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7-foot 9 Florida Center Olivier Rioux becomes viral after a unique approach can cut off the network

Even in a game of modern giants, the newcomer to the University of Florida, Olivier Rioux, is great.

The Canadian center, which is now listed at 7-foot 9, attracted the attention of the college basketball fans when he won the SEC championship after the game when it divided to shorten a piece of the network. Where his colleagues and coaches used a ladder, Rioux stood on the floor and reached with scissors.

Rioux, known as the largest teenager in the world, was cheered on by the braided people in Florida, who surrounded him when he got a piece of the line. Take a look at yourself with the kind permission of the SEC network:

The men's basketball in Florida defeated Tennessee 86: 77 to win the Sec Championship on Sunday. He ended the season 30: 4 and shifted her focus on March Madness.

Rioux is redshirting this season and if he plays next year, he will be the largest in Div. I history according to ESPN.

He has been the biggest player on the pitch for a long time. Take a look back on his growth and preparation years:

Olivier Rioux at school

At the age of 8, Rioux was 6-foot 1 and played basketball. He reached 6-foot 11 in sixth grade and hit the 7-foot brand in the summer before the seventh grade. A large part of his basketball training was under Pascal Jobin, which was trained at the Cégep Édouard Montpetit and McGill University, compared to the USA Today School Sports to the McGill University in December 2023.

A large part of Rioux 'High -School experience appeared on the international stage when he played at the FIBA ​​U16 Americas Championship 2021, 2022 Fiba U17 World Championship, 2023 U18 Fibe Americup and 2023 Fiba U19 World Championship, according to his Florida Bio. He played at the IMG Academy, where he split the time between the IMG Varsity Blue Roster and the national team of the program.

Here are international statistics listed in its Florida biography:

  • 2021 Fiba U16 America's Championship: 8.3 points and 10.3 rebounds in six games

  • 2022 Fiba U17 World Cup: 2.7 points and 4.7 rebounds per game

  • 2023 Fiba U19 World Cup: 3.2 points and 3.4 rebounds per game in five appearances

  • 2023 U18 Fiba Americup: 4.5 points and 4.5 rebounds per game, which helps Canada to win a bronze medal

This article originally appeared in the USA Today High School Sports Wire: Florida's 7-foot 9-Olivier RioUx from Florida to shorten the network