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.
Here is the complete 2012-13 GPAC Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches' Poll:
Place | School | Points | First Place Votes |
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. | Nebraska Wesleyan | 29 | |
10. | Doane | 26 | |
11. | Mount Marty | 12 |
Picture from Dordt Sports Information Office
| Doane | 27th of 27 |
| NAIA Championship - 2nd Round (Wilderness Ridge GC) | |
| Doane | 27th of 27 |
| NAIA Championship - 1st Round (Wilderness Ridge GC) | |
| Northwestern at | 17th of 28 |
| NAIA Championship - Final Round (Creekside Golf Club) | |
| Northwestern at | 17th of 28 |
| NAIA Championship - 3rd Round (Creekside Golf Club) | |
| Northwestern at | 9th of 28 |
| NAIA Championship - 2nd Round (Creekside Golf Club) | |
| Northwestern at | 6th of 28 |
| NAIA Championship - 1st Round (Creekside Golf Club) | |
| (RV) Central Methodist College vs | 9 |
| (RV) Morningside | 4 |
| NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round (Claremore, Okla.) (Elimination Game) | |
| Hastings at | 2 |
| (17) Freed-Hardeman | 9 |
| NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round - Elim. Game | |
| Doane vs | 0 |
| (10) Concordia University | 9 |
| NAIA National Championships | |
| (13) Concordia University vs | 8 |
| (25) Nebraska Wesleyan | 1 |
| NAIA National Championship (Mobile, Ala.) | |
| Hastings vs | 1 |
| (4) Oklahoma City University | 6 |
| NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round | |
| (6) Williams Baptist College vs | (5) | 17 |
| (RV) Morningside | 2 | |
| NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round (Claremore, Okla.) | ||
| (23) Univ of Science and Arts of Oklahoma vs | 5 |
| (RV) Northwestern | 4 |
| NAIA Baseball Opening Round (Oklahoma City, Okla.) | |
| Midland vs | 2 |
| Bellevue University | 7 |
| NAIA Baseball Opening Round (Elimination Game) | |
| Hastings at | No Team Score |
| Concordia Twilight | |
| Concordia | |
| Concordia Twilight Meet | |
| Doane at | No Team Score |
| Concordia Twilight | |
| Briar Cliff at | No Team Score |
| Concordia Twilight (Seward, NE) | |
| Briar Cliff at | No Team Score |
| Concordia Twilight (Seward, NE) | |
| Concordia | |
| Concordia Twilight Meet | |
| Doane | |
| NAIA Championship - Final Round (Wilderness Ridge GC) | |
| Midland at | |
| NAIA Outdoor Championships | |
| Doane at | |
| NAIA Championships | |
| Northwestern at | 10:30am |
| @ NAIA Outdoor National Championships | |
| Midland at | |
| NAIA Outdoor Championships | |
| Doane at | |
| NAIA Championships | |
| Northwestern at | 10:30am |
| @ NAIA Outdoor National Championships | |
| Midland at | |
| NAIA Outdoor Championships | |
| Doane at | |
| NAIA Championships | |
| Hastings at | |
| NAIA Outdoor Championships | |
| Northwestern at | 1:00pm |
| @ NAIA Outdoor National Championships | |
| Midland at | |
| NAIA Outdoor Championships | |
| Doane at | |
| NAIA Championships | |
| Northwestern at | 1:00pm |
| @ NAIA Outdoor National Championships | |
