Best story of the year so far....

[Ostreak]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3243325

[FloridaPoke]

I can't even believe this is possible, considering the ink isn't dry on the OU deal.....WTF is this guy thinking?

[osupride97]

Why is this guy still allowed to coach? He is obviously continuing to break rules, not even new rules, but the same one he's been caught on before.

I don't get it.

[osujane]

Lol!:D

[topdaug]

Why is this guy still allowed to coach? He is obviously continuing to break rules, not even new rules, but the same one he's been caught on before.

I don't get it.

Probably won't be for much longer...wouldn't be shocked if he resigns or is fired at IU...

[Gman]

He's a joke. Talk about an ego. I guess he thinks the rules don't apply to him.

[BourbonPoke]

Are you freaking kidding me?? What a moron.

[jakeman]

:p

Thats funny right there!

[JimBob]

From today's TW:

Indiana to make Sampson violations public


By Associated Press
2/13/2008


Coach faces June ruling for infractions committed while on probation.


INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana has received a list of alleged violations from the NCAA and is expected to make it public Wednesday.

University trustees president Stephen Ferguson told The Associated Press on Tuesday night that school officials this week reviewed a report, which stems from impermissible phone calls made by basketball coach Kelvin Sampson and his staff during 2006 and 2007.

The NCAA is not expected to make its ruling until this summer.

"There won't be a hearing till this June," Ferguson said. "It's just been reviewed, and I think everyone is analyzing it now."

Ferguson would not detail what is contained in the report.

It comes in response to October's announcement that a university investigation found Sampson made more than 100 impermissible phone calls while still on NCAA probation for infractions he committed during his tenure at Oklahoma.

Sampson was found to have made 577 impermissible calls from 2000 to 2004 and was punished by the NCAA in May 2006, less than two months after taking the Indiana job. Sampson was banned from calling recruits and making off-campus visits for one year.

Among the restrictions imposed on Sampson was a provision that did not allow him to participate in three-way calls. But the university found Sampson was involved in at least 10 three-way calls, most patched through by then assistant coach Rob Senderoff.

Sampson said in October he was unaware he was participating in a three-way conversation on nine occasions. He also explained Senderoff was helping recruits reach Sampson, in part because Sampson's cell phone signal often dropped. Recruits then, Sampson said, would call back Senderoff seeking assistance.

NCAA rules do not prohibit three-way calls, although Sampson's sanctions did.

The university then imposed its own sanctions on Sampson -- forfeiting a $500,000 pay raise and one scholarship next season. Senderoff also was punished by forfeiting any bonuses or salary increases for one year and later resigned.

The university now has until May to respond to the report, before going before the NCAA in June.

"The report came out in October, the university filed its response and there's really not been anything happening (on the board) in the last five months," Ferguson said. "There have not been any discussions."

Sampson's Hoosiers have ignored the potential distractions from the investigation, posting a 20-3 mark and earning the No. 13 ranking in the latest AP poll. Indiana, at 9-1 in the Big Ten currently trails only No. 19 Purdue in the conference title chase.

[osupride97]

Not only is he a cheater, he's a liar as well. Knew only 1 out of 10 three ways, my ass.

:p

[Boss 24]

The comments at the bottom of the story are pretty funny. Best one is "Here's a lesson for IU fan: Don't sleep with dogs if you don't want to wake up with fleas."

[andyokstate]

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/3082/sampsonaf6.jpg

[Chief-Poke]

IU officials should demand an apology from the NCAA immediately. Now I feel better.

[snuffy]

Didn't Bobby say he was interested in a program that currently had a coach, but would probably have an opening soon?

[SeaOfOrange]

Bobby K. back to Indie? No way.

My uO boss still calls Kelvin, Calvin. Still.

Then says that "his" team has a pretty good coach. Really?

[Attila The Orange]

Now we know why Bob Knight said Kelvin being the chairman of the NCAA ethics committee was like Saddam Hussein being the chairman of the human rights committee. :)

[BigBadBen]

Now we know why Bob Knight said Kelvin being the chairman of the NCAA ethics committee was like Saddam Hussein being the chairman of the human rights committee. :)



Say what you want about Knight (there is plenty to say) but Im pretty sure that he, nor his teams have never been penalized by the NCAA. He might be a jerk, but it seems as though he runs clean programs.