 512 teams competed for the 1983 edition, and the Guinness Book of World Records deemed it the largest five-on-five outdoor basketball tournament in the world, and today the number of teams has grown past 700.Students, faculty, and staff of the University of Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s College, and Holy Cross College can participate Bookstore Basketball.Women compete in the tournament alongside the men, but additionally there is a separate women’s bracket, established in 1978. Notable members of the administration, faculty, and staff have participated with as much gusto as the students, such as Joe Montana.