Beating Texas on Sunday does not accomplish Purdue’s goals.
It does not erase the demons of March past.
In the end, it could be just another NCAA Tournament win, where Purdue has a 3.6 roentgen season (not great, but not terrible) that ends in the Sweet 16 without any Big Ten hardware.
It is still a critically important victory, should it come, because the program has been building to this moment, right now, for months, if not years.
Since the moment North Texas finished its upset of Purdue in last year’s NCAA Tournament we have been waiting for right now.