1978 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament

1978 Atlantic Coast Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	7
Format	Seven-team double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Beautiful Tiger Field Clemson, South Carolina
Champions	Clemson (2nd title)
Winning coach	Bill Wilhelm (2nd title)
Attendance	8,300

1978 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 25 Clemson  ‍†‍‡‍y	10	–	2		.833			39	–	14		.736
No. 3 North Carolina  ‍‍‍y	9	–	3		.750			38	–	17		.691
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	7	–	5		.583			23	–	14		.622
Maryland  ‍‍‍	5	–	6		.455			14	–	14		.500
NC State  ‍‍‍	5	–	7		.417			23	–	16		.590
Virginia  ‍‍‍	4	–	8		.333			18	–	14		.563
Duke  ‍‍‍	1	–	10		.091			12	–	22		.353
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1978 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1978 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held at Beautiful Tiger Field in Clemson, SC from April 20 through April 24. Clemson won the tournament and earned the Atlantic Coast Conference's automatic bid to the 1978 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Tournament

	Play-in round (single elim.)					Upper round 2					Upper final										Championship
						1	Clemson	12
						5	NC State	1
	4	Maryland	2
	5	NC State	7
											1	Clemson	13
											7	Duke	0
	6	Virginia	2
	3	Wake Forest	16
						3	Wake Forest	3
						7	Duke	4
	7	Duke	3
	2	North Carolina	2
																					3	Wake Forest	2	—
																					1	Clemson	7	—
											Lower round 1					Lower final
																7	Duke	3
											3	Wake Forest	6			3	Wake Forest	4
											5	NC State	3

See also

• College World Series
• NCAA Division I Baseball Championship

References

• 2007 ACC Baseball Media Guide Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine