Let’s tackle three questions a day for the first official week of practice. We run them at 3 p.m. every day. 

Welcome to the 2015-2016 season in the state of Georgia. The March to Macon has officially begun and we couldn’t be more excited to get things rolling here in the Peach State. Every day for the next couple of weeks we will tackle three questions at 3 p.m. about the upcoming season. 

Justin Young and Carter Wilson will jump right into the conversation about the best teams, best players, best games and much more as the opening tip looms around the corner. 

Have a question? Please use #AskHoopSeen and our guys will be sure to tackle your questions along the way! 

Which game are you most looking forward to seeing this season?

That’s an easy one. I can’t wait to see the state’s top two big men go head-to-head at the Basketball Xplosion on Dec. 5 at Wheeler High School. Wendell Carter of Pace Academy will lock horns with Ikey Obiagu of Greenforest Christian. That’s two five-star players going at it in the low post. Carter, our No. 1 overall player in the class of 2017, and Obiagu, our No. 2 overall player in Georgia’s loaded 2017 class, last matched up at our Elite Preview. Carter is as skilled as they come on offense while Obiagu is the best shot-blocker I’ve ever covered. These types of match-ups are the kinds we will talk about 10 years from now. - Justin Young

I have two games that caught my eyes for two different reasons. The first is Pace Academy and Westlake at the Holiday Hoopsgiving event. Westlake might have the most talent of anyone in the state and they will meet 2017’s best player in Wendell Carter as well as newcomer Isaiah Kelly. The talent in that game will be something you won’t get too often. I also love a good rivalry game. Nothing beats the atmosphere of two teams that are very familiar with one another and want to have the bragging rights between them. For this I am looking at a January matchup between Lithonia and Miller Grove. Despite being a non-region game, these schools are very close to one another and I think they will go all out to claim the title of Dekalb County’s best team. This one will be fun. - Carter Wilson

Wendell Carter is the No. 1 player in the country for the class of 2017. But can he be named Mr. Georgia Basketball this season? 

It’s never easy for a non-senior to win Georgia’s Mr. Basketball title. The last player to do so was Shareef Abdur-Rahim, who won the award back to back years in 1994 & 1995. James Forrest also won back to back in 1989 & 1990. That would certainly put Wendell Carter in good company. He is certainly talented enough to win the award. However, I think the award will again go to a senior, with the 2016 class having more than deserving players in Kobi Simmons, Alterique Gilbert, or Brandon Robinson. - CW

 is the clear-cut top prospect in the state. But sometimes being the top prospect doesn’t always mean he’s the best performer in the state. Carter is trending in that direction, coming off the spring and summer that he had. Will Pace Academy win state in AA? Maybe. The Atlanta private school had to travel to Vidalia and lost at one of the toughest home courts in Georgia by two last year in the state playoffs, ending their season earlier than they would have liked. The AA field is tough this season. There’s a lot of winning experience in the class. All of this being said, no, I don’t think Carter is Mr. Georgia Basketball. (But I’m giving myself the out to change my mind by mid-season!) 

So…

I’m a fan of competition. I think most people involved with athletics are. So, when you look at this group of players this high school season in Georgia, I think we have a wide open race for Mr. Georgia Basketball. Taking your theory, Carter, of a senior-only club for the award, I think we have a lot of options here. 

If Shiloh is the top team and the AAAAAA state champs, then Josh Okogie needs to be in the conversation. If we are looking for straight value to his team, then you can make an argument for Kamar Baldwin of Apalachee. If we are looking at straight body of work over his career, then the runaway favorite is Alterique Gilbert. It is a big year for St. Francis senior Kobi Simmons. Can he reel in another state championship in Class A Private? Let’s not forget about Brandon Robinson of Douglas County either. 

Options. We have plenty of options. None of them are jumping off the page as the definitive answer. And that’s a good thing for the state and the season ahead. - JY 

Every season we see freshmen rise up and play a big role for their teams during the season and post-season. Who is the one freshman you are looking forward to seeing the most this season? 

If there was one big revelation at our Fall Preview camp a couple of weeks ago it was this - the guard group of the class of 2019 is very good. Of that group, I really liked what I saw from Newton’s Ashton Hagans. The big guard reminds me a lot of Javaris Crittenton at the same age. Crittenton was a two-time state champ at Southwest Atlanta Christian. Hagans joins a talented Newton team that won 22 games and two games in the AAAAAA state playoffs. Playing alongside junior J.D. Notae, one of the really nice sleepers in the Atlanta area, Hagans will have high expectations but not unrealistic goals for the year. That’s great for on-court development. His role will be important, no doubt. - JY

While I think Ashton Hagans is a freshman I am definitely looking forward to seeing, for the sake of non-repetition, I will say Kyle Sturdivant of Norcross. Sturdivant is a guard who really impressed me this fall at showcase camps and plays the point with a savvy and strength beyond his years. He is unafraid of taking on more experienced players and has a poise about him that could come in handy through Norcross’ tough regular season schedule and into the postseason.  - CW