Georgia basketball coach Mark Fox, who was recognized for his tweets last season, is putting limits on his players' use of their Twitter accounts.

Fox wants his players “to focus on the team,” anytime they post tweets on the popular social network and microblogging service that limits up to 140 characters per post, according to team spokesman Tim Hix.

Hix said that Georgia players won't be tweeting much in the future because Fox has instructed them not to. He believes that recent tweets from Trey Thompkins and Travis Leslie had been “about themselves and just a bunch of nonsense.”

Blogger Andy Pawlokski named Fox during this past season as “Twitterer of the Year” in the SEC on his “Digital Hoops Blast, saying that Fox “posts on his team in an authentic voice, has fun with it (even talking about snowball fights with the players), and is active. He even posts about always dunking on his birthday. Great leader, and very personal.”

Thompkins, Leslie and the rest of Georgia’s players might not have quite as much fun with their tweets now.

Thompkins posted this tweet on Tuesday morning: “Twitter World, don't expect anymore interesting tweets from me and @TLeslie... Don't ask why but there will be NONE ANYMORE!!!!”

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