Farrakhan, Egwu Set For Seasons

Mustapha Farrakhan can play as a point guard or a wing.

Coming into the 2010-2011 season, the Virginia basketball teams are facing quite a few questions when it comes to star power and replacing production. The men’s roster, of course, features as many freshmen as upperclassmen as the Hoos look to move on without leading scorer Sylven Landesberg and other unexpected absentees. The women, on the other hand, have to fill the void left by UVa and ACC stalwart Monica Wright.

On the men’s side, senior – yes, senior – Mustapha Farrakhan enters his final year with the Cavaliers with hopes of postseason play in his mind. Farrakhan brings a set of skills to the table that seem to fit what second-year Cavalier coach Tony Bennett likes to do on the court. The Illinois native can heat up the ball as a defender at the top of the Pack-Line defense, he can shoot off screens, and he can play a combo guard role as an offensive initiator or as a wing scoring option.

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