Atlantic 10 Release
 
Brooklyn, N.Y. (October 8, 2013) – Fordham University senior guard Branden Frazier was named Third Team Preseason All-Atlantic 10 in a voting by the league's head coaches and media members it was announced today at the 2013 Atlantic Men's Basketball Media Day at Barclays Center.
 
Last year, Frazier averaged 14. 2 ppg, second best on the team, and 3.7 rpg and led the Rams with 154 assists, 44 three-pointers made and 28 steals. Frazier, who averaged 12.7 ppg and 4.8 apg in Atlantic 10 play, shot 82.8% (135-163) from the free throw line and ranked third in the Atlantic 10 in assists, sixth in assist/turnover ratio (1.6), ninth in free throw shooting percentage and 13th in scoring.
 
Over his three-year career, Frazier has netted 1,077 points, good for a tie for 26^th on the Fordham all-time scoring list, and he has 141 three-pointers made, good for seventh on the school's career list. He also has 362 assists and 76 steals in 87 career games.
 
As for team predictions, VCU was chosen as the Atlantic 10 Conference men's basketball preseason favorite in the league's annual preseason poll.
 
The Rams, the 2012-13 Atlantic 10 Championship runners-up, garnered 19 first-place votes to total 307 points in the poll. VCU has two players on the Preseason All-Conference First Team and three total preseason honorees.
 
Defending champion Saint Louis was selected second in the poll with 288 points and five voters who picked the Billikens to repeat. NCAA Sweet 16 darling La Salle was chosen third with 265 points and Massachusetts was picked fourth with 236 points.
 
Saint Joseph's (199) was picked fifth, while Richmond and Dayton were sixth and seventh, with just two points (173 and 171 respectively) separating the teams. Atlantic 10 newcomer George Mason was picked to finish eighth with 141 points. Rhode Island (130), George Washington (122) and Fordham (58) were picked ninth through 11^th and St. Bonaventure and Duquesne rounded out the 13-team poll.
 
Chaz Williams of Massachusetts and Saint Louis' Dwayne Evans, both 2012-13 First Team All-Conference selections, were named to the 2013-14 Preseason All-Conference First Team. Joining the pair are three second-team selections from last March, Tyreek Duren of La Salle and VCU's Treveon Graham and Juvonte Reddic.
 
 
Joining Frazier on the Preseason Third Team are La Salle's Tyrone Garland and Jerrell Wright. Cedrick Lindsay of Richmond and Jordair Jett from Saint Louis complete the Third Team.
 
Jett and Williams also made the Preseason All-Defensive Team along with Armwood. Joining the trio are Armwood's teammate Patricio Garino, and Richmond's lanky shot blocker Alonzo Nelson-Ododa. VCU's Briante Weber, one of the nation's best ball thieves, completes the team.
 
The 2013-14 season tips off on Friday, Nov. 8 with seven Atlantic 10 teams in action. Conference play will begin Tuesday, Jan. 7. The year will culminate with the 2014 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Championship at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. March 12-16. The Championship, which will include all 13 teams this season, concludes with the final on Sunday, March 16 at 1:00 p.m. on CBS.