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How much can Louisville's Pat Kelsey, Kentucky's Mark Pope earn in postseason bonuses?

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The maximum bonus Pat Kelsey could earn is $ 675,000 , while Mark Pope's bonuses max out at $ 700,000 .

Both coaches have clauses in their contracts that would require their former schools to pay a portion of their remaining salaries if they were to be fired without cause.

Pope gets “ 20 prime, lower-level tickets’ for every men’s basketball home game, 10 tickets for each away and postseason tournament game.

If Pope were to leave under the same set of circumstances and Mitch Barnhart was still employed as Kentucky ’s athletics director, Pope would owe UK $7.425 million ( 33% ) If Barnhart wasn’t still the AD, Pope could only owe 20% , or $4.5 million .

Louisville was assigned a No. 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament and will play No. 9 Creighton .