Georgetown and Illinois aren't rivals and don't play in the same conference, but Hoyas men's basketball head coach Ed Cooley still had some choice words for the Fighting Illini on Saturday.
"I've also seen a growth in Jayden," Cooley told reporters when discussing guard Jayden Epps, who started his collegiate career at Illinois in 2022-23 before transferring to Georgetown. "I talked to him yesterday in practice, I talked to him today before the game. His development defensive, I mean, it's almost like he's a new player. It's something I saw in him his freshman year when he played for that other bulls--t school.