| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Norman Vanhoose (fresh) SG - Kurt Mills (fresh) SF - David Hazelton (fresh) PF - Scott White (fresh) C - Thomas Gannon (fresh) | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Robert Littles (fresh) SG - Robin Chung (fresh) SF - Jonathan Woods (fresh) PF - Russell Heng (fresh) C - Vincent Kimball (fresh) | |
| 20:00 | Xavier | Vincent Kimball wins the tip | 0-0 |
| Game Plan | Louisville | Louisville is playing a fastbreak offense and a man to man (0) | |
| Game Plan | Xavier | Xavier is playing a motion offense and a man to man (0) | |
| 19:43 | Xavier | Russell Heng is fouled on the floor by Kurt Mills - foul #1 on Kurt Mills, team foul #1 | 0-0 |
| 19:34 | Xavier | Vincent Kimball's floater is tipped away by Thomas Gannon | 0-0 |
| 19:33 | Louisville | Kurt Mills snags the defensive board | 0-0 |
| 19:29 | Louisville | Norman Vanhoose knocks in the fadeaway from just outside the lane on a nice dish by Kurt Mills and the foul's on Robert Littles - foul #1 on Robert Littles, team foul #1 | 2-0 |
| 19:29 | Louisville | Norman Vanhoose makes the free throw | 3-0 |
| 19:22 | Xavier | The jumper by Robert Littles is denied by Scott White | 3-0 |
| 19:20 | Louisville | Scott White snags the defensive board | 3-0 |
| 19:14 | Louisville | Scott White is fouled on the floor by Robin Chung - foul #1 on Robin Chung, team foul #2 | 3-0 |
| 19:05 | Louisville | Thomas Gannon comes up short on the fadeaway in the paint | 3-0 |
| 19:03 | Xavier | Jonathan Woods gets the rebound | 3-0 |
| 19:00 | Xavier | Robert Littles throws a bad pass out of bounds in the backcourt | 3-0 |
| 18:48 | Louisville | David Hazelton misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right corner | 3-0 |
| 18:46 | Louisville | Scott White tips it but misses | 3-0 |
| 18:45 | Louisville | David Hazelton hits the follow up shot | 5-0 |
| 18:34 | Xavier | Jonathan Woods is fouled on the floor by David Hazelton - foul #1 on David Hazelton, team foul #2 | 5-0 |
| 18:09 | Xavier | Vincent Kimball clanks a floater from the baseline but he's fouled by Kurt Mills - foul #2 on Kurt Mills, team foul #3 | 5-0 |
| Subs | Louisville | Randall Lucas (SG) Kurt Mills | |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| 18:09 | Xavier | Vincent Kimball misses the 1st free throw | 5-0 |
| 18:09 | Xavier | Vincent Kimball makes the 2nd free throw | 5-1 |
| 17:51 | Louisville | Randall Lucas is called for the illegal screen - foul #1 on Randall Lucas, team foul #4 | 5-1 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Xavier | David Singh (PF) Russell Heng | |
| 17:40 | Xavier | Thomas Gannon denies the turnaround by Vincent Kimball | 5-1 |
| 17:38 | Louisville | Randall Lucas grabs the defensive rebound | 5-1 |
| 17:18 | Louisville | Randall Lucas hits the front of the rim on the fadeaway from the left side | 5-1 |
| 17:17 | Louisville | Thomas Gannon grabs the offensive board | 5-1 |
| 17:10 | Louisville | Randall Lucas connects on the jumper from the right side | 7-1 |
| 16:53 | Xavier | David Hazelton picks off the pass by Jonathan Woods | 7-1 |
| 16:48 | Louisville | Norman Vanhoose misses the floater from the right wing | 7-1 |
| 16:46 | Xavier | Robert Littles snags the defensive board | 7-1 |
| 16:31 | Xavier | Vincent Kimball drills a fadeaway in the lane on a great pass from Jonathan Woods | 7-3 |
| 16:06 | Louisville | Robert Littles picks off the pass by Randall Lucas | 7-3 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Norman Vanhoose (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SG - Randall Lucas (fresh) 2 pts. SF - David Hazelton (fairly fresh) 2 pts. PF - Scott White (fairly fresh) 2 reb. C - Thomas Gannon (fairly fresh) 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Robert Littles (fairly fresh) SG - Robin Chung (fairly fresh) SF - Jonathan Woods (fairly fresh) PF - David Singh (fresh) C - Vincent Kimball (fairly fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 15:44 | Xavier | Jonathan Woods clanks a fadeaway from the left side | 7-3 |
