SAN ANTONIO -- For over three decades, Mike Krzyzewski lorded over the Final Four.
He brought his Duke program here 13 times, winning five national titles and becoming fully interwoven with not just the program, but the university as well.
Duke. K. It was one and the same.
Then, in 2022, after 42 seasons, he retired and -- at least when it comes to Blue Devils basketball -- all but disappeared.
Despite the program being run the past three seasons by Jon Scheyer, a star on Duke's 2010 national championship team who later spent nine years as Coach K's assistant, and Krzyzewski maintaining not just a residence locally, but an office on campus, the now-78-year-old has been to practice just a few times and didn't attend a single game until this season.