No. 8 Buffs Start Final Road Swing: Five Things to Know

Friday, February 16

Salt Lake City, Utah

6:00 PM

Colorado

Utah

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No. 8 Buffs Start Final Road Swing: Five Things to Know

February 15, 2024 | Women's Basketball

Game Notes

Colorado and Utah set for a 6 p.m. MT tip on Friday

By: Seth Pringle, Athletic Communications

SALT LAKE CITY – No. 8 Colorado starts its final road swing with a trip to No. 22 Utah on Friday (6 p.m. MT, Pac-12 Networks). The game is the first of three straight on the road for the Buffaloes.

Colorado (20-4, 10-3 Pac-12) moved dropped to No. 8 his week in the Associated Press rankings, following its split of the Oregon schools. CU has been in the rankings for 15 straight weeks and inside the top 10 for 14 consecutive polls.

Utah (18-7, 8-5 Pac-12) comes in at No. 22 in the AP poll this week, having won three of its last four contests. The lone loss was to then-No. 17 Oregon State. UU is 2-6 this season against ranked opponents.

Five things to know

20W – CU has 20 wins for the third consecutive season. It is the 21st time CU has reached 20 wins. It took the Buffs only 23 games to get to the 20-win mark, the earliest Colorado has hit 20 wins since starting 20-2 in 1994-95.
Vs Ranked – Colorado is an even. 500 (4-4) this season against ranked opponents. Three of CU's ranked wins have been against top-10 teams (No. 1 LSU, No. 6 USC and No. 8 Stanford). With a win on Friday, CU will record its first road win over a ranked conference opponent since beating No. 24 Baylor (69-69) on Jan. 7, 2004.

Running the Gauntlet Pt. 2 – Colorado will face four consecutive ranked opponents for the second time this season. The Buffaloes will have taken on No. 17 Oregon State, No. 22 Utah, No. 10 USC and No. 9 UCLA by the end of this stretch. CU went 2-2 in the last stretch that featured games against No. 8 Stanford, No. 5 UCLA, No. 6 USC and No. 25 Oregon State.
Award Lists – Jaylyn Sherrod continues to advance in the cut-downs for national awards with the latest being named to the Naismith Player Midseason Player of the Year Team. Sherrod has had five or more assists in nine games this season and is closing in on 600 career assists (582).

Evenly Played – Colorado leads the all-time series over Utah, 22-21. A win on Friday would give CU its first two-game sweep over Utah since the 2014-15 season. CU is 6-12 on the road against the Utes but has won the last two games, including the 76-65 decision in Boulder to open the Pac-12 season back on Dec. 30.

Krista Blunk and Angela Taylor will have the call on the Pac-12 Network.

Cory Lopez and Hanna Halteman will have pregame coverage starting 30 minutes before tip-off on the Colorado Radio Network.