| 15:43 | Xavier | Robin Chung snags the offensive board | 7-3 |
| 15:26 | Xavier | Robin Chung comes up short on the runner near the basket | 7-3 |
| 15:25 | Xavier | David Singh tips it but misses | 7-3 |
| 15:23 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Thomas Gannon | 7-3 |
| 15:16 | Louisville | Randall Lucas clanks a jump hook from the left block | 7-3 |
| 15:14 | Xavier | The rebound goes to Robert Littles | 7-3 |
| 15:03 | Xavier | Jonathan Woods comes up short on the 3 pointer from the left corner | 7-3 |
| 15:02 | Louisville | Thomas Gannon snags the defensive board | 7-3 |
| 14:56 | Louisville | Thomas Gannon lays it up and in on a great pass from Norman Vanhoose | 9-3 |
| 14:52 | Xavier | Robin Chung knocks in the 3pt jumper from the left corner on a great pass from Jonathan Woods | 9-6 |
| 14:48 | Louisville | Norman Vanhoose can't connect on a fadeaway jumper from the right side | 9-6 |
| 14:46 | Xavier | Vincent Kimball snags the defensive board | 9-6 |
| 14:42 | Xavier | Robert Littles clanks a 3 pointer from the left corner | 9-6 |
| 14:40 | Louisville | Thomas Gannon pulls down the rebound | 9-6 |
| 14:36 | Louisville | Vincent Kimball blocks the short jumper by Randall Lucas | 9-6 |
| 14:35 | Xavier | The rebound goes to Jonathan Woods | 9-6 |
| 14:13 | Xavier | Jonathan Woods hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Robert Littles and he's hacked by David Hazelton - foul #2 on David Hazelton, team foul #5 | 9-8 |
| Subs | Louisville | Grady Tague (PG), Brandon Maddux (SG), Michael Arce (SF), Jim Gandy (PF), Chad Young (C) Norman Vanhoose, Randall Lucas, David Hazelton, Scott White, Thomas Gannon | |
| Subs | Xavier | David Mitchell (PG), James Peterson (SG), Russell Heng (PF), Berdy Zebel (C) Robert Littles, Robin Chung, David Singh, Vincent Kimball | |
| 14:13 | Xavier | Jonathan Woods makes the free throw | 9-9 |
| 14:00 | Louisville | Brandon Maddux misses badly on a turnaround near the basket | 9-9 |
| 13:59 | Louisville | Chad Young tips it but misses | 9-9 |
| 13:58 | Louisville | Jim Gandy tips it home | 11-9 |
| 13:39 | Xavier | James Peterson is hacked by Grady Tague - foul #1 on Grady Tague, team foul #6 | 11-9 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Xavier | Norman Sarris (PG) Jonathan Woods | |
| 13:29 | Xavier | Michael Arce swats the layup by Russell Heng | 11-9 |
| 13:27 | Louisville | Chad Young pulls down the rebound | 11-9 |
| 13:23 | Louisville | Brandon Maddux scores on a floater from just outside the lane on a great pass from Grady Tague | 13-9 |
| 13:17 | Xavier | Berdy Zebel hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 13-9 |
| 13:16 | Louisville | Jim Gandy pulls down the rebound | 13-9 |
| 13:11 | Louisville | Grady Tague hits the front of the rim on the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 13-9 |
| 13:09 | Xavier | Norman Sarris gets the rebound | 13-9 |
| 12:49 | Xavier | Russell Heng misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 13-9 |
| 12:48 | Xavier | Norman Sarris tips it home | 13-11 |
| 12:20 | Louisville | Michael Arce is called for traveling | 13-11 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jesse Dane (PG), Thomas Gannon (C) Brandon Maddux, Chad Young | |
| Subs | Xavier | Scott Middlebrook (PF), Vincent Kimball (C) Russell Heng, Berdy Zebel | |
