A young African-American couple navigates the trails of love and athletics . Quincy McCall (Omar Epps) and Monica Wright (Sanaa Lathan) grew up in exactly the same neighborhood and have known one another since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in love, but they also share some other all-consuming fire: basketball. Theydon't have any small amount of ability and've followed the game almost all their own lives. Since Quincy and Monica battle to make their relationship workthey follow different career paths though substantial school and college basketball andthey hope, in to stardom.