2008 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament


The 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida, from May 21 through 25. The #1 seeded University of Miami won the tournament with a perfect 4–0 record, earning the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It was Miami's first conference championship in baseball after having played as an independent until joining the ACC during the 2004–05 academic year.

2008 Atlantic Coast Conference
baseball tournament
2007-08 ACC baseball tournament logo
Teams8
Format2 division round robin and
championship game
Finals site
ChampionsMiami Hurricanes (1st title)
Winning coachJim Morris (5th title)
MVPDave DiNatale (Miami Hurricanes)
2008 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Atlantic
No. 7 Florida State x‍‍‍y 24 6   .800 54 14   .794
No. 15 NC State ‍‍‍y 18 11   .621 42 22   .656
Wake Forest ‍‍‍ 13 16   .448 25 31   .446
Clemson ‍‍‍ 11 18   .379 31 27   .534
Maryland  ‍‍‍ 9 21   .300 30 26   .536
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 9 21   .300 26 27   .491
Coastal
No. 5 Miami (FL) x‍‍y 23 5   .821 53 11   .828
No. 3 North Carolina ‍‍‍y 22 7   .759 54 14   .794
No. 24 Georgia Techy ‍‍‍ 16 14   .533 41 21   .661
Virginia ‍‍‍y 15 15   .500 39 23   .629
Duke  ‍‍‍ 10 18   .357 37 18   .673
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 6 24   .200 23 32   .418
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 27, 2008[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

2008 was the second 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

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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 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine.

Tournament

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Division A UM NCST GT CU Overall
1 Miami (FL) W 5–2 W 15–12 W 7–1 3–0
4 NC State L 2–5 L 9–10 W 10–0 1–2
5 Georgia Tech L 12–15 W 10–9 L 4–10 1–2
8 Clemson L 1–7 L 0–10 W 10–4 1–2
Division B FSU UNC UVA WFU Overall
2 Florida State W 9–6 L 3–5 W 8–3 2–1
3 North Carolina L 6–9 L 7–811 W 2–0 1–2
6 Virginia W 5–3 W 8–711 L 4–7 2–1
7 Wake Forest L 3–8 L 0–2 W 7–4 1–2
Finals
   
A Miami 8
B Virginia 4
  • Florida State and Miami were Regular Season Division Champs.

All-Tournament Team

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Position Player School
1B Yonder Alonso Miami
2B *Jemile Weeks Miami
3B Drew Martin NC State
SS Tommy Foschi NC State
C Buster Posey Florida State
OF *David Coleman Virginia
OF Dave DiNatale Miami
OF Blake Tekotte Miami
DH Allan Dykstra Wake Forest
P Matt Harvey North Carolina
P Chris Hernandez Miami
MVP Dave DiNatale Miami

(*)Denotes Unanimous Selection

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2008". Boyd's World. Retrieved October 22, 2017.