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August 17, 2008

Adams starts fast break for UNLV

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In the summer before his senior year in high school, Wink Adams had plenty of college options. He was being looked at seriously by Florida, Arkansas and Connecticut, to name just a few schools. But Adams had his eyes fixed on UNLV. It was 2004, and coach Lon Kruger had just arrived and started to rebuild the Rebels' basketball program.

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