2007 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament

The 2007 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida, from May 23 through 27. North Carolina won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This was the first year the conference used the round robin tournament setup. The best record of each group at the end of the round robin would face each other in a one-game match for the championship.

2007 Atlantic Coast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format2 division round robin and
championship game
Finals site
ChampionsNorth Carolina Tar Heels (5th title)
Winning coachMike Fox (1st title)
MVPJosh Horton (North Carolina Tar Heels)
2007 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Atlantic
No. 10 Florida State  x‍‍‍y 24 6   .800 49 13   .790
No. 12 Clemson  ‍‍‍y 18 12   .600 41 23   .641
NC State  ‍‍‍y 16 14   .533 38 23   .623
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y 14 16   .467 34 29   .540
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 12 17   .414 24 27   .471
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 7 23   .233 26 30   .464
Coastal
No. 2 North Carolina x‡y ‍‍‍ 21 9   .700 57 16   .781
No. 15 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 19 9   .679 45 16   .738
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍y 17 13   .567 37 24   .607
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍ 15 14   .517 32 25   .561
Duke  ‍‍‍ 8 22   .267 29 25   .537
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 7 23   .233 23 31   .426
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2007[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding Procedure

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From TheACC.com:

The top two teams from both the Atlantic and Coastal divisions, as determined by conference winning percentage, in addition to the four teams with the next best conference winning percentage, regardless of division, will be selected to participate in the ACC Baseball Championship. The two division champions will automatically be seeded number one and two based on winning percentage in overall conference competition. The remaining teams will be seeded (three through eight) based on winning percentage in overall conference competition without regard to division. All ties will be broken using the tie-breaking provisions Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine.

Tournament

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Division A FSU CU UM WF Overall
1 Florida State L 1–5 L 3–9 W 11–2 1-2
4 Clemson W 5–1 W 5–4 L 2–3 2-1
5 Miami (FL) W 9–3 L 4–5 L 3–7 1-2
8 Wake Forest L 2–11 W 3–2 W 7–3 2-1*
Division B UNC UVA NCSU GT Overall
2 North Carolina W 5–0 W 14–5 L 4–8 2-1*
3 Virginia L 0–5 W 6–1 W 4–1 2-1
6 NC State L 5–14 L 1–6 W 8–7 1-2
7 Georgia Tech W 8–4 L 1–4 L 7–8 1-2
Finals
   
A Wake Forest 2
B North Carolina 3
  • Florida State and North Carolina were Regular Season Division Champs
  • Wake Forest held the tie-breaker over Clemson by defeating them head-to-head 3-2
  • North Carolina held the tie-breaker over Virginia by defeating them head-to-head 5-0

All-Tournament Team

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Position Player School
1B Dustin Ackley North Carolina
2B Tony Thomas Jr. Florida State
3B Ramon Corona NC State
SS Dustin Hood Wake Forest
C Danny Diaz* Florida State
OF Tim Fedroff* North Carolina
OF Marcus Jones* NC State
OF Reid Fronk North Carolina
DH Josh Horton North Carolina
P David Kopp Clemson
P Alex White North Carolina
MVP Josh Horton North Carolina

(*)Denotes Unanimous Selection

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2007". Boyd's World. Retrieved July 26, 2017.