What a disgusting pos Hegseth is. Like his would be boss, not a single redeeming quality.
“Much like in his Princeton days, Hegseth sees himself as the underdog, this time in his effort to become defense secretary. He compared it to his time on the Princeton basketball team, where he was often benched and “told I wasn’t good enough to play.””
Good for Coach Thompson!!
I trust he will not seek to initiate a vote recount of the 25 greatest athletes.
Princeton Athletics:
March 8, 2003
Princeton, N.J. - All Pete Hegseth wanted was a chance. After four years of hard work, the senior from Forest Lake, Minn., made the best of his opportunity, draining a pair of three-pointers and assisting on the game-winning basket to lead the Princeton men’s basketball team to a 44-40 victory in front of 5,205 fans at Jadwin Gym.
“I was nervous when I got in there,” Hegseth said. “I wasn’t going to hesitate to take the shot. I feel that’s my strength. You hope you get some sort of opportunity, and it was a long time coming for me, but I’m glad it came.”
Hegseth sparked Princeton off the bench with a career-best six points coming on two well-timed three pointers. His first ended nearly five minutes of scoreless basketball for Princeton, and his second got Princeton within two points (38-36) with 3:43 remaining. “We gave up two three-pointers to [Hegseth],” Columbia coach Armond Hill '85 said after the game. “That really killed us.”
Hegseth added two assists, and both gave Princeton leads late in the game. His first came to teammate, classmate and roommate Kyle Wente, who buried an NBA-range three-pointer to give Princeton a 39-38 lead with 2:41 left in the game. After Jeremiah Boswell hit two free throws to open a 40-39 lead for Columbia with 1:17 left in the game, Hegseth found Judson Wallace under the basket. The sophomore, who led all scorers with 13 points, turned and hit a layup for a 41-40 lead. He was fouled on the play and missed his attempt, but Wente grabbed the rebound.
Ray Robins was fouled and hit both attempts for a 43-40 lead. Robins then defended Allan MacQuarrie’s final three-point attempt, and a Wallace free throw finally ended the tight 44-40 win.
This is the third-straight 16-win season for head coach John Thompson. He will look to add to that total on Tuesday when the 2002-03 Ivy League champion Penn Quakers come to town. Penn clinched the championship with a win tonight over Cornell.
“We have an unselfish group of guys, and Pete epitomizes it,” Thompson said. “He is nothing but character.”
Hegseth wants to be Secretary of Defense?
I’ve seen him play defense. There’s a reason he was the last guy off the bench.