Arkansas switch Boogie Fland has dedicated to the defending NCAA champion College of Florida and coach Todd Golden, Fland instructed ESPN.
Fland’s representatives, NIL agent Mike Miller and supervisor Julian Aiken, gave the verbal dedication together with Fland on Tuesday. Miller, a Florida alum, performed two seasons for the Gators below then-coach Billy Donovan earlier than being chosen fifth general by the Orlando Magic within the 2000 NBA draft.
Fland, who thought-about turning professional, withdrew from NBA draft consideration final week. He attended the draft mix however didn’t full the complete occasion earlier than making his choice to return for one more yr of school basketball.
The 6-foot-2 guard is No. 42 in ESPN’s NBA draft rankings and was a projected second-round choose within the newest mock draft.
Fland entered the switch portal simply earlier than the deadline in late April. There was important buzz in the previous few weeks surrounding Florida as a possible vacation spot for Fland, sources instructed ESPN, because the Gators searched for one more backcourt playmaker to star alongside Princeton switch Xaivian Lee in Golden’s up-tempo type of play.
A five-star recruit and McDonald’s All American within the 2024 class, Fland was top-of-the-line freshmen within the nation throughout the first half of final season. The New York native averaged 15.1 factors, 5.7 assists and three.4 rebounds over the primary 18 video games, taking pictures 36.5% from 3-point vary. However he sustained a proper hand harm in mid-January that pressured him to sit down out many of the remainder of the season.
He injured the hand in opposition to Florida on Jan. 11 however began the subsequent two video games earlier than shutting it down till March.
Fland returned throughout the NCAA match in a reserve position, taking part in a median of 17.7 minutes in opposition to Kansas, St. John’s and Texas Tech.
ESPN’s Jeff Borzello contributed to this report.
