As a senior in 2005–06, he averaged 25 points, 12 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game as he led Hillcrest-Evergreen to the 2006 Alabama Class 4A State Championship.
[3] Due to a low ACT score, Hines was unable to qualify academically for a Division I school and thus enrolled at Southwestern Illinois College.
In his freshman season at SWIC, he averaged 14 points and nine rebounds, earning all-region and all-conference accolades as the team finished as the region runner-up with a 28–5 record for head coach Jay Harrington.
He averaged 3.7 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game and was subsequently named the teams' Most Improved Player.
[3][5] As a senior in 2010–11, he averaged 5.5 points, 6.1 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocks in 37 games (36 starts).
[6] After a trial run in China, he signed with the Plymouth Raiders for the rest of the 2013–14 British Basketball League season on January 17, 2014.