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Carrabino played college basketball at Harvard University, As a freshman he wore No. 54, played forward and forward-center, appeared in 26 games for Frank McLaughlin’s Crimson, and averaged 14.6 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.0 assist per game while shooting 54.9 percent from the field and 78.0 percent at the free throw line as Harvard finished 16-10 overall and 9-5 in the Ivy League for third place.

He scored 380 points with 107 rebounds and 26 assists in 1980-81, set Harvard’s freshman scoring record, and became the first Harvard player to win Ivy League Rookie of the Year while also earning Honorable Mention All-Ivy recognition.

As a sophomore in 1981-82, Carrabino again played 26 games and averaged 14.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 1.0 assist per game while shooting 50.2 percent from the field and 87.6 percent from the foul line for an 11-15 Harvard team that went 6-8 in Ivy play and finished sixth under McLaughlin.

His sophomore year established him as one of the league’s most reliable scorers and foul shooters, and his 87.6 free throw percentage from that season remained one of Harvard’s better single-season marks.

Carrabino opened the 1982-83 season as a junior, played two games, averaged 15.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 0.5 assists per game, and shot 66.7 percent from the field and 66.7 percent at the line before a back injury cut short his season.

That injury led to a medical redshirt, so although Harvard finished 12-14 overall and 4-10 in the Ivy League for seventh place in 1982-83, Carrabino preserved eligibility and returned the following year.

Back on the floor in 1983-84 as a redshirt junior, he played all 26 games and delivered the best statistical season of his college career with 22.0 points, 7.3 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 0.3 steals, and 0.1 blocks per game while shooting 56.2 percent from the field and 90.5 percent at the line for a Harvard team that went 15-11 overall and 9-5 in the Ivy League to tie for second place.

He totaled 571 points, 191 rebounds, 21 assists, seven steals, two blocks, 209 field goals, and 153 free throws in 1983-84, and that 571-point season still stands among the top scoring seasons in Harvard history while his 153 made free throws and 90.5 free throw percentage also rank among the program’s best single-season marks.

Carrabino became the first Harvard player ever named Ivy League Player of the Year in 1983-84, made First Team All-Ivy, earned AP Honorable Mention All-America recognition, ranked 21st in NCAA Division I scoring at 22.0 points per game, and finished second nationally in free throw percentage behind Steve Alford.

He also turned in several standout performances that season, including 24 points against Dartmouth in late November, 25 points in an 80-76 win over Brown, 28 points against Columbia in the season finale, and 30 points in his first game back after the redshirt year.

As a redshirt senior in 1984-85, Carrabino played 24 games for another Frank McLaughlin team and averaged 21.4 points, 8.0 rebounds, and 1.0 assist per game while shooting 57.0 percent from the field and 87.9 percent from the free throw line as Harvard finished 15-9 overall and 7-7 in the Ivy League for fourth place.

He scored 514 points in 1984-85, which remains one of the highest single-season totals in school history, and he added 138 made free throws, another total that ranks near the top of Harvard’s record book.

Carrabino was selected First Team All-Ivy again in 1984-85, earned a second straight AP Honorable Mention All-America nod, was named First Team Academic All-America, and finished his college career as Harvard’s all-time leading scorer.

Across his Harvard career, Carrabino’s publicly available Division I season rows show 104 games played, 1,880 points, 636 rebounds, 464 free throws made, 708 field goals made, a 54.8 field goal percentage, an 86.2 free throw percentage, 18.1 points per game, 6.2 rebounds per game, and 0.9 assists per game.

Those same available season rows break down as 26 games in 1980-81, 26 in 1981-82, two in his injury-shortened 1982-83 season, 26 in 1983-84, and 24 in 1984-85.

His career averages and totals placed him among Harvard’s best scorers and shooters, and he finished with the school record for career points at 1,880 and career field goals made at 708 while also reaching 636 rebounds and 464 free throws made.

Carrabino left Harvard with the program’s second-highest career scoring average at 18.4 points per game in school record listings, and his name remained prominent in Harvard’s career and single-season scoring tables decades after his final season.

Harvard did not have an Ivy League tournament in Carrabino’s era, so his postseason path was determined strictly by the regular-season title race, and the Crimson did not reach the NCAA Tournament or NIT during his five-year college stay.

His Harvard teams were led by Frank McLaughlin throughout his career, and Carrabino played in key lineups with teammates such as Don Fleming, Monroe Trout, Bob Ferry, Arne Duncan, Keith Webster, and Calvin Dixon during the early and mid-1980s.