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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/hankkurzjrBob Griese Dolphins Jersey . LUCIE, Fla. Larry Csonka Jersey . -- PGA TOUR Canada member Steve Saunders took a three-stroke lead Saturday in the Web. http://www.dolphinsrookiestore.com/Dolphins-Michael-Deiter-Jersey/ . Manuel was offered a position the day he was fired. He accepted earlier this week and the team made the announcement Friday. Christian Wilkins Dolphins Jersey . As he recorded his 23rd and 24th points of the evening, a segment of the sellout Air Canada Centre crowd expressed their appreciation for the Raptors point guard with a smattering of MVP chants. Larry Csonka Dolphins Jersey . According the Toronto Star, a knee injury will keep Sundin out of the lineup, which includes former teammates Gary Roberts, Darcy Tucker, Tie Domi and Curtis Joseph.MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- Injured and unable to play when Miami faced Florida Atlantic a year ago, Hurricanes wide receiver Braxton Berrios remembers leaving the stadium at halftime.Thats about when his teammates showed up.If the 25th-ranked Hurricanes (1-0) need a cautionary tale right now, they may look no further than last years meeting when the Owls dominated long stretches of the first half before Miami took control over the final 30 minutes. The Hurricanes -- an AP Top 25 team for the first time since 2013 -- will be looking for a much more complete effort when they play host to Florida Atlantic (1-0) on Saturday night.These guys present a challenge, Hurricanes coach Mark Richt said.They certainly did last year.FAU outgained Miami 292-231 in the first half of last seasons meeting, trailing only 20-17 at the break. The second half was all Miami, with the Hurricanes outscoring the Owls 24-3 and outgaining them 295-97. Running back Joe Yearby had 243 yards of total offense for Miami, and Brad Kaaya threw for 287 yards.We played terrible, Berrios said. We came out flat. ... Whatever it was last year, that was last year. Were going into there with the right mindset this year.Many of the names FAU will face this year are the same, but the tape of last seasons matchup is irrelevant to Owls coach Charlie Partridge. Miami does plenty of things differently now under Richt and a new staff, so studying the 2015 game too much would be wasted time.And Partridge doesnt want his team to treat this game any differently than any other.Are we excited to play Miami? Of course we are, Partridge said. Its a great opportunity. Were going to have the same excitement level Week 3, Week 4, Week 5. Were focused on Miami because Miamis the mission.---Some things to know going into Saturday night:HURTING MIAMI: The Hurricanes defense is already ailing. CB Adrian Colbert and DT Courtel Jenkins are out this week with knee injuries, though the hope is that Colbert (who had a pick in his Miami debut last week) wwill be back in time for Georgia Tech on Oct.dddddddddddd1. Also, LB Jamie Gordinier (knee) is out for the season, Miami lost its three leading tacklers from 2015 to rules violations in the offseason, and suspended WR Sam Bruce is now out indefinitely because of a non-football-related injury.KAAYA WATCH: Miami quarterback Brad Kaayas four-touchdown, no-interception outing last week was the first such performance by a Hurricanes quarterback since Kyle Wright threw five TDs with no picks against Wake Forest on Nov. 12, 2005. Kaaya has thrown at least one touchdown pass in 24 of his 26 college games. He was intercepted nine times in 176 attempts (one every 19.6 passes) in his first six college games, and has thrown eight picks in 609 passes since (one every 76.1 passes).PUNTING MATCHUP: FAU punter Dalton Schomp is a field-changer. Schomp led the nation with a 48-yard-per-punt average last season and has at least one 50-yarder in 18 of his 25 career games. Schomps career average is 46 yards per kick; Miamis Justin Vogel is another elite punter, checking in at 43 yards per kick in his time with the Hurricanes. Schomp and Vogel both had 70-plus-yarders in 2015.VERSUS IN-STATE: Miami is 30-2 in non-conference games against in-state schools since 2000. The breakdown: 6-0 against Florida A&M, 5-0 against Florida State (before the teams became ACC rivals, with the Seminoles leading those matchups 9-3), 5-1 against Florida, 5-1 against South Florida, 3-0 against Bethune-Cookman and 2-0 against Central Florida, Bethune-Cookman and FAU.LOCAL BOYS MAKE GOOD: Richt spent part of his younger years in Boca Raton, living not far from what was then a much-smaller FAU campus and graduated from Boca Raton High. Partridge is also a South Florida native, growing up in Plantation -- in between Boca Raton and Miami.---Online: AP College Football website www.collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '