Ben Hansbrough is an American basketball

Basketball

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 player who played guard for the University of Notre Dame

University of Notre Dame

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. He was a fifth-year senior for the Fighting Irish, Hansbrough transferred from Mississippi State after his sophomore year. Most recently he signed a contract with the German team FC Bayern Munich (basketball)

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 to play in the Basketball Bundesliga

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College

Ben, who is 6'3" and weighs 203 lbs, is averaging 17.9 points per game, shooting 42.1% from three-point range in his final year at Notre Dame. He is also the younger brother of Tyler Hansbrough

Tyler Hansbrough

Andrew Tyler Hansbrough is an American basketball player for the Indiana Pacers. Hansbrough completed a college basketball career with the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team in 2009, and was drafted into the NBA by the Indiana Pacers with the 13th pick of the 1st round of the 2009 NBA...

, the former Naismith College Player of the Year

Naismith College Player of the Year

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 in 2007–08. In his final season at Notre Dame, Ben was named to the All-Big East team, he was the lone unanimous pick for it. He also was chosen as the 2010–2011 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

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 in Germany

Germany

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Currently he struggles to get some playing time.