1997 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament


The 1997 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held at the Florida Power Park in St. Petersburg, FL from May 13 through 17. Florida State won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

1997 Atlantic Coast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams9
FormatPlay-in round followed by eight-team double elimination
Finals site
ChampionsFlorida State (2nd title)
Winning coachMike Martin (2nd title)
MVPJeremy Morris (Florida State)
Attendance32,141
1997 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 10 Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍y 19 4   .826 46 15   .754
No. 9 Florida State  ‍‍y 18 6   .750 50 17   .746
No. 23 NC State  ‍‍‍y 15 8   .652 43 20   .683
Clemson  ‍‍‍y 13 10   .565 41 23   .641
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 10 13   .435 37 20   .649
Virginia  ‍‍‍ 10 13   .435 32 22   .593
Duke  ‍‍‍ 9 14   .391 33 25   .569
North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 6 18   .250 29 31   .483
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 5 19   .208 22 32   .407
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1997[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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 Maryland 2
8 North Carolina 4

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
8North Carolina6
1Georgia Tech7
1Georgia Tech4
4Clemson7
5Wake Forest6
4Clemson8
2Florida State8
4Clemson4
6Virginia2
2Florida State12
3NC State4
3NC State37Duke2
2Florida State5
7Duke2
2Florida State4
4Clemson0
Lower round 1Lower round 22Florida State10
3NC State4
8North Carolina48North Carolina2
4Clemson11*
5Wake Forest3
3NC State6*
7Duke5
6Virginia31Georgia Tech3
7Duke16
  • (*) Denotes 10 Innings

All-Tournament Team

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Position Player School
1B Chris Combs NC State
2B Scott Zech Florida State
3B Jeff Becker Duke
SS Brian Roberts North Carolina
C Jeremy Salazar Florida State
OF Gary Burnham Clemson
OF J. D. Drew Florida State
OF Jeremy Morris Florida State
DH Kris Wilson Georgia Tech
P Chris Chavez Florida State
P Randy Choate Florida State
MVP Jeremy Morris Florida State

(*)Denotes Unanimous Selection

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1997". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 25, 2015.