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Division I career scoring record set just last year by Cornell’s Rob Pannell. But it’s impossible to acknowledge Thompson’s individual accolades without including his brother and cousin — and the rest of the Great Danes hoping to make history. Syracuse native


Derrick Eccles,


Thompson’s freshman year roommate at Albany, said Lyle was pretty shy that first year. They talked in their dorm, but Lyle wasn’t one to start a conversation in the locker room. It’s different now, Eccles said. Recently,


the subject of Indian mascots in sports, like the Redskins and Chiefs, came up in a small group. Teammates kept seeing pundits and so-called experts on television talking about the topic, but none of them looked quite like the Native American teammates they knew. “We asked them how they felt,” Eccles


said. “They were open about it.” Miles, for one, sleeps in a bed adorned


in a Washington Redskins blanket. The purple-and-white Six Nations flag hangs in his window. “What they say about the Creator’s


Game, you really appreciate it around them,” Albany assistant Eric Wolf said. That may be the best honor of all. LM


Thompson’s 113 points in 2013 were one shy of the NCAA single-season record.


Conference Winners ACC: Duke


America East: Albany Atlantic Sun: Jacksonville Big East: Denver CAA: Drexel* ECAC: Ohio State Ivy: Princeton MAAC: Detroit NEC: Bryant Patriot: Loyola


First-Team All-Americans A Lyle Thompson, Albany, Jr. A Jordan Wolf, Duke, Sr. A Kieran McArdle, St. John’s, Sr. M Tom Schreiber, Princeton, Sr. M Chad Tutton, North Carolina, Jr. M Jeremy Noble, Denver, Sr. FO Brendan Fowler, Duke, Sr. LSM John LoCascio, Villanova, Sr. D Joe Fletcher, Loyola, Sr. D Mike Ehrhardt, Maryland, Sr. D Scott McWilliams, Virginia, Sr. G Austin Kaut, Penn State, Sr.


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*Penn State, ranked preseason No. 8 by LM, is ineligible for conference title


At-Large Teams Syracuse (ACC) North Carolina (ACC) Notre Dame (ACC) Maryland (ACC) Penn State (CAA) Virginia (ACC) Yale (Ivy)


Johns Hopkins (Independent)


Bracket Buster LOYOLA


The Greyhounds have key seniors on offense (Justin Ward), defense (Fletcher) and in goal (Jack Runkel), with complementary players budding. It’s easy to forget Loyola was a slim margin away from beating eventual NCAA champ Duke in last year’s first round. It’s the Hounds’ first Patriot League season.


Sleeper Team AIR FORCE


The Falcons have 14 seniors and could push Ohio State for the conference title in a depleted ECAC. “They’ve been building for this year,” one opposing coach said. They’ll play inspired for coach Eric Seremet, whose wife was killed in a car accident in the fall. Air Force went 7-7 last season with one-goal losses to Ohio State, Denver and Fairfield.


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