​Georgia basketball brought back key pieces Smurf Millender and Blue Cain from a team that was a No. 8 seed in the NCAA Tournament in March.The senior guards could return also in the 2027-2028 season after the NCAA approved a rule taking effect this academic year permitting Division I athletes five years of eligibility if they enroll in college no later than the school year after their 19th birthday or when they enroll full-time, whichever is earlier.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementCenter James Scott also would gain another season. He’s entering his fourth college season after playing last year at Ole Miss after previous stops at Louisville and Charleston.Coach Mike White said on Tuesday that the Bulldogs staff and the administration have started to “have conversations,” about what the impact could be on Georgia’s roster, but he hasn’t talked to players yet about it.“Those conversations will be had for sure,” White said. “The timing is very questionable right now. A lot of things that need to be talked through. We’ll continue to evaluate and assess our roster daily, especially in this climate, right? And with so many different moving parts and that one being the latest. Like, wow, out of left field, right? I say that but it’s been a few months in the making, bit still very different scenario then we’ve ever been in.”White mentioned lawsuits popping up nationwide after the NCAA approved the changes last month with players trying to gain another season of eligibility.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementCain is entering his fourth Georgia season. Millender will be starting his second after playing a season at Texas-San Antonio and South Alabama.Brady Dunlap, a redshirt junior forward, could also play another season after this one, according to his father Jeff, a former longtime college assistant coach. Brady Dunlap spent two seasons at St. Johns’s where he got a medical redshirt in his second season and played last season at Saint Louis.It’s unclear if Penn State forward transfer Freddie Dilione would get another season after two seasons at Penn State and two at Tennessee. He enrolled in January 2023 but did not play that season.The new eligibility rules will eliminate redshirts, medical hardships and the ever-present waivers and replace rules related to seasons an athlete competed.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementCain is the first Georgia player to return for a fourth season since Jordan Harris and Tryree Crump in 2020.“Really and hoping and expecting him to have a really strong fourth year,” White said. “Now with five, who knows? I was going to say last year, but we’ll say fourth year now.”This article originally appeared on Athens Banner-Herald: How new NCAA eligibility rules impact these Georgia basketball players