<p>Indiana University is expected to hire Oklahoma's Kelvin Sampson as head basketball coach, ESPN.com reported this afternoon. 28 March Just in time for the March Madness in Indy.</p>
<p>I just saw that.</p>
<p>Can't say that i'm impressed.</p>
<p>Aw 'com you are so Big Red. At least the guy has a personality. And he hasn't been associated with the Duke LAX team? hehehe One can only assume that no big bux alum stepped up with the salary???</p>
<p>How does this fit with Indiana Universities statements about raising their academic standing?? NOT, DOESN'T and NO WAY</p>
<p>You beat me to it! (figures) I think it is a good pick.</p>
<p>Same colors, same kinda goofy team name..........Sooners. Gotta love much of this match up if you look deeper.</p>
<p>His tournament resume is terrible. I still am shocked. Will IU go on probation because of what Sampson did at OU?</p>
<p>Well I think it is the program that goes on probation isn't it? Maybe that is why he was marketed to IU. On the other hand......since coaching isn't a license to drive dump and run? Is that the game?</p>
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**Sampson's Sooners have made the NCAA tournament in 10 of his 11 seasons, with a Sweet 16 showing in 1999, a Final Four appearance in 2002 when they lost to Davis and the Hoosiers.
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**He might be a good coach but do we need this:</p>
<p>Sampson's hiring comes while Oklahoma is waiting to hear from the NCAA on a potential April infractions hearing involving excessive phone calls. The university said in January that from April 2000 to Sept. 2004, members of the men's basketball program made impermissible calls to 17 prospects and made three impermissible in-person contacts with recruits, improperly giving a T-shirt to a recruit and a parent.</p>
<p>The NCAA also said Sampson failed to monitor the staff's phone calls to recruits during this time. The university self-imposed a two-year probation from July 1, 2005 to July 1, 2007; reduced scholarships from 13 to 11 for 2005-06 and 13 to 12 from 2006-07; reduced the number of phone calls coaches could make to recruits; limited off-campus recruiting from July 2005 through the 2006-07 academic year; cut paid visits down from 12 to nine for this past season; froze Sampson's salary increases and postseason bonuses for a two-year period.</p>
<p>Oklahoma now must wait for the April hearing to see if any additional sanctions apply to the school. Yet, despite Sampson being barred from July recruiting, he signed one of the top recruiting classes in the country in November.
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