The emotions Mike Krzyzewski displays on the court are the hallmarks of any college basketball coach. His angry look from the bench seems to burn the referees. A growl of disgust from the Duke's leader brings his team back into line, and immediately. shows a softer side. Cries. From those tears a new beginning is born. Duke's loss to Connecticut in the NCAA championship game no longer mattered. The surprising departures of five players, three of whom left early for the NBA draft, have become distant memories. His physical pain became an afterthought that April day when, recovering from hip replacement surgery, ChrisCarrawell, ShaneBattier and Nate James visited his home. "With all the stuff that was going on, they came out and said, 'Coach, we just want to know how you're doing,'" Krzyzewski says. “It made me cry. It was like, 'Do you care.' We talked for a long time that afternoon and talked about next year being the start of this year's Duke team was just minutes away from cutting down the nets at the ACCTournament when Krzyzewski. talked about his team's emotional journey this season. A cursory glance shows little change from last year: Duke captured the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season and tournament titles in 2000, finishing 18-1 in league play; 1999 did the same, only without a loss. Both Duke teams were ranked No. 1 in the final APTop 25 polls and No. 1 in the NCAA Tournament. The talent level and sky-high expectations placed on both teams are also remarkably similar.And that may be the root of the greatest Duke thrill of all time.Surprise.nA decade of Duke dominance ended with a thud last March. The Huskies stunned the nation with a 77-74 victory in the NCAA championship game, and the bad news kept coming from Durham. Sophomore Elton Brand, the National Player of the Year, announced his intention to enter the NBA Draft. He made history as the first player of Krzyzewski's 19-year reign at Duke to leave school early for the pros. Then, in quick succession, sophomore point guard William Avery and freshman Corey Maggette also declared for the draft. Junior forward ChrisBurgess, disappointed with the lack of playing time, decided to transfer. The team's rock, five-year star Trajan Langdon, graduated in May and is also headed to the NBA. “Everyone was leaving us,” Carrawell says. “QuinSnyder left (to take the head coaching role at Missouri). We lost a couple of people to sports information! “We went and saw the coach. I thought, 'Are you going to be ready to coach us this year?'” Carrawell says. “He was like, 'Yeah, I'll be ready,' and