Just four games into the Michael Malone era, the North Carolina Tar Heels are set for their biggest test of the season.

Obviously, there are plenty of ranked opponents on this schedule that will present far more of a challenge than the Georgia Bulldogs, but for now, this is a huge game so early into the year.

Georgia heads to the Dean E. Smith Center with a perfect 3-0 record, though this will be the first time the Bulldogs are playing away from home.

UNC is also 3-0, with all three of those wins coming in Chapel Hill.

Georgia had an extra day of rest to prepare for this one, having defeated Florida Gulf Coast, 80-72, back on Monday, Nov. 9.

The Tar Heels prevailed on Tuesday, Nov. 10, in a relatively tight battle against Wyoming, 76-63.

Where Georgia ends up in the SEC remains to be seen, but there's no doubt this is a major step up from the opposition Malone has faced thus far.

The junior forward has led the way in scoring for two of Georgia's three games. Kanon Catchings stands 6-foot-9 and has scored double digits in all three contests despite never being in for more than 28 minutes.

This is a guy who's made exactly five field goals in every game of the year, though he tends to struggle at the charity stripe and is just 3/14 from the three-point range.

Blue Cain is a Tennessee native who's led the Bulldogs in both rebounds and scoring this season. 

Cain grabbed a season-high six rebounds in the opener, and then he dropped 20 points in 31 minutes against Presbyterian on 9/12 shooting.

Similar to Catchings, Marcus Millender has scored 10+ points in all three games. In the season opener, nine of his 12 points came from the free-throw line.

The senior guard already has 11 assists on the year, 10 of which came in a pair of games where he paced the team in that category.

An early test like this will set the tone for the rest of the season. In no world is Georgia projected to be the conference champions, but Malone needs to take on power conference opponents to see where his UNC squad is really at.

Coming into this one, Terrence Brown leads the way with 16.3 points per game, Maximo Adams is averaging 8.0 rebounds per game, and Neo Avdalas is the team leader with 4.0 assists per game.