NASHVILLE, Tenn. • As it girded itself for the Southeastern Conference tournament opener Thursday at Bridgestone Arena against 11th-seeded Texas A&M, sixth-seeded Mizzou was out to punch a psychological reset button on the regular season. “Everybody has a new start right now,” junior guard Phil Pressey said earlier this week. “You’re 0-0, and this is where you start.” And so MU began anew with a vengeance, pummeling the Aggies 62-50 in a display so dominant before mop-up time that it was hard to fathom how A&M beat Mizzou 70-68 on Feb. 7 in College Station. Primed by the furious play of senior forward Alex Oriakhi that included five dunks, and enabled by abominable shooting by the...
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