Teaser: Walk-on Rioux grew a half-inch …

Eh, probably speech to text. Enjoy the article.

 

David Robinson grew a lot after enrolling at the Naval Academy. He was 5' 9" as a high school junior.

 

Hopefully GC can get in the gym and see how these guys look.

 

Thank you Chris!

 

Good to read that Olivier has grown an inch, as his lack of height was my major concern about him.

 

His is one of the all time great stories—were it fictional, it would be called outlandish. Grows from 5’9 as a junior; starts playing basketball for the first time as a senior; at 6’7, granted height waiver by Naval Academy because “he won’t grow any more”; grows to 7’1” and becomes a basketball hall of famer.

 

to actually measure at 7'7.5 is insane. Most list at whatever lofty height they set then measure 1-2 inches less....but to actually measure at that height at his age....WOW

 

chief one flew over the cuckoo's nest basketball - Google Search

 

It has been a long time since I watched this, thanks for pulling this memory.

 

Now there are some bigs, LOL!

 

Thanks, Chris, for posting. Can't get enough of Gators basketball. Summer is slow, so it's always nice to get updates.

 

hopefully Rioux moves a little faster down the court than Chief

 

that is one big teenager

 

I had forgotten that Danny DeVito played Martini. He was awesome in the role.

 

Rioux, who recently arrived in Gainesville as a preferred walk-on for Todd Golden’s program, has measured in at an eye-catching 7-foot-9 and 290 pounds at Florida. That, according to reports, increased his own Guinness World Record as the world’s tallest teenager. Per his official Gators bio, “Rioux stood 6-foot-1 at age 8, 6-foot-11 by sixth grade and crossed the 7-foot mark the summer before entering seventh grade.”

There's tall...and then there's "Oh no, it's headed this way tall."

 

Rue's got some long hands too.