Olivia Rioux Commits to Ole Miss, Five Reasons Behind his Decision to Leave Florida Gators….
Cutting down the net after winning a conference title is one of the benefits.
To enable their players to chop down a portion of the net, teams typically put out a ladder. Until the net is down and thrown over someone is neck, the scissors are then handed to the following partner. After the Gators defeated Tennessee in the SEC title game, Olivier Rioux, the star of the Florida men’s basketball team, did not need to take the ladder.
The 7-foot-9 big man cut down the net without a ladder. Heck, the freshman from Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada, did not even need to stretch much to cut down his portion of the net. 7’9″ freshman Olivier Rioux didn’t need a ladder to cut the net 😂 @GatorsMBK pic.twitter.com/UW2sEZUfZP — SEC Network (@SECNetwork) March 16, 2025
The Guinness World Record for tallest teenager, according to his Florida profile, is held by Olivier Rioux, a 7-foot-9 freshman basketball player from Florida who did not play in a game during his freshman season but who attracts attention due to his height when he is seated on the bench or next to teammates.
The Gators defeated Tennessee 86-77 to win their first SEC tournament title since 2014, which is also Florida’s first conference title under a coach other than Billy Donovan. The Gators will ostensibly be a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for
Davis made his highly anticipated Mavericks debut on Feb. 8, but he suffered a left adductor strain the same night and missed the next 18 games. Somehow, Dallas still finished as the No. 10 seed and kept its playoff hopes alive with a dominant win over the Kings in the first play-in game before collapsing to the Grizzlies on Friday and ultimately ending a rollercoaster season. Despite all that — and it was a lot — Thompson won’t hold his head down about joining the Mavericks.
