The tallest player in women's college basketball, 7-footer Stephanie Okechukwu, won't suit up for Texas Tech this season.

Myron Medcalf covers college basketball for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2011. "I wear size 20 shoes," Rioux told ESPN. "I eat 5,000 to 6,000 calories every day." It's fuel for a body with proportions ...

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Olivier Rioux became the tallest person ever to play college basketball when he made his debut in a 104-64 victory over North ...

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Muggsy Bogues stands alone as the shortest player in NBA history, but no one player holds the record for the tallest player ever. Instead, two players, who both stood 7-foot-7 and who were both ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- At an on-campus dining hall in September, a fork and knife looked like a toddler's toy utensils in the massive hands of Olivier Rioux. Everything about Florida's 7-foot-9, ...