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02-21-2008, 02:08 PM
by Jeff Goodman
Jeff Goodman is a senior college basketball writer for FOXSports.com. .
Updated: February 21, 2008, 3:19 PM EST
As it turns out, Indiana's 77-68 victory over Purdue last Tuesday will be Kelvin Sampson's last as the Hoosiers head coach.
The official announcement is expected to come Friday, when the university's self-imposed seven-day investigation period ends.
When asked to confirm Sampson's firing, Indiana director of media relations J.D. Campbell told FOXSports.com, "I don't know that to be true."
Campbell also said no official announcement was currently scheduled for Friday.
According to a source, there is a team meeting at 3:00 p.m. ET at which the players will be informed about the decision.
All signs point to Indiana assistant Dan Dakich, a former Hoosier player and assistant coach under Bob Knight, taking the reins for the remainder of the season.
The move comes just eight days after the NCAA announced its findings that Sampson had committed five major rules violations. The NCAA alleged that Sampson placed improper phone calls to recruits, then provided false and misleading information about those calls to both the university and NCAA investigators.
In response, university president Michael McRobbie said the school would conduct a new investigation into the accusations.
A school investigation last year revealed that Sampson and his assistants had made more than 100 impermissible calls, but the school had previously contended that the violations were secondary in nature.
Sampson was already on NCAA probation when he took the Indiana job for making 577 improper phone calls between 2000 and 2004 while the coach at Oklahoma.
The scandal comes in the midst of the Hoosiers' strongest season since losing to Maryland in the 2002 national title game. With the win over Purdue, Indiana improved to 22-4 overall (11-2 in the Big Ten) and is currently ranked No. 15 in the Associated Press poll.
The win also pulled the Hoosiers to within a half-game of the Boilermakers in the Big Ten race, but is far more likely to be remembered as the final game of Sampson's brief tenure in Bloomington.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Jeff Goodman is a senior college basketball writer for FOXSports.com. .
Updated: February 21, 2008, 3:19 PM EST
As it turns out, Indiana's 77-68 victory over Purdue last Tuesday will be Kelvin Sampson's last as the Hoosiers head coach.
The official announcement is expected to come Friday, when the university's self-imposed seven-day investigation period ends.
When asked to confirm Sampson's firing, Indiana director of media relations J.D. Campbell told FOXSports.com, "I don't know that to be true."
Campbell also said no official announcement was currently scheduled for Friday.
According to a source, there is a team meeting at 3:00 p.m. ET at which the players will be informed about the decision.
All signs point to Indiana assistant Dan Dakich, a former Hoosier player and assistant coach under Bob Knight, taking the reins for the remainder of the season.
The move comes just eight days after the NCAA announced its findings that Sampson had committed five major rules violations. The NCAA alleged that Sampson placed improper phone calls to recruits, then provided false and misleading information about those calls to both the university and NCAA investigators.
In response, university president Michael McRobbie said the school would conduct a new investigation into the accusations.
A school investigation last year revealed that Sampson and his assistants had made more than 100 impermissible calls, but the school had previously contended that the violations were secondary in nature.
Sampson was already on NCAA probation when he took the Indiana job for making 577 improper phone calls between 2000 and 2004 while the coach at Oklahoma.
The scandal comes in the midst of the Hoosiers' strongest season since losing to Maryland in the 2002 national title game. With the win over Purdue, Indiana improved to 22-4 overall (11-2 in the Big Ten) and is currently ranked No. 15 in the Associated Press poll.
The win also pulled the Hoosiers to within a half-game of the Boilermakers in the Big Ten race, but is far more likely to be remembered as the final game of Sampson's brief tenure in Bloomington.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.