Beat Indiana tonight and Brad Underwood will be $15,000 richer.
A unique clause in the "incentive compensation" section of the first-year Illini basketball coach's finalized contract, signed earlier this month and released Tuesday, calls for a $15,000 bump for any win over rivals Indiana or Missouri (up to $45,000 in any one season).
Illinois has done both already the past two months under Underwood, whose total compensation — pre-incentives — this season is $2.75 million.
Other terms of the deal:
— Just like the contract predecessor John Groce signed with then-athletic director Mike Thomas, the deal Underwood struck with Josh Whitman calls for bonuses of $125,000 for a Big Ten regular-season championship, $50,000 for a Big Ten tournament title, $25,000 for an NCAA tournament berth, $100,000 for reaching the Final Four and $250,000 for what the Flyin' Illini fell two wins shy of in 1989.