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At 7-9, there's not a basketball player in the world that towers over Olivier Rioux. That hasn't been enough to see him get ...
The Florida Gators player is originally from Canada where he inherited his dad's and mom's stature Olivier Rioux's heights ...
It's been nearly impossible to follow college basketball this season without hearing about Florida freshman Olivier Rioux.
Among the familiar scene of players climbing a ladder to cut down the nets after winning a national championship Monday night ...
After Florida rallied to defeat Texas Tech in the West regional final, a video clip of Rioux went viral because he didn’t ...
Olivier Rioux, the 7'9" Canadian redshirt freshman, is generating excitement at the University of Florida despite not yet ...
Florida freshman Olivier Rioux is the most talked about college basketball player at the Final Four who will not play even ...
The Florida freshman center is very tall, as we saw in this 2025 March Madness video after the win over Houston.
The Florida redshirt freshman center is 7-foot-9. No, that's not a typo. And on Monday in San Antonio, Rioux got to put that ...
The Florida Gators' redshirt freshman is the world's tallest teenager, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
Rioux is listed at 7-foot-9 on Florida's official — five inches taller than former Purdue center Zach Edey. Per an ESPN story ...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Olivier Rioux pokes his head out the front door of Florida’s practice facility — the 7-foot-9 center has to duck, of course — and delivers a tidbit. “Alberta reached ...