2016 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2016 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 24 through May 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 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

2016 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
	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]

Atlantic Division
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
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	–

Coastal Division
Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
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	Regional Sports Network	2,717[8]
2	3:00 p.m.	#8 Boston College vs. #9 Georgia Tech		1,824[9]
Wednesday, May 25
3	11:00 a.m.	#4 Florida State vs. #5 NC State	Regional Sports Network	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	Regional Sports Network	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	Regional Sports Network	—
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	Regional Sports Network	—
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

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