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How much was the NCAA tournament worth to NC State coach Kevin Keatts? | News & Observer

N.C. State’s trip to the NCAA tournament wasn’t a total loss for coach Kevin Keatts.

By making the NCAA field in his first season, Keatts earned an automatic one-year contract extension, a $100,000 raise and a $25,000 bonus.

N.C. State lost to Seton Hall 94-83 in the first round of the NCAA tournament on March 15 but Keatts’ contract included several incentives for making the 68-team field after a two-year absence from the postseason by the program.

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