| Lineup | Louisville | PG - William Seibert (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Michael Donner (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SF - Frederick Thompson (fresh) PF - Scott White (fresh) 4 pts. C - Thomas Gannon (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Robert Felan (fresh) 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Robert Bryson (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. SF - Bernard Helt (fresh) 8 pts. PF - Dikembe Azim (fresh) 8 pts. 2 reb. C - John Ressler (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Villanova | Bernard Helt inbounds the ball | 28-41 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 19:46 | Villanova | Robert Bryson buries a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 28-44 |
| 19:32 | Louisville | Bernard Helt swats the short shot by Scott White | 28-44 |
| 19:31 | Louisville | Scott White grabs the offensive board | 28-44 |
| 19:22 | Louisville | William Seibert clanks a 3 from the right corner | 28-44 |
| 19:20 | Villanova | Dikembe Azim grabs the board | 28-44 |
| 19:15 | Villanova | Robert Felan comes up short on the 3pt shot from the right corner | 28-44 |
| 19:13 | Louisville | Frederick Thompson gets the rebound | 28-44 |
| 18:53 | Louisville | Thomas Gannon loses the dribble to Robert Bryson | 28-44 |
| 18:49 | Villanova | Robert Bryson lays it in | 28-46 |
| 18:38 | Louisville | Scott White lays it in and he's fouled by Dikembe Azim - foul #1 on Dikembe Azim, team foul #1 | 30-46 |
| 18:38 | Louisville | Scott White makes the free throw | 31-46 |
| 18:19 | Villanova | Robert Bryson hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the right wing | 31-46 |
| 18:18 | Villanova | John Ressler snags the offensive board | 31-46 |
| 18:02 | Villanova | Robert Felan scores on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Robert Bryson and the foul's on Thomas Gannon - foul #2 on Thomas Gannon, team foul #1 | 31-48 |
| 18:02 | Villanova | Robert Felan makes the free throw | 31-49 |
| 17:39 | Louisville | Thomas Gannon comes up short on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 31-49 |
| 17:37 | Louisville | Michael Donner snags the offensive board | 31-49 |
| 17:24 | Louisville | Michael Donner clanks a fadeaway from the right wing but he's fouled by John Ressler - foul #1 on John Ressler, team foul #2 | 31-49 |
| Subs | Louisville | Willie Carr (SF), Jim Gandy (PF), Michael Arce (C) Frederick Thompson, Scott White, Thomas Gannon | |
| Subs | Villanova | Scott Olivarez (PG), Edmund Abbott (SF) Robert Felan, Bernard Helt | |
| 17:24 | Louisville | Michael Donner misses the 1st free throw | 31-49 |
| 17:24 | Louisville | Michael Donner makes the 2nd free throw | 32-49 |
| 17:16 | Villanova | Jim Gandy steals it from John Ressler | 32-49 |
| 16:58 | Louisville | Jim Gandy makes the floater from the right block on a nice dish by Michael Donner | 34-49 |
| 16:42 | Villanova | John Ressler loses the ball out of bounds | 34-49 |
| Subs | Louisville | Francis Griffin (SG), Randall Lucas (SF) William Seibert, Michael Donner | |
| Subs | Villanova | Robert Felan (PG), Charles Sliva (PF), Robert Nale (C) Robert Bryson, Dikembe Azim, John Ressler | |
| 16:21 | Louisville | Willie Carr misses the driving attempt near the basket | 34-49 |
| 16:19 | Louisville | The offensive rebound goes to Jim Gandy | 34-49 |
| 16:01 | Louisville | Francis Griffin hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the right wing | 34-49 |
| 16:00 | Louisville | Willie Carr gets the offensive rebound | 34-49 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Willie Carr (fresh) 2 pts. SG - Francis Griffin (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Randall Lucas (fresh) 2 pts. PF - Jim Gandy (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Michael Arce (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Robert Felan (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Scott Olivarez (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - Edmund Abbott (fresh) 3 pts. 3 reb. PF - Charles Sliva (fresh) C - Robert Nale (fresh) | |
