
The last time DeAndre Liggins suited up for Kentucky against Notre Dame, it seemed certain there would not be a next time. He slunk off the floor after an NIT loss in 2009, his freshman year a calamity, his coach chewed up beyond recognition and on the cusp of unemployment. Even weeks later, the message delivered to a new Wildcats coach was bleak and foreboding. Liggins can’t shoot, John Calipari was told. Get rid of him.