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	Col	Hartford	Iowa	Jax	S.C.	S.J.	SLC	Tul	Ana	D.C.	K.C.	Lou
1	Duke	ACC	16.00	361	532	890	407	187	2373	1819	954	2208	227	903	414
2	Virginia	ACC	15.92	269	402	838	559	326	2352	1786	967	2210	91	880	394
3	Tennessee	SEC	15.78	294	739	652	391	208	2092	1548	665	1919	435	635	189
4	Gonzaga	WCC	15.28	1789	2202	1242	2228	2100	743	546	1356	963	2100	1273	1721
5	Kansas	B12	15.00	660	1197	192	965	856	1449	895	197	1309	975	30	514
6	Houston	AAC	14.87	986	1506	804	815	877	1604	1194	431	1343	1207	644	789
7	Michigan	B10	14.44	156	546	532	816	585	2058	1478	789	1957	404	630	307
8	Michigan St.	B10	14.41	211	610	471	863	638	1991	1410	752	1897	479	580	322
9	Purdue	B10	14.23	216	748	357	746	550	1880	1308	564	1757	538	420	167
10	Kentucky	SEC	14.18	163	685	536	547	343	2026	1466	633	1876	413	553	61
11	North Carolina	ACC	13.83	361	532	890	407	187	2373	1819	954	2208	227	903	414
12	Marquette	BE	13.80	331	778	310	927	722	1824	1243	631	1735	634	437	349
13	LSU	SEC	13.77	801	1291	772	562	631	1816	1361	477	1574	984	637	611
14	Villanova	BE	13.72	404	195	968	743	522	2496	1921	1148	2374	118	1037	574
15	Kansas St.	B12	13.65	684	1221	207	982	877	1426	873	189	1285	999	53	538
16	Texas Tech	B12	12.92	1132	1681	703	1196	1186	1156	743	379	922	1422	552	951
17	Florida St.	ACC	11.98	669	1029	927	159	310	2192	1699	776	1967	718	850	544
18	Mississippi St.	SEC	11.75	550	1046	623	452	430	1887	1379	455	1680	743	528	363
19	Maryland	B10	11.69	335	283	907	664	438	2432	1859	1068	2301	29	966	493
20	Iowa St.	B12	11.62	573	1078	0	1012	860	1528	952	387	1426	895	165	479
21	Nevada	MWC	11.14	1946	2441	1374	2225	2158	187	421	1319	415	2268	1332	1823
22	Wisconsin	B10	11.08	397	850	246	969	773	1752	1170	592	1667	705	387	390
23	Louisville	ACC	11.00	197	736	479	579	389	1964	1405	575	1815	472	491	0
24	Virginia Tech	ACC	10.62	242	502	784	482	242	2285	1724	883	2132	191	811	320
25	Cincinnati	AAC	10.60	115	660	503	614	403	2011	1446	644	1873	410	540	82
26	Iowa	B10	10.13	478	976	103	963	794	1629	1052	452	1529	799	240	406
27	Buffalo	MAC	9.96	295	316	767	875	634	2287	1705	1022	2193	296	869	492
28	Baylor	B12	9.30	988	1526	712	922	948	1456	1034	325	1207	1241	547	792
29	Texas	B12	9.07	1074	1606	815	953	1002	1472	1084	428	1206	1315	650	877
30	TCU	B12	8.65	924	1467	624	915	918	1435	987	236	1203	1189	458	731
31	St. John's	BE	8.51	475	102	1026	833	615	2554	1976	1226	2442	212	1105	655
32	Alabama	SEC	8.43	537	1014	663	395	377	1944	1436	512	1738	707	577	359
33	Auburn	SEC	8.31	528	949	763	264	265	2078	1567	645	1870	637	694	384
34	Mississippi	SEC	7.99	532	1051	542	530	481	1816	1301	380	1618	758	444	337
35	UCF	AAC	7.98	804	1052	1140	144	381	2414	1927	1004	2181	761	1072	720
36	Washington	P12	7.54	2012	2425	1461	2439	2317	696	688	1555	978	2323	1485	1940
37	VCU	A10	7.39	345	392	912	545	325	2423	1858	1029	2276	93	950	461
38	Syracuse	ACC	7.30	410	193	900	924	689	2417	1835	1151	2326	298	1001	607
39	Arizona St.	P12	7.17	1668	2209	1148	1783	1770	619	507	933	337	1975	1040	1503
40	Seton Hall	BE	7.15	461	115	1013	821	602	2541	1963	1212	2428	198	1091	640
41	Ohio St.	B10	6.98	0	548	573	659	429	2097	1525	753	1970	321	633	197
42	Minnesota	B10	6.62	625	1048	232	1174	992	1571	988	615	1519	929	394	603
43	Clemson	ACC	6.26	353	708	770	306	91	2205	1664	773	2026	395	753	298
44	Butler	BE	6.25	181	726	405	688	491	1920	1351	577	1789	498	452	111
45	Wofford	SC	5.77	353	708	770	306	91	2205	1664	773	2026	395	753	298
46	Temple	AAC	5.49	404	195	968	743	522	2496	1921	1148	2374	118	1037	574
47	New Mexico St.	WAC	5.21	1437	1985	970	1489	1493	919	650	685	641	1731	835	1260
48	Davidson	A10	5.21	346	642	814	329	89	2269	1723	841	2095	330	809	335
49	Belmont	OVC	4.90	338	851	528	484	349	1941	1400	513	1767	561	491	151
50	Lipscomb	Asun	4.32	338	851	528	484	349	1941	1400	513	1767	561	491	151
51	Hofstra	CAA	4.02	481	105	1034	830	614	2562	1984	1232	2448	212	1111	659
52	Vermont	AE	3.98	585	176	1052	1072	842	2554	1971	1321	2477	436	1163	782
53	Old Dominion	CUSA	3.94	420	395	985	543	344	2494	1930	1092	2342	142	1020	529
54	Georgia St.	SB	3.46	446	858	741	270	190	2111	1586	672	1915	546	692	321
55	UC Irvine	BW	3.20	1970	2501	1426	2118	2098	341	587	1254	0	2283	1337	1815
56	Princeton	Ivy	3.16	426	159	985	778	558	2513	1936	1174	2395	153	1058	601
57	Radford	BSth	3.12	242	502	784	482	242	2285	1724	883	2132	191	811	320
58	Bowling Green	MAC	3.12	283	808	499	523	363	1943	1394	527	1779	528	480	92
59	Montana	Bsky	2.71	1624	2047	1074	2060	1932	771	437	1192	935	1937	1105	1553
60	Loyola Chicago	MVC	2.55	295	781	297	865	666	1824	1246	585	1722	610	404	286
61	Northern Kentucky	Horz	2.50	115	660	503	614	403	2011	1446	644	1873	410	540	82
62	South Dakota St.	Sum	2.19	772	1223	249	1260	1101	1390	807	561	1341	1086	362	713
63	Lehigh	Pat	2.02	395	168	949	784	558	2477	1899	1146	2362	150	1025	575
64	Sam Houston St.	Slnd	1.91	986	1506	804	815	877	1604	1194	431	1343	1207	644	789
65	Rider	MAAC	1.00	426	159	985	778	558	2513	1936	1174	2395	153	1058	601
66	Robert Morris	NEC	1.00	144	404	703	696	455	2231	1655	898	2111	204	774	335
67	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	1.00	986	1506	804	815	877	1604	1194	431	1343	1207	644	789
68	Norfolk St.	MEAC	1.00	420	395	985	543	344	2494	1930	1092	2342	142	1020	529