NCAA baseball tournament pairings: NC State, UNC, Duke among eight ACC teams in field
The ACC placed eight teams in the NCAA baseball tournament field on Monday, as rivals North Carolina, Duke and N.C. State all received at-large bids.
Duke is a No. 2 seed in its four-team regional at Coastal Carolina, while the Wolfpack and Tar Heels are both No. 3 seeds.
Four ACC teams knew they were in the field as Wake Forest (47-10), Virginia (45-12), Clemson (43-17) and Miami (40-19) were included among the 16 regional host sites the NCAA announced Sunday night.
Wake Forest and Clemson are among the tournament’s top 4 seeds, the NCAA announced Monday morning. The Deacons are No. 1 overall, while the Tigers were slotted at No. 4.
Once the pairings show started, Virginia was placed as the No. 7 overall seed with Miami as the No. 9 overall seed.
Wake Forest will welcome George Mason (34-25) to its regional with Maryland (41-19) and Northeastern (44-14) as the Nos. 2 and 3 seeds, respectively, in Winston-Salem. Maryland and Northeastern play at 1 p.m. on Friday with Wake Forest playing George Mason at 7 p.m.
N.C. State (35-19) is heading to Columbia where the No. 15 national seed South Carolina Gamecocks are the host team. The Wolfpack will play No. 2 regional seed Campbell (44-13) in Friday’s first round at 1 p.m. on ACC Network. South Carolina (39-19) plays the No. 4 seed, Central Connecticut State (36-12), at 7 p.m
Duke (35-21) is also heading south of the border but will play at Conway, South Carolina, where No. 10 seed Coastal Carolina is the host team. The Blue Devils, who carry a four-game losing streak into the NCAA Tournament, will face UNC-Wilmington (34-21) in Friday’s first round. Rider is the No 4 seed at the Conway regional.
“These guys have competed with great energy,” Duke coach Chris Pollard said. “They’ve done it the right way. They’ve been able to overcome some significant injuries and I’m just really happy for them.”
UNC (35-22) heads to Terre Haute, Indiana, where No. 14 national seed Indiana State (42-15) is the host. The Tar Heels will play Iowa (42-14) on Friday at 7 p.m. on ACC Network, after Indiana State plays Wright State (39-21) at 1 p.m.
Boston College (35-18) is headed Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where the No. 16 national seed Alabama Crimson Tide (40-19) are hosts. The second-seeded Eagles will play Troy (39-20) at 3 p.m. before Nicholls State (34-22) plays Alabama at 7 p.m.
At Coral Gables, Florida, Miami plays Maine (32-19) at 7 p.m. on Friday. Louisiana (40-22) and Texas (38-20) open that regional at 1 p.m.
Virginia will play Army West Point (38-16) in the first round of the Charlottesville Regional at noon on Friday. East Carolina (45-17) and Oklahoma (31-26), Nos. 2 and 3 seeds at Virginia, will play at 7 p.m.
At Clemson, the top-seeded Tigers open against Lipscomb (36-24) at 1 p.m. No. 2 seed Tennessee (38-19) plays third-seeded Charlotte (34-26) at 7 p.m.
This story was originally published May 29, 2023 at 11:59 AM with the headline "NCAA baseball tournament pairings: NC State, UNC, Duke among eight ACC teams in field."