NCAA Investigation into Indiana Basketball Program

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Dispatch

Big Ten basketball: Allegations could lead to Indiana's Sampson losing job

Thursday, February 14, 2008 3:27 AM
By Skip Myslenski


Chicago Tribune
DARRON CUMMINGS Associated Press
Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson, left, could lose his job if NCAA allegations are correct.




BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana basketball coach Kelvin Sampson could be fired if allegations of recent NCAA violations at the school are determined to be true. The NCAA, quite simply, has branded Sampson a cheat and a liar. That's essentially what the 14-page "Notice of Allegations" the organization has sent to the school means. More specifically, that notice claims he violated recruiting restrictions imposed on him for his previous involvement in violations at Oklahoma and then denied doing that. In all, it cites five major violations.
Athletic director Rick Greenspan indicated Sampson's future is tenuous.
"I expect him to coach tonight. I expect him to coach for the foreseeable future," he said last night, 90 minutes before the Hoosiers played host to Wisconsin.



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[coastalbuck]

He's toast, turn in your Blackberry!!!! The Big Lead

Our source says that the school is looking to act quickly with Sampson because if he were to guide the 13th-ranked Hoosiers to the Final Four - it?s entirely possible with talent like DJ White, Eric Gordon, and a cadre of role players - it would be much more difficult (nearly impossible) to fire him

With Leather

"We are extremely disappointed in these new allegations regarding coach Sampson," [athletic director Rick] Greenspan said in a statement. "To say the least, we view these allegations with grave concern."

[jimotis4heisman]

Originally Posted by BB73

In terms of media coverage, Indiana is fairly fortunate that today is almost all about Clemens & McNamee.

It will be interesting to see how long this story lasts, and how much Indiana and Sampson get slammed by the media members.

the university released the information today, think that was planned? i think so, seeing that theyve had the info for awhile...

the university broke released the information, not someone else...

[Oh8ch]

IMO if IU were free to act Sampson would already be gone. However, they likely have the same sort of contractual issues we did with Obie.

They can fire him if he is found to have violated NCAA rules - but that hasn't happened yet. It has only been suggested and there is a process that must be followed before the NCAA rules on his transgressions. If they fire him in advance of that they may have violated his contract and Sampson wins a pile of cash.

The public announcement may have been made to put pressure on Sampson to negotiate a settlement in advance of an inevitable ruling.

Welcome to the wonderful world of college sports.

[jimotis4heisman]

Originally Posted by Oh8ch

IMO if IU were free to act Sampson would already be gone. However, they likely have the same sort of contractual issues we did with Obie.

They can fire him if he is found to have violated NCAA rules - but that hasn't happened yet. It has only been suggested and there is a process that must be followed before the NCAA rules on his transgressions. If they fire him in advance of that they may have violated his contract and Sampson wins a pile of cash.

The public announcement may have been made to put pressure on Sampson to negotiate a settlement in advance of an inevitable ruling.

Welcome to the wonderful world of college sports.

and iu is a school that doesnt have deep pockets

[OSUsushichic]

NCAA accuses Sampson of major recruiting violations

By Michael Marot, Associated Press | February 14, 2008

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Kelvin Sampson's future at Indiana was in doubt yesterday following the release of an NCAA report that says he committed five "major" violations.

NCAA accuses Sampson of major recruiting violations - The Boston Globe

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

espn.com

IU's best action may be to suspend Sampson immediately

By Pat Forde
ESPN.com
(Archive)

Updated: February 13, 2008

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Most games, Kelvin Sampson wears his suit coat on the sideline for just a minute or two before shucking it off and handing it to a manager.
Wednesday night against Wisconsin, Sampson's black blazer remained on his back for 4 minutes and 47 seconds. That's a record according to Inside Indiana, a fan magazine that has been tracking the coach's suit coat for all 56 games of his tenure at IU.
Maybe it was the chill in the Assembly Hall air that caused him to keep it on so long.
There were light boos audible in the crowd of 17,320 when Sampson was introduced before tipoff. They mingled with subdued applause.
"I didn't notice it," Sampson said afterward, when his thoroughly rotten day ended with Badger Brian Butch banking in a 3-pointer to beat the Hoosiers 68-66.
Before introductions, when Sampson and the entire Indiana staff emerged on the court for the first time, the greeting was unnaturally neutral: no boos, almost no cheers. One fan said, "We love you, Kelvin!" and the coach responded with a wave of his right hand. And that was about it.
It wasn't hostile. But neither was it the kind of warm greeting the coach of a 20-3 team would normally receive.

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[OSUBasketballJunkie]

IndyStar

Bob Kravitz
It's time for IU to cleanse itself of the slime

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- This is what happens when you hire sleaze.


