Last season, Georgia became the Southeastern Conference's Cinderella story after an improbable run to the SEC Tournament title.
The Bulldogs entered the 2008 SEC Tournament as the conference's lowest-seeded team.
Georgia (9-10, 0-4 SEC) proceeded to win four straight games - including three games in two days because of scheduling conflicts after a tornado damaged the Georgia Dome in Atlanta - to secure its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2002.
When the Gators play host to the Bulldogs tonight at 8 in the O'Connell Center, they will try to make sure the glass slipper no longer fits.
Georgia is led by senior Terrance Woodbury, who is averaging 13 points per game this season.
"He's really important just because they play him in two different spots," UF coach Billy Donovan said.
Woodbury will line up at both small forward and power forward for the Bulldogs.
"They've got the ability to change the complexion of the team," Donovan said. "So, Woodbury's one of those guys that gives them as a coaching staff a different dimension and a different-looking type of team."
The Gators (17-3, 4-1 SEC) come into the game after a roller coaster week that saw UF lose to South Carolina on the final play of the game last Wednesday and then bounce back with a 25-point thrashing of Vanderbilt Sunday.
"You talk about a game on Wednesday that was emotionally heartbreaking to a game on Sunday where we shot the ball very, very well and were able to win on the road," Donovan said. "Our guys' ability to keep the perspective of how quickly you can change (is important). I would hope that what happened on Wednesday and what happened again on Sunday is a great case to really, really show the ability (to learn from a loss.)"
UF knocked off Vanderbilt for an emotional 22-point win at home last season, only to fall off the map shortly after, losing eight of its final 11 games, including a 3-point loss at Vanderbilt.
Donovan hopes that this time around, his team will keep enough composure to deal with the same kind of success.
"As much as I said after the South Carolina game that we had the greatest opportunity for growth and development on our team, I think the same is the case coming out of this game on Sunday," Donovan said.
Despite falling out of the national rankings Monday, the Gators' postseason hopes are alive and well after their win against the Commodores.
UF received 65 Associated Press votes, the fourth-most for teams outside the Top 25.
The Gators also received 59 votes in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' poll, the most of any team outside the Top 25.
"There are experiences during the course of the year that can do two things: The experience can really bring the team together, or it can really divide your team," Donovan said. "That's what conference play is all about. It's all about dealing with adversity, and I think adversity comes in a lot of different forms. It comes through winning, it comes through losing, and it's all about how you handle that."
