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North Carolina defeated Missouri 84–70 in the 2000 NCAA men's tournament

North Carolina beat Missouri 84–70 in the South first round during the 2000 NCAA men's tournament.

16–17 March 2000 North America Birmingham, Alabama
Source-checked report card · BasketballFinal: North Carolina 84–70 Missouri

16–17 March 2000 · Birmingham, Alabama

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The story

North Carolina defeated Missouri 84–70 in the South 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 Birmingham, Alabama.

How it unfolded

The 14-point decision sent North Carolina forward from this stage and ended Missouri's tournament run. The bracket records the finish as regulation; 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

North Carolina vs Missouri
FinalNorth CarolinaMissouri
Final8470

Sources

Check the original record.

Open the governing body or organiser’s publication for the underlying result, decision or tournament update.