====== Marcus Cox ======
  * **Player**
  * **Seasons:** [[season_2001-02|2001-02]], [[season_2002-03|2002-03]], [[season_2003-04|2003-04]]
  * **Number:** 50
  * **Position:** G/F
  * **Height:** 6' 4"
  * **Weight:** 200 lbs.
  * **Hometown:** [[wp>Bridgeport, Connecticut|Bridgeport, CT]]
  * **High School:** ?
  * **Prep School:** [[wp>Kolbe Cathedral High School]]
  * **Transfer From:** [[opponent_connecticut|Connecticut]]
  * **Transfer To:** none
  * **Birthday:** September 3, 1981

{{ https://umasshoops.com/games/2002-03/0118xavier/cox_drive_dhg.jpg?nolink|Cox versus Xavier 1/18/2003}}
===== At UMass =====
  * Played the 2002-03 season with the Minutemen, but knee injuries ended his career early.
  * [[https://umasshoops.com/recruit/marcus_cox_transfer04252001.htm|Chose to transfer to UMass in May 2001]], after playing his first two years at UConn.  Had also considered [[opponent_rhode_island|Rhode Island]] and George Washington.((https://umasshoops.com/recruit/possibilities04192001.htm))
  * [[lappas_steve|Steve Lappas]] had originally recruited Cox while he was the coach at [[opponent_villanova|Villanova]].((https://umasshoops.com/recruit/marcus_cox_transfer04252001.htm#article3))
  * Work ethic was a question mark, raised by both Lappas and [[wp>Jim Calhoun]] at UConn.((https://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/Cox-is-still-hoping-to-reach-potential-11942021.php))((https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2002-12-10-0212101016-story.html))

==== 2003-04 season ====
  * Played in the first exhibition game, but [[https://umasshoops.com/games/2003-04/1113playaz/index.htm#article2|knee injuries]] kept him out the rest of the season, and ended his career.((https://umasshoops.com/games/2003-04/1113playaz/#article2))((https://umasshoops.com/games/2003-04/1209central_ct/#article2))((https://umassathletics.com/news/2004/1/29/UMass_Hits_Road_To_Face_URI.aspx))

==== 2002-03 season ====
  * Played in 28 of UM's 29 games, starting in 10, including the first nine.  Averaged 18.8 minutes, 4.8 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 1.5 assists.
  * Seven points in 11 minutes of action at Tennessee (2/5).
  * Put up a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds (team-leading) in the win over Fordham (2/1).
  * Shot 5-6 from the floor and scored 11 in 15 minutes of work at La Salle (1/22), but in a 21-second stretch he committed two turnovers and two fouls, one of which gave La Salle a four-point play.
  * Got a start versus Xavier (1/18), chipped in 8 points, 2 boards, 2 assists.
  * Missed the Columbia game (1/9), suspended for a violation of team rules.((https://umasshoops.com/games/2002-03/0109columbia/#article2))
  * Against his old team, tallied 9 points, 4 boards, a team-leading 5 assists, and 3 turnovers in #9 UConn's win (12/10).
  * Tallied 14 & 4 versus #19 Indiana in the Maui Invitational (11/25).

==== 2001-02 season ====
  * Practiced with the Minutemen, but had to sit out games under NCAA transfer rules.

===== Pre-UMass =====
{{ https://umasshoops.com/recruit/marcus_cox.jpg?nolink|Cox with UConn}}
==== UConn (1999-2001) ====
  * Sophomore year: Played in 23 of the Huskies' 32 games, picking up 4 starts, but still limited minutes (11.0 per game).  Averaged 2.7 points, 1.7 rebounds, 1.3 assists.
  * Fell out of favor with Coach Calhoun.  Suspended after missing a team meeting prior to a game in early February, then for the final six after an arrest for marijuana possession.((https://umasshoops.com/recruit/marcus_cox_transfer04252001.htm#article3))
  * Freshman year (1999-2000): Played in 30 of their 35 games, averaging 5.5 minutes, 1.2 points, 1.1 assists, 0.9 rebounds.
  * U-Games versus UMass: 12/12/2000, 7 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist in 15 minutes.  11/22/1999, 1 minute played, no contributions.
  * Originally committed to the Huskies in August 1998.((https://umasshoops.com/recruit/marcus_cox_transfer04252001.htm#article3))

==== High School ====
  * A Top 50 recruit who prepped at [[wp>Kolbe Cathedral High School]] in Bridgeport, Conn., Cox earned Connecticut High School Player of the Year honors as a senior and was a fourth-team Parade Magazine All-American.
  * He averaged 18.1 points, 12.2 rebounds and 8.8 assists as a senior when he led Kolbe to a 26-0 record and the Class M title.
  * Cox, a two-time first-team all-state pick, ended his career with 1,285 points, 841 rebounds and 587 assists.
  * The [[wp>New Haven Register]] named him as their Player of the Year in 1998-99.

===== Stats =====
^Season^School^Conf^G^GS^MP^MPG^FG^FGA^FG%^2P^2PA^2P%^3P^3PA^3P%^FT^FTA^FT%^PTS^PPG^ORB^DRB^TRB^RPG^AST^STL^BLK^TOV^PF^
|1999-00|UConn|Big East|30|0|166|5.5|11|38|.289|10|25|.400|1|13|.077|12|18|.667|35|1.2|?|?|26|0.9|33|7|3|19|35|
|2000-01|UConn|Big East|23|4|253|11.0|23|64|.359|18|47|.383|5|17|.294|10|16|.625|61|2.7|14|26|40|1.7|31|14|4|27|45|
|Total|UConn||53|4|419|7.9|34|102|.333|28|72|.389|6|30|.200|22|34|.647|96|1.8|14|26|66|1.2|64|21|7|46|80|
|2002-03|UMass|A-10|28|10|527|18.8|54|127|.425|51|99|.515|3|28|.107|24|47|.511|135|4.8|31|40|71|2.5|41|19|0|62|84|
|Career|Total||81|14|946|11.7|88|229|.384|79|171|.462|9|58|.155|46|81|.568|231|2.9|45|66|137|1.7|105|40|7|108|164|

[[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/marcus-cox-1.html|More at Sports-Reference.com]]

===== External links =====
  * Podcast episodes with Cox - [[https://open.spotify.com/episode/6vY6tHGwWfQACS1eyFfsae|Spotify]], [[https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3-on-1-fast-break-marcus-cox/id1462060636?i=1000488492793|Apple]]

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