Ben Hansbrough

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.

Ben Hansbrough

Personal information
Born	(1987-12-23) December 23, 1987 (age 37) Poplar Bluff, Missouri, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	203 lb (92 kg)
Career information
High school	Poplar Bluff (Poplar Bluff, Missouri)
College	Mississippi State (2006–2008) Notre Dame (2009–2011)
NBA draft	2011: undrafted
Playing career	2011–2015
Position	Point guard / shooting guard
Number	23
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)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference

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 for 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

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

See also

• Sports portal

References

1. Stephens, Brad (October 16, 2017). "WKU assistant Hansbrough resigns in wake of arrest". Bowling Green Daily News. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
2. "Player Bio: Ben Hansbrough". University of Notre Dame Official Athletics Site. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014.
3. "Ben Hansbrough Stats, News, Photos – Notre Dame Fighting Irish". ESPN. Archived from the original on December 20, 2013.
4. Mike Anthony (March 8, 2011). "College basketball, Big East awards". Courant.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
5. Goodman, Jeff (March 7, 2011). "Goodman's 2010-11 All-America teams". Fox Sports. Fox Sports Interactive Media. Archived from the original on October 26, 2013. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
6. Tom Noie (June 26, 2011). "Notre Dame men's basketball: Hansbrough to play in Germany". South Bend Tribune. Archived from the original on November 1, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
7. "The Curious Case of Benjamin Hansbrough". German Hoops. November 21, 2011. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
8. Schmidt-Scheuber, Miles (December 24, 2011). "FC Bayern Munich Release Ben Hansbrough". Eurobasket.com. Archived from the original on September 14, 2013. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
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.
20. Bishop, Chad (June 19, 2017). "Ben Hansbrough promoted to full-time assistant". ABC Bowling Green. Retrieved November 4, 2017.

External links

• Career statistics from NBA.com  and Basketball Reference
• Ben Hansbrough at eurobasket.com
• Ben Hansbrough at euroleague.net
• Ben Hansbrough on Twitter