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Jake Toolson returning to BYU’s basketball team after leaving the program in 2016 and finding stardom at Utah Valley. Why?

Provo • Jake Toolson acknowledges that what he is doing is a bit unusual, and maybe even absurd, to some. It might be unprecedented in the college basketball world, although he’s not quite sure about that.

Toolson, the 2018-19 WAC Player of the Year at Utah Valley University, is back at BYU, the place where his college basketball career began, and he spoke publicly for the first time Tuesday since BYU officially announced his return on May 24.

“I am really excited about the opportunity. I know some people think it is weird — returning to a school you left,” he said.