Coach Roy once was college basketball's top mastermind. But lately his attentions have been on his next endorsements not on his next game. What¹s more Roy's temper has run amuck leading to his being banned from college ball until he can demonstrate compliance--in other words not explode every time he walks onto the court. Roy waits and waits; for a suitable coaching offer but he receives only one: the Mount Vernon Junior High School Smelters basketball squad. Roy reluctantly accepts the offer hoping that a few weeks at the school will prove his good intentions and restore him to his high-living ways as a celebrated college coach. But when old school meets middle school Coach Roy doesn't know what hit him. It's not until Roy decides to teach his young charges some new concepts--like passing rebounding dribbling and scoring--that the Smelters begin to find success and Roy finds something long thought lost: his love of the game.