Fifteen players have also passed through the collegiate hoops scene at 7-foot-4, but none compare to Rioux at 7-foot-9. The ...

When Rioux suits up next season in Gainesville, he'll officially become the tallest college basketball player in history, surpassing recent Purdue big man Zach Edey (7-foot-4) and others.

There are not too many basketball players taller than Hall of ... a man shorter than him and then turning around to find the 7-foot, 9-inch tall Florida Gators center Olivier Rioux standing ...

Yet, he's got some competition on Florida basketball's roster from Olivier Rioux. The Gators freshman is a whopping 7-foot-9. He met Shaq over the weekend, and the moment was captured on video.

The former NBA star, 52, was recently "out-gianted" when he had a hilarious encounter with a Florida Gators player ... Rioux, a 7-foot 9-inch tall center for the college basketball team, in ...