Two years after career-altering win over Purdue, Texas Tech coach Chris Beard will face Boilermakers again

Presumably, Purdue will have pretty much everything it needs about Texas Tech before Friday's Sweet 16 meeting in Boston.

Even a few minutes after surviving Butler 76-73 Sunday in Detroit, Purdue coach Matt Painter knew a lot already, although it came at a high price.

"The next game, we've got to play harder than Texas Tech. It's a heck of a strategy, isn't it?" Painter said. "But no, Chris Beard has done an unbelievable job at Texas Tech.

"We played them and they beat us when he was at Arkansas-Little Rock. They play extremely hard, very physical, very tough."

That 85-83 Little Rock double-overtime win in the 2016 NCAA tournament had far-reaching implications. It boosted Beard's growing…