Distance

The third step in filling out a bracket is to take the 1-68 seed list and slot them into the regions and pods. Among the principles the committee must follow are to "attempt to assign teams to the most geographically compatible first-/second-round site, descending in order on the seed list" and to keep teams "in or as close to their areas of natural interest as possible."

Therefore, it is useful when filling out a bracket to know the distance of each team to the locations of the regions and pods. Nearby sites are highlighted if they are "very close", "close" or "somewhat close" to a team, based on estimated mileage. The exact mileages for these categories may vary - the idea is to make it easier to spot home-court advantages and disadvantages when filling out a bracket from the seed list. Pod or region host teams are prohibited from playing at that site.

				Pods								Regions
Seed		Conf	Points	Buf	Gvl	Ind	Milw	Orl	Sac	SLC	Tul	K.C.	Mem	NYC	S.J.
1	Villanova	BE	16.00	278	514	585	688	864	2451	1921	1148	1037	873	94	2496
2	Kansas	B12	15.95	899	770	479	468	1080	1414	895	197	30	396	1133	1449
3	Gonzaga	WCC	15.91	1893	2010	1640	1466	2342	649	546	1356	1273	1658	2182	743
4	North Carolina	ACC	15.15	488	204	487	689	535	2339	1819	954	903	633	429	2373
5	Kentucky	SEC	15.10	457	254	147	381	691	1990	1466	633	553	363	601	2026
6	Duke	ACC	15.00	488	204	487	689	535	2339	1819	954	903	633	429	2373
7	Oregon	P12	15.00	2201	2250	1906	1756	2538	384	617	1534	1497	1861	2486	472
8	Arizona	P12	15.00	1901	1659	1470	1460	1779	751	600	904	1031	1219	2126	719
9	Florida St.	ACC	15.00	921	336	654	890	227	2178	1699	776	850	459	926	2192
10	Louisville	ACC	14.63	492	298	111	349	720	1928	1405	575	491	320	655	1964
11	Florida	SEC	14.38	936	360	729	968	104	2312	1830	907	969	582	898	2326
12	UCLA	P12	13.96	2211	2051	1810	1751	2211	373	589	1279	1357	1613	2461	308
13	Baylor	B12	13.90	1277	895	830	935	975	1455	1034	325	547	479	1440	1456
14	Butler	BE	13.70	449	401	0	238	830	1879	1351	577	452	382	656	1920
15	West Virginia	B12	13.42	235	351	338	472	780	2212	1683	901	790	637	326	2255
16	Purdue	B10	13.24	458	460	58	182	887	1837	1308	564	420	406	684	1880
17	Notre Dame	ACC	13.08	396	520	136	118	960	1859	1329	639	473	501	648	1906
18	Virginia	ACC	13.01	331	306	434	596	691	2313	1786	967	880	674	303	2352
19	Iowa St.	B12	12.30	767	770	405	310	1140	1482	952	387	165	489	1026	1528
20	Cincinnati	AAC	11.94	410	316	98	318	758	1972	1446	644	540	402	582	2011
21	Wisconsin	B10	11.81	534	684	283	73	1109	1701	1170	592	387	559	808	1752
22	SMU	AAC	11.77	1209	859	760	853	981	1429	987	236	458	428	1384	1435
23	Minnesota	B10	11.40	732	901	502	296	1311	1513	988	615	394	700	1017	1571
24	Creighton	BE	11.16	885	864	516	425	1211	1366	837	353	152	538	1144	1411
25	Saint Mary's	WCC	11.07	2292	2218	1929	1829	2432	75	587	1452	1483	1792	2561	30
26	Michigan	B10	9.87	238	510	231	237	960	2009	1478	789	630	612	498	2058
27	Maryland	B10	9.04	281	425	513	639	789	2389	1859	1068	966	787	183	2432
28	Arkansas	SEC	8.99	919	568	476	614	775	1641	1152	229	343	128	1082	1661
