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Now that Nijel Pack has made his Purdue visit and it's become apparent that Miami (Fla.) and Ohio State are his other anticipated visits at this point — not Arizona, Gonzaga and their Ilk — I will say that Matt Painter and Co. need this to happen.

I'm not usually big into suggesting any recruit is a make-or-break sort of deal, because rarely does that turn out to be true, but clearly, Purdue's best-case scenarios for continuing on at a really high level next season would all include the former Kansas State guard and one-time Boilermaker prospect.

Purdue needs two things above all else right now: A point/ball-handling guard and a backcourt scorer.

Pack would give it the best of what's available in both regards, and do so with some coveted built-in familiarity and without the sort of soldier-of-fortune baggage coaches ought to be highly wary of when they recruit the free agent pool.