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Kyle Hines
Hines with Olimpia Milano in 2021
Free agent
PositionCenter/power forward
Personal information
Born(1986-09-02)September 2, 1986(age 37)
Sicklerville, New Jersey,U.S.
Listed height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight115 kg (254 lb)
Career information
High schoolTimber Creek(Erial, New Jersey)
CollegeUNC Greensboro(2004–2008)
NBA draft2008:undrafted
Playing career2008–present
Career history
2008–2010Veroli
2010–2011Brose Bamberg
2011–2013Olympiacos
2013–2020CSKA Moscow
2020–2024Olimpia Milano
Career highlights and awards

Kyle Terrel Hines(born September 2, 1986) is an American professionalbasketballplayer who last played forOlimpia Milanoof the ItalianLega Basket Serie A(LBA) and theEuroLeague.He plays at thepower forwardandcenterpositions.

Hines playedcollege basketballwith theUNC Greensboro Spartansof theUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro.[1]WithOlympiacos Piraeus,he won twoEuroLeaguechampionships (2012and2013), before winning another two withCSKA Moscow(2016and2019). Hines also won theEuroLeague Best Defenderaward three times, in 2016, 2018 and 2022. In addition, he was named to theEuroLeague 2010–20 All-Decade Team.

High school career

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Hines attended ninth grade atCamden Catholic High School,where he scraped his way onto the freshman team and transferred toTimber Creek Regional High Schoolto play for the Chargers as a sophomore, playing on its basketball team from 2001 to 2004.[2]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 head coach Gary Saunders.[1]After averaging 15.3points per gamehis 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 in his senior year of high school, and additionally garnered a Second Team All-State. He averaged 23.5 points per game, and eventually became his high school's all-time leading scorer, finishing his career with 1,562 total points scored[3](his brotherTyler,coincidentally, is also a 1,000-point career scorer at Timber Creek).[4]Other accolades received during his senior season include:[1]NJ Hoops First-Team All-Camden County,NJ Hoops Awards Rebounder Team, Best Post Player Team, Second-Team TopDunkers,Best Rebounder and Top 20 All-Star at the summer Five Star Camp, and also rated one of the Top 15 seniors in theDelaware Valley.

College career

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Despite a highly successful high school basketball career, Hines did not get many collegescholarshipoffers, however theUniversity of North Carolina Greensboro'sSpartanshead coachFran McCaffery,recruited the undersized Hines.

Freshman season (2004–2005)

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Hines started all 30 games and posted 13.6 points per game, a team-leading 8.6 rebounds per game, and shot aSouthern Conference-leading 62.1 shooting from percentage the field (which also ranked seventh nationally). The first two games of Hines' collegiate career weredouble-doubles,a precedent never done before at UNCG.Blocking shotsbecame his specialty, as evidenced by the school record 106 blocks that he amassed. This was also good for a 3.5 blocks per game average (ranking fourth nationally). In a game againstGeorgia Southernon February 8, 2005, he set aFleming Gymnasiumrecord 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).[1]

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 408points,which fell five short of the freshman record set by Jay Joseph.[1]

Sophomore season (2005–2006)

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The 2005–06 season began with a "new" head coach at the helm,Mike Dement(it was his second tenure with UNCG after having previously coached the Spartans from 1991 to 1995). Former head coach McCaffery left to run theSiena men's basketballprogram. Despite the coaching change, Hines continued to excel.

Starting 30 of UNCG's 31 games (did not play the season-opener againstUW-Green Bay), Hines led the team in scoring (19.3 points per game / 578 total), rebounding (8.2 rebounds per game – also led conference / 247 total) and blocks (2.8 blocks per game / 84 total). His scoring average and point total were the most in the Spartans'Division I-era history, and most ever by a sophomore. Hines dropped in 239 field goals, also a school DI record. Showing his versatility, he ranked in the SoCon's Top 10 insteals(51; seventh) and minutes per game (34.0; fifth).[1][5]

Hines recorded a school record 12 double-doubles during the 2005–06 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. Hines drew praise from legendary Duke Blue Devils head coachMike Krzyzewskifor his performance, who praised the player for good games.[6]

On December 3, Hines set a school sophomore record when he pulled down 21 rebounds against theCollege of Charleston.For his excellent individual season, Hines was named to theUSBWAAll-District Team and All-Southern Conference First Team.[1][5]

Hines credits student manager April Albritton with giving him the confidence to take his game to the next level.

