Kyle Hines

Kyle Hines

No. 4 – Olympiacos Piraeus
Power Forward
Personal information
Born	September 2, 1986 (1986-09-02) Sicklerville, New Jersey
Nationality	American
High school	Timber Creek Regional High School
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
College	University of North Carolina Greensboro
NBA Draft	2008 / Undrafted
Pro career	2008–present
League	Greek League Greek Cup Euroleague
Career history
Prima Veroli (2008-10) Brose Baskets (2010-11) Olympiakos BC (2011-)

Kyle Tyrrell Hines (born September 2, 1986) is an American former college basketball player for the University of North Carolina Greensboro Spartans and current professional player internationally.

Personal

Born in Sicklerville, New Jersey to Deidre Ledgister and Reggie Hines, Kyle spent his childhood growing up in South Jersey outside of Philadelphia. Hines’ father, Reggie, was a part of several different NFL training camps. He also has two younger siblings, one brother and one sister.

High school basketball

Hines attended ninth grade at Camden Catholic High School, where he scraped his way onto the freshman team and transferred to Timber Creek Regional High School Chargers as a sophomore, playing on its basketball team from 2001-2004. Timber Creek first opened its doors after Hines' freshman year ended, but after his relocation to the new school he became a three-year varsity starter under coach Gary Saunders. After averaging 15.3 points per game his sophomore season, Kyle burst onto the scene during his junior campaign. He was voted a First Team All-South Jersey player after averaging 20.6 points, named MVP of the Philly USA All-Star Classic, and received a Top-20 All-Star status at Five Star Camp.

Hines repeated as a First Team All-South Jersey selection his senior year, and additionally garnered a Second Team All-State. He averaged 23.5 ppg and eventually became his high school’s all-time leading scorer, finishing his career with 1,562 points (his brother Tyler, coincidentally, is also a 1,000-point scorer at Timber Creek). Other accolades received during his senior season include:

• NJ Hoops First-Team All-Camden County
• NJ Hoops Awards (three):

-All-Rebounder Team

-Best Post Player Team

-Second-Team Top Dunkers

• Named Best Rebounder and Top 20 All-Star at the summer Five Star Camp
• Rated one of the Top 15 seniors in the Delaware Valley

UNC Greensboro

UNCG Spartans logo

Despite a highly successful high school basketball career, Hines did not get many college scholarship offers, however The University of North Carolina Greensboro Spartans coach Fran McCaffery recruited the undersized Hines.

Freshman season

Kyle Hines started all 30 games and posted 13.6 ppg, a team-leading 8.6 rpg, and shot a Southern Conference-leading 62.1% from the field (which also ranked seventh nationally). The first two games of Hines’ collegiate career were double-doubles, a precedent never done before at UNCG. Blocking shots became his specialty, as evidenced by the school record 106 rejections he amassed. This was also good for a 3.5 bpg average (ranking fourth nationally). In a game against Georgia Southern on February 8, 2005, he set a Fleming Gymnasium record when he grabbed 18 rebounds. Hines was selected the Southern Conference’s Player of the Month for January as well as the SoCon Freshman of the Year. At the season's conclusion, he was selected to the All-Conference Team (a remarkable feat for a freshman).

By the end of his first season, Hines had established several school records. His 259 rebounds and 175 field goals set new UNCG freshman records. The rebound total shattered the previous high of 152 and just 25 shy of the all-time record, and his field goal total was good for third all-time. He scored 408 points, which fell five short of the freshman record set by Jay Joseph.

Sophomore season

The 2005-06 season began with a “new” coach at the helm, Mike Dement (it was his second tenure with UNCG after having previously coached the Spartans from 1991-95). Former coach McCaffery left to run the Siena men's basketball program. Despite the coaching change, Kyle continued to excel.

Starting 30 of UNCG’s 31 games (did not play the season-opener against UW-Green Bay), Hines led the team in scoring (19.3 ppg / 578 total), rebounding (8.2 rpg – also led conference / 247 total) and blocks (2.8 bpg / 84 total). His scoring average and point total were the most in the Spartans’ Division I-era history, and most ever by a sophomore. Kyle dropped in 239 field goals, also a school D-I record. Showing his versatility, he ranked in the SoCon’s Top 10 in steals (51; seventh) and minutes per game (34.0; fifth).

Hines recorded a school record 12 double-doubles during the ’05-’06 campaign. His most impressive single-game performance came on December 31 against the #1 team in the nation, Duke, when he scored 20 points and grabbed five rebounds in the loss. Kyle drew praise from legendary Duke Blue Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski for his performance:

"Their veterans played great," said Krzyzewski. "(Ricky) Hickman and (Kyle) Hines both had great games. They had good shots and got the ball to the right people."

On December 3, Kyle set a school sophomore record when he pulled down 21 boards against the College of Charleston. For his excellent individual season, Hines was named to the USBWA All-District Team and All-Southern Conference First Team.

Junior season

After finishing as runner-up as the Southern Conference Player of the Year for his first two seasons, Hines finally won the award during his junior year campaign. Additionally, he became the first player in UNCG history to receive it.

In 2006-07, Kyle was only one of five players in all of men’s college basketball to average 20+ points and 9+ boards per game. On November 11, 2006, he set a career-high of 38 points against Marshall University in an 80-82 overtime loss. His 605 total points set a new UNCG junior season record (second all-time). Another solid performance came against Duke University four days later. Despite constant double-teaming by 6’10” Josh McRoberts and 7’1” Brian Zoubek, Hines managed to score 17 points and snatch 8 rebounds, both team-highs.

