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Hochman: Mizzou's new Dru a lock to lead basketball Tigers

At nationally ranked Xavier, guard Dru Smith's on-court composure stood out during most of the second half and overtime Tuesday. But here was a Mizzou inbounds play with 11:30 left in regulation. Smith began the play on the low left block - of all players, it was the center Jeremiah Tilmon who received the inbounds pass in the backcourt.

With his fun, frizzy hair – an inadvertent throwback to early-aughts Mizzou guard Wesley Stokes – Smith curled like one of his locks around a screen. He took a hand-off from Tilmon at the top of the key, and the lane was cleared out.