| 15:55 | Louisville | Willie Carr hits a 3 from the left corner on a nice dish by Jim Gandy | 37-49 |
| 15:32 | Villanova | Charles Sliva can't connect on a floater from the left block | 37-49 |
| 15:31 | Louisville | Randall Lucas snags the defensive board | 37-49 |
| 15:27 | Louisville | Michael Arce loses the ball out of bounds | 37-49 |
| Subs | Louisville | William Seibert (PG), Frederick Thompson (SF), Scott White (PF), Thomas Gannon (C) Francis Griffin, Randall Lucas, Jim Gandy, Michael Arce | |
| Subs | Villanova | Bernard Helt (SF), Dikembe Azim (PF), John Ressler (C) Robert Felan, Charles Sliva, Robert Nale | |
| 15:03 | Villanova | Edmund Abbott is called for traveling | 37-49 |
| 14:46 | Louisville | Thomas Gannon can't connect on a 3 pointer from the right corner | 37-49 |
| 14:45 | Louisville | William Seibert tips it back up and in | 39-49 |
| 14:16 | Villanova | Edmund Abbott misses long on a shot from the baseline | 39-49 |
| 14:14 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Thomas Gannon | 39-49 |
| 14:10 | Louisville | Willie Carr throws a bad pass out of bounds | 39-49 |
| Subs | Louisville | Michael Donner (SG) Willie Carr | |
| Subs | Villanova | Dikembe Real (PG), Robert Bryson (SG) Scott Olivarez, Edmund Abbott | |
| 13:57 | Villanova | Dikembe Azim blows the layup but he's fouled by Scott White - foul #2 on Scott White, team foul #2 | 39-49 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Villanova | Robert Felan (PG) John Ressler | |
| 13:57 | Villanova | Dikembe Azim makes the 1st free throw | 39-50 |
| 13:57 | Villanova | Dikembe Azim makes the 2nd free throw | 39-51 |
| 13:35 | Louisville | William Seibert misses the 3 from the right corner | 39-51 |
| 13:33 | Villanova | Bernard Helt grabs the defensive rebound | 39-51 |
| 13:09 | Villanova | Bernard Helt hits the front of the rim on the 3pt jumper from the left corner | 39-51 |
| 13:07 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Thomas Gannon | 39-51 |
| 13:03 | Louisville | William Seibert connects on the 3pt shot from the left wing on a nice dish by Michael Donner | 42-51 |
| 12:51 | Villanova | Dikembe Azim hits the front of the rim on the shot from the free throw line | 42-51 |
| 12:50 | Louisville | Frederick Thompson snags the defensive board | 42-51 |
| 12:46 | Louisville | Robert Bryson is called for the reach on Michael Donner - foul #2 on Robert Bryson, team foul #3 | 42-51 |
| Subs | Louisville | Willie Carr (PG), Francis Griffin (SF), Jim Gandy (PF), Michael Arce (C) William Seibert, Frederick Thompson, Scott White, Thomas Gannon | |
| Subs | Villanova | Charles Sliva (PF), John Ressler (C) Bernard Helt, Dikembe Azim | |
| 12:26 | Louisville | Dikembe Real steals the ball from Jim Gandy | 42-51 |
| 12:08 | Villanova | John Ressler scores on a fadeaway from just outside the lane | 42-53 |
| 11:47 | Louisville | Francis Griffin drills a floater from just outside the lane set up by Jim Gandy | 44-53 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Willie Carr (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Michael Donner (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SF - Francis Griffin (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Jim Gandy (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Michael Arce (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Robert Felan (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Robert Bryson (fairly fresh) 13 pts. 2 ast. SF - Dikembe Real (fresh) 1 pts. 3 pf. PF - Charles Sliva (fresh) C - John Ressler (fresh) 10 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 11:33 | Villanova | Robert Bryson misses the 3pt attempt from the right wing | 44-53 |
