MU's Wojciechowski on college basketball scandal: "A clear conscience is a great pillow"

The under-the-table-payment scandal in college basketball has already taken down a legendary coach and is likely to keep expanding. 

Marquette men's basketball coach Steve Wojciechowski had some strong words on the matter during the team's media day on Monday.

Wojciechowski said after the scandal broke that he did not have to address concerns with his staff.

“In terms of myself and the people I hire, they know where I stand. So a situation like that doesn’t cause a reaction from us because those aren’t waters we’re going to be swimming in," Wojciechowski said. 

"You do things the right way, you compete your heart out, you try to help these kids grow in every way and you do it ethically. At the end of the day, if that’s not good enough that’s not good enough. But a clear conscience is a great pillow.”

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Wojciechowski is entering his fourth season at MU. He spent 15 years as an assistant coach at Duke. He was also a player the the Blue Devils from 1994-'98.

“It’s hard to believe but I’ve been in college basketball over 20 years and the coaches and people – whether it’s head coaches, administrators, players – the overwhelming majority people that I have come into contact with are the finest people," he said.

"Like any multibillion-dollar business there is a chance to have some bad actors that can cast a bad shadow on an otherwise amazing thing. I’m not going to assign guilt to somebody who has yet to be found guilty. But it is an unfortunate thing that casts a negative light on what is a great game, whose foundation is great people. So you hate to see that."

Wojciechowski thinks the college hoops world will survive and adapt. 

"There is probably some things we could do better as college basketball people to continue to improve the game," he said.

"I’d be really careful to use a broad brush on all this stuff. Unfortunately that’s the way we do a lot of things, something bad happens and (people think) everybody is doing it bad. My experience, and maybe my experience is unique, but that has not been my experience at all. College basketball always needs to look for ways to get better."