On this episode of Talking Buffalo, Patrick Moran is joined by Daemen University men's basketball coach Mike MacDonald for a conversation about his No. 1 ranked Wildcats taped live from Imperial Pizza in South Buffalo.

Obviously being in a like Buffalo dominated by Bills and Sabres talk, many college and high school sports accomplishments fly under the radar. Perhaps none so more than the Daemen men's college basketball team, which is undefeated at 24-0 and literally the No. 1 ranked D2 college team in the country. Patrick speaks with Mike about what's went into this magical season and a roster largely built around homegrown talent. Not only have they dominated opposition, they've obliterated most of it---evidenced by just two of their wins being by less than double digits.

They spend plenty of time talking Mike's college coaching career, a resume that's seen him as a head coach over the past 27 years at Canisius, Medaille and Daemen. As someone who's coached on every level of college Mike has thoughts on the biggest differences and similarities.

They also talk about Mike's basketball journey, some of his biggest influences, other sports he's a fan of and much more.

Big shout-out and thank you once again to Imperial Pizzafor being a gracious host and for their excellent wings. They now have two locations, 1035 Abbott Road and also 1665 Main Street

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