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South Plainfield |
2003-04 |
27-1 |
- Won GMC Tournament for first time in school history.
- Had the longest
winning streak in school history.
- Won second straight GMC White Division
Championship.
- Went 21-0 in GMC.
- Won the John "Butch" Kowal Holiday Tournament
for second straight year.
- Defeated perennial state power Elizabeth in
the Hoop Group Tip-Off Classic.
- Six players from this team all went
on to play college basketball at either NAIA,
Division III, Division II, or Division I.
- Won the first ever GMC Hoops Trophy.
- Was first team to ever go the
entire season as the top ranked team in the GMC Hoops Top Ten.
- Was
runner-up in North Jersey Section 2 Group III to eventual state champion,
Raritan.
- Schedule included: Elizabeth, Westfield, Rahway, Cranford,
Yorktown, N.Y., Sayreville (twice), Colonia (four times), Piscataway,
St. Joseph's,
Northern
Highlands,
Snyder (Jersey City), and Raritan.
- Key wins: Elizabeth, Westfield,
Rahway, Cranford, Yorktown, N.Y., Sayreville (twice), Colonia (4
times), Piscataway, St. Joseph's,
Northern Highlands,
and Snyder (Jersey City).
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Cardinal McCarrick |
2002-03 |
23-6 |
- Won GMC Tournament for first time in school history.
- Won
first ever GMC Blue Division Title.
- Won sixth straight overall division
title (Had won 5 straight Gold Division titles before moving up
to GMC Blue).
- Won first sectional crown since 1980.
- Won 12 straight
games.
- Won first 13 division games of season.
- Went 20-1 in
the GMC.
- Was runner up in Non-Public B to eventual T of C Champion,
St. Patrick's of Elizabeth.
- Was not ranked in either GMC Hoops Top
Ten, Star Ledger Middlesex County Top Ten, or Home News-Tribune
Top Ten
at beginning
of the season.
- Leading scorer, Mika Wilson, was the
first St. Mary's/Cardinal McCarrick Player to score 500 points
in a single season.
- Schedule included:
New Brunswick (twice), Spotswood (twice), St. John Vianney, Colonia,
South Plainfield, St. Joseph's, Burlington City, McCorristin (Trenton
Catholic), Wildwood Catholic, and St. Patrick's.
- Key wins: New Brunswick (twice), Spotswood, Colonia,
South Plainfield, St. Joseph's, McCorristin (Trenton
Catholic),
and Wildwood Catholic.
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South Plainfield |
2004-05 |
19-6 |
- 46-7 overall record in a two year period with losses
to Raritan, St. Anthony's, Teaneck, Paterson Catholic, Colonia, Woodbridge,
and
New Brunswick.
- 63-13 overall record in three year period.
- 37-5 record
in GMC White over three year period.
- Won Second Straight GMC Tournament.
- Reached GMCT Final
Four for third straight year.
- Won a share of its third consecutive
GMC White Division Title.
- Won John "Butch" Kowal Holiday
Tournament for third straight year.
- Went 16-3 in the GMC in 2004-05.
- Competed in several showcase events including Hoop
Group Tip-Off Classic, New Year's Jump Off, and Paterson Firefighter's
Fund Classic.
- Two 1,000 point plus
scorers, and Division I prospects in Marquis Jones (Rhode Island)
and Darren Smith (Penn).
- Jones became the all time leading scorer
in school history breaking the mark set in February, 1986 by
Joe Thompson.
- Set records for most three pointers
by a team, and an individual in a GMCT Final.
- Schedule included:
St. Anthony's, St. Peter's Prep (Jersey City), Scotch Plains, Cranford,
Teaneck,
Colonia (three
times), Paterson Catholic, New
Brunswick
(four times), and St. Joseph's.
- Key Wins: St. Peter's Prep (Jersey
City), Scotch Plains, Cranford, Colonia (twice), New Brunswick
(three times),
and St. Joseph's.
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Colonia |
2000-01 |
21-5 |
- Won
1st MCT/GMCT Championship since 1980.
- Head Coach
Ken Pace became first coach in history of MCT/GMCT to win county/conference
tournaments at
two different schools (won 1990 GMCT while coaching at J.F. Kennedy).
- Defeated
top seeded St. Joseph's, which was ranked number one in GMC Hoops,
Home News-Tribune, and Star-Ledger Middlesex County Top
Ten.
- Went undefeated
18-0 in the GMC.
- Started
season 3-3.
- Led by
Division I prospect, and two time GMC Hoops Player of the Year, Justin
Chiera (Central Connecticut State).
- Won GMC
White Division title for third consecutive year.
- Reached
GMCT Championship Game for 2nd time in three years.
- Losses
included: Hillside, Union, St. Patrick's, Middle Township,
and Neptune.
- GMC
Hoops Pre-Season Number One.
- Schedule
included: New Brunswick (three times),
Hillside, Union, St. Patrick's, Sayreville (twice), Middle Township,
East Brunswick, St. Joseph's, and Neptune.
- Key
wins:
Sayreville (twice), New Brunswick (three times), East Brunswick, St.
Joseph's.
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Carteret |
2001-02 |
24-4 |
- Won
1st GMC Tournament Championship since 1986.
- Reached
GMCT final for the second time in three years.
- Reached
GMCT Final Four for the third straight year.
- Three consecutive
20 plus win seasons.
- Won its
third consecutive GMC Blue Division title.
- Won 39
consecutive games over a three year period in the GMC Blue Division.
- Won
16 straight games at to close out the season before losing to New
Brunswick in CJ Group II Final.
- Won the
Gene Haley Memorial Holiday Tournament.
