Ed Cooley won a recruiting battle for Bryce Hopkins once before — but not this time.

And now the Georgetown head coach will have to deal with Hopkins at St. John’s this season, with the 6-foot-6 forward expected to be one of the top players in the country after his transfer from Providence.

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“Did I think we had Bryce? No,” Cooley said at Big East media day at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday. “It’s recruitment. It’s the portal. I think he chose where he could go develop and be the best player he can be and I thought he chose a coach that’s gonna push him to be the best player he can be

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