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	Albany	Cle	G'boro	Oma	Sac	Spok	St.L.	Tampa	Hou	Ind	L.A.	NYC
1	Kansas	B12	15.87	1144	722	859	163	1414	1263	260	1054	624	479	1330	1133
2	Baylor	B12	15.83	1494	1086	1036	673	1455	1536	626	915	159	830	1237	1440
3	Duke	ACC	15.21	544	417	66	995	2339	2128	666	589	1041	487	2232	429
4	Florida St.	ACC	14.74	1034	775	469	991	2178	2117	671	200	656	654	1996	926
5	Louisville	ACC	14.19	701	303	349	581	1928	1721	254	729	789	111	1838	655
6	West Virginia	B12	14.15	383	159	246	846	2212	1938	562	821	1098	338	2148	326
7	Oregon	P12	14.15	2443	2082	2324	1393	384	364	1729	2498	1807	1906	749	2486
8	Villanova	BE	13.88	212	362	366	1085	2451	2148	811	922	1324	585	2394	94
9	Seton Hall	BE	13.64	142	404	446	1130	2493	2172	870	1000	1399	641	2448	14
10	Michigan St.	B10	13.57	547	168	524	588	1941	1625	410	1029	1065	227	1915	568
11	Dayton	A10	13.31	574	161	352	619	1985	1730	338	831	930	110	1919	546
12	Maryland	B10	13.03	288	314	279	1022	2389	2105	735	845	1235	513	2323	183
13	San Diego St.	MWC	12.51	2440	2021	2122	1310	480	1029	1553	2082	1299	1779	108	2433
14	Auburn	SEC	12.46	943	638	393	832	2059	1966	506	365	613	493	1897	850
15	Kentucky	SEC	12.00	654	275	290	640	1990	1778	315	706	829	147	1899	601
16	LSU	SEC	11.93	1274	912	750	789	1810	1826	569	548	253	691	1604	1195
17	Rutgers	B10	11.60	142	404	446	1130	2493	2172	870	1000	1399	641	2448	14
18	Gonzaga	WCC	11.57	2127	1791	2067	1147	649	0	1489	2313	1695	1640	946	2182
19	Colorado	P12	11.56	1605	1196	1367	470	907	834	767	1505	863	974	860	1613
20	Butler	BE	11.31	680	259	427	516	1879	1640	229	840	847	0	1810	656
21	Arizona	P12	10.97	2145	1722	1786	1044	751	1124	1241	1717	934	1470	449	2126
22	Memphis	AAC	10.68	1018	622	569	538	1755	1658	256	657	469	382	1613	960
23	Illinois	B10	10.52	772	348	528	409	1771	1539	142	895	801	107	1706	757
24	Florida	SEC	10.48	1017	810	461	1107	2312	2240	777	120	783	729	2129	898
25	Wisconsin	B10	10.44	784	399	696	358	1701	1395	307	1114	968	283	1683	808
26	Marquette	BE	10.38	713	326	636	425	1773	1466	318	1078	987	238	1751	735
27	Creighton	BE	9.79	1135	726	931	0	1366	1147	341	1191	784	516	1327	1144
28	Houston	AAC	9.78	1481	1091	985	784	1606	1695	669	786	0	847	1375	1414
29	Wichita St.	AAC	9.48	1291	867	970	265	1310	1226	390	1091	543	617	1199	1274
30	Iowa	B10	8.80	914	508	746	220	1582	1321	227	1091	847	319	1547	925
31	Arkansas	SEC	8.66	1134	728	697	496	1641	1577	296	738	375	476	1488	1082
32	USC	P12	8.50	2461	2046	2166	1327	373	946	1587	2153	1375	1810	0	2461
33	N.C. State	ACC	8.42	544	417	66	995	2339	2128	666	589	1041	487	2232	429
34	Stanford	P12	8.37	2553	2155	2328	1429	86	733	1731	2388	1632	1939	338	2572
