1987 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1987 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was the 1987 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference, held at Greenville Municipal Stadium in Greenville, South Carolina from May 11-15. Georgia Tech defeated NC State in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

1987 Atlantic Coast Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	8
Format	Eight-team double elimination
Finals site	Greenville Municipal Stadium Greenville, South Carolina
Champions	Georgia Tech (3rd title)
Winning coach	Jim Morris (3rd title)
MVP	Todd Shiver, Georgia Tech
Attendance	30,006

1987 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 25 Georgia Tech  ‍†‍‡‍^y	17	–	4		.810			51	–	14		.785
No. 10 Clemson  ‍‍‍^y	16	–	5		.762			54	–	14		.794
North Carolina  ‍‍‍	13	–	7		.650			31	–	22		.585
NC State  ‍‍‍^y	12	–	8		.600			39	–	16		.709
Virginia  ‍‍‍	5	–	12		.294			18	–	30		.375
Maryland  ‍‍‍	5	–	12		.294			15	–	24		.385
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	4	–	13		.235			19	–	31		.380
Duke  ‍‍‍	3	–	14		.176			18	–	26		.409
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1987[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format

All eight ACC teams qualified for the eight-team double-elimination tournament.

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.

Regular season results

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
Georgia Tech	17	4	.810	–	1
Clemson	16	5	.762	1	2
North Carolina	13	7	.650	2.5	3
NC State	12	8	.600	4.5	4
Virginia	5	12	.294	10	5
Maryland	5	12	.294	10	6
Wake Forest	4	13	.235	11	7
Duke	3	14	.176	12	8

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Tournament

	1st Round					2nd Round					3rd Round
	Winner's Bracket
	8	Duke	1
	1	Georgia Tech	3
						1	Georgia Tech	4
						4	NC State	5
	5	Virginia	2
	4	NC State	4
											2	Clemson	8
											4	NC State	0
	6	Maryland	9
	3	North Carolina	13
						3	North Carolina	4
						2	Clemson	9
	7	Wake Forest	4
	2	Clemson	11
						Loser's Bracket
						8	Duke	5
						5	Virginia	0			3	North Carolina	11
											8	Duke	10
						6	Maryland	3
						7	Wake Forest	7			1	Georgia Tech	5
											7	Wake Forest	3

	Semifinals					Championship					Championship (if-needed)
	Re-ordered Semi-finals
	2	Clemson	1								4	NC State	0
	1	Georgia Tech	7								1	Georgia Tech	6
						4	NC State	11
						2	Clemson	7
	4	NC State	14
	3	North Carolina	13

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All-tournament team

Position	Player	School
C	Bert Heffernan	Clemson
1B	Turtle Zaun	NC State
2B	Chuck Baldwin	Clemson
3B	Carl Sitler	Georgia Tech
SS	Alex Wallace	NC State
OF	Mike Fowler	Georgia Tech
OF	Devy Bell	North Carolina
OF	Brian Bark	NC State
DH	Bill Steele	Clemson
SP	Todd Shiver	Georgia Tech
RP	Mark Wendel	NC State
MVP	Todd Shiver	Georgia Tech

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See also

• College World Series
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
• Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1987". Boyd's World. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
2. "2012 ACC Baseball Guide". TheACC.com. Archived from the original on 30 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
3. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1987". BoydsWorld.com. Archived from the original on 30 May 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.