Torrence Watson is sloughing off a slow start for Mizzou

Denny Medley-USA TODAY SportsIf you pause a clip from Missouri’s victory against Texas-Arlington, you can see Torrence Watson at the apex of his jump, a hand obscuring his vision and as the ball just leaving his fingertips.

It’s the picturesque pose of a proper mechanics, the kind of shot that helped the freshman average 31.2 points at the Whitfield School and enticed high-major coaches. And as the offseason unfolded, the thought of Watson, the nation’s No. 113 prospect, rising and firing was the easiest answer to a vexing question: Who would replace the spot-up shooting provided by Kassius Robertson and Jordan Barnett?

Never mind that Bart Torvik’s preseason projections pegged Watson to post…