| 12:00 | Xavier | David Mitchell hits a 3pt shot from the right wing set up by Norman Sarris | 13-14 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Jesse Dane (fresh) SG - Grady Tague (fairly fresh) 1 ast. SF - Michael Arce (fairly fresh) PF - Jim Gandy (fresh) 2 pts. 2 reb. C - Thomas Gannon (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Norman Sarris (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - David Mitchell (fairly fresh) 3 pts. SF - James Peterson (fairly fresh) PF - Scott Middlebrook (fresh) C - Vincent Kimball (fairly fresh) 3 pts. | |
| 11:49 | Louisville | Michael Arce blows the layup | 13-14 |
| 11:48 | Xavier | Norman Sarris gets the rebound | 13-14 |
| 11:25 | Xavier | Scott Middlebrook hits the front of the rim on the shot from the right wing | 13-14 |
| 11:23 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Jim Gandy | 13-14 |
| 11:19 | Louisville | Michael Arce can't finish the layup | 13-14 |
| 11:18 | Louisville | Jesse Dane tips it but misses | 13-14 |
| 11:16 | Louisville | The offensive rebound goes to Jim Gandy | 13-14 |
| 10:53 | Louisville | Thomas Gannon makes the turnaround near the basket on a nice dish by Michael Arce and he's hacked by Vincent Kimball - foul #1 on Vincent Kimball, team foul #3 | 15-14 |
| Subs | Louisville | Randall Lucas (SG), Brandon Maddux (SF), Chad Young (PF) Grady Tague, Michael Arce, Jim Gandy | |
| Subs | Xavier | Robert Littles (PG), Robin Chung (SG), Jonathan Woods (SF), Russell Heng (PF), David Singh (C) Norman Sarris, David Mitchell, James Peterson, Scott Middlebrook, Vincent Kimball | |
| 10:53 | Louisville | Thomas Gannon makes the free throw | 16-14 |
| 10:41 | Xavier | Jonathan Woods comes up short on the floater in the paint | 16-14 |
| 10:39 | Xavier | David Singh tips it home | 16-16 |
| 10:17 | Louisville | Robin Chung takes the ball from Thomas Gannon | 16-16 |
| 10:14 | Xavier | Robin Chung misses the dunk attempt | 16-16 |
| 10:12 | Xavier | Jonathan Woods snags the offensive board | 16-16 |
| 09:58 | Xavier | Robin Chung drills a 3pt jumper from the right wing | 16-19 |
| 09:37 | Louisville | Jesse Dane misses short on a 3pt attempt from the left wing | 16-19 |
| 09:36 | Xavier | Robin Chung snags the defensive board | 16-19 |
| 09:32 | Xavier | Robin Chung misses the 3 from the right wing | 16-19 |
| 09:30 | Xavier | Russell Heng misses the tip | 16-19 |
| 09:29 | Louisville | Thomas Gannon snags the defensive board | 16-19 |
| 09:22 | Louisville | Robin Chung steals it from Randall Lucas | 16-19 |
| 09:08 | Xavier | Robin Chung misses long on a 3 pointer from the right wing | 16-19 |
| 09:06 | Louisville | Chad Young grabs the defensive rebound | 16-19 |
| 09:00 | Louisville | Chad Young misses the shot from the right block but he's hacked by Russell Heng - foul #1 on Russell Heng, team foul #4 | 16-19 |
| Subs | Louisville | Norman Vanhoose (PG), Michael Arce (SF), Scott White (PF) Jesse Dane, Brandon Maddux, Thomas Gannon | |
| Subs | Xavier | Norman Sarris (PG), Charles Owens (SG), Scott Middlebrook (PF), Berdy Zebel (C) Robert Littles, Robin Chung, Russell Heng, David Singh | |
| 09:00 | Louisville | Chad Young misses the 1st free throw | 16-19 |
| 09:00 | Louisville | Chad Young misses the 2nd free throw | 16-19 |
| 09:00 | Xavier | The rebound goes to Jonathan Woods | 16-19 |
| 08:43 | Xavier | Scott Middlebrook misses badly on a fadeaway from the right side | 16-19 |
| 08:42 | Louisville | Scott White grabs the defensive rebound | 16-19 |
| 08:36 | Louisville | Randall Lucas can't connect on a fadeaway from just outside the lane but the foul's on Charles Owens - foul #1 on Charles Owens, team foul #5 | 16-19 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jim Gandy (C) Chad Young | |
| Subs | Xavier | David Mitchell (SG), James Peterson (SF) Charles Owens, Jonathan Woods | |
| 08:36 | Louisville | Randall Lucas makes the 1st free throw | 17-19 |
| 08:36 | Louisville | Randall Lucas makes the 2nd free throw | 18-19 |
