For the last 24 hours, the Oregon women's basketball team has watched local colleagues scatter to various corners of the country.
On Tuesday, Oregon's men's team boarded a flight to Louisville, Ky, for its Sweet Sixteen game against Virginia. A day later, the UO women's in-state rivals, Oregon State, also made a flight to the East Coast, for an NCAA Tournament regional semifinal game in Albany, N.Y.
As for the Ducks themselves, they had a markedly different travel schedule. The Oregon women practiced in their home gym Wednesday afternoon, then boarded a bus for the quick ride up to Portland, site of the Ducks' own Sweet Sixteen game against South Dakota State in the Moda Center on Friday (8:30 p.