It has been a whirlwind season for the Colorado Buffaloes that was summed up perfectly when they followed up a tough loss to an inferior Arizona State team with one of their biggest wins in program history against the No. 2 Arizona Wildcats.
As the dust settles, the Buffs will head to Salt Lake City for their final game of the 2021-22 regular season against the Utah Utes on Saturday. While its chances at reaching the NCAA Tournament remain slim, Colorado is in an important fight with Oregon for fourth place in the conference and a first round bye in the Pac-12 Tournament. A Buffs win or an Oregon loss to Washington State will have CU in fourth place.
Read on for our three keys Colorado should focus on if it wants to take down Utah in the final game of the regular season: