Just think, how could things possibly get any better for Purdue basketball fans in the stretch from this past Saturday until today? For the first time in school history, they beat Top 10 teams in back to back games with their stunning win at Wisconsin Saturday and then following that up with a win over Michigan State on Tuesday to avenge their only Big Ten loss. On Monday it was shown that they rose to #19 in the AP (ESPN/USA Today still isn’t giving them much love at 23, but that was before the Michigan State win) and we’ll see where they are this coming Monday. They now sit on top of the Big Ten with a 20-5 record and 11-1 conference record, and are also ranked #29 in the RPI ratings, just ahead of …..
…segue…
…The Indiana Hoosiers! Sure, Purdue has beaten many ranked teams in the past, but what makes this week so great is not only did they pick up their second loss of the Big Ten season by losing to Wisconsin at home on Wednesday, but Kelvin Sanctions is once again in trouble with the NCAA for making hundreds of illegal phone calls to recruits again. The funniest part about this whole situation is Indiana’s 1 week “investigation” into this that began today. Headed up by the totally non-biased IU athletic director Rick Greenspan, who only hired Sampson, it allows Sampson to coach the next 2 games in their tough 3 game stretch against Michigan State and Purdue. The problem Greenspan faces is that if he decides that Sampson should be fired, he would likely be fired as well for hiring Sampson in the first place. If he decides Sampson should stay and face the music with the NCAA, the NCAA will more than likely come down very hard on IU, probably stripping away scholarships and even banning them from the NCAA tournament for a year or 2. This will probably lead to the firing of Kelvin Sampson and Rick Greenspan. So Greenspan seems to be in a damned if you do, damned if you don’t situation….let’s see if his decision next Friday has the best interests of IU in mind.
Fans have actually set up 2 sites to get rid of Sampson
Fire Kelvin Sampson
Fire Coach Sampson
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