It took until Game No. 9, but we finally got a blowout in the Maui Invitational. No. 5 Iowa State crushed Colorado 99-71 Wednesday in the opening game on the final day of the tournament.   That means the Cyclones finish in fifth place in the bracket.

Following a heartbreaking loss in the opening round of the Maui Invitational, the fifth-ranked Iowa State men rebounded, finishing fifth with a 99-71 victory over Colorado on Wednesday.Milan Momcilovic scored a career-high 24 points,

Andrej Jakimovski hit a layup with 8 seconds left, and Colorado upset No. 2 UConn 73-72 in the consolation bracket of the Maui Invitational on Tuesday in Lahaina, Hawaii.

National Player of the Year candidate Johni Broome and No. 3 Auburn captured the Maui Invitational championship with a 90-76 win over Memphis on Wednesday at Lahaina Civic Center. Broome and frontcourt running mate Dylan Cardwell dominated Penny Hardaway’s Tigers (6-1).

Here are three observations from the Tigers' wins over No. 5 Iowa State, No. 12 North Carolina and Memphis in the Aloha State.

The No. 3 Tigers opened the Maui Invitational championship with Memphis by jumping to a 9-0 lead. They rode that momentum to the final buzzer in its 90-76 win over the Memphis Tigers on Wednesday at Lahaina Civic Center in Lahaina, Hawaii.