Rick Pitino speaks after being placed on administrative leave.
Suspended Louisville head coach Rick Pitino believes that he "will be vindicated" after an FBI investigation into wire fraud and money laundering in college basketball recruiting involved the Cardinals. Pitino spoke briefly with the Courier-Journal's Jeff Greer.
"Right now it’s in the lawyers’ hands," Pitino said. "I went to Miami. I’m selling my house (in Louisville). I love David Padgett. I love the boys. I hope they win the national championship. I’m not doing anything but laying low."
Pitino says he informed players of the decision by Louisville interim president Greg Postel to place him on administrative leave and then came back to see workers "getting ready to change locks" on the entrance to his office.