Junior season (2006–2007)

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After finishing as the runner-up for theSouthern Conference Player of the Yearaward in his first two seasons, Hines finally won the award during his junior year campaign. Additionally, he became the first player in UNCG history to win the award.[1]

In the 2006–07 season, Hines was one of only five players in all of men's college basketball to average 20+ points and 9+ rebounds per game. On November 11, 2006, he set a career-high of 38 points againstMarshall,in an 82–80overtimeloss. His 605 total points scored set a new UNCG junior season record (second all-time). Another solid performance came againstDuke,four days later. Despite constant double-teaming by 6'10 "tallJosh McRobertsand 7'1 "tallBrian Zoubek,Hines managed to score 17 points and snatch 8 rebounds, both team-highs.[1]

At the conclusion of the season, Hines had recorded at least one blocked shot in 83 out of his 89 career games played. His school record streak of 37 consecutive games with a block, started on February 19, 2005, was ended during an early season game againstPenn State,on November 13, 2006.[1]

Senior season (2007–2008)

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In his senior college season, Hines averaged 19.2 points per game, and a career-high 9.1 rebounds per game.

Professional career

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NBA Summer League

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After going undrafted in 2008, Hines was picked up by theCharlotte Bobcatsto play at theNBA Summer Leaguein Las Vegas and was later offered anNBA D leagueopportunity but he turned it down. In 2009, he was invited back to the Summer League, played on theOrlando Magicsummer team. In 2010, he was invited again and played for theNew Orleans Pelicans,but ultimately fell short of being offered an NBA contract.

Veroli Basket (2008–2010)

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After not being selected in the2008 NBA draft,Hines signed withVeroli BasketinItaly,where he played two seasons in theItalian second division,LegaDue Basket.With Veroli, he won 2Italian Second Division Cups,in 2009 and 2010, and he was named the MVP of the Italian Second Division Cup in 2009.

Brose Bamberg (2010–2011)

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In August 2010, Hines signed a one-year contract with the GermanBundesligaclubBrose Bamberg.[7]With Bamberg, he won theGerman SupercupandGerman Cuptitles, and the German Leaguechampionship,and he was named theBundesliga Finals MVPin 2011.[8]He was also named the MVP of theBBL All-Star Gamethat same season.

Olympiacos (2011–2013)

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Hines at theEuroLeague Finalin2013.

In July 2011, Hines signed withOlympiacos Piraeusof theGreek Basket League.[9]With Olympiacos, he won theEuroLeaguechampionship at both the2012 EuroLeague Final Fourand the2013 EuroLeague Final Four,and the Greek League championship in2012.He contributed substantially to his team in all competitions, with both scoring and defensive skills. He made notable appearances at the top level of the European game, considering his rather low height for acenter-forward.On June 24, 2013, Hines opted out of his contract with Olympiacos.[10]

CSKA Moscow (2013–2020)

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Hines withCSKA Moscow,in 2017.

On June 28, 2013, Hines signed two-year deal with the Russian powerhouseCSKA Moscow.[11]In the 2014–15 season, CSKA Moscow managed to advance to theEuroLeague Final Fourfor the fourth straight season, after eliminatingPanathinaikos Athensfor the second straight season in theirEuroLeague quarterfinalseries, with a 3–1 series win.[12]

However, in their EuroLeague semifinals game, despite being dubbed by the media as an absolute favorite to advance, CSKA once again lost toOlympiacos Piraeus.The final score was 70–68, after a great Olympiacos comeback in the 4th quarter, which was led byVassilis Spanoulis.[13]CSKA Moscow eventually won the EuroLeague third place game, after defeatingFenerbahçe,by a score of 86–80.[14]In his second EuroLeague season with CSKA Moscow, Hines averaged EuroLeague career-lows up until that point, of 6.8 points and 4.3 rebounds per game, over 30 games played. CSKA Moscow finished the season by winning theVTB United League,after eliminatingKhimki Moscow regionwith a 3–0 series sweep in the league's finals series.[15]

