CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (theACC.com) – Coastal Division champion North Carolina and Atlantic Division champion Clemson are the top two seeds in the 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball championship, which begins Tuesday, May 21 and continues through ‘until Sunday, May 26 at Truist Field in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The championship will feature a pool play format, leading to a four-team single-elimination bracket to determine the league champion.
One of the top 10 teams in the country according to the latest national polls, North Carolina (41-12, 22-8 ACC) earned the No. 1 overall seed and will lead Pool A. The Tar Heels will be joined by the eighth seed. Wake Forest (36-19, 15-15) and 12th-seeded Pittsburgh (26-26, 10-20).
Atlantic Division champion and second seed Clemson (40-13, 20-10) will be the top seed in Pool B, alongside seventh-seeded Louisville (32-22, 16- 14) and Miami, 11th seed (24-29, 11-19).
Gaining the No. 3 seed, NC State (32-19, 18-11) is joined in Pool C by No. 6 seed Duke (35-18, 16-14) and top seed Virginia Tech. series n°10 (32-20, 14-16).
No. 4 seed Virginia (40-14, 18-12) drew the top seed in Pool D, which also includes No. 5 seed Florida State (39-14, 17-12) , and No. 9 seed Georgia Tech. (31-21, 15-15).
Each team from the four pools will play a match against each of the other two opponents in their pool from Tuesday to Friday (May 21-24). The four teams with the best records within their respective pools will advance to Saturday’s semifinals, with the winners playing Sunday in the ACC championship game.
Match times from Tuesday to Friday are set for 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. The Saturday semi-finals are scheduled for 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., while the Sunday championship will begin at noon.
The full 2024 ACC Baseball Championship schedule will be released Sunday morning (May 19).
Tickets are now available at theacc.com/tickets or by visiting the ACC Baseball Championship page on the Charlotte Knights website. Single session, weekend and all session tickets are on sale now. All-session passes start at $170 for the field box and $225 for club seats. Weekend passes start at $50 for field seats, $60 for field seats and $80 for club seats.
ACC Network will broadcast each of the pool games Tuesday through Friday, in addition to the two semifinals on Saturday. Sunday’s championship is scheduled to begin at noon and will be broadcast nationally by ESPN2.
Seven ACC baseball teams are ranked in the top 25 in the latest NCAA RPI, including four in the top 10 with No. 4 North Carolina, followed by No. 7 Clemson, No. 8 Florida State, from No. 10 Wake Forest, from No. 10. 12 Virginia, No. 15 NC State and No. 22 Duke.
2024 ACC Baseball Championship seeds
Truism field; Charlotte, North Carolina
POOL A – #1 North Carolina, #8 Wake Forest, #12 Pitt
POOL B – #2 Clemson, #7 Louisville, #11 Miami
POOL C – #3 NC State, #6 Duke, #10 Virginia Tech
POOL D – #4 Virginia, #5 Florida State, #9 Georgia Tech
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