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Omaha-Cal State Fullerton, Abilene Christian-Charleston Southern and South Dakota State-Idaho really arent games fans are demanding to see once, never mind twice.But with home games hard to secure for low- and mid-major Division I teams, playing two games against the same nonconference opponent in the same season has become a viable option. More than two dozen same-season home-and-home nonconference series were scheduled for 2016-17.Schools have a hard time procuring home games whether because of geographic proximity or success on your home court or cost factors associated with travel, South Dakota State coach T.J. Otzelberger said. What youre seeing are more and more teams willing to play the same team two times in a year.Tennessee Tech actually scheduled two opponents, Lipscomb and Alabama A&M, twice, and coach Steve Payne said he would have played a third nonconference opponent twice if it had been the right fit.You want to win games, and its proven 66 percent of the time the home team wins, Payne said. Everybody has to fill out a schedule and nobody wants to be on the road the entire nonconference.Though these matchups are largely borne out of desperation, coaches say there is no downside.Scheduling two games for the same season instead of a home-and-home over two or more years eliminates the potentially deal-breaking back-and-forth about where the first game will be played. In a same-season two-game series, the site of the first game doesnt matter much because both games will match up the same personnel and it wont knock each schools number of home games out of balance.Playing twice also simulates the home-and-home structure of conference play. Teams get accustomed to making adjustments based off what happens in the first meeting and try to execute them in the second.Budgetary concerns require low- and mid-major teams to play a few road games each season against high-major opponents that pay them guarantees, with the going rate about $90,000. After that, the low- and mid-major teams try to find opponents similar to them to round out their nonconference schedules.The degree of difficulty is greater for teams that have knocked off bigger programs. When Omaha was transitioning from Division II to Division I, coaches from all levels of Division I called offering to play the Mavericks. After Omaha won at Marquette two years ago, the phone didnt ring nearly as much. The Mavericks are in their second season as full-fledged Division I members.We have to make all the phone calls now, said coach Derrin Hansen, whose team probably added to its future scheduling difficulties by winning at Iowa this month.Omaha along with four other teams in the far-flung Summit League each have scheduled two nonconference games against the same opponent this season. The most natural of these is North Dakota State-North Dakota. The two used to be conference rivals, but North Dakota State is now in the Summit and North Dakota in the Big Sky. They are in the first season of a four-year contract that has them playing twice a season.When youre in Fargo, North Dakota, and youve had some success, getting home games is a difficult task, coach Dave Richman said. From a budget standpoint, its 75 miles (to Grand Forks), so we go up the day of the game, and the bus cost is all it entails.And the fans?They probably enjoy it a little bit, Richman said. We had 5,000 in here last Wednesday, and I would expect a good crowd up there (Friday) night.The oddest same-season home-and-home set might have been between Abilene Christian and Charleston Southern.Neither of us could finish our schedule, so we just decided to play twice, Charleston Southern coach Barclay Radebaugh said.The teams from schools almost 1,200 miles apart put on good shows. In Abilene, Texas, Charleston Southern won 66-65 to finish a comeback from a 17-point second-half deficit. In Charleston, South Carolina, Abilene Christian rallied from seven points down in the final 19 seconds of regulation and won 85-82 in overtime.Sometimes guarantee games dont prepare you as much because in our league you dont face that kind of size and athleticism, said Radebaugh, whose team is in the Big South. So games like Abilene Christian greatly benefit us with preparation for league play. While I would have preferred to win both games, looking big picture, I thought it really benefited us this year.---More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.orgNike Air Force 1 High Pas Cher . The mixed zone is not a place to make friends. Air Force 1 2020 Pas Cher .com) - Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Roger Federer were easy first-round winners Tuesday at the Australian Open. http://www.airforce1belgique.com/air-force-1-haute-pas-cher.html . The 18-year-old American had five birdies in her bogey-free round for a 17-under total of 196. 