The Alcoa Tornadoes squared off with the Fulton Falcons in the TSSAA Class 3A state championship game at the Charles M. Murphy Athletic Center on Saturday, March 21, 2026, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. (Photo by Danny Parker)
BY JESSE SMITHEY
The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) wasn’t the first state association to bring a shot clock into high school basketball, but it sure wasn’t the last.
The TSSAA Board of Control approved on Tuesday, June 9, a four-year plan to fully implement a 35-second shot clock into the sport.
By the start of the 2029-30 season, roughly all 400 basketball-playing member schools will need to be up to speed.
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