LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- As he approached the dais on Friday, Louisville acting head coach David Padgett stared at the microphone below and lowered his head.
"I knew this would be a problem," he said about the height of the podium.
A joke in the middle of a blizzard.
But Padgett understands the task ahead.
He's charged with leading Louisville through the immediate, uncertain future after the removal of Rick Pitino, the central figure in the program's alleged involvement in a corruption scandal that's rocked college basketball.
Four assistant coaches at four separate Division I programs were arrested on Tuesday and Pitino, ABC News confirmed, is the "Coach-2" mentioned in the FBI's documents and the organizer of a $100,000 transaction between Adidas executive Jim Gatto and the family of five-star recruit Brian Bowen, who has been suspended from all team activities.