On November 12 , 2015 Fox committed to the University of Kentucky to play college basketball for head coach John Calipari . On November 13 , 2016 , Fox scored 21 points and 3 assists in a 93-69 victory over the Canisius College in the Bluegrass Showcase . On November 20 , 2016 , Fox recorded 16 points and 6 assists to defeat Duquesne University 93-69 . On November 28 , 2016 against Arizona State , De'Aaron Fox put up a triple double with 14 points , 11 rebounds , and 10 assists . This made Fox only the second Wildcat in the history of Kentucky Basketball to record a triple double after Chris Mills in 1988 . On January 7 , 2017 , Fox scored 27 points and 6 assists in a 97-71 victory over Arkansas . On January 17 , 2017 , Fox poured in 21 points and 5 assists defeating Mississippi State 88-81 . On February 18 , 2017 , Fox scored 16 points and dished out 5 assists to help the Wildcats defeat the Georgia Bulldogs . On March 4 , 2017 , Fox scored 19 points in a 71-63 win over Texas A&M . Kentucky would go on to defeat Georgia in the quarterfinals and Alabama in the semi-finals . On March 12 , 2017 , Fox scored 18 points in an 82-65 win over Arkansas in the SEC Tournament in addition earning SEC Tournament MVP honors . On March 17 , 2017 , Fox scored 19 points and 3 assists to defeat Northern Kentucky University in the First round of the NCAA Tournament . On March 19 , 2017 , Fox scored 14 points to defeat Wichita State 65-62 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament . On March 24 , 2017 , In a Sweet 16 matchup against the UCLA Bruins , Fox scored 39 points to advance the Kentucky Wildcats to the Elite Eight game . On March 26 , 2017 , Fox only scored 13 points in a 75-73 loss to the North Carolina Tar Heels
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