| 11:31 | Villanova | John Ressler tips it home | 44-55 |
| 11:19 | Louisville | Jim Gandy scores on a shot from the right block and the foul's on Charles Sliva - foul #1 on Charles Sliva, team foul #4 | 46-55 |
| Subs | Louisville | William Seibert (PG), Frederick Thompson (SF) Michael Donner, Francis Griffin | |
| Subs | Villanova | Scott Olivarez (PG), Edmund Abbott (SG), Bernard Helt (SF), Dikembe Azim (PF) Robert Felan, Robert Bryson, Dikembe Real, Charles Sliva | |
| 11:19 | Louisville | Jim Gandy makes the free throw | 47-55 |
| 10:58 | Villanova | Dikembe Azim scores on a jump hook from the left block on a nice dish by Edmund Abbott | 47-57 |
| 10:52 | Louisville | Frederick Thompson misses long on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane but he's hacked by Bernard Helt - foul #2 on Bernard Helt, team foul #5 | 47-57 |
| Subs | Louisville | Francis Griffin (SG), Thomas Gannon (C) Willie Carr, Michael Arce | |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| 10:52 | Louisville | Frederick Thompson makes the 1st free throw | 48-57 |
| 10:52 | Louisville | Frederick Thompson makes the 2nd free throw | 49-57 |
| 10:27 | Villanova | Edmund Abbott makes the shot in the paint and he's hacked by Francis Griffin - foul #3 on Francis Griffin, team foul #3 | 49-59 |
| Subs | Louisville | Scott White (PF) Jim Gandy | |
| Subs | Villanova | Robert Bryson (SG) John Ressler | |
| 10:27 | Villanova | Edmund Abbott misses the free throw | 49-59 |
| 10:27 | Louisville | Scott White pulls down the rebound | 49-59 |
| 10:21 | Louisville | William Seibert misses long on a 3 pointer from the left wing | 49-59 |
| 10:19 | Louisville | Scott White gets the offensive rebound | 49-59 |
| 10:02 | Louisville | Scott White makes the runner from close range | 51-59 |
| 09:52 | Villanova | Dikembe Azim knocks in the 3pt shot from straight away on a nice dish by Scott Olivarez | 51-62 |
| 09:39 | Louisville | Francis Griffin misses the lay-in | 51-62 |
| 09:37 | Villanova | Edmund Abbott grabs the board | 51-62 |
| 09:17 | Villanova | The jump hook by Dikembe Azim is blocked by Thomas Gannon | 51-62 |
| 09:16 | Louisville | Scott White pulls down the rebound | 51-62 |
| 09:12 | Louisville | Frederick Thompson hits a turnaround from the baseline on a nice dish by Scott White | 53-62 |
| 08:51 | Villanova | Robert Bryson drills a 3 from straight away | 53-65 |
| 08:46 | Louisville | William Seibert can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 53-65 |
| 08:44 | Louisville | Thomas Gannon grabs the offensive board | 53-65 |
| 08:21 | Louisville | Francis Griffin is whistled for traveling | 53-65 |
| Subs | Louisville | Willie Carr (PG), Michael Donner (SG), Randall Lucas (SF), Jim Gandy (PF), Michael Arce (C) William Seibert, Francis Griffin, Frederick Thompson, Scott White, Thomas Gannon | |
| Subs | Villanova | Robert Felan (PG), Dikembe Real (SF), Charles Sliva (PF), John Ressler (C) Scott Olivarez, Bernard Helt, Dikembe Azim, Edmund Abbott | |
| 08:03 | Villanova | Robert Bryson misses badly on a jumpshot from the right side | 53-65 |
| 08:01 | Villanova | John Ressler tips it but misses | 53-65 |
| 07:59 | Villanova | John Ressler snags the offensive board | 53-65 |
