Ben Brust
Personal information
Born (1991-10-03) October 3, 1991
Arlington Heights, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Listed weight196 lb (89 kg)
Career information
High school
CollegeWisconsin (2010–2014)
NBA draft2014: undrafted
Playing career2014–2015
PositionShooting guard / point guard
Career history
2014–2015Pieno žvaigždės

Benjamin Brust (born October 3, 1991) is a former American professional basketball player who last played for the Pieno žvaigždės of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL). He played college basketball for the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was part of the 2013–14 Wisconsin Badgers Final Four team.

High school career

Brust attended John Hersey High School his freshman year in 2006–07, before transferring to Mundelein High School for his sophomore, junior and senior years. As a senior, he averaged 24.6 points, 5.9 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 3.1 steals per game during senior season, topping the 40-point mark on four occasions.

Brust originally committed to University of Iowa, but after a coaching change he reopened his options on where to play, and he ultimately chose the University of Wisconsin–Madison. [1]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Ben Brust
G		 Mundelein, IL Mundelein HS 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) May 7, 2010 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:3/5 stars   ESPN grade: 90
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 41 (SG)   Rivals: N/A  ESPN: 53 (SG)
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2010 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 3, 2014.

College career

Brust began his collegiate career playing under Bo Ryan's Wisconsin Badgers in 2010. During the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons, Brust came off the bench. In his sophomore year in 2011–12, he averaged the 6th most minutes and the 5th most points per game on the team. He also averaged 1.6 three-pointers game per game, which ranked 13th in the Big Ten.[2]

During the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons, Brust started all of the Badgers' games. In his junior year in 2012–13, he led the team in minutes and assist-to-turnover ratio with a 2.0, and led the team in scoring for the Big Ten conference games. In his senior year in 2013–14, he averaged 13 points per game, 4.5 rebounds, 1.3 assists, and 89 total three-pointers through the team's first 35 games. He also has the second-most three-pointers in a career at Wisconsin.[3]

College statistics

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010–11 Wisconsin 1503.0.250.200.000.5.1.1.0.7
2011–12 Wisconsin 36021.4.397.389.8332.2.7.7.07.3
2012–13 Wisconsin 353534.3.423.387.6745.12.31.0.111.1
2013–14 Wisconsin 383834.7.419.393.8994.51.3.8.112.8
Career 1247326.9.412.387.8273.51.3.7.09.3

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Brust joined the Milwaukee Bucks for the 2014 NBA Summer League. On October 11, 2014, he signed a one-year deal with Pieno žvaigždės of the Lithuanian Basketball League.[4] The culture shock he experienced during his lone season in Lithuania left him more homesick than he expected. Only the premier teams in Europe can afford the charter flights and high-end hotels – Brust's team bused or ferried to games in Latvia, Estonia and Finland and saved money by staying in bargain hotels. Brust and American teammates Michael Dixon Jr. and Alex Oriakhi struggled with the food, short days with limited sunlight, and "would literally count down the days until we got back to America".[5] In 39 Lithuanian League games, Brust averaged 6.0 points and 2.5 rebounds per game. He also averaged 8.1 points, 3.0 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.2 steals in 14 Baltic League games. After an incredibly underwhelming attempt to play professional basketball, Ben decided to give up his dreams and settle as a radio talk show host in Milwaukee, WI.

Brust is now a sportscaster for the Big Ten Network. Brust also has a daily radio show on ESPN Madison and ESPN Milwaukee with co-host Greg Scalzo.[6] In October 2021, it was announced the Brust would become the color commentator on the Milwaukee Bucks Radio Network.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Brust can attend a Big Ten school". ESPN.com. April 30, 2010. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Ben Brust Bio". UWBadgers.com. Archived from the original on January 18, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  3. ↑ "UW's Bronson Koenig downplays three-point record". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
  4. ↑ "Brust joins at P.Zvaigzdes". Eurobasket.com. Sports I.T. October 11, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
  5. ↑ Eisenberg, Jeff (December 13, 2017). "Ball brothers picked 'worst possible place,' says American who played in Lithuania". Yahoo.com. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Ben Brust now a BTN Basketball commentator". 247sports.com. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  7. ↑ "Milwaukee Bucks Name Ben Brust Radio Analyst for Home Games". NBA.com. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
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