1988 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament

The 1988 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was the 1988 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference, held at Greenville Municipal Stadium in Greenville, South Carolina, from May 11 through 15. Georgia Tech defeated North Carolina in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

1988 Atlantic Coast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatEight-team double elimination
Finals site
ChampionsGeorgia Tech (4th title)
Winning coachJim Morris (4th title)
MVPTy Griffin (Georgia Tech)
Attendance39,218
1988 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 21 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 18 2   .900 54 14   .794
No. 27 NC State  ‍‍‍y 13 6   .684 45 16   .738
No. 29 Georgia Tech  ‍‍y 12 8   .600 45 24   .652
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 11 10   .524 32 19   .627
North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 10 11   .476 34 27   .557
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 7 12   .368 32 26   .552
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 5 14   .263 20 24   .455
Duke  ‍‍‍ 3 16   .158 10 35   .222
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1988[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format edit

All eight ACC teams qualified for the eight-team double-elimination tournament.

Seeding Procedure edit

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.

Regular season results edit

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Clemson 18 2 .900
1
NC State 13 6 .684
4.5
2
Georgia Tech 12 8 .600
6
3
Virginia 11 10 .524
7.5
4
North Carolina 10 11 .476
8.5
5
Wake Forest 7 12 .368
10.5
6
Maryland 5 14 .263
12.5
7
Duke 3 16 .158
14.5
8

[3]

Tournament edit

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsPreliminary finalFinal
8Duke1
1Clemson9
1Clemson0
5North Carolina1
5North Carolina13
4Virginia1
3Georgia Tech3
5North Carolina5
6Wake Forest3
5North Carolina4
3Georgia Tech4
3Georgia Tech81Clemson5
2NC State5
7Maryland1
2NC State35North Carolina2
1Clemson63Georgia Tech6
Lower round 1Lower round 25North Carolina7
2NC State1
4Virginia74Virginia6
4Virginia4
8Duke1
3Georgia Tech5
1Clemson9
7Maryland67Maryland0
6Wake Forest2

[2]

All-tournament team edit

Position Player School
C Jesse Levis North Carolina
1B Billy Parham Georgia Tech
2B Ty Griffin Georgia Tech
3B Darin Campbell North Carolina
SS Ron Maurer North Carolina
OF Tom Nevin North Carolina
OF Pat McGuire Georgia Tech
OF Chris DeFranco North Carolina
DH Brian Kowitz Clemson
SP Scott Erwin Georgia Tech
RP Jim Poole Georgia Tech
MVP Ty Griffin Georgia Tech

[2]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1988". Boyd's World. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "2012 ACC Baseball Guide". TheACC.com. Archived from the original on May 20, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
  3. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1988". BoydsWorld.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2012.