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Basketball wonderkid almost 8-foot tall won't play a single March Madness game
Olivier Rioux would have towered over every other player at this year's March Madness but he won't feature for the Gators.
Victor Wembanyama is going to look small next to this 7'9 Florida Gators freshman Olivier Rioux
The Florida Gators won the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship after beating the sixth-ranked Tennessee Volunteers 86-77. The first-team All American guard Walter Clayt ...
Near 8ft giant and world’s tallest teen makes Shaq and Wemby look tiny and could be next March Madness icon
Watch out Wemby, there’s a new giant in town. Florida men’s basketball star Olivier Rioux is the new big man on campus and ...
Basketball wonderkid almost 8ft tall has already received Shaquille O'Neal message
Basketball legend O’Neal has referenced Rioux’s height in an amusing video on his TikTok account. The 53-year-old, who ...
Meet Olivier Rioux: The New Tallest Teenager Dominating College Basketball
Guinness World Record Holder: In 2019, Rioux officially entered the Guinness World Records as the tallest teenager at over 7 feet 5 inches. Since then, he has grown an additional two inches, cementing ...
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How tall is Olivier Rioux? Meet the 7-9 Florida freshman who's the world's tallest teenager
Rioux is 7-foot-9, and 305 pounds. He signed to Florida's 2024 class out of IMG Academy, and he was a three-star prospect per 247Sports.
Basketball wonderkid almost 8ft tall set to make NBA statement at March Madness
A college basketball player, who is the world's tallest teenager, will be hoping to make a major statement to NBA teams at ...
Florida’s 7’9 center didn’t need a ladder to cut down the nets
You just can’t teach size. On Sunday this really hit home as 7’9 Florida center Oliver Rioux cut down the net without even ...
Olivier Rioux: The World's Tallest Teenager and His NBA Aspirations
Introduction Imagine being nearly eight feet tall and catching the attention of NBA scouts while still in your teenage years. Olivier Rioux, the tallest teenager in the world, is making headlines for ...
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The world's tallest teen, 7-foot-9 Olivier Rioux, is working to expand his NIL-earning power
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 ...
Women's March Madness: 5 Players who could steal the spotlight from JuJu Watkins
By now, we all know JuJu Watkins is a game-wrecker. The USC freshman has been an unstoppable force, taking over games with her scoring, defense, and sheer willpower. She single-han ...