1986 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

1986 Atlantic Coast Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1986
Teams 7
Format Seven-team double elimination
Site Durham Athletic Park
Durham, North Carolina
Champions Georgia Tech (2nd title)
Winning coach Jim Morris (2nd title)
MVP Jeff Distasio (Georgia Tech)
Attendance 22,638
Atlantic Coast Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1985  1987»
1986 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
#29 NC State †y 11 – 2   .846     35 – 15   .700
#17 Georgia Tech ‡y 10 – 4   .714     45 – 23   .662
Clemson 9 – 4   .692     42 – 21   .667
North Carolina 7 – 7   .500     33 – 22   .600
Virginia 6 – 7   .462     27 – 22   .551
Wake Forest 6 – 8   .429     29 – 21   .580
Maryland 3 – 10   .231     18 – 28   .391
Duke 2 – 12   .143     25 – 17   .595
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1986[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1986 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was the 1986 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference, held at Durham Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina from May 14–17. Georgia Tech defeated NC State in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

Format and seeding

Seven of the eight ACC teams qualified for the eight-team double-elimination tournament, with eighth-place Duke failing to qualify.[3]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
NC State 11 2 .846
–
1
Georgia Tech 10 4 .714
1.5
2
Clemson 9 4 .692
2
3
North Carolina 7 7 .500
4.5
4
Virginia 6 7 .462
5
5
Wake Forest 6 8 .429
5.5
6
Maryland 3 10 .231
8
7
Duke 2 12 .143
9.5
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Bracket and results

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round
                           
  Winner's Bracket
        
            
      1  NC State 711  
      4  North Carolina 6    
  4  North Carolina 510          
  5  Virginia 4        
      1  NC State 3
      2  Georgia Tech 7
  2  Georgia Tech 7        
  7  Maryland 5          
      2  Georgia Tech 16    
      3  Clemson 5  
  3  Clemson 614    
  6  Wake Forest 5  
  Loser's Bracket
        
           4  North Carolina 9
    5  Virginia 7
  7  Maryland 9  
  6  Wake Forest 7     3  Clemson 710
    7  Maryland 2
  Semifinals     Finals     if needed
                           
  Re-ordered Semi-finals
  2  Georgia Tech 9           
  4  North Carolina 7               
      2  Georgia Tech 9    
      1  NC State 6  
  1  NC State 6    
  3  Clemson 4  

See also

References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1986". Boyd's World. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  2. ↑ "2012 ACC Baseball Guide". TheACC.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-29. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1986". BoydsWorld.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-02. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
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