Florida’s 7-foot-9 freshman Olivier Rioux became the tallest college basketball player of all time by entering the Gators’ 104-64 victory over North Florida on Thursday.
Rioux, a native of Montreal, entered with 2:09 remaining in the game. He thus surpassed 7-7 players Kenny George of UNC Asheville and Mike Lanier of Hardin-Simmons/UCLA.
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“It felt great,” Rioux said af
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