Bucknell Bison men's basketball

Bucknell Bison men's basketball
2025–26 Bucknell Bison men's basketball team
UniversityBucknell University
Head coachJohn Griffin III (3rd season)
LocationLewisburg, Pennsylvania
ArenaSojka Pavilion
(capacity: 4,000)
ConferencePatriot
NicknameBison
ColorsBlue and orange
   
NCAA Division I tournament round of 32
2005, 2006
NCAA Division I tournament appearances
1987, 1989, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018
Conference tournament champions
ECC: 1987, 1989
Patriot League: 2005, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018
Conference regular-season champions
ECC: 1979, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989
Patriot League: 1992, 1993, 1995, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2025
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The Bucknell Bison men's basketball team represents Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania in NCAA Division I competition. The school's team competes in the Patriot League and plays home games in Sojka Pavilion. Former Bucknell star John Griffin III was appointed the program's 22nd head coach on March 21, 2023.

Bucknell began varsity intercollegiate competition in men's basketball in 1896. The Bison were retroactively ranked as the top team for the 1900–01 season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll, an unofficial, mathematical ranking system of the pre-NCAA tournament era (pre-1939); the ranking is not officially recognized by the NCAA. In the tournament era, the Bison have appeared eight times in the NCAA tournament, most recently in 2018.