Dordt picked to win GPAC men's basketball title - KTIV News 4 Sioux City IA: News, Weather and Sports

Dordt totaled 99 points and nine first place votes and is the preseason coaches' selection to win the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men's Basketball Championship for 2012-13.

The Defenders posted a 30-5 record last year and won the GPAC regular season title with a 17-3 record. Dordt advanced to the NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Elite Eight.

Northwestern, champions of the post-season last winter, were picked second with 92 points and the remaining two first place votes. Briar Cliff was picked third and Midland fourth in the early season poll.

Points were awarded on a 10-1 basis and coaches' could not vote for their own team.

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Here is the complete 2012-13 GPAC Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll:
 
Place School  Points First PlaceVotes
1. Dordt 99 9
2. Northwestern 92 2
3. Briar Cliff 76  
4. Midland 72  
5. Morningside 65  
6t. Concordia 45  
6t. Hastings 45  
8. Dakota Wesleyan 44  
9. NebraskaWesleyan 29  
10. Doane 26  
11. Mount Marty 12