1992 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament

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 through 13. NC State defeated Clemson in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2]

1992 Atlantic Coast Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	9
Format	Nine-team double elimination
Finals 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
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1992 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 10 Clemson  ‍†‍‍^y	19	–	5		.792			50	–	14		.781
No. 5 Florida State  ‍‍‍^y	16	–	7		.696			49	–	21		.700
No. 29 NC State  ‍‍‡‍^y	15	–	9		.625			46	–	18		.719
No. 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

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 2012-11-11 at the Wayback Machine:

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

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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					Semifinals					Championship					Championship (if-needed)
	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	4
	4	Georgia Tech	5
						4	Georgia Tech	4								1	Clemson	5
						3	N.C. State	7
	8	Maryland	1
	3	NC State	7																							3	NC State	7
																					1	Clemson	11			1	Clemson	3
						Lower round 1					Lower round 2										2	Florida State	0
											5	Duke	3
						5	Duke	12			4	Georgia Tech	7
																3	NC State	0
						9	Virginia	9
																2	Florida State	1
											2	Florida State	7
						7	North Carolina	7			7	North Carolina	3
						6	Wake Forest	3

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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

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See also

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

References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1992". Boyd's World. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
2. . TheACC.com. Archived from the original on May 20, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2012.
3. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1992". BoydsWorld.com. from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2012.