27 Facts About Carl Krauser

Carl Isaac Krauser was born on May 13,1981 and is an American former professional basketball player who last played for the Quebec Kebs of the National Basketball League of Canada.

Carl Krauser was a point guard for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers from 2001 to 2006.

Carl Krauser was born on May 13,1981, to Joyeria Mays and musician Mario Carl Krauser in the Bronxdale housing projects in The Bronx, New York, where he lived with over 3,500 other people.

Carl Krauser went to dangerous neighborhoods to play at his Boys and Girls club and Rosedale "The Big Park" in the Bronx, and played streetball at Rucker Park.

Carl Krauser played with other players who found success in their basketball careers including Seton Hall's Andre Barrett and former Duke star and NBA player Jay Williams.

Carl Krauser's career took another step when he made the New York AAU team, the Broncos.

When Carl Krauser was 17, he had to repeat his junior year of high school, but instead of repeating the year at Stevenson High School, where he did not make the freshmen basketball team, he chose to attend St Thomas More Prep.

Carl Krauser left St Thomas More Prep in Connecticut and switched to Notre Dame Academy in Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

Carl Krauser was known for his trademark symbol he made where after scoring a basket, put his hands over his head in the shape of an "X" and claimed it was to represent the Bronx.

Carl Krauser was redshirted for his actual freshman season by former Pitt coach, future UCLA head coach, Ben Howland.

In Carl Krauser's first playing season, he averaged 6 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 2.9 assists per game.

Carl Krauser had 93 assists in this season, which was the fourth most all time at Pitt by a freshman at that time.

Carl Krauser was named the Most Improved Player at the team's banquet that year.

Carl Krauser received an All-American Honorable Mention by the Associated Press, the Big East's Most Improved Player, and All-Big East second team honors.

Carl Krauser helped to lead the Pitt Panthers to a berth in the NCAA tournament, where the Panthers again made the Sweet Sixteen before falling to the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

Pitt had lost both Jaron Brown and Julius Page to graduation, and Carl Krauser was now the floor general for younger players such as freshman guard Ronald Ramon.

Carl Krauser received the John Wooden Award in his junior season and was named as a Naismith All-American and a Bob Cousy Award finalist.

Carl Krauser was honored by the Big East with two player of the week awards and by being named to the Second-Team All Big East.

Carl Krauser led the Panthers to another NCAA Tournament berth as a 9th seed where they lost to 8th seed University of the Pacific.

Carl Krauser was included in a Sports Illustrated article where he was ranked as one of the top 10 point guards in the nation, and at midseason was predicted to be selected in the NBA draft.

On January 23,2006 Carl Krauser scored a career-high 32 points against Syracuse.

Carl Krauser finished the regular season with 15.0 points per game, 4.7 assists per game, and 4.3 rebounds per game.

Carl Krauser wore number 11 while at Pitt in honor of Isiah Thomas.

Carl Krauser was joined by former Pitt player John DeGroat.

Carl Krauser averaged 16.3 minutes and 5.5 points per game.

In 2010, Carl Krauser signed with the Waikato Pistons of the New Zealand National Basketball League.

Carl Krauser appeared in 5 games for the Pistons in the 2010 season averaging 22.6 minutes and 10 points per game.