It took Kentucky freshman big man Nerlens Noel a minute to get himself in gear, but he’s starting to find the rhythm that made him the #1 overall recruit last year.

Kentucky as a program is down from last season but Noel is starting to rise up.  In this video courtesy of the Big Lead Noel catches a alley-oop over an Auburn defender and has to literally try to clear his head to finish the dunk.

I give it a 8 out 10 on the scale.  Would have been much nastier if he would have completely jumped over the defender.