| Lineup | Denver | PG - Leroy Cornette (fresh) 6 pts. 3 ast. SG - Kevin Hartwig (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Albert Boling (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - Mario Thomas (fresh) 2 pts. C - Richard Cook (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Noel Warren (fresh) 4 pts. SG - David Font (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Szczesny Belinski (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. PF - Jerry Morrow (fresh) 3 pts. C - Dikembe Albarazi (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 20:00 | NC State | Szczesny Belinski inbounds the ball | 46-25 |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 19:46 | NC State | Albert Boling steals the ball from Szczesny Belinski | 46-25 |
| 19:24 | Denver | Mario Thomas's fadeaway is rejected by Jerry Morrow | 46-25 |
| 19:23 | NC State | Jerry Morrow snags the defensive board | 46-25 |
| 19:16 | NC State | Richard Cook takes the ball from Noel Warren | 46-25 |
| 19:00 | Denver | Richard Cook is fouled on the floor by Dikembe Albarazi - foul #2 on Dikembe Albarazi, team foul #1 | 46-25 |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 18:47 | Denver | Dikembe Albarazi takes the ball from Albert Boling | 46-25 |
| 18:42 | NC State | Szczesny Belinski clanks a 3pt jumper from straight away | 46-25 |
| 18:41 | Denver | Albert Boling gets the rebound | 46-25 |
| 18:23 | Denver | Mario Thomas misses the driving attempt from the right block | 46-25 |
| 18:22 | NC State | Szczesny Belinski snags the defensive board | 46-25 |
| 18:17 | NC State | Noel Warren misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 46-25 |
| 18:15 | Denver | Leroy Cornette pulls down the rebound | 46-25 |
| 17:46 | Denver | Richard Cook can't connect on a driving attempt in the lane | 46-25 |
| 17:45 | NC State | David Font grabs the defensive rebound | 46-25 |
| 17:39 | NC State | Szczesny Belinski lays it in | 46-27 |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 17:15 | Denver | Leroy Cornette is hacked by Noel Warren - foul #2 on Noel Warren, team foul #2 | 46-27 |
| Subs | Denver | Michael St. John (SF), Matthew Lefkowitz (PF), Andre Brown (C) Albert Boling, Mario Thomas, Richard Cook | |
| Subs | NC State | Jeffry James (PG), Brunon Klemanski (SG), Marc Brown (SF), Dikembe Ahumada (PF), Federico Rossi (C) Noel Warren, David Font, Szczesny Belinski, Jerry Morrow, Dikembe Albarazi | |
| 16:57 | Denver | Michael St. John knocks in the shot from the right wing on a nice dish by Leroy Cornette and the foul's on Marc Brown - foul #1 on Marc Brown, team foul #3 | 48-27 |
| Subs | Denver | Myron Opielski (SF) Kevin Hartwig | |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| 16:57 | Denver | Michael St. John misses the free throw | 48-27 |
| 16:57 | NC State | Federico Rossi snags the defensive board | 48-27 |
| 16:53 | NC State | Jeffry James comes up short on the turnaround from the right block but he's fouled by Michael St. John - foul #2 on Michael St. John, team foul #1 | 48-27 |
| 16:53 | NC State | Jeffry James misses the 1st free throw | 48-27 |
| 16:53 | NC State | Jeffry James makes the 2nd free throw | 48-28 |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 16:33 | Denver | Matthew Lefkowitz misses long on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 48-28 |
| 16:31 | NC State | Brunon Klemanski grabs the defensive rebound | 48-28 |
| 16:27 | NC State | Marc Brown comes up short on the jumper from just outside the lane but the foul's on Matthew Lefkowitz - foul #2 on Matthew Lefkowitz, team foul #2 | 48-28 |
| Subs | Denver | Kevin Hartwig (SG) Leroy Cornette | |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| 16:27 | NC State | Marc Brown makes the 1st free throw | 48-29 |
