According to a report published by Foxsports.com, Indiana head coach Kelvin Sampson has been fired.

(Now Fox Sports is backpedaling and reporting that Sampson won’t coach another game this season, but could return after a suspension.)

An official announcement is expected to come on Friday, following the conclusion of a seven-day investigation.

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.

How much of a dummy do you have to be to get caught twice for the same violation.

I don’t know if it’s stupidity, or arrogance, but either way, he’s out of a job and his collegiate coaching career is in jeopardy.

Let the Bob Knight returning to coach the Indiana Hoosiers rumors begin!

Fool me once, shame on you.

Fool me twice, shame on the Indiana Hoosiers.

According to reports, Indiana basketball coach Kelvin 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, the NCAA said Wednesday.

Sampson is no stranger to controversy as the NCAA discovered that during his tenure at Oklahoma, he and his staff made more than 550 illegal phone calls to 17 different recruits.

Sampson was  banned from calling recruits and making off-campus visits for a year before he even coached his first game for the Hoosiers.

Despite this black eye, Indiana University decided to keep Sampson, likely because they felt wins were more important than ethics.

And since they are 20-3 this season and have one of the nation’s best freshman in Eric Gordon, it will likely take much more than a lie or two to get Sampson from the sideline.