INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana University President Michael McRobbie scheduled a news conference for 3 p.m. Friday to respond to an NCAA report that alleged the basketball program committed five major violations relating to recruiting.

A source close to the program told 6Sports on Thursday that IU's board of trustees was awaiting a recommendation from McRobbie and athletic director Rick Greenspan about whether to remove basketball coach Kelvin Sampson before the season ends.

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The source said the school could make one of three moves: fire Sampson (pictured) before the season ends; suspend him before the season ends; or let him coach the rest of the season and decide his fate after a June 14 hearing before an NCAA committee.

The source said McRobbie and Greenspan plan to make a recommendation to the board of trustees. The school had no timeline on making a decision on Sampson, according to the source.

A representative for McRobbie said Thursday that the basketball team situation is fluid and that McRobbie is gathering information about the NCAA's allegations, 6Sports Director Dave Furst reported.

Also Thursday, ESPN.com reported a source told it that Sampson's staff seemed uncertain about whether he will finish the season. That source told ESPN.com that IU officials had discussed late into Wednesday afternoon about whether Sampson would coach that night's game against Wisconsin.

Sampson did coach No. 13 Indiana during Wednesday night's 68-66 loss at home to No. 15 Wisconsin. The Hoosiers (20-4) have home games this Saturday (Michigan State) and Tuesday (Purdue).

Sampson Denies Knowingly Violating Sanctions, Intentionally Misleading Investigators

In its report, the NCAA alleged Sampson and two assistants committed major violations, including by not complying with telephone recruiting restrictions that were imposed because of Sampson's previous violations at Oklahoma. The NCAA also alleged Sampson and one assistant misled IU and/or the NCAA during an investigation.

Some of the allegations are based on the school's own reports to the NCAA about impermissible calls linked to Sampson. In those October reports, IU contended the violations were minor and that there was no indication that Sampson or his staff intentionally sought to circumvent the rules.

IU in October imposed its own sanctions on Sampson -- making him forfeit a $500,000 pay raise and one scholarship next season. Assistant coach Rob Senderoff also was punished by forfeiting any bonuses or salary increases for one year and later resigned.

However, the NCAA report said those and other alleged violations were major -- not minor -- and said Sampson gave "false or misleading information" when investigators probed the situation.

In a statement read after Wednesday's loss to Wisconsin, Sampson said: "The allegations that I knowingly acted contrary to the sanctions that occurred while I was at Oklahoma are not true."

"I have never intentionally provided false or misleading information to the NCAA. I intend to work within the NCAA process on this matter, and I look forward to my opportunity to do so," Sampson said.

He said he would not comment further until after an NCAA hearing in June. Sampson repeatedly refused to answer additional questions.

Details Of Allegations

The NCAA report, which IU made public Wednesday, came more than three months after the university announced that its investigation found Sampson made more than 100 impermissible phone calls while still on NCAA probation for infractions he committed during his tenure at Oklahoma.

Sampson was found to have made 577 impermissible calls from 2000 to 2004 and was punished by the NCAA in May 2006, less than two months after taking the Indiana job. Sampson was banned from calling recruits and making off-campus visits for one year.

Among the restrictions imposed on Sampson was a prohibition from participating in three-way calls. But the university found Sampson was involved in at least 10 three-way calls, most patched through by then assistant coach Rob Senderoff.

Sampson said in October he was unaware he was participating in a three-way conversation on nine occasions.

The allegations in the NCAA report are:

That Sampson, Senderoff and assistant coach Jeff Meyer failed to comply with sanctions imposed on Sampson for impermissible recruiting calls he made while he was a coach at Oklahoma -- sanctions that followed him to IU when he took the job in 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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