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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Virginia fans looking for assurances that they could still have high expectations despite the dismissal from the team of expected offensive stalwart Austin Nichols got plenty to feel good about Sunday in the No. 8 Cavaliers 62-38 victory against Yale.Marial Shayok scored 15 points, freshman Kyle Guy had 12 and Darius Thompson 11 in a balanced offensive display that complemented a Virginia staple: defense. The Cavaliers (3-0) held Yale scoreless for a stretch of nearly nine minutes in the second half, making it look easy.To be able to have them coming off the bench for us is huge, senior London Perrantes said of Shayok and Guy, who scored all but two points in a 16-0 run that turned a 37-33 lead into a runaway.Guy, former Mr. Basketball in Indiana, scored eight in the blitz, hitting a pair of catch-and-shoot 3-pointers that drew roars.It was surreal when the crowd erupted after we hit a shot or got a stop, he said.Blake Reynolds led Yale (2-1) with 10 points. The Bulldogs arrived averaging 93.5 points, had an early 8-0 burst and then never found any rhythm again. They made only 16 of 48 field goal tries (33 percent).Virginia had a lot to do with that. The Cavaliers had scoring runs of 22-0 in their opener against UNCG and 20-0 against St. Francis Brooklyn, and nearly matched that after Shayok scored off a feed from Perrantes to make it 39-33 and start the run with 15 minutes left.And while pulling away on offense, they never lost sight of their need to attend to the defensive side.They did a great job limited opportunities tonight, Bulldogs coach James Jones said.BIG PICTUREYale: The Bulldogs, who won their first NCAA Tournament game last season, will win plenty because they can score. They arrived at John Paul Jones Arena with five players averaging 12 points or better, including Downey (19.5 after averaging 5.7 last year) and Copeland (17 after averaging 2.3 last year). They also had 41 assists and just 17 turnovers coming in, but finished with 14 miscues and seven assists.Averaging 94 points a game, thats not us, Jones said.Virginia: The Cavaliers were somewhat stagnant early on offensively, which probably was to be expected after Nichols was kicked off the team on Friday for an unspecified violation of team rules . Nichols was with the team all last season as a transfer and much of the offense was expected to be inside-out. The adjustment may take several games, making a game against Iowa on Friday night loom as a stiffer test.That was something we thought we had, and now we dont, Bennett said of Nichols offense. We just have to adjust.WHERED THEY GO?Downey finished with just four points on 2-for-10 shooting, and Miye Oni, averaging 18.5 coming in, had three on 1-for-8 shooting.BLOCK PARTYRedshirt freshman is another Cavaliers player that will look to pick up the slack left by Nichols absence, and he is already becoming a fan favorite for his shot-blocking ability and incredible athleticism, which Perrantes compared to former Virginia star Justin Anderson, now making highlight reel plays for the NBAs Dallas Mavericks. Diakite had four blocks against the Bulldogs, giving him five in two games.STRUGGLING HALLDevon Hall has started all three games for Virginia as an off-guard, and off also has described his shot thus far.Through three games, hes just 3-for-14 from the field, including 1-for-6 from 3-point territory.UP NEXTThe Bulldogs stay on the road, and against ACC competition, as they play at Pittsburgh on Tuesday night.The Cavaliers face Grambling State in the second round of the Emerald Coast Classic before moving to Florida for Round 3 against Iowa.---More AP college basketball: http://collegebasketball.ap.org---Follow Hank on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hankkurzjr Mens Air Max Tavas . Detroit and Boston are deadlocked, 1-1, and Tigers manager Jim Leyland could be forgiven if he was caught rationalizing instead of dissecting how his club could blow a 5-1 lead late in Game 2. 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He has been stoic working on short rest, impassive on his way to the dugout after each inning, and serenely oblivious to all the pitching icons he has passed on the way to going 4-1 with a 0.89 ERA in October.Now it has come to this: The Indians, bedeviled by bad karma and an oppressive postseason history, will hand the ball to their ace one final time with a plea to rescue the 2016 season and the World Series. All things considered, its a good thing Kluber projects the air of a man without a pulse.In the clubhouse after a deflating 9-3 loss to the Chicago Cubs in Game 6, the Cleveland players expressed misgivings over their failure to put up much resistance against the Cubs. Each postmortem ultimately took a positive turn because of the rainbow on the horizon.Were still in good shape, said reliever Andrew Miller. Weve got Corey Kluber going tomorrow, and hes as good as they come. Youve got to like our chances. We have a chance to win at home, with our best guy on the mound. Its every kids dream. How many times have we all pretended were in Game 7 of the World Series? Well, here we are.When the Indians failed to close out the Cubs in Game 5 on Sunday night at Wrigley Field, they could take solace in having won two of three games in Chicago to seize a 3-2 lead in the Series. But the