THE TAKE
So I'll tell you now, my Final Four has three Big Twelve teams in it, and I didn't even realize until afterwards, and I considered having a fourth one in there. Like, if I told you the Final Four was Kansas out of the East, Arizona out of the West, Midwest was Iowa State, and Houston out of the South — that's not ridiculous to say that.
BOLDNESS
52/100
GRADE
10/100
PLAYERS / TEAMS
KansasArizonaIowa StateHouston
GRADING CRITERIA
TRUE IF
all four teams — Kansas, Arizona, Iowa State, and Houston — reach the NCAA Tournament Final Four in 2027. Take is
FALSE IF
any of those four teams fails to advance to the Final Four.
bold callrecency bias
OUTCOME
CONFIRMED FALSEThe 2026 Final Four consisted of Michigan, Arizona, UConn, and Illinois. Of Hammer's four predicted teams, only Arizona made the Final Four. Kansas, Iowa State, and Houston all failed to advance that far, making the prediction definitively false by its own resolution criteria.