1988 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1988 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was the 1988 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 North Carolina in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

1988 Atlantic Coast Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	8
Format	Eight-team double elimination
Finals site	Greenville Municipal Stadium Greenville, South Carolina
Champions	Georgia Tech (4th title)
Winning coach	Jim Morris (4th title)
MVP	Ty Griffin, Georgia Tech
Attendance	39,218

1988 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 21 Clemson  ‍†‍‍^y	18	–	2		.900			54	–	14		.794
No. 27 NC State  ‍‍‍^y	13	–	6		.684			45	–	16		.738
No. 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

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
Clemson	18	2	.900	–	1
NC State	13	6	.684	4.5	2
Georgia Tech	12	8	.600	6	3
Virginia	11	10	.524	7.5	4
North Carolina	10	11	.476	8.5	5
Wake Forest	7	12	.368	10.5	6
Maryland	5	14	.263	12.5	7
Duke	3	16	.158	14.5	8

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Tournament

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

	Semifinals					Championship					Championship (if-needed)
	Re-ordered Semi-finals
	5	North Carolina	4								5	North Carolina	2
	1	Clemson	5								3	Georgia Tech	6
						1	Clemson	6
						5	North Carolina	7
	4	Virginia	4
	3	Georgia Tech	5

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All-tournament team

Position	Player	School
C	Jesse Levis	North Carolina
1B	Billy Parham	Georgia Tech
2B	Ty Griffin	Georgia Tech
3B	Darin Campbell	North Carolina
SS	Ron Maurer	North Carolina
OF	Tom Nevin	North Carolina
OF	Pat McGuire	Georgia Tech
OF	Chris DeFranco	North Carolina
DH	Brian Kowitz	Clemson
SP	Scott Erwin	Georgia Tech
RP	Jim Poole	Georgia Tech
MVP	Ty Griffin	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 -- 1988". 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 -- 1988". BoydsWorld.com. Archived from the original on 30 May 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.