The ACC Baseball tournament begins on Tuesday, as the top eight teams head to Durham North Carolina. They are in the second year of the new (and somewhat improved) format. Play begins with four three-team pools:
UNC and Clemson each ended the regular season at 22-8 in conference play and were crowned co-champions. For seeding purposes, the ACC first looks at head-to-head records, but the two teams did not play. The second tie-breaker is record against common opponents and by that metric UNC won the #1 seed.
Seeding is key in pool play as it is the tie-breaker if the three teams in the pool go 1-1.