1996 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament

The 1996 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina, from May 13 through 17. 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.

1996 Atlantic Coast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams9
FormatPlay-in round followed by eight-team double elimination
Finals site
ChampionsVirginia (1st title)
Winning coachDennis Womack (1st title)
MVPSeth Greisinger (Virginia)
Attendance22,145
1996 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 6 Florida State  y 195 .7925217 .754
No. 4 Clemson  y 177 .7085117 .750
No. 18 Georgia Tech  y 1311 .5424024 .625
No. 28 NC State  y 1311 .5424219 .689
No. 19 Virginia  y 1113 .4584421 .677
North Carolina   1113 .4583325 .569
Duke   914 .3913918 .684
Wake Forest   716 .3042632 .448
Maryland   717 .2922427 .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 Archived 2012-11-11 at the Wayback Machine:

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

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsFinal
8Wake Forest4
1Florida State8
1Florida State2
5Virginia3
5Virginia5
4NC State1
2Clemson2
5Virginia4
6North Carolina9
3Georgia Tech4
3Georgia Tech13
3Georgia Tech15Virginia8
2Clemson6
7Duke1
2Clemson6
5Virginia212
Lower round 1Lower round 21Florida State81
4NC State1
4NC State73Georgia Tech6
2Clemson1
8Wake Forest5
1Florida State8
1Florida State7
7Duke137Duke3
6North Carolina3

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

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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