2007 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament
The 2007 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Florida, from May 23 through 27. North Carolina won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This was the first year the conference used the round robin tournament setup. The best record of each group at the end of the round robin would face each other in a one-game match for the championship.
| Teams | 8 |
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| Format | 2 division round robin and championship game |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | North Carolina Tar Heels (5th title) |
| Winning coach | Mike Fox (1st title) |
| MVP | Josh Horton (North Carolina Tar Heels) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Atlantic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Florida State xy | 24 | – | 6 | .800 | 49 | – | 13 | .790 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Clemson y | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | 41 | – | 23 | .641 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State y | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | 38 | – | 23 | .623 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest y | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | 34 | – | 29 | .540 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 12 | – | 17 | .414 | 24 | – | 27 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | 26 | – | 30 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| No. 2 North Carolina x‡y | 21 | – | 9 | .700 | 57 | – | 16 | .781 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Virginia y | 19 | – | 9 | .679 | 45 | – | 16 | .738 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) y | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | 37 | – | 24 | .607 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 15 | – | 14 | .517 | 32 | – | 25 | .561 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | 29 | – | 25 | .537 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | 23 | – | 31 | .426 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2007[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine.
- Boston College, Duke, Maryland and Virginia Tech did not make the tournament.
Tournament
| Division A | FSU | CU | UM | WF | Overall | |
| 1 | Florida State | L 1–5 | L 3–9 | W 11–2 | 1-2 | |
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| 4 | Clemson | W 5–1 | W 5–4 | L 2–3 | 2-1 | |
| 5 | Miami (FL) | W 9–3 | L 4–5 | L 3–7 | 1-2 | |
| 8 | Wake Forest | L 2–11 | W 3–2 | W 7–3 | 2-1* |
| Division B | UNC | UVA | NCSU | GT | Overall | |
| 2 | North Carolina | W 5–0 | W 14–5 | L 4–8 | 2-1* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Virginia | L 0–5 | W 6–1 | W 4–1 | 2-1 | |
| 6 | NC State | L 5–14 | L 1–6 | W 8–7 | 1-2 | |
| 7 | Georgia Tech | W 8–4 | L 1–4 | L 7–8 | 1-2 |
| Finals | ||||
| A | Wake Forest | 2 | ||
| B | North Carolina | 3 | ||
- Florida State and North Carolina were Regular Season Division Champs
- Wake Forest held the tie-breaker over Clemson by defeating them head-to-head 3-2
- North Carolina held the tie-breaker over Virginia by defeating them head-to-head 5-0
All-Tournament Team
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| 1B | Dustin Ackley | North Carolina |
| 2B | Tony Thomas Jr. | Florida State |
| 3B | Ramon Corona | NC State |
| SS | Dustin Hood | Wake Forest |
| C | Danny Diaz* | Florida State |
| OF | Tim Fedroff* | North Carolina |
| OF | Marcus Jones* | NC State |
| OF | Reid Fronk | North Carolina |
| DH | Josh Horton | North Carolina |
| P | David Kopp | Clemson |
| P | Alex White | North Carolina |
| MVP | Josh Horton | North Carolina |
(*)Denotes Unanimous Selection
References
- "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2007". Boyd's World. Retrieved July 26, 2017.