Some of the Georgetown players spoke of revenge as a motivating factor for Wednesday’s game.

Hoyas coach John Thompson III’s take?

“I don’t know. The TV people said they said that. The words come out of our mouth, will the actions come out on the court? It depends,” Thompson said. “Are you going to get that loose ball that we need to get? Are you going to remember to box out the guys we need to box out? Are you going to keep your body in front of your man? Or are we going to just sit over here today and talk about it? We’ll see.”