Ben Hansbrough

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Ben Hansbrough
Personal information
Born (1987-12-23) December 23, 1987 (age 36)
Poplar Bluff, Missouri, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight203 lb (92 kg)
Career information
High school Poplar Bluff (Poplar Bluff, Missouri)
College
NBA draft 2011: undrafted
Playing career2011–2015
Position Point guard / shooting guard
Number23
Career history
2011 Bayern Munich
2011–2012 Krka Novo Mesto
2012–2013 Indiana Pacers
2013–2014 Gran Canaria
2014 Grand Rapids Drive
2014–2015 Laboral Kutxa
Career highlights and awards
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Ben Hansbrough (born December 23, 1987) is an American former professional basketball player and a former assistant coach for Western Kentucky University. He resigned from WKU on October 16, 2017. [1] He is the younger brother of former NBA player Tyler Hansbrough.

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College career

Hansbrough began his career at Mississippi State University and was a standout for two seasons before transferring to Notre Dame. Hansbrough, who is 6'3" and weighs 203 pounds (92 kg) [2] averaged 12.0 points per game during his career at Notre Dame. [3] In his final season at Notre Dame, Hansbrough averaged 18.4 points and 4.3 assists per game, and was named to the All-Big East team; he was the lone unanimous pick for it. He also was chosen as the 2010–11 Big East Player of the Year. [4] He was picked to the Second Team All-America by Fox Sports. [5]

Professional career

On June 27, 2011, he signed a one-year contract with Bayern Munich in Germany. [6] During his time in Germany, he struggled to get playing time [7] and was released on December 23. [8] Not long after being released, he signed with Krka Novo Mesto of Slovenia. [9] In January 2012, he left Krka Novo Mesto due to personal reasons on his part. [10]

He played for the Indiana Pacers in the 2012 Orlando Summer League, where in 5 games he averaged 6.0ppg, 1.6apg, 1.0rpg. [11] On September 18, 2012, he signed a non-guaranteed contract with the Pacers for the 2012–13 NBA season, joining his brother Tyler. [12] Hansbrough played in 28 games for the Pacers that season, averaging 2.0 points and 0.8 assists.

In August 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Gran Canaria. [13]

On September 26, 2014, he signed with the Chicago Bulls. [14] However, he was later waived by the Bulls on October 18, 2014. [15] On November 1, 2014, he was selected by the Grand Rapids Drive with the fifth overall pick in the 2014 NBA Development League Draft. [16] On December 9, 2014, he was waived by the Drive per his request. [17] On December 29, 2014, he signed with Laboral Kutxa Baskonia of Spain for the rest of the season. [18]

Post-playing career

On August 24, 2015, Western Kentucky announced Hansbrough had joined their staff as Coordinator of Player Development. [19] On June 19, 2017, he was promoted to assistant coach for the 2017-18 season. [20]

Hansbrough announced his resignation from WKU in October 2017.

In 2019 Hansbrough co-founded a Real Estate Development company named Oliver and Hansbrough Development LLC located in Alvaton, Kentucky

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high

NBA

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2012–13 Indiana 2807.1.333.261.778.61.0.3.12.0

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2013 Indiana 603.7.000.000–.5.5.0.2.0

Euroleague

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPGPIR
2014–15 Laboral Kutxa 12112.4.323.273.5001.40.80.40.02.30.8
Career12112.4.323.273.5001.40.80.40.02.30.8

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  3. ↑ "Ben Hansbrough Stats, News, Photos – Notre Dame Fighting Irish". ESPN. Archived from the original on December 20, 2013.
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  9. ↑ "Krka Novo Mesto announces Ben Hansbrough, Jure Lalic and Uros Lucic". December 29, 2011. Archived from the original on May 6, 2012. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Hansbrough samovoljno zapustil Krko" [Hansbrough leaves Krka]. Siol. January 28, 2012. Archived from the original on December 31, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Hansbrough's 2012 NBA Summer League Profile". NBA.com . Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved September 22, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Pacers Sign Free Agents Luke Nevill and Ben Hansbrough". NBA.com. September 18, 2012. Archived from the original on July 15, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Herbalife Gran Canaria officially sign Ben Hansbrough". Sportando.net. August 22, 2013. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  14. ↑ BULLS FINALIZE TRAINING CAMP ROSTER
  15. ↑ BULLS WAIVE ENGLISH, HANSBROUGH AND JONES
  16. ↑ Grand Rapids DRIVE: 2014-15 Draft Archived November 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  17. ↑ Grand Rapids Drive guard Ben Hansbrough asks for, receives release
  18. ↑ Laboral Kutxa adds shooting guard Hansbrough
  19. ↑ "WKU adds Hansbrough to staff, two to roster". The Courier-Journal . August 24, 2015. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
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