By ADAM ZAGORIA
Boogie Fland is now focusing on three schools after canceling his scheduled visit to Maryland this weekend.
Kentucky, Indiana and Alabama are the three schools in primary pursuit of Fland, ranked No. 18 in the Class of 2024 by ESPN.
Indiana and Alabama had assistants in on Wednesday, while Kentucky head coach John Calipari and his staff had a home visit with Fland last week. Calipari, Indiana’s Mike Woodson and Alabama’s Nate Oats were at Archbishop Stepinac in White Plains, N.Y. on Sept. 13 for the NY Coaches Clinic.
“Indiana, Kentucky, Alabama are the schools pushing hard to get me and I’m focused on those three schools,” Fland told 247Sports.
One source close to the situation said he “wouldn’t be surprised” if any of the three schools landed Fland.
Fland broke down each school for 247:
Kentucky: “That relationship has been going well. They’re trying to get me, so I hope it’s all good. Their pitch is that they want me to come to their school, play with the guys and help them win. I felt what they were saying and felt like they were being real.”
John Calipari & the @KentuckyMBB staff are here at @step_basketball for the NY Coaches Clinic and for 2024 @PSACardinals G @BoogieFland
— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) September 13, 2023
After this they will hit @LuHiBasketball for @vj_edgecombe
‘We’re out recruiting so this is kind of a reprieve. I get to coach a little bit. pic.twitter.com/yskdi0o3dG
Indiana: “Coach [Mike] Woodson has a staff that has a similar background to his. They didn’t play but they touched NBA waters. Everyone on that staff has a sense of NBA knowledge and that could help in the long run. Also, basketball is very big in Indiana and they’re not playing around. They’re coming to win and do the job.”
Mike Woodson of @IndianaMBB was also here at the NY Coaches Clinic and had a home visit last night with @BoogieFland that I’m told went ‘very well’
— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) September 13, 2023
Photo: @MovingPictureny https://t.co/2zwWuMNgsV pic.twitter.com/IRmVN88leY
Alabama: “It was definitely a good visit and they left a very good impression. Football is big there but basketball is coming up and has shown huge improvement. With them, they want me to come in, have the ball in my hands and do what I do. They would have talent around me and we would be able to play freely and fast like last year.”
.@AlabamaMBB coach Nate Oats at the NY Coaches Clinic at @step_basketball
— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) September 13, 2023
The Tide is among the schools recruiting 2024 @step_basketball and @PSACardinals PG @BoogieFland pic.twitter.com/AgWQfApw0F
As for a timeline, he told 247 he will decide when “it feels right.”
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