Chris Carrawell

He is tied for 27th on the all-time scoring list at Duke with 1,455 career points and also ranks 14th in school history with 0.8 blocks per game and tied for sixth with 116 overall wins.

Carrawell helped the Blue Devils to succeed in the ACC during his tenure, finishing his career with 66 conference victories, second most all-time by a Duke player.

Along with teammate Nate James, he is one of only two players in ACC history to play on teams that won four straight ACC regular-season championships.

He was the only player to play in each of Duke's ACC-record 30 straight league wins.

During Carrawell's collegiate career, the Blue Devils compiled a record of 133–24, including a 58–6 mark in ACC play.

In 136 college games, he averaged 10.7 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists in 26.1 minutes.

Chris Carrawell (born November 25, 1977) is a retired American professional basketball player who is best known for his All-American college career at Duke University.

He is currently an assistant men's basketball coach under Jon Scheyer.

He started 12 times out of the 31 games he appeared in during his freshman season (1996–97).

He shot 57.6% from the field, averaging 5.5 points per game.

He ranked third on the team in offensive rebounds with 47, and on a team that mainly featured perimeter shooting, led the team in dunks with 22.

Some highlights as a Duke freshman in 1996–97 include Carrawell defending Wake Forest's center Tim Duncan, blocking a key Wake Forest shot down the stretch and led Duke to the win.

As a sophomore in the 1997–98 season, Carrawell appeared mostly as a reserve with ten starts as Duke posted a 32–4 mark, finishing in the Elite Eight.

Carrawell, having scored in double figures 22 times, was fourth of the team's scorers with 10.1 points per game, performing well in two losses to North Carolina, scoring 19 in the first meeting with UNC and 18 in the ACC tournament game.

He also ranked fourth on the team in rebounding, averaging 3.1 rebounds per game.

Carrawell had offseason surgery on his left shoulder prior to the start of his sophomore season and missed four games due to a strained lower back.

Carrawell contributed 9.9 points per game as a junior, starting all the games and helping his team to reach the Final Four in the 1998–99 season.

He ranked third in rebounds and recorded 130 assists to place second on a team with several future NBA players.

During the 39-game 1998–99 season, Carrawell started every game for a Duke team that was undefeated in the ACC and that fell to the University of Connecticut in the 1999 national title game.

For these efforts, he was named Third-Team All ACC.

Carrawell then averaged 16.9 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.6 fouls, 0.9 steals, 2 turnovers, 1.1 blocks, makes 6 of 12.4 field goals (48%), 0.8 of 2.2 three-pointers (36%) and 4.1 of 5.2 free throws (78%) in 35.6 minutes per game in his senior season (all starts).

Being second in his team in scoring, rebound and assists, Carrawell led his team to finish with a record of 29–5, win the ACC Tournament championship, a number one seed, and a Sweet 16 stint in the NCAA tournament.

Born in a rough inner city neighborhood in north St. Louis and growing up without his father (he saw him for the first time in 1999), Carrawell attended high school at Cardinal Ritter College Prep in St. Louis.

Among his teammates were future NBA players Loren Woods and Jahidi White.

In four years on the Cardinal Ritter varsity, he led the team to an overall 80–13 record, including a three-year undefeated streak at home.

As a sophomore he posted averages of 19.4 points, 10.1 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 5.5 steals and 2.8 blocks per game.

Carrawell was a USA today Top 40 All American going into his junior season, where he averaged 20.6 points and 10 rebounds per game as Cardinal Ritter won the state's Class AA championship.

The following season, Cardinal Ritter defended its state title.

Carrawell again led the team, averaging 17.4 points, 8.2 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game.

Carrawell was named conference Player of the Year twice, earned Central Region honors as Gatorade Player of the Year, and was a fourth-team Parade All-American.

He set school career records for points (2,087), rebounds (1,076), and assists (555).

Cardinal Ritter made USA Today's list of the top 25 high school teams in the country twice during Carrawell's prep career.

Carrawell was recruited by Duke University's Mike Krzyzewski as the third most-prized piece of the class of 2000.

He was 2000 ACC Player of the Year with Associated Press and First Team All-American honors.

Strong enough and mobile enough to guard several positions, Carrawell was also a two-time All-ACC selection in his career with the Blue Devils.

Carrawell was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the second round (41st pick overall) of the 2000 NBA draft.

He played overseas after graduating from Duke.

He played a year in Italy before returning to the United States to play in the inaugural season of the D League with the Asheville Altitude.

In 56 games for the Altitude, he averaged 7.3 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists in 22.9 minutes.

Over the next six years, he played in Lithuania for Kaunas, Germany, Australia for the Sydney Kings, the Philippines for the Alaska Aces, and the American Basketball Association.