Chane Xavier Behanan ( ; born September 24, 1992) is an American professional

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

player for

Santeros de Aguada Santeros de Aguada was a Puerto Rican professional basketball team of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional. The team was based in Aguada, Puerto Rico. The team moved to Fajardo in 2021, changing their name and re-branding to Cariduros de Fajardo with ...

of the

Baloncesto Superior Nacional The Baloncesto Superior Nacional, abbreviated as BSN, is the first-tier-level professional men's basketball league in Puerto Rico. It was founded in 1929 and is organized by the Puerto Rican Basketball Federation. The Baloncesto Superior Naci ...

(BSN). Behanan, who won a, now vacated, NCAA title at Louisville, was going to transfer to Colorado State to

redshirt Redshirt, Red Shirt, or Redshirts may refer to: Entertainment * ''Red Shirts'' (film), a 1952 film about Anita Garibaldi by Franco Rossi * Redshirt (stock character), originally derived from ''Star Trek'', a stock character who dies soon after ...

the 2014–15 season but instead declared for the

2014 NBA draft The 2014 NBA draft was held on June 26, 2014, at the Barclays Center, Brooklyn National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. ...

in which he subsequently went undrafted.

Early life and high school

Behanan was born and mostly raised in

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...

, growing up in a troubled

inner city The term ''inner city'' has been used, especially in the United States, as a euphemism for majority-minority lower-income residential districts that often refer to rundown neighborhoods, in a downtown or city centre area. Sociologists some ...

neighborhood infested by the drug culture; one of his older brothers had been arrested on drug charges. He indicated in a 2012 interview that his time in that neighborhood drove him to succeed in basketball:

I just have to stay at it. In my family, I think I'm just the last person left that can make something happen. If it ain't me, it's nobody."

During his childhood, the family home was destroyed in a fire, and he, his mother, and four siblings moved in with one of his grandmothers. Behanan's mother eventually decided that inner-city Cincinnati was not a good place for him, and used family connections to send him to

Bowling Green, Kentucky Bowling Green is a home rule-class city and the county seat of Warren County, Kentucky, United States. Founded by pioneers in 1798, Bowling Green was the provisional capital of Confederate Kentucky during the American Civil War. As of the ...

before his junior year of high school. In his senior season at Bowling Green High School, he averaged 23.3 points and 14.4 rebounds. He had previously verbally committed to play college basketball at

, but changed his commitment to

Louisville Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border. ...

while in Bowling Green. Behanan would later say that the change could have saved his life—a few months after he arrived at Louisville, a longtime friend in Cincinnati was shot and killed during a robbery. Behanan said about the incident, "He he friendwas just at the wrong place at the wrong time. To be honest, I really don't think I'd be here today if I'd stayed in Cincinnati."

College career

In his freshman year with the

Louisville Cardinals The Louisville Cardinals (also known as the Cards) are the NCAA athletic teams representing the University of Louisville. The Cardinals teams play in the Atlantic Coast Conference, beginning in the 2014 season. While playing in the Big East Co ...

, Behanan averaged 9.5 points, 7.6 rebounds, and 26 minutes per game, helping lead the Cardinals to the Final Four, where they lost to eventual national champion Kentucky. A communications major, Behanan made the

Dean's List A dean's list is an academic award, or distinction, used to recognize the highest level scholarship demonstrated by students in a college or university. This system is most often used in North America, though institutions in Europe, Asia, and Aust ...

in his first two semesters at Louisville. Although expressing a desire to play in the NBA, Behanan returned for his sophomore season and averaged 9.8 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 26.1 minutes per game, helping lead the Cardinals to win the

2013 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament that involved 68 teams playing to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 19, 2013, and concluded wit ...

, which was Louisville's third national championship and first since 1986. That national championship has since been vacated by the NCAA. Just before the start of the 2013–14 season, coach

Rick Pitino Richard Andrew Pitino (born September 18, 1952) is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach for Iona College. He was also the head coach of Greece's senior national team. He has been the head coach of several teams in NCAA ...

suspended Behanan indefinitely for an unspecified violation of team rules. Behanan was reinstated in time to play against Hofstra on November 12, the second game of the season. In the twelve games that he played in 2013–14, he averaged 7.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 18.6 minutes per game. On December 30, Pitino announced that Behanan was dismissed from the team for violation of university policy. Behanan later admitted that he was dismissed from the team for use of marijuana. On January 27, 2014, it was reported that Behanan had enrolled at Colorado State University. However, before making an appearance for Colorado State, Behanan declared for the

. On April 2, 2014, Louisville police cited Behanan for marijuana possession, after Behanan did an interview with local radio station WHBE.