| 16:27 | NC State | Marc Brown misses the 2nd free throw | 48-29 |
| 16:27 | Denver | The rebound goes to Matthew Lefkowitz | 48-29 |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 16:06 | Denver | Michael St. John scores on a 3 from the left corner on a great pass from Kevin Hartwig | 51-29 |
| 15:55 | NC State | Brunon Klemanski is hacked by Michael St. John - foul #3 on Michael St. John, team foul #3 | 51-29 |
| Subs | Denver | Mario Thomas (PF), Richard Cook (C) Matthew Lefkowitz, Andre Brown | |
| Subs | NC State | Cedric Hays (PG), Szczesny Belinski (SF) Jeffry James, Marc Brown | |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Myron Opielski (fresh) SG - Kevin Hartwig (fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. SF - Michael St. John (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. PF - Mario Thomas (fresh) 2 pts. C - Richard Cook (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Cedric Hays (fresh) 8 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Brunon Klemanski (fresh) 3 reb. SF - Szczesny Belinski (fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. PF - Dikembe Ahumada (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. C - Federico Rossi (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 15:43 | NC State | Szczesny Belinski clanks a 3 from the right corner | 51-29 |
| 15:41 | Denver | Richard Cook snags the defensive board | 51-29 |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+2) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 15:16 | Denver | Richard Cook knocks in the shot near the basket on a great pass from Kevin Hartwig | 53-29 |
| 15:09 | NC State | Dikembe Ahumada's pass is off the mark and out of bounds | 53-29 |
| Subs | Denver | Leroy Cornette (PG), Matthew Lefkowitz (SG), Albert Boling (SF) Myron Opielski, Kevin Hartwig, Michael St. John | |
| Subs | NC State | David Font (SG), Dikembe Albarazi (C) Dikembe Ahumada, Federico Rossi | |
| 14:51 | Denver | Albert Boling misses long on a pull-up jumper from the free throw line | 53-29 |
| 14:49 | Denver | Mario Thomas tips it home | 55-29 |
| 14:43 | NC State | Szczesny Belinski can't throw it down but the foul's on Mario Thomas - foul #3 on Mario Thomas, team foul #4 | 55-29 |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| Subs | NC State | Jerry Morrow (PF) Brunon Klemanski | |
| 14:43 | NC State | Szczesny Belinski makes the 1st free throw | 55-30 |
| 14:43 | NC State | Szczesny Belinski makes the 2nd free throw | 55-31 |
| 14:21 | Denver | Matthew Lefkowitz misses short on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 55-31 |
| 14:20 | Denver | Mario Thomas tips it home | 57-31 |
| 14:10 | NC State | Jerry Morrow misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 57-31 |
| 14:08 | Denver | Richard Cook grabs the defensive rebound | 57-31 |
| 13:46 | Denver | Albert Boling misses long on a jumpshot from the left side but the foul's on Szczesny Belinski - foul #2 on Szczesny Belinski, team foul #4 | 57-31 |
| Subs | Denver | Kevin Hartwig (SG), Andre Brown (C) Mario Thomas, Richard Cook | |
| Subs | NC State | Marc Brown (SF) Szczesny Belinski | |
| 13:46 | Denver | Albert Boling misses the 1st free throw | 57-31 |
| 13:46 | Denver | Albert Boling makes the 2nd free throw | 58-31 |
| 13:26 | NC State | Marc Brown hits the front of the rim on the 3 from the left wing | 58-31 |
| 13:25 | NC State | Jerry Morrow grabs the offensive rebound | 58-31 |
| 13:02 | NC State | Marc Brown loses the dribble to Kevin Hartwig | 58-31 |
| 12:59 | Denver | Kevin Hartwig slams it home | 60-31 |
| 12:54 | NC State | Cedric Hays misses badly on a shot in the lane but he's hacked by Leroy Cornette - foul #1 on Leroy Cornette, team foul #5 | 60-31 |
| Subs | Denver | Michael St. John (SF) Albert Boling | |
