We received this ACC Baseball release from blog contributor and my podcast partner @Hokiesmash_ASD .
March 2, 2021
• With the entry of Boston College, North Carolina, Pitt and Virginia Tech into several national polls this week, each of the 14 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball teams has already been ranked nationally in preseason and/or during the opening two weeks of the 2021 season. Nine ACC teams appear this week in at least one of the six major polls, led by Louisville’s No. 1 ranking by Perfect Game. Georgia Tech, Miami and Virginia are also ranked among the nation’s top 10 by at least one publication.
• This marks the third time Louisville has been the No. 1 team in a poll, holding the top spot for two weeks during March of 2017 and again for the opening of the 2020 season.
• The ACC midweek slate features seven total games on Tuesday and Wednesday, including NC State’s home game versus Campbell that is scheduled for a 3 p.m. broadcast on ACC Network. ACC teams own a 38-13 record (.745) in non-conference games so far this season.
• The ACC made history last weekend with an all-Black umpire crew for the Virginia at North Carolina series. It marked the first time an all-Black crew has worked a game for a Power 5 Conference or in Major League Baseball. Veteran ACC umpires Linus Baker, Damien Beal, Greg Street and Randy Watkins manned the series.
•The ACC and the Charlotte Knights announced last Thursday that the 2021 ACC Baseball Championship will be held at Truist Field in Charlotte, North Carolina, May 25-30. Charlotte was originally awarded the 2020 ACC Baseball Championship following a year-long RFP process, facilitated by the ACC Baseball Committee and approved by the league’s membership.
The ACC By The Numbers
2 – The ACC boasts the two leading active NCAA D-1 coaches in terms of winning percentage — Louisville’s Dan McDonnell (.718) and Virginia’s Brian O’Connor (.708).
3 – Three ACC teams rank in the top five nationally for most all-time NCAA tournament appearances: No. 2 Florida State (57), No. 3 Miami (46), and No. 5 Clemson (44).
6 – The Atlantic Coast Conference has placed at least six teams in each of the last 16 NCAA tournaments.
10 – At least two ACC baseball teams have earned national seeds in each of the last 10 NCAA tournaments.
14 – At least one ACC team has reached the College
World Series in Omaha each of the previous 14 years in which it has been held, and multiple ACC teams reached the CWS nine times during that span.
26 – The ACC has placed a total of 26 teams in the past 14 College World Series, an average of just under two per season.
82 – Eighty-two (82) ACC teams have earned NCAA bids in the last 11 tournament years.
96 – The 14 current ACC teams have a combined 96 College World Series appearances.
1,100 (plus) – In Georgia Tech’s Danny Hall (1,287) and NC State’s Elliott Avent (1,115), the ACC claims the NCAA Division I’s No. 4 and No. 7 active coaches in terms of total victories.
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