5-Star Guard Boogie Fland Commits To Kentucky Over Indiana, Alabama

Indiana missed out on class of 2024 five-star guard Boogie Fland, who announced his commitment to coach John Calipari and the Kentucky Wildcats on Friday.

Boogie Fland announced his commitment to Kentucky on Friday at Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, N.Y.  

Fland, a five-star recruit and arguably the top high school point guard, picked the Wildcats over finalists Indiana and Alabama. 

He joins a Kentucky recruiting class of 2024 that includes four-star center Somto Cyril, the nation's No. 52 player from Overtime Elite in Atlanta, Ga. Coach John Calipari has been known for landing highly-ranked recruits for years, and he's continued that with Fland, Cyril and a 2023 class that features four players ranked within the top 16.

For Indiana, missing out on Fland takes one of its final and most important recruiting targets off the board. Coach Mike Woodson and the Indiana staff visited Fland multiple times over the last few months, but ultimately fell short.

Woodson picked up a key commitment from five-star small forward Liam McNeeley last Sunday, but that's Indiana's only player committed in the class of 2024. The Hoosiers are hoping to land five-star center Derik Queen, who's teammates with McNeeley at Montverde Academy in Florida. 

Queen has an official visit scheduled to Maryland this weekend, a school that has been considered the favorite for Queen. It is currently unclear exactly when Queen will announce his college decision.

McNeeley, Fland and Queen have been Indiana's top recruiting targets for months, and it could be difficult to re-enter any recruitment this late in the cycle.

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