Colorado used the Maui Invitational last week as an early-season measuring stick for its team. The Buffaloes finished 1-2 in Lahaina but their one win came against No. 2 UConn in the consolation bracket.That wasn’t diminished by a blowout loss to Iowa State in the fifth-place game, and after four days off the Buffaloes (5-2) are back in action, hosting Pacific (5-4) on Monday night in Boulder, Colo.One thing that did emerge from the three-game tournament was that big man Elijah Malone can be a force for Colorado. He played well against Michigan State and UConn before the Cyclones bottled him up and he struggled to pass out of double teams.But those are the kind of issues coach Tad Boyle was hoping the tournament would show him.”When we get that piece figured out,” Boyle told the Boulder Daily Camera of handling the interior double teams, “we’ll be tough to guard.”Malone is second on the team in scoring at 12.9 points per game, just behind Andrej Jakimovski (13.0).Boyle is also trying to figure out his rotation. He played at least 11 men in every game last week but says that isn’t sustainable.