Florida’s 7’9 basketball recruit is already breaking NCAA report books

Are we seeing a renaissance of the large human enjoying faculty basketball? Purdue’s Zach Edey dominated the NCAA at 7’4, 300 kilos en path to back-to-back Wooden Award trophies and a Final Four look. Tacko Fall mesmerized the faculty basketball and NBA world in his NCAA event matchup with Zion Williamson and Duke.

Now, we could be getting a participant who’s bigger than each of them, and I do not know how that’s potential. IMG Academy’s Olivier Rioux is a Florida commit within the class of 2024, who WAS 7’6—final yr.

He is NOW 7’9 and I’m not even certain how that’s potential. Look at these things:

Here’s him subsequent a traditional individual:

If he’s really 7’9, then that may make him the tallest participant in faculty basketball historical past, passing former Florida Tech and Mountain State participant Paul Sturgess, who was 7’8. Rioux is also the tallest teenager ever. His basketball spotlight tape seems precisely the way you suppose somebody that large would look enjoying in opposition to your common excessive schooler.

I actually do not know how somebody will get that large, however with the success of Edey on the faculty degree there’s a blueprint for the Florida commit. Watching his profession unfold will likely be enjoyable, however getting him in a spot to achieve success could be…

a tall activity.