That speaker is a problem in a bandpass box like you suggest, mostly because the port wants to be tuned to a very low frequency and the volume of the box want to be relatively small. This results in box that wants an insanely long port that won't fit inside.
For example, if you were to do a bandpass box, it'd be good with a sealed side about 18 liters, which is fine, but the ported side wants to be closer to 9.3 liters with a 3" port 22.8 inches long. Kinda hard to fit something nearly 2 feet long inside an ~0.33 cubic foot box.
A Sealed box in the 14 liter range (0.5 cubic feet) will be alright, but it's not really home theater caliber, as it won't really hit all that low compared to what it can do in a car with a slightly smaller box. With cabin gain, I'd think a 0.35-0.45 cubic foot sealed box would sound great with that sub, but in the home, with no cabin gain, it's just not going to cut it sealed.
If you want it to do well really low, you want a much larger ported box. Something like:
~35 liter/1.25 Cubic feet internal volume with a single 3" port 17.25" long.
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