{"id":18305,"date":"2026-08-30T16:44:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T15:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/cbl-power-rankings\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T16:44:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T15:44:38","slug":"cbl-power-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/news\/cbl-power-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Power rankings: the six, ranked by what the film says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Records lie for a month. Possessions do not. Six teams, ranked by what the film says rather than what the table does.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"1-harbourside\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Harbourside<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best half-court offence in the league and a defence that has not yet been asked a hard question. The schedule asks one next week.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"2-valley\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Valley<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eight players, one plan, and a fourth-quarter margin nobody can touch. See above for the caveat.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"3-ridgeway\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Ridgeway<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Top of the rebounding charts, bottom of the corner-three charts. One of those is easier to fix.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/stadiumNight-1024x682.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/stadiumNight-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/stadiumNight-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/stadiumNight-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/stadiumNight-1536x1023.webp 1536w, https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/stadiumNight.webp 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ridgeway at home: the loudest building in the league, by the league\u2019s own meter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h2 id=\"4-to-6\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">4 to 6<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Summit: a good team with a cap sheet problem.<\/li><li>Crestline: better than their record; worse than their shot chart.<\/li><li>Delford: a rebuild that has started, which is more than last year.<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Records lie for a month. 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