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Illini Seal Team Training

Many, including Egwu, howled when he emerged from the icy bath. One -- freshman Leron Black -- tried to howl but was too cold to generate a sound. He simply gasped and staggered unsteadily to his feet.

"Leron was joking with me yesterday," Groce said of his freshman forward from Memphis. "He said, 'When you did the home visit we didn't talk about this.' For Leron and (fellow freshman) Michael Finke, this is their welcome to college basketball."

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