Here are the notes and stats on the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament for boys’ basketball, which was established in 1965, ended in 1965 with the formation of the Greater Middlesex Conference, which merged teams from Middlesex County that played in various leagues over the years.
*School is now closed
All-Time GMC Tournament Titles Won
- St. Joseph-Metuchen, 13
- Piscataway, 5
Colonia, 5 - St. Thomas Aquinas/Bishop Ahr, 4
- Cardinal McCarrick, 2*
Carteret, 2
East Brunswick, 2
South Plainfield, 2 - Metuchen, 1
JFK, 1
JP Stevens, 1
North Brunswick, 1
Sayreville, 1
All-Time GMC Tournament Finals Appearances
Number of appearances followed by record in finals.
- St. Joseph-Metuchen, 21 (13-8)
- Colonia, 10 (5-5)
Piscataway, 10 (5-5) - East Brunswick, 6 (2-4)
- St. Thomas Aquinas/Bishop Ahr, 5 (4-1)
- South Brunswick, 4 (0-4)
- Carteret, 3 (2-1)
Cardinal McCarrick, 3 (2-1)*
Sayreville, 3 (1-2) - South Plainfield, 2 (2-0)
JP Stevens, 2 (1-1)
Metuchen, 2 (1-1)
North Brunswick, 2 (1-1)
St. Peter’s-New Brunswick, 2 (0-2)* - JFK, 1 (1-0)
Monroe, 1 (0-1)
New Brunswick, 1 (0-1)
Perth Amboy, 1 (0-1)
Most Consecutive Finals Appearances: 13 (St. Joseph-Metuchen, 2008-2019)
Active Coaches, Records in the GMC Finals:
- Bob Turco, 3-4 overall (0-1 with Monroe, 3-1 with St. Thomas Aquinas, 0-2 with Piscataway)
- Mark Taylor, 3-4 (St. Joseph-Metuchen)
- Jose Rodriguez, 2-1 (Colonia)
- John Wojick, Sayreville, 0-1
Most Consecutive Titles Won
- St. Joseph-Metuchen, 5 (2010-1014)
- St. Joseph-Metuchen, 4 (2016-2019)
- St. Thomas Aquinas, 3 (2020, 2022-2023)
Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the GMC held four-team “pod” tournaments in 2021, which are not considered a full tournament bracket.
Double Champions
Years the same school swept both the boys’ and girls’ GMC Tournaments
- 1995: Piscataway
- 1996: East Brunswick
- 2007: Piscataway
- 2008: Cardinal McCarrick
- 2009: Piscataway
- 2020: St. Thomas Aquinas
- 2022: St. Thomas Aquinas
- 2023: St. Thomas Aquinas