On June 17, 2015, Hines signed a two-year contract extension with CSKA Moscow.[16]With CSKA Moscow, Hines won the EuroLeague championship at the2016 EuroLeague Final Four.In the summer of 2017, Hines competed inThe Basketball TournamentonESPN,for the number one seeded FCM Untouchables. While competing for the $2 million grand prize, he averaged 10.7 points, 11.0 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game. Hines, whose 11.0 rebounds per game ranked second among all competing players, was one of only two players to average a double-double throughout the tournament. The Untouchables advanced to the Super 16 Round, where they were defeated by a score of 85–71 by Team FOE, aPhiladelphiabased team that was coached by theNBAbrothers duoMarkieffandMarcus Morris.Hines finished the game with 12 points and a game-high 10 rebounds.[17]

On June 16, 2017, Hines signed a new two-year contract with CSKA Moscow.[18]In May 2018, he was named theEuroLeague Best Defenderfor the2017–18 season.[19]Hines also won the EuroLeague championship with CSKA Moscow, at the2019 EuroLeague Final Four.

Olimpia Milano (2020–present)

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In May 2020, Hines signed a two-year contract with theItalian LeagueclubOlimpia Milano,after spending the previous 7 seasons with the RussianVTB United LeagueclubCSKA Moscow.[20]On July 6, 2023, he renewed his contract for another year.

Career statistics

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Legend
GP Games played GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
FG% Field-goalpercentage 3P% 3-point field-goalpercentage FT% Free-throwpercentage
RPG Reboundsper game APG Assistsper game SPG Stealsper game
BPG Blocksper game PPG Points per game PIR Performance Index Rating
Bold Career high

EuroLeague

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† Denotes season in which Hines won theEuroLeague
* Led the league
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2010-11 Bamberg 10 0 23.6 .643 .000 .467 5.4 .5 .8 1.1 12.9 12.5
2011-12† Olympiacos 22 1 19.6 .519 .000 .576 4.5 1.0 .4 1.1 9.9 9.7
2012-13† 31* 0 20.2 .599 .000 .587 6.0 1.2 .7 1.2 9.4 12.7
2013-14 CSKA Moscow 29 12 19.7 .632 .000 .684 4.5 1.1 .9 .8 7.6 11.5
2014-15 30* 0 17.5 .612 .000 .682 4.3 .5 .6 .8 6.8 9.4
2015-16† 29 16 26.3 .674* .000 .658 4.7 1.0 .6 .8 10.9 13.6
2016-17 35 23 20.3 .650 .000 .702 4.3 .6 .7 .5 8.5 10.1
2017-18 31 26 21.8 .605 .000 .787 4.4 1.2 1.1 .8 8.4 12.1
2018-19† 36 5 19.5 .580 .000 .631 3.6 1.4 .7 .7 7.3 8.4
2019-20 28* 27 23.4 .630 .333 .649 4.9 1.4 .6 .9 8.8 11.4
2020-21 Olimpia Milano 40 17 24.2 .552 .000 .652 4.4 2.0 .8 .8 7.7 10.0
2021-22 36 21 23.5 .627 1.000 .658 5.3 1.8 .7 .7 8.0 11.8
2022-23 34 10 18.5 .635 .000 .684 3.6 1.5 .6 .6 5.5 7.7
2023-24 34 2 12.3 .551 .000 .675 2.3 .8 .4 .4 3.3 3.5
Career 425 160 20.7 .606 .154 .652 4.4 1.2 .7 .8 7.9 10.1

Domestic leagues

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Year Team League GP MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2008-09 ItalyVeroli LegaDue 30 31.6 .644 .000 .580 8.7 .9 2.8 1.9 17.0
2009-10 ItalyVeroli LegaDue 30 30.0 .627 .154 .582 7.9 .9 3.5 1.4 18.2
2010-11 GermanyBamberg BBL 46 20.1 .608 .333 .524 4.6 .9 .7 1.2 10.4
2011-12 GreeceOlympiacos GBL 34 18.5 .571 .000 .644 3.7 1.0 1.0 1.0 8.6
2012-13 GreeceOlympiacos GBL 33 17.0 .635 — .608 4.8 .7 .8 .7 7.5
2013-14 RussiaCSKA Moscow VTBUL 26 16.6 .566 .000 .611 3.1 .8 .5 .6 4.9
2014-15 RussiaCSKA Moscow VTBUL 39 15.6 .648 — .606 3.9 .6 .5 .6 6.7
2015-16 RussiaCSKA Moscow VTBUL 39 15.6 .648 — .606 3.9 .6 .5 .6 6.7
2016-17 RussiaCSKA Moscow VTBUL 32 18.3 .699 — .629 3.4 1.3 .8 .6 7.7
2017-18 RussiaCSKA Moscow VTBUL 21 20.2 .709 .000 .765 4.6 1.2 .9 .4 9.3
2018-19 RussiaCSKA Moscow VTBUL 22 20.4 .606 .500 .690 3.4 1.5 .7 1.0 7.4
2019-20 RussiaCSKA Moscow VTBUL 16 18.1 .684 — .680 4.4 1.6 .6 .5 5.9
2020-21 ItalyOlimpia Milano LBA 23 22.0 .576 .000 .738 5.5 1.7 1.3 .7 7.6
2021-22 ItalyOlimpia Milano LBA 24 23.0 .592 — .571 4.8 2.5 .9 1.1 7.0
2022-23 ItalyOlimpia Milano LBA 28 17.7 .649 .000 .611 3.4 1.6 .8 .4 5.5
2023-24 ItalyOlimpia Milano LBA 29 16.9 .753 1.000 .692 3.7 1.0 .2 .5 5.2

