Buffs Cruise Past Chicago State

CHICAGO – Career win No. 200 for head coach JR Payne was never in doubt on Sunday. Colorado throttled Chicago State, 83-32, picking up the Buffaloes' first road win of the season.

"I didn't know that was coming," Payne said after the win. "We've had incredible coaching staffs that have been together for a really long time and we've coached a lot of really great players over the years. It's cool but it's not something that I necessarily knew about."

The 51-point margin was CU's first 50-point win since the team's 106-47 win over Westminster back on Dec. 21, 2017.

"It didn't matter whom we were playing, we were trying to get better in our execution," Payne noted. "We wanted to make sure were on…