Girls’ Basketball: GMC Tournament “By The Numbers”

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 three wins as Hoffman

All-Time GMC Tournament Titles Won

  1. Piscataway, 12
  2. St. Thomas Aquinas/Bishop Ahr, 9
  3. East Brunswick, 5
  4. JP Stevens, 4
  5. Hoffman/South Amboy, 3#
  6. St. Peter’s-New Brunswick, 3*
  7. Caridnal McCarrick, 1*
    Cedar Ridge, 1*
    Sayreville, 1
    South Brunswick, 1

All-Time GMC Tournament Finals Appearances
Number of appearances followed by record in finals.

  1. Piscataway, 16 (12-4)
  2. East Brunswick, 13 (5-8)
  3. St. Thomas Aquinas/Bishop Ahr, 12 (9-3)
  4. St. Peter’s-New Brunswick, 5 (3-2)*
    Hoffman/South Amboy, 5 (3-2)#
    Cardinal McCarrick, 5 (1-4)*
  5. JP Stevens, 4 (4-0)
    Edison, 4 (0-4)
    Monroe, 4 (0-4)
  6. South Brunswick, 3 (1-2)
  7. Old Bridge, 2 (0-2)
    Colonia, 2 (0-2)
  8. Sayreville, 1 (1-0)
    Cedar Ridge, 1 (1-0)*
    South Plainfield, 1 (0-1)
    JFK, 1 (0-1)
    North Brunswick, 1 (0-1)

Most Consecutive Finals Appearances

  1. East Brunswick, 11 (1992-2002)
  2. St. Thomas Aquinas, 7 (2019-20, 2022-2026) (current streak)
    Piscataway, 7 (2005-2011)
  3. Hoffman, 4 (1986-1989)

Active Coaches, Records in the GMC Finals

  • Tim Corrigan, St. Thomas Aquinas, 3-0
  • Janet Cook, Sayrveille, 1-0

Most Consecutive Titles Won

  1. St. Thomas Aquinas/Bishop Ahr, 7 (2019-2020, 2022-2025)
  2. Hoffman, 3 (1986-1988)
    JP Stevens, 3 (2003-2005)
    Piscataway, 3 (2009-2011
    Piscataway, 3 (2013-2015)
  3. St. Peter’s-New Brunswick, 2 (1991-1992)
    Piscataway, 2 (1997-1998)
    East Brunswick, 2 (1999-2000)
    Piscataway, 2 (2006-2007)

Most Consecutive Games Won: 28 (St. Thomas Aquinas) (current streak)

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

Both the SCT and the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournaments saw double champions in the same years:

  • 1995: Bridgewater-Raritan (SCT), Piscataway (GMCT)
  • 2020: Rutgers Prep (SCT), St. Thomas Aquinas (GMCT)