The Georgia Bulldogs pulled off one of the most incredible feats in college basketball history last week, winning three games in 29 hours to take the SEC Tournament and capture an improbable ig Dance bid. The marathon miracle exacted quite the physical toll on the UGA players. Back-breaking exhaustion. Hands-on-hips fatigue. Spots-in-your vision mental breakdown.

Imagine what it did the tuba player.

"It was hard the one day we had the double header," said Dori Musselwite, who plays the baritone in the Redcoat Band. "It was rough cause we had no sleep."

From the Dawgs' opening round overtime win over Ole Miss to the upset of Kentucky to the Championship triumph against Arkansas, Musselwhite and her mates were there, cheering and playing.

"It's exhausting because we have never been as good as we are right now," said Musselwhite, who hails from Roswell, Ga. "We have been screaming so loud and getting so excited."

When a tornado blew through town and forced them to flee the Georgia Dome, Musselwhite calmly blew her horn.

"It was pretty scary," recalled Musselwhite, who said she will always remember being frantically rushed out of the Dome.

After the Dennis Felton and company took care of the Razorbacks Sunday afternoon, the Redcoats rushed back to Athens for Monday classes and a few days of learning before departing again for Washington.

"It was absolutely amazing -- we never thought we could do it," said Musselwhite, before breaking into another rendition of "Glory, Glory." "We got together as a band, as a team, with the cheerleaders, and made it happen."

- Harlan Goode