{"id":94930,"date":"2026-03-15T19:26:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T22:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/meet-the-fins-up-guys-who-put-liu-hoops-fans-on-the-map\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T19:26:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T22:26:31","slug":"meet-the-fins-up-guys-who-put-liu-hoops-fans-on-the-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/meet-the-fins-up-guys-who-put-liu-hoops-fans-on-the-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the &#8216;Fins up&#8217; guys who put LIU hoops fans on the map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It\u2019s quite a Sharks tale.<\/p>\n<p>Two college-basketball nuts <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/10\/sports\/liu-wins-nec-championship-with-return-to-march-madness-for-first-time-since-2018-already-secure\/\">have reeled in huge team spirit <\/a>for the March Madness-bound Sharks of Long Island University with a hot new signature wave \u2014  despite neither having even attended the 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Sharks, despite neither having even attended the school. <span class=\"credit\">Michael Nagle for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The duo (Pochapin, left, and Koffman center) went viral for creating the overhead \u201cFins up\u201d clap that LIU\u2019s spirit section, \u201cThe Reef,\u201d now does when the team shoots free throws. <span class=\"credit\">Michael Nagle for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAnd a love for a really, really drawn-out passion side project,\u201d said the Yale University grad, who met Pochapin, a Lehigh University alum, as kids at The Bronx\u2019s Riverdale Country School.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old devoted outsiders recently went viral for creating the overhead \u201cFins up\u201d clap that LIU\u2019s spirit section \u2014 <em>a k a<\/em> \u201cThe Reef\u201d \u2014 now does when the team shoots free throws.<\/p>\n<p>The courtside clap is now the hottest expression of college hoops fandom in the land \u2014 even being <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/iKalebHenry\/status\/2030773632733958340\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">adopted by some University of Nebraska fans<\/a> and leading Barstool Sports to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/barstoolsports\/status\/2030392857974964248\">crown LIU as \u201cAmerica\u2019s team.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIt took a few years, but the entire college basketball world is picking up on it,\u201d Pochapin said.<\/p>\n<p>Pochapin \u2014 who said he learned to read better when his mom gave him The Post sports section as a little boy \u2014 and Koffman and a handful of buddies are accustomed to \u201cbeing the loudest five people at a sporting event.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Rod Strickland, head men\u2019s basketball coach at Long Island University, celebrates with players after the Sharks win over Mercyhurst. <span class=\"credit\">Michael Nagle for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He said they were previously often among just a handful fans for games in the gym at the Brooklyn campus of LIU, which also has a site in Brookville on Long Island.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/t\/ZP8q5QXR5\/\">was really no one in the building<\/a>,\u201d the FinTech worker said, particularly during the team\u2019s low tide in 2023, when they won just three games.<\/p>\n<p>Given that \u201canything you said and did was heard and echoed throughout,\u201d it became the perfect storm to lean into the now-iconic chant they created a year later, he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201c\u2018Fins up\u2019 is going to be a thing for this whole tournament,\u201d Greg Gordon, center, said. <span class=\"credit\">Michael Nagle for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Greg Gordon, left, celebrates with cheerleaders after the win. <span class=\"credit\">Michael Nagle for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe always were clapping after the free throws,\u201d said Pochapin, who lives in Chelsea in Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I guess from there, I just started yelling, \u2018Fins up!\u2019 \u201c<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Uncharted waters<\/h2>\n<p>The men\u2019s dedication throughout the team\u2019s ebbs and flows now has tons of fans swimming to the shark tank.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">The section was packed with over-the-top supporters who made<\/span> the floor shake during the team\u2019s Northeast Conference title-winning 79-70 victory over Mercyhurst on Tuesday night, when\u00a0LIU properly punched a ticket to the Big Dance, proudly sporting a 14-1 home record as it headed to the NCAA Division I tournament.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what home-court advantage is about \u2014 that energy,\u201d said LIU head coach and former Knick Rod Strickland after last week\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p>Notable LIU alum and Fox News commentator Brian Kilmeade, who played soccer at the university, is all in on the hype.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s amazing to think the whole country will understand LIU can play with the big guns on the national stage,\u201d he said, adding that it \u201csays a lot about Rod Strickland\u2019s coaching ability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former LIU basketball player-turned-ESPN and MSG broadcaster Alan Hahn is also diving into the madness head-first.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had my kids doing fins up every time there was a free throw,\u201d said the Suffolk County native, who\u2019s been watching the team\u2019s fantastic arc religiously this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think, definitely, the players feel it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Malachi Davis and Greg Gordon celebrate with teammates after the NEC championship game. <span class=\"credit\">Michael Nagle for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Senior guard Greg Gordon agreed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Fins up\u2019 is going to be a thing for this whole tournament,\u201d said the player, who dropped 24 points in the NEC championship game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI truly believe it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Seas the day<\/h2>\n<p>The fin-atical Koffman and Pochapin \u2014 who previously <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/04\/13\/ross-cellino-on-infamous-cellino-barnes-law-firm-breakup\/\">produced an off-Broadway play called \u201cCelino v. 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