Renaldo Balkman
Renaldo Balkman
Renaldo Balkmanis a Puerto Rican-American professional basketball player who currently plays for Capitanes de Arecibo of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional. He played college basketball for the University of South Carolina and has represented the Puerto Rico national team in international competition...
believed came everybody room south stayed win
We came this far, so close, but everybody in this (locker) room believed it. The non-believers stayed in South Carolina. Everybody in this room believed we were going to win it.
basketball best played
We played the best basketball we've played in a long time.
matter matters
It doesn't matter who we play. It just matters that we're playing.
academics basketball decision final improving until
Until a final decision is made, I will concentrate on my academics and improving my basketball skills.
closed plays
We made the big plays at the end and closed out the game. That was the difference.
coming doubted everybody heart horrible record shows
We had a horrible record during the season, and everybody doubted us coming into this tournament. But this shows that we've got a lot of heart and that we're tough.
bumped came means missed ncaa won
We missed out on the NCAA Tournament, we got bumped out. It was tough, but we came back and won the NIT championship. It means so much to us. It's all good, baby.
came win
We said from Day 1 that we were going to win this thing, and we did. We came here with a lot of intensity.
confidence looking second win
We're looking at this as our second season. We've got confidence right now. We're going to win this tournament.
hyped ready
I was so hyped and ready to play. I'm going there to have trimmed up before Saturday's game.
basketball best easy played tonight
I had a lot of easy shots, but we played the best basketball tonight we played in a long time.
bring front games kentucky love motivates
I love to play in front of Kentucky fans. It motivates me. In games where we don't have a lot of fans, we've got to bring our own energy. That's what I told the team. I'll bring the energy.
believed came love since win
I love it! I love it! We came up here and did our thing. We believed since day one that we were going to win this thing. I just love it!
basketball behind best love played teammates together
I love it, man. I just went out there and played my best basketball. I had my teammates behind me and we played together and we played hard. We played the best basketball that we've played in a long time.