Collegiate baseball tournament
The 2017 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 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]
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]
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
ACCRSN
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
ACCRSN
2,944 [ 13]
Thursday, May 25
5
11:00 a.m.
#2 North Carolina vs. #11 Boston College
Louisville Slugger Field
ACCRSN
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
ACCRSN
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
ACCRSN
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
ACCRSN
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
ACCRSN
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
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
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
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
^ "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers" . NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017 .
^ "ACC Championships Central" (PDF) . Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved December 9, 2016 .
^ "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 .
^ "ACC baseball tournament going to Durham for 2015-18" . News & Record . Greensboro, North Carolina . May 15, 2014. Retrieved December 4, 2015 .
^ "Statements from the Atlantic Coast Conference | News" . Archived from the original on October 6, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016 .
^ "ACC Announces Sites For Eight 2016–17 Championships | News" . Archived from the original on October 8, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016 .
^ Estes, Gentry (May 28, 2017). "FSU rallies to beat UNC and win ACC Tournament at Slugger Field" . Courier Journal.
^ "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 .
^ Peter Burke (October 7, 2016). "ACC baseball tournament changes format, increases number of teams" . WPLG . Retrieved December 9, 2016 .
^ "ACC BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE ALTERED" . Atlantic Coast Conference. May 24, 2017. Archived from the original on May 25, 2017. Retrieved May 25, 2017 .
^ Game 1 box score
^ Game 3 box score
^ Game 4 box score
^ Game 6 box score
^ Game 7 box score
^ Game 8 box score
^ Game 10 box score
^ Game 11 box score
^ Game 12 box score
^ Game 14 box score
^ Game 15 box score
No tournament in the year marked in silver.