GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- A basketball player herself, Nicolette Simpson was overjoyed when new and returning Michigan State University basketball players visited her hospital room on July 18. Bottomless Toy Chest brings toys to kids at DeVos Children's Hospital "I never thought I'd meet them in my life," Simpson said after she gave the players a high five. The 13-year-old Spartan fan has been in and out of Helen DeVos Children's Hospital for about four months for the treatment of various auto immune diseases. The players were interacting with patients and their families the same time as the hospital's "Christmas in July" event was taking place.
Which Syracuse basketball players should have their jerseys honored? Syracuse University has honored the jerseys of 12 former players by hanging them in the Carrier Dome's rafters. Other schools have honored far more former players, including North Carolina (45), Kentucky (43), Kansas (29) and Connecticut (20). The 12 Syracuse players whose jerseys hang in the Carrier Dome's rafters are: Vic Hanson, Dave Bing, Pearl Washington, Sherman Douglas, Derrick Coleman, Rony Seikaly, Billy Owens, Wilmeth Sidat-Singh, Billy Gabor, Carmelo Anthony, Roosevelt Bouie and Louis Orr. Syracuse fielded its first men's basketball team in 1900.
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