combination of Josh Tomlins early woes and the Tyler Naquin-Lonnie Chisenhall outfield hijinks sucked all the energy out of Progressive Field and made Indians fans wonder if they werent about to be subjected to a uniquely Cleveland brand of sports torture.Never mind Earnest Byners fumble, The Drive or all the torment the Browns have endured over the past few decades. Indians fans with long memories have plenty of worst-case scenarios embedded in their brains. The Tribe endured a 41-year stretch of postseason-free baseball from 1954 through 1995. Cleveland fell to Atlanta in the 95 World Series after going 100-44 in a strike-shortened season and lost the 1997 World Series to the Florida Marlins when closer Jose Mesa failed to seal the deal.More recent examples of Clevelands postseason baseball failings are particularly stark. Since 1999, the Indians are 3-13 in potential series-clinching games in October, and theyve been outscored 119-49.The track record would be suffocating if the Cleveland players allowed any trace of negativity to pervade their thoughts. So they use some things for motivation and weed out the rest.We want to win for these fans just as much as we want to do it for ourselves, closer Cody Allen said. I think we owe it to this city and to each one of these guys in here to leave it out there tomorrow. Thats all we can do.Does the Indians team history pose an extra burden as they try to craft a positive ending? Not really.I mean, look at their history, Allen said of the Cubs.While its a challenge to find positive omens in a 9-3 loss, the Indians showed a few signs of life on the way to being steamrolled in Game 6. When Jason Kipnis hit a solo homer off Jake Arrieta in the fifth inning to cut Chicagos lead to 7-2, his teammates picked him up and carried him through the dugout in a wedding chair celebration, as theyve done all season. They certainly didnt look defeated or uptight.Even down in the bullpen, if they showed us onn camera during the game, we looked pretty loose, Miller said.dddddddddddd Theres a never-give-up mentality. That looseness is something we strive for. What those guys were doing in the dugout wasnt fake. Its what works for us. Theres just this assumption that well find a way to come back, or show up tomorrow, or whatever it is.Were here for a reason. Were a really good team, and weve won a lot of games, and we just have to find a way to win one more.The Indians also forced Chicago closer Aroldis Chapman to throw 20 pitches before he gave way to Pedro Strop in the ninth inning. In contrast, Clevelands big three relief contingent of Miller, Allen and Bryan Shaw all had the night off.Thats us kind of fighting back and putting on a little pressure and saying, Hey, they had a big lead, but lets get something out of this game, Kipnis said. Maybe its setting yourself up with some big swings so you can take some positivity into tomorrow. Even if it just means we have some guys who have now seen [Chapman] a little bit more and can have a different approach against him the next day, thats a silver lining.Ultimately, all conjecture and conversation circled back to Kluber, who has embraced every challenge the Indians have thrown his way this month. It all began during the division series, when he returned from a quadriceps strain to beat Bostons David Price on 10 days rest.Kluber threw on short rest for the first time against Toronto in the league championship series and will become only the seventh pitcher in the past 30 years to make three starts in a World Series. The list includes Bostons Bruce Hurst (1986), the New York Mets Ron Darling (also 1986), Minnesotas Frank Viola (1987) and Jack Morris (1991), Arizonas Curt Schilling (2001) and St. Louis Chris Carpenter (2011).With each new honor or historical precedent thrown his way, Kluber keeps the focus on pitching and nothing more. During an interview session Tuesday, he was asked about joining Cincinnatis Jose Rijo as the first pitcher since 1990 to win Games 1 and 4 of a World Series.I know he pitched for the Reds in the World Series, Kluber said. But as far as appreciating the historical significance, probably not.Could Kluber appreciate the cosmic significance of having won the All-Star Game in San Diego in July, then standing on the Progressive Field mound in Game 7 almost four months later because of a home-field advantage that he helped create?No, I never connected those dots at that point in time, he said.When Kluber reports to work Wednesday for the biggest game of his life, he will prepare with the same tunnel vision that he brings to a postseason game or a garden-variety start in spring training. He maintains the same high standards all season long, and his teammates take heart in that, because they know hell bring his best.Who else would you want? Kipnis said. Thats our guy. Thats our stud. Thats our bona fide ace. You ask everybody in here who we want on that mound, and youre going to get Corey Kluber as the answer.Earlier in this series, Kipnis expressed puzzlement that Kluber isnt already a household name. If Kluber beats the Cubs in Game 7 to end Clevelands 68-year World Series drought and extend Chicagos dry spell to 109, it will be hard for America not to take notice. It might even be enough for Corey Kluber to crack a smile. Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Jerseys From China Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys ' ' '