The infractions

Kelvin Sampson might have carried some extra baggage on his flight to Bloomington.\nThe former University of Oklahoma men's basketball coach -- expected to be announced as IU's coach soon -- could be cited for inappropriate recruiting at OU as soon as April, according to The Associated Press. \nThe NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions meets April 21 in Park City, Utah. It could cite the OU athletic administration as having lacked institutional control.\nIn March, the NCAA cited Ohio State for a "Failure to monitor" infraction, according to the report. If Oklahoma is cited for a similar infraction, IU -- through Sampson -- could bear some of the burden.\nThe Oklahoma infractions the AP reported are likely to bring less severe penalties than those imposed on OSU, and would be unlikely to end in Sampson's firing. But they could bring recruiting restrictions similar to those imposed on Thad Matta's men's basketball program at Ohio State.\nAn NCAA spokeswoman told the Indiana Daily Student the association cannot comment on pending infractions and cannot confirm if OU is under investigation. But she did say coaches can carry infractions to another team.\n"If a coach (cited for an infraction) wants to be hired by another school, they have to go before the Committee on Infractions," said Dana Thomas, assistant coordinator of public and media relations for the NCAA.\nESPN.com columnist Pat Forde told the IDS he believes the NCAA has often penalized coaches who work for programs unrelated to their original violations.\n"(Possible sanctions) will undoubtedly be an issue in Sampson's introductory news conference," he said. "We'll see what he and (Director of Athletics) Rick Greenspan have to say about it."\nIt is unclear what OU's recruits will do next year. The class is commonly cited as possibly being one of the best in the country. If any recruits have signed a national letter of intent, they are still bound to attend Oklahoma.\nAt least one recruit who had shown interest in OU, Darrell Arthur, will not be coming to IU. James Mayes, Arthur's South Oak High School boys basketball coach, told the IDS his player is now only considering attending the University of Arizona, Texas, Baylor, Kansas or Connecticut. He also said Arthur will be signing with a school soon. \nRecruiting violations might not be the only area of concern Hoosier fans have regarding their new coach. OU men's basketball graduation rates ranked among the worst in the country, according to documents from the NCAA. The program's rate was in the "zero to 10" percentile during the two seasons before the 2005-06 basketball season, compared to programs in all sports. \nNCAA statistics for the seasons prior (compiled after the 1998-99 season) show that Sampson failed to graduate at least three-fourths of his players during the prior four seasons. A USA Today editorial from 2001 chided OU for a 0-percent graduation rate from 1998-2003 of basketball players who began as scholarship athletes.\nFormer IU standout Dane Fife and IU-Purdue University Fort Wayne said any IU coach would face pressure to graduate many of his students.\n"At Indiana, you are expected to have three things," Fife said in a Feb. 21 phone in­ter­view with the IDS. "First, a high gradu­ation rate; second, charisma; and third, win and win big."\nCalls to other OU recruits and Sampson were not returned.\n-- Sports Editor Eamonn Brennan contributed to this report.