UNDATED (WHBL) - Wisconsin men’s basketball recruit Sam Dekker has made the initial cut for the U-S Under-18 squad at this month’s Tournament of the Americas in Brazil. Twenty-three players attended the initial try-outs, and Dekker made the first cut to 14. Twelve players will be selected before Team U-S-A heads off to Brazil early next week. Dekker, the Gatorade State Player-of-the-Year, graduated from Sheboygan Lutheran High School last month.