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South Carolina men's basketball coach Frank Martin accepts responsibility for 6-15 season

South Carolina's Frank Martin admits he did a bad job as men's basketball coach last season. He also believes his track record shows that he knows how to turn things around.

"I did a poor job of leading this year," Martin said Thursday of the Gamecocks' 6-15 season, the worst showing in his 14 years of coaching at Kansas State and South Carolina.

South Carolina never found its footing, and Martin acknowledged he couldn't help his players get in rhythm.

"We've got work to do, man," he said. "What happened last year was unacceptable.