UF’s 7-9 Olivier Rioux makes historic debut, becomes tallest person to play college basketball
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GAINESVILLE — Florida’s 7-foot-9 Olivier Rioux made his long-awaited, hard-earned debut to become the tallest player in college basketball history. With the No. 3 Gators 104-64 win against North Florida well in hand, many among a reported crowd of 10,065 began to chant, “Oli, Oli, Oli,” — the nicknamed given the world’s tallest teenager and […]