| 08:15 | Xavier | Norman Sarris misses the 3pt attempt from the right corner | 18-19 |
| 08:14 | Louisville | Scott White grabs the defensive rebound | 18-19 |
| 07:54 | Louisville | Randall Lucas buries a shot from the left wing set up by Norman Vanhoose | 20-19 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Norman Vanhoose (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. SG - Randall Lucas (fairly fresh) 6 pts. SF - Michael Arce (fairly fresh) PF - Scott White (fresh) 4 reb. C - Jim Gandy (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Norman Sarris (fresh) 2 pts. 1 ast. SG - David Mitchell (fresh) 3 pts. SF - James Peterson (fresh) PF - Scott Middlebrook (fresh) C - Berdy Zebel (fresh) | |
| 07:41 | Xavier | Michael Arce is called for the reach on David Mitchell - foul #1 on Michael Arce, team foul #7 | 20-19 |
| Subs | Louisville | Grady Tague (SG), Brandon Maddux (SF) Randall Lucas, Michael Arce | |
| Subs | Xavier | Jonathan Woods (SF) Norman Sarris | |
| 07:41 | Xavier | David Mitchell makes the 1st free throw | 20-20 |
| 07:41 | Xavier | David Mitchell makes the 2nd free throw | 20-21 |
| 07:23 | Louisville | Brandon Maddux hits the front of the rim on the 3 pointer from the right wing | 20-21 |
| 07:21 | Xavier | David Mitchell grabs the defensive rebound | 20-21 |
| 07:17 | Xavier | James Peterson's pass is intercepted by Jim Gandy | 20-21 |
| 07:03 | Louisville | Norman Vanhoose buries a jumpshot from the free throw line | 22-21 |
| 06:44 | Xavier | Berdy Zebel drills a pull-up jumper from the right side on a great pass from James Peterson | 22-23 |
| 06:19 | Louisville | James Peterson steps in front of the Scott White pass | 22-23 |
| 06:05 | Xavier | Jonathan Woods makes the 3 from the right corner | 22-26 |
| 05:46 | Louisville | Scott White lays it up and in | 24-26 |
| 05:25 | Xavier | Jonathan Woods is fouled on the floor by Brandon Maddux - foul #1 on Brandon Maddux, team foul #8 | 24-26 |
| Subs | Louisville | Jesse Dane (PG), Randall Lucas (SG), Michael Arce (SF), Chad Young (PF), Thomas Gannon (C) Norman Vanhoose, Grady Tague, Brandon Maddux, Scott White, Jim Gandy | |
| Subs | Xavier | Robert Littles (PG), Robin Chung (SG), Russell Heng (PF), Vincent Kimball (C) David Mitchell, James Peterson, Scott Middlebrook, Berdy Zebel | |
| 05:25 | Xavier | Jonathan Woods makes the 1st free throw | 24-27 |
| 05:25 | Xavier | Jonathan Woods makes the 2nd free throw | 24-28 |
| 05:07 | Louisville | Jesse Dane misses long on a 3pt shot from the left wing | 24-28 |
| 05:05 | Louisville | Thomas Gannon snags the offensive board | 24-28 |
| 04:55 | Louisville | Michael Arce connects on the runner from close range set up by Jesse Dane and the foul's on Vincent Kimball - foul #2 on Vincent Kimball, team foul #6 | 26-28 |
| Subs | Louisville | | |
| Subs | Xavier | David Singh (C) Vincent Kimball | |
| 04:55 | Louisville | Michael Arce misses the free throw | 26-28 |
| 04:55 | Xavier | Russell Heng gets the rebound | 26-28 |
| 04:39 | Xavier | David Singh knocks in the jump hook near the basket | 26-30 |
| 04:23 | Louisville | Michael Arce scores on a jumpshot from the right wing on a great pass from Randall Lucas | 28-30 |
| 04:09 | Xavier | Robert Littles misses short on a 3pt shot from straight away | 28-30 |
| 04:07 | Louisville | Thomas Gannon pulls down the rebound | 28-30 |
| 04:02 | Louisville | Jesse Dane is whistled for a carry | 28-30 |
| Subs | Louisville | Grady Tague (SG), Jim Gandy (PF) Randall Lucas, Chad Young | |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| 03:47 | Xavier | Jim Gandy steps in front of the Robert Littles pass | 28-30 |
| Lineup | Louisville | PG - Jesse Dane (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Grady Tague (fresh) 1 ast. SF - Michael Arce (fresh) 4 pts. PF - Jim Gandy (fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. 2 stl. C - Thomas Gannon (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 7 reb. 2 blk. | |
