While watching the Loyola-Bryant game, I noticed that Bulldogs attackman Zack Greer was likely the best player on the field. That's no surprise. He's an extra-eligibility senior who was a first team All-American at Duke last year.

His transfer to Bryant, a first-year Division I program, and his continued brilliant play, however, will highlight a shortcoming of our small game when he fails to make the All-American first team again. This will inevitably happen simply because he plays for a small school not in contention for the national title.

This scenario has happened many, many times. More talented players have been overlooked on small-conference teams while the stars from Virginia, Syracuse, Johns Hopkins and occasionally Princeton, Cornell or Duke battle it out for the big honors. Even John Grant had to take his Delaware team pretty far into the playoffs (eventually losing to Virginia) to earn Player of the Year honors.

There are only so many spots on the list and in the decision makers' brains, and they are not watching any Bryant games this year. I hope it doesn't happen to the worthy Greer, but it will. He'll still be the No. 1 draft pick in the NLL and the MLL, if he bothers with the outdoor league. He is probably the best player in the nation this year, but I will be shocked if he is mentioned for that type of honor.

Click on the video player for highlights from the Loyola-Bryant game.