Chane Xavier Behanan is an American basketball player for the Santeros de Aguada of the Puerto Rican Baloncesto Superior Nacional.
Background
Behanan was born and mostly raised in Cincinnati, growing up in a troubled inner city neighborhood infested by the drug culture. One of his older brothers had been arrested on drug charges. 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.
Career
I just have to stay at lieutenant 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."
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 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 Cincinnati, but changed his commitment to Louisville 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 was 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."
A communications major, Behanan made the Dean"s List in his first two semesters at Louisville.
Just before the start of the 2013-2014 season, coach Rick Pitino 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 2013-2014, 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 2014 National Basketball Association draft.
On April 2, 2014, Louisville police cited Behanan for marijuana possession, after Behanan did an interview with local radio station WHBE.
Behanan went undrafted in the 2014 National Basketball Association draft but on November 1, 2014, Behanan was selected by the Rio Grande Valley Vipers with the 14th overall pick in the National Basketball Association Development League Draft. On February 6, 2015, he was waived by Rio Grande Valley.
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, but never played for them. On November 27, 2015, Behanan signed with Soles de Mexicali of Mexico. On February 24, 2016, he signed with Santeros de Aguada of the Baloncesto Superior NacionalPuerto Rican League.