Some reactions from press members across the fruited plain regarding the Kelvin Sampson/Indiana University story. We’ll update this list as time goes on, so keep it in your bookmarks. Story links (and bonus pull-quotes!) after the jump.

Monday, October 15

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— Bob Kravitz of the Indianapolis Star thinks its time that IU end Sampson’s coaching tenure. Interesting point from Kravitz:

A lot of the talk Sunday centered around the approximately 10 conference calls, some initiated by the recruit, some initiated by an assistant coach, all eventually involving Sampson. The real story, though, the one that was casually dismissed as an afterthought, was that IU assistant coaches made about 35 phone calls to recruits that were in violation of the NCAA limit to individual recruits. In other words, all the same nonsense that got Sampson into trouble in the first place.

— Gary Parrish of CBS SportsLine notes that Sampson is once again up to his old tricks. Interesting quote:

Though Sampson spent Sunday mostly labeling the latest illegal phone calls “mistakes” while adding “it’s not something that we were doing out front, purposefully,” it’s hard to accept those words at face value unless you’re also willing to believe a man smart enough to run one of the best basketball programs in the nation is dumb enough to stumble into the same mistakes for the second time.

—  They’re mad about Sampson breaking the rules in Gator Country too, although I have a hard time taking Florida seriously on matters of NCAA compliance. Somewhere, Eddie Fogler is still fuming and Bret Bearup is still laughing heartily.