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 13th through May 17th. 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
TeamW 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

Play-In Game
  • 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

Seeding Procedure

From TheACC.com:

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
  1st Round     2nd Round     3rd Round
                           
  Winner's Bracket
  8 North Carolina 6  
  1 Georgia Tech 7    
      1 Georgia Tech 4  
      4 Clemson 7    
  5 Wake Forest 6          
  4 Clemson 8        
      2 Florida State 8
      4 Clemson 4
  6 Virginia 2        
  3 NC State 4          
      3 NC State 3    
      2 Florida State 5  
  7 Duke 2    
  2 Florida State 4  
  Loser's Bracket
  8 North Carolina 4  
  5 Wake Forest 3     3 NC State 4
    8 North Carolina 2
  6 Virginia 3  
  7 Duke 16     7 Duke 5
    1 Georgia Tech 3
  Semifinals     Championship     Championship (if-needed)
                           
  Re-ordered Semi-finals
  2 Florida State 12      
  7 Duke 2          
      4 Clemson 0    
      2 Florida State 10  
  4 Clemson 11*    
  3 NC State 6*  
  • (*) Denotes 10 Innings

All-Tournament Team
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

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