Georgetown coach John Thompson III admits that he's scared by college player's use of social media.

“It’s something that scares me,” Thompson III said. “I do sit down with the team and we have our sports information director sit down with the team (and talk about it). We have given some thought to what some other schools have done and banning them. We haven’t done that, and we try to tell them just to be smart.

“Kids today don’t understand that what you put out there, you can’t take back. But with every emotion —- you have a bad practice, the world can know about it. You’re mad at your teammates, you’re mad at your coach, you’re mad at yourself, you’re mad at your girlfriend, you’re mad at your parents — the world knows about it. So, I think it’s something that’s very dangerous because it’s the nature of college athletics that so many people are following, watching, looking for something to say, trying to bait you into saying things, all at an emotional time. It’s something that worries me.”

After UConn played Pittsburgh last month, sophomore forward Jamaal Coombs-McDaniel vented on his Facebook page. Coombs-McDaniel’s post was something like, ‘I should have taken more time making my college choice,’ intimating that he was unhappy at UConn after a lack of playing time.

”Our basic premise is, do the right thing — don’t embarrass yourselves, don’t embarrass your families,” Pittsburgh coach Jamie Dixon said. “When you operate under that guideline, it covers a whole lot of things. Ultimately, that’s most important. They know that anything they put out, they’re responsible for, and we’ve made that very clear.”