2018 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament

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2018 Atlantic Coast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams12
FormatSee below
Finals site
Champions Florida State  (8th title)
MVP Cal Raleigh (Florida State)
Television ACCRSN (pool play)/ ESPN2 (championship)
2018 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Atlantic
No. 17 Clemson  x‍‍‍y22–8 .73347–16 .746
No. 22 NC State  ‍‍‍y19–11 .63342–18 .700
No. 23 Louisville  ‍‍‍y18–12 .60045–19 .703
Florida State  ‍‍‡‍y16–13 .55243–19 .694
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍13–17 .43325–32 .439
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍12–18 .40024–30 .444
Boston College  ‍‍‍7–22 .24117–32 .347
Coastal
No. 3 North Carolina  x‍‍‍y22–8 .73344–18 .710
No. 11 Duke  ‍‍‍y18–11 .62145–18 .714
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍16–13 .55228–26 .519
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍14–16 .46731–27 .534
Virginia  ‍‍‍12–17 .41429–25 .537
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍11–19 .36729–26 .527
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍8–22 .26721–33 .389
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 17, 2018 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 27 at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Atlantic Coast Conference for college baseball. The tournament champion receives the league's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This was the last of 19 athletic championship events held by the conference in the 2017–18 academic year. [2]

Contents

The tournament has been held every year but one since 1973, with Clemson winning ten championships, the most all-time. Georgia Tech has won nine championships, and Florida State has won seven titles since their entry to the league in 1992. Charter league member Duke, along with recent entrants Virginia Tech, Boston College, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame have never won the event. Louisville plays their third season in the ACC in 2017, and has also yet to win a title.

Florida State defeated Louisville in the championship game to win the tournament for the eighth time overall, and the third time in four seasons.

Format and seeding

The winner of each seven team division and the top ten other teams based on conference winning percentage, regardless of division, from the conference's regular season will be seeded one through twelve. Seeds one and two are awarded to the two division winners. Teams are then divided into four pools of three teams each, with the winners advancing to single elimination bracket for the championship. [3] [4]

Schedule and results

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#LocationTelevisionAttendance
Tuesday, May 22
111:00 a.m.#12 Pittsburgh vs. #8 Georgia Tech Durham Bulls Athletic Park ACCRSN 2,275 [5]
23:00 p.m.#10 Virginia vs. #6 Florida State2,275 [6]
37:00 p.m.#11 Notre Dame vs. #7 Miami2,690 [7]
Wednesday, May 23
411:00 a.m.#9 Wake Forest vs. #5 LouisvilleDurham Bulls Athletic ParkACCRSN
53:00 p.m.#2 Clemson vs. #11 Notre Dame2,427 [8]
67:00 p.m.#1 North Carolina vs. #12 Pittsburgh2,948 [9]
Thursday, May 24
711:00 a.m.#4 Duke vs. #9 Wake ForestDurham Bulls Athletic ParkACCRSN
83:00 p.m.#3 NC State vs. #10 Virginia4,115 [10]
97:00 p.m.#7 Miami vs. #2 Clemson3,154 [11]
Friday, May 25
1011:00 a.m.#5 Louisville vs. #4 DukeDurham Bulls Athletic ParkACCRSN
113:00 p.m.#8 Georgia Tech vs. #1 North Carolina3,499 [12]
127:00 p.m.#6 Florida State vs. #3 NC State7,228 [13]
Saturday, May 26
Semifinal 11:00 p.m.#12 Pittsburgh vs #5 LouisvilleDurham Bulls Athletic ParkACCRSN4,233 [14]
Semifinal 25:00 p.m.#2 Clemson vs #6 Florida State5,478 [15]
Championship – Sunday, May 27
Championship12:00 p.m.#5 Louisville vs #6 Florida StateDurham Bulls Athletic Park ESPN2 5,436 [16]
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Pool Play

Pool A

PosTeamPldWLRFRARDPCTQualification
1 Pittsburgh 22075+21.000Advance to Playoff round
2 North Carolina 211135+8.500
3 Georgia Tech 202111−10.000
Source: 247Sports

Pool B

PosTeamPldWLRFRARDPCTQualification
1 Clemson 220285+231.000Advance to Playoff round
2 Miami 21179−2.500
3 Notre Dame 202627−21.000
Source: 247Sports

Pool C

PosTeamPldWLRFRARDPCTQualification
1 Florida State 22084+41.000Advance to Playoff round
2 Virginia 21165+1.500
3 NC State 20249−5.000
Source: 247Sports

Pool D

PosTeamPldWLRFRARDPCTQualification
1 Louisville 220194+151.000Advance to Playoff round
2 Duke 211811−3.500
3 Wake Forest 202416−12.000
Source: 247Sports

Final

Semifinals Finals
      
12 Pittsburgh 2
5 Louisville5
5 Louisville 8
6 Florida State1110
2 Clemson 4
6 Florida State5

Championship Game

Sunday, May 27 12:00 p.m.
Team12345678910 R H E
#6 Florida State 203001200311110
#5 Louisville 01241000008113
WP: Jonah Scolaro (2–1)   LP: Michael McAvene (0–1)
Home runs:
FSU: None
UL: Devin Mann (6), Josh Stowers (9), Zach Britton (2)
Attendance: 5,436
Notes: Game Duration - 4:09
Boxscore

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References

  1. ↑ "Conference Standings". TheACC. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  2. ↑ "ACC Championships Central" (PDF). Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  3. ↑ "ACC Announces Baseball Championship Expansion, Format Change". Atlantic Coast Conference. October 6, 2016. Archived from the original on October 9, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  4. ↑ Peter Burke (October 7, 2016). "ACC baseball tournament changes format, increases number of teams". WPLG . Retrieved October 9, 2017.
  5. ↑ Game 1 Box Score
  6. ↑ Game 2 Box Score
  7. ↑ Game 3 Box Score
  8. ↑ Game 5 Box Score
  9. ↑ Game 6 Box Score
  10. ↑ Game 8 Box Score
  11. ↑ Game 9 Box Score
  12. ↑ Game 11 Box Score
  13. ↑ Game 12 Box Score
  14. ↑ Game 13 Box Score
  15. ↑ Game 14 Box Score
  16. ↑ Game 15 Box Score
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