{"id":846422,"date":"2026-08-05T01:56:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T01:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/846422\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T01:56:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T01:56:17","slug":"tsn-teams-up-with-canadian-elite-basketball-league-for-2026-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/846422\/","title":{"rendered":"TSN Teams Up With Canadian Elite Basketball League For 2026 Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

CEBL Weekly Preview: What\u2019s at Stake in the Final Week of the Regular Season<\/a> <\/p>\n

July 28, 2026\n<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the final week of the CEBL season, and much is yet to be decided, from playoff spots to seeding. Let\u2019s get right into it\u2026 Eastern Conference We know (we have known for quite a while now, really) that the Scarborough Shooting Stars will enter the post-season as the top team in the East, and is the squad to beat. The Shooting Stars haven\u2019t let up since clinching that No. 1 spot, and carry a three-game winning streak into their final pair of contests. The goal now is to keep the good times rolling through August. As for the rest of the conference? Well, good luck sorting through all that. Yes\u2026still. The Brampton Honey Badgers and two-time defending champion Niagara River Lions are in the catbird seats, each sitting on 10 wins. The former still has three games to play while the latter has two. Brampton, however, will face a tall task hosting a desperate Montreal squad before a season-ending home-and-home with the Shooting Stars. It won\u2019t be easy for Niagara either, which heads west for a closing set on the road against the Saskatoon Mamba and Calgary Surge. But both teams can rely on pedigree, with 2025 MVP runner-up Sean East II showing out for the Honey Badgers while the River Lions count on two-time Finals MVP Khalil Ahmad, who was player of the game in their recent win over the Ottawa BlackJacks. The pressure is on for those players in the nation\u2019s capital, who are tied with the Montreal Alliance at 9-13 at the bottom of the conference. The Alliance close out their regular season with games against the Vancouver Bandits and Honey Badgers before the BlackJacks even return to the court. Ottawa will know what is required when it visits the Winnipeg Sea Bears and Edmonton Stingers to close out its season. Of course, if both Ottawa and Montreal win out, then the pressure is on Niagara and Brampton. The East, as it has been for the better part of a month, remains a jumble. Western Conference Things are a little more straightforward in the West. The Edmonton Stingers made things interesting, but their 100-89 win over the Calgary Surge on Sunday assured them of the conference\u2019s final playoff spot and prevented their Alberta rival\u2019s late-season renaissance from reaching the post-season. Edmonton will join Vancouver, Winnipeg and Saskatoon in the playoffs, but who plays whom must still be decided. At the top, the Bandits (14-8) hold a one-game lead over the Sea Bears (13-7). Circle Sunday on your calendar, because the two West forces will meet in B.C. for their season finales on that day in a clash that could determine the course of the playoffs. If things line up correctly, it could make