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The reinvention of DeAndre Liggins

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Deandre Liggins - photo by Walter Cornett | Wildcatworld.com

DeAndre Liggins wasn’t doing something right. That much was clear.  The second-year guard, once hailed as the future point guard of the Kentucky basketball program, rode the pine for the first eight games and didn’t even make the trip to New York City to face Connecticut. Neither John Calipari, Liggins nor UK officials will say why Liggins didn’t play the first part of the season, but it was crystal clear that Liggins wasn’t holding up part of his end of the bargain.

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Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter’s Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.

On This Day in UK Basketball History

After Louisville bested Kentucky 80-68 in overtime in the 1983 NCAA Tournament, the two schools agreed to begin playing regularly starting with the following season’s opener.  On November 26, 1983, in the first regular-season meeting in 61 years between Kentucky and Louisville, the Wildcats employed a swarming defense and balanced offense to roll to victory.  Before a raucous Rupp Arena crowd of 24,012, UK took U of L apart. Seniors Jim Master (19 points), Melvin Turpin (16) and Sam Bowie, who returned after missing two full seasons to leg injuries with a stellar all-around game (seven points, 10 rebounds, five assists, five blocks), led the dismantling.

 

 

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November 27, 1924

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