The approach helped deliver UF a national title-winning perimeter trio featuring All-American Walter Clayton Jr., who arrived from Iona in 2023, Will Richard, who was Golden’s first transfer signing in 2022 from Belmont University, and Alijah Martin, who left FAU in 2024 for Gainesville after he’d helped the 2023 Owls reach the Final Four.

The sophomore-to-be showed flashes of high-level play last season in the SEC -- and now he'll stay in the conference with the Gators

Several media outlets reported Tuesday morning that Fland, who shined for the Razorbacks as a freshman (13.5 points per game, 5.1 assists) despite missing 15 games with a thumb injury, had pledged to UF, potentially giving the Gators another daunting backcourt in 2025-26.