Kansas State -- a preseason top-five team in the USA TODAY/ESPN coaches poll -- is in trouble.  After a painful 90-66 loss to in-state rival Kansas, the Wildcats have now lost five of their last seven games and sit at 2-5 in Big 12 play.  After the loss to Kansas on Saturday, senior guard Jacob Pullen was asked what went wrong.  "I'd select 'D,' all of the above," Pullen said, according to the Kansas City Star. "Everything. We don't execute. We come out of timeouts and don't know what we're doing … We've got to do a lot of things. We've got to be able to compete. If we can't compete there's no reason for us to even go out there and waste our time."  Coming up for the Wildcats, however, are three winnable games that could bring K-State back to .500 in Big 12 play. They host Nebraska on Wednesday before traveling to Iowa State and Colorado. While all three of those teams have been playing well this season, they are opponents K-State needs to beat.  Pullen knows if the Wildcats are to turn things around, now is the time to do it.  "We've still got a lot more games in the Big 12. We play Kansas again, we play Missouri again, we play Texas. We've got a tough schedule. Our conference is a good conference. For us, it's just about putting wins together in a row. Last year we never had losing streaks. This year we've got to find a way to put together some winning streaks and win a lot of games in a row. Every game is a must-win game. We don't have too many more games we can let go past us."  Several weeks ago, Pullen said if the Wildcats miss out on the NCAA tournament, he wouldn't play in the NIT.  If the Wildcats don't get back on track -- and in a hurry -- the NIT could be exactly where they are headed.  ***Follow Tim on Twitter at @TimGardner_USAT  See photos of: Jacob Pullen  To report corrections and clarifications, contact Standards Editor  . For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to  . Include name, phone number, city and state for verification. To view our corrections, go to
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