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Hochman: The legend of Isiaih Mosley's shot began in Columbia, where he'll now play for Mizzou

Six in the morning, he was at the door.

Soon after, Isiaih Mosley’s fresh sneakers were squeaking across the gym floor.

“He’d come before school to shoot and the custodian would try to kick him out,” Rock Bridge High basketball coach Jim Scanlon said by phone this spring with a laugh. “Because they had a problem with people coming into the school, and he didn't know who it was. The custodian would say, ‘I had to kick him out.’ I said, ‘No, don't kick him out! He's trying to make himself better. He's not bothering anything in the school.