Professional career

Behanan went undrafted in the

but on November 1, 2014, Behanan was selected by the

Rio Grande Valley Vipers The Rio Grande Valley Vipers are an American professional basketball team of the NBA G League based in Edinburg, Texas, and are affiliated with the Houston Rockets. The Vipers play their home games at the Bert Ogden Arena. The Vipers have won fo ...

with the 14th overall pick in the NBA Development League Draft. On February 6, 2015, he was waived by Rio Grande Valley.NBA D-League 2014–15 Transactions
In 13 games with one start, Behanan averaged 4.5 points and 3.3 rebounds. On April 2, 2015, he was acquired by the

Reno Bighorns Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada-California border, about north from Lake Tahoe, known as "The Biggest Little City in the World". Known for its casino and tourism industry, Reno is the ...

, but never played for them. On November 27, 2015, Behanan signed with

Soles de Mexicali The Soles de Mexicali (English: ''Mexicali Suns'') is a Mexican professional basketball team based in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, playing in the Northern Division of the Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). The team was founde ...

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

. On February 24, 2016, he signed with

of the

. Behanan lead the Santeros to the semifinals of the 2016 season where the Santeros eventually lost 4–2 to the league subchampions

Vaqueros de Bayamón The Vaqueros de Bayamón are a Puerto Rican basketball team of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional based in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. The Vaqueros play their home games at Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez, Rubén Rodríguez Coliseum, a venue shared with the L ...

. He averaged 17.5 points per game and 9.6 rebounds per game in the regular season making him a candidate for the league Most Valuable Player award. In 2016 Behanan joined the NBA Dallas Mavericks for NBA Summer League. On October 31, 2016, Behanan was re-acquired by the Reno Bighorns. In 19 games, he averaged 8.8 points and 4.4 rebounds. On February 2, 2017, Behanan was traded to the

Salt Lake City Stars The Salt Lake City Stars are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and are affiliated with the Utah Jazz. As of the 2022-23 season, the Stars play in the Maverik Center in West Valley City, U ...

. On July 7, 2017, Behanan signed with the

Kia Picanto The Kia Picanto is a city car that has been produced by the South Korean car manufacturer, Kia, since 2003. Other names of the car include Kia Morning ( ko, 기아 모닝, translit=Gia Moning) in South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan (first two generat ...

of the

Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the se ...

as their reinforcement for the

2017 PBA Governors' Cup The 2017 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup, also known as the 2017 Oppo-PBA Governors' Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the third and last conference of the 2016–17 PBA season. The tournament started on July 19 and ended o ...

. However, he was prohibited from playing after exceeding the height limit. On July 18, 2017, Behanan signed with Italian club Aquila Basket Trento. On December 14, 2017, he parted ways with Trento after averaging 11.9 points and 5.5 rebounds per game. On September 8, 2019, Behanan signed with Hapoel Ramat Gan Givatayim of the Israel National League. On October 24, 2019, he parted ways with the Urduns before appearing in a game for them. On March 1, 2020, he has signed with

of the

(BSN).

The Basketball Tournament

Chane Behanan played for the Tim Thomas Playaz in the 2018 edition of

The Basketball Tournament The Basketball Tournament (TBT) is an open-application, single-elimination tournament played each summer in the United States. The 2022 edition features 64 teams with a $1 million winner-take-all prize, broadcast by ESPN. TBT was founded in 20 ...

. He scored 12 points and had 8 rebounds in the team's first-round loss to Team Arkansas.

References

External links

Louisville Cardinals bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Behanan, Chane 1992 births Living people 21st-century African-American sportspeople African-American basketball players American expatriate basketball people in Italy American expatriate basketball people in Mexico American men's basketball players Aquila Basket Trento players Basketball players from Kentucky Basketball players from Cincinnati Forwards (basketball) Louisville Cardinals men's basketball players McDonald's High School All-Americans Parade High School All-Americans (boys' basketball) Reno Bighorns players Rio Grande Valley Vipers players Salt Lake City Stars players Santeros de Aguada basketball players Soles de Mexicali players Sportspeople from Bowling Green, Kentucky