Bracket busted: Ohio man's perfect run in NCAA tourney snapped in 50th game

So much for that perfect NCAA bracket.

An Ohio neurophysicist, who became the first person to own a perfect bracket heading into the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, ran out of luck Thursday, according to Bleacher Report.

Gregg Nigl, 40, of Columbus, Ohio, had correctly predicted the first 49 games in the NCAA's March Madness Bracket Challenge before No. 2 seed Tennessee lost 99-94 in overtime to Purdue, NCAA.com reported.

Before Nigl, the most games a person had correctly selected was 39 straight in 2017.

According to NCAA.com, Nigl was not even aware of his record-setting streak until he was contacted Monday.

"So wait, you’re saying I’m the first person to have ever done this?” Nigl told NCAA.com. "This is wild. I can't even believe it. I had no idea that this was even happening."

Nigl did not watch last weekend's games because he and his wife drove to Vermont on vacation, Sports Illustrated reported.

According to NCAA.com, if every game were a coin toss, the odds of predicting 49 in a row are 1 in 562,949,953,421,312.

Even if Nigl had gotten through the Tennessee-Purdue, his luck would have run out later, as Michigan lost 63-44 to Texas Tech.

No more perfection. Nigl now joins the rest of us.

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