1992 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

1992 Atlantic Coast Conference
Baseball Tournament

Classification

Division I

Season

1992

Teams

Format

Nine-team double elimination

Site

Greenville Municipal Stadium
Greenville, South Carolina

Champions

NC State (4th title)

Winning coach

Ray Tanner (1st title)

MVP

Matt Donahue (NC State)

Attendance

43,675

Atlantic Coast Conference
Baseball Tournament

«1991

1993»

1992 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#10 Clemson †^y	19	–	5	.792	50	–	14	.781
#5 Florida State ^y	16	–	7	.696	49	–	21	.700
#29 NC State ‡^y	15	–	9	.625	46	–	18	.719
#24 Georgia Tech ^y	14	–	9	.609	45	–	19	.703
Duke	12	–	12	.500	38	–	16	.704
Wake Forest	11	–	13	.458	36	–	22	.621
North Carolina	8	–	16	.333	31	–	27	.534
Maryland	7	–	15	.318	27	–	28	.491
Virginia	3	–	19	.136	21	–	30	.412

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1992^[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1992 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament was the 1992 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference, held at Greenville Municipal Stadium in Greenville, South Carolina from May 9-13. NC State defeated Clemson in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.^[2]

Format

All nine teams qualified for the conference tournament, with several byes allowing for a nine-team double-elimination tournament.

Seeding Procedure

From TheACC.com:

On Saturday (The Semifinals) of the ACC Baseball Tournament, the match-up between the four remaining teams is determined by previous opponents. If teams have played previously in the tournament, every attempt will be made to avoid a repeat match-up between teams, regardless of seed. If it is impossible to avoid a match-up that already occurred, then the determination is based on avoiding the most recent, current tournament match-up, regardless of seed. If no match-ups have occurred, the team left in the winners bracket will play the lowest seeded team from the losers bracket.

Regular season results

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
Clemson	19	5	.792	–	1
Florida State	16	7	.696	2.5	2
NC State	15	9	.625	4	3
Georgia Tech	14	9	.560	6.5	4
Duke	12	12	.500	7	5
Wake Forest	11	13	.458	8	6
North Carolina	8	16	.333	11	7
Maryland	7	15	.292	11	8
Virginia	3	19	.125	15	9

^[3]

Tournament

Winner & Loser Bracket Games

Round 1 Match-Up


6	Wake Forest	5

5	Duke	2

Round 2 Loser's Bracket Match-Up


7	North Carolina	11

8	Maryland	7

Main Bracket

1st/2nd Round			2nd/3rd Round			3rd/4th Round

Winner's Bracket
9	Virginia	2
1	Clemson	3
			2	Florida State	2
			1	Clemson	5
6	Wake Forest	1
2	Florida State	6
						1	Clemson	1
						3	NC State	11
7	North Carolina	4
4	Georgia Tech	5
			4	Georgia Tech	4
			3	N.C. State	7
8	Maryland	1
3	NC State	7
			Loser's Bracket
			5	Duke	12
			9	Virginia	9	5	Duke	3
						4	Georgia Tech	7
			7	North Carolina	7
			6	Wake Forest	3	2	Florida State	7
						7	North Carolina	3

Semifinals			Championship			Championship (if-needed)

Re-ordered Semi-finals
4	Georgia Tech	4				3	NC State	7
1	Clemson	5				1	Clemson	3
			1	Clemson	11
			2	Florida State	0
3	NC State	0
2	Florida State	1

^[2]

To clarify the brackets above, the match-ups (by round) to the reordered semifinals were as follows:

1st Round: Clemson vs. Virginia, Duke vs. Wake Forest, Florida State - bye, NC State vs. Maryland, Georgia Tech v. North Carolina
2nd Round (winner's): Clemson - bye, Florida State v. Wake Forest, NC State v. Georgia Tech
2nd Round (loser's): Virginia vs. Duke, Maryland vs. North Carolina
3rd Round (winner's): Clemson vs. Florida State, NC State - bye
3rd Round (loser's): Georgia Tech vs. Duke, Wake Forest vs. North Carolina
4th Round (winner's): NC State vs. Clemson
4th Round (loser's): Georgia Tech - bye, North Carolina vs. Florida State

All-tournament team

Position	Player	School
C	Jason Varitek	Georgia Tech
1B	Vinny Hughes	NC State
2B	Joe Taylor	Clemson
SS	Sean Drinkwater	NC State
3B	Paul Borawski	NC State
OF	Ron Esquieres	Duke
OF	Jay Payton	Georgia Tech
OF	Kevin Northrup	Clemson
DH	Chris Roberts	Florida State
SP	Matt Donahue	NC State
RP	Aaron Jersild	Clemson
MVP	Matt Donahue	NC State