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Gonzaga defeated Louisville 77–66 in the 2000 NCAA men's tournament

Gonzaga beat Louisville 77–66 in the West first round during the 2000 NCAA men's tournament.

16–17 March 2000 North America Tucson, Arizona
Source-checked report card · BasketballFinal: Gonzaga 77–66 Louisville

16–17 March 2000 · Tucson, Arizona

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The story

Gonzaga defeated Louisville 77–66 in the West 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 Tucson, Arizona.

How it unfolded

The 11-point decision sent Gonzaga forward from this stage and ended Louisville'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

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Sources

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