1997 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

1997 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1997
Teams	9
Format	Play-in round followed by eight-team double elimination
Site	Florida Power Park St. Petersburg, Florida
Champions	Florida State (2nd title)
Winning coach	Mike Martin (2nd title)
MVP	Jeremy Morris (Florida State)
Attendance	32,141
Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament «1996  1998»

1997 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#10 Georgia Tech †y	19	–	4		.826			46	–	15		.754
#9 Florida State ‡y	18	–	6		.750			50	–	17		.746
#23 NC State y	15	–	8		.652			43	–	20		.683
Clemson y	13	–	10		.565			41	–	23		.641
Wake Forest	10	–	13		.435			37	–	20		.649
Virginia	10	–	13		.435			32	–	22		.593
Duke	9	–	14		.391			33	–	25		.569
North Carolina	6	–	18		.250			29	–	31		.483
Maryland	5	–	19		.208			22	–	32		.407
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1997; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1997 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was held at the Florida Power Park in St. Petersburg, FL from May 13th through May 17th. Florida State won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Tournament

Play-In Game

• The two teams with the worst records in regular season conference play faced each other in a single elimination situation to earn the 8th spot in the conference tournament.

	Play-In Game
	9	Maryland	2
	8	North Carolina	4

Main Bracket

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.

Bracket

	1st Round					2nd Round					3rd Round
	Winner's Bracket
	8	North Carolina	6
	1	Georgia Tech	7
						1	Georgia Tech	4
						4	Clemson	7
	5	Wake Forest	6
	4	Clemson	8
											2	Florida State	8
											4	Clemson	4
	6	Virginia	2
	3	NC State	4
						3	NC State	3
						2	Florida State	5
	7	Duke	2
	2	Florida State	4
						Loser's Bracket
						8	North Carolina	4
						5	Wake Forest	3			3	NC State	4
											8	North Carolina	2
						6	Virginia	3
						7	Duke	16			7	Duke	5
											1	Georgia Tech	3

	Semifinals					Championship					Championship (if-needed)
	Re-ordered Semi-finals
	2	Florida State	12
	7	Duke	2
						4	Clemson	0
						2	Florida State	10
	4	Clemson	11*
	3	NC State	6*

• (*) Denotes 10 Innings

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
1B	Chris Combs	NC State
2B	Scott Zech	Florida State
3B	Jeff Becker	Duke
SS	Brian Roberts	North Carolina
C	Jeremy Salazar	Florida State
OF	Gary Burnham	Clemson
OF	J.D. Drew	Florida State
OF	Jeremy Morris	Florida State
DH	Kris Wilson	Georgia Tech
P	Chris Chavez	Florida State
P	Randy Choate	Florida State
MVP	Jeremy Morris	Florida State

(*)Denotes Unanimous Selection

See also

• College World Series
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship

References

• 2007 ACC Baseball Media Guide