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The ACC Baseball Tournament is a double elimination tournament. The bracket is complicated, but to make it easier, I would suggest you go through the bracket according to the Game Number (you'll see what I mean). That is very important because the brackets shuffle near the end. I would also suggest printing out a copy of this bracket and writing in your entries first.

Take a glance at the bracket, then scroll below the bracket to see 3 important guidelines.

POINT SYSTEM:
Every game you pick correctly worth 10 points. If you pick the Tournament finalists correctly, you'll be awarded 15 points for each. Picking the conference champion will be worth 20 points.

Due to the short notice of this game, the deadline for entries is WEDNESDAY, MAY 21 @ 10:00 AM! The play-in game is Tuesday at 7:30, so that game will not count on entries dated after 7:30PM Tuesday. As always, NO edited posts will be allowed...If you make a mistake, delete it and post again.[/b]

Good luck! If you have any questions, either reply to the thread or PM me.




NOTE: Game 1 (Duke/Md.) is a play-in game. The loser is eliminated.

**:On Saturday, the match-up between the 4 remaining teams is determined by previous opponents. For example, say the final four teams are #1 FSU, #5 GT, #3 UNC, and #7 NCST. If FSU and GT have previously played in, then the highest seeded team (in this case FSU) would play the lowest seeded other team (NCST) and UNC would play GT. This is a complicated rule, but it should get clearer when you actually do the bracket.

If it is impossible to avoid a previous match-up, then the determination is based on avoiding the MOST RECENT tournament match-up.

If no previous match-ups have occured, the team left in the Winners' Bracket will play the lowest seeded team from the Losers' Bracket.

***: In the Championship Game, the final team from the Losers' Bracket (Game 14 Winner) must beat the final team from the Winners' Bracket (Game 13 Winner) TWICE to win the Tournament. For instance, if the Gm14 Winner wins Saturday night, the tournament is over. If the Gm13 Winner wins, the two teams will play again Sunday afternoon for the title.

If the winner of Game 12 loses in Game 13, that team will recieve a bye to Game 16 (Champ.Gm #2, Sunday afternoon) and will play the winner of Game 15 for the title.

To make it easier to keep score, either copy and paste or quote this when entering your picks.

Tuesday...
GAME 1 (PLAY-IN GAME, MD/DUKE):

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Wednesday:
GAME 2 (CLEM vs GT):

GAME 3 (8/9 WINNER vs FSU):

GAME 4 (WAKE vs NCST):

GAME 5 (UNC vs UVA):

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Thursday:
GAME 6 (CLEM/GT Loser vs 8or9/FSU Loser):

GAME 7 (WAKE/NCST Loser vs UNC/UVA Loser):

GAME 8 (CLEM/GT Winner vs 8or9/FSU Winner):

GAME 9 (WAKE/NCST Winner vs UNC/UVA Winner):

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Friday:
GAME 10 (Game 7 Winner vs Game 8 Loser):

GAME 11 (Game 6 Winner vs Game 9 Loser):

GAME 12 (Game 8 Winner vs Game 9 Winner):

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Saturday:
GAME 13 (Game 12 Winner vs Game 10 or 11 Winner):

GAME 14 (Game 12 Loser vs Game 10 or 11 Winner:)

GAME 15 (Championship Game #1):

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Sunday:
GAME 16 (Championship Game #2, If Necessary):

<small>[ May 20, 2002, 06:43 PM: Message edited by: JoltinJacket ]</small>