Hawk-Eye's managing director, Stephen Carter, was fielding questions ahead of the tournament's second match, between Monterrey of Mexico and the South Korean champions Ulsan Hyundai, when his system will make its tournament debut.
Officials said a big jump in that number came after Oakland made its first N.C.A.A. tournament in 2005, after it dramatically won its conference tournament (then called the Mid-Continent Conference) when a 3-pointer by Pierre Dukes beat Oral Roberts, 61-60.
The university had been playing major college basketball since 1958 and made its first N.C.A.A. tournament appearance in 1995, but it was largely known as the alma mater of John Stockton, the scrappy point guard now in the 18th year of a certain Hall of Fame career with the N.B.A.'s Utah Jazz.
McPherson averaged 11.2 points and 4.7 assists for DePaul, which made its first N.C.A.A. tournament appearance since 1992.
Florida International made its only N.C.A.A. tournament appearance in 1995, as a No. 16 seed, and lost to U.C.L.A. in the first round.
In fact, since 1968, when Columbia last won the Ivy League men's title and made its only N.C.C.A. tournament appearance, there have been only two seasons when Penn or Princeton has not won the Ivy League crown, or shared it.
Hoops: On Thursday, Yale made its first NCAA tournament appearance since 1962.
As controversy continues to rage over allegations of corruption surrounding the bid process, it has emerged that Qatar agreed to sign away its right to take any form of legal action against Fifa when it made its original tender for the tournament in 2010.
The tournament made its debut on national TV in 1953 with Jim McKay at the microphone.
The tournament made its return to China, and the Matildas, now playing on "home" soil, secured their first World Cup win.
