Indiana found in a self review that the impermissable phone calls continued. The school revoked a $500,000 raise due Sampson and one team scholarship for the 2008-09 season, and reported the violations to the NCAA.

In February 2008, an NCAA report accused Sampson of major rules violations and says he and his assistants gave false information to university and NCAA officials. Later that month, Sampson accepted a $750,000 buyout from Indiana and waived his right to sue the university.

The NCAA added a charge of failure to monitor against Indiana last June, and the NCAA placed Indiana on three years of probation in November.

Sampson has said he likely wouldn’t pursue coaching in the NCAA again.

“You never say never,” Sampson told The Associated Press in April. “But I’m really excited about the NBA, and I’m excited about the possibility of becoming a head coach in the NBA one day, maybe. And if it works out, it works out. If it does, it does. If it doesn’t, it doesn’t. But just being here with the Bucks, being part of this rebuilding, is exciting for me.”