- Reached
Central Jersey Group II final, where it lost to New Brunswick for the
second straight year.
- Featured
Division I prospect Omar Alston (Hofstra).
- Schedule
included: Paramus Catholic, Cardinal
McCarrick, J.F. Kennedy, Highland Park (twice), Spotswood (three
times), East Brunswick, Sayreville, New Brunswick (twice), Colonia
(twice), Holmdel, and Manasquan.
- Key
Wins:
Cardinal McCarrick, J.F. Kennedy, Spotswood (three times), Highland
Park (twice), East Brunswick, Sayreville, New Brunswick (twice),
Colonia (twice), Holmdel,
and Manasquan.
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St. Joseph's |
2004-05 |
16-10 |
- Reached
GMC Tournament Final
- Reached
GMC Final Four for second straight year.
- GMC
Hoops Pre-Season Number One
- Started
season 1-7.
- Won
15 of 16 games to qualify for state tournament, and reach GMCT Final.
- Featured
NBA Draft Lottery Pick Andrew Bynum of Los Angeles Lakers.
- Bynum
missed first ten games due to knee injury.
- Competed
in high school showcase events such as the Hoop Group Tip-Off Classic,
Glaxo Smith-Kline
Tournament in
North Carolina,
Scholarship Fund for Inner-City
Children's Basketball Festival in Jersey City, and the Prime Time
Shootout.
- GMC
Hoops Pre-Season Number One.
- Schedule
included:
One of the toughest schedules in school history with opponents such
as St. Patrick's, Christ School, Abington Friends, St. Benedict's,
St. Anthony's, Rochester East, Piscataway, South Brunswick, Cardinal
McCarrick, South Plainfield, and Monsignor Donovan.
- Key
Wins: Piscataway, South Brunswick (twice), Rochester East, and Cardinal
McCarrick
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New Brunswick |
2001-02 |
20-5 |
- Won
GMC White Division.
- Won Second
Straight Central Jersey Group II Title.
- Second
straight 20 plus win season.
- Reached
the GMCT Final Four.
- Went 17-3
in GMC.
- GMC Hoops
Pre-Season Number One.
- Featured
future Division I football players Dwayne Jarrett (USC), Marvin Taylor
(UConn), and Kareem Byrom (Buffalo).
- Schedule
included: Colonia (twice), Sayreville (twice), Hunterdon Central,
Highland Park (three times), Raritan, Somerville, and Carteret (twice),
and Middle Township.
- Key
wins:
Colonia (twice), East Brunswick, Highland Park (three times), Raritan,
Somerville, and Carteret.
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Colonia |
2001-02 |
18-9 |
- Reached
GMC Tournament Final for third time in four years.
- Reached
GMC Final Four for fourth straight year.
- Defeated
top seeded South Brunswick in GMCT Semifinals.
- Defeated
eventual champion Carteret in the regular season.
- Featured
two of the all time leading scorers in Colonia history in Justin Chiera
and Nick
Smith.
- Started
season 2-5.
- Won 16
out of 20 games to finish the season.
- Schedule
included: Hillside, Elizabeth, Bloomfield Tech, Neptune, New
Brunswick (twice), South Plainfield (four times), J.F. Kennedy, Carteret
(twice), South Brunswick, Piscataway,
and Sayreville.
- Key
wins:
South Plainfield (four times), Sayreville (twice), Carteret (regular
season), J.F. Kennedy, Piscataway,
and South Brunswick.
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St. Joseph's |
2000-01 |
21-4 |
- Won
GMC Red Division for fourth time in five years.
- Reached
the GMCT Final and GMCT Final Four for fourth time in five years.
- Reached
the Non-Public A South Tournament Final Four for third time in four
years.
- Was unbeaten
for over half the season.
- Competed
in Prime Time Shootout---Lost to Camden Wilson, 85-83 in 4OT.
- Was 18-2
in the GMC.
- Featured
two Division I prospects Greg Kuchinski (Penn) and Preston Beverly
(VMI).
- Kuchinski
set a Prime Time Shootout scoring record 48 points in the four overtime
loss to Camden Wilson, 85-83.
- Ranked
Number One Pre-Season by the Home News-Tribune.
- Ranked
18th Pre-Season In Gannett N.J. Top 20.
- Ranked
7th in the Newark Star-Ledger during regular season.
- Schedule
included: Edison (twice), Piscataway (three times), East Brunswick
(twice), South Brunswick (twice), Carteret, Colonia, Camden Wilson,
Notre Dame of Ewing, and Camden Catholic.
- Key Wins:
Piscataway (three times), East Brunswick (twice), South Brunswick (twice),
Edison, Carteret, and
Notre Dame of Ewing.
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St. Joseph's |
2002-03 |
19-8 |
- Reached
GMCT Final for fifth time in seven years.
- Won GMC
Red for fifth time in seven years.
- Reached
Non-Public A South Final Four for fourth time in six years.
- Reached
final of Buc Classic Holiday Tournament in Red Bank.
Went 17-4 in GMC.
- Started
season 2-3.
- Finished
season with wins in 15 of 19 games.
- Featured
Division II and eventual Division I prospect, and GMC Hoops All Fifth
Anniversary
Selection, Jonathan Dixon.
- Schedule included:
Seton Hall Prep, St. Anthony's, Long Branch, Red Bank Regional, Franklin,
Perth Amboy, Piscataway, Old Bridge, Colonia, New Brunswick, Cardinal
McCarrick, Bishop Ahr, and Camden Catholic.
- Key
Wins:
Long Branch, Red Bank Regional, New Brunswick, Old Bridge (three times),
Perth Amboy, Piscataway, and
Bishop Ahr.
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