| 07:50 | Villanova | Charles Sliva is whistled for a carry | 53-65 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Willie Carr (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Michael Donner (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. SF - Randall Lucas (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Jim Gandy (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. C - Michael Arce (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Robert Felan (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. 2 stl. SG - Robert Bryson (fairly fresh) 16 pts. 2 ast. SF - Dikembe Real (fresh) 1 pts. 3 pf. PF - Charles Sliva (fresh) C - John Ressler (fresh) 12 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 07:40 | Louisville | Randall Lucas misses short on a jumper near the basket but he's fouled by Dikembe Real - foul #4 on Dikembe Real, team foul #6 | 53-65 |
| 07:40 | Louisville | Randall Lucas makes the 1st free throw | 54-65 |
| 07:40 | Louisville | Randall Lucas makes the 2nd free throw | 55-65 |
| 07:30 | Villanova | Robert Felan buries a 3 from the right wing | 55-68 |
| 07:28 | Louisville | Willie Carr's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 55-68 |
| 07:12 | Villanova | Dikembe Real misses long on a jump hook near the basket but he's fouled by Randall Lucas - foul #1 on Randall Lucas, team foul #4 | 55-68 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Villanova | Dikembe Azim (PF) Charles Sliva | |
| 07:12 | Villanova | Dikembe Real makes the 1st free throw | 55-69 |
| 07:12 | Villanova | Dikembe Real makes the 2nd free throw | 55-70 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 07:09 | Louisville | Willie Carr double dribbles in the backcourt | 55-70 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 06:54 | Villanova | A charge is called on Robert Bryson - foul #3 on Robert Bryson, team foul #7 | 55-70 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Villanova | Scott Olivarez (SG), Edmund Abbott (SF) Robert Bryson, Dikembe Real | |
| 06:41 | Louisville | Willie Carr can't connect on a 3pt jumper from the left corner | 55-70 |
| 06:39 | Villanova | The rebound goes to John Ressler | 55-70 |
| 06:18 | Villanova | Dikembe Azim can't connect on a floater from the right side but he's fouled by Jim Gandy - foul #3 on Jim Gandy, team foul #5 | 55-70 |
| Subs | Louisville | William Seibert (PG), Frederick Thompson (SF), Scott White (PF), Thomas Gannon (C) Willie Carr, Randall Lucas, Jim Gandy, Michael Arce | |
| Subs | Villanova | Dikembe Real (SF) Robert Felan | |
| 06:18 | Villanova | Dikembe Azim makes the 1st free throw | 55-71 |
| 06:18 | Villanova | Dikembe Azim makes the 2nd free throw | 55-72 |
| 06:09 | Louisville | Scott White's floater is tipped away by John Ressler | 55-72 |
| 06:08 | Villanova | Dikembe Azim gets the rebound | 55-72 |
| 06:05 | Villanova | Scott Olivarez's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 55-72 |
| Subs | Louisville | Francis Griffin (SG) Michael Donner | |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| 06:00 | Louisville | Frederick Thompson's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 55-72 |
| 05:43 | Villanova | John Ressler makes the fadeaway in the lane | 55-74 |
| 05:28 | Louisville | William Seibert throws a bad pass out of bounds | 55-74 |
| Subs | Louisville | Willie Carr (SG) Francis Griffin | |
| Subs | Villanova | Robert Felan (PG), Robert Bryson (SG), Bernard Helt (SF) Scott Olivarez, Edmund Abbott, John Ressler | |
| 05:04 | Villanova | Dikembe Azim buries a jumpshot from the left side on a great pass from Robert Felan | 55-76 |
| 04:43 | Louisville | Thomas Gannon can't finish the layup but he's hacked by Dikembe Real - foul #5 on Dikembe Real, team foul #8 | 55-76 |
| Subs | Louisville | Michael Donner (SG), Jim Gandy (PF) Frederick Thompson, Scott White | |
| Subs | Villanova | Charles Sliva (PF), Robert Nale (C) Dikembe Azim, Dikembe Real | |
| 04:43 | Louisville | Thomas Gannon misses the 1st free throw | 55-76 |
| 04:43 | Louisville | Thomas Gannon misses the 2nd free throw | 55-76 |
| 04:43 | Villanova | Robert Nale snags the defensive board | 55-76 |
| 04:27 | Villanova | Bernard Helt blows the dunk | 55-76 |
