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Kansas defeated DePaul 81–77 in the 2000 NCAA men's tournament

Kansas beat DePaul 81–77 in the East first round during the 2000 NCAA men's tournament.

16–17 March 2000 North America Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Source-checked report card · BasketballFinal: Kansas 81–77 DePaul

16–17 March 2000 · Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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The story

Kansas defeated DePaul 81–77 in the East first round of the 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The completed result belongs to the 16–17 March 2000 round interval and was staged at Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

How it unfolded

The 4-point decision sent Kansas forward from this stage and ended DePaul's tournament run. The bracket records the finish as overtime; no player statistic or play-by-play detail is added without a game-level source.

The wider picture

The NCAA championship bracket fixes the score and advancement path, while two independent tournament registers corroborate the pairing and bracket position. The report counts the game once, states the available date precision and keeps the historical competition interval separate from the later iintroo archive-publication timestamp.

Period by period

Kansas vs DePaul
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Sources

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