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FSU basketball uses pre-dawn sand workouts to bolster toughness

TALLAHASSEE — One by one, FSU players walked toward the double doors of the Basketball Training Center and out into the muggy, morning fog.

Some, like 7-foot center and Nigeria native Michael Ojo were upbeat. Ojo burst out into song, his deep voice echoing through the hallway, while freshman Terrance Mann struggled to share his teammate's enthusiasm at 6:30 a.m.

"I'm sleepy, leave me alone," Mann said.

The FSU men's basketball team stretched under dim lights for a few minutes and then began a light jog, traveling for a block up a street in downtown Tallahassee before arriving at a sand volleyball court.