1998 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament

1998 Atlantic Coast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams9
FormatPlay-in round followed by eight-team double elimination
Finals site
ChampionsWake Forest (2nd title)
Winning coachGeorge Greer (1st title)
MVPJohn Hendricks (Wake Forest)
Attendance24,162
1998 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Florida State  ‍†‍‍y 18 – 4   .818 53 – 20   .726
No. 15 Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍y 14 – 9   .609 41 – 22   .651
No. 23 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 14 – 9   .609 43 – 16   .729
NC State  ‍‍‍y 12 – 9   .571 39 – 21   .650
No. 27 Wake Forest  ‍‍‡‍y 13 – 10   .565 43 – 23   .652
No. 18 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 13 – 10   .565 42 – 23   .646
Duke  ‍‍‍ 8 – 15   .348 38 – 20   .655
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 5 – 18   .217 26 – 30   .464
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 5 – 18   .217 28 – 26   .519
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1998[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 1998 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina, from May 12 through 17. Wake Forest won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Tournament

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Play-in game

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  • 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 Virginia 9*
8 Maryland 4*
  • (*) Denotes 10 Innings

Main Bracket

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Seeding Procedure

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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

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsFinal
9Virginia1
1Florida State4
1Florida State14
5Wake Forest1
5Wake Forest9
4NC State1
1Florida State13*
6North Carolina11*
6North Carolina4
4NC State6
3Clemson1
6North Carolina31Florida State13
7Duke0
7Duke4
2Georgia Tech0
1Florida State13
Lower round 1Lower round 25Wake Forest26
7Duke4
4NC State44NC State10
5Wake Forest3
9Virginia1
6North Carolina0
2Georgia Tech1
3Clemson65Wake Forest2
2Georgia Tech10
  • (*) Denotes 10 Innings

All-Tournament Team

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Position Player School
1B Jon Palmieri Wake Forest
2B Brian Ward NC State
3B Corey Slavik Wake Forest
SS Brian Roberts North Carolina
C Jeremy Salazar Florida State
OF Matt Diaz Florida State
OF Scott Daeley Wake Forest
OF Brian Cox Florida State
DH Brad Piercy NC State
P John Hendricks Wake Forest
P Danny Borrell Wake Forest
MVP John Hendricks Wake Forest

(*)Denotes Unanimous Selection

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1998". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
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