IU looks for every win to be able to 'dance'

With five games left in the regular season, IU needs everything to go their way to dance with 63 other teams in March.\nHeading north for Sunday's game against Michigan, the Hoosiers will look to their seven-game winning streak against the Wolverines as inspiration to begin a stretch they need to stay above .500 for a shot at post-season play. \nWith hype placed on certain games more than others, IU coach Mike Davis said the Michigan game is no exception.\n"It's very important," he said.\nListed with IU as a team on the bubble, Michigan will put its 12-14 overall, 3-9 Big Ten record and its nine-game losing streak on the line against the Hoosiers' 11-11, 6-5 record. IU alumnus Dick Enberg will call the play-by-play for CBS in Ann Arbor, Mich. \nIt is uncertain whether or not IU will take on the Wolverines without leading scorer Bracey Wright, who went down Feb. 2 with an ankle sprain and has been sidelined since.\n"I doubt it," Davis said about the possibility of Wright playing Sunday.\nWright has been shooting recently and even dressed for the Ohio State game Tuesday but did not see any action. He is listed as questionable for Sunday's game.\nWith the possibility of Wright not starting again, IU will have four freshmen in the starting lineup for the fourth consecutive game -- a feat unheard of at IU.\nFreshman D.J. White has taken over the reigns as the Hoosiers' leading scorer with 13.5 points per game, and classmate Robert Vaden has also broken into double digits, averaging 10.4 ppg. \nThe foursome and their ringleader, junior guard Marshall Strickland, will look to take home the Hoosiers' 11th win of the last 12 games against Michigan, and IU has won four of the past five games in Crisler Arena.\nIU will have to deal with Michigan sophomore Dion Harris and his 13.4 ppg and big man Graham Brown's 5.5 rebounds per game. During the Jan. 19 meeting between IU and Michigan, White outscored Brown 16-8 in the Hoosier win.\nStatistically, IU and Michigan are very similar. The Hoosiers are averaging 0.6 more points than the Wolverines, 62.3 to 61.7. The two teams are both averaging 31.5 rebounds per game, and Michigan has eight-tenths of an assist advantage in dishes per game.\nThe Wolverines will be without their star point guard Daniel Horton, who was suspended Jan. 25 by Michigan coach Tommy Amaker after Horton was charged with domestic violence against his girlfriend. He pleaded guilty Monday to the same charges.\nAt halftime of Sunday's game, Michigan will retire former Wolverine and NBA star Glen Rice's No. 41 jersey.