Bill Walton’s passing comes right after the end of the Pac-12 Conference

You can’t make this stuff up.

On Memorial Day, the tragic news came of UCLA legend Bill Walton passing away after a battle with cancer. The community mourned the loss of a legend, both on the court as a player and behind the headset as a broadcaster.

On Memorial Day Weekend, the Pac-12 Conference officially wrote its final chapter as Arizona defeated USC in the Pac-12 baseball tournament.

Roxy Bernstein ended the Pac-12 era with a final signoff, and it turned out to be a tribute to the great Bill Walton.

The mere fact that the Pac-12 ended just days before Walton’s passing is quite eerie, as Matt Zemek of Trojans Wire detailed:

His death, by preceding the first USC, UCLA, Washington, or Oregon game in the Big Ten (and the first Arizona or Arizona State game in the Big 12), is eerie and remarkable in that regard.

It certainly makes us all reflect on how connected we are to the passions that drive our lives. Rest in peace, Bill Walton. You were a foremost champion in the Conference of Champions.

But, nonetheless, Walton will be remembered forever.