2017 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 23 through May 28 at Louisville Slugger Field in Louisville, Kentucky. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Atlantic Coast Conference for college baseball. The tournament champion receives the league's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1] This was the last of 19 athletic championship events held by the conference in the 2016–17 academic year.[2]

2017 Atlantic Coast Conference
Baseball Tournament

Format	See below
Finals site	Louisville Slugger Field Louisville, KY
Champions	Florida State (7th title)
Winning coach	Mike Martin (7th title)
MVP	Jackson Lueck, Florida State
Television	RSN (round robin)/ ESPN2 (championship)

2017 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Atlantic
No. 5 Louisville  ^x‍‍‍^y	23	–	6		.793			53	–	12		.815
No. 12 Wake Forest  ‍‍‍^y	19	–	11		.633			43	–	20		.683
No. 25 Clemson  ‍‍‍^y	17	–	13		.567			42	–	21		.667
No. 30 NC State  ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14		.533			36	–	25		.590
No. 6 Florida State  ‍‍‡‍^y	14	–	14		.500			46	–	23		.667
Boston College  ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			25	–	28		.472
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			26	–	32		.448
Coastal
No. 17 North Carolina  ^x‍‍‍^y	23	–	7		.767			49	–	14		.778
No. 21 Virginia  ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12		.600			43	–	16		.729
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍	16	–	13		.552			31	–	27		.534
Duke  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			30	–	28		.517
Georgia Tech  ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			27	–	28		.491
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			23	–	30		.434
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			23	–	32		.418
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

On September 14, 2016, the ACC announced that the 2017 tournament originally slated to be played in Durham, North Carolina,[3][4] along with neutral site championships for seven other sports, would be moved out of the state of North Carolina due to the controversial NC House Bill 2.[5] On October 4, 2016, it was announced that Louisville Slugger Field in Louisville, Kentucky would be the new host venue for 2017.[6]

Florida State defeated North Carolina in the championship game to win the tournament for the seventh time overall, and the second time in three seasons.[7]

Format and seeding

The tournament format, along with the number of eligible teams, was changed for the 2017 tournament. The winner of each seven team division and the top ten other teams based on conference winning percentage, regardless of division, from the conference's regular season will be seeded one through twelve. Seeds one and two are awarded to the two division winners. Teams are then divided into four pools of three teams each, with the winners advancing to a single-elimination bracket for the championship.[8][9] On May 24, due to inclement weather, the schedule for the tournament was altered. Additionally, Jim Paterson Stadium on the University of Louisville campus was added as a site.[10]

Schedule and results

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Location	Television	Attendance
Tuesday, May 23
1	11:00 a.m.	#10 Georgia Tech vs. #6 Miami	Louisville Slugger Field	Regional Sports Network	2,739 [11]
2	3:00 p.m.	#11 Boston College vs. #7 NC State	Louisville Slugger Field
3	7:00 p.m.	#9 Duke vs. #5 Clemson	Louisville Slugger Field		3,381 [12]
Wednesday, May 24
4	11:00 a.m.	#12 Notre Dame vs. #8 Florida State	Louisville Slugger Field	Regional Sports Network	2,944 [13]
Thursday, May 25
5	11:00 a.m.	#2 North Carolina vs. #11 Boston College	Louisville Slugger Field	Regional Sports Network
6	12:00 p.m.	#3 Wake Forest vs. #10 Georgia Tech	Jim Patterson Stadium	ACC Network Extra	324 [14]
7	3:00 p.m.	#4 Virginia vs. #9 Duke	Louisville Slugger Field	Regional Sports Network	2,708 [15]
8	7:00 p.m.	#1 Louisville vs. #12 Notre Dame			6,945 [16]
Friday, May 26
9	11:00 a.m.	#6 Miami vs. #3 Wake Forest	Louisville Slugger Field	Regional Sports Network
10	12:00 p.m.	#5 Clemson vs. #4 Virginia	Jim Patterson Stadium	ACC Network Extra	598 [17]
11	3:00 p.m.	#8 Florida State vs. #1 Louisville	Louisville Slugger Field	Regional Sports Network	8,843 [18]
12	7:00 p.m.	#7 NC State vs. #2 North Carolina			4,659 [19]
Saturday, May 27
Semifinal 1	1:00 p.m.	#8 Florida State vs. #9 Duke	Louisville Slugger Field	Regional Sports Network
Semifinal 2	5:00 p.m.	#2 North Carolina vs. #6 Miami			4,926[20]
Championship – Sunday, May 28
Championship	12:00 p.m.	#8 Florida State vs. #2 North Carolina	Louisville Slugger Field	ESPN2	4,772[21]
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Pool play

Pool A LOU FSU ND 1 Louisville L 2–6 W 10–3 8 Florida State W 6–2 W 5–3 12 Notre Dame L 3–10 L 3–5

Pool B UNC NCSU BC 2 North Carolina W 12–4 W 10–0 7 North Carolina State L 4–12 W 6–1 11 Boston College L 0–10 L 1–6

Pool C WFU MIA GT 3 Wake Forest L 2–5 W 5–4 6 Miami (FL) W 5–2 W 6–5 10 Georgia Tech L 4–5 L 5–6

Pool D UVA CLEM DUKE 4 Virginia W 10–2 L 3–4 5 Clemson L 2–10 L 3–6 9 Duke W 4–3 W 6–3

Elimination round

	Semifinals					Championship
	8	Florida State	5
	9	Duke	1
						8	Florida State	7
						2	UNC	3
	2	UNC	12
	6	Miami	4

Championship game

Sunday, May 28 12:00 p.m.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#8 Florida State	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	0	7	9	2
#2 North Carolina	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	0
WP: Alec Byrd (3–2)   LP: Josh Hiatt (4–2) Home runs: FSU: Drew Mendoza 2 (7) UNC: Tyler Lynn (7) Attendance: 4,772 Notes: Game Duration - 3:39 Boxscore

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
Catcher	Chris Proctor	Duke
1st Base	Drew Mendoza	Florida State
2nd Base	Nick Podkul	Notre Dame
3rd Base	Dylan Busby	Florida State
Shortstop	Logan Warmoth	North Carolina
Outfield	Jackson Lueck‡	Florida State
Outfield	Brian Miller	North Carolina
Outfield	Tyler Lynn	North Carolina
Utility/DH	Ashton McGee	North Carolina
Pitcher	Tyler Holton	Florida State
Pitcher	J. B. Bukauskas	North Carolina

‡ - Tournament MVP

References

1. "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
2. "ACC Championships Central" (PDF). Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
3. "Durham to Host 2015-18 ACC Baseball Championships". Atlantic Coast Conference. May 15, 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. 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. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-06. Retrieved 2016-12-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-08. Retrieved 2016-12-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
7. Estes, Gentry (May 28, 2017). "FSU rallies to beat UNC and win ACC Tournament at Slugger Field". Courier Journal.
8. "ACC Announces Baseball Championship Expansion, Format Change". Atlantic Coast Conference. October 6, 2016. Archived from the original on October 9, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
9. Peter Burke (October 7, 2016). "ACC baseball tournament changes format, increases number of teams". WPLG. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
10. "ACC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE ALTERED". Atlantic Coast Conference. May 24, 2017. Archived from the original on May 25, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
11. Game 1 box score
12. Game 3 box score
13. Game 4 box score
14. Game 6 box score
15. Game 7 box score
16. Game 8 box score
17. Game 10 box score
18. Game 11 box score
19. Game 12 box score
20. Game 14 box score
21. Game 15 box score