# 1988 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament

The 1988 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was the 1988 postseason baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference, held at Greenville Municipal Stadium in Greenville, South Carolina, from May 11 through 15. Georgia Tech defeated North Carolina in the championship game, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

## Format

All eight ACC teams qualified for the eight-team double-elimination tournament.

### Seeding Procedure

From TheACC.com Archived 2012-11-11 at the Wayback Machine:
   On Saturday (The Semifinals) of the ACC baseball tournament, the match-up between the four remaining teams is determined by previous opponents. If teams have played previously in the tournament, every attempt will be made to avoid a repeat match-up between teams, regardless of seed. If it is impossible to avoid a match-up that already occurred, then the determination is based on avoiding the most recent, current tournament match-up, regardless of seed. If no match-ups have occurred, the team left in the winners bracket will play the lowest seeded team from the losers bracket.

## Regular season results

| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed |
| Clemson | 18 | 2 | .900 | – | 1 |
| NC State | 13 | 6 | .684 | 4.5 | 2 |
| Georgia Tech | 12 | 8 | .600 | 6 | 3 |
| Virginia | 11 | 10 | .524 | 7.5 | 4 |
| North Carolina | 10 | 11 | .476 | 8.5 | 5 |
| Wake Forest | 7 | 12 | .368 | 10.5 | 6 |
| Maryland | 5 | 14 | .263 | 12.5 | 7 |
| Duke | 3 | 16 | .158 | 14.5 | 8 |

## Tournament

| Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Upper final | Upper final | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Final | Final | Final |
| 8 | Duke | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Clemson | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | Clemson | 9 | 1 | Clemson | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | North Carolina | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | North Carolina | 13 | 5 | North Carolina | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Virginia | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Virginia | 1 | | | | 3 | Georgia Tech | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | North Carolina | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Wake Forest | 3 | | | | 5 | North Carolina | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Wake Forest | 3 | | | | | | | 5 | North Carolina | 4 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Georgia Tech | 4 | | | | | | | 5 | North Carolina | 4 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Georgia Tech | 4 | 3 | Georgia Tech | 8 | | | | 1 | Clemson | 5 | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | NC State | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Maryland | 1 | 2 | NC State | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | NC State | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | North Carolina | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Clemson | 6 | 3 | Georgia Tech | 6 |
| | | | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | | | | | 5 | North Carolina | 7 | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | NC State | | | | | | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Virginia | 7 | 4 | Virginia | | | | | | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Virginia | 7 | 4 | Virginia | | 4 | Virginia | 4 | | 6 | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Duke | 1 | | | | 4 | Virginia | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Duke | 1 | | | | 3 | Georgia Tech | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 1 | Clemson | | 3 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 9 | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Maryland | 6 | 7 | Maryland | | | | | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Wake Forest | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## All-tournament team

| Position | Player | School |
| C | Jesse Levis | North Carolina |
| 1B | Billy Parham | Georgia Tech |
| 2B | Ty Griffin | Georgia Tech |
| 3B | Darin Campbell | North Carolina |
| SS | Ron Maurer | North Carolina |
| OF | Tom Nevin | North Carolina |
| OF | Pat McGuire | Georgia Tech |
| OF | Chris DeFranco | North Carolina |
| DH | Brian Kowitz | Clemson |
| SP | Scott Erwin | Georgia Tech |
| RP | Jim Poole | Georgia Tech |
| MVP | Ty Griffin | Georgia Tech |