1997 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament

1997 Atlantic Coast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	9
Format	Play-in round followed by eight-team double elimination
Finals site	Florida Power Park; St. Petersburg, Florida;
Champions	Florida State (2nd title)
Winning coach	Mike Martin (2nd title)
MVP	Jeremy Morris (Florida State)
Attendance	32,141
	← 1996; ACC baseball tournament; 1998 →;

The 1997 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held at the Florida Power Park in St. Petersburg, FL from May 13 through 17. 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 standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		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

Main Bracket

Seeding Procedure

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


Upper round 1			Upper round 2			Upper final			Semifinals			Final



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
									2	Florida State	12
3	NC State	4
			3	NC State	3				7	Duke	2

			2	Florida State	5
7	Duke	2

2	Florida State	4

												4	Clemson	0

			Lower round 1			Lower round 2						2	Florida State	10



						3	NC State	4

			8	North Carolina	4	8	North Carolina	2
									4	Clemson	11*
			5	Wake Forest	3
									3	NC State	6*
						7	Duke	5

			6	Virginia	3	1	Georgia Tech	3

			7	Duke	16

(*) 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

References

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1997". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 25, 2015.

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

[1] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1997". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 25, 2015.

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