NEW YORK — Incensed by what he believed to be an absence of “emotional discipline” and “physical discipline” during his team’s 71-67 loss to DePaul in the opening round of the Big East Tournament on Wednesday night, Georgetown head coach Ed Cooley’s frustration with a season gone awry was quickly distilled into what he perceived as a lack of respect from the remainder of the league’s coaches. Not for himself — seemingly every one of Cooley’s coaching colleagues lauds his chops for program building after what he accomplished at Providence from 2011-23. Instead, this was about a player who couldn’t even suit up for the Hoyas at Madison Square Garden.
Cooley transformed his postgame news conference into a defiant stump speech for injured center Thomas…
