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	Bir	Col	Den	G'boro	Iowa	Orl	Sac	K.C.	Lou	NYC	Vegas
1	Alabama	SEC	15.97	998	56	537	1050	478	663	498	1926	577	359	918	1572
2	UCLA	P12	15.97	2461	1810	1990	860	2166	1443	2211	373	1357	1838	2461	235
3	Houston	AAC	15.93	1481	562	986	863	985	804	851	1606	644	789	1414	1220
4	Kansas	B12	15.88	1144	602	660	508	859	192	1080	1414	30	514	1133	1109
5	Purdue	B10	15.57	697	472	216	935	483	357	887	1837	420	167	684	1552
6	Texas	B12	15.00	1577	682	1074	777	1101	815	991	1478	650	877	1518	1088
7	Gonzaga	WCC	14.97	2127	1865	1789	834	2067	1242	2342	649	1273	1721	2182	806
8	Marquette	BE	14.76	713	651	331	893	636	310	1069	1773	437	349	735	1520
9	Arizona	P12	14.74	2145	1404	1650	639	1786	1152	1779	751	1031	1479	2126	364
10	Connecticut	BE	13.98	80	959	548	1667	561	1078	1052	2551	1168	736	102	2292
11	Tennessee	SEC	13.58	724	220	294	1159	226	652	534	2062	635	189	644	1736
12	Xavier	BE	13.43	622	395	115	1066	329	503	758	1972	540	82	582	1674
13	Baylor	B12	12.72	1494	624	988	705	1036	712	975	1455	547	792	1440	1072
14	Kansas St.	B12	12.63	1168	618	684	485	881	207	1095	1391	53	538	1157	1085
15	Texas A&M	SEC	12.56	1499	599	998	794	1019	771	915	1533	607	801	1437	1147
16	Duke	ACC	12.52	544	479	361	1433	66	890	535	2339	903	414	429	2021
17	Indiana	B10	12.43	713	384	207	961	421	405	800	1868	435	81	682	1569
18	San Diego St.	MWC	12.31	2440	1755	1960	852	2122	1425	2143	480	1328	1800	2433	258
19	TCU	B12	11.23	1431	595	924	642	995	624	981	1429	458	731	1384	1054
20	Virginia	ACC	11.20	401	561	269	1407	164	838	691	2313	880	394	303	2014
21	Florida Atlantic	CUSA	10.96	1185	636	953	1691	670	1299	159	2537	1228	878	1055	2163
22	Memphis	AAC	10.88	1018	211	518	869	569	489	684	1755	392	320	960	1412
23	Kentucky	SEC	10.56	654	331	163	1082	290	536	691	1990	553	61	601	1682
24	Saint Mary's	WCC	10.00	2542	2000	2105	954	2318	1535	2432	75	1483	1975	2561	406
25	Nevada	MWC	9.97	2374	1867	1946	802	2170	1374	2312	111	1332	1823	2397	345
26	Miami FL	ACC	9.85	1228	661	992	1706	711	1327	192	2546	1251	912	1098	2170
27	Iowa St.	B12	9.60	1018	666	573	588	826	0	1140	1482	165	479	1026	1214
28	USC	P12	9.48	2461	1810	1990	860	2166	1443	2211	373	1357	1838	2461	235
29	Missouri	SEC	9.34	998	473	504	668	698	201	951	1575	139	353	980	1269
30	Utah St.	MWC	9.33	1930	1478	1511	397	1748	938	1942	555	912	1399	1955	432
31	West Virginia	B12	9.06	383	565	158	1310	246	731	780	2212	790	328	326	1925
32	Michigan St.	B10	8.52	547	646	211	1057	524	471	1008	1941	580	322	568	1685
33	Northwestern	B10	8.49	720	584	295	886	589	297	1006	1777	404	286	729	1511
34	Maryland	B10	8.24	288	681	335	1486	279	907	789	2389	966	493	183	2101
