnie Lollar (fresh) 4 pts. 2 ast. SG - Orunjan Abdo (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Stephen West (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Chad Gervin (fresh) C - Robert Pruitt (fresh) 7 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | St. John's | PG - Anthony Williams (fresh) 4 pts. 1 ast. SG - Nelson Clark (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. 2 stl. SF - Robert Ward (fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Ty Houston (fresh) 3 pts. 2 reb. C - Terry Johnson (fresh) 5 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 02:55 | UConn | Stephen West comes up short on the jumper from the right wing | 48-60 |
| 02:54 | St. John's | Terry Johnson grabs the board | 48-60 |
| 02:28 | St. John's | Nelson Clark drills a fadeaway jumper from the right wing on a great pass from Robert Ward and he's fouled by Stephen West - foul #3 on Stephen West, team foul #10 | 48-62 |
| Subs | UConn | Douglas Rundell (SF) Robert Pruitt | |
| Subs | St. John's | Brad Rasco (C) Terry Johnson | |
| 02:28 | St. John's | Nelson Clark makes the free throw | 48-63 |
| 02:14 | UConn | Douglas Rundell is fouled on the floor by Brad Rasco - foul #2 on Brad Rasco, team foul #4 | 48-63 |
| Subs | UConn | Micheal Carroll (PF) Douglas Rundell | |
| Subs | St. John's | Jesse Stone (SG) Nelson Clark | |
| 02:09 | UConn | Stephen West is fouled on the floor by Jesse Stone - foul #1 on Jesse Stone, team foul #5 | 48-63 |
| 01:54 | UConn | Donnie Lollar misses long on a jumper from the left wing but he's fouled by Anthony Williams - foul #2 on Anthony Williams, team foul #6 | 48-63 |
| 01:54 | UConn | Donnie Lollar misses the 1st free throw | 48-63 |
| 01:54 | UConn | Donnie Lollar makes the 2nd free throw | 49-63 |
| 01:25 | St. John's | Ty Houston loses the dribble to Donnie Lollar | 49-63 |
| 01:21 | UConn | Donnie Lollar lays it in | 51-63 |
| 00:52 | St. John's | Stephen West is called for the reach on Robert Ward - foul #4 on Stephen West, team foul #11 | 51-63 |
| 00:52 | St. John's | Robert Ward misses the 1st free throw | 51-63 |
| 00:52 | St. John's | Robert Ward misses the 2nd free throw | 51-63 |
| 00:52 | UConn | Chad Gervin gets the rebound | 51-63 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:47 | UConn | Stephen West's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 51-63 |
| Game Plan | UConn | UConn is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-1) | |
| Game Plan | St. John's | St. John's is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:21 | St. John's | Robert Ward scores on a jumper near the basket set up by Anthony Williams | 51-65 |
| 00:14 | UConn | Chad Gervin's pass is intercepted by Anthony Williams | 51-65 |
| 00:11 | St. John's | Anthony Williams can't finish the layup | 51-65 |
| 00:09 | St. John's | Robert Ward hits the follow up shot | 51-67 |
| 00:02 | UConn | Micheal Carroll misses the lay-in | 51-67 |
| 00:01 | St. John's | Ty Houston grabs the board | 51-67 |
| 00:00 | St. John's | Ty Houston runs out the clock | 51-67 |