2021 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament

The 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 30 at Truist Field in Charlotte, North Carolina. The annual tournament determined the conference champion of the Division I Atlantic Coast Conference for college baseball. Duke will receive the league's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament after defeating NC State in the Championship game.

2021 Atlantic Coast Conference
baseball tournament
Teams12
FormatSee below
Finals site
ChampionsDuke (1st title)
Winning coachChris Pollard (1st title)
MVPJoey Loperfido (Duke)
Attendance58,516[1]
TelevisionACCRSN (Tues-Sat)
ACC Network (Semifinals)
ESPN2 (Championship)
2021 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Atlantic
No. 10 Notre Dame  x‍‍‍y 25–10 .71434–13 .723
No. 4 NC State  ‍‍‍y 19–14 .57637–19 .661
Florida State  ‍‍‍y 20–16 .55631–24 .564
Louisville  ‍‍‍ 16–16 .50028–22 .560
Clemson  ‍‍‍ 16–20 .44425–27 .481
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍ 10–22 .31320–27 .426
Boston College  ‍‍‍ 10–23 .30321–28 .429
Coastal
Georgia Tech  x‍‍‍y 21–15 .58331–25 .554
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍y 20–15 .57133–21 .611
Virginia  ‍‍‍y 18–18 .50036–27 .571
North Carolina  ‍‍‍y 18–18 .50028–27 .509
Duke  ‍‍‡‍y 16–17 .48533–22 .600
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 16–17 .48523–20 .535
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍ 16–20 .44427–25 .519
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of July 1, 2021[2]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The tournament has been held every year but two since 1973, with Clemson winning ten championships, the most all-time. Georgia Tech has won nine championships, and Florida State has won eight titles since their entry into the league in 1992. Charter league member Duke, along with recent entrants Virginia Tech, Boston College, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and Louisville have never won the event.

Format and seeding

The winner of each seven-team division and the top ten other teams based on conference winning percentage, regardless of division, from the conference's regular season were seeded one through twelve. Seeds one and two were awarded to the two division winners. Teams were then divided into four pools of three teams each, with the winners advancing to single elimination bracket for the championship.[3][4]

If a 1–1 tie were to occur among all three teams in a pool, the highest seeded team will advance to the semifinals.[5] Because of this, seeds 5–12 must win both pool play games to advance to the single-elimination bracket, and seeds 1–4 must only win the game against the first game winner. For example, if the 7 seed beats the 11 seed in the first game, then the winner of the 7 seed versus 2 seed advances to the semi-finals and the result of the 11 vs. 2 game would not determine further play.

Pool play is the official model of how the ACC tournament is played, but it can also be modeled as a single-elimination tournament. The tie-breaker described above is equivalent to a first round bye for the top four seeds. Seeds 5 through 12 play a first round game each, then the second round games between the first round winners and the top seeds determine who advances to the semi-finals. Games between the top seeds and the first round losers are also played but those are equivalent to consolation games that do not lead to further play.

The seeds were announced on May 22, after the conclusion of the regular season.[6]

TeamW–LPctGB #1Seed
Atlantic Division
Notre Dame25–10.714–1
NC State19–14.57653
Florida State20–16.5565.55
Louisville16–16.5007.57
Clemson16–20.4449.511
Wake Forest10–22.31313.5–
Boston College10–23.30314–
TeamW–LPctGB #1Seed
Coastal Division
Georgia Tech21–15.5834.52
Miami (FL)20–15.57154
North Carolina18–18.5007.56
Virginia18–18.5007.58
Duke16–17.48589
Pittsburgh16–17.485810
Virginia Tech16–20.4449.512
Tiebreakers[5]
Teams Record Tiebreaker
(6) North Carolina
(7) Louisville
(8)Virginia		18–18
16–16
18–18		UNC 5–1
LOU 2–3
UVA 2–4
(9) Duke
(10) Pittsburgh		16–17DUKE vs. PITT, 2–1
(11) Clemson
(12) Virginia Tech		16–20CLEM vs. VT, 2–1
  • Three-way tie broken by combined head-to-head records.
  • Two-way tie broken by combined head-to-head records.

