In light of this
great WaPo article about relative quality of hotels in the NCAA tournament's first weekend, might as well bring out the dist-o-meter again. How far from home did the committee send teams? (Distances are from campus to city center)
(East 11)
George Washington -- 2372 mi. to Sacramento, CA
(Midwest 11)
Winthrop -- 2058 mi. to Spokane, WA
(South 11)
Stanford -- 2044 mi. to Lexington, KY
(South 12)
Long Beach State -- 1974 mi. to Columbus, OH
(East 6)
Vanderbilt -- 1902 mi. to Sacramento, CA
(West 7)
Indiana -- 1871 mi. to Sacramento, CA
(South 7)
Nevada -- 1802 mi. to New Orleans, LA
(Midwest 15)
Miami (Oh.) -- 1715 mi. to Spokane, WA
(East 4)
Texas -- 1589 mi. to Spokane, WA
(Midwest 6)
Notre Dame -- 1574 mi. to Spokane, WA
(Midwest 7)
Nevada-Las Vegas -- 1520 mi. to Chicago, IL
(South 8)
Brigham Young -- 1460 mi. to Lexington, KY
(East 12)
Arkansas -- 1430 mi. to Spokane, WA
(East 14)
Oral Roberts -- 1410 mi. to Sacramento, CA
(Midwest 8)
Arizona -- 1241 mi. to New Orleans, LA
(East 10)
Texas Tech -- 1235 mi. to Winston-Salem, NC
(East 12)
New Mexico State -- 1200 mi. to Spokane, WA
(Midwest 15)
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi -- 1118 mi. to Chicago, IL
(East 5)
Southern California -- 944 mi. to Spokane, WA
(South 3)
Texas A&M -- 848 mi. to Lexington, KY
(South 10)
Creighton -- 846 mi. to New Orleans, LA
(Midwest 9)
Purdue -- 739 mi. to New Orleans, LA
(South 16)
Central Connecticut State -- 670 mi. to Lexington, KY
(West 10)
Gonzaga -- 665 mi. to Sacramento, CA
(West 9)
Villanova -- 653 mi. to Chicago, IL
(East 7)
Boston College -- 648 mi. to Winston-Salem, NC
(East 8)
Marquette -- 626 mi. to Winston-Salem, NC
(East 3)
Washington State -- 608 mi. to Sacramento, CA
(West 13)
Holy Cross -- 603 mi. to Columbus, OH
(West 10)
Georgia Tech -- 586 mi. to Chicago, IL
(West 15)
Weber State -- 539 mi. to Sacramento, CA
(Midwest 13)
Davidson -- 521 mi. to Buffalo, NY
(South 14)
Pennsylvania -- 517 mi. to Lexington, KY
(South 13)
Albany -- 514 mi. to Columbus, OH
(East 9)
Michigan State -- 507 mi. to Winston-Salem, NC
(West 6)
Duke -- 476 mi. to Buffalo, NY
(South 15)
North Texas -- 471 mi. to New Orleans, LA
(Midwest 1)
Florida -- 465 mi. to New Orleans, LA
(West 1)
Kansas -- 449 mi. to Chicago, IL
(West 16)
Niagara -- 444 mi. to Chicago, IL
(Midwest 12)
Old Dominion -- 437 mi. to Buffalo, NY
(Midwest 5)
Butler -- 433 mi. to Buffalo, NY
(West 11)
Virginia Commonwealth -- 376 mi. to Buffalo, NY
(West 4)
Southern Illinois -- 369 mi. to Columbus, OH
(Midwest 3)
Oregon -- 369 mi. to Spokane, WA
(East 15)
Belmont -- 364 mi. to Winston-Salem, NC
(South 2)
Memphis -- 357 mi. to New Orleans, LA
(West 2)
UCLA -- 351 mi. to Sacramento, CA
(West 14)
Wright State -- 344 mi. to Buffalo, NY
(West 8)
Kentucky -- 312 mi. to Chicago, IL
(Midwest 4)
Maryland -- 288 mi. to Buffalo, NY
(South 5)
Tennessee -- 280 mi. to Columbus, OH
(West 12)
Illinois -- 277 mi. to Columbus, OH
(South 4)
Virginia -- 275 mi. to Columbus, OH
(East 2)
Georgetown -- 261 mi. to Winston-Salem, NC
(East 16)
Eastern Kentucky -- 248 mi. to Winston-Salem, NC
(West 5)
Virginia Tech -- 235 mi. to Columbus, OH
(West 3)
Pittsburgh -- 178 mi. to Buffalo, NY
(Midwest 16)
Jackson State -- 161 mi. to New Orleans, LA
(South 1)
Ohio State -- 157 mi. to Lexington, KY
(Midwest 2)
Wisconsin -- 122 mi. to Chicago, IL
(South 9)
Xavier -- 76 mi. to Lexington, KY
(East 1)
North Carolina -- 71 mi. to Winston-Salem, NC
(South 6)
Louisville -- 70 mi. to Lexington, KY