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.
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.
basketball best played
We played the best basketball we've played in a long time.
came carolina doubted everybody heart hey horrible people showing south tournament winning
We came into the tournament with a horrible record. It was a winning season, but everybody doubted us. South Carolina is this, South Carolina is that, we're underdogs, we're not going to do nothing in the tournament. Hey we're showing people right now we've got a lot of heart and we're tough.
matter matters
It doesn't matter who we play. It just matters that we're playing.
love
No. 1 was great. But No. 2 is the best, baby. Come back for another one. We love this thing.
hyped ready
I was so hyped and ready to play. I'm going there to have trimmed up before Saturday's game.
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.
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.
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.
We wanted this and we got it. I'm so excited, I don't know what to say.
worked
It's very disappointing. We worked so hard, come this far.
happened regular season time turn turned whatever
It's time to turn it up. Whatever happened in the regular season is over. When it was time to turn it up, we turned it up.
confident game good win
It's going to be a good game because we're going to play hard-nosed offense, defense, everything. We're confident that we're going to win the ballgame.