ACC baseball tournament pairings announced
A pair of league schools from the Sunshine State highlight the 2008 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Championship field, as No. 1 seed Miami and No. 2 seed Florida State prepare to battle with six other schools for the coveted championship crown at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Fla., this week.
The complete pairings and game times for the eight teams competing in the round-robin format tournament are as follows:
The Division `A’ bracket will consist of No. 1 seed Miami, No. 4 seed NC State, No. 5 seed Georgia Tech and No. 8 seed Clemson.
The Division `B’ bracket will include No. 2 seed Florida State, No. 3 seed North Carolina, No. 6 seed Virginia and No. 7 seed Wake Forest.
All 13 games in this year’s ACC Baseball Tournament will be televised for the second-straight year with Fox Sports Net South and Sports South providing live coverage. The league tournament will also be broadcast on four other networks, which includes FSN Florida, SUN Sports, Comcast Sports Mid-Atlantic and the New England Sports Network (NESN). Check your local listing for more details.
In addition, ISP Sports will be the national radio carrier of this year’s league tournament. All 13 contests will air on XM Radio and ISP’s national network of affiliates. Live stats will also be available on the ACC Baseball Championship Site.
The 2008 ACC Baseball Championship takes place Wednesday-Sunday, May 21-25, at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville in Jacksonville, Fla.
Ticket can be purchased either online at the ACC baseball championship page on theACC.com, contacting Jax Events (www.jaxevents.com) at 904-630-3900 or calling Ticketmaster at 904-353-3309.
35th Annual ACC Baseball Championship
Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville - Jacksonville, Fla.
May 21-25, 2008
Wednesday, May 21
G1: #4 NC State vs. #5 Georgia Tech 10 a.m. (FSNS, SUN, CSMA)
G2: #1 Miami vs. #8 Clemson 1 p.m. (FSNS, SUN, CSMA)
G3: #2 Florida State vs. #7 Wake Forest 5 p.m. (SPSO, SUN)
G4: #3 North Carolina vs. #6 Virginia 8 p.m. (SPSO, SUN)
Thursday, May 22
G5: #1 Miami vs. #5 Georgia Tech 5 p.m. (FSNS, SUN)
G6: #4 NC State vs. #8 Clemson 8 p.m. (FSNS, SUN, CSMA)
Friday, May 23
G7: #2 Florida State vs. #6 Virginia 5 p.m. (SPSO, NESN)
G8: #3 North Carolina vs. #7 Wake Forest 8 p.m. (SPSO, CSMA)
Saturday, May 24
G9: #5 Georgia Tech vs. #8 Clemson 10 a.m. (SPSO, FSNFL, CSMA)
G10: #1 Miami vs. #4 NC State 1 p.m. (SPSO, FSNFL, CSMA)
G11: #2 Florida State vs. #3 North Carolina 5 p.m. (SPSO, SUN, NESN)
G12: #6 Virginia vs. #7 Wake Forest 8 p.m. (SPSO, SUN)
Sunday, May 25
Championship Game 1:00 p.m. (FSNS, SUN, CSMA)
TV Legends:
FSNS - FOX Sports Network South
FSN-FL - FOX Sports Network - Florida
SUN - SunSports
CSMA - Comcast Sports Mid-Atlantic
SPSO - Sports South
NESN - New England Sports Network
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I hate that this tourney is no longer a double elim tourney. I understand the reasoning behind it, coaches not wanting to wear out their staffs, but as a selfish fan, I remember FSU and other teams making memorable runs back thru the losers bracket. It takes some of the fun out of it.
Van Wilder,
I agree that the double-elimination tournament made things a bit more exciting, but the current format has so many advantages it’s tough to argue against it.
You mentioned the benefit to the pitching staffs, which helps teams as they advance to NCAA play. It’s also good for fans because they know which teams are playing when from Wednesday through Saturday. With double elimination, you never knew when teams would play. That also helps TV when it comes to scheduling games.
I see your point, but I don’t think the ACC will ever go back to the old way.
Only thing I have a problem with is that the Tournament is on all different networks on different days. Unless you got DirectTV I think all those stations are on there but if not you gotta catch the replay on Comcast. I had to follow a great game between UVA and UNC on GameTracker and it just ended at 1:30 am with UVA winning in 11 innings 8-7. Now gotta catch the replay at 11 am.
The ACC needs to work out something for baseball just like they do in basketball and football and have alot more games on TV. Happy now finally UVA done something and if we beat FSU, ACC Championship here we come.
Now that we’ve been through it, does anyone still think its a good format? All it does is produce a lot of meaningless games. If they keep this format, I probably won’t bother watching any more.