Why doesn't Rand feel the ta'veren pull from Mat when he's so close to Ebou Dar? Is it because he's so ill from the taint on saidin?
Even the whole Band of the Red Hand feels Mat needs them.
Two options I can think of:
It might be that ta'veren can only pull on someone with less influence in the pattern, not a more powerful ta'veren.
It could be due to concern/bond? Rand has been pretty heavily walling himself off emotionally, icing out whatever concern he has for his friends. In contrast, Mat and Perrin worry more about him (even if Mat denies it, or it's not Perrin's primary concern). And the Band of the Red Hand obviously care about Mat a lot.
The first might be more probable, as it relies on stronger/more established facts of canon (Rand is stronger ta'veren than the other two), it's also more simplistic.
The second relies heavier on interpretation (Rand has less concern for his friends than they do for him), and there might even be something contradicting it somewhere that I don't remember. But I do think it might fit slightly better with the idea that it creates a feeling that person needs them, even when the pattern doesn't want them to go be with them. (ex: Mat feeling it towards Rand while he's in Ebou Dar, even though the wheel wants him stuck there so he gets trapped with married to Tuon).
