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Former Portland Trail Blazer Bill Walton points a his teammates during a ceremony at halftime of an NBA basketball game between the Trail Blazers and the Los Angeles Lakers in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. The ceremony celebrated the 1977 team's NBA championship.

 Steve Dykes, Associated Press 2017

The bad news for Bill Walton fans is that GameDay’s appearance means Saturday’s UA-UW game was the last of the season featuring the team of Walton and Dave Pasch.

β€œI would have loved to do that game,” Walton said.

ESPN’s national team of Jay Bilas and Dan Shulman will broadcast the UA-UCLA game on Feb. 25, with tipoff time set for 6:15 p.m.Β 

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