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		Rico Hines
		Sport: Men's Basketball Year: Junior Position: Guard Hometown: Greenville, NC High School: St. John's at Prospect Hall

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Favorite NBA Team:
"Los Angeles Lakers"

Favorite NBA Player:
"Steve Smith because he plays a lot like me. He's not a flashy player, but he's solid."

Favorite TV Show:
Martin. "It's my favorite show and I watch it every night. I have like 100 episodes on tape."

Favorite Food:
"My mom's pork chops."

Favorite Movie:
"The Hurricane with Denzel Washington. He's my favorite actor."

Favorite Class:
History

Favorite Book:
The Bible

Favorite Hobby:
"Going to the movies."

Last CD you bought:
The Life and Times of S. Carter by Jay-Z

Pregame ritual:
"I try and say something positive to each of my teammates."

Favorite Hangout:
"Just sitting in my room watching movies. Or hanging out with friends."

Four people you'd invite to dinner:
Jesus, Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali and Jay-Z

If you could play another sport at UCLA if would be:
"Football. I used to play quarterback in high school. It was my first love before basketball."

Most valuable lesson you've learned since being in college:
"How to be more mature. Being away from home has taught me how to be more independent. I was away from home for high school too, but it was different because there was still a lot of guidence. But here, I'm on my own."

Toughest place to win:
"Cameron Indoor at Duke. It's crazy and so loud. Everyone is jumping up and down and they are on you the entire game. Especially me being from North Carolina, everyone is always talking and taunting me. It's just so loud in there."

Opponent you'd most like to beat:
"Stanford. We've never beat them."

Most memorable moment:
"When I scored 42 points in a game my junior year of high school."

Most embarrassing moment:
"In my freshman year here, I got in a game for 30 seconds and next to my name on the stat sheet it showed zero minutes. The guys on the team kind of made fun of me about that and it was embarrassing. They just thought that was hilarious. It actually might have been 10 seconds now that I think about it."

Best place you've ever visited:
"I've been to a lot of places, but I'd have to say Puerto Rico. Even though we didn't win, we had a lot of fun out there."

Place you would most like to go:
"The Virgin Islands. It just looks so pretty on TV."

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