1998 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

1998 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1998
Teams	9
Format	Play-in round followed by eight-team double elimination
Site	Durham Bulls Athletic Park Durham, North Carolina
Champions	Wake Forest (2nd title)
Winning coach	George Greer (1st title)
MVP	John Hendricks (Wake Forest)
Attendance	24,162
Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament «1997  1999»

1988 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#21 Clemson †^y	18	–	2		.900			54	–	14		.794
#27 NC State ^y	13	–	6		.684			45	–	16		.738
#29 Georgia Tech ‡^y	12	–	8		.600			45	–	24		.652
Virginia	11	–	10		.524			32	–	19		.627
North Carolina	10	–	11		.476			34	–	27		.557
Wake Forest	7	–	12		.368			32	–	26		.552
Maryland	5	–	14		.263			20	–	24		.455
Duke	3	–	16		.158			10	–	35		.222
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1988[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1998 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was held at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in Durham, NC from May 12th through May 17th. Wake Forest won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

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	Virginia	9*
	8	Maryland	4*

• (*) Denotes 10 Innings

Main Bracket

Seeding Procedure

From TheACC.com:

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

	1st Round					2nd Round					3rd Round
	Winner's Bracket
	9	Virginia	1
	1	Florida State	4
						1	Florida State	14
						5	Wake Forest	1
	5	Wake Forest	9
	4	NC State	1
											1	Florida State	13*
											6	North Carolina	11*
	6	North Carolina	4
	3	Clemson	1
						6	North Carolina	3
						7	Duke	0
	7	Duke	4
	2	Georgia Tech	0
						Loser's Bracket
						4	NC State	4
						9	Virginia	1			7	Duke	4
											4	NC State	10
						3	Clemson	6
						2	Georgia Tech	10			2	Georgia Tech	1
											5	Wake Forest	2

	Semifinals					Championship					Championship (if-needed)
	Re-ordered Semi-finals
	4	NC State	6								5	Wake Forest	6
	1	Florida State	13								1	Florida State	3
						1	Florida State	1
						5	Wake Forest	2
	5	Wake Forest	3
	6	North Carolina	0

• (*) Denotes 10 Innings

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
1B	Jon Palmieri	Wake Forest
2B	Brian Ward	NC State
3B	Corey Slavik	Wake Forest
SS	Brian Roberts	North Carolina
C	Jeremy Salazar	Florida State
OF	Matt Diaz	Florida State
OF	Scott Daeley	Wake Forest
OF	Brian Cox	Florida State
DH	Brad Piercy	NC State
P	John Hendricks	Wake Forest
P	Danny Borrell	Wake Forest
MVP	John Hendricks	Wake Forest

(*)Denotes Unanimous Selection

See also

• College World Series
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1988". Boyd's World. Retrieved November 24, 2014.

• 2007 ACC Baseball Media Guide