ACC Baseball Dominating

Last week we talked about the seven teams from North Carolina that look as if they have great chances to make the NCAA baseball tournament.  If we expand out further to all the ACC  schools this is a most unusual season.  There are 14 teams that play baseball.   As of Monday night 13 of the ACC  teams are rated 64th or better.  You know only 64 teams make the tournament so it seems to me unfair that if all 13 ACC teams make the tournament then other teams will get left out.

The truth of the matter is this.  Only the eight teams that make the ACC tournament will make make the field.  Maybe one other might sneak in but all thirteen will not make it.  So who gets in and who doesn't.  For sure Virginia Tech who has a losing record will not make it.  Everyone else has a shot of moving up or not depending on how well they do over the next month.

64th in RPI is Duke, they are 23-18 overall.  They need to really sweep some series rest of the conference season.

Boston College: 52nd, 21-15:  A good  finish  just might get BC in something they hardly ever do is make the NCAA in baseball.

Notre Dame 23-14 43rd.  If the Irish make the top eight they could make the tournament.

Pittsburgh 21-14 34th.  Pitt is a team much like BC that needs a good finish and they just might get in.  Need to be in top eight at ACC tournament time.

Wake Forest 26-17. 30th Jump 13 slots after sweeping Carolina over the weekend.  They are borderline ACC tournament

Virginia 26-17 29th.  The defending national champion had a slow ACC start but have played better lately.

Georgia Tech 27-13 21st .  Right in the thick of the battle.  Could go either way making Durham.

North Carolina 26-15 16th.  One of the worse things to happen to the Tar Heels was making the World Series so many times in a row. Expected all the time now.   Swept by WF this weekend as Tar Heels at 9-12 in ACC in real jeopardy of not making tournament down the road in Durham.

Clemson. 26-14 11th in RPI.  How tough is ACC?   A team in top ten has a Losing conference record.

NC State 29-11 8th. Has fourth best conference record. Already has had their no conference games weekend plus has had two rainouts.  Have played five less conference games than most teams.

Miami 28-8 7th RPI:  since Miami joined ACC this is the best team that they have had.

Florida State 28-11 6th:  Always near the top and again top team record wise.

Louisville 31-9 2nd:  Between football basketball and baseball the Ville might be best program in ACC.

The ACC tournament starts the last weekend in May in Durham.