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Florida's 7-Foot-9 Freshman Has Special Connection With Top Transfer Portal Player
No team in college basketball is safe from transfer portal attrition, not even the NCAA Tournament Championship-winning ...
7-foot-9 Olivier Rioux cuts net without ladder after Florida’s national championship win in wild scene
Among the familiar scene of players climbing a ladder to cut down the nets after winning a national championship Monday night ...
7-foot-9 Olivier Rioux didn't need a ladder to cut down Florida's nets
The Florida freshman center is very tall, as we saw in this 2025 March Madness video after the win over Houston.
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Tracy Wolfson's picture with 7-foot-9 college basketball player Olivier Rioux stuns fans
A photo of CBS reporter Tracy Wolfson and Florida basketball player Olivier Rioux, the tallest teenager ... The Canadian stands at a staggering 7-foot-9 and is comfortably the tallest player ...
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Final Four: At 7-foot-9, Florida's Olivier Rioux literally stands head and shoulders above the rest
SAN ANTONIO — When he walked around campus with Olivier Rioux for the first ... Total strangers approached the 7-foot-9, 305-pound Rioux to ask the redshirt freshman how tall he was or to ...
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7-foot-9 Olivier Rioux didn't need a ladder to cut down Florida's nets
Olivier Rioux is 7-foot-9, but because he was a freshman redshirt, he didn't play for the Florida Gators this season. Still, he's a national champion like the rest of his team after the March ...
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Why isn't 7-foot-9 Olivier Rioux playing for Florida in the national championship?
It's been nearly impossible to follow college basketball this season without hearing about Florida freshman Olivier Rioux. The 7-foot-9 center has been all over social media, but he won't be ...