Bucknell University has a proud basketball history that has seen multiple players selected in the NBA draft, most notably Mike Muscala, who enjoyed a lengthy and productive professional career playing for several franchises including the Atlanta Hawks and Oklahoma City Thunder. Other historical draft selections from the program include Al Leslie, who was selected in the second round of the 1981 NBA Draft by the Indiana Pacers, and Jaye Andrews, who was drafted in 1985, cementing a rare but impactful lineage of Bison talent reaching the highest professional level.