If getting a top-four seed isn't incentive enough for N.C. State coach Mark Gottfried, a four-game winning streak to close the season would be worth $125,000 to the second-year coach.

Under the terms of Gottfried's contract, reworked after his first Wolfpack team reached the Sweet 16 last March, a 12-win ACC season is worth two months of Gottfried's base salary ($750,000).