| Lineup | Xavier | PG - Robert Littles (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Robin Chung (fresh) 6 pts. 2 stl. SF - Jonathan Woods (fairly fresh) 8 pts. 4 reb. PF - Russell Heng (fresh) 2 reb. C - David Singh (fresh) 4 pts. 2 reb. | |
| 03:43 | Louisville | Michael Arce clanks a floater from the right wing but he's hacked by Robin Chung - foul #2 on Robin Chung, team foul #7 | 28-30 |
| Subs | Louisville | Kurt Mills (SG), David Hazelton (SF) Jesse Dane, Thomas Gannon | |
| Subs | Xavier | Vincent Kimball (C) David Singh | |
| 03:43 | Louisville | Michael Arce misses the 1st free throw | 28-30 |
| 03:43 | Louisville | Michael Arce makes the 2nd free throw | 29-30 |
| 03:24 | Xavier | Grady Tague is called for the reach on Jonathan Woods - foul #2 on Grady Tague, team foul #9 | 29-30 |
| Subs | Louisville | Scott White (PF) Michael Arce | |
| Subs | Xavier | Scott Middlebrook (PF) Russell Heng | |
| 03:24 | Xavier | Jonathan Woods makes the 1st free throw | 29-31 |
| 03:24 | Xavier | Jonathan Woods makes the 2nd free throw | 29-32 |
| 03:03 | Louisville | Scott White comes up short on the jump hook from the left block but he's hacked by Jonathan Woods - foul #1 on Jonathan Woods, team foul #8 | 29-32 |
| Subs | Louisville | Norman Vanhoose (PG) Grady Tague | |
| Subs | Xavier | Norman Sarris (PG), David Mitchell (SG), David Singh (PF) Robert Littles, Robin Chung, Jonathan Woods | |
| 03:03 | Louisville | Scott White makes the 1st free throw | 30-32 |
| 03:03 | Louisville | Scott White misses the 2nd free throw | 30-32 |
| 03:03 | Xavier | Vincent Kimball snags the defensive board | 30-32 |
| 02:44 | Xavier | Scott White swats the short shot by Scott Middlebrook | 30-32 |
| 02:43 | Louisville | The rebound goes to Scott White | 30-32 |
| 02:37 | Louisville | Jim Gandy connects on the shot from the left block on a great pass from Scott White and he's fouled by Vincent Kimball - foul #3 on Vincent Kimball, team foul #9 | 32-32 |
| Subs | Louisville | Thomas Gannon (C) Scott White | |
| Subs | Xavier | James Peterson (SF), Berdy Zebel (C) Scott Middlebrook, Vincent Kimball | |
| 02:37 | Louisville | Jim Gandy makes the free throw | 33-32 |
| 02:19 | Xavier | David Mitchell misses short on a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 33-32 |
| 02:17 | Louisville | David Hazelton gets the rebound | 33-32 |
| 02:11 | Louisville | Thomas Gannon is called for traveling | 33-32 |
| Subs | Louisville | Michael Arce (PF) Jim Gandy | |
| Subs | Xavier | | |
| 01:48 | Xavier | Berdy Zebel drills a pull-up jumper from the left side set up by Norman Sarris | 33-34 |
| 01:26 | Louisville | Kurt Mills clanks a 3 from the right corner | 33-34 |
| 01:25 | Louisville | Norman Vanhoose grabs the offensive board | 33-34 |
| 01:01 | Louisville | James Peterson steals the ball from Norman Vanhoose | 33-34 |
| 00:45 | Xavier | Berdy Zebel connects on the 3pt jumper from the left corner set up by David Mitchell | 33-37 |
| 00:22 | Louisville | David Hazelton misses the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 33-37 |
| 00:20 | Xavier | The rebound goes to David Singh | 33-37 |
| 00:03 | Xavier | David Singh is called for a backcourt violation | 33-37 |
| Subs | Louisville | Grady Tague (PG), Randall Lucas (SG), Brandon Maddux (SF), Scott White (PF), Jim Gandy (C) Norman Vanhoose, Kurt Mills, David Hazelton, Michael Arce, Thomas Gannon | |
| Subs | Xavier | Robert Littles (PG), Robin Chung (SG), Jonathan Woods (SF), Russell Heng (PF) Norman Sarris, David Mitchell, James Peterson, Berdy Zebel | |
| 00:00 | Louisville | Grady Tague hits the front of the rim on the halfcourt shot | 33-37 |