The ACC baseball tournament is now underway in Durham, getting started earlier today at the home of the Durham Bulls. Boston College has already defeated higher ranked Clemson, and Florida State and Wake Forest are currently battling it out. Let’s take a look at what to expect, as well as some predictions over the course of this week.

The tournament features four different “pools” and will be pool play Monday through Friday. Each pool has three teams in it. The team in each pool with the best record in pool play will advance to the final four on Saturday, where the games turn into single elimination. The winner of those two games will advance to the ACC championship game on Sunday, which will be shown on ESPN2.

With Louisville winning the Atlantic Division of the ACC during the regular season and Georgia Tech winning the Coastal, they clinched the tournament’s top two seeds. NC State earned the third overall seed and Miami the fourth. Those four teams are the top teams in each pool. The four pools shape up as follows:

Pool A:

#1 Louisville (43-13)

#8 Clemson (33-23)

#12 Boston College (29-26)

Pool B:

#2 Georgia Tech (38-16)

#7 Duke (30-24)

#11 Notre Dame (24-28)

Pool C:

#3 NC State (41-15)

#6 Florida State (35-20)

#10 Wake Forest (30-25)

Pool D:

#4 Miami (38-17)

#5 North Carolina (38-17)

#9 Virginia (32-22)

Predictions

Pool A Winner: Boston College

Pool B Winner: Georgia Tech

Pool C Winner: Florida State

Pool D Winner: North Carolina

Championship Game: Georgia Tech vs. North Carolina

ACC Tournament Champion: Georgia Tech

Garett

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