The loss of Robert Carter Jr is huge for Brian Gregory and the Georgia Tech basketball team. Carter's transfer along with the graduation of Daniel Miller and Kammeon Holsey leaves a giant hole in the Yellow Jacket frontcourt. The good news is that Ole Miss transfer, DeMarco Cox may help fill that void.
Update: Cox has picked Georgia Tech
Ole Miss center Demarco Cox is strongly considering transferring to Tech, according to Cox’s AAU coach. Cox was in Atlanta Thursday to visit Tech. The school “is more than a priority,” MBA Hoops coach Ohmar Carter said Thursday.
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Cox is on track to graduate this summer and will be immediately eligible to play in the 2014-15 season. Tech already saw plenty of Cox in November at the Barclays Classic in New York. He scored a career-high 15 points along with 14 rebounds in a 77-67 Rebels win, part of his efforts that earned him tournament MVP honors.
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Cox is 6-foot-8 and 276 pounds. Carter called him a “freak of nature.” Marquette, Massachusetts and several mid-major schools are also options, Carter said. Cox would be the fifth player to transfer in to Tech since Gregory’s hire, following Pierre Jordan, Stacey Poole, Robert Sampson, Trae Golden and Josh Heath. Sampson and Heath, from East Carolina and South Florida, respectively, will be eligible this season.
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Cox averaged 4.2 ppg and 3.9 rpg in just over 16 minutes of game action last season.
Kaleb Joseph: I'm not Tyler Ennis
Incoming freshman, Kaleb Joseph recognizes he has some big shoes to fill. Syracuse.com has a piece on the incoming point guard and his game.
"I don't compare him to Tyler (Ennis)," Syracuse assistant coach Mike Hopkins said. "I compare him to Jonny Flynn and Jason Hart. Tyler Ennis was old school. Those other guys are new school point guards. Tyler valued the ball like it was a piece of gold. He was like a coach on the floor in that he wasn't high risk. Those other guys, they're great athletes. Instead of hitting singles, it's grand slams."
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"Physically, I'm not worried about that," Joseph said. "The thing is my mental approach. That's the only thing that separates Tyler. Physically there's nothing he can do that I can't do twice. The separation is his mental approach to every game, his poise."
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