All that Olivier Rioux had to do to make history on Thursday night was step onto the court during Florida’s game against Northern Florida.

By checking into the contest, the 7-foot-9 centre from Terrebonne, Que., became the tallest player in the history of college basketball.

Florida coach Todd Golden admitted that he had heard fans chanting, “We want Ollie,” calling for Rioux to finally see the floor after he sat out his first year with the Gators as a redshirt freshman.

“I said, ‘Listen, it will happen, the time will come.’ I can be stubborn,” Golden said. “I don’t listen to direction very well at times, so when they’re yelling at me to do it, it’s kinda like, ‘Well, maybe I’ll wait a little longer.’”

But, with 2:09 remaining in Thursday’s game and the contest well out of hand, Golden

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