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Unforgettable -- Surging Hoosiers Brace for Top-Seed North Carolina State


IUHoosiers.com

The biggest basketball stage of Ali Patberg's career finds her unfazed.

Yes, Indiana's nationally televised Sweet Sixteen opportunity Saturday against regional top-seed North Carolina State (22-2) is unprecedented in program history.

Hoosier legend Isiah Thomas was among those to recognize it, tweeting "Hoosiers!" after IU beat Belmont Wednesday night to advance to its first-ever Sweet Sixteen.

For those who think this might be too big a moment for the fourth-seeded Hoosiers (20-5) at San Antonio's Alamodome, think again, Patberg insists through Zoom opportunity.

"Our goal wasn't to get to the Sweet 16, and stop.