| Subs | NC State | Brunon Klemanski (SG), Dikembe Ahumada (PF), Federico Rossi (C) David Font, Jerry Morrow, Dikembe Albarazi | |
| 12:54 | NC State | Cedric Hays makes the 1st free throw | 60-32 |
| 12:54 | NC State | Cedric Hays makes the 2nd free throw | 60-33 |
| 12:25 | Denver | Marc Brown picks off the pass by Michael St. John | 60-33 |
| 12:14 | NC State | Marc Brown connects on the pull-up jumper from the free throw line on a great pass from Cedric Hays | 60-35 |
| 12:04 | Denver | Andre Brown blows the layup | 60-35 |
| 12:02 | NC State | Dikembe Ahumada grabs the board | 60-35 |
| 11:56 | NC State | Cedric Hays hits the front of the rim on the jumper from the baseline | 60-35 |
| 11:55 | Denver | Matthew Lefkowitz snags the defensive board | 60-35 |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Leroy Cornette (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SG - Kevin Hartwig (fresh) 12 pts. 3 ast. SF - Michael St. John (fresh) 7 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. PF - Matthew Lefkowitz (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 7 reb. C - Andre Brown (fresh) 5 pts. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Cedric Hays (fairly fresh) 10 pts. 2 ast. 3 pf. SG - Brunon Klemanski (fresh) 3 reb. SF - Marc Brown (fresh) 3 pts. PF - Dikembe Ahumada (fresh) 2 pts. 5 reb. C - Federico Rossi (fresh) 3 reb. | |
| 11:36 | Denver | Kevin Hartwig drills a fadeaway from the left block set up by Michael St. John | 62-35 |
| 11:19 | NC State | Cedric Hays makes the jumper from the right block on a great pass from Brunon Klemanski | 62-37 |
| 11:01 | Denver | Michael St. John misses badly on a 3pt shot from the right corner | 62-37 |
| 11:00 | NC State | Cedric Hays snags the defensive board | 62-37 |
| 10:53 | NC State | Cedric Hays's pass is intercepted by Leroy Cornette | 62-37 |
| 10:34 | Denver | Andre Brown is hacked by Federico Rossi - foul #3 on Federico Rossi, team foul #5 | 62-37 |
| Subs | Denver | Myron Opielski (PG), Albert Boling (SF), Mario Thomas (PF), Richard Cook (C) Leroy Cornette, Michael St. John, Matthew Lefkowitz, Andre Brown | |
| Subs | NC State | Noel Warren (PG), David Font (SG), Szczesny Belinski (SF), Jerry Morrow (PF), Dikembe Albarazi (C) Cedric Hays, Brunon Klemanski, Marc Brown, Dikembe Ahumada, Federico Rossi | |
| 10:10 | Denver | Kevin Hartwig misses long on a fadeaway from the right side | 62-37 |
| 10:09 | Denver | Mario Thomas grabs the offensive rebound | 62-37 |
| 09:57 | Denver | Albert Boling misses badly on a floater from the right wing | 62-37 |
| 09:56 | NC State | Dikembe Albarazi snags the defensive board | 62-37 |
| 09:51 | NC State | Noel Warren knocks in the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 62-39 |
| 09:33 | Denver | Albert Boling connects on the pull-up jumper from just outside the lane on a great pass from Myron Opielski | 64-39 |
| 09:26 | NC State | Myron Opielski steals it from Szczesny Belinski | 64-39 |
| 09:02 | Denver | Myron Opielski scores on a floater from the right side | 66-39 |
| 08:43 | NC State | David Font hits a runner from close range and he's fouled by Kevin Hartwig - foul #2 on Kevin Hartwig, team foul #6 | 66-41 |
| Subs | Denver | Leroy Cornette (PG), Michael St. John (SG) Myron Opielski, Kevin Hartwig | |
| Subs | NC State | Dikembe Ahumada (PF) Jerry Morrow | |
| 08:43 | NC State | David Font makes the free throw | 66-42 |
| 08:19 | Denver | Mario Thomas misses short on a jumper from the left wing | 66-42 |
| 08:17 | NC State | Dikembe Ahumada grabs the defensive rebound | 66-42 |
| 08:00 | NC State | Dikembe Ahumada can't connect on a driving attempt from the baseline | 66-42 |
