2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 22 through May 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]

2018 Atlantic Coast Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams12
FormatSee below
Finals site
ChampionsFlorida State (8th title)
MVPCal Raleigh, Florida State
TelevisionRSN (pool play)/ ESPN2 (championship)
2018 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Atlantic
No. 17 Clemson  x‍‍‍y 22–8 .733  47–16 .746
No. 22 NC State ‍‍‍y 19–11 .633  42–18 .700
No. 23 Louisville ‍‍‍y 18–12 .600  45–19 .703
Florida State ‍‍‡‍y 16–13 .552  43–19 .694
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 13–17 .433  25–32 .439
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 12–18 .400  24–30 .444
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 7–22 .241  17–32 .347
Coastal
No. 3 North Carolina x‍‍‍y 22–8 .733  44–18 .710
No. 11 Duke ‍‍‍y 18–11 .621  45–18 .714
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍ 16–13 .552  28–26 .519
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍ 14–16 .467  31–27 .534
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 12–17 .414  29–25 .537
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 11–19 .367  29–26 .527
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 8–22 .267  21–33 .389
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 17, 2018[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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
Game Time* Matchup# Location Television Attendance
Tuesday, May 22
1 11:00 a.m. #12 Pittsburgh vs. #8 Georgia Tech Durham Bulls Athletic Park Regional Sports Network 2,275[5]
2 3:00 p.m. #10 Virginia vs. #6 Florida State 2,275[6]
3 7:00 p.m. #11 Notre Dame vs. #7 Miami 2,690[7]
Wednesday, May 23
4 11:00 a.m. #9 Wake Forest vs. #5 Louisville Durham Bulls Athletic Park Regional Sports Network
5 3:00 p.m. #2 Clemson vs. #11 Notre Dame 2,427[8]
6 7:00 p.m. #1 North Carolina vs. #12 Pittsburgh 2,948[9]
Thursday, May 24
7 11:00 a.m. #4 Duke vs. #9 Wake Forest Durham Bulls Athletic Park Regional Sports Network
8 3:00 p.m. #3 NC State vs. #10 Virginia 4,115[10]
9 7:00 p.m. #7 Miami vs. #2 Clemson 3,154[11]
Friday, May 25
10 11:00 a.m. #5 Louisville vs. #4 Duke Durham Bulls Athletic Park Regional Sports Network
11 3:00 p.m. #8 Georgia Tech vs. #1 North Carolina 3,499[12]
12 7:00 p.m. #6 Florida State vs. #3 NC State 7,228[13]
Saturday, May 26
Semifinal 1 1:00 p.m. #12 Pittsburgh vs #5 Louisville Durham Bulls Athletic Park Regional Sports Network 4,233[14]
Semifinal 2 5:00 p.m. #2 Clemson vs #6 Florida State 5,478[15]
Championship – Sunday, May 27
Championship 12:00 p.m. #5 Louisville vs #6 Florida State Durham Bulls Athletic Park ESPN2 5,436[16]
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Pool play

Final
Semifinals Finals
      
12 Pittsburgh 2
5 Louisville 5
5 Louisville 8
6 Florida State 1110
2 Clemson 4
6 Florida State 5

Championship Game
Sunday, May 27 12:00 p.m.
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#6 Florida State203001200311110
#5 Louisville01241000008113
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

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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