Are we seeing a renaissance of the massive human playing college basketball? Purdue’s Zach Edey dominated the NCAA at 7’4, 300 pounds en route to back-to-back Wooden Award trophies and a Final Four appearance. Tacko Fall mesmerized the college basketball and NBA world in his NCAA tournament matchup with Zion Williamson and Duke.
Now, we might be getting a player who is larger than both of them, and I have no idea how that’s possible. IMG Academy’s Olivier Rioux is a Florida commit in the class of 2024, who WAS 7’6—last year.
He is NOW 7’9 and I’m not even sure how that’s possible. Look at this stuff:
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