On this weeks episode of Create Your Shot, Smallz and Tyler chat with Mike MacDonald of the Daemen College Wildcats out of the ECC! Mike is in his twenty second season as a head coach with previous stops at Canisuis and Medaille. Mike talks about getting his start in coaching, suffering a team tragedy and working his entire life in the greater Buffalo area. We also talk through transitioning a team from NAIA to division II and his current team at Daemen. This weeks city review is Buffalo, NY and coach speak features a quote from Buffalo University head coach, Jim Whitsell. Follow Mike on Twitter @DaemenMBB!

Create Your Shot: Mike MacDonald

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Basketball

Smallz and Tyler welcome on Professional Shooting Coach, Mike Dunn this week. Mike is a former player at Philadelphia University the best shooter in the history of the program. Mike goes into his journey, whether shooters need to play defense, the proper way to shoot a basketball and much more. Mike can be found on Instagram raining jumpers and shooting trick shots @seemikedunn and online at seemikeshoot.com

0:28 -- Tyler and Smallz intro
7:17 -- Intro to Mike Dunn
9:59 -- Mike's evolution with social media and building a brand
13:15 -- Journey in basketball and Mike's college career
19:10 -- HOW TO SHOOT
22:24 -- working with struggling shooters
25:30 -- Mike on Ben Simmons and other pro shooters
28:00 -- Life changing moment in Mike's life
33:27 -- Inspirational mentors
36:51 -- Building the brand
38:55 -- Ultimate career goals and the next steps
42:00 -- Coach SpeakÂ
53:50 -- City Review - Manayunk, PA
1:00:29 -- Ten Touches
1:07:43 -- Parting Shots

Best of CYS: Mike Dunn

This week Tyler and Smallz welcome on the most junior, senior writer at The Athletic, Sam Vecenie. Sam joins the guys to talk about his career, this season in college basketball, the NBA draft and even some Australian rules football. Sam gets into his draft sleepers, compares players in Tyler's favorite segment, Rothstiens and takes Smallz on a tour of Columbus, OH. The guys even talk Lavar Ball since CYS is desperate for clicks. Sam can be found on Twitter @sam_vecenie.

:29: Tyler and Smallz intro
8:21: Intro to Sam Vecenie
10:56: daily schedule
12:12: Sam getting his start
17:46: Writing his way, carving a niche
20:21: Stats In context
23:52: Genesis of love for the game
26:10: Twitter Networking
29:58: Industry Networking
37:32: Draft class thoughts
41:35: Sleepers in the draft
46:45: Ultimate career goals
48:44: Rothstein's: Collin Sexton, Jalen Brunson, Robert Williams, Trae Holder, Chimezi Metu
54:10: City review: Columbus, OH
59:12: Ten Touches
1:22:46: Parting Shots

Best of CYS: Sam Vecenie

On this weeks episode of Create Your Shot, Tyler and Smallz chat with Mark Titus of Fox Sports. They discuss Mark's time at Ohio State, how he started club trillion, why he has the career he does now and so much more. They also dive into Mark's history with depression and self-care and how important it is for athletes. For more episodes like this check out Create Your Shot on apple pods and follow Createyourshot on Twitter. Mark can be found on Twitter @clubtrillion and heard on his show "Titus and Tate"

Best of CYS: Mark Titus

This week Julianne Viani joins Create Your Shot. The former MAAC HOF basketball player and current college basketball analyst with ESPN, CBS Sports, Big10 network, Pac12 and NextVR talks about her college career at Marist, playing in the NCAA tournament, playing overseas in Armenia and making her career as a sportscaster. The guys ask Julianne which coaching style worked for her and how she deals with coaches during her time with them before games, and Julianne takes the guys through Manhattan, NY during the city review. Julianne can be found on Twitter @JulianneViani.

Best of CYS: Julianne Viani

This week the guys are joined by Courtney Lyle, an absolute rising star in the play-by-play industry. Courtney can be heard on ESPN, The SEC Network and Friday Night Stripes where she does play-by-play for football, basketball, volleyball, baseball and softball. Courtney joins the guys for an awesome talk about her work experience, her lack of sleep, the best restaurants in Knoxville and what it's like covering college football in a rabid football town! This weeks coach speak features Butch Jones and the city review is Knoxville, TN. Courtney can be found on Twitter @Sportney_Lyle

:29 Smallz and Tyler Introduction
5:26 Smallz makes his return to coaching!
15:27 Courtney Lyle joins CYS
19:00 How Courtney decided she wanted to get into sports broadcasting
25:32 Internships and jobs that Courtney did to gain experience
28:42 Courtney's first full time job in Macon, GA
36:33 Covering big time college football at Tennessee and Butch Jones stories
45:38 Friday Night Stripes and how Courtney has carved out a niche in high school football
48:05 Overcoming challenges as a woman in media
58:40 Coach Speak â Butch Jones
1:02:48 City Review â Knoxville, TN
1:07:00 Ten Touches
1:12:24 Parting Shots

Create Your Shot: Mike MacDonald

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