Bucky's 5th Quarter, a Wisconsin Badgers community

Sam Dekker will be joining the Badger basketball team next year and he certainly has fans excited after he scored 40 points (including 12 points in the last 44 seconds and the game-winning three) in the Wisconsin state championship game Saturday. Dekker joined Jim Rutledge and Tom Lea on the Badger Hour Monday. Listen to the interview by clicking on the headline above!

Incoming Badger recruit Sam Dekker scored the final 12 points for Sheboygan Lutheran, including a pull-up 3-pointer with 3 seconds left to shock Racine Lutheran for the WIAA Division 5 State Championship. Sheboygan trailed by eight with a minute left, before the 6'8" Dekker took over. You can watch the full replay here. Dekker score 75 points in two games at state.

After a strong start to the AAU season, Wisconsin's lone verbal commitment for 2012, Sam Dekker of Sheboygan, made a big jump in the updated ESPN recruiting rankings released today. The 6'7" Dekker is now a 4-Star prospect, ranked #45 overall in the country as well as the 8th-best SF in his class (up from 35th). Dekker was recently ranked #82 (Rivals), #79 (Scout) and #67 (247Sports) overall by other major recruiting services. He is recovering from a sprained ankle, but should be back in action at the Bob Gibbons Tournament of Champions this weekend. ESPN also updated its junior and sophomore class rankings, in which a few players of note appear. Wisconsin target Bronson Koenig is a Top 50 player for 2013, while Milwaukee Hamilton's Kevon Looney is rated as a Top 20 talent in 2014.