Don Haskins is appointed a coach of a college basketball team and he makes a radical change as he forms a team of different backgrounds and races. Haskins builds his team on talent rather than race, but will that ever appeal to townspeople who have race-oriented mindsets?
Based on a true story surrounding the events leading to the 1966 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, Don Haskins, head coach of Texas Western College, coaches a team with an all-black starting lineup, a first in NCAA history.