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GoldanDBlack express • volume 24, express 23 • 15 TweeT no more Painter already has a Twit- ter ban for his players during the season, and Iowa coach Fran Mc- Caffery is now following suit — despite the season being almost over. McCaffery shut down usage of that social media after an ex- change between a fan and senior forward Zach McCabe. Fans got on McCabe after Iowa's 79-74 loss to Wisconsin in which starter McCabe fouled out with no points and missed a three-pointer at the end of the game. McCabe responded with a profane tweet before deleting it and apologizing. "My overall impressions of social media are negative, for the very reason of what we just experienced," McCaffery said on the Big Ten teleconference last week. "They're not going to be on Twitter. They're not going to be tweeting. They're not going to be getting tweets. I think that's probably the smartest thing to do." Asked about his own Twitter policy last week leading into the game with the Hawkeyes, Painter said he'd rather "shut it down pe- riod because it doesn't help you at all. It hurts you." Ban The Bullrush? Purdue's had its share of storming-the- court moments from its fans after big victo- ries in Mackey Arena. Freshman Robbie Hummel practically be- ing carried off the court by fans after beating No. 11 Wisconsin in 2008 is one of the high- light moments of his career. But what happens when a brawl breaks out with fans on the court? It creates a dis- cussion about whether that action should be banned throughout college basketball, ap- parently. Fans who were on the court got involved in a postgame fight between members of New Mexico State and Utah Val- ley last week, illustrating possible danger of such a reaction. But some fans, at least, don't seem to mind. In a poll on ESPN's SportsNa- tion last week after that game, 71 percent of 15,000 people voted "no" when asked if storming the court should be banned from college basketball. But 51 per- cent of about 14,200 voters also said it happens "too much." ESPN analyst Seth Green- berg said the SEC fines schools $25,000 for first offense and $50,000 for the next, trying to curb the action. "Part of the tradi- tion of college basket- ball is going to be elimi- nated because a couple of bad apples," Green- berg said . Iowa noTes S Purdue has al- lowed at least 76 points in each of the last four games. S The Boilermakers have now lost two games in a row when shooting at least 48 percent from the field. Prior to falling to Michigan State, the Boilermakers had won 19 straight games when shooting over 48 percent and 39 of 40 in the Matt Painter Era dating back to 2006-07. S Purdue's 60 per- cent shooting in the second half of the Iowa game was its second- best percentage in a half this year (61.1 in the second half on Jan. 12 vs. Nebraska). Impressively, it was 13-of-18 (.727) from inside the three-point line in the second half. S The Boilermakers were minus-11 on turnovers against the Hawkeyes, a season-worst turnover margin. Purdue is mi- nus-31 in turnover margin over the last eight games, when it has managed just two victories. S Purdue fell to 0-7 this sea- son against ranked teams and is 4-23 against ranked team since 2012. S The Boilermakers were outscored 18-4 in points off turn- overs. Over the last three games, Purdue has been outscored in that category, 48-17. Over the last three games, Purdue has forced just 21 turnovers while committing 41. ryan rIvals lamBerT Wisconsin has clinched the opportunity to become the sec- ond team in Big Ten men's bas- ketball history to finish in the top four of the Big Ten race 13 straight years. During Bo Ryan's tenure in Madison, which dates back to the 2002 season, the Bad- gers have finished no worse than in fourth place. Purdue, under Coach Ward "Piggy" Lambert, finished in the top four of the conference for each season from 1920-32, win- ning seven conference titles dur- ing the streak. Wisconsin has won three during its stretch of success. j Tom Campbell Purdue hasn't had the fans rush the court since late January 2008 when Robbie Hummel helped the Boilermakers beat Wisconsin in dramatic fashion.