1976 Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament

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The 1976 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held at Beautiful Tiger Field in Clemson, SC. #1 Clemson University defeated #2 University of Maryland for the title.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 Clemson University 10-2 Bill Wilhelm
2 University of Maryland 8-4 Elton "Jack" Jackson
3 University of North Carolina 8-4 Walt Rabb
4 North Carolina State University 6-6 Sam Esposito
5 Wake Forest University 5-7 Marvin Crater
6 University of Virginia 5-9 James West
7 Duke University 1-11 Enos Slaughter

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First Round   Second Round   Final
                             
  1 Clemson 2  
  5 Wake Forest 0    
      1 Clemson 2  
      2 Maryland 1    
  2 Maryland 8          
  6 Virginia 4        
      1 Clemson 3 x
        2 Maryland 2 x
       
    2 Maryland 14    
  5 Wake Forest 2     6 Virginia 8  
  6 Virginia 8  


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
April 22
Game 1 Wake Forest University 7-3 North Carolina State University single elimination, Wake Forest advances
Game 2 University of Virginia 8-6 University of North Carolina single elimination, Virginia advances
Game 3 University of Maryland 10-9 (10) Duke University single elimination, Maryland advances
April 23
Game 4 Clemson University 2-0 Wake Forest University
Game 5 University of Maryland 8-4 University of Virginia
April 24
Game 6 Clemson University 2-1 University of Maryland
Game 7 University of Virginia 8-2 Wake Forest University Wake Forest eliminated
Game 8 University of Maryland 14-8 University of Virginia Virginia eliminated
April 25
Game 9 Clemson University 3-2 University of Maryland Clemson advances to NCAA tournament