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Thats the NBA champion Cavaliers, who play next door.The Indians, though, have depth, chemistry, one of baseballs best managers and quite possibly the most dominant bullpen weapon in the game.Andrew Miller has Cleveland two wins from the World Series -- and Toronto batters flailing.Josh Tomlin baffled Blue Jays batters for nearly six innings and Miller, acquired just ahead of the trade deadline for exactly these pressure-packed October moments, blew them away as Cleveland edged Toronto 2-1 on Saturday to take 2-0 lead in the AL Championship Series.Carlos Santana homered off 20-game winner J.A. Happ, and Francisco Lindor had an RBI single for the Indians. They won the second straight tense game in this series and have won five straight postseason games for the first time in their 116-year history.An afterthought in August, Tomlin has emerged as an unlikely October star for the Indians. He allowed one run and three hits in 5 2/3 innings for his second win of the postseason -- he won the Game 3 Division Series clincher in Boston -- before Cleveland manager Terry Francona handed the ball to the magnificent Miller, who is making the Blue Jays look like Little Leaguers.The lanky left-hander struck out the side in the seventh, two more in the eighth and has 10 strikeouts in 3 2/3 innings in the series. He has not allowed a run in 16 career postseason innings.Hes one of the best Ive ever seen, said closer Cody Allen , who worked the ninth to close the three-hitter for his second straight save. He goes out there for two innings, shuts them down and gets a lot of swings and misses. Whenever you get to come in behind a guy like that, youre in a pretty good spot.So are the Indians, who had never been up 2-0 in four previous ALCS trips.Miller has been the difference so far, blowing through the Blue Jays. Before getting a groundout in the eighth, he struck out seven straight over two games.Theres a reason we gave up what we did for him, said Francona, referring to the four top prospects the Indians sent to the Yankees in July. We thought that he could be a guy that we could leverage in situations like we have. And it would make our bullpen that much better and give us a chance to keep playing. And thats exactly what hes doing.After bludgeoning Texas in the ALDS by hitting eight homers and scoring 22 runs, Toronto has one run and 10 hits -- eight singles and a pair of doubles -- in two games against the Indians, dropping to 0-2 in the ALCS for the second straight year.Bautista is 0 for 6 in the series with five strikeouts and in a 0-for-14 postseason tailspin. The only bat flipping Joey Bats has done is back into the rack.We didnt get destroyed or anything in these two games, but weve got our work cut ouut for us, Jays catcher Russell Martin said.dddddddddddd History shows we can hit the ball. Were going to have the opportunity to do that at home.The series heads north to Torontos raucous Rogers Centre for Game 3 on Monday, with Clevelands Trevor Bauer slated to face Marcus Stroman.Tomlin originally was scheduled to pitch Game 3, but he was pushed up after Bauer cut his right pinkie while repairing one of the drones he enjoys flying as a hobby. The 31-year-old Tomlin pitched himself out of the rotation by going 0-5 with a 11.48 ERA in August, but injuries to Carlos Carrasco and Danny Salazar gave him another chance and hes made the most of it.Tomlin relied on his curveball to keep the Blue Jays guessing.I needed to establish I could throw it for a strike early on, and then it was a pretty good pitch, he said.Millers slider buckled the Blue Jays and delighted his teammates.I dont even know how to say it, Indians second baseman Jason Kipnis said. Its fun to watch. Ive faced that before, which is not fun to watch.POST(SEASON)POURRI: Indians RF Lonnie Chisenhall extended his postseason hitting streak to six games, equaling Jhonny Peraltas team record to begin a career. . Lindor has five RBI in four playoff games. . Josh Donaldsons double in the third inning made him Torontos playoff leader in the category for a season (six) and career (nine). ... The winning team in ALCS Game 2 has advanced to the World Series 24 times in the last 30 years. ... Teams holding a 2-0 series lead are 24-3 in the LCS under its present best-of-seven format.MILLER TIMEMiller spent his first six big league seasons as a starter, but has no desire to do it again. I think that ship has sailed, I had my chance, said Miller, who went 10-1 with a 1.45 ERA in 70 regular-season outings this season. The bullpen is a lot of fun. I like coming to the ballpark every day knowing I have a chance to pitch.CHEERLEADERFor the second time in the postseason, LeBron James and most of his Cavs teammates showed up to root on the Indians.TRAINERS ROOMBlue Jays 2B Devon Travis is done for the postseason with a right knee injury he aggravated during Game 1. Toronto was granted a roster substitution by Major League Baseball and replaced Travis with 1B Justin Smoak. Travis would not be eligible for the World Series if the Blue Jays advance.UP NEXTBlue Jays: Stroman allowed one run in both regular-season starts -- no decisions- against Cleveland, posting a 1.29 ERA and 15 strikeouts in 14 innings.Indians: Bauer was 1-0 with a 1.38 ERA and 16 strikeouts in two outings against Toronto. Scheduled to start the following day, he came on in relief and pitched five scoreless innings in Clevelands 2-1, 19-inning win July 1. ' ' '