ACC Baseball Snapshot: Where Does Georgia Tech Stand Today?
by Winfield Featherston on Apr 13, 2011 10:40 AM EDT
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PrintLike any true Georgia Tech sports fan, I was very happy to see Virginia leave town Sunday evening and was relieved to see us avoid the sweep by a narrow double play in the bottom of the 9th inning. Virginia was in no way physically intimidating, rather consistently annoying. Never going away, slapping hits around,and then BAM! home run to go ahead.
Over the season, I have played the cynic and was worried to know when the "freshman wall" was going to hit our team and whatever weaknesses we contain would be exposed. The Cavaliers showed us that the Jackets can hang around for 5-7 innings but then get outlasted.
So, where do we stand now? With North Carolina winning the series against Florida State (2 games to 1), the Jackets took a bit of a hit. Here's the latest in the ACC Standings per theACC.com
| COASTAL DIVISION | ||||
| School | Conference | Pct. | Overall | Pct. |
| Virginia | 13-2 | .867 | 32-3 | .914 |
| North Carolina | 12-3 | .800 | 30-5 | .857 |
| Georgia Tech | 12-3 | .800 | 25-9 | .735 |
| Miami | 11-3 | .786 | 21-11 | .656 |
| Duke | 4-11 | .267 | 20-16 | .556 |
| Virginia Tech | 3-12 | .200 | 17-17 | .500 |
Tech takes the quick hit and falls to third place in the Coastal Division. The ACC Tournament takes the top two teams from each division, and then the next top four teams regardless of division. Nobody expects Tech to fall far enough below to miss the tournament but a top two finish in the Coastal would be an accomplishment worth noting.
Georgia Tech and North Carolina will square off head-to-head in Atlanta during the weekend of May 13-15.
For a point of reference, here is the ACC Atlantic Division standings:
| ATLANTIC DIVISION | ||||
| School | Conference | Pct. | Overall | Pct. |
| Florida State | 9-6 | .600 | 24-9 | .727 |
| Boston College | 6-8 | .429 | 13-17 | .433 |
| Clemson | 6-9 | .400 | 19-13 | .594 |
| NC State | 5-10 | .333 | 18-15 | .545 |
| Wake Forest | 5-10 | .333 | 13-20 | .394 |
| Maryland | 3-12 | .200 | 16-17 | .485 |
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As noted in the uga preview...
I’ve found this to actually be a fairly impressive season thus far based on the level of production compared to the fact that the team is 17 freshmen deep, by far the youngest team in any of the major D-1 baseball conferences. And to add to the numerical value of this squad thus far, GT is currently ranked as having the 5th hardest SOS with a current RPI of 5. That’s really not bad for a bunch of high schoolers, haha.
"You could spend the next fifteen seconds of your life watching a man and a tiger scream together, or you could be an idiot."
Fact.
Not worried about making the ACC tourney
There’s a gigantic gap in the Coastal between the teams who would be in and the ones who wouldn’t if the season ended today. We only need to win a handful of games to clinch a spot, and with VT, Maryland, Wake, and NC State still on the schedule I think we’re all but guaranteed to make it.
Because my years of marching band have made me an authority on football.
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