1996 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament
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.
| Teams | 9 |
|---|---|
| Format | Play-in round followed by eight-team double elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Virginia (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Dennis Womack (1st title) |
| MVP | Seth Greisinger, Virginia |
| Attendance | 22,145 |
| 1996 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||
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 | Jason Embler | Clemson |
| 2B | Doug Livingston | Clemson |
| 3B | Brian Sherlock | Virginia |
| SS | Adam Robinson | Virginia |
| C | Tucker Barr | Georgia Tech |
| OF | J. D. Drew | Florida State |
| OF | John Galloway | Virginia |
| OF | Symmion Willis | Virginia |
| DH | E.J. Anderson | Virginia |
| P | Seth Greisinger | Virginia |
| P | Scooby Morgan | Florida State |
| MVP | Seth Greisinger | Virginia |
References
- "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1996". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
- Robert MacRae (May 20, 2015). "ACC Tournament Overview". Clemson Insider. Retrieved November 15, 2017.