Virginia in the ACC Baseball Championship

From TheACC.com:


GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Pairings and game times have been set for the 2012 Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Championship, which will be held from Wednesday, May 23 through Sunday, May 27, at NewBridge Bank Park.

As the No. 1 overall seed, Atlantic Division champion Florida State (43-12, 24-6) will be placed atop Pool A and will be joined by No. 4 Virginia (36-16-1, 18-12), No. 5 Clemson (32-24, 16-14) and No. 8 Georgia Tech (33-24, 12-18). Coastal Division champion North Carolina (42-13, 22-8) is the No. 2 seed and will be joined in Pool B by No. 3 NC State (38-15, 19-11), No. 6 Miami (34-19, 16-14) and No. 7 Wake Forest (32-22, 13-17).

All eight teams in this year’s ACC Championship field are ranked among the top 40 of the most recent NCAA RPI report. Florida State held a No. 1 national ranking in two major national polls last week, while North Carolina was ranked as high as No. 7, NC State as high as No. 13, Virginia as high as No. 19 and Miami as high as No. 21.

Under the pool-play format, each team will play one game against each of the other three opponents in its division Wednesday-Saturday (May 23-26). The two teams with the best records within their respective division brackets will advance to the title game on Sunday, May 27, with the winner earning the ACC’s automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament.

HERE is the bracket.

Virginia's schedule in Greensboro:

Thursday, 11:00 AM vs. Clemson

Friday, 11:00 AM vs. Georgia Tech

Saturday, 3:00 PM vs. Florida State

Sunday, 12:00 noon -- Championship Game

Saturday's game against FSU will likely determine the winner of Pool A.  Up first, we need to take care of business against Clemson and Georgia Tech, teams we went 5-1 against in the regular season.  We also need to hope that one of those teams (or both!) can pop an upset against the Seminoles, which would conceivably give us some wiggle room should we lose to Florida State on Saturday.  But make no mistake -- FSU is the best team in the ACC this season, and is one of the best teams in the country.  The path to the championship goes through them.

If we can win two [or more] games in Greensboro, I think we're in line to host a regional in the NCAA Tournament.

GO HOOS!