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	FtW	Gvl	Ind	Milw	Pit	Port	S.D.	Chi	Phl	S.A.	SF
1	Kansas	B12	15.99	899	434	770	479	468	801	1463	1300	435	1064	680	1470
2	Gonzaga	WCC	15.86	1893	1475	2010	1640	1466	1896	278	1029	1494	2148	1610	733
3	Arizona	P12	15.46	1901	812	1659	1470	1460	1794	1119	366	1434	2050	761	750
4	Baylor	B12	15.12	1277	89	895	830	935	1127	1664	1167	881	1353	161	1483
5	Tennessee	SEC	14.98	565	769	118	297	535	382	2108	1898	474	552	945	2115
6	Kentucky	SEC	14.93	457	782	254	147	381	289	2004	1861	323	518	987	2047
7	Houston	AAC	14.83	1282	225	837	847	987	1118	1823	1299	927	1324	189	1632
8	Auburn	SEC	14.82	800	673	242	493	726	616	2160	1839	660	756	799	2102
9	Villanova	BE	14.65	278	1299	514	585	688	265	2399	2364	675	0	1493	2514
10	Purdue	B10	14.24	458	761	460	58	182	353	1821	1749	119	618	993	1899
11	UCLA	P12	13.99	2211	1232	2051	1810	1751	2131	835	108	1740	2394	1208	338
12	Duke	ACC	13.53	488	1057	204	487	689	329	2358	2188	645	337	1221	2394
13	Texas Tech	B12	13.43	1400	282	1120	956	989	1277	1372	889	951	1525	346	1184
14	Wisconsin	B10	13.38	534	820	684	283	73	502	1640	1668	107	761	1066	1768
15	Connecticut	BE	12.88	316	1467	708	726	778	404	2463	2496	781	195	1671	2618
16	Iowa	B10	12.54	664	685	703	319	207	604	1553	1528	195	869	933	1647
17	Arkansas	SEC	12.43	919	302	568	476	614	768	1756	1436	553	997	511	1685
18	Saint Mary's	WCC	11.82	2292	1454	2218	1929	1829	2238	543	447	1831	2504	1474	11
19	Illinois	B10	11.72	532	691	485	107	203	425	1767	1676	136	689	926	1832
20	LSU	SEC	11.63	1095	381	599	691	876	921	1982	1534	810	1102	442	1843
21	Ohio St.	B10	10.90	295	924	353	181	331	144	2029	1960	295	404	1139	2115
22	Alabama	SEC	10.69	826	544	330	456	673	648	2033	1708	606	825	687	1969
23	Michigan St.	B10	10.55	297	959	558	227	167	275	1875	1895	177	524	1194	2008
24	San Diego St.	MWC	10.00	2191	1168	2002	1779	1735	2102	934	0	1719	2364	1127	447
25	Boise St.	MWC	9.97	1870	1271	1900	1559	1418	1845	343	750	1433	2106	1377	522
26	Providence	BE	9.87	382	1525	750	788	844	465	2528	2561	846	236	1725	2685
27	Seton Hall	BE	9.85	281	1369	594	641	723	317	2427	2419	716	80	1567	2559
28	TCU	B12	9.73	1209	0	859	760	853	1066	1614	1168	801	1299	247	1462
29	Texas	B12	9.44	1366	191	956	921	1034	1211	1714	1161	979	1429	64	1501
30	North Carolina	ACC	9.41	488	1057	204	487	689	329	2358	2188	645	337	1221	2394
31	USC	P12	9.35	2211	1232	2051	1810	1751	2131	835	108	1740	2394	1208	338
32	Murray St.	OVC	8.99	667	548	395	228	410	517	1835	1631	343	756	763	1836
33	Marquette	BE	8.97	463	853	634	238	0	430	1712	1735	67	688	1096	1840
34	Creighton	BE	8.79	885	584	864	516	425	819	1364	1310	415	1085	826	1429
