Kingsbury was born in Omaha, Nebraska and lived in St. Louis, Missouri and Cincinnati, Ohio in his early years.
[13] He chose to wear jersey number 14 and he made his debut in the first game of the season on November 30, 1993 against Drake, playing 21 minutes and scoring 9 points.
[1] He set the school record for most 3-pointers made in one game with 9 on two occasions: against Drake on November 29, 1994,[15] and against Long Island on December 17,[16] in his first start of the season.
[19] Kingsbury was given more playing time from coach Tom Davis and he led the team in scoring with a 16.8 points per game average, shooting 39.4% from three and setting a record for most three-pointers in a season with 117;[17] he also led the Big Ten in 3-point field goal attempts.
[23] In the month of February 1996 he received a 3-game suspension unsportsmanlike conduct[22] and missed the games against Northwestern, Indiana and Michigan.
[25][26] [27][28][29] After the end of his junior year at Iowa Kingsbury was facing the possibility of being deemed academically ineligible, and decided to declare for the NBA draft on May 7, 1996.
He scored a season-high 21 points in his debut game against Banco di Sardegna Sassari, shooting 6 for 14 from the field (5/12 from three) and 4 for 5 from the free throw line.