In response to a ESPN story, Kentucky issued a clarification Thursday about DeAndre Liggins’ eligibility.
The story said, “Because of initial eligibility issues related to his recruitment, the NCAA held Liggins out of nine games in the 2009-10 season.”
Not entirely accurate, UK said in a statement.
“It was the University of Kentucky’s choice to withhold DeAndre Liggins from competition at the start of the 2009-10 season while eligibility questions were being resolved,” spokesman DeWayne Peevy said in a statement. “Once they were resolved the number of games we voluntarily withheld him from was considered sufficient. The original withholding was not mandated by the NCAA.”
Jerry Tipton of the Lexington Herald- Leader has covered Kentucky basketball since the 1981-82 season. That time includes five coaches, five Final Fours, four athletic directors, two interim athletic directors and many memories. Before coming to Lexington, Tipton worked eight years for the Huntington (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch. He covered Marshall’s basketball team for two seasons before coming to the Herald-Leader.
