The following press released was just issued by Indiana University in

response to the NCAA

Allegations report received on February 8th:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEB. 13, 2008

NCAA serves notice on IU of potential "major violations" in basketball

recruiting

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ­ Indiana University today (Feb. 13) disclosed that it has

received formal notice from the National Collegiate Athletic Association that

allegations of potentially "major" recruiting violations have been raised

against men's basketball coach Kelvin Sampson and two assistants.

The five allegations were outlined in a letter to IU President Michael A.

McRobbie from David Price, the NCAA's vice president for enforcement. Also cited

in the letter for alleged violations were assistant coach Jeff Meyer and former

assistant coach Rob Senderoff.

Many of the allegations are based on two self-reports of impermissible

telephone calls the university filed with the NCAA in October.

The university and three individuals cited were all given until May 8 to file

formal written responses. The NCAA's Committee on Infractions will consider the

responses during its June 14 meeting in Seattle, Wash., and then decide if the

allegations are substantiated and if penalties should be imposed beyond those

that the university imposed on itself in October.

Those penalties included a second year of restrictions on recruit contacts

tighter than is permitted by the NCAA, loss of a basketball scholarship for

2008-09, and Sampson voluntarily agreed to forego a $500,000 salary increase.

Responding for Indiana University, Athletics Director Rick Greenspan said IU

is taking these new allegations by the NCAA very seriously.

"We are extremely disappointed in these new allegations regarding Coach

Sampson," Greenspan said. "To say the least, we view these allegations with

grave concern and will cooperate fully with the NCAA as they adjudicate these

charges."

NCAA staff initiated a "preliminary inquiry" after IU notified it that the

university's own investigation had documented more than 100 impermissible

telephone calls that were made to prospective student athletes during the

2006-07 season, some of which violated NCAA rules.

At the recommendation of attorneys from Ice Miller's Collegiate Sports

Practice in Indianapolis, the university reported some of the telephone calls as

being secondary, or minor, violations in part because there was no evidence of

"a purposeful plan to circumvent the sanctions."

After reviewing IU's self-report and conducting additional interviews with

people not associated with Indiana University, the NCAA has categorized the

allegations as potential "major violations" of its rules.

The NCAA staff interviewed several potential recruits and their family

members who for a variety of reasons had been unavailable to talk to IU's

investigating staff or who could not be reached at the time.

The specific allegations cited in the NCAA letter are:

1. That Sampson, Meyer and Senderoff failed to comply with sanctions imposed

on Sampson for impermissible recruiting calls he made while he was a coach at

Oklahoma. Those sanctions followed Sampson to IU when he came here in May of

2006. Sampson and Senderoff are alleged to have jointly participated in

telephone calls at a time when Sampson was prohibited from being present or

taking part when staff members made recruiting calls. Senderoff and Meyer are

alleged to have made about 100 calls that exceeded the sanction limits.

Senderoff resigned his position Oct. 30.

2. That Senderoff and Meyer placed "at least 25 telephone calls" to nine

potential recruits that exceeded NCAA limits even if no sanctions had been in

place.

3. That Sampson "acted contrary to the NCAA principles of ethical conduct

when he knowingly violated recruiting restrictions imposed by the NCAA Committee

on Infractions," and that he "failed to deport himself in accordance with the

generally recognized high standard of honesty normally associated with the

conduct and administration of intercollegiate athletics by providing the

institution and the NCAA enforcement staff false or misleading information," and

that he "failed to promote an atmosphere for compliance within the men's

basketball program and failed to monitor the activities regarding compliance of

one or more of his assistant coaches."

4. That Senderoff "acted contrary to the NCAA principles of ethical conduct

when he knowingly violated recruiting restrictions imposed by the NCAA Committee

on Infractions," and that he "failed to deport himself in accordance with the

generally recognized high standard of honesty normally associated with the

conduct and administration of intercollegiate athletics by providing the

institution false or misleading information."

5. That Sampson and Meyer engaged in an impermissible recruiting contact

during a two-day sports camp held at Assembly Hall on June 30 and July 1, 2007,

and that Meyer provided the potential recruit with an impermissible benefit ­ at

least one T-shirt and drawstring backpack.