College

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2004-05 UNC Greensboro 30 30 33.3 .621 .000 .537 8.6 .8 1.3 3.5 13.6
2005-06 UNC Greensboro 30 30 34.0 .622 .182 .551 8.2 1.9 1.7 2.8 19.3
2006-07 UNC Greensboro 29 28 32.0 .555 .167 .600 9.0 .9 1.4 2.2 20.9
2007-08 UNC Greensboro 31 30 32.3 .556 .125 .628 9.1 1.4 1.8 3.1 19.2
Career 120 118 32.9 .584 .153 .586 8.7 1.2 1.5 2.9 18.2

Personal life

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Born inSicklerville, New Jersey,to Deidre Ledgister and Reggie Hines, Kyle spent his childhood growing up inSouth Jersey,outside ofPhiladelphia.Hines' father, Reggie, was a part of several differentNFL training camps.[1]He also has two younger siblings, one brother and one sister. His brother,Tyler,is also a professional basketball player.[21]Kyle and his wife, Gianna Smith, married in July 2015.

Awards and accomplishments

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College career

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Hines graduated as the most decorated basketball player, men's or women's, inUNC Greensboro's school history. He is statistically one of the greatest men's basketball players inSouthern Conferencehistory, and was a good enoughcollege basketballplayer to be included on an exclusive short list ofNCAA Division Iannals. Below are the awards garnered and records established by Hines, during his college career as aSpartan.

  • Note: All records and awards were at the time of his college graduation, in May 2008. Since then, some of the records may have been broken.
  • (Compiled from the following sources:)[22][23][24][25][26][27][28]

Awards

Southern ConferenceRookie 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

NamedDick Vitale's "Diaper Dandy of the Week", at one point during freshman season (2005)

USBWAAll-District Selection three consecutive times (2006–2008)

One of only four Southern Conference players ever to garner4All-Conference selections

Southern Conference Player of the Year(2007)

Other three seasons he finished as the runner-up POY
First UNCG player to ever win this award

FirstUNCGplayer to be named anAll-American(2007)

Named to threeMid-MajorAll-American squads (2007):

CNN SI
CollegeInsider.com
CollegeHoops.net

Featured in the October issue ofBasketball 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 (anNBAstat that is similar to that of aquarterback'spasser ratinginfootball,taking into account all of a player's positive stats, versus missed shots and turnovers) (2007)

First UNCG player to have his/herjersey number retiredwhile still active (#42) (2008)

Career highs

43minutesplayed versusEast Tennessee State(OT), on January 18, 2005

38pointsscored atMarshall University(OT), on November 11, 2006

21reboundsgrabbed versusCollege of Charleston,on December 3, 2005

6assistsversusMontreat College,on January 11, 2006

5steals,in six games

7blocks,in four games

Records

First UNCG player to start career with back-to-backdouble-doubles(2005)

Tied UNCG single gameblocked shots(7)(four times)

UNCG single gamerebounds(21) (2005)

Fleming Gymnasiumrebounds record (18) (2005)

UNCG freshman season rebounds (259) (2005)

UNCG freshmanfield goalsmade (175) (2005)

UNCG sophomore single seasonpoints(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 seasonfree throwmakes

UNCG single season free throw attempts (Div-Iera) (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 withRicky 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 the2000 / 1000 club

