2008 ACC Baseball Tournament

The 2008 ACC Baseball Tournament was held at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, FL from May 21st through May 25th. The #1 seeded University of Miami won the tournament with a perfect 4-0 record, earning the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. It was Miami's first conference championship in baseball after having played as an independent until joining the ACC during the 2004-05 academic year.

2008 was the second year in which the conference used a round robin tournament format, with the team with the best record in each group at the end of the three-game round robin advancing to a one-game championship.

eeding Procedure

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 [http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/acc/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/06baseseeding.pdf tie-breaking provisions] .

*Boston College, Duke, Maryland and Virginia Tech did not make the tournament.

Tournament

ACCRR
team-1-abbrev=UM
team-1=Miami (FL)
team-2-abbrev=FSU
team-2=Florida State
team-3-abbrev=UNC
team-3=North Carolina
team-4-abbrev=NCST
team-4=NC State
team-5-abbrev=GT
team-5=Georgia Tech
team-6-abbrev=UVA
team-6=Virginia
team-7-abbrev=WFU
team-7=Wake Forest
team-8-abbrev=CU
team-8=Clemson

color-1=ccffcc |1v4=5-2 |1v5=15-12 |1v8=7-1 |1total= 3-0
color-4= |4v1=2-5 |4v5= 9-10 |4v8=10-0 |4total= 1-2
color-5= |5v1=12-15 |5v4= 10-9 |5v8=4-10 |5total= 1-2
color-8= |8v1=1-7 |8v4=0-10 |8v5=10-4 |8total= 1-2

color-2= |2v3=9-6 |2v6=3-5 |2v7=8-3 |2total= 2-1
color-3= |3v2=6-9 |3v6=7-8* |3v7=2-0 |3total= 1-2
color-6=ccffcc |6v2=5-3 |6v3=8-7* |6v7= 4-7|6total= 2-1
color-7= |7v2=3-8 |7v3=0-2 |7v6= 7-4 |7total= 1-2

Finals-team1=Miami
Finals-score1=8
Finals-team2=Virginia
Finals-score2=4

** indicates game went into extra innings.
* Florida State and Miami were Regular Season Division Champs.

All-Tournament Team

(*)Denotes Unanimous Selection

ee also

*College World Series
*NCAA Division I Baseball Championship

References

* [http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-basebl/08-base-championship.html TheACC.com 2008 Baseball Championship Info]