Marcus Cox

Cox versus Xavier 1/18/2003

At UMass

Played the 2002-03 season with the Minutemen, but knee injuries ended his career early.
Chose to transfer to UMass in May 2001, after playing his first two years at UConn. Had also considered Rhode Island and George Washington.¹⁾
Steve Lappas had originally recruited Cox while he was the coach at Villanova.²⁾
Work ethic was a question mark, raised by both Lappas and Jim Calhoun at UConn.³⁾⁴⁾

Played in the first exhibition game, but knee injuries kept him out the rest of the season, and ended his career.⁵⁾⁶⁾⁷⁾

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.⁸⁾
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).

Practiced with the Minutemen, but had to sit out games under NCAA transfer rules.

Cox with UConn

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.⁹⁾
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 1998.¹⁰⁾

A Top 50 recruit who prepped at 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 New Haven Register named him as their Player of the Year in 1998-99.

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