IU ‘Locked and Ready’ For Stanford Challenge

IUHoosiers.com

Forget the paradise setting of the Bahamas.

Indiana isn't messing around.

Not with the chance to make a huge national women's basketball statement, starting Thanksgiving Day against defending national champion Stanford as part of the Pink Flamingo Championship.

"We're locked in and ready to go," coach Teri Moren says.

Adds senior guard Ali Patberg: "We're here in the Bahamas, and it's incredible, but we're here for basketball. We're focused."

Focus comes amid basketball at the highest levels.

The Hoosiers (4-0) are ranked No. 4 and No. 6 in the national polls. Stanford (3-1) is No. 7 and No. 6.

"They don't beat themselves," Moren says. "We try not to do that, as well. It's a great…