1986 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

1986 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	1986
Teams	7
Format	Seven-team double elimination
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
Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament «1985  1987»

1986 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
#29 NC State †^y	11	–	2		.846			35	–	15		.700
#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

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 14–17. Georgia Tech defeated NC State in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.^[2]

Format and seeding

Seven of the eight ACC teams qualified for the eight-team double-elimination tournament, with eighth-place Duke failing to qualify.^[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

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round
	Winner's Bracket
						1	NC State	7^11
						4	North Carolina	6
	4	North Carolina	5^10
	5	Virginia	4
											1	NC State	3
											2	Georgia Tech	7
	2	Georgia Tech	7
	7	Maryland	5
						2	Georgia Tech	16
						3	Clemson	5
	3	Clemson	6^14
	6	Wake Forest	5
						Loser's Bracket
											4	North Carolina	9
											5	Virginia	7
						7	Maryland	9
						6	Wake Forest	7			3	Clemson	7^10
											7	Maryland	2

	Semifinals					Finals					if needed
	Re-ordered Semi-finals
	2	Georgia Tech	9
	4	North Carolina	7
						2	Georgia Tech	9
						1	NC State	6
	1	NC State	6
	3	Clemson	4

See also

• College World Series
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
• Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Tournament

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1986". Boyd's World. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
2. "2012 ACC Baseball Guide". TheACC.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-29. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
3. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1986". BoydsWorld.com. Archived from the original on 2012-06-02. Retrieved 2 June 2012.