This is gonna get ugly
If the Colorado Buffaloes are going to lose big, they might as well do it in Hawaii. The Buffs lost 72-56 to the Michigan State Spartans in the first game of the Maui Invitational and now they are starting their second day against the defending national champions.
That’s right, the Connecticut Huskies, fresh off a shocking loss to Memphis, are angry and going to take it out on Tad Boyle’s young squad. Yikes. The Buffs are building this year, which means that they will have to take their lumps in the Big 12. Michigan State and UConn are extra lumps.
Connecticut are a slight 14.5 favorite in this game. They return Alex Karaban, one of the best players in the country, and Dan Hurley, the best coach in the game. Tad Boyle returns almost no production and currently relies on a bevy of transfers and freshmen, namely Andre Jakimovski and Sebastian Rancik.