What they were refusing to do was to disperse, the dispersal that was necessary for replenishing the earth.
I think the best support for your position comes from Genesis 11:4:
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And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
The problem I see is that the imperative to Noah was to replenish the earth, and 11:1 suggests that this was happening. Just because some people are congregating does not mean that God was being disobeyed in this respect.
Further, the author quotes God as giving a completely objection to the tower of Babel.
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