Nick Trivelpiece 5 yrs old (center) flexes his muscles along with Syracuse basketball player Kris Joseph, prior to the Orange’s game against St. Bonaventure. To the far left is team basketball operations manager Stan Kissel. Trivelpiece has a brain tumor (optic glioma) and has been embraced by the team as a sort of a mascot, attending games and walking out on the floor as the team warmsup before their games. Dennis Nett/The Post-Standard