EUGENE — During the hustle and bustle of road trips, the Oregon women's basketball coaching staff counts on Jacinta Vandenberg to keep their Ducks in a row.
Or, more accurately, in their seats on a bus. Whether driving to an arena or an airport or a hotel, before the bus leaves the curb, UO assistant coach Jodie Berry will call out from the front row to Vandenberg, who sits mid-bus in the first row of player seating.
"Jacinta, do you have all your ducklings?" Berry will ask, only giving the bus driver cue to leave after Vandenberg has finished her head count of players.