Mustapha Farrakhan helped the Hoos sweep the Hokies.

It’s not a cure for everything that has ailed this Virginia basketball program this season, but it helps. Boy does it help. The season’s ‘almost had it’ wins and low-scoring losses took an afternoon hiatus on Saturday as the Cavaliers swept rival Virginia Tech in front of a lively, and thankful, John Paul Jones Arena crowd.

No, it isn’t some magic elixir, bibbity-bobbity-boo cure for the revenue sport blues. But it helps.

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