TWIN FALLS – Cooper and Kobe Kesler always wanted to play college basketball together.

Why not?

The brothers, Cooper one year ahead of Kobe, had been playing together on youth teams since they were old enough to dribble a basketball.

Coached by their father Landen, the two developed into talented guards who eventually shared their biggest highlight together when they helped lead Hillcrest High to a state championship in 2022.

The celebration had hardly faded before the reality set in.

Both were set to eventually go on two-year missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Cooper had committed to the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls, while Kobe would ultimately commit to the College of Idaho in Caldwell.

It looked like the Kesler brothers were headed in diff

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