When freshman Markelle Fultz and his Washington Huskies dropped their season opener Sunday at home to a Yale team that had recently lost its best player for the season, the whispers began -- from fans, college coaches and even some NBA executives.
The Twitter questions started coming, mostly sounding like "Why did he go to Washington instead of a blue blood such as Kentucky or Louisville?"
One NBA scout in attendance told me Fultz didn't even play well, yet he still managed to finish with 30 points. The Huskies were abysmal defensively, allowing 98 points to Yale, and didn't give their star frosh enough help on either end of the floor.
"He's going to be the next Ben Simmons -- and miss out on the NCAA tournament," one coach texted me.