UK Basketball Recruiting

Highlights: Class of 2024 Kentucky recruit Boogie Fland plays on Nike EYBL circuit

Stepinac’s Boogie Fland in action against Simeon during a high school basketball game at the Hoophall Classic on Jan. 15 in Springfield, Mass.
Stepinac’s Boogie Fland in action against Simeon during a high school basketball game at the Hoophall Classic on Jan. 15 in Springfield, Mass. AP

While the Kentucky men’s basketball program is still without a commitment in the class of 2024, it’s abundantly clear who John Calipari and the Wildcats are prioritizing in that recruiting class.

That includes Boogie Fland, a 6-3 combo guard out of New York who is ranked as the No. 6 overall recruit in the class by the 247Sports Composite and has already succeeded at every level of basketball that he’s played in.

A backcourt player with scoring versatility, a solid handle and great court vision, Fland also possesses the on- and off-court charisma typical of the many great New York players that have come before him.

Fland was in action last weekend during the third Nike EYBL session of the spring in North Texas.

The Herald-Leader was also in attendance to watch him go head-to-head against another class of 2024 Kentucky recruit, Amier Ali, in a double-overtime thriller in one of the final games of the session.

Here are some highlights from that game between Fland’s PSA Cardinals team and Ali’s The Skill Factory team at the Southwest Athletic Center in Carrollton, Texas.

Boogie Fland was one of the standout players for the USA Basketball team last summer during the FIBA U17 World Cup in Spain.
Boogie Fland was one of the standout players for the USA Basketball team last summer during the FIBA U17 World Cup in Spain. FIBA
Cameron Drummond
Lexington Herald-Leader
Cameron Drummond works as a sports reporter for the Lexington Herald-Leader with a focus on Kentucky men’s basketball recruiting and the UK men’s basketball team, horse racing, soccer and other sports in Central Kentucky. Drummond is a second-generation American who was born and raised in Texas, before graduating from Indiana University. He is a fluent Spanish speaker who previously worked as a community news reporter in Austin, Texas. Support my work with a digital subscription
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