As if Kansas State coach Frank Martin doesn't already at times scare the living daylights out of his players, star Jacob Pullen has been informed by his roommate, forward Jamar Samuels, that their apartment might very well be haunted, according to the Manhattan Mercury.

Pullen is having none of it.

"Jamar believes that when I'm gone and out of town that we have ghosts that go through our apartment which is not true," said his roommate, Jacob Pullen. "When Jamar is gone I never hear it.

"But that's the thing about having a roommate. When there's nobody else there you feel lonely, you have nobody to talk to so he's probably just making it up."

The anecdotal evidence can only mean one thing, of course. Beards -- like the one Pullen has resolved to keep on his face -- apparently have the power to ward off ghosts.

Samuels might want to take that into consideration considering Pullen will be gone some more this week, having been selected to train with the USA Men's Select team in Las Vegas beginning today.