2016 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament

2016 Atlantic Coast Conference
baseball tournament
Format	Round-robin tournament
Finals site	Durham Bulls Athletic Park; Durham, NC;
Champions	Clemson (10th title)
Winning coach	Monte Lee (1st title)
MVP	Mike Triller (Clemson)
	← 2015; ACC baseball tournament; 2017 →;

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 standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Atlantic
No. 11 Louisville ^x‍‍‍^y	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) ^x‍‍‍^y	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

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]

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Atlantic Division
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	–

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Coastal Division
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

Play-in round

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

	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

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

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	ACCRSN	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

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

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

[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

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