Nerlens Noel admitted that Kentucky’s national championship has affected his decision-making, though he stopped short of giving the Wildcats the edge in his recruitment.

“Kentucky had the big win Monday night and I had a good time watching that game,” Noel wrote in his ESPN blog. “I was really liking how Anthony Davis continued to be effective even without scoring the ball. I know how it feels to not be able to get it going on the offensive end at times and that makes you just want to go even harder defensively. I loved that he got Most Outstanding Player, too.

“Just seeing him have all the success that he’s had this year definitely makes me think a lot about what I could be doing there. That’s really appealing to me.”

Noel recently spoke with Davis while in New Orleans for the All-American Championships.

“I talked to him a lot while I was down there and he told me all about how much better he’d gotten since he got there,” Noel wrote. “He told me that I’d have to be ready when I got there because it was going to be a lot of hard work. I’d definitely say it makes me think about Kentucky more, and with them winning with all of those freshmen was very attractive. Just seeing that it doesn’t matter how young you are, you can win a national title.

"I wouldn’t say that all of that stuff gives Kentucky an advantage though. It’s just something I think about a lot."