1996 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

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1996 Atlantic Coast Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams9
FormatPlay-in round followed by eight-team double elimination
Finals site
ChampionsVirginia (1st title)
Winning coach (1st title)
MVPSeth Greisinger (Virginia)
Attendance22,145
1996 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Florida State  ‍†‍‍y 19 – 5   .792 52 – 17   .754
No. 4 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 17 – 7   .708 51 – 17   .750
No. 18 Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍y 13 – 11   .542 40 – 24   .625
No. 28 NC State  ‍‍‍y 13 – 11   .542 42 – 19   .689
No. 19 Virginia  ‍‍‡‍y 11 – 13   .458 44 – 21   .677
North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 33 – 25   .569
Duke  ‍‍‍ 9 – 14   .391 39 – 18   .684
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 7 – 16   .304 26 – 32   .448
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292 24 – 27   .471
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1996[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1996 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was held at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, NC from May 13th through May 17th. Due to rain, some games were played at Boshamer Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.[2] Virginia won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Tournament[]

Play-In Game[]

  • The two teams with the worst records in regular season conference play faced each other in a single elimination situation to earn the 8th spot in the conference tournament.
Play-In Game
   
9 Maryland 2
8 Wake Forest 3

Main Bracket[]

Seeding Procedure[]

From TheACC.com:

On Saturday (The Semifinals) of the ACC Baseball Tournament, the match-up between the four remaining teams is determined by previous opponents. If teams have played previously in the tournament, every attempt will be made to avoid a repeat match-up between teams, regardless of seed. If it is impossible to avoid a match-up that already occurred, then the determination is based on avoiding the most recent, current tournament match-up, regardless of seed. If no match-ups have occurred, the team left in the winners bracket will play the lowest seeded team from the losers bracket.

Bracket[]

  1st Round     2nd Round     3rd Round
                           
  Winner's Bracket
  8 Wake Forest 4  
  1 Florida State 8    
      1 Florida State 2  
      5 Virginia 3    
  5 Virginia 5          
  4 NC State 1        
      2 Clemson 2
      5 Virginia 4
  6 North Carolina 9        
  3 Georgia Tech 13          
      3 Georgia Tech 1    
      2 Clemson 6  
  7 Duke 1    
  2 Clemson 6  
  Loser's Bracket
  4 NC State 7  
  8 Wake Forest 5     4 NC State 1
    3 Georgia Tech 6
  7 Duke 13  
  6 North Carolina 3     1 Florida State 7
    7 Duke 3
  Semifinals     Championship     Championship (if-needed)
                           
  Re-ordered Semi-finals
  3 Georgia Tech 4       1 Florida State 1
  5 Virginia 8           5 Virginia 12
      5 Virginia 2    
      1 Florida State 8  
  2 Clemson 1    
  1 Florida State 8  

All-Tournament Team[]

Position Player School
1B Clemson
2B Doug Livingston Clemson
3B Virginia
SS Virginia
C Georgia Tech
OF J. D. Drew Florida State
OF Virginia
OF Virginia
DH Virginia
P Seth Greisinger Virginia
P Florida State
MVP Seth Greisinger Virginia

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1996". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  2. ^ Robert MacRae (May 20, 2015). "ACC Tournament Overview". Clemson Insider. Retrieved November 15, 2017.
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