If basketball coach Kelvin Sampson is on the Indiana University sideline beyond this morning, then shame on the newly installed school president, Michael McRobbie, shame on the IU trustees and shame on athletic director Rick Greenspan, who will soon learn the hard way that when you hire sleaze, you get covered in the sleaze.
Since Sampson wasn't noble enough to resign after Wednesday night's 68-66 loss to Wisconsin -- he should have done it for the good of the school and specifically his players -- it's up to the IU administration to do it for him. The sooner Sampson is set adrift, the greater the likelihood that the NCAA will soften the blows it figures to land on this program down the line.
He betrayed the university's trust. And now, he must pay.
"The allegations that I knowingly acted contrary to the sanctions imposed on me for violations that occurred while I was at Oklahoma are not true,'' he said in a prepared statement. "I have never intentionally provided false or misleading information to the NCAA . . ."
It's too late for semantics, too late for dancing around and claiming he never "knowingly" misled investigators, just as home run king Barry Bonds never "knowingly" took performance-enhancing drugs. Sampson said after the game he couldn't and wouldn't respond to questions regarding the allegations, and remained adamant when he was asked if he considered resigning. Maybe he can tell his side of the story on the way out the door.

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[OSUBasketballJunkie]

IndyStar

February 14, 2008
Question of the Day: Can Sampson survive this?


The easy answer is no.
And it's difficult in this case to argue with the easy answer.
Kelvin Sampson arrived at Indiana in late March of 2006 with baggage from impermissible phone calls to recruits while at Oklahoma, and a promise to sin no more. A little over a year later, Indiana was self-reporting more violations by Sampson from impermissible phone calls. The guy who should have been ultra careful was in trouble again. At the time, the majority of those violations involving Sampson were believed to be secondary in nature. And Sampson was claiming that he didn't know the calls were violations. He didn't realize the three-way calls were just that. But they were still violations. And for a university which had a clean slate in this area, the smallest violation is still a violation. And no matter the level of the violation, the conventional wisdom here was the NCAA would conduct its own investigation, and shake every tree limb to make sure they got to the bottom of the story. Especially in dealing with a coach who had transgressions while in a probationary period by the NCAA. The NCAA was not going to leave any stone unturned.


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[bukIpower]

dammit dont' you just hate when you see people get covered in sleaze?? haha

seriously fire the sleaze....he's earned it!

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

cnnsi.com

Serious allegations

If charges against Sampson are true, he's out at IU

Posted: Wednesday February 13, 2008 2:18PM; Updated: Wednesday February 13, 2008 5:34PM


Let's be clear: Kelvin Sampson's job is now in serious danger, and Indiana faces a tough decision at a time when the Hoosiers have the talent to win a national title.
The big question all along has been whether the NCAA would deem the violations committed by Sampson and his staff to be "major" or "secondary," and now we know that the NCAA is in fact alleging that five major violations took place. If the NCAA does indeed rule that way in June, it would be the second time in three years Sampson (the former NABC president) has been nabbed for major violations -- and the first time for the entire Indiana athletic program since 1960.
Just 23 months ago, in his first Indiana press conference, Sampson promised the mistakes his staff made at Oklahoma -- 577 improper phone calls --wouldn't happen again. According to the NCAA, not only has it happened again, but the NCAA is alleging Sampson repeatedly lied to investigators representing both Indiana and the NCAA. In the NCAA's letter to Indiana obtained by the Indianapolis Star, the enforcement staff writes:

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[LitlBuck]

I just could not believe Sampson at his press conference when he still denies he did anything wrong. Does anyone know if the NCAA has ever been wrong when they send a letter to a university stating that there has been major infractions by one of the University's coaches?

One of the other things that bothers me about this is that if you look through the NCAA report of the violations it does not just mention phone calls but it also mentions that an assistant coach gave a recruit a T-shirt and a backpack. I remember the Damon Flint investigation when Ayers was still our coach and there was a big deal made of an assistant coach supposedly giving him a gym bag but this is sort of being glossed over in the Sampson reporting.

[ORD_Buckeye]

Originally Posted by Oh8ch

IMO if IU were free to act Sampson would already be gone. However, they likely have the same sort of contractual issues we did with Obie.

IU alum friend said that they can fire him "at will" for any major recruiting violations. His contract is infinitely looser than the crappy one that we negotiated with O'Serbian in the wake of his Final Four appearance.

Here's the rub. I think IU wants it both ways. They think they can win a Big Ten championship and make a Final Four run with this team, so they don't want to upset the apple cart. They're going to let Sampson stay, then fire him at the end of the season and hope that results in minor punishment.

I say bull[censored]. Unless they O'Brien him immediately (and it's already too late to fire him that quickly as they've apparently been sitting on this for days) and voluntarily take themselves out of the tournament, I feel they deserve zero good will or grace from the NCAA and should have the book thrown at them.

[Bucky Katt]

[methomps] Death penalty [/methomps]