House party two? Jaelen House's younger brothers extended scholarship offers by Lobos

Maybe the House party won’t be over in the Pit after this season, after all.

In fact, there’s a chance Lobos fans could get a double dose down the road.

While All-Mountain West point guard Jaelen House is, in fact, entering his final season season of college eligibility this year for the University of New Mexico men’s basketball team, Richard Pitino and crew on Monday extended scholarship offers to Kaden and Kalek House, the younger brothers of the high-energy third-year Lobo starter.

But Lobo fans will have to show some patience, if the House twins come to UNM at all.

The younger brothers are just now entering their sophomore seasons at Desert Mountain High School in Scottsdale, Arizona. But between prep ball and another strong summer in club basketball, Kaden and Kalek are sure to be two of the more highly recruited guards out west in the Class of 2026.

“They’re better than me at that age,” Jaelen House told the Journal. “Notoriety wise, they’ve had a lot of notoriety already — (scholarship) offers.

“It’s cool, though. I’ve seen them grow up. They used to be way smaller than me. Now, they’re both 6-3 and 6-4. It’s amazing to see how much they’ve grown ... these past two years, and they’ve become better basketball players, as well.”

Kaden and Kalek announced their UNM scholarship offers on their individual social media accounts Monday, both writing, “Blessed to receive an offer from the University of New Mexico” accompanying a Lobo logo on the left and a photo on the right of their older brother, Jaelen, screaming toward the crowd after a big play for UNM.

Basketball DNA clearly runs deep in the House house, with grandfather and former NBA and college star Henry Bibby, dad and former NBA and college star Eddie House, uncle and former NBA and college star Mike Bibby and now all-league big brother — or, more accurately, older brother — Jaelen helping guide the twins.

“I’m kind of just playing the backseat, just telling them what they need to hear because I’ve been through it,” Jaelen said. He then pointed out the mentor he listened to most in the process doesn’t carry the same weight with the twins.

“I wouldn’t say they’re hard headed, but my dad doesn’t really (always) get through to them, so I try to get through to them. And they listen to me,” Jaelen said. “... I listened to my dad. I don’t know why they are that way, but I listened to my dad.”

The twins have received offers from New Mexico, Washington State and Hampton, with plenty more to come.

Jaelen House has seen his brothers plenty this summer, spending much of the past two months in Arizona with family, training regularly with them and his NBA family.

“We actually play against each other a lot,” Jaelen said of his younger brothers. “So it’s cool to go against them and just try to challenge them to become better players.”

And the days of younger brothers not being able to hold their own on the court with Jaelen are long gone.

“For sure. They’re 16 years old now, so they ain’t running from nothing,” Jaelen said.

SOME ADVICE: While not specifically asked in terms of what he would tell his younger brothers, Jaelen House was asked last week what he, as a fifth-year senior, would tell his younger self about what he’s learned over his interesting college career that started with two seasons at Arizona State.

“Everything will be all right,” Jaelen said he wishes he could have told himself entering his college career. “You know, I went through a really rough patch my first two years at ASU. I wasn’t playing as much, so it kind of made me feel like, ‘Am I even good enough to be here?’

“So just stay the course and trust yourself. That’s what I would tell my freshman year self.”