Article: Ducks try to unravel mystery of first exhibition opponent.(Sports)(Oregon will start veterans against Czech team tonight)

Byline: Bob Rodman The Register-Guard

Here's what the Oregon women's basketball team knows about tonight's opponent at McArthur Court: very little.

"We do know it's a club team from (Strakonice in) the Czech Republic," said Bev Smith, the third-year UO coach whose practice season has advanced to the exhibition game season.

"We know the players range in age from 18 to 29, that they range in height from 5-foot-8 to 6-3 and that this is their first game."

That's about it. The Ducks, gearing for the 7 p.m. tipoff, also know they will be playing under college rules, not international ones.

And one other thing they are most sure ...

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