For discussion sake...

[CLH]

Oh yeah forgot also...

Rule 4, Section 7, Art. 2
During any timeout or before any extra period, bench personnel and
players shall locate themselves inside an imaginary rectangle formed by the
boundaries of the sideline (including the bench), end line and an imaginary
line extended from the free-throw lane line nearest the bench area meeting
an imaginary line extended from the coaching-box line.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by CLH

Oh yeah forgot also...

Rule 4, Section 7, Art. 2
During any timeout or before any extra period, bench personnel and
players shall locate themselves inside an imaginary rectangle formed by the
boundaries of the sideline (including the bench), end line and an imaginary
line extended from the free-throw lane line nearest the bench area meeting
an imaginary line extended from the coaching-box line.

CLH:

I hate to be the one that tells you this but the Rule you just quoted above did not exist when when the game was played.

MTD, Sr.

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by CLH

Oh yeah forgot also...

Rule 4, Section 7, Art. 2
During any timeout or before any extra period, bench personnel and
players shall locate themselves inside an imaginary rectangle formed by the
boundaries of the sideline (including the bench), end line and an imaginary
line extended from the free-throw lane line nearest the bench area meeting
an imaginary line extended from the coaching-box line.

If we put this into a HS game:
If the TEAM breaks this rule, which is very similar in the NFHS, then I would instruct them to adhere to it. If they didn't, then the penalty would be a TEAM technical foul. There is a ruling that says when multiple members of a team commit some infraction the intent of the rules is to penalize it with one team technical foul, not each individual.

[A Pennsylvania Coach]

Originally Posted by Nevadaref

If we put this into a HS game:
If the TEAM breaks this rule, which is very similar in the NFHS, then I would instruct them to adhere to it. If they didn't, then the penalty would be a TEAM technical foul. There is a ruling that says when multiple members of a team commit some infraction the intent of the rules is to penalize it with one team technical foul, not each individual.

So if a team leaves the designated bench area before the second horn, they have violated this rule?

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by A Pennsylvania Coach

So if a team leaves the designated bench area before the second horn, they have violated this rule?

Coach, the rule says that their team conference must take place within that area, not that they cannot leave it once that talk is finished or that they even have to have such a chat. However, they certainly are not allowed to violate the sanctity of the opponent's huddle. That would clearly be unsporting. They need to respect the area designated for the opposing team during a time-out and stay out of it.