Last year in the seventh grade, Bobby and the Pineview Junior High School Wildcat basketball team won the city championship. But now it’s the eighth grade and things have changed. The Wildcats best player and leading scorer from last year’s team, Mark Ross, has moved across town and now plays for the fierce crosstown rival, the Washington Titans.

The Titans have the tallest team in conference history, are ranked number one in the city, and have started the season undefeated. Meanwhile, Bobby and the Wildcats are struggling. Their team, already depleted from the loss of Mark Ross, has been hit by injuries and scandal has rocked the squad and the school.

Distractions are surfacing everywhere for the Wildcat team, both on and off the court, and a victory against the powerful Washington Titans seems all but impossible. Adding pressure to an already difficult situation, Bobby's dad is the head boys basketball coach at the local high school and his expectations for Bobby are sky high plus, suddenly, Linda, the head cheerleader is paying extra attention to Bobby.

Can Bobby hold the team together? Is there any possible way he and the Wildcats can compete against Mark Ross and the unbeaten Washington Titans? Can Bobby avoid the distractions off the court and focus on the big game? To win the game, the Wildcats need a miracle and with Bobby Basketball on the team, perhaps that is just what they will get.