Nerlens Noel was the top ranked player coming out of high school and went to the University of Kentucky…stop me if you have heard that before.
Coming out of The Tilton School in Everett, Massachusetts, the springy, 6’10” center had his choice of where to play his college ball. But like many recruits of his caliber, it was John Calipari and the lure of Kentucky basketball that made Lexington, Kentucky his next home.
But the first time Noel met Calipari was not in a basketball gym or restaurant, it was inside of the Noel household.
“He came to my house with Ken Payne.