MSU Defeats Colorado in Maui

After watching a thrilling over time game between Memphis and UConn, the stage was set for MSU and Colorado. Fun stat that was shared with me, UConn/Memphis combined in that game for 26 3pt baskets and after the Colorado game, MSU has 25. Besides the continued behind the arc woes, MSU played some mostly sound basketball. Let’s take a look at my 3 likes and 3 dislikes.

3 Things I Liked:

1. The Paint Play. When the shots aren’t hitting from outside you need to score inside and the Spartans did just that. 50 points in the paint to Colorado’s 28, and when watching, it felt even more dominant. Fears was doing an excellent job of breaking through defenders and getting inside to find someone to dump…