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[QUOTE="Get a Job, post: 4138238, member: 9775"]
The people arguing that rankings matter are being specific about what aspects of being a ranked team are important and why. If you disagree with those points, argue against them specifically. Just repeating that rankings don't matter does not an argument make.

Not to put words in your mouth, but I think you are saying the team should go about business as if they are unaware of the rankings, and that the arc of the season has nothing to do with a team's ranking. These are completely reasonable arguments to make, in my opinion. On the other hand, I think you are dead wrong if you don't think rankings affect fan engagement, media coverage, and things like that. These things can have mid- and long-term effects on recruiting, ticket sales, and other things that make future Ws more likely.

TL;DR:
Reasonable people can disagree as to the relevance of a team's weekly ranking as it pertains to any given aspect of a college basketball team. It is completely unreasonable, in my opinion, to make a blanket statement that rankings don't matter.
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