Over two weeks ago, the Florida Gators men’s basketball team reached the promised land, hoisting the National Championship ...

Abdul Aziz and Abdul-Malik Olajuwon, the sons of Basketball Hall of Famer Hakeem Olajuwon, were among 47 players invited to ...

But video of Olivier Rioux, Florida’s 7-foot-9 redshirt freshman ... celebrity drawing power with general interest in women’s basketball. Quick hook: Even in the volatile NBA, you’d think ...

Olivier Rioux is a freshman college basketball player for the Florida Gators. He joined the team in the 2024 recruiting class as the tallest recruit in the history of college basketball.

SAN ANTONIO — The 7-foot-9-inch freshman from the University of Florida brushed past the ladder that other players were using to cut down his piece of the basketball net after the Gators ...

Rioux built his reputation through time at IMG Academy and Guinness World Records now recognizes him as he prepares to transform basketball history. Olivier Rioux stands tall as redshirt freshman ...

Unlike last year though, when Toronto’s Zach Edey had a great game but fell short in Purdue’s loss against Connecticut, Olivier Rioux got to celebrate an NCAA championship, though he didn’t play. The ...

Florida freshman sensation Olivier Rioux, who is listed at 7-foot-9, grabbed the scissors off the top of the ladder and stood on his tippy toes as he reached up to cut a piece of net after the ...

ABOVE THE NET — The college basketball tradition of cutting down the championship net goes back decades, but there's usually a prop included every time. Florida's 7-foot-9 center, Olivier Rioux ...

Olivier Rioux, Florida's 7-foot-9 center, took a redshirt year as a freshman this season. The Canada native is the tallest player in NCAA Division I basketball history, and his height was on full ...