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Last updated: 2007 March 16 Friday  09:49:35.948  Central Standard Time  = GMT/UTC-06:00
              2007 March 16 Friday  15:49:35.948  Greenwich Mean Time    = GMT/UTC
This is a very difficult math problem to get the ultimate "perfect" answer - that is, the absolute
minimum distance sum.  I'll be continually running it and trying to improve the answer. So check here
every once in a while to see if it's been updated.


College Basketball Sectionals


The 1-64 listing of the sectionals is in a rough east-west order. The combining of the sectionals into regionals will be done in the next stage. So don't read anything into the 1-64 ordering now. By mileage, I'm referring to the sum of the mileages from the 64 sectionals. The mileage for a given sectional is the sum of the distances between all possible pairs of teams in a sectional. In a 5-team sectional (which 48 are),there are 5*4/2 = 10 possible pairs of teams. In a 6-team sectional (which 16 are) there are 6*5/2 = 15 possible pairs of teams. 48 sectionals with 5 teams = 240 teams 48 * 10 = 480 pairs 16 sectionals with 6 teams = 96 teams 16 * 15 = 240 pairs ------------- ----------- 336 teams 720 pairs And the numbers to the left of each team's name are simply the code numbers used by the program for each team. They have no other significance. The suggestion here is that the host role of the sectionals would rotate among the teams so that each team gets to host its sectional every 5(6) years. total miles= 67191.4318 total pairs= 720 average miles between pairs of teams= 93.32 ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL# 1 miles= 330 average= 22 pairs= 15 teams= 6 6 Boston College $ 4 Boston U. $ 7 Brown $ 5 Harvard $ 3 Northeastern $ 8 Providence $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL# 2 miles= 1478 average= 148 pairs= 10 teams= 5 12 Dartmouth $ 1 Maine $ 13 Massachusetts $ 2 New Hampshire $ 19 Vermont $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL# 3 miles= 440 average= 44 pairs= 10 teams= 5 15 Cent. Connecticut State $ 11 Connecticut $ 14 Hartford $ 10 Holy Cross $ 9 Rhode Island $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL# 4 miles= 204 average= 20 pairs= 10 teams= 5 21 Fairfield $ 16 Quinnipiac $ 20 Sacred Heart $ 18 Stony Brook-NY $ 17 Yale $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL# 5 miles= 222 average= 22 pairs= 10 teams= 5 30 Columbia $ 27 Fordham $ 22 Hofstra $ 34 Monmouth-NJ $ 26 St. John's $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL# 6 miles= 321 average= 32 pairs= 10 teams= 5 31 Army $ 35 Fairleigh Dickinson $ 25 Iona $ 28 Manhattan $ 29 Marist $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL# 7 miles= 124 average= 8 pairs= 15 teams= 6 32 Long Island U. $ 38 NJIT(New Jersey Tech) $ 36 Saint Peter's $ 39 Seton Hall $ 33 St. Francis-NY $ 37 Wagner $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL# 8 miles= 826 average= 83 pairs= 10 teams= 5 24 Albany-NY $ 55 Binghamton-NY $ 51 Colgate $ 23 Siena $ 56 Syracuse $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL# 9 miles= 306 average= 31 pairs= 10 teams= 5 47 Lafayette $ 50 Lehigh $ 41 Princeton $ 42 Rider $ 40 Rutgers $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#10 miles= 88 average= 6 pairs= 15 teams= 6 45 Drexel $ 44 La Salle $ 46 Pennsylvania $ 48 Saint Joseph's $ 43 Temple $ 49 Villanova $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#11 miles= 496 average= 50 pairs= 10 teams= 5 59 Hampton $ 53 Md.-Eastern Shore $ 57 Norfolk State $ 58 Old Dominion $ 66 William & Mary $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#12 miles= 184 average= 12 pairs= 15 teams= 6 65 Coppin State $ 64 Loyola-Maryland $ 62 Morgan State $ 61 Navy $ 63 Towson $ 67 UMBC(Md-Balt) $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#13 miles= 998 average= 100 pairs= 10 teams= 5 68 Bucknell $ 54 Delaware $ 52 Delaware State $ 75 Mount St. Mary's $ 79 Penn State $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#14 miles= 130 average= 9 pairs= 15 teams= 6 73 American U. $ 74 George Mason $ 71 George Washington $ 72 Georgetown $ 70 Howard $ 69 Maryland $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#15 miles= 599 average= 60 pairs= 10 teams= 5 89 James Madison $ 81 Longwood $ 78 Richmond $ 77 Va. Commonwealth $ 83 Virginia $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#16 miles= 733 average= 73 pairs= 10 teams= 5 87 Buffalo $ 88 Canisius $ 60 Cornell $ 92 Niagara $ 82 St. Bonaventure $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#17 miles= 780 average= 78 pairs= 10 teams= 5 86 Campbell $ 76 East Carolina $ 85 NC State $ 80 NC Wilmington $ 93 North Carolina $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#18 miles= 476 average= 48 pairs= 10 teams= 5 103 Duquesne $ 101 Pittsburgh $ 105 Robert Morris $ 84 St. Francis-Pa. $ 100 West Virginia $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#19 miles= 789 average= 79 pairs= 10 teams= 5 90 Duke $ 94 Liberty $ 113 Radford $ 95 VMI $ 112 Virginia Tech $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#20 miles= 315 average= 21 pairs= 15 teams= 6 96 Elon $ 104 High Point $ 97 N.C. A&T $ 98 NC Greensboro $ 109 Wake Forest $ 108 Winston-Salem State $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#21 miles= 663 average= 66 pairs= 10 teams= 5 106 Charleston Southern $ 102 Citadel $ 99 College of Charleston $ 131 Georgia Southern $ 121 Savannah State $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#22 miles= 955 average= 95 pairs= 10 teams= 5 115 Charlotte $ 91 Coastal Carolina $ 118 South Carolina $ 117 South Carolina State $ 119 Winthrop $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#23 miles= 1352 average= 135 pairs= 10 teams= 5 122 Central Florida(UCF) $ 107 Florida Atlantic $ 111 Florida International $ 110 Miami-Florida $ 137 South Florida $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#24 miles= 664 average= 66 pairs= 10 teams= 5 120 Bethune-Cookman $ 134 Florida $ 127 Jacksonville $ 125 North Florida(UNF) $ 123 Stetson $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#25 miles= 712 average= 71 pairs= 10 teams= 5 126 Akron $ 129 Cleveland State $ 124 Kent State $ 141 Ohio State $ 114 Youngstown State $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#26 miles= 609 average= 61 pairs= 10 teams= 5 140 Clemson $ 116 Davidson $ 136 Furman $ 128 Gardner-Webb $ 132 Wofford $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#27 miles= 739 average= 74 pairs= 10 teams= 5 130 Appalachian State $ 135 East Tennessee State $ 139 NC Asheville $ 152 Tennessee $ 143 Western Carolina $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#28 miles= 691 average= 46 pairs= 15 teams= 6 149 Bowling Green $ 142 Detroit $ 148 Eastern Michigan $ 151 Michigan $ 144 Oakland-Mich. $ 147 Toledo $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#29 miles= 915 average= 91 pairs= 10 teams= 5 157 Eastern Kentucky $ 162 Kentucky $ 138 Marshall $ 146 Morehead State $ 133 Ohio U. $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#30 miles= 1166 average= 78 pairs= 15 teams= 6 168 Chattanooga $ 145 Georgia $ 158 Georgia State $ 159 Georgia Tech $ 164 Kennesaw State $ 150 Mercer $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#31 miles= 330 average= 33 pairs= 10 teams= 5 163 Cincinnati $ 154 Dayton $ 165 Miami-Ohio $ 153 Wright State $ 160 Xavier-Ohio $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#32 miles= 1116 average= 112 pairs= 10 teams= 5 179 Alabama State $ 170 Auburn $ 155 Florida A&M $ 156 Florida State $ 175 Troy $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#33 miles= 987 average= 99 pairs= 10 teams= 5 166 Central Michigan $ 167 IPFW $ 161 Michigan State $ 178 Notre Dame $ 172 Western Michigan $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#34 miles= 958 average= 64 pairs= 15 teams= 6 169 Ball State $ 176 Butler $ 177 IUPUI $ 182 Indiana $ 193 Indiana State $ 190 Purdue $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#35 miles= 487 average= 32 pairs= 15 teams= 6 185 Belmont $ 186 Lipscomb $ 180 Middle Tennessee $ 189 Tennessee State $ 171 Tennessee Tech $ 188 Vanderbilt $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#36 miles= 720 average= 72 pairs= 10 teams= 5 195 Alabama $ 183 Alabama A&M $ 174 Jacksonville State $ 184 Samford $ 187 UAB $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#37 miles= 1256 average= 126 pairs= 10 teams= 5 192 Austin Peay $ 204 Eastern Illinois $ 194 Evansville $ 173 Louisville $ 181 Western Kentucky $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#38 miles= 334 average= 22 pairs= 15 teams= 6 196 Chicago State $ 198 DePaul $ 197 Illinois-Chicago $ 199 Loyola-Chicago $ 200 Northwestern $ 191 Valparaiso $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#39 miles= 932 average= 93 pairs= 10 teams= 5 203 Marquette $ 208 Northern Illinois $ 202 Wis.-Green Bay $ 201 Wis.-Milwaukee $ 214 Wisconsin $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#40 miles= 947 average= 95 pairs= 10 teams= 5 207 Murray State $ 215 SE Missouri State $ 222 Saint Louis $ 212 Southern Illinois $ 210 Tennessee-Martin $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#41 miles= 1302 average= 87 pairs= 15 teams= 6 219 New Orleans $ 227 Nicholls State $ 224 SE Louisiana $ 205 South Alabama $ 213 Southern Mississippi $ 220 Tulane $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#42 miles= 1019 average= 102 pairs= 10 teams= 5 217 Bradley $ 206 Illinois $ 211 Illinois State $ 231 Iowa $ 226 Western Illinois $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#43 miles= 1142 average= 114 pairs= 10 teams= 5 228 Alcorn State $ 221 Jackson State $ 223 MVSU(Mississippi Valley St.) $ 216 Mississippi $ 209 Mississippi State $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#44 miles= 975 average= 98 pairs= 10 teams= 5 236 Ark.-Little Rock $ 233 Ark.-Pine Bluff $ 225 Arkansas State $ 237 Central Arkansas $ 218 Memphis $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#45 miles= 934 average= 93 pairs= 10 teams= 5 229 LSU $ 248 Lamar $ 232 Louisiana-Lafayette $ 242 McNeese State $ 230 Southern University $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#46 miles= 555 average= 55 pairs= 10 teams= 5 247 Centenary $ 240 Grambling $ 239 Louisiana Tech $ 234 Louisiana-Monroe $ 241 Northwestern State $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#47 miles= 1544 average= 154 pairs= 10 teams= 5 249 Arkansas $ 235 Missouri $ 244 Missouri State $ 259 Oral Roberts $ 257 Tulsa $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#48 miles= 2240 average= 224 pairs= 10 teams= 5 245 Iowa State $ 243 Minnesota $ 266 North Dakota State $ 238 Northern Iowa $ 265 South Dakota State $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#49 miles= 2078 average= 139 pairs= 15 teams= 6 258 Creighton $ 246 Drake $ 252 Kansas $ 262 Kansas State $ 263 Nebraska $ 250 UMKC $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#50 miles= 744 average= 50 pairs= 15 teams= 6 253 Houston $ 260 Prairie View A&M $ 255 Rice $ 256 Sam Houston State $ 261 Texas A&M $ 254 Texas Southern $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#51 miles= 961 average= 96 pairs= 10 teams= 5 268 Baylor $ 264 SMU $ 251 Stephen F. Austin $ 273 TCU $ 269 Texas-Arlington $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#52 miles= 2260 average= 226 pairs= 10 teams= 5 270 North Texas $ 274 Oklahoma $ 267 Oklahoma State $ 279 Texas Tech $ 271 Wichita State $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#53 miles= 1491 average= 149 pairs= 10 teams= 5 275 Texas $ 272 Texas A&M-CorpusChristi $ 276 Texas State $ 277 Texas-Pan American $ 278 Texas-San Antonio $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#54 miles= 577 average= 58 pairs= 10 teams= 5 281 Air Force $ 284 Colorado $ 283 Colorado State $ 282 Denver $ 280 Northern Colorado $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#55 miles= 2358 average= 236 pairs= 10 teams= 5 289 Arizona $ 296 Arizona State $ 287 New Mexico $ 288 New Mexico State $ 286 UTEP $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#56 miles= 2974 average= 297 pairs= 10 teams= 5 302 Boise State $ 298 Idaho State $ 290 Montana State $ 294 Utah State $ 285 Wyoming $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#57 miles= 1101 average= 110 pairs= 10 teams= 5 291 BYU $ 299 Southern Utah $ 295 Utah $ 293 Utah Valley State $ 297 Weber State $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#58 miles= 2130 average= 213 pairs= 10 teams= 5 292 Northern Arizona $ 306 San Diego $ 304 San Diego State $ 307 UC Riverside $ 301 UNLV $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#59 miles= 910 average= 91 pairs= 10 teams= 5 309 Eastern Washington $ 308 Gonzaga $ 303 Idaho $ 300 Montana $ 305 Washington State $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#60 miles= 355 average= 24 pairs= 15 teams= 6 311 CS Fullerton $ 312 Long Beach State $ 314 Loyola Marymount $ 313 Southern California $ 310 UC Irvine $ 315 UCLA $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#61 miles= 1194 average= 119 pairs= 10 teams= 5 316 CS Northridge $ 321 Cal Poly-SLO $ 318 Fresno State $ 317 Pepperdine $ 320 UC Santa Barbara $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#62 miles= 10407 average= 1041 pairs= 10 teams= 5 336 Hawaii $ 319 Nevada $ 322 Pacific $ 323 Sacramento State $ 324 UC Davis $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#63 miles= 401 average= 27 pairs= 15 teams= 6 329 California $ 327 Saint Mary's-Cal. $ 331 San Francisco $ 325 San Jose State $ 326 Santa Clara $ 328 Stanford $ ________________________________________________________________________________ SECTIONAL#64 miles= 1166 average= 117 pairs= 10 teams= 5 334 Oregon $ 335 Oregon State $ 333 Portland $ 332 Portland State $ 330 Washington $ ________________________________________________________________________________
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