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The tallest player in college basketball is entering the transfer portal when it officially opens on April 7.\u00a0Florida<\/a>\u00a07-foot-9 center\u00a0Olivier Rioux<\/a>\u00a0will be looking for a new home after spending the last two seasons with Florida,\u00a0he announced on social media<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday<\/p>\n

Rioux, who was a preferred walk-on with the Gators, played in 11 games this season for the reigning national champions. He made history earlier this season by becoming the tallest player in college basketball history — at any level — to score a basket. He threw down a two-handed flush in Florida’s blowout win over\u00a0Saint Francis<\/a>\u00a0earlier this season.<\/p>\n

Rioux logged just 16 total minutes in those 11 games as a deep bench reserve for the Gators. Florida’s elite frontcourt depth, headlined by\u00a0Alex Condon<\/a>,\u00a0Thomas Haugh<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Rueben Chinyelu<\/a>, made the path to real playing time tough. Rioux redshirted during Florida’s national title run last season and didn’t appear in a game.<\/p>\n

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In 2021, Guinness World Records declared Rioux the tallest teenager in the world at 7-feet-5. When he checked in against\u00a0North Florida<\/a>\u00a0earlier this season,\u00a0he became the tallest college basketball player ever to appear in a game.<\/a><\/span>\u00a0To give context on how tall Rioux actually is, he\u00a0didn’t even need a ladder\u00a0<\/a>to cut down the nets when Florida beat\u00a0Texas Tech<\/a>\u00a0in the Elite Eight last season.<\/p>\n

In Rioux’s likely final game at Florida, he logged two minutes in the Gators’ 114-55 win over\u00a0Prairie View A&M<\/a>. His final stat line in that game was two points (on 1 of 3 from the field), two rebounds and an assist. Rioux also got a viral bench reaction from his teammates at Florida after he scored his first and only basket in that game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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