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Florida center Olivier Rioux enters NCAA transfer portal

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Seven-foot-nine Central Florida Olivier Rioux is entering the NCAA Transfer Portal, On3’s Joe Tipton confirmed Tuesday morning. The NCAA Transfer Portal will officially open on April 7 and close on April 21. The new 15-day window was enacted following a recommendation from the men’s basketball oversight committee. Athletes do not have to commit to a…

Florida’s Olivier Rioux, the world’s tallest teenager, makes his first college dunk

truenewj6 months ago02 mins

Dec. 18 (UPI) — Olivier Rioux of the University of Florida, who is already certified as the world’s tallest teenager, made more history with a dunk on his first collegiate field goal. The 7-foot-9 center, also the tallest player in college basketball history, scored the basket in a 102-61 rout of the Saint Francis Red…