The YouTube galleries keep growing, as does the message board chatter.

Such is the attention that comes with being the best high school basketball player in your city and displaying leaping ability that even older teammates admire.

Tim Frazier has drawn these praises with his standout prep career and highlight-reel dunks, and he's hoping that translates to the collegiate level when he suits up for Penn State in the fall.

"I tell the guys all the time, 'Don't let my skinny legs fool you that I can't jump a little bit,' " the 6-foot-2, 160-pound guard said.

"But that's definitely fun, just a tremendous feeling of getting dunks and making lobs. Just having the crowd just cheering your name is also just great."

Frazier led his high school, Strake Jesuit, to the state semifinals in the winter and collected many accolades along the way.

He was named the boys basketball player of the year by the Houston Chronicle and listed as the No. 1 overall player in the state by TexasHoops.com.

Now, Frazier is looking to help improve the Nittany Lion basketball program after its run to the National Invitation Tournament title this past spring.

"I just feel I came into a great situation in picking the right place with the team on the rise," he said. "We're only getting better from now from last year. We're focused on this next year and trying to get into the NCAA Tournament."

His new teammates have noticed his eager approach in scrimmages and believe the hype is not without merit.

Returning forward D.J. Jackson said Frazier has enough talent to be a breakout player for the Lions in his freshman season.

"He's a highlight waiting to happen," Jackson said. "Once he puts it all together he's gonna be a special player."

Frazier insists he is a true point guard but would be open to whatever way the coaching staff wants to utilize him.

With incumbent floor general Talor Battle having competed across the globe for Team USA in the World University Games after averaging 37.4 minutes per game for Penn State last season, Frazier will likely be counted on for relief from the early going.

"Talor's a great guy and a great player and just a tremendous person," Frazier said. " ... But definitely I'm here for him. I'm here to learn tips from him, learn just like what he went through as a freshman."

And for Battle and the rest of his teammates, Frazier has a warning: when he comes through the lane, get out of his way.

Otherwise they may find themselves victims of yet another YouTube hit.