CHICAGO -- Marlen Garcia and I have a bet on who gets their fourth foul first, Eric Gordon or D.J. White.

Right before the half, the ref came over by where we're sitting with the ball and was chatting with a couple of kids. They asked him about his Thanksgiving and where he lived and all that, and he let them hold the ball for a minute. When it was time to get ready, he told the kids, "Now, you can yell at the other two all you want."

DeAndre Thomas just picked up his third foul in the first ten seconds of the half, and Marlen says, "We should have put money on DeAndre."

Note, no actual money is going to change hands.

The IU cheerleaders came out during a Xavier timeout and seem a little more pleading with their cheers. The IU fans aren't responding much.