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Oregon: Top 20 Student-Athletes to Watch in 2015-16

If you want to replace a Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback in the lineup, showing up a few days late for fall camp isn’t the way you want to start. But in the case of Eastern Washington transfer Vernon Adams, he at least has a good reason. He squares away his undergraduate studies before turning his full attention to Eugene, Oregon.

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Kentucky Duo, Son of ‘The Glove’ All-Americans at Break

Defense dominates the All-American team at the break. Kentucky’s duo underneath held UCLA Saturday to 3 of 37 shooting in the first half to rank as the best center and power forward, while the son of Gary “the Glove” Payton of the same name remains the only player in the country among national leaders in seven of eight categories.