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7-foot-9 Florida center Olivier Rioux achieves milestone in college basketball debut

7-foot-9 Florida center Olivier Rioux achieves milestone in college basketball debut

During halftime of Florida’s commanding victory over North Florida on Thursday, coach Todd Golden noticed fans buzzing about the possibility of seeing redshirt freshman Olivier Rieux play. Fans have been eagerly anticipating the 7-foot-9 sensation’s debut, curious to witness the tallest player in college basketball history. Golden mentioned, “I told them, ‘It’s going to happen, […]

Tracy Wolfson’s March Madness photo with Florida’s Oliver Rioux goes viral

Olivier Rioux may not have gotten his playing time while running Gators in the NCAA Tournament, but with his vast size he is a difficult person to overlook. At 7 feet 9, Rioux is the tallest player in the tournament this year, and received some additional notices on Sunday when CBS sports reporter Tracy Wolfson […]

Video of 7-foot-9 Olivier Rioux with Florida teammates goes viral

Olivier Rieux has arrived. Would you like to meet him? look up. Even Micah Handrogten, Florida's 7-foot-1-inch incumbent center, has to do that. Rioux, a 7-foot-9 teenager (teenager!), Found working through layup line He appeared with his new teammates from the Florida Gators in a video posted Tuesday. Rieux trotted to the end of the […]