2008 ACC Baseball Tournament
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The 2008 ACC Baseball Tournament was held at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville
Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville
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 in Jacksonville, FL from May 21st through May 25th. The #1 seeded University of Miami
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 won the tournament with a perfect 4-0 record, earning 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 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
The 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was held from May 30 through June 25, 2008 and was part of the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The 64 NCAA Division I college baseball teams were selected out of an eligible 286 teams on May 26, 2008...

. It was Miami's first conference championship in baseball after having played as an independent until joining the ACC during the 2004-05 academic year.

2008 was the second year in which the conference used a round robin tournament format, with the team with the best record in each group at the end of the three-game round robin advancing to a one-game championship.

Seeding Procedure

From TheACC.com:

The top two teams from both the Atlantic and Coastal divisions, as determined by conference winning percentage, in addition to the four teams with the next best conference winning percentage, regardless of division, will be selected to participate in the ACC Baseball Championship. The two division champions will automatically be seeded number one and two based on winning percentage in overall conference competition. The remaining teams will be seeded (three through eight) based on winning percentage in overall conference competition without regard to division. All ties will be broken using the tie-breaking provisions.

  • Boston College
    Boston College Eagles
    The Boston College Eagles are the athletic teams representing Boston College. They compete in NCAA Division I as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The men's and women's ice hockey teams compete in Hockey East. The women's crew team competes in the Eastern Association of Women's Rowing...

    , Duke
    Duke Blue Devils
    Duke University's 26 varsity sports teams, known as the Blue Devils, compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The name comes from the French "les Diables Bleus" or "the Blue Devils," which was the nickname given during World War I to the Chasseurs Alpins, the French Alpine light infantry...

    , Maryland
    Maryland Terrapins
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     and Virginia Tech
    Virginia Tech Hokies
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     did not make the tournament.

Tournament

  • Florida State and Miami were Regular Season Division Champs.

All-Tournament Team

Position Player School
1B Yonder Alonso
Yonder Alonso
Yonder Alonso is a Cuban-American baseball first baseman for the Cincinnati Reds.-College:Alonso attended the University of Miami, where he played three seasons for the Hurricanes...

Miami
2B *Jemile Weeks
Jemile Weeks
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Miami
3B Drew Martin NC State
SS Tommy Foschi NC State
C Buster Posey
Buster Posey
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Florida State
OF *David Coleman
David Coleman
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Virginia
OF Dave DiNatale Miami
OF Blake Tekotte
Blake Tekotte
Blake Aaron Tekotte is an American professional baseball player with the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball.Tekotte attended David H. Hickman High School and the University of Miami, where he played for the Miami Hurricanes baseball team...

Miami
DH Allan Dykstra Wake Forest
P Matt Harvey North Carolina
P Chris Hernandez Miami
MVP Dave DiNatale Miami


(*)Denotes Unanimous Selection
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