1978 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

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1978 Atlantic Coast Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams7
FormatSeven-team double-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsClemson (2nd title)
Winning coachBill Wilhelm (2nd title)
MVP()
Attendance8,300
1978 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 25 Clemson  ‍†‍‡‍y 10 – 2   .833 39 – 14   .736
No. 3 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 9 – 3   .750 38 – 17   .691
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 7 – 5   .583 23 – 14   .622
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 5 – 6   .455 14 – 14   .500
NC State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 7   .417 23 – 16   .590
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 4 – 8   .333 18 – 14   .563
Duke  ‍‍‍ 1 – 10   .091 12 – 22   .353
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1978[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1978 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Beautiful Tiger Field in Clemson, SC from April 20 through April 24. Clemson won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 1978 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Tournament[]

  Play-In Rd. (Single Elim.)     Round 2     Round 3     Championship  
                                       
  Winner's Bracket
    1  Clemson 12  
  4  Maryland 2     5  NC State 1    
  5  NC State 7          
      1  Clemson 13  
        7  Duke 0    
  6  Virginia 2              
  3  Wake Forest 16                
      3  Wake Forest 3            
      7  Duke 4         3  Wake Forest 2 —
  7  Duke 3           1  Clemson 7 —
  2  North Carolina 2        
     
Loser's Bracket    
    7  Duke 3    
  3  Wake Forest 6     3  Wake Forest 4  
  5  NC State 3  

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1978". Boyd's World. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
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