The ACC announced a change to its baseball tournament format on Wednesday. After using a 12-team pool-play format for the last eight years, the conference will move to a 16-team, single-elimination format for this year's ACC baseball tournament, which will be held in Durham, N.C. from May 20-25.
Pool-play format has been criticized for creating meaningless games due to the format and also taxing teams' pitching staffs with as many as four games the week before the NCAA Tournament begins. This change creates a greater advantage for teams who perform better in the regular season.
The top-four teams in the ACC standings receive a double-bye to the quarterfinals and would need to win just three games to claim the ACC Championship. Seeds five through eight would get a single bye to the second round and seeds nine through 16 would play on Tuesday in the first round and need to win five games to claim the conference championship.
This format change could also be an improvement for ACC teams on the bubble. Previously, those teams could end up on the wrong side of the bubble with an 0-2 showing in the ACC Tournament. Now, no team will suffer more than one loss during conference tournament week.
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Pool-play format has been criticized for creating meaningless games due to the format and also taxing teams' pitching staffs with as many as four games the week before the NCAA Tournament begins. This change creates a greater advantage for teams who perform better in the regular season.
The top-four teams in the ACC standings receive a double-bye to the quarterfinals and would need to win just three games to claim the ACC Championship. Seeds five through eight would get a single bye to the second round and seeds nine through 16 would play on Tuesday in the first round and need to win five games to claim the conference championship.
This format change could also be an improvement for ACC teams on the bubble. Previously, those teams could end up on the wrong side of the bubble with an 0-2 showing in the ACC Tournament. Now, no team will suffer more than one loss during conference tournament week.
New Format Announced for ACC Baseball Championship
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Beginning this spring with the 2025 ACC Baseball Championship in Durham, North Carolina, all 16 teams in the ACC will compete in a single-elimination championship. The championship will remain six days as it has in previous years, running from Tuesday, May 20...
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