35	Iowa	B10	8.20	914	634	478	691	746	103	1097	1582	240	406	925	1317
36	Arkansas	SEC	8.10	1134	323	628	769	697	476	775	1641	343	433	1082	1291
37	Creighton	BE	8.06	1135	732	687	470	931	117	1211	1366	152	581	1144	1096
38	Boise St.	MWC	8.05	2115	1723	1723	647	1975	1153	2191	437	1147	1626	2152	520
39	Auburn	SEC	8.02	943	100	528	1180	393	763	379	2059	694	384	850	1706
40	Illinois	B10	7.96	772	454	285	867	528	299	894	1771	348	186	757	1482
41	Mississippi St.	SEC	7.83	1026	105	550	994	522	623	552	1868	528	363	952	1514
42	Penn St.	B10	7.69	246	701	271	1408	348	821	881	2303	898	458	206	2029
43	Rutgers	B10	7.40	142	848	461	1600	446	1013	940	2493	1091	640	14	2222
44	Oklahoma St.	B12	7.18	1368	630	864	495	989	474	1067	1338	311	684	1336	984
45	Arizona St.	P12	7.00	2155	1452	1668	602	1821	1148	1844	646	1040	1503	2143	255
46	N.C. State	ACC	6.19	544	479	361	1433	66	890	535	2339	903	414	429	2021
47	Oral Roberts	Sum	5.09	1257	548	753	540	888	387	1004	1415	221	575	1226	1073
48	Charleston	CAA	5.00	760	390	514	1446	219	955	318	2342	930	485	640	2001
49	VCU	A10	4.74	406	595	345	1478	175	912	669	2384	950	461	290	2081
50	Drake	MVC	4.04	1018	666	573	588	826	0	1140	1482	165	479	1026	1214
51	Kent St.	MAC	3.97	412	585	99	1221	343	635	863	2117	711	296	394	1842
52	Grand Canyon	WAC	3.46	2155	1452	1668	602	1821	1148	1844	646	1040	1503	2143	255
53	Montana St.	Bsky	3.43	1843	1538	1478	524	1747	921	2015	723	946	1400	1888	702
54	UC Santa Barbara	BW	3.23	2519	1888	2054	914	2237	1501	2294	310	1422	1906	2523	287
55	Iona	MAAC	3.22	136	863	475	1613	460	1026	951	2506	1105	655	0	2236
56	Louisiana	SB	3.09	1326	385	849	978	805	788	653	1776	646	656	1248	1396
57	Kennesaw St.	Asun	3.07	851	134	446	1197	303	741	404	2087	692	321	758	1743
58	Colgate	Pat	3.00	120	874	410	1487	527	900	1056	2364	1001	607	198	2114
59	Princeton	Ivy	2.88	178	804	426	1571	402	985	899	2467	1058	601	59	2191
60	Furman	SC	2.72	706	274	353	1275	151	770	450	2177	753	298	608	1846
61	UNC Asheville	BSth	2.62	688	271	315	1245	152	733	489	2148	720	259	596	1821
62	Northern Kentucky	Horz	1.26	622	395	115	1066	329	503	758	1972	540	82	582	1674
63	Vermont	AE	1.19	123	1046	585	1634	681	1052	1197	2497	1163	782	258	2262
64	Texas A&M Corpus Chris	Slnd	1.00	1681	754	1187	930	1176	975	986	1576	810	990	1611	1180
65	Texas Southern	SWAC	1.00	1481	562	986	863	985	804	851	1606	644	789	1414	1220
66	Fairleigh Dickinson	NEC	1.00	142	848	461	1600	446	1013	940	2493	1091	640	14	2222
67	Southeast Missouri St.	OVC	1.00	916	298	408	834	539	368	773	1737	314	220	875	1415
68	Howard	MEAC	1.00	318	652	321	1472	249	895	761	2375	949	472	212	2084