March Madness' final perfect bracket goes down with Tennessee loss
Despite erasing an 18-point deficit, Tennessee was eliminated from the NCAA tournament after losing an epic overtime clash against Purdue. And as the Volunteers went, so did the country’s final perfect bracket.
Entering Thursday, only a single perfect bracket had been documented anywhere. Its owner was Greg Nigl, a neuropsychologist at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs from Columbus, Ohio.
🚨 PERFECT BRACKET UPDATE 🚨
Here is the last one standing. Can it go all the way? #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/CA0kIZJGF7— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 25, 2019
Nigl’s bracket started Thursday well when Gonzaga, his national champion pick, rocked Florida State 72-58 to reach the Elite Eight. Nigl himself was actually in the house to watch.
Gregg Nigl, the owner of the last remaining perfect bracket, is in the house to watch some #Sweet16 basketball!#MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/1FtFP8ZBBS
— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) March 29, 2019
Sadly, Nigl’s perfect run ended soon after Gonzaga prevailed. The final tally of games correctly called: 49, a record. The odds of hitting a coin flip 49 times in a row: .00000000000015 percent. Of course, not every game is as random as a coin flip. Even if you bump those odds up to hitting a 75 percent chance 49 times in a row, you still get only .000076 percent. Picking a bracket is hard.
It’s not like Nigl missed out on history with the loss though, as he would take a second loss a couple hours later thanks to Michigan’s complete offensive collapse against Texas Tech.
Funnily enough, that Michigan loss might have hurt worse than the Tennessee loss. After all, Nigl is reportedly a Michigan fan.
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