The Colorado Buffaloes men’s basketball team suffered their first loss of the season, falling to the Michigan State Spartans 72-56 in the opening round of the M

Jase Richardson came off the bench to score 13 points as Michigan State beat Colorado 72-56 in its first appearance in the Maui Invitational since 2019.

Maybe it was it the luggage held up at LAX, maybe it was fatigue from the seven-hour flight and three-hour time difference, or it was the temperature shock going from frigid Colorado weather to the black sand beaches of Maui.