BONUS LINE
What select coaches in the NCAA Sweet 16 can earn the rest of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament (on top of what they already have earned): Auburn’s Bruce Pearl $100,000: Elite Eight appearance $100,000: Final Four appearance $100,000: NCAA final appearance $200,000: Win NCAA title Florida State’s Leonard Hamilton
$250,000: Elite Eight appearance $275,000: Final Four appearance $150,000: NCAA final appearance $500,000: Win NCAA title
Best 1 of 2:
❚ $50,000: No. 20 through No. 11 ranking in final USA TODAY Coaches’ Poll
❚ $200,000: Top 10 ranking in final USA TODAY Coaches’ Poll
Houston’s Kelvin Sampson
$100,000: Elite Eight appearance $100,000: Final Four appearance $100,000: NCAA final appearance $150,000: Win NCAA title
Kentucky’s John Calipari None North Carolina’s Roy Williams
$200,000: Elite Eight appearance $200,000: Final Four appearance $250,000: Win NCAA title
Oregon’s Dana Altman
$100,000: Final Four appearance $250,000: Win NCAA title
Tennessee’s Rick Barnes
$50,000: Elite Eight appearance $50,000: Final Four appearance $250,000: Win NCAA title Texas Tech’s Chris Beard
$75,000: Elite Eight appearance $100,000: Final Four appearance $200,000: Win NCAA title
Virginia’s Tony Bennett
$250,000: Elite Eight appearance $250,000: Final Four appearance $400,000: Win NCAA title
Virginia Tech’s Buzz Williams
$25,000: Final Four appearance $50,000: Win NCAA title
Amounts for Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski and Gonzaga’s Mark Few are not available because their schools are private and are not required to release their employment contracts.