Rico Hill is an American

United States

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 professional basketball

Basketball

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 player currently playing for the Chicago Muscle

Chicago Muscle

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 of the Premier Basketball League

Premier Basketball League

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. He played forward for Baloncesto Fuenlabrada

Baloncesto Fuenlabrada

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 (Spain), Los Angeles Clippers

Los Angeles Clippers

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 (NBA, picked with the 31st pick in the draft

1999 NBA Draft

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), Quad City Thunder

Quad City Thunder

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 (CBA

Continental Basketball Association

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), Estudiantes Madrid (Spain), Dakota Wizards

Dakota Wizards

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 (NBA D-League), a French team, and the Charleston Lowgators (NBA D-League). He also played in Italy

Italy

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. Rico was chosen by the Chicago Muscle with the tenth pick in the 2011 Premier Basketball League

Premier Basketball League

The Premier Basketball League, often abbreviated to the PBL, is a men's professional basketball minor league in the United States that began play in January 2008. The league had ten teams for the 2008 season and thirteen teams for the 2009 season. Nine teams from Canada and the United States...

 Draft.

Rico played collegiately at power forward for Illinois State University

Illinois State University

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, where he led the Redbirds

Illinois State Redbirds

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 to back-to-back Missouri Valley Conference

Missouri Valley Conference

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 Championships as well as consecutive NCAA Tournament

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

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appearances in 1997 and 1998.

Rico attended Brother Rice High School in Chicago, IL.