Aikawa Kazuhiko was the captain of Tendoji High School's prestigious basketball team. He moves to a new town to attend Mizuho High School and joins its basketball team. However, Mizuho High's basketball team is far from prestigious; in fact, it is now defunct. Nevertheless, Kazuhiko's persistence, passion, and basketball skills inspire the other members of the dysfunctional team to gear up and start practicing again. The goal is to play in the national tournaments, where all young basketball players meet their opponents to compete. The story of the youth of the five protagonists—Fujiwara Takumi, Ishii Tsutomu, Dobashi Kenji, Miura Ranmaru, and Aikawa Kazuhiko—has just begun, along with the life of the Mizuho High School basketball team.