35	Colorado St.	MWC	8.54	1361	683	1300	990	898	1299	953	858	894	1564	840	950
36	Texas A&M	SEC	8.29	1291	164	873	849	973	1134	1750	1231	916	1348	145	1560
37	Virginia Tech	ACC	8.24	393	1009	209	379	571	220	2251	2115	530	310	1191	2305
38	San Francisco	WCC	8.19	2303	1462	2228	1939	1840	2249	550	447	1842	2514	1480	0
39	Davidson	A10	7.67	546	933	76	427	651	366	2277	2072	599	447	1094	2291
40	Memphis	AAC	7.23	812	428	440	382	558	652	1849	1562	492	873	623	1802
41	Iowa St.	B12	7.15	767	624	770	405	310	703	1468	1425	297	968	871	1546
42	Indiana	B10	6.94	487	722	380	44	272	352	1873	1757	207	607	945	1927
43	Miami FL	ACC	6.50	1188	1117	639	1022	1261	1016	2695	2261	1198	1016	1138	2579
44	Michigan	B10	6.49	238	986	510	231	237	200	1948	1953	234	451	1215	2075
45	Xavier	BE	6.22	410	809	316	98	318	256	1970	1860	264	505	1023	2031
46	Loyola Chicago	MVC	6.13	471	801	577	177	67	411	1735	1719	0	675	1042	1842
47	SMU	AAC	6.00	1209	0	859	760	853	1066	1614	1168	801	1299	247	1462
48	South Dakota St.	Sum	4.89	907	787	1010	625	455	884	1258	1354	477	1143	1024	1404
49	Chattanooga	SC	4.28	646	692	168	330	566	465	2078	1833	501	639	861	2064
50	UAB	CUSA	4.27	778	595	274	426	651	598	2060	1755	584	770	743	2009
51	Vermont	AE	4.19	298	1506	817	747	742	452	2377	2478	761	334	1724	2569
52	Richmond	A10	3.99	382	1154	327	507	672	258	2373	2259	640	198	1332	2443
53	New Mexico St.	WAC	3.55	1698	577	1429	1259	1271	1582	1242	598	1239	1834	536	948
54	Norfolk St.	MEAC	2.01	438	1209	364	580	747	330	2448	2325	715	212	1380	2514
55	Colgate	Pat	2.00	132	1333	655	575	594	278	2270	2324	604	228	1549	2433
56	Longwood	BSth	2.00	389	1050	237	416	601	226	2288	2157	562	277	1230	2346
57	Montana St.	Bsky	2.00	1602	1164	1686	1323	1161	1591	551	957	1183	1848	1317	807
58	Delaware	CAA	2.00	278	1277	490	567	676	250	2389	2345	661	23	1470	2499
59	Jacksonville St.	Asun	2.00	778	595	274	426	651	598	2060	1755	584	770	743	2009
60	Saint Peter's	MAAC	1.96	281	1369	594	641	723	317	2427	2419	716	80	1567	2559
61	Akron	MAC	1.95	196	1021	418	267	360	70	2073	2040	342	333	1237	2181
62	Cal St. Fullerton	BW	1.26	2203	1219	2039	1800	1744	2122	847	93	1732	2385	1193	354
63	Georgia St.	SB	1.02	711	729	152	432	670	526	2168	1887	605	664	873	2134
64	Texas Southern	SWAC	1.02	1282	225	837	847	987	1118	1823	1299	927	1324	189	1632
65	Yale	Ivy	1.00	321	1443	670	710	777	386	2472	2486	775	156	1643	2617
66	Bryant	NEC	1.00	382	1525	750	788	844	465	2528	2561	846	236	1725	2685
67	Wright St.	Horz	1.00	352	859	363	110	284	214	1966	1889	239	475	1078	2046
68	Texas A&M Corpus Chris	Slnd	1.00	1482	355	1026	1046	1179	1318	1842	1220	1121	1520	134	1591