35	Indiana	B10	8.30	713	295	421	511	1868	1645	203	807	804	44	1790	682
36	Northern Iowa	MVC	8.24	943	546	800	199	1545	1268	283	1149	884	373	1522	960
37	Saint Mary's	WCC	8.19	2542	2144	2318	1418	75	723	1721	2380	1625	1929	338	2561
38	Oklahoma	B12	7.83	1368	946	989	419	1338	1326	461	1021	396	688	1183	1336
39	Penn St.	B10	7.76	246	212	348	938	2303	1996	679	929	1235	450	2255	206
40	Alabama	SEC	7.47	998	648	478	720	1926	1844	412	471	506	456	1765	918
41	East Tennessee St.	SC	7.05	629	342	139	797	2134	1939	463	588	872	308	2027	545
42	Michigan	B10	6.85	486	93	461	650	2009	1699	440	987	1078	231	1975	498
43	Minnesota	B10	6.55	977	619	923	281	1513	1171	448	1308	1036	502	1532	1017
44	BYU	WCC	6.15	1954	1555	1740	830	536	587	1140	1860	1162	1342	568	1972
45	VCU	A10	5.96	406	363	175	1023	2384	2134	713	725	1156	507	2298	290
46	Georgetown	BE	5.79	318	311	249	1009	2375	2100	717	816	1207	498	2305	212
47	Richmond	A10	5.47	406	363	175	1023	2384	2134	713	725	1156	507	2298	290
48	Rhode Island	A10	5.14	140	539	600	1262	2617	2267	1017	1138	1558	788	2585	144
49	Yale	Ivy	5.06	113	465	522	1191	2550	2213	939	1068	1476	710	2512	62
50	Liberty	Asun	4.01	471	316	94	932	2288	2054	614	675	1056	416	2197	371
51	Akron	MAC	3.82	412	41	343	752	2117	1826	496	897	1086	267	2067	394
52	Vermont	AE	3.54	123	488	681	1168	2497	2110	970	1253	1570	747	2494	258
53	North Texas	CUSA	3.14	1431	1018	995	584	1429	1475	549	926	225	760	1232	1384
54	New Mexico St.	WAC	3.09	1938	1515	1558	871	935	1197	1030	1483	702	1259	673	1912
55	Colgate	Pat	3.08	120	316	527	1017	2364	2009	801	1107	1395	575	2344	198
56	UC Irvine	BW	3.02	2443	2027	2142	1309	404	963	1566	2122	1343	1789	34	2442
57	Montana	Bsky	3.01	1972	1629	1900	979	682	168	1320	2146	1541	1474	924	2024
58	Winthrop	BSth	2.99	645	431	80	912	2239	2056	574	510	913	427	2120	541
59	William & Mary	CAA	2.56	413	412	205	1075	2435	2187	763	724	1190	559	2347	287
60	North Dakota St.	Sum	2.50	1158	829	1144	388	1370	970	650	1519	1172	723	1438	1212
61	Wright St.	Horz	2.49	574	161	352	619	1985	1730	338	831	930	110	1919	546
62	Little Rock	SB	2.18	1134	728	697	496	1641	1577	296	738	375	476	1488	1082
63	Stephen F. Austin	Slnd	2.12	1380	983	901	675	1589	1632	552	771	117	735	1381	1318
64	Monmouth	MAAC	2.00	142	404	446	1130	2493	2172	870	1000	1399	641	2448	14
65	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	2.00	1481	1091	985	784	1606	1695	669	786	0	847	1375	1414
66	Murray St.	OVC	2.00	883	476	493	481	1783	1627	145	725	619	228	1673	838
67	LIU Brooklyn	NEC	1.00	136	417	460	1144	2506	2182	884	1011	1414	656	2461	0
68	Norfolk St.	MEAC	1.00	423	435	216	1097	2456	2209	783	719	1201	580	2365	294