SEC Coaches Not Happy With New Rules

Stay in the box. Watch the language. Bench decorum rules have been strengthened in Division I men's and women's basketball, as officials will now have to take into account more than what's going on between the baselines. Referees will become the bench police this season. Coaches that stray out of their sideline boxes repeated times are subject to technical fouls. Gestures, foul language and attempting to influence an officials' decision also will be subject to technicals at the officials' discretion. Southeastern Conference supervisor of officials Gerald Boudreaux said he's instructed his officials to give a technical to a coach who yells an official outside the designated coaching box. Coaches who stray outside the box to talk to one of their players will receive a warning, with a second offense resulting in a technical.