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06/12/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/12/2026 13:06
Knicks in Six: Adelphi Alumnus Goes Viral for 2026 NBA Finals Prediction
Published: June 12, 2026
• by Taylor Damian, Director for Media Relations '14
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Adelphi University alumnus Evan Pfeufer '24 has "gone viral" across the country for a prediction he made about the New York Knicks in 2020.
With all eyes on the New York Knicks-San Antonio Spurs NBA Finals games in early June, Pfeufer, a New Yorker and Knicks superfan, posted the prediction from his 2020 Smithtown High School West yearbook to social media. His original post garnered more than 130,000 views and 5 million thereafter. Ever since, it has been shared across major social media platforms and news outlets.
What's his prediction? In 2020, Pfeufer's senior quote under his graduation photo was simply "Knicks in 6. 2026 NBA Finals."
Once this resurfaced online during the NBA Finals, Pfeufer and his prediction have blown up, making headlines and being shared thousands of times on social media, including by entertainment and sports culture e-commerce platform Complex (10.6 million followers) and sports fans' hub Overtime (10.4 million followers). It has also been featured in news stories on AP News, ESPN, People, ABC News, News 12 Long Island and more.
"It all feels unreal because this started just as a rhyme I said to my friends one day back in 2019, and now it is everywhere," said Pfeufer, a sales representative who earned a degree in business administration from Adelphi's Robert B. Willumstad School of Business. "Knicks win Game 4, Spurs steal Game 5, Close out in the Garden Game 6."
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