2021 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament

2021 Atlantic Coast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams12
FormatSee below
Finals site
ChampionsDuke (1st title)
Winning coachChris Pollard (1st title)
MVPJoey Loperfido (Duke)
Attendance58,516[1]
TelevisionACCRSN (Tues-Sat)
ACC Network (Semifinals)
ESPN2 (Championship)
2021 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Atlantic
No. 10 Notre Dame  x‍‍‍y 25 – 10   .714 34 – 13   .723
No. 4 NC State  ‍‍‍y 19 – 14   .576 37 – 19   .661
Florida State  ‍‍‍y 20 – 16   .556 31 – 24   .564
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 16 – 16   .500 28 – 22   .560
Clemson  ‍‍‍ 16 – 20   .444 25 – 27   .481
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 10 – 22   .313 20 – 27   .426
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 10 – 23   .303 21 – 28   .429
Coastal
Georgia Tech  x‍‍‍y 21 – 15   .583 31 – 25   .554
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍y 20 – 15   .571 33 – 21   .611
Virginia  ‍‍‍y 18 – 18   .500 36 – 27   .571
North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 18 – 18   .500 28 – 27   .509
Duke  ‍‍‡‍y 16 – 17   .485 33 – 22   .600
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 16 – 17   .485 23 – 20   .535
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 16 – 20   .444 27 – 25   .519
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of July 1, 2021[2]
Rankings from D1Baseball


The 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 30 at Truist Field in Charlotte, North Carolina. The annual tournament determined the conference champion of the Division I Atlantic Coast Conference for college baseball. Duke will receive the league's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament after defeating NC State in the Championship game.

The tournament has been held every year but two since 1973, with Clemson winning ten championships, the most all-time. Georgia Tech has won nine championships, and Florida State has won eight titles since their entry into the league in 1992. Charter league member Duke, along with recent entrants Virginia Tech, Boston College, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and Louisville have never won the event.

Format and seeding

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 were seeded one through twelve. Seeds one and two were awarded to the two division winners. Teams were then divided into four pools of three teams each, with the winners advancing to single elimination bracket for the championship.[3][4]

If a 1–1 tie were to occur among all three teams in a pool, the highest seeded team will advance to the semifinals.[5] Because of this, seeds 5–12 must win both pool play games to advance to the single-elimination bracket, and seeds 1–4 must only win the game against the first game winner. For example, if the 7 seed beats the 11 seed in the first game, then the winner of the 7 seed versus 2 seed advances to the semi-finals and the result of the 11 vs. 2 game would not determine further play.

Pool play is the official model of how the ACC tournament is played, but it can also be modeled as a single-elimination tournament. The tie-breaker described above is equivalent to a first round bye for the top four seeds. Seeds 5 through 12 play a first round game each, then the second round games between the first round winners and the top seeds determine who advances to the semi-finals. Games between the top seeds and the first round losers are also played but those are equivalent to consolation games that do not lead to further play.

The seeds were announced on May 22, after the conclusion of the regular season.[6]

Team W–L Pct GB #1 Seed
Atlantic Division
Notre Dame 25–10 .714 – 1
NC State 19–14 .576 5 3
Florida State 20–16 .556 5.5 5
Louisville 16–16 .500 7.5 7
Clemson 16–20 .444 9.5 11
Wake Forest 10–22 .313 13.5 –
Boston College 10–23 .303 14 –
Team W–L Pct GB #1 Seed
Coastal Division
Georgia Tech 21–15 .583 4.5 2
Miami (FL) 20–15 .571 5 4
North Carolina 18–18 .500 7.5 6
Virginia 18–18 .500 7.5 8
Duke 16–17 .485 8 9
Pittsburgh 16–17 .485 8 10
Virginia Tech 16–20 .444 9.5 12
Tiebreakers[5]
Teams Record Tiebreaker
(6) North Carolina
(7) Louisville
(8)Virginia		 18–18
16–16
18–18		 UNC 5–1
LOU 2–3
UVA 2–4
(9) Duke
(10) Pittsburgh		 16–17 DUKE vs. PITT, 2–1
(11) Clemson
(12) Virginia Tech		 16–20 CLEM vs. VT, 2–1
  • Three-way tie broken by combined head-to-head records.
  • Two-way tie broken by combined head-to-head records.

Schedule and Results

Schedule

Source:[7]

Game Time* Matchup# Score Television Attendance Reference
Tuesday, May 25
1 11:00 a.m. No. 7 Louisville vs. No. 11 Clemson 15–10 ACCRSN 2,857 [8]
2 3:00 p.m. No. 8 Virginia vs. No. 12 Virginia Tech 3–2 2,065 [9]
3 7:00 p.m. No. 6 North Carolina vs. No. 10 Pittsburgh 3–5 3,235 [10]
Wednesday, May 26
4 11:00 a.m. No. 5 Florida State vs. No. 9 Duke 1–12 ACCRSN 1,219 [11]
5 3:00 p.m. No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 12 Virginia Tech 8–0 3,020 [12]
6 7:00 p.m. No. 2 Georgia Tech vs. No. 11 Clemson 5–11 3,915 [13]
Thursday, May 27
7 11:00 a.m. No. 4 Miami (FL) vs. No. 9 Duke 2–3 ACCRSN 2,914 [14]
8 3:00 p.m. No. 2 Georgia Tech vs. No. 7 Louisville 9–8 (12) 3,002 [15]
9 7:00 p.m. No. 3 NC State vs. No. 10 Pittsburgh 3–2 3,987 [16]
Friday, May 28
10 11:00 a.m. No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 8 Virginia 1–14 ACCRSN 3,655 [17]
11 3:00 p.m. No. 4 Miami (FL) vs. No. 5 Florida State 3–6 [18]
12 7:00 p.m. No. 3 NC State vs. No. 6 North Carolina 6–9 7,291 [19]
Saturday, May 29
Semifinal 1 1:00 p.m. No. 8 Virginia vs. No. 9 Duke 2–4 ACC Network 3,984 [20]
Semifinal 2 5:00 p.m. No. 2 Georgia Tech vs. No. 3 NC State 1–8 4,960 [21]
Championship – Sunday, May 30
Championship Noon No. 3 NC State vs No. 9 Duke 0–1 ESPN2 7,162 [1]
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Pool Play

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT Qualification
1 Virginia 2 2 0 17 3 +14 1.000 Advance to Playoff round
2 Notre Dame 2 1 1 9 14 −5 .500
3 Virginia Tech 2 0 2 2 11 −9 .000
Source: ACC

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT Qualification
1 Georgia Tech 2 1 1 14 19 −5 .500[a] Advance to Playoff round
2 Louisville 2 1 1 23 19 +4 .500[a]
3 Clemson 2 1 1 21 20 +1 .500[a]
Source: ACC
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Georgia Tech advances as the highest seed in the pool.

Pool C

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT Qualification
1 NC State 2 1 1 9 11 −2 .500[a] Advance to Playoff round
2 North Carolina 2 1 1 12 11 +1 .500[a]
3 Pittsburgh 2 1 1 7 6 +1 .500[a]
Source: ACC
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c NC State advances as the highest seed in the pool.

Pool D

Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT Qualification
1 Duke 2 2 0 15 3 +12 1.000 Advance to Playoff round
2 Florida State 2 1 1 7 15 −8 .500
3 Miami 2 0 2 5 9 −4 .000
Source: ACC

Playoffs

Semifinals Finals
      
8 Virginia 2
9 Duke 4
9 Duke 1
3 NC State 0
2 Georgia Tech 1
3 NC State 8

Championship Game

ACC Championship
(9) Duke Blue Devils vs. (3) NC State Wolfpack
May 30, 2021, 12:00 p.m. (EDT) at Truist Field in Charlotte, North Carolina
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
(9) Duke 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2
(3) NC State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
WP: Stinson (3–3)   LP: Willadsen (4–3)   Sv: Johnson (7)
Home runs:
DUKE: None
NCSU: None
Attendance: 7,162
Boxscore

All–Tournament Team

Source:[1]

Position Player Team
C Michael Rothenberg Duke
1B Alex Binelas Louisville
2B J.T. Jarrett NC State
3B Zack Gelof Virginia
SS Zack Prajzner Notre Dame
OF Bryce Teodosio Clemson
OF Tyler McDonough NC State
OF Joey Loperfido (MVP) Duke
DH Ben Metzinger Louisville
P Andrew Abbott Virginia
P Cooper Stinson Duke

References

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  5. ^ a b "#ACCBASE Seeding and Tiebreaker Information". Atlantic Coast Conference. April 30, 2017. Archived from the original on October 13, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
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