ORLANDO, Fla. — So much has changed for Tacko Fall over the last two years.



In 2017, people gawked at him because, at 7-foot-6, he towers over everyone.



These days, people still notice him because of his height, but now they also know who he is and what he has accomplished. Fall is the shot-blocking center who helped the University of Central Florida men’s basketball team reach the 2019 NCAA Tournament, win a game in the Round of 64 and come within a point of upsetting top-seeded Duke.



“I’ve been traveling a lot, and it’s been really, really crazy,” Fall said. “I can’t take two steps without somebody stopping me. Back then (in 2017), it was they’d see I was really tall. But now people actually yell out my name, so I have to turn around and stop and talk to people and take pictures and things like that.”



Fall hopes something else has changed since 2017: his chances of being selected in the...