Red Division champion Woodbridge gets Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament’s top seed; JP Stevens gets top nod in Invitational Tourney

The Woodbridge Barrons – the Greater Middlesex Conference Red Division champion – has awarded the top seed in the upcoming GMC Jim Mudowney Championship Tournament at the league’s seeding meeting in East Brunswick Friday morning.

Second-place finisher South Plainfield – which swept the Barrons two games in the regular season, but could not come out ahead of them due to GMC seeding rules – was a unanimous pick for the second seed, just as Woodbridge was at No. 1.

The Tigers were last year’s No. 1 seed, and were runner-up to Old Bridge.

The top four was rounded out by White Division champion St. Thomas Aquinas at No. 3, with East Brunswick getting the four seed.

The rest of the top eight include St. Joseph-Metuchen at No. 5, followed by defending champion Old Bridge, Colonia and Spotswood.

Here’s the complete 2025 GMC Jim Muldowney Championship Tournament bracket:

The Muldowney Championship opens with the play-in round Saturday, with games at higher seeds, with winners moving on to Monday’s first round:

(17) South Brunswick at (16) South River, winner at (1) Woodbridge
(20) South Amboy at (13) Metuchen, winner at (4) East Brunswick
(19) JFK at (14) North Plainfield, winner at (3) St. Thomas Aquinas
(18) Carteret at (15) Perth Amboy, winner at (2) South Plainfield

Meanwhile, JP Stevens – the seventh place team in the GMC Blue Division – got the top seed in the Ray Cipperly Invitational. The top five seeds there get byes to the quarterfinals, which include North Brunswick at No. 2, followed by GMC Gold Champion East Brunswick Magnet, Piscataway, and New Brunswick.

Here’s the complete 2025 GMC Ray Cipperly Invitational Tournament bracket: