Kansas State coach Frank Martin is taking the blame for the team's struggles.
The Big 12 favorites began league play with a pair of losses and just earned its first conference win Saturday over struggling Texas Tech.
Martin said the buck stops at his office door when it comes to the recent on-court struggles.
"I'm one of those guys, I believe in accountability, I believe in work ethic, I believe in doing things the right way. That's what we've tried to do in my four years at Kansas State," Martin said. "I probably got away from that a little bit the last five or six weeks with us being such a young team and how we handled some adversity, how we handled a couple players and the trouble they got in. I probably didn't do a very good job. I'm about rolling your sleeves up and working.
"I didn't do as consistent of a job as I needed to do to get us through those tough moments. For that I failed the team. I tell players all the time, 'It's never too late to change. You can always make a decision to get better.' It was about time I started doing what I preached."