Schedule and Results

Schedule

Source:[7]

Game Time* Matchup# Score Television Attendance Reference
Tuesday, May 25
1 11:00 a.m. No. 7 Louisville vs. No. 11 Clemson 15–10 ACCRSN 2,857 [8]
2 3:00 p.m. No. 8 Virginia vs. No. 12 Virginia Tech 3–2 2,065 [9]
3 7:00 p.m. No. 6 North Carolina vs. No. 10 Pittsburgh 3–5 3,235 [10]
Wednesday, May 26
4 11:00 a.m. No. 5 Florida State vs. No. 9 Duke 1–12 ACCRSN 1,219 [11]
5 3:00 p.m. No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 12 Virginia Tech 8–0 3,020 [12]
6 7:00 p.m. No. 2 Georgia Tech vs. No. 11 Clemson 5–11 3,915 [13]
Thursday, May 27
7 11:00 a.m. No. 4 Miami (FL) vs. No. 9 Duke 2–3 ACCRSN 2,914 [14]
8 3:00 p.m. No. 2 Georgia Tech vs. No. 7 Louisville 9–8 (12) 3,002 [15]
9 7:00 p.m. No. 3 NC State vs. No. 10 Pittsburgh 3–2 3,987 [16]
Friday, May 28
10 11:00 a.m. No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 8 Virginia 1–14 ACCRSN 3,655 [17]
11 3:00 p.m. No. 4 Miami (FL) vs. No. 5 Florida State 3–6 [18]
12 7:00 p.m. No. 3 NC State vs. No. 6 North Carolina 6–9 7,291 [19]
Saturday, May 29
Semifinal 1 1:00 p.m. No. 8 Virginia vs. No. 9 Duke 2–4 ACC Network 3,984 [20]
Semifinal 2 5:00 p.m. No. 2 Georgia Tech vs. No. 3 NC State 1–8 4,960 [21]
Championship – Sunday, May 30
Championship Noon No. 3 NC State vs No. 9 Duke 0–1 ESPN2 7,162 [1]
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Pool Play

Pool A
Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT Qualification
1 Virginia 2 2 0 17 3 +14 1.000 Advance to Playoff round
2 Notre Dame 2 1 1 9 14 −5 .500
3 Virginia Tech 2 0 2 2 11 −9 .000
Source: ACC

Pool B
Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT Qualification
1 Georgia Tech 2 1 1 14 19 −5 .500[lower-alpha 1] Advance to Playoff round
2 Louisville 2 1 1 23 19 +4 .500[lower-alpha 1]
3 Clemson 2 1 1 21 20 +1 .500[lower-alpha 1]
Source: ACC
Notes:
  1. Georgia Tech advances as the highest seed in the pool.

Pool C
Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT Qualification
1 NC State 2 1 1 9 11 −2 .500[lower-alpha 1] Advance to Playoff round
2 North Carolina 2 1 1 12 11 +1 .500[lower-alpha 1]
3 Pittsburgh 2 1 1 7 6 +1 .500[lower-alpha 1]
Source: ACC
Notes:
  1. NC State advances as the highest seed in the pool.

Pool D
Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT Qualification
1 Duke 2 2 0 15 3 +12 1.000 Advance to Playoff round
2 Florida State 2 1 1 7 15 −8 .500
3 Miami 2 0 2 5 9 −4 .000
Source: ACC

Playoffs
Semifinals Finals
      
8 Virginia 2
9 Duke 4
9 Duke 1
3 NC State 0
2 Georgia Tech 1
3 NC State 8

Championship Game
ACC Championship
(9) Duke Blue Devils vs. (3) NC State Wolfpack
May 30, 2021, 12:00 p.m. (EDT) at Truist Field in Charlotte, North Carolina
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(3) NC State000000000050
WP: Stinson (3–3)   LP: Willadsen (4–3)   Sv: Johnson (7)
Home runs:
DUKE: None
NCSU: None
Attendance: 7,162
Boxscore

All–Tournament Team

Source:[1]

PositionPlayerTeam
CMichael RothenbergDuke
1BAlex BinelasLouisville
2BJ.T. JarrettNC State
3BZack GelofVirginia
SSZack PrajznerNotre Dame
OFBryce TeodosioClemson
OFTyler McDonoughNC State
OFJoey Loperfido (MVP)Duke
DHBen MetzingerLouisville
PAndrew AbbottVirginia
PCooper StinsonDuke

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