1997 ACC Baseball Tournament
Encyclopedia
The 1997 ACC Baseball Tournament was held at the Florida Power Park in St. Petersburg, FL from May 13th through May 17th. Florida State
won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference
's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
.
(*)Denotes Unanimous Selection
Florida State Seminoles
The Florida State Seminoles are the men's and women's sports teams of Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. Florida State participates in the NCAA's Division I . FSU joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1991, and competes in the Atlantic Division in any sports split into a...
won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...
's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
1997 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
The 1997 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was held in 1997. Forty-eight NCAA Division I college baseball teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament, to play in the NCAA Tournament...
.
Play-In Game
- The two teams with the worst records in regular season conference play faced each other in a single elimination situation to earn the 8th spot in the conference tournament.
Seeding Procedure
From TheACC.com:
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.
Bracket
- (*) Denotes 10 Innings
All-Tournament Team
| Position | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| 1B | Chris Combs Chris Combs Chris Combs is a composer and steel guitarist from Tulsa, Oklahoma. He has been a part of the jazz group Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey since 2008. Combs also writes and plays lap steel with Gogo Plumbay, a Tulsa-based quintet that has been together since 2009... |
NC State |
| 2B | Scott Zech | Florida State |
| 3B | Jeff Becker | Duke |
| SS | Brian Roberts Brian Roberts Brian Michael Roberts is an American Major League Baseball All Star second baseman, nicknamed B-Rob.He made his Major League debut in and has spent his entire professional career with the Baltimore Orioles organization, located in Baltimore, Maryland.-Early life, education and college-baseball... |
North Carolina |
| C | Jeremy Salazar | Florida State |
| OF | Gary Burnham | Clemson |
| OF | J.D. Drew | Florida State |
| OF | Jeremy Morris | Florida State |
| DH | Kris Wilson | Georgia Tech |
| P | Chris Chavez | Florida State |
| P | Randy Choate Randy Choate Randol Doyle Choate is an American Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Miami Marlins.-High school years:Choate attended Churchill High School in San Antonio, Texas, and was a letterman in baseball.... |
Florida State |
| MVP | Jeremy Morris | Florida State |
(*)Denotes Unanimous Selection