When Rioux suits up next season in Gainesville, he'll officially become the tallest college basketball player in history, surpassing recent Purdue big man Zach Edey (7-foot-4) and others.
One player stood out amongst the rest: center Olivier Rioux. Rioux is a 7-foot-9 true freshman who ... for Florida’s Olivier Rioux (7’9) to dunk a basketball," one wrote.
7-foot-9 freshman Olivier Rioux is a fascination for the Gators. One day, Florida coach Todd Golden hopes Rioux becomes an X-factor — an XXXL one. After all, there is no basketball player on ...
one which would have set a record for the tallest player to enter a game in college basketball history: 7-foot-9, 305-pound center Olivier Rioux. Yet Rioux remained on the bench, and Todd Golden ...