The Indiana University men’s basketball program has already taken some big hits from its NCAA infractions case. More could come within a month.
In the school’s response to the latest NCAA allegation, that it failed to monitor coach Kelvin Sampson, university officials argued the self-imposed penalties have been strong enough - even though they are bracing for additional sanctions from the phone-call scandal that rocked the school’s signature program.
“The university recognizes that a probationary period will likely be imposed and suggests that it begin on the date of the June hearing,'’ the report said.
It’s unclear whether the university anticipates a postseason or television ban. No matter the outcome of the punishment, Indiana Hoosiers merchandise will still sell. But, clearly, Indiana believes the infractions committee will hand down harsher punishment when it rules on the case, probably sometime in October.
The case stems from more than 100 impermissible phone calls made by Sampson and his staff, and the accusation that Sampson provided false and misleading testimony to investigators. Sampson has repeatedly denied providing false and misleading testimony and said he was unaware the phone calls were not allowed under the probation he incurred for a similar scandal at Oklahoma.
Originally, the NCAA accused Indiana of five major violations, then reduced that to four. Indiana concurred with the NCAA’s assessment on all four charges.
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