College Basketball | Kelvin Sampson's appeal is rejected by NCAA

The NCAA is finished with the latest Kelvin Sampson saga.

The NCAA on Tuesday rejected an appeal from the former Indiana coach, who was given five years of potential penalties for taking part in more than 100 impermissible calls to recruits while coaching the Hoosiers.

The NCAA said its infractions committee upheld the violations found in the case, which prompted an overhaul at the storied program and led to Sampson's departure after 1 ½ seasons. An NCAA spokeswoman said Sampson, 53, has used his only appeal, and the case is closed.

Sampson, an assistant coach for the NBA Milwaukee Bucks, is essentially barred from coaching in college until 2013.

The NCAA ruled Sampson ignored signed compliance agreements with Indiana, ignored the recruiting restrictions he was already under from a similar case at Oklahoma and deliberately lied to infractions-committee members.

In his appeal, Sampson — a former Washington State coach — claimed the penalty was too harsh, the NCAA misinterpreted evidence and that the infractions committee was biased against him.

The NCAA rejected each claim, saying "it found no basis on which to conclude that the findings of violations were contrary to the evidence."

Sampson's publicist, Chris Capo, said Sampson "will not be making any comment on the recent NCAA ruling."

A Bucks spokesman said "Sampson declined comment on the report."

Sampson defended himself in September in a statement made through his former publicist, Matt Kramer.