奥丁(梅奇·费法 Mekhi Phifer 饰)是校园里唯一一名黑人学生,拥有着卓越的运动天赋的他加入了校篮球队,在奥丁的冲锋陷阵之下,篮球队旗开得胜一路领先,并且最终获得了参加全国大赛的资格。迪克(马丁·辛 Martin Sheen 饰)是篮球队的教练,在奥丁的身上,他看到了无限的可能和辉煌的未来,这令迪克难免将注意力从同样在球队里效力的儿子雨果(乔什·哈奈特 Josh Hartnett 饰)身上转移了开来。这让雨果的心里十分不快。 奥丁和黛西(朱丽娅·斯蒂尔斯 Julia Stiles 饰)坠入了情网,虽然这段恋情并不被黛西的父亲所看好,但碍于舆论的压力,黛西的父亲只能选择默许。嫉妒冲昏了雨果的头脑,他发誓要不惜一切代价夺走奥丁的一切。Tough Coach Duke Goulding leaves nothing untried to lead his almost exclusively white boarding school basketball team, the Hawks, to victory after victory, but his own son Hugo feels his polyvalent technical excellence and tireless efforts -which require using stimulants- are not getting anything like the recognition he deserves, especially when coach gives the best player award to Odin James, the only black teammate, even saying he loves Odin like his own son, who in turn only calls super-rich Michael Cassio to share in the honor. So Hugo, who is liked by everyone, decides to set up the boys who stole his glory, and he knows a cocky adolescent's weak points are his pride and his girl. This Dixie Jago schemes to bring down a black Othello and his Cassio, playing into the poisonous power of jealousy, however badly this also hurts their loved ones and the whole team...