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Indiana hired the right guy

By Jason Whitlock
Special to Page 2

Thursday, March 30, 2006

The people who chose to rationalize Mike Davis' every misstep or to privately seethe as Davis trampled Indiana University basketball traditions are in a rush to talk tough about Kelvin Sampson. "It's an absolute disgrace," former Hoosiers star Ted Kitchel told the Indianapolis Star about Sampson's hiring. "I wouldn't hire that guy to coach my fifth-grade girls team. That guy is absolutely what we don't want at IU." Kelvin Sampson, my second-favorite college basketball coach (after Roy Willia ...

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