To the bold: very true. Cal and Furd are both Top 75 RPI teams. If we got a split on that road trip it would end up being a major net positive to how the committee evaluated our resume. Losing both wouldn't hurt us much. And (dare to dream) winning both is the type of thing that catapults a team like CU from a 9-seed to a 6-seed.
If they win both toad games they have a great shot to win the rest of conference games meaning we would finish with a 9 game win streak and a 13-5 conference record and very likely in 1st place. And top 25 and probably a three seed. We just aren't that good yet to be mentally strong every game. I just hope we win Thursday.