1996 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament

1996 Atlantic Coast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	9
Format	Play-in round followed by eight-team double elimination
Finals site	Durham Bulls Athletic Park; Durham, North Carolina;
Champions	Virginia (1st title)
Winning coach	Dennis Womack (1st title)
MVP	Seth Greisinger (Virginia)
Attendance	22,145
	← 1995; ACC baseball tournament; 1997 →;

1996 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Florida State ‍†‍‍^y	19	–	5	.792	52	–	17	.754
No. 4 Clemson ‍‍‍^y	17	–	7	.708	51	–	17	.750
No. 18 Georgia Tech ‍‍‍^y	13	–	11	.542	40	–	24	.625
No. 28 NC State ‍‍‍^y	13	–	11	.542	42	–	19	.689
No. 19 Virginia ‍‍‡‍^y	11	–	13	.458	44	–	21	.677
North Carolina ‍‍‍	11	–	13	.458	33	–	25	.569
Duke ‍‍‍	9	–	14	.391	39	–	18	.684
Wake Forest ‍‍‍	7	–	16	.304	26	–	32	.448
Maryland ‍‍‍	7	–	17	.292	24	–	27	.471

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1996^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1996 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina, from May 13 through 17. Due to rain, some games were played at Boshamer Stadium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.^[2] Virginia won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Tournament[edit]

Play-in game[edit]

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	Wake Forest	3

Main Bracket[edit]

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.

Bracket[edit]


Upper round 1			Upper round 2			Upper final			Semifinals			Final



8	Wake Forest	4

1	Florida State	8
			1	Florida State	2

			5	Virginia	3
5	Virginia	5

4	NC State	1
						2	Clemson	2

						5	Virginia	4
6	North Carolina	9
									3	Georgia Tech	4
3	Georgia Tech	13
			3	Georgia Tech	1				5	Virginia	8

			2	Clemson	6
7	Duke	1

2	Clemson	6

												5	Virginia	2	12

			Lower round 1			Lower round 2						1	Florida State	8	1



						4	NC State	1

			4	NC State	7	3	Georgia Tech	6
									2	Clemson	1
			8	Wake Forest	5
									1	Florida State	8
						1	Florida State	7

			7	Duke	13	7	Duke	3

			6	North Carolina	3

All-Tournament Team[edit]

Position	Player	School
1B	Jason Embler	Clemson
2B	Doug Livingston	Clemson
3B	Brian Sherlock	Virginia
SS	Adam Robinson	Virginia
C	Tucker Barr	Georgia Tech
OF	J. D. Drew	Florida State
OF	John Galloway	Virginia
OF	Symmion Willis	Virginia
DH	E.J. Anderson	Virginia
P	Seth Greisinger	Virginia
P	Scooby Morgan	Florida State
MVP	Seth Greisinger	Virginia

References[edit]

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1996". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
^ Robert MacRae (May 20, 2015). "ACC Tournament Overview". Clemson Insider. Retrieved November 15, 2017.

2007 ACC Baseball Media Guide Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1996". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 11, 2015.

[2] Robert MacRae (May 20, 2015). "ACC Tournament Overview". Clemson Insider. Retrieved November 15, 2017.

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