| 07:59 | Denver | Richard Cook grabs the defensive rebound | 66-42 |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Leroy Cornette (fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SG - Michael St. John (fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - Albert Boling (fairly fresh) 12 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. PF - Mario Thomas (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 3 reb. 3 pf. C - Richard Cook (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 6 reb. | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Noel Warren (fresh) 6 pts. SG - David Font (fairly fresh) 5 pts. SF - Szczesny Belinski (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 3 reb. PF - Dikembe Ahumada (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Dikembe Albarazi (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| 07:32 | Denver | Noel Warren steals it from Leroy Cornette | 66-42 |
| 07:29 | NC State | David Font lays it up and in set up by Noel Warren | 66-44 |
| 07:23 | Denver | David Font steals it from Mario Thomas | 66-44 |
| 07:19 | NC State | David Font hits the finger roll | 66-46 |
| 06:50 | Denver | Michael St. John is fouled on the floor by David Font - foul #3 on David Font, team foul #6 | 66-46 |
| Subs | Denver | Kevin Hartwig (SG), Myron Opielski (SF), Matthew Lefkowitz (PF), Andre Brown (C) Michael St. John, Albert Boling, Mario Thomas, Richard Cook | |
| Subs | NC State | Cedric Hays (PG), Brunon Klemanski (SG), Marc Brown (SF), Jerry Morrow (PF), Federico Rossi (C) Noel Warren, David Font, Szczesny Belinski, Dikembe Ahumada, Dikembe Albarazi | |
| 06:21 | Denver | Matthew Lefkowitz misses the fadeaway jumper from the right side but he's fouled by Federico Rossi - foul #4 on Federico Rossi, team foul #7 | 66-46 |
| 06:21 | Denver | Matthew Lefkowitz makes the 1st free throw | 67-46 |
| 06:21 | Denver | Matthew Lefkowitz makes the 2nd free throw | 68-46 |
| 06:11 | NC State | Brunon Klemanski makes the jump hook from the baseline set up by Cedric Hays | 68-48 |
| 05:42 | Denver | Myron Opielski misses short on a 3pt jumper from the left wing | 68-48 |
| 05:41 | NC State | Brunon Klemanski pulls down the rebound | 68-48 |
| 05:37 | NC State | Cedric Hays misses short on a fadeaway jumper from the left side but he's hacked by Andre Brown - foul #1 on Andre Brown, team foul #7 | 68-48 |
| 05:37 | NC State | Cedric Hays misses the 1st free throw | 68-48 |
| 05:37 | NC State | Cedric Hays makes the 2nd free throw | 68-49 |
| 05:08 | Denver | Myron Opielski is whistled for traveling | 68-49 |
| Subs | Denver | Albert Boling (SF) Leroy Cornette | |
| Subs | NC State | Dikembe Ahumada (PF) Jerry Morrow | |
| 04:56 | NC State | Cedric Hays throws a bad pass out of bounds | 68-49 |
| Subs | Denver | Michael St. John (SG) Kevin Hartwig | |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| 04:35 | Denver | Matthew Lefkowitz makes the 3 from the left wing on a nice dish by Myron Opielski | 71-49 |
| 04:31 | NC State | Cedric Hays scores on a floater from the left wing on a nice dish by Brunon Klemanski | 71-51 |
| 04:24 | Denver | Matthew Lefkowitz loses the ball out of bounds | 71-51 |
| Subs | Denver | Carl Bonomo (PF), Peter Bullins (C) Albert Boling, Andre Brown | |
| Subs | NC State | Noel Warren (PG), Jeffry James (SF), Wayne Smith (C) Cedric Hays, Marc Brown, Federico Rossi | |
| 04:07 | NC State | Peter Bullins is called for the reach on Wayne Smith - foul #1 on Peter Bullins, team foul #8 | 71-51 |
| Subs | Denver | Danny Funkhouser (PG) Myron Opielski | |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| 04:07 | NC State | Wayne Smith makes the 1st free throw | 71-52 |
| 04:07 | NC State | Wayne Smith makes the 2nd free throw | 71-53 |
| 03:40 | Denver | Danny Funkhouser scores on a 3 pointer from the left corner on a nice dish by Matthew Lefkowitz | 74-53 |
