Freshman Olivier Rioux is well over 7 feet tall and was able to cut his portion of the net without any help. SAN ANTONIO — ...

For the second year in a row, a gigantic Canadian centre was in the spotlight as the NCAA’s March Madness concluded.

The college basketball tradition of cutting down the championship net goes back decades, but there's usually a prop included ...

Olivier Rioux, the 7'9" Canadian redshirt freshman, is generating excitement at the University of Florida despite not yet ...

Among the familiar scene of players climbing a ladder to cut down the nets after winning a national championship Monday night ...

The University of Florida defeated Houston Monday night to win the NCAA men's basketball championship for the third time in ...

The Florida freshman center is very tall, as we saw in this 2025 March Madness video after the win over Houston.

The Florida Gators are national champs, which meant their 7'9" freshman center Olivier Rioux got to do his famous net-cutting trick one last time.

Florida center Olivier Rioux gave Gators fans a glimpse of what he could potentially bring to the team next season. Florida outlasted Houston in a ...

As tradition, the team cut down the nest, and as he has done all season, Florida's 7-foot-9 center Olivier Rioux caught ...

Head coach Todd Golden took the controls in 2022-23, and Florida finished a game below .500 that year. After improved to 24 ...

"7'9 Olivier Rioux has to duck into the locker room," added a sixth. Rioux could be a potential figure in Florida's rotation ...