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	16.00	1144	722	859	163	1414	1263	260	1054	624	479	1330	1133
2	Dayton	A10	15.94	574	161	352	619	1985	1730	338	831	930	110	1919	546
3	Gonzaga	WCC	15.72	2127	1791	2067	1147	649	0	1489	2313	1695	1640	946	2182
4	Florida St.	ACC	15.67	1034	775	469	991	2178	2117	671	200	656	654	1996	926
5	Baylor	B12	15.47	1494	1086	1036	673	1455	1536	626	915	159	830	1237	1440
6	Creighton	BE	15.00	1135	726	931	0	1366	1147	341	1191	784	516	1327	1144
7	Oregon	P12	14.96	2443	2082	2324	1393	384	364	1729	2498	1807	1906	749	2486
8	Villanova	BE	14.89	212	362	366	1085	2451	2148	811	922	1324	585	2394	94
9	Kentucky	SEC	14.80	654	275	290	640	1990	1778	315	706	829	147	1899	601
10	San Diego St.	MWC	14.57	2440	2021	2122	1310	480	1029	1553	2082	1299	1779	108	2433
11	Maryland	B10	14.21	288	314	279	1022	2389	2105	735	845	1235	513	2323	183
12	Duke	ACC	13.86	544	417	66	995	2339	2128	666	589	1041	487	2232	429
13	Auburn	SEC	13.79	943	638	393	832	2059	1966	506	365	613	493	1897	850
14	Seton Hall	BE	13.68	142	404	446	1130	2493	2172	870	1000	1399	641	2448	14
15	Louisville	ACC	13.43	701	303	349	581	1928	1721	254	729	789	111	1838	655
16	Michigan St.	B10	13.11	547	168	524	588	1941	1625	410	1029	1065	227	1915	568
17	Wisconsin	B10	12.74	784	399	696	358	1701	1395	307	1114	968	283	1683	808
18	Virginia	ACC	12.52	401	290	164	950	2313	2058	645	741	1117	434	2232	303
19	Butler	BE	11.97	680	259	427	516	1879	1640	229	840	847	0	1810	656
20	West Virginia	B12	11.94	383	159	246	846	2212	1938	562	821	1098	338	2148	326
21	BYU	WCC	11.88	1954	1555	1740	830	536	587	1140	1860	1162	1342	568	1972
22	Ohio St.	B10	11.25	507	112	313	687	2054	1789	409	831	986	181	1990	475
23	Houston	AAC	11.25	1481	1091	985	784	1606	1695	669	786	0	847	1375	1414
24	Providence	BE	9.84	140	539	600	1262	2617	2267	1017	1138	1558	788	2585	144
25	Saint Mary's	WCC	9.71	2542	2144	2318	1418	75	723	1721	2380	1625	1929	338	2561
26	LSU	SEC	9.16	1274	912	750	789	1810	1826	569	548	253	691	1604	1195
27	Florida	SEC	9.07	1017	810	461	1107	2312	2240	777	120	783	729	2129	898
28	Cincinnati	AAC	8.97	622	221	329	612	1972	1739	307	775	872	98	1894	582
29	Oklahoma	B12	8.83	1368	946	989	419	1338	1326	461	1021	396	688	1183	1336
30	Penn St.	B10	8.83	246	212	348	938	2303	1996	679	929	1235	450	2255	206
31	Colorado	P12	8.81	1605	1196	1367	470	907	834	767	1505	863	974	860	1613
32	Arizona	P12	8.62	2145	1722	1786	1044	751	1124	1241	1717	934	1470	449	2126
33	Wichita St.	AAC	8.60	1291	867	970	265	1310	1226	390	1091	543	617	1199	1274
34	Rutgers	B10	8.54	142	404	446	1130	2493	2172	870	1000	1399	641	2448	14
35	Iowa	B10	8.53	914	508	746	220	1582	1321	227	1091	847	319	1547	925
36	Michigan	B10	8.41	486	93	461	650	2009	1699	440	987	1078	231	1975	498
37	East Tennessee St.	SC	8.35	629	342	139	797	2134	1939	463	588	872	308	2027	545
38	Marquette	BE	8.17	713	326	636	425	1773	1466	318	1078	987	238	1751	735
39	USC	P12	8.16	2461	2046	2166	1327	373	946	1587	2153	1375	1810	0	2461
40	Utah St.	MWC	8.12	1930	1541	1748	824	555	490	1148	1902	1228	1340	648	1955
41	Illinois	B10	7.25	772	348	528	409	1771	1539	142	895	801	107	1706	757
42	Memphis	AAC	7.11	1018	622	569	538	1755	1658	256	657	469	382	1613	960
43	Arizona St.	P12	6.87	2155	1733	1821	1036	646	1021	1260	1785	1007	1487	367	2143
44	Xavier	BE	6.80	622	221	329	612	1972	1739	307	775	872	98	1894	582
45	N.C. State	ACC	6.44	544	417	66	995	2339	2128	666	589	1041	487	2232	429
46	Richmond	A10	5.81	406	363	175	1023	2384	2134	713	725	1156	507	2298	290
47	UCLA	P12	5.67	2461	2046	2166	1327	373	946	1587	2153	1375	1810	0	2461
48	Akron	MAC	4.30	412	41	343	752	2117	1826	496	897	1086	267	2067	394
49	Stephen F. Austin	Slnd	3.82	1380	983	901	675	1589	1632	552	771	117	735	1381	1318
50	Yale	Ivy	3.50	113	465	522	1191	2550	2213	939	1068	1476	710	2512	62
51	Vermont	AE	3.14	123	488	681	1168	2497	2110	970	1253	1570	747	2494	258
52	Liberty	Asun	3.12	471	316	94	932	2288	2054	614	675	1056	416	2197	371
53	New Mexico St.	WAC	3.09	1938	1515	1558	871	935	1197	1030	1483	702	1259	673	1912
54	North Texas	CUSA	3.04	1431	1018	995	584	1429	1475	549	926	225	760	1232	1384
55	Belmont	OVC	2.97	825	448	376	611	1912	1758	271	613	656	250	1791	762
56	North Dakota St.	Sum	2.94	1158	829	1144	388	1370	970	650	1519	1172	723	1438	1212
57	Bradley	MVC	2.87	830	410	614	327	1692	1452	137	967	805	190	1636	825
58	Hofstra	CAA	2.84	145	424	459	1151	2514	2191	890	1008	1416	662	2468	10
59	Eastern Washington	Bsky	2.83	2127	1791	2067	1147	649	0	1489	2313	1695	1640	946	2182
60	UC Irvine	BW	2.04	2443	2027	2142	1309	404	963	1566	2122	1343	1789	34	2442
61	Winthrop	BSth	2.01	645	431	80	912	2239	2056	574	510	913	427	2120	541
62	Little Rock	SB	2.01	1134	728	697	496	1641	1577	296	738	375	476	1488	1082
63	Siena	MAAC	2.00	0	423	565	1135	2484	2127	908	1132	1481	680	2461	136
64	Northern Kentucky	Horz	1.98	622	221	329	612	1972	1739	307	775	872	98	1894	582
65	Boston University	Pat	1.61	143	561	644	1277	2628	2266	1043	1186	1595	814	2603	185
66	Robert Morris	NEC	1.00	366	107	305	819	2185	1896	553	876	1118	324	2131	331
67	Prairie View A&M	SWAC	1.00	1481	1091	985	784	1606	1695	669	786	0	847	1375	1414
68	North Carolina Central	MEAC	1.00	544	417	66	995	2339	2128	666	589	1041	487	2232	429