Markelle Fultz

The national player of the year race is speeding up quickly as some of the top college ballplayers are throwing up quite the performances and on some of the biggest of stages.

Wow. December sure was a busy month.

As always, the Cancer Research Classic brings in some of the best high school talent from across the nation and into the gym at Wheeling Jesuit University.

While much of the talk surrounding this year’s DeMatha Catholic bunch is about five-star guards Markelle Fultz and DJ Harvey, it should be noted

There are always heavy amounts of talent in any given recruiting class throughout the Washington DC area and this past weekend, three quality events were put on bringing this tale

This time, two years ago, not many knew much about Markelle Fultz. The 6-foot-4 guard, then standing around 6-foot-1, was entering his sophomore campaign as a guard on the DeMatha Catholic junior varsity team. Flash forward to the current moment, and Fultz has a good chance of becoming a McDonald's All-American come next spring.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA — Coming off the heels where guard played was highlighted and rewarded with a NBA Championship, it comes as no surprise here at the NBA Top 100 camp that guard

We saw a lot of talent at the three shoe events over the weekend. How did Carter Wilson stack the top 24 players from adidas, Nike and Under Armour after a wild three days of action?

LOUISVILLE, KY — Stop number three for the HoopSeen staff was Sunday at the second leg of the UAA.

"What do you think of Markelle Fultz?"

That's a text that comes through the HoopSeen.com hotline about twice a week from an assistant coach at a high-major school.

We couldn't answer that question fully until really watching him at the Hilton Invitational. The answer now?

"Very good. Go recruit him."

For every player that came to the Hilton Invitational with some kind of reputation, the standards were met and the performances were delivered each game out.