2016 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament

The 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held from May 24 through 29 at Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina. The annual tournament determined the conference champion of the Division I Atlantic Coast Conference for college baseball. The tournament champion will receive the league's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This is the last of 19 athletic championship events held by the conference in the 2015–16 academic year.[2][3][4]

2016 Atlantic Coast Conference
baseball tournament
FormatRound-robin tournament
Finals site
ChampionsClemson (10th title)
Winning coachMonte Lee (1st title)
MVPMike Triller (Clemson)
2016 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Atlantic
No. 11 Louisville  x‍‍‍y 22 8   .733 48 12   .800
No. 14 Florida State  ‍‍‍y 16 10   .615 38 20   .655
No. 20 NC State  ‍‍‍y 15 13   .536 36 20   .643
No. 18 Clemson  ‍‍y 16 14   .533 43 18   .705
No. 16 Boston College  ‍‍‍y 13 15   .464 35 22   .614
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍y 13 17   .433 35 25   .583
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 11 17   .393 27 27   .500
Coastal
No. 8 Miami (FL)  x‍‍‍y 21 7   .750 46 11   .807
No. 17 Virginia  ‍‍‍y 19 11   .633 38 20   .655
Duke  ‍‍‍y 14 15   .483 33 23   .589
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍y 13 16   .448 36 24   .600
North Carolina  ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 34 21   .618
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 10 18   .357 25 26   .490
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 6 24   .200 19 36   .345
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2016[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Clemson, under first year head coach Monte Lee, defeated defending champion Florida State in the championship game to win its 10th ACC Tournament championship, breaking a tie with Georgia Tech for most tournament titles. The title was Clemson's 15th overall ACC championship in baseball (also most all-time in the conference), its first ACC championship since 2006, and first tournament championship under the pool play format that began in 2007. The championship game, hampered by weather delays, took 9 hours and 20 minutes to complete, with first pitch being thrown at 11:02 A.M. and the final out recorded at 7:22 P.M.

Format and seeding

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The winner of each seven team division and the top eight other teams based on conference winning percentage, regardless of division, from the conference's regular season will be seeded one through ten. Seeds one and two are awarded to the two division winners. The bottom four seeds play an opening round, with the winners advancing to pool play. The winner of each pool plays a single championship.[5][6][7]

Atlantic Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Louisville 22 8 .733 2
Florida State 16 10 .615 4 4
NC State 15 13 .536 6 5
Clemson 16 14 .533 6 6
Boston College 13 15 .464 8 8
Wake Forest 13 17 .433 9 10
Notre Dame 11 17 .393 10
Coastal Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Miami (FL) 21 7 .750 1
Virginia 19 11 .633 3 3
Duke 14 15 .483 7.5 7
Georgia Tech 13 16 .448 8.5 9
North Carolina 13 17 .433 9
Pittsburgh 10 18 .357 11
Virginia Tech 6 24 .200 16

Schedule and results

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Play-in round

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Tuesday, May 24
Team R
#10 Wake Forest 4
#7 Duke 3
Tuesday, May 24
Team R
#9 Georgia Tech 6
#8 Boston College 0

Pool play

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Division A MIA FSU NCSU GT Overall
1 Miami (FL) L 4–5 W 8–7 W 4–0 2–1
4 Florida State W 5–4 W 7–3 W 6–1 3–0
5 North Carolina State L 7–8 L 3–7 W 7-5 1–2
8 Georgia Tech L 0–4 L 1–6 L 5-7 0–3
Division B LOU UVA CLEM WF Overall
2 Louisville L 2–7 L 3–5 W 9–5 1–2
3 Virginia W 7–2 L 4–5 L 9-10 1–2
6 Clemson W 5–3 W 5–4 W 5-4 3–0
7 Wake Forest L 5–9 W 10-9 L 4-5 1–2
Finals
   
A Florida State 13
B Clemson 18

Championship

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Sunday, May 29 11:00 a.m.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
#6 Clemson 3 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 18 15 1
#4 Florida State 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 0 13 11 4
WP: Alex Bostic (4–2)   LP: Ed Voyles (1–2)   Sv: None
Home runs:
CLEM: None
FSU: Tyler Holton (1), Dylan Busby 2 (12)
Attendance: 4,863
Notes: Game Duration - 3:31
Boxscore

Schedule

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Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
Tuesday, May 24
1 11:00 a.m. #7 Duke vs. #10 Wake Forest ACCRSN 2,717[8]
2 3:00 p.m. #8 Boston College vs. #9 Georgia Tech 1,824[9]
Wednesday, May 25
3 11:00 a.m. #4 Florida State vs. #5 NC State ACCRSN 3,409[10]
4 3:00 p.m. #1 Miami vs. #9 Georgia Tech 2,140[11]
5 7:00 p.m. #2 Louisville vs. #10 Wake Forest 2,671[12]
Thursday, May 26
6 11:00 a.m. #3 Virginia vs. #6 Clemson ACCRSN 3,259[13]
7 3:00 p.m. #4 Florida State vs. #9 Georgia Tech 2,504[14]
8 7:00 p.m. #1 Miami vs. #5 NC State 5,692[15]
Friday, May 27
9 11:00 a.m. #2 Louisville vs. #6 Clemson ACCRSN
10 3:00 p.m. #3 Virginia vs. #10 Wake Forest
11 7:00 p.m. #5 NC State vs. #9 Georgia Tech
Saturday, May 28
12 11:00 a.m. #6 Clemson vs. #10 Wake Forest ACCRSN
13 3:00 p.m. #1 Miami vs. #4 Florida State
14 7:00 p.m. #2 Louisville vs. #3 Virginia
Championship – Sunday, May 29
15 11:00 a.m. #4 Florida State vs. #6 Clemson ESPN2
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-Tournament Team

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Position Player School
Catcher Matt Thaiss Virginia
1st Base Dylan Busby Florida State
2nd Base Johnny Ruiz Miami
3rd Base Edgar Michelangeli Miami
Shortstop Daniel Pinero Virginia
Outfield Jackson Lueck Florida State
Outfield Reed Rohlman Clemson
Outfield Matt Gonzalez Georgia Tech
Utility/DH Mike Triller‡ Clemson
Pitcher Pat Krall Clemson
Pitcher Clate Schmidt Clemson

‡ - Tournament MVP

References

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  1. ^ "Atlantic Coast Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  2. ^ "ACC Championships Central" (PDF). Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  3. ^ "Durham to Host 2015–18 ACC Baseball Championships". Atlantic Coast Conference. May 15, 2014. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  4. ^ "ACC baseball tournament going to Durham for 2015-18". News & Record. Greensboro, North Carolina. May 15, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  5. ^ Casey Richey (October 3, 2012). "ACC Announces Changes to Scheduling, Beginning in 2013". gobblercountry.com. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  6. ^ "ACC Announces Future Scheduling Formats and Policies". theacc.com. October 3, 2012. Archived from the original on November 23, 2012. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  7. ^ "Baseball Bracket" (PDF). Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
  8. ^ Game 1 box score
  9. ^ Game 2 box score
  10. ^ Game 3 box score
  11. ^ Game 4 box score
  12. ^ Game 5 box score
  13. ^ Game 6 box score
  14. ^ Game 7 box score
  15. ^ Game 8 box score