North Carolina State’s basketball players weren’t motivated...

North Carolina State’s basketball players weren’t motivated to study while Jim Valvano was coach unless their playing time was threatened, the school’s interim chancellor said.

Larry Monteith, addressing the school’s Faculty Senate for the first time since Valvano resigned as coach April 7, said Valvano’s teams in the 1980s also relied heavily on academic exceptions.

Valvano, who coached the Wolfpack for 10 years, resigned after the university and school booster officials agreed to pay him more than $600,000.