Penn State Sports Magazine
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| he accolades and accomplishments are a side note when Patrick Chambers talks about /1h-year senior point guard Tim Frazier. Frazier has received /rst-team All-Big Ten honors and a couple of preseason /rst-team All-Conference nods, was recently named a Senior CLASS Award /nalist and also made the Cousy Award watch list. Those are a few of the awards he has earned in his career, and he has the statistics to back up all the recognition. He's only the second player in Big Ten history to score 1,000 points, dish 600 assists and grab 500 rebounds, and earlier this season he became Penn State's all-time assists leader, passing Freddie Barnes' career total of 600. But Frazier's signi/cance during the /rst three tumultuous seasons of Chambers' tenure with the Nittany Lions extends far beyond the hardwood. "Obviously, he's a great basketball player. He's done some things that a lot of individuals haven't done in a long time, so basketballwise, that speaks for itself," Chambers said. But he's also had an impact "as a human being, as an ambassador for this program and an ambassador for the university in such a tough time. With everything that we've gone through with the university in the last three years – a kid like that who excels in the classroom, excels in charity – you're not just losing a basketball player; you're losing a son. "[He's] somebody who means a great deal to me, because we have invested a lot into each other and we spent a great deal of time together. I'm sure it's going to be hard for both of us, but I think he's ready for the next chapter." For Frazier, of course, the next chapter is on a 12-month delay. He had entered the 2012-13 season as a Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 selection and was on the Naismith Award watch list, but Frazier's career went on hiatus, and with it his bid to develop himself into an NBA prospect. Frazier ruptured his Achilles tendon just four games into the year, and the numbers that were to propel him to the next level never materialized. All told, he went 15 of 42 from the 0oor and /nished his truncated season with 65 points, 18 rebounds and 15 assists. With Frazier watching from the bench, the Nit- tany Lions went 10-21 overall and opened the Big Ten season by losing their /rst 14 games. But while Frazier's absence was readily apparent, TALKING PO INTS In his final season with the Nittany Lions, guard Tim Frazier exhibits a newfound confidence – on and o the court T M E N ' S B A S K E T B A L L