Difference in miles traveled is all over the map

Wednesday, December 31, 2008 | Print Entry

Posted by Kyle Whelliston

With the last games of nonconference play winding down this week and next, teams are preparing to settle back into the comfortable rhythms of their leagues. Schools will welcome familiar opponents and rivals, and road trips will be planned around the same old hotels and restaurants. For the most part, the random surprises of November and December travel are over.

In November 2007, ESPN.com ran a feature story about the distances that teams traversed during the season, focusing on the incredible mileage that the University of Hawaii racks up every year. As a sidebar, we produced a chart of the 10 most-traveled and the 10 least-traveled teams. Folks still ask about those numbers, so it's time for a 2008-09 update.

 
 

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