With titles as the world's tallest teenager and tallest college basketball player ever, meet Florida's center.

Florida Gators' Olivier Rioux, standing at 7-foot-9, has made history as the tallest basketball player to ever step on the court.

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A 7ft 9in (2.36m) teenager has become the tallest player to score a basket in the history of college basketball. Olivier Rioux, of the Florida Gators, dunked late on as his side beat Saint Francis 102 ...

Olivier Rioux made even more history on Wednesday night during No. 23 Florida’s 102-61 win over Saint Francis. The 7-foot-9 center threw down an incredibly easy dunk in the final minute of the blowout ...

Florida has a 7-foot-9 player on its men's basketball team, Olivier Rioux. You can't teach height, but despite Rioux being the tallest player to ever score in a college basketball game, he rarely ...

Florida Gators 7-foot-9 center Olivier Rioux enters in the final minutes and gets a dunk for his first collegiate field goal. The Associated Press is an independent, not-for-profit news cooperative ...

Florida Gators added a memorable chapter to its season on Wednesday night, and it came from the final minutes of a game that was already well decided. In a 102-61 rout of Saint Francis Red Flash at ...