29	South Carolina	SEC	8.91	634	91	491	722	381	2258	1748	848	840	511	615	2285
30	Vanderbilt	SEC	8.74	633	265	250	476	617	1912	1400	513	491	200	762	1941
31	Miami FL	ACC	8.74	1188	639	1022	1261	192	2546	2084	1166	1251	860	1098	2552
32	Rhode Island	A10	8.71	382	750	788	844	1074	2617	2087	1363	1232	1103	144	2668
33	Dayton	A10	8.63	352	363	110	284	810	1985	1456	684	562	461	546	2027
34	Xavier	BE	8.62	410	316	98	318	758	1972	1446	644	540	402	582	2011
35	Virginia Tech	ACC	8.57	393	209	379	571	619	2248	1724	883	811	580	403	2285
36	Oklahoma St.	B12	8.34	1133	868	688	736	1067	1338	864	110	311	429	1336	1356
37	Northwestern	B10	8.29	471	577	177	67	1006	1777	1246	585	404	492	729	1824
38	VCU	A10	8.18	382	327	507	672	669	2384	1858	1029	950	725	290	2423
39	Michigan St.	B10	7.97	297	558	227	167	1008	1941	1410	752	580	606	568	1991
40	Marquette	BE	7.68	463	634	238	0	1069	1773	1243	631	437	558	735	1824
41	Seton Hall	BE	7.62	281	594	641	723	940	2493	1963	1212	1091	945	14	2541
42	Wake Forest	ACC	7.61	478	151	427	636	535	2273	1753	888	837	569	460	2306
43	Kansas St.	B12	7.14	923	791	503	490	1095	1391	873	189	53	411	1157	1426
44	Providence	BE	6.75	382	750	788	844	1074	2617	2087	1363	1232	1103	144	2668
45	USC	P12	6.49	2211	2051	1810	1751	2211	373	589	1279	1357	1613	2461	308
46	Wichita St.	MVC	6.24	1047	867	617	621	1127	1310	806	131	183	450	1274	1338
47	Nevada	MWC	5.88	2124	2076	1772	1663	2312	111	421	1319	1332	1658	2397	187
48	Middle Tennessee	CUSA	5.61	633	265	250	476	617	1912	1400	513	491	200	762	1941
49	UNC Wilmington	CAA	5.22	600	248	595	805	451	2422	1907	1021	992	688	499	2452
50	Vermont	AE	4.22	298	817	747	742	1197	2497	1971	1321	1163	1103	258	2554
51	East Tennessee St.	SC	3.69	486	109	308	534	560	2134	1615	750	700	437	545	2167
52	Princeton	Ivy	3.66	273	549	607	699	899	2467	1936	1174	1058	903	59	2513
53	New Mexico St.	WAC	3.47	1698	1429	1259	1271	1545	935	650	685	835	990	1912	919
54	Bucknell	Pat	3.22	189	567	564	632	946	2405	1874	1139	1010	886	103	2454
55	Winthrop	BSth	3.11	546	76	427	651	470	2239	1723	841	809	512	541	2269
56	Florida Gulf Coast	Asun	2.92	1146	578	948	1186	133	2443	1982	1065	1156	764	1081	2449
57	Iona	MAAC	2.52	290	608	656	735	951	2506	1976	1226	1105	960	0	2554
58	Northern Kentucky	Horz	2.00	410	316	98	318	758	1972	1446	644	540	402	582	2011
59	Kent St.	MAC	1.98	196	418	267	360	863	2117	1587	844	711	617	394	2163
60	Troy	SB	1.90	845	300	513	741	404	2014	1528	604	671	280	906	2031
61	North Dakota	Bsky	1.89	955	1184	784	566	1593	1375	880	814	611	964	1246	1445
62	Jacksonville St.	OVC	1.05	778	274	426	651	479	1964	1468	548	594	211	863	1985
63	South Dakota St.	Sum	1.01	907	1010	625	455	1390	1333	807	561	362	734	1188	1390
64	New Orleans	Slnd	1.01	1097	577	709	905	548	1875	1426	538	690	349	1181	1881
65	UC Davis	BW	1.00	2235	2177	1879	1773	2403	0	530	1415	1436	1755	2506	94
66	North Carolina Central	MEAC	1.00	488	204	487	689	535	2339	1819	954	903	633	429	2373
67	Texas Southern	SWAC	1.00	1282	837	847	987	851	1606	1194	431	644	469	1414	1604
68	Mount St. Mary's	NEC	1.00	215	472	504	606	853	2368	1838	1072	956	805	155	2414