| 04:26 | Louisville | Willie Carr snags the defensive board | 55-76 |
| 04:20 | Louisville | Jim Gandy misses the lay-in | 55-76 |
| 04:18 | Villanova | Robert Felan grabs the defensive rebound | 55-76 |
| 03:58 | Villanova | Robert Bryson misses badly on a 3pt jumper from straight away | 55-76 |
| 03:56 | Villanova | Charles Sliva grabs the offensive rebound | 55-76 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:34 | Villanova | Charles Sliva comes up short on the fadeaway in the lane but he's fouled by William Seibert - foul #1 on William Seibert, team foul #6 | 55-76 |
| Subs | Louisville | Francis Griffin (PG), Norman Vanhoose (SG), Randall Lucas (SF), Michael Arce (C) William Seibert, Michael Donner, Willie Carr, Thomas Gannon | |
| Subs | Villanova | Scott Olivarez (PG), Edmund Abbott (SG), Dikembe Azim (PF) Robert Felan, Robert Bryson, Bernard Helt | |
| 03:34 | Villanova | Charles Sliva makes the 1st free throw | 55-77 |
| 03:34 | Villanova | Charles Sliva makes the 2nd free throw | 55-78 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Francis Griffin (fresh) 5 pts. 3 pf. SG - Norman Vanhoose (fresh) 1 pts. SF - Randall Lucas (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Jim Gandy (fresh) 5 pts. 3 reb. 2 stl. 3 pf. C - Michael Arce (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Villanova | PG - Scott Olivarez (fresh) 5 pts. 2 ast. SG - Edmund Abbott (fresh) 5 pts. 4 reb. SF - Charles Sliva (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. PF - Dikembe Azim (fresh) 19 pts. 4 reb. C - Robert Nale (fresh) | |
| 03:20 | Louisville | Francis Griffin misses badly on a jumpshot from the left wing | 55-78 |
| 03:19 | Villanova | Scott Olivarez snags the defensive board | 55-78 |
| 03:02 | Villanova | Scott Olivarez is hacked by Francis Griffin - foul #4 on Francis Griffin, team foul #7 | 55-78 |
| 03:02 | Villanova | Scott Olivarez makes the 1st free throw | 55-79 |
| 03:02 | Villanova | Scott Olivarez misses the 2nd free throw | 55-79 |
| 03:02 | Louisville | Jim Gandy gets the rebound | 55-79 |
| 02:58 | Louisville | Francis Griffin hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the left wing | 55-79 |
| 02:56 | Villanova | Dikembe Azim snags the defensive board | 55-79 |
| 02:31 | Villanova | Dikembe Azim makes the fadeaway jumper from the right side on a great pass from Robert Nale | 55-81 |
| 02:10 | Louisville | Francis Griffin makes the jumper in the paint set up by Michael Arce and he's hacked by Edmund Abbott - foul #1 on Edmund Abbott, team foul #9 | 57-81 |
| Subs | Louisville | Willie Carr (SG), David Hazelton (PF) Norman Vanhoose, Jim Gandy | |
| Subs | Villanova | | |
| 02:10 | Louisville | Francis Griffin makes the free throw | 58-81 |
| 01:53 | Villanova | Scott Olivarez buries a floater in the lane on a great pass from Edmund Abbott | 58-83 |
| 01:38 | Louisville | Robert Nale swats the layup by Michael Arce | 58-83 |
| 01:37 | Villanova | Edmund Abbott grabs the board | 58-83 |
| 01:13 | Villanova | Dikembe Azim knocks in the floater from the left side on a nice dish by Scott Olivarez | 58-85 |
| 00:58 | Louisville | Michael Arce banks in the layup on a nice dish by Willie Carr | 60-85 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:35 | Villanova | Edmund Abbott hits a shot from close range on a great pass from Scott Olivarez | 60-87 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| Game Plan | Villanova | Villanova is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:30 | Louisville | David Hazelton's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 60-87 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jim Gandy (PF) David Hazelton | |
| Subs | Villanova | Robert Bryson (SG) Dikembe Azim | |
| 00:00 | Villanova | Scott Olivarez runs out the clock | 60-87 |