Ancient Eight and the Association

Often the universities that make up the Ivy League get knocked for being too pre-professional. (Of course, Wharton doesn't help that stereotype.)

However, one profession in which the Ivy League apparently doesn't train its students well is professional basketball. Specifically, the Ancient Eight hasn't had a basketball player drafted by the NBA since 1995, when Penn's Jerome Allen went 49th overall.

So when's that going to happen again?

In fact, as the article above mentions, the Ivy League is currently one of six Division I conferences that doesn't have a single current NBA player (regardless of draft status).

I think we can all agree that gone forever are the days when Ivy League players like Bill Bradley could dominate a Final Four game. But at the same time, it's not like the athletes in the Ivy League are playing at a vastly inferior level. In fact the Ivy League has a handful of NFL players drafted recently (granted there are almost four times as many draftees in football than basketball).

So do you think there's any chance an Ivy League school could have some true NBA talent anytime soon?