UNCG moving to a new arena

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina-Greensboro is moving its home basketball games to the spacious Greensboro Coliseum.

School officials on Friday announced that the Spartans will officially call the 23,500-seat arena home beginning next season.

They said moving the games from the 1,833-seat Fleming Gym will help increase the program's visibility. Officials said they hope the move will lead to nonconference games against Atlantic Coast Conference schools.

UNC Greensboro has played 39 games in the coliseum in 30 seasons, and already has games against Princeton, North Carolina State and East Carolina scheduled there in 2009-10.

The ACC tournament will be played five times at the Greensboro Coliseum from 2010-15.

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