#23 Ben Hansbrough 2009-10 Men's Basketball Roster

SENIOR SEASON (2009-10):

A valuable contributor in his first season playing with the Fighting Irish … started all 35 games … ranked third on the team in points (419) and points per game (12.0) … grabbed 136 rebounds (3.9 rpg) … scored in double figures 23 times … led the Irish in scoring on five occasions … second on the squad with 153 assists … dished out five or more assists in 13 games … notched an impressive 2.43 assist-to-turnover ratio, which ranked 27th nationally … shot 41.4% from three-point range (67-162) … recorded 37 steals and five blocked shots … second on the team in minutes played (1241) … averaged 35.5 minutes per game … played 35-plus minutes in 24 contests … Co-Team Irish Award … BIG EAST weekly honor roll (March 1) … hit all five of his three-point attempts and all four of his free throws en route to tallying a team-high tying 19 points in the season opener against North Florida … registered 18 points, seven assists and four rebounds versus Saint Francis … went 4-6 from three-point range against the Red Flash … netted 11 points and handed out seven assists against Long Beach State … after three straight games of single-digit scoring (Liberty, Kennesaw State, Northwestern), began a season-best streak of nine straight games of reaching double figures … scored 14 points and had five assists versus Saint Louis … netted another 14 points against Idaho State … notched 11 points versus UCF … scored a season-high 22 points, along with five assists, against IUPUI … knocked down four of his six three-point attempts en route to scoring 14 points in addition to dishing out nine assists versus Loyola Marymount … netted 14 points against UCLA … scored 16 points and had five assists versus Bucknell … produced an all-around effort with 10 points, a career-high 10 assists and eight rebounds against Providence in the BIG EAST opener … registered 14 points in a road contest at Connecticut … matched a career-high total with 10 assists in addition to nine rebounds versus West Virginia … produced 15 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists against DePaul … began a streak of eight straight games in double figures with 18 points against Rutgers … also had five rebounds, five assists and a career-high tying four steals versus the Scarlet Knights … compiled 12 points, nine assists and eight boards against Cincinnati … had 13 points and six rebounds against USF … netted 10 points versus Seton Hall and followed that up with 13 points against St. John’s … reached the 20-point plateau for the second time on the season with 21 points, to go along with a team-high eight rebounds, versus Louisville … hit a career-high 10 free throws (in 12 attempts) against the Cardinals … had 15 points and nine rebounds against Pittsburgh … notched 20-plus points for the second time in three games with a team-high 21 in a win at Georgetown … named to the BIG EAST weekly honor roll for his performance against the Hoyas … scored a team-best 17 points against West Virginia in the semifinals of the BIG EAST Championship … hit four of seven three-pointers against the Mountaineers … deposited a team-high 17 points and grabbed six rebounds versus Old Dominion in the first round of the NCAA Championship.