In the East, 12 th -seeded Southwest Missouri State held fifth-seeded Wisconsin to 32 points--the lowest NCAA tournament score since the inception of the shot clock--and then trounced fourth-seeded Tennessee.
The NCAA has never used the shot clock in its tournaments. 
mnli hypothesis: The NCAA has never used the shot clock in its tournaments.  premise: In the East, 12 th -seeded Southwest Missouri State held fifth-seeded Wisconsin to 32 points--the lowest NCAA tournament score since the inception of the shot clock--and then trounced fourth-seeded Tennessee.