NCAA hearing begins for IU and Sampson

SEATTLE -- Former Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson and several school administrators are in a closed-door hearing before a NCAA panel that will determine whether Sampson violated recruiting rules.

School officials are trying to avoid additional penalties beyond the scholarship and recruiting restrictions the school imposed when the allegations came to light last year. IU athletic director Rick Greenspan and current Hoosiers coach Tom Crean are among those attending.

No one would comment to the media as they arrived Friday at a Seattle hotel.

The NCAA accuses Sampson of providing false and misleading information to investigators about more than 100 impermissible calls and knowingly violating NCAA recruiting restrictions imposed because of a previous phone-call scandal at Oklahoma.

The hearing is expected to last all day and could stretch into Saturday. A decision likely won't be known for at least six weeks.