I thought no one. It's just nice validation for up and coming programs. It probably doesn't matter to you because UCLA is always ranked and is always a lock for the Tourney lately. But for a team like Northwestern, who hasn't been ranked since 1969, I would think it would be a neat level of accomplishment for them and a sign that people are noticing. Smaller things are cool about it as well. When they are showing score on ESPN during the week, your team shows up because they are ranked. A lot of the online sites for following games only have "Game Tracker" for games with a ranked team involved. Stupid stuff like that. I realize I took it on another tangent, but there is some value to the CBB rankings. Well, I wasn't referring to actually being ranked vs. not (especially for a program like NU which has had so little basketball success and even "also receiving votes" is a huge accomplishment). Northwestern and Purdue are in much different places and rankings shouldn't be much of a concern to a Purdue fan. I'm sure it doesn't matter to me quite as much as him but it still matters. People gripe about the rankings all over the country. I'm hardly in the minority in being annoyed with them. Andy griped sometimes last year about them and our roommate who is an IU fan did too. It's a sign of disrespect when you are ranked lower than you should be. Plus when it comes to rivalries I hate when I get told, "We a top 10 team and you not." Not necessarily that quote but something like it. HA is that a picture of the new renovations there doing for Mackey? I actually did a news story on the local news about it. They look pretty awesome Yeah I wanted a non player photo because everyone has player photos. The renovations won't be here anytime soon but when they are done raising the money and getting it built it will be one of the best in the country. I'm Overcompensating ridiculous to look at the specs. I interviewed one of the higher athletic advisors there it's supposed to be like 72mil project