Basketball, above all other sports, rewards players for being tall. The NBA has been home to the tallest athletes on earth ...

The tallest man in basketball is headed west to take the next step in his career. Olivier Rioux, a 7-foot-9 behemoth who is ...

College basketball's tallest Gator is now the tallest Anteater. Fomer Florida center Olivier Rioux — the tallest player in ...

Oliver Rioux previously played for Florida, redshirting during the Gators’ 2025 national championship season and appearing in 11 games last season.

Lane Hutson met up with Olivier Rioux, the tallest college basketball player in history. The two-foot height difference led ...

IRVINE, Calif. — The world’s tallest college basketball player is going coast to coast. Former Florida walk-on Olivier Rioux, a 7-foot-9 center from Canada and one of the most recognizable ...

A relative newcomer has taken the NBA to new heights. Victor Wembanyama arrived in San Antonio two years ago as one of the most coveted draft prospects of all time. At 7-foot-4, the French phenom ...

7’9″ center Olivier Rioux, the tallest college basketball player ever, announced on social media Thursday that he is transferring to UC Irvine. View this post on Instagram The 20-year-old spent two ...