When DeAndre Gholston banked in a game-winner against UCF, we should have taken it as a sign that — for once — fortune might smile on Missouri.
Such moments are rare, but the Tigers offered up at least a handful in a season that saw them outperform expectations. Gholston replicated his heroics on Rocky Top. Two weeks later, Nick Honor decided to try on the role of late-game savior against Mississippi State.
And it’s not straining credulity to suggest all three of those shots dropping pushed the Tigers into the NCAA tournament.