Tweeting curbed

Iowa men’s basketball coach Fran McCaffery has instructed the Hawkeyes to shut down their Twitter accounts for the rest of the season after senior Zach McCabe exchanged barbs with detractors. McCabe air-balled a 3-point attempt that could have tied the game with 16 seconds left against Wisconsin on Saturday. No. 20 Iowa lost 79-74. McCabe responded to negative comments directed at him by lashing out. McCabe deleted the post and apologized. McCaffery said his overall impressions of social media are negative and he’d prefer his players keep their focus on the games. He said they can resume tweeting after the season. – AP