 United States, 1964. Bobbie Dean is a boyish girl who has an extraordinary talent for basketball. Because she s a girl, Bobbie is limited in her playing. She can only compete in girl s basketball, that has restricted rules and is hardly taken serious by anyone. When Bobbie is helping her father making a delivery, some boys are playing ball. They assume she is a boy and when they see her play they want her on their college team. But when Bobbie s secret eventually gets out, there are people who are willing to use any means necessary to ensure she never touches a ball in man s basketball again.