No. 2 UConn went into the Maui Invitational as the favorite in a stacked field and won the Feast Week Showcase.

Instead, there is a date for the game for seventh place. Unranked Colorado earned a 73-72 win over UConn on Tuesday. The loss was the Huskies’ second in two games on Maui.

UConn lost an overtime thriller 99-97 to unranked Memphis on Monday. During the game, head coach Dan Hurley had a tantrum against the officials, which resulted in a costly technical foul in overtime. Hurley doubled down on the referees in an unforgiving postgame tirade that took no responsibility for his technical foul.

Tuesday brought another disappointment for a UConn team that had a difficult start to its quest for a third straight national championship. The Huskies are now 4-2 without having played a ranked team.

This week was supposed to be UConn’s first test against a contender in a Maui field that also includes No. 4 Auburn, No. 5 Iowa State and No. 12 North Carolina. There’s still a chance to face a ranked opponent if No. 5 Iowa State loses its second game of the tournament to Dayton later Tuesday. If Iowa State advances, UConn will still leave Maui looking for its first test against a top-25 team.

UConn held the lead throughout the first half on Tuesday and led 40-32 at halftime. But hot 3-point shooting allowed the Buffaloes to rally after halftime. Colorado took the lead for the first time with a three-pointer from Julian Hammond at 48:46. With a 3-0 by RJ Smith it took back the lead at 57:56.

UConn repeatedly answered the Colorado runs and held a 72-69 lead with 1:29 left. But Colorado scored the final four points of the game, including a go-ahead shot in traffic by Andrej Jakimovski.

UConn took one last look at the basket after a timeout with 5.9 seconds left. But Hassan Diarra’s go-ahead 3-point attempt failed at the rim just before the final siren sounded.

For the game, Colorado shot 51.1% from the field, including 9 of 16 (56.3%) shooting from 3-point range. Hammond led the way with 4-for-5 shooting from distance en route to 16 points. Jakimovski hit 2 of 4 3-point attempts en route to 12 points and 10 rebounds. Elijah Malone paced Hammond with 16 points on 6-10 shooting from the field.

The Huskies finished the game without starting center Samson Johnson and backup center Tarris Reed Jr., both of whom fouled out. They countered Colorado’s efficient shooting by shooting 48.1% from the field and shooting 12 of 31 (38.7%) from distance. Liam McNeely led the way with 20 points, shooting 4 of 6 from 3. But that wasn’t enough to overcome Colorado’s second-half rally.

Hurley was thrown into a frenzy again when the officials declined to call Colorado a loose ball foul for a physical offensive rebound that set up the game-winning shot.

An over-the-top call against UConn for another contested rebound was the source of Hurley’s anger toward the officials Monday.

Colorado advances to face the winner of Iowa State and Dayton in the fifth-place game on Wednesday. UConn will play the loser.

In the semifinals of the winner’s bracket, Auburn will face North Carolina and Memphis will face Michigan State.