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David Joplin scored 20 points and No. 6 Marquette beat cold-shooting Georgetown 81-51 on Friday, bouncing back from a loss in its Big East opener.
Judah Mintz scored 25 points, JJ Starling had 21 and Syracuse defeated Georgetown 80-68 on Saturday.
Emanuel Miller scored 29 points and his desperation 3-point, running bank shot at the buzzer carried TCU past Georgetown 84-83 in a thriller on Saturday in a Big East/Big 12 Battle contest.
Speaking in the athletic center barring his idol's name, Ed Cooley recalled John Thompson's influence on his life. The late Georgetown coach wasn't just someone that Cooley watched growing up on television -- seeing a prominent Black coach, wanting to be the same -- but also as someone who once gave him the ultimate compliment.
Ed Cooley is the new men's basketball coach at Georgetown, hired away from Big East rival Providence in the hopes of rebuilding a once-proud program that dropped to new lows under former star player Patrick Ewing.