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    Sampson to become new Indiana coach

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    Oklahoma's Kelvin Sampson is expected to leave the school to become the next head coach at Indiana, multiple sources told ESPN.com.

    Sampson already told OU athletic director Joe Castiglione of his plans and was scheduled to meet with the Sooner team Tuesday afternoon.

    A news conference announcing his hiring at Indiana could take place as early as Wednesday afternoon in Bloomington.

    Sampson replaces Mike Davis, who took over for Hall of Fame coach Bob Knight in 2000.

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    Wow! I'm not sure why Sampson would want to leave Oklahoma for IU, maybe it's because OU will always be a football first school. But this seems like a GREAT hire for IU. They get a great coach and silence a lot of the critics screaming racism and Mike Davis (although I think there's a lot of legitimacy to many of thse claims).
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    Quote Originally Posted by MWM
    Wow! I'm not sure why Sampson would want to leave Oklahoma for IU, maybe it's because OU will always be a football first school. But this seems like a GREAT hire for IU. They get a great coach and silence a lot of the critics screaming racism and Mike Davis (although I think there's a lot of legitimacy to many of thse claims).
    Must be money.

    This was a shock. Indiana has had a different top candidate every day.(Alford, Beilein, etc)
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    Re: Sampson to become new Indiana coach

    I like this hire it brings back a concept of in your face defensive basketball. He has proven that he can win at a major school, the only thing that worries me is the NCAA investigation currently going on.

    I am also hoping that some of those recruits Coach Sampson had coming in to OU decide to jump ship and head to IU. Also Darrell Arthur, a great looking prospect, will hopefully decide to come here now.

    All in all I am going to support my new coach, I think some good times are ahead.

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    get a great coach and silence a lot of the critics screaming racism and Mike Davis (although I think there's a lot of legitimacy to many of thse claims).
    I am so tired of hearing about racism with Mike Davis, he played that card every chance he could. If any coach (Coach K, Roy Williams, etc...) was in the same position at the same time as MD then the same scenario would be happening. He was given a huge contract after the Final Four but then he didn't produce any good results. It was not because he was black.

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    Re: Sampson to become new Indiana coach

    He's nuts - lateral move IMO.
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    Re: Sampson to become new Indiana coach

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    He's nuts - lateral move IMO.
    Are you being serious or are you just an Indiana hater? To say that Oklahoma is on par with Indiana is just wrong. All you have to do to win at Indiana is to get a majority of the best high school kids from Indiana that cant be said for most other programs. Indiana while not the great program it once was is still a great job and hopefully Coach Sampson will start recruiting and getting the Indiana kids again.
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    Re: Sampson to become new Indiana coach

    Quote Originally Posted by redsfanmia
    Are you being serious or are you just an Indiana hater? To say that Oklahoma is on par with Indiana is just wrong. All you have to do to win at Indiana is to get a majority of the best high school kids from Indiana that cant be said for most other programs. Indiana while not the great program it once was is still a great job and hopefully Coach Sampson will start recruiting and getting the Indiana kids again.
    His history of in state recruting at OU is below average at best, he loves JUCO's.

    I still don't get this hire for IU, something goofy about this one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Reds4Life
    His history of in state recruting at OU is below average at best, he loves JUCO's.
    Probably cause he had to. He won't have to at IU.
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    Word going around the scout.com message boards has Mike Davis being floated around.

    Vitale said earlier that Oklahoma will likely make a run at a big name coach, I just cant see it since they are facing probation.
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    Re: Sampson to become new Indiana coach

    Quote Originally Posted by redsfanmia
    Are you being serious or are you just an Indiana hater? To say that Oklahoma is on par with Indiana is just wrong. All you have to do to win at Indiana is to get a majority of the best high school kids from Indiana that cant be said for most other programs. Indiana while not the great program it once was is still a great job and hopefully Coach Sampson will start recruiting and getting the Indiana kids again.
    Indiana is a lot like Kentucky in terms of basketball, except Kentucky hasnt had the development success that Indiana has had in the high school level. Look at the quality of in state talent, and it is just sick.

    To think Mike Davis has let talent such as Sean May, Josh McRoberts, Greg Oden, Mike Conley, and Eric Gordon slip away, that tells me that Davis should have been fired a long time ago.
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    Re: Sampson to become new Indiana coach

    No way is Indiana a lateral move from Oklahoma. No matter who's had the better record as a program over the last few years, Indiana is an elite basketball program overall, in that top tier, that, in my opinion, only includes Kentucky, North Carolina, Kansas and UCLA. Maybe Duke, though their success hasn't been quite as sustained over decades and decades as the other five.

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    Will the last coach left in the Big 12 please turn out the lights.
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    Re: Sampson to become new Indiana coach

    WOW! I'm totally surprised that Sampson would leave OU to go to IU. But at the same time, I'm relieved that it's not Matta!
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    Quote Originally Posted by max venable
    WOW! I'm totally surprised that Sampson would leave OU to go to IU. But at the same time, I'm relieved that it's not Matta!
    I'm not. OU hoops is always going to play second fiddle to OU football. IU hoops will never play second fiddle to IU football.
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    Re: Sampson to become new Indiana coach

    Very surprising move. I think Sampson is a good coach but it seems most of his teams are early outs in the NCAA tournament. IU fans will see tough defense with a lot of half court sets on offense. May not be pretty basketball but will fit the Big Ten style of play. I think this is a step up for Sampson. OU is all about football and nothing but football. IU is total basketball like UK. He may flourish more in that type of environment.
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