Considered a three-level scorer who can make shots from long range and an active defender, Fland was the second player who committed to Kentucky in the 2024 recruiting class. In October, Fland picked UK from a final list of schools that also included Alabama and Indiana. Fland is ranked as a five-star recruit and the No. 18 overall prospect in the 2024 recruiting class by the 247Sports Composite. He had signed a national letter of intent to play at UK, but Fland was released from that paperwork. Of course, Fland’s commitment came when Calipari was still the head coach in Lexington. Fland decommitted from UK on April 15, well after Calipari was announced as the new head coach at Arkansas and less than a day after Kentucky formally introduced Mark Pope as its new head coach. “(Calipari) said, ‘You come in, and be you.’ … He basically said I could come in there and be myself,” Fland told the Herald-Leader in January. “Why not go to that program, go to that coach or where the coaches are believing in me to do what I do?”
Aaron Bradshaw (Ohio State), Joey Hart (Ball State) and Zvonimir Ivisic (Arkansas) are players from the 2023-24 Kentucky squad that will transfer to new schools. Additionally, Jordan Burks, Adou Thiero, Ugonna Onyenso and D.J. Wagner are still in the NCAA transfer portal. Thiero has a return to Kentucky among his final five options.
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