| Lineup | Denver | PG - Danny Funkhouser (fresh) 3 pts. SG - Michael St. John (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 3 ast. 3 pf. SF - Matthew Lefkowitz (fresh) 11 pts. 7 reb. PF - Carl Bonomo (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Peter Bullins (fresh) | |
| Lineup | NC State | PG - Noel Warren (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. SG - Brunon Klemanski (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. SF - Jeffry James (fresh) 1 pts. 1 ast. PF - Dikembe Ahumada (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. C - Wayne Smith (fresh) 2 pts. | |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-2) | |
| 03:24 | NC State | Dikembe Ahumada makes the jump hook from the left block on a nice dish by Noel Warren and he's hacked by Peter Bullins - foul #2 on Peter Bullins, team foul #9 | 74-55 |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| Subs | NC State | Federico Rossi (C) Wayne Smith | |
| 03:24 | NC State | Dikembe Ahumada misses the free throw | 74-55 |
| 03:24 | Denver | Carl Bonomo snags the defensive board | 74-55 |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a fastbreak offense (uptempo) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 03:08 | Denver | Brunon Klemanski picks off the pass by Carl Bonomo | 74-55 |
| 03:02 | NC State | Brunon Klemanski's floater is tipped away by Peter Bullins | 74-55 |
| 03:00 | NC State | Federico Rossi tips it back up and in | 74-57 |
| 02:44 | Denver | Peter Bullins knocks in the 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Matthew Lefkowitz | 77-57 |
| 02:31 | NC State | Dikembe Ahumada hits a jumper from the free throw line | 77-59 |
| 02:08 | Denver | Matthew Lefkowitz is fouled on the floor by Jeffry James - foul #2 on Jeffry James, team foul #8 | 77-59 |
| Subs | Denver | Myron Opielski (SG), Andre Brown (C) Carl Bonomo, Peter Bullins | |
| Subs | NC State | Marc Brown (SF), Wayne Smith (C) Brunon Klemanski, Federico Rossi | |
| 02:08 | Denver | Matthew Lefkowitz makes the 1st free throw | 78-59 |
| 02:08 | Denver | Matthew Lefkowitz makes the 2nd free throw | 79-59 |
| 01:59 | NC State | Marc Brown makes the driving attempt from the baseline | 79-61 |
| 01:41 | Denver | Danny Funkhouser knocks in the jumper from the baseline on a nice dish by Matthew Lefkowitz and he's hacked by Noel Warren - foul #3 on Noel Warren, team foul #9 | 81-61 |
| Subs | Denver | | |
| Subs | NC State | Brunon Klemanski (SG), Federico Rossi (C) Jeffry James, Wayne Smith | |
| 01:41 | Denver | Danny Funkhouser makes the free throw | 82-61 |
| 01:25 | NC State | Marc Brown comes up short on the floater from the right side | 82-61 |
| 01:24 | NC State | Federico Rossi snags the offensive board | 82-61 |
| 01:04 | NC State | Andre Brown takes the ball from Noel Warren | 82-61 |
| 00:51 | Denver | Andre Brown clanks a jumper from the left wing | 82-61 |
| 00:50 | Denver | Michael St. John hits the follow up shot | 84-61 |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:43 | NC State | Brunon Klemanski clanks a shot from just outside the lane | 84-61 |
| 00:42 | NC State | Dikembe Ahumada snags the offensive board | 84-61 |
| 00:38 | NC State | Brunon Klemanski throws a bad pass out of bounds | 84-61 |
| Subs | Denver | Carl Bonomo (C) Danny Funkhouser | |
| Subs | NC State | | |
| Game Plan | Denver | Denver is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| Game Plan | NC State | NC State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a man to man (-1) | |
| 00:10 | Denver | Matthew Lefkowitz lays it in set up by Andre Brown and he's hacked by Marc Brown - foul #2 on Marc Brown, team foul #10 | 86-61 |
| 00:10 | Denver | Matthew Lefkowitz makes the free throw | 87-61 |
| 00:05 | NC State | Marc Brown buries a 3 pointer from the left corner on a nice dish by Noel Warren | 87-64 |
| 00:00 | Denver | Myron Opielski runs out the clock | 87-64 |