NCAA DI– one of onlysixplayers 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

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See also

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References

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  1. ^abcdefghijk"UNCG Player bio – Kyle Hines".Archived fromthe originalon 2009-01-13.Retrieved2008-02-18.
  2. ^Narducci, Marc."Hines and his game have grown Spurned in eighth grade, he added 10 inches and lots of skill; today he's a star.",The Philadelphia Inquirer,January 17, 2004. Accessed September 9, 2011. "When Hines was in eighth grade at Mullen School in Gloucester Township, he was cut from the team.... Hines attended Camden Catholic as a ninth grader, and by his own admission, barely made the freshman team. By then he was 6-2 and his game was slowly growing. After starting the season as a deep reserve, he was a starter by season's end and was also playing some junior varsity.Hines decided to transfer to Timber Creek as a sophomore, not for basketball reasons, but because of not having to pay tuition at a public school."
  3. ^Another Hines brother sets the pace for Timber CreekArchived2009-07-28 at theWayback Machine."…and will get some serious All-America consideration when the season is concluded. He left Timber Creek in 2004 as the school's all-time leading scorer with 1,562 points." Accessed February 18, 2008.
  4. ^CourierPostonline."Tyler Hines had 26 points to go over 1,000 for his career as Timber Creek routed Apex Academy 94-50." Accessed February 22, 2008.
  5. ^abUNCG Spartans men's basketball 2007-08 media guide[permanent dead link].Accessed March 19, 2008.
  6. ^UNCG Athletics - Duke/UNCG game recapArchived2009-07-26 at theWayback Machine.Accessed March 20, 2008.
  7. ^BROSE BASKETS re-signs Jacobsen, adds Hines.
  8. ^beko-bbl.de Kyle Hines beerbt Casey Jacobsen als Finals-MVP(in German).Archived2012-03-15 at theWayback Machine
  9. ^Reds pick up Kyle Hines.
  10. ^"Kyle Hines opted out of his contract with Olympiacos".Sportando.net.June 24, 2013.RetrievedJune 26,2013.
  11. ^"CSKA Moscow announced Kyle Hines".Sportando.net.RetrievedJune 28,2013.
  12. ^"CSKA Moscow routs Panathinaikos to claim Final Four berth".euroleague.net.22 April 2015.Retrieved18 May2015.
  13. ^"Spanoulis comes through again as Olympiacos stuns CSKA".euroleague.net.15 May 2015.Retrieved18 May2015.
  14. ^"CSKA Moscow beats Fenerbahce in third-place game".eurolague.net.17 May 2015.Retrieved18 May2015.
  15. ^"CSKA wins championship!".vtb-league.com.8 June 2015. Archived fromthe originalon 10 June 2015.Retrieved10 June2015.
  16. ^"Kyle Hines extends with CSKA Moscow for two more seasons".sportando.com.Retrieved17 June2015.
  17. ^"Game 51 | the Basketball Tournament".Archived fromthe originalon 2018-02-07.Retrieved2018-02-06.
  18. ^"CSKA extends three-time champ Hines".Euroleague.net.June 16, 2017.RetrievedJune 16,2017.
  19. ^"EuroLeague Best Defender: Kyle Hines, CSKA Moscow".euroleague.net.9 May 2018.Retrieved19 May2018.
  20. ^""Excited to join an historical team": Kyle Hines is coming to Olimpia ".olimpiamilano.com. 26 May 2020.
  21. ^Eurobasket.com TYLER HINES basketball profile.
  22. ^[1][permanent dead link]
  23. ^"Kyle Hines bio - UNCGSpartans.com—Official Web Site of UNC at Greensboro Athletics".Archived fromthe originalon 2009-01-13.Retrieved2008-02-18.
  24. ^[2][permanent dead link]
  25. ^"FOURPEAT: Hines becomes fourth ever to earn fourth All-SoCon honor - UNCGSpartans.com—Official Web Site of UNC at Greensboro Athletics".Archived fromthe originalon 2009-07-26.Retrieved2008-03-20.
  26. ^"Hines earns All-District honors from USBWA - UNCGSpartans.com—Official Web Site of UNC at Greensboro Athletics".Archived fromthe originalon 2009-07-26.Retrieved2008-03-20.
  27. ^"Archived copy".Archived fromthe originalon 2009-07-26.Retrieved2008-03-20.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  28. ^UNCG Season Statistics.
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