MEN���S BASKETBALL
DOWN GOES FRAZIER
Chambers has made
sure to keep Frazier
(center) involved in
team activities as he
works his way back
from an Achilles
tendon injury.
SILVER LININGS
Despite a season-ending injury, Tim Frazier is optimistic about his future
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T
im Frazier heard the news, collapsed and cried.
Last November, just a few
hours after he hobbled off the
court at Coliseo de Puerto Rico
in San Juan, team doctors informed him that the injury he
sustained early in the Nittany Lions���
85-60 loss to Akron was more severe
than they had initially thought. He
would need surgery and rehabilitation,
and he would be spending the rest of
his senior season at the end of the
bench.
Coming off an outstanding first-team
All-Big Ten campaign and a series of
strong performances at summer camps,
Penn State���s star point guard had trouble accepting that his season was over
due to a ruptured Achilles tendon in
his left ankle. When he saw his mother,