COLUMBIA, Mo. — “With 4.2 left, East is looking, looking. Gets it into Gholston. Left sideline, comes into the frontcourt. Gholston, a heave just inside of halfcourt. BANG! BANG! At the buzzer! Gholston’s second-game winner of the season! First against Central Florida and now against TENNESSEE!”
Short of an NCAA Tournament Final Four, Mike Kelly has seen just about everything else unfold from his front-row seat over three decades as the radio voice of Missouri basketball. From blowouts to buzzer beaters, overtime thrillers to postseason heartache, Kelly’s vocal cords have scored the soundtrack to Mizzou hoops for more than a generation.