2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

2008 Atlantic Coast Conference
Baseball Tournament

2007-08 ACC baseball tournament logo
Classification Division I
Season 2008
Teams 8
Format 2 division round robin and
championship game
Site Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL
Champions Miami Hurricanes (1st title)
Winning coach Jim Morris (5th title)
MVP Dave DiNatale (Miami Hurricanes)
Atlantic Coast Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2007  2009»

The 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference 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.

Seeding 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 tie-breaking provisions.

Tournament

Division A UM NCST GT CU Overall
1 Miami (FL) W 5-2 W 15-12 W 7-1 3-0
4 NC State L 2-5 L 9-10 W 10-0 1-2
5 Georgia Tech L 12-15 W 10-9 L 4-10 1-2
8 Clemson L 1-7 L 0-10 W 10-4 1-2
Division B FSU UNC UVA WFU Overall
2 Florida State W 9-6 L 3-5 W 8-3 2-1
3 North Carolina L 6-9 L 7-811 W 2-0 1-2
6 Virginia W 5-3 W 8-711 L 4-7 2-1
7 Wake Forest L 3-8 L 0-2 W 7-4 1-2
  Finals
       
A  Miami 8
B  Virginia 4

All-Tournament Team

Position Player School
1B Yonder Alonso Miami
2B *Jemile Weeks Miami
3B Drew Martin NC State
SS Tommy Foschi NC State
C Buster Posey Florida State
OF *David Coleman Virginia
OF Dave DiNatale Miami
OF Blake Tekotte Miami
DH Allan Dykstra Wake Forest
P Matt Harvey North Carolina
P Chris Hernandez Miami
MVP Dave DiNatale Miami

(*)Denotes Unanimous Selection

See also

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