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Ben Hansbrough
Personal information
Born (1987-12-23) December 23, 1987 (age 36)
Poplar Bluff, Missouri, U.S.
High school Poplar Bluff (Poplar Bluff, Missouri)
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 203 lb (92 kg)
Career information
College
  • Mississippi State (2006–2008)
  • Notre Dame (2009–2011)
NBA Draft 2011 / Undrafted
Pro career 2011–2015
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
  • Consensus second-team All-American (2011)
  • Big East Player of the Year (2011)
  • First-team All-Big East (2011)
  • Mr. Show-Me Basketball (2006)

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. He is the younger brother of former NBA player Tyler Hansbrough.

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) averaged 12.0 points per game during his career at Notre Dame. 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. He was picked to the Second Team All-America by Fox Sports.

Professional career

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

He played for the Indiana Pacers in the 2012 Orlando Summer League, where in 5 games he averaged 6.0ppg, 1.6apg, 1.0rpg. On September 18, 2012, he signed a non-guaranteed contract with the Pacers for the 2012–13 NBA season, joining his brother Tyler. 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.

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

Post-playing career

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

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
  GP Games 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

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13 Indiana 28 0 7.1 .333 .261 .778 .6 1.0 .3 .1 2.0

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2013 Indiana 6 0 3.7 .000 .000 .5 .5 .0 .2 .0

Euroleague

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG PIR
2014–15 Laboral Kutxa 12 1 12.4 .323 .273 .500 1.4 0.8 0.4 0.0 2.3 0.8
Career 12 1 12.4 .323 .273 .500 1.4 0.8 0.4 0.0 2.3 0.8

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