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Syracuse players to Louisville players: We've been there, and we feel your pain

Charlotte, N.C. — It was a situation that Trevor Cooney said he wouldn't wish on anyone.

A crush of reporters surrounded the tables where University of Louisville players Trey Lewis and Damion Lee at the ACC's media day on Wednesday. The two players attended the event while Louisville coach Rick Pitino skipped media day in the wake of the sex scandal that has capture headlines and enveloped the Cardinals basketball program.

The media's questions focused on the scandal, in which a woman has claimed that a former Louisville basketball staff paid for strippers and prostitutes to entertain Louisville players and recruits.