By Justin Worsley,
Purdue head coach Matt Painter will meet with Missouri athletic director Mike Alden on Tuesday to discuss the Tigers head coaching vacancy according to ESPN.com.
Painter, 40, was hired by the Boilermakers in 2004 as a coach-in-waiting for Gene Keady who was retiring following the season's end. Since taking over the team in 2005, Painter has won the Big Ten Coach of the Year award three times, including this season and has a career record of 155-66, including a 130-61 record with Purdue.
Purdue has also made two Sweet Sixteen appearances under Painter and has four consecutive seasons of 25 or more wins.
Former Tigers head coach Mike Anderson left the team last week to become the head coach at Arkansas, where he spent 17 years as an assistant.
Missouri is reportedly willing to offer Painter a seven-year, $14 million contract, similar to the offer they gave to Anderson in an attempt to keep him with Missouri.
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