Basketball Blessings

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One would think that the playing time dilemma, coupled with this year's high expectations, might make the coach nervous. But there was no sign of it at the team's media day in October: while reporters clustered around Hardaway, Burke, and their teammates, Beilein wandered the expansive floor of the new Player Development Center--tracking the St. Louis Cardinals playoff game on his cell phone.   

[Originally published in December, 2012.]