7-foot-9 Florida center Olivier Rioux makes historic college hoops debut

Fuente: New York Post

During halftime of Florida’s blowout win over Northern Florida on Thursday night, coach Todd Golden heard some fans chirping about how he needed to play redshirt freshman Olivier Rioux. Florida fans had waited more than a year to see the 7-foot-9 marvel take the court for the Gators, wanting to finally catch a glimpse of the tallest player in college basketball history. “I said, ‘Listen, it will happen, the time will come.