Scott D
11/25/2008, 01:04 PM
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3725832
Funny thing is on ESPNews they no longer mention his time at OU, just "Former Indiana Coach"
Sources: Sampson to receive NCAA's harshest penalty
By Andy Katz
ESPN.com
Kelvin Sampson resigned as Indiana coach last February and fled to the NBA amid a growing scandal over NCAA recruiting violations on his watch in Bloomington. The NCAA is making sure he can't return to college coaching for at least five years.
Sources told ESPN.com on Tuesday that Sampson, now an assistant with the Milwaukee Bucks, will receive a five-year show-cause penalty -- one of the harshest the NCAA can levy against an individual.
The NCAA apparently is going to spare the Hoosiers program by not imposing a postseason ban. Sources also said that Indiana's self-imposed penalties are expected to be upheld. Meanwhile, the Indianapolis Star is reporting that the Hoosiers will receive three years' probation.
The NCAA has scheduled a 4 p.m. ET conference call to discuss its findings in the case.
Indiana has been accused of four major NCAA violations that spawned from more than 100 impermissible phone calls to recruits by Sampson and his assistants during his first season as coach. Sampson resigned under pressure in February, short of completing his second season, after accepting a $750,000 buyout.
Sampson was still on probation as Indiana's coach for his involvement in similar offenses committed at Oklahoma. Colonial Athletic Association commissioner Tom Yeager, the chair of the NCAA infractions committee during Sampson's Oklahoma case, said a five-year show cause would not be out of line for a coach who had recently appeared in front of the committee.
Andy Katz is a senior writer at ESPN.com.
Funny thing is on ESPNews they no longer mention his time at OU, just "Former Indiana Coach"
Sources: Sampson to receive NCAA's harshest penalty
By Andy Katz
ESPN.com
Kelvin Sampson resigned as Indiana coach last February and fled to the NBA amid a growing scandal over NCAA recruiting violations on his watch in Bloomington. The NCAA is making sure he can't return to college coaching for at least five years.
Sources told ESPN.com on Tuesday that Sampson, now an assistant with the Milwaukee Bucks, will receive a five-year show-cause penalty -- one of the harshest the NCAA can levy against an individual.
The NCAA apparently is going to spare the Hoosiers program by not imposing a postseason ban. Sources also said that Indiana's self-imposed penalties are expected to be upheld. Meanwhile, the Indianapolis Star is reporting that the Hoosiers will receive three years' probation.
The NCAA has scheduled a 4 p.m. ET conference call to discuss its findings in the case.
Indiana has been accused of four major NCAA violations that spawned from more than 100 impermissible phone calls to recruits by Sampson and his assistants during his first season as coach. Sampson resigned under pressure in February, short of completing his second season, after accepting a $750,000 buyout.
Sampson was still on probation as Indiana's coach for his involvement in similar offenses committed at Oklahoma. Colonial Athletic Association commissioner Tom Yeager, the chair of the NCAA infractions committee during Sampson's Oklahoma case, said a five-year show cause would not be out of line for a coach who had recently appeared in front of the committee.
Andy Katz is a senior writer at ESPN.com.