The 2021 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 30 at Truist Field in Charlotte, North Carolina. The annual tournament determined the conference champion of the Division I Atlantic Coast Conference for college baseball. Duke will receive the league's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament after defeating NC State in the Championship game.

The tournament has been held every year but two since 1973, with Clemson winning ten championships, the most all-time. Georgia Tech has won nine championships, and Florida State has won eight titles since their entry into the league in 1992. Charter league member Duke, along with recent entrants Virginia Tech, Boston College, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and Louisville have never won the event.

Format and seeding The winner of each seven-team division and the top ten other teams based on conference winning percentage, regardless of division, from the conference's regular season were seeded one through twelve. Seeds one and two were awarded to the two division winners. Teams were then divided into four pools of three teams each, with the winners advancing to single elimination bracket for the championship.

If a 1–1 tie were to occur among all three teams in a pool, the highest seeded team will advance to the semifinals. Because of this, seeds 5–12 must win both pool play games to advance to the single-elimination bracket, and seeds 1–4 must only win the game against the first game winner. For example, if the 7 seed beats the 11 seed in the first game, then the winner of the 7 seed versus 2 seed advances to the semi-finals and the result of the 11 vs. 2 game would not determine further play.

Pool play is the official model of how the ACC tournament is played, but it can also be modeled as a single-elimination tournament. The tie-breaker described above is equivalent to a first round bye for the top four seeds. Seeds 5 through 12 play a first round game each, then the second round games between the first round winners and the top seeds determine who advances to the semi-finals. Games between the top seeds and the first round losers are also played but those are equivalent to consolation games that do not lead to further play.

The seeds were announced on May 22, after the conclusion of the regular season.

Team W–L Pct GB #1 Seed Atlantic Division Notre Dame 25–10 – 1 NC State 19–14 3 Florida State 20–16 5 Louisville 16–16 7 Clemson 16–20 11 Wake Forest 10–22 – Boston College 10–23 – Team W–L Pct GB #1 Seed Coastal Division Georgia Tech 21–15 2 Miami (FL) 20–15 4 North Carolina 18–18 6 Virginia 18–18 8 Duke 16–17 9 Pittsburgh 16–17 10 Virginia Tech 16–20 12

Tiebreakers (6) North Carolina(7) Louisville(8)Virginia 18–1816–1618–18 UNC 5–1LOU 2–3UVA 2–4 (9) Duke(10) Pittsburgh 16–17 DUKE vs. PITT, 2–1 (11) Clemson(12) Virginia Tech 16–20 CLEM vs. VT, 2–1 Three-way tie broken by combined head-to-head records. Two-way tie broken by combined head-to-head records.

Schedule and results

Schedule

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GameTime*Matchup#ScoreTelevisionAttendanceReference Tuesday, May 25 1 11:00 a.m. No. 7 Louisville vs. No. 11 Clemson 15–10 ACCRSN 2,857 2 3:00 p.m. No. 8 Virginia vs. No. 12 Virginia Tech 3–2 2,065 3 7:00 p.m. No. 6 North Carolina vs. No. 10 Pittsburgh 3–5 3,235 Wednesday, May 26 4 11:00 a.m. No. 5 Florida State vs. No. 9 Duke 1–12 ACCRSN 1,219 5 3:00 p.m. No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 12 Virginia Tech 8–0 3,020 6 7:00 p.m. No. 2 Georgia Tech vs. No. 11 Clemson 5–11 3,915 Thursday, May 27 7 11:00 a.m. No. 4 Miami (FL) vs. No. 9 Duke 2–3 ACCRSN 2,914 8 3:00 p.m. No. 2 Georgia Tech vs. No. 7 Louisville 9–8 (12) 3,002 9 7:00 p.m. No. 3 NC State vs. No. 10 Pittsburgh 3–2 3,987 Friday, May 28 10 11:00 a.m. No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 8 Virginia 1–14 ACCRSN 3,655 11 3:00 p.m. No. 4 Miami (FL) vs. No. 5 Florida State 3–6 12 7:00 p.m. No. 3 NC State vs. No. 6 North Carolina 6–9 7,291 Saturday, May 29 Semifinal 1 1:00 p.m. No. 8 Virginia vs. No. 9 Duke 2–4 ACC Network 3,984 Semifinal 2 5:00 p.m. No. 2 Georgia Tech vs. No. 3 NC State 1–8 4,960 Championship – Sunday, May 30 Championship Noon No. 3 NC State vs No. 9 Duke 0–1 ESPN2 7,162 *Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

Pool Play

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Playoffs

Championship Game ACC Championship(9) Duke Blue Devilsvs.(3) NC State Wolfpack

All–Tournament Team

Source:

Position Player Team C Michael Rothenberg Duke 1B Alex Binelas Louisville 2B J.T. Jarrett NC State 3B Zack Gelof Virginia SS Zack Prajzner Notre Dame OF Bryce Teodosio Clemson OF Tyler McDonough NC State OF Joey Loperfido (MVP) Duke DH Ben Metzinger Louisville P Andrew Abbott Virginia P Cooper Stinson Duke

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