Boogie Fland clarifies comments about season at Arkansas, dealing with injury
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In a matchup of the SEC’s clear-cut strongest basketball teams, Florida made sure to let the nation know that it is the league’s premiere squad with a dominant 111-77 thumping of Arkansas on Saturday night.
And while the lopsided result was certainly notable, there were also plenty of other headlines that came out of this game. Todd Golden and John Calipari each received technicals at one point after jawing at each other on the sideline, and if that wasn’t enough, former Razorbacks guard Boogie Fland was also a point of heavy discussion.
Having transferred to join the Gators prior to this season, Fland was matched up with his former school for the first time.
ESPN displayed a graphic during the game that allegedly quoted a recent YouTube video that Fland posted to his channel, @TheBoogieFland. The quote centered around Fland suffering a hand injury while in Fayetteville, with the guard apparently stating that he received little to no contact while off the court.
“It taught me one minute they love you, the next minute they hate you…As soon as I got hurt…Nobody checked in, nobody texted me like, ‘You good, how’s your hand?’ It just goes to show the love wasn’t real,” the graphic read.
This prompted Arkansas fans to dig up an old Twitter/X post that referenced Fland FaceTiming the Razorbacks while he was out before he was finally able to be reunited with them in the attached video.
And to wrap things up, Fland provided some clarity after the game when he posted the full YouTube clip on his Twitter/X, dismissing any talk of negative remarks towards the Arkansas program.
Fland finished with 14 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists against his former team.
Fland has helped Florida secure at least a share of the regular-season SEC title. Can the Gators win the national title? Kalshi is offering fans the opportunity to put money on predicting the NCAA Tournament champion.
Parker is currently the sports editor for the Enterprise-Journal in McComb, Mississippi. He's a graduate from Mizzou who has experience covering the Tiger football and basketball beats for SB Nation, and he's worked for a variety of sports news outlets in the past.
