Indiana Basketball Must Answer For Five Major NCAA Violations

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Bloomington, IN (AHN) - The NCAA has listed five major violations against Indiana University basketball coach Kelvin Sampson and his staff in a report released on Wednesday.

The report claims Sampson and his staff violated telephone recruiting restrictions imposed because of his previous violations at Oklahoma, then lied about it to the school and NCAA investigators.

Indiana has until May 8 to provide a written response to the NCAA report and university officials will be required to appear June 14 in Seattle at a hearing before the Division I infractions committee.

Said Indiana athletic director Rick Greenspan in a statement released by the university, "We are extremely disappointed in these new allegations regarding coach Sampson. To say the least, we view these allegations with grave concern."

The NCAA penalty could include a postseason ban. Indiana has not had a major NCAA violation in any sport since 1960.

Indiana held an internal investigation three months ago and found Sampson made 100 impermissible phone calls while still on NCAA probation for similar infractions at Oklahoma. It cost him a $500,000 pay raise and one scholarship for next year.

The NCAA report went further and could impose further sanctions.

The NCAA report said Sampson failed to monitor his staff's phone call documentation and the staff also lied to the university's enforcement staff and NCAA investigators. The report stated that Sampson participated in three-way calls with recruits, which is permissible under NCAA rules, but was not allowed under his punishment in May 2006.