At the conclusion of the season, Kyle had recorded at least one blocked shot in 83 of 89 career games. His school record streak of 37 consecutive games with a block, started on February 19, 2005, was snapped during an early season game against Penn State on November 13, 2006.

Career statistics

Year	GP	GS	Min	Avg	FG	FGA	Pct	3-FG	3-FGA	3-Pct	FT	FTA	Pct	Off.	Def	Tot	Avg	PF	FO	Ast	TO	Blk	Stl	Pts	Avg
2004-05	30	30	999	33.3	175	282	.621	0	1	.000	58	108	.537	95	164	259	8.6	90	4	23	89	106	38	408	13.6
2005-06	30	30	1019	34.0	239	384	.622	2	11	.182	98	178	.551	92	155	247	8.2	72	0	57	96	84	51	578	19.3
2006-07	29	28	928	32.0	233	420	.555	1	6	.167	138	230	.600	99	161	260	9.0	83	3	26	74	64	40	605	20.9
2007-08	31	30	1002	32.3	235	423	.556	1	8	.125	125	199	.628	122	159	281	9.1	86	2	43	103	95	56	596	19.2
Totals	120	118	3,948	32.9	882	1,509	.584	4	26	.153	419	715	.586	408	639	1,047	8.7	331	9	149	362	349	185	2,187	18.2

	CAREER HIGHS
Points	38 at Marshall University (ot), 11/11/06
Rebounds	21 vs. College of Charleston, 12/3/05
Assists	6 vs. Montreat College, 1/11/06
Steals	5, six times
Blocks	7, four times
FGs Made	14, four times
FG Attempts	22 vs. Gardner-Webb University, 12/11/05
3FGs Made	1, four times
3FG Attempts	2 vs. Wofford College, 2/7/08
FTs Made	11, twice
FT Attempts	15, twice
Minutes	43 vs. E. Tennessee St. (ot), 1/18/05

UNCG accolades

Kyle Hines graduated as the most decorated basketball player, men's or women's, in school history. He is statistically one of the greatest players in Southern Conference history and are good enough to be included in an exclusive short list in NCAA annals. Below are the awards garnered and records established by Hines during his career as a Spartan. (Compiled from the following sources: [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8])

Awards

• Southern Conference Rookie of the Year (2005)
• Southern Conference Player of the Week (twice):

-January 23, 2007

-February 25, 2008

• Southern Conference Player of the Month (four times):

-January 2005

-January 2006

-December 2006

-January 2007

• Named Dick Vitale’s "Diaper Dandy of the Week" at one point during freshman season (2005)
• USBWA All-District Selection three consecutive times (2006-2008)
• One of only four Southern Conference players ever to garner 4 All-Conference selections
• Southern Conference Player of the Year (2007)

-Other three seasons he finished runner-up as POY

-First UNCG player to ever win this award

• First UNCG player to be named an All-American (2007)
• Named to three Mid-Major All-American squads (2007):

-CNN-SI

-CollegeInsider.com

-CollegeHoops.net

• Featured in October issue of Basketball Times Magazine as one of five "Under the Radar" players nationally (2007)
• According to Midmajority.com, he ranked 10th in the nation (out of 1,837 qualifying players) in player efficiency (an NBA stat similar to that of a quarterback passer rating in football, taking into account all of a player’s positive stats versus missed shots and turnovers) (2007)
• First UNCG player to have his/her jersey number retired while still active (#42) (2008)

Records

• First UNCG player to start career with back to back double-doubles (2005)
• Tied UNCG single game blocked shots (7) (four times)
• UNCG single game rebounds (21) (2005)
• Fleming Gymnasium rebounds record (18) (2005)
• UNCG freshman season rebounds (259) (2005)
• UNCG freshman field goals made (175) (2005)
• UNCG sophomore single season points (578) (2006)
• UNCG junior single season points (605) (2007)
• UNCG senior single season points (596) (2008)
• UNCG single season double-doubles (12) (2006)
• UNCG single season 30+ point games (5) (2007)
• UNCG single season free throw makes
• UNCG single season free throw attempts (Div-I era) (230) (2007)
• First player in school history to record back to back 500-point seasons (2006-2007)

-First player to then achieve it three straight times (2006-2008)

• First UNCG duo (along with Ricky Hickman) to both score 500 points in a single season (2007)
• First player in school history to record three straight 400-point seasons (2005-2007)

-First player to then achieve it four straight times (2005-2008)

• UNCG consecutive games with at least one block (37) (2005-2006)
• UNCG all-time leading scorer (2,187)
• UNCG all-time leading rebounder (1,047)
• Only UNCG player to join the 2000/1000 club
• NCAA – one of only six players to ever record 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 300 blocks in a career:

1. Alonzo Mourning

2. David Robinson

3. Tim Duncan

4. Pervis Ellison

5. Derrick Coleman

6. Kyle Hines

• Southern Conference all-time leading shot blocker (349)
• Southern Conference single season blocked shots (106) (2005)
• Southern Conference leader in blocks for four consecutive seasons (2005-2008)
• Southern Conference consecutive double-digit scoring games (81) (2005-2008)

-It was the longest such streak in the nation at his career’s end

Professional career

After being undrafted in the 2008 NBA Draft he signed with Prima Veroli in Italy where he played two seasons in the second Legadue Basket division. In August 2010, he signed a one-year contract with German League pro club Brose Baskets. He became the German Championship Finals MVP in 2011, and won the German national title with Brose Baskets. In July 2011, he signed with Olympiacos Piraeus of the Greek League.

See also

• List of college men's basketball players with 2000 points and 1000 rebounds

External links

• Kyle Hines All-America candidate ad
• Euroleague.net Profile
• DraftExpress.com Profile