1986 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament

1986 Atlantic Coast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	7
Format	Seven-team double elimination
Finals site	Durham Athletic Park; Durham, North Carolina;
Champions	Georgia Tech (2nd title)
Winning coach	Jim Morris (2nd title)
MVP	Jeff Distasio (Georgia Tech)
Attendance	22,638
	← 1985; ACC baseball tournament; 1987 →;

The 1986 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was the 1986 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference, held at Durham Athletic Park in Durham, North Carolina, from May 14 through 17. Georgia Tech defeated NC State in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2]

1986 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 29 NC State ‍†‍‍^y	11	–	2	.846	35	–	15	.700
No. 17 Georgia Tech ‍‍‡‍^y	10	–	4	.714	45	–	23	.662
Clemson ‍‍‍	9	–	4	.692	42	–	21	.667
North Carolina ‍‍‍	7	–	7	.500	33	–	22	.600
Virginia ‍‍‍	6	–	7	.462	27	–	22	.551
Wake Forest ‍‍‍	6	–	8	.429	29	–	21	.580
Maryland ‍‍‍	3	–	10	.231	18	–	28	.391
Duke ‍‍‍	2	–	12	.143	25	–	17	.595

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1986^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

Seven of the eight ACC teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. Duke school policy did not allow the team to play after final exams had ended on April 28.^[3]

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
NC State	11	2	.846	–	1
Georgia Tech	10	4	.714	1.5	2
Clemson	9	4	.692	2	3
North Carolina	7	7	.500	4.5	4
Virginia	6	7	.462	5	5
Wake Forest	6	8	.429	5.5	6
Maryland	3	10	.231	8	7
Duke	2	12	.143	9.5	--

Bracket and results


Upper round 1			Upper round 2			Upper final			Semifinals			Final






			1	NC State	7¹¹

			4	North Carolina	6
4	North Carolina	5¹⁰

5	Virginia	4
						1	NC State	3

						2	Georgia Tech	7
2	Georgia Tech	7
									2	Georgia Tech	9
7	Maryland	5
			2	Georgia Tech	16				4	North Carolina	7

			3	Clemson	5
3	Clemson	6¹⁴

6	Wake Forest	5

												2	Georgia Tech	9

			Lower round 1			Lower round 2						1	NC State	6



						4	North Carolina	9

						5	Virginia	7
									1	NC State	6

									3	Clemson	4
						3	Clemson	7¹⁰

			7	Maryland	9	7	Maryland	2

			6	Wake Forest	7

References

^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1986". Boyd's World. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
^ "2012 ACC Baseball Guide". TheACC.com. Archived from the original on May 20, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
^ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1986". BoydsWorld.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2012.

[1] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1986". Boyd's World. Retrieved November 19, 2014.

[guide-2] "2012 ACC Baseball Guide". TheACC.com. Archived from the original on May 20, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2012.

[standings-3] "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1986". BoydsWorld.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2012.

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1986 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament

Contents

Format and seeding

Bracket and results

See also

References