From Tobacco Road to Main Street, U.S.A.

USC will travel 1,305 miles to Omaha for its opening round game against Kansas State, which saunters a mere 146 miles. It's practically a home game for the Wildcats, who are traveling the shortest distance of any team going to Omaha. Portland State is going the farthest in the subregional at 1,356 miles, just slightly longer than the Trojans.

Check out how far all 65 teams are traveling in this new interactive map feature at www.latimes.com/ncaamap. The project was put together by Tom Lauder, Sean Connelley and Ben Welsh.

54,591 miles (round trip) will be traveled by the 65 teams over the next week. Cornell's one-way 2,302 mile trek to Anaheim is the longest in the opening round of the tournament.