The Colorado women’s basketball team (20-4, 10-3 Pac-12) has dominated all season and is currently projected to be a top seed in March Madness. With road games against No. 22 Utah, No. 10 USC, and No. 9 UCLA on the horizon, though, the Buffs need to lock in to maintain their success in the final games of Pac-12 play.
The No. 8 Buffs are amid the toughest stretch of what has been a grueling Pac-12 schedule. On Sunday, they lost to new-No. 15 Oregon State in the first of four straight games against ranked opponents. While the Buffs have yet to drop two straight this year, they’ll now have to fend off the Utes on Friday before taking on the Trojans (Feb. 23) and the Bruins (Feb. 26) in California.
With the pressure on, here are four keys to Colorado surviving the ranked gauntlet of Utah, USC and UCLA: