Championship-winning coach Pete Bell runs the cleanest program in collegiate basketball. But when he finds himself on the brink of his first losing season, Bell decides he must make a risky trade to protect his job: under-the-table dollars for talent. Betraying his conscience and the trust of his ex-wife, bell signs the nation's "blue chips": a farmboy forward, a playmaking guard from the projects, and Neon Bodeaux, a 7-foot slam-dunking phenom from the bayou. Now Bell has the best team money can buy... but is he prepared to pay the price?