# NCAA Basketball : Decorum A Point Of Emphasis

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-basketball-decorum-a-point-of-emphasis/422386>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 11, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-basketball-decorum-a-point-of-emphasis/422386 "2007-10-11T21:22:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-basketball-decorum-a-point-of-emphasis/422386/1 "2007-10-11T21:22:32Z")

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> **[Enforcement of bench rules could result in technicals this season](https://www.espn.com/college-sports/news/story?id=3058992)**
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> Cursing or venturing onto the court coulddraw college basketball coaches a quick technical foul this season.

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> The actions that can draw a technical include disrespectfully addressing an official or attempting to influence an official’s decision, using abusive or profane language, taunting an opponent, inciting undesirable crowd reactions and coming onto the court without permission of an official to attend to an injured player.

Will this work? Can Bobby Knight refrain from the above? Coach K?  
I have a good friend who is close to women’s game, and she tells me that there is no cursing and the like there because they know that it is an automatic technical.

Personally, I would love to see them clean up this aspect of the game. The coaches’ box is a joke. And, being a Duke fan, I’m tired of the idiot talking heads claiming that K has a tremendous advantage because he intimidates the refs. Let’s just take it out of the equation. Seeing grown men curse and storm about while they are supposed to be examples for their students is a bit embarrassing as well.