PINEHURST, N.C. —Now that the Confederate Flag has been removed from the State House Grounds in Columbia, the odds of the ACC Baseball Tournament returning to South Carolina has dramatically increased.

ACC Commissioner John Swofford told The Clemson Insider on Monday, “That’s terrific for us.”

Though the ACC Baseball Tournament has a home in Durham, N.C. the next three years, the Palmetto State could see it cross its borders from North Carolina in the future.

“There are great baseball fans in South Carolina and in particular Clemson baseball fans,” Swofford said following his state of the conference address in Pinehurst as part of the 2015 ACC Football Kickoff.

“The flag coming down removes a barrier that was there. That’s a positive in a whole lot of ways, not just in terms of ACC Championships and NCAAs coming back to South Carolina, but in a broader and even more important sense.”

Swofford says there are multiple venues that could come into play in South Carolina. Myrtle Beach was supposed to host the championships in 2011-2013 before it was pulled due to the flag controversy. Greenville, with its new and vibrant downtown, could also be in play as well as Charleston, which is always a great destination place.

“What the baseball committee does is put RSVPs out and then they make a decision from there as for what is best for the conference,” he said. “This time around there was a desire from the baseball committee and the athletic directors to put it in one place and leave it there for four years, with the idea that continuity would build the tournament.

“We have had one year in Durham and it was an excellent year. We will have to see how that goes and let the baseball committee decided if we want four years or two years at one place and two years at another, or move it every year. Historically, I guess we have done all of the above at one time or another.”

Swofford says Greenville is “a terrific place” and that it certainly adds appeal.

He mentioned Charlotte was strongly considered the last time around as a host city thanks to the Knights’ brand new ballpark located downtown, but because of a scheduling conflict, Durham was awarded the bid.

“They could not take us for four years because they have to host an All-Star game in one of those years so because we were looking for a four-year stay, they were out of the mix. So you get all kinds of things that come into play,” he said. “It just isn’t a bidding war. We just want to do what is best for ACC Baseball.”

It’s hard to imagine that playing in Myrtle Beach, Greenville or Charleston would not be in the best interest of ACC Baseball.