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The king of Nebraska's Prep controversies.

How’s that for a headline? I’ve spent the last three days in 1962. March 1962.

I’ve written about Nebraska prep sports controversies before. I’ve looked at Holy Name and Winnebago’s 1942 district semi, where the Ramblers won, and then they lost. I’ve dug into a young Coach Al Bahe’s tears and protests because of what happened to his West Point team behind the curtain in 1952 when they were trying to derail the Chadron Prep dynasty and fell just short. I’ve even played amateur cold-case detective to try to suss out who got Holbrook stripped of its 1919 state basketball title, and I’ve written about Omaha Flanagan’s lost track title in 1989 and even touched on the Gretna-Westside football forfeit of a couple of years ago.

But, I’ve hardly mentioned the big one: Lincoln Northeast’s controversial, volatile win over Omaha Tech in the 1962 Class A state basketball final. I’ve researched the game and the following hubbub many times. I’ve tried to find something new to say about it, but the newspaper coverage is the height of irony. Never has so much been said while never saying what was really going on. At least that’s what I have come to believe. Can I find anything new to say about it? Can I see some pattern there that can be laid out? The answer has been no every time. But the story keeps calling to me.