2010 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:2010
Conference:Atlantic Coast Conference
Shortconference:ACC
Teams:8
Format:2 division round robin and
championship game
Ballpark:NewBridge Bank Park
City:Greensboro, NC
Champions:Florida State Seminoles
Titlecount:5th
Coach:Mike Martin
Coachcount:5th
Mvp:Harold Riggins
Mvpteam:NC State Wolfpack
Television:ACCRSN

The 2010 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held at NewBridge Bank Park in Greensboro, North Carolina, from May 26 through 30. The #5 seeded Florida State Seminoles won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It was Florida State's fifth ACC tournament win and first since 2004. A record 6,247 were in attendance for the championship game.[1]

2010 was the fourth year in which the conference used a round-robin tournament format, with the team with the best record in each group at the end of the three-game round robin advancing to a one-game championship.

Seeding Procedure

From TheACC.com:

The top two teams from both the Atlantic and Coastal divisions, as determined by conference winning percentage, in addition to the four teams with the next best conference winning percentage, regardless of division, will be selected to participate in the ACC Baseball Championship. The two division champions will automatically be seeded number one and two based on winning percentage in overall conference competition. The remaining teams will be seeded (three through eight) based on winning percentage in overall conference competition without regard to division. All ties will be broken using the tie-breaking provisions .

Atlantic Division
TeamWLPctGBSeed
Clemson1812.600align=center align=center 2
Florida State1812.600align=center align=center 5
NC State1515.500align=center 3align=center 7
Boston College1416.467align=center 4align=center 8
Wake Forest822.267align=center 10
Maryland525.200align=center 13
Coastal Division
TeamWLPctGBSeed
Virginia237.767align=center align=center 1
Georgia Tech219.700align=center 2align=center 3
Miami2010.667align=center 3align=center 4
Virginia Tech1614.533align=center 7align=center 6
North Carolina1416.467align=center 9
Duke822.267align=center 15

Tournament

Notes
- Denotes extra innings
- Denotes game shortened due to mercy rule
1 - Florida State beat Virginia head-to-head
2 - NC State beat Virginia Tech head-to-head

Results

Division A

1 - Game ended in the bottom of the seventh inning due to the Mercy Rule.

Division B

1 - Game ended after the bottom of the seventh inning due to the Mercy Rule.

Championship final

All-Tournament Team

PositionPlayerSchool
1BHarold Riggins NC State
2BDallas PoulkNC State
3BHarold MartinezMiami
SSStephen CardulloFlorida State
CSteve DomecusVirginia Tech
OFKyle WilsonNC State
Tyler HoltFlorida State
Austin WatesVirginia Tech
DH/UTMichael BroadMiami
PJustin WrightVirginia Tech
Jake BuchananNC State
MVPHarold RigginsNC State
Source: theacc.com[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Florida State Claims Fifth ACC Championship with 8–3 Win Over NC State . 2010-05-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101231123549/http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-basebl/recaps/053010aad.html . 2010-12-31 . dead .