Overview
- Rioux checked in with 2:09 remaining in No. 3 Florida’s 104-64 win over North Florida to set the Division I appearance-height record.
- Officially listed at 7-foot-9, he played about two minutes without recording a statistic, and the Associated Press reported he did not touch the ball.
- Coach Todd Golden said Rioux’s opportunities will come late in blowouts as he develops behind returning bigs Alex Condon, Thomas Haugh, Rueben Chinyelu, and Micah Handlogten.
- After redshirting during last season’s national title run, Rioux still has at least three more years of NCAA eligibility.
- He downplayed the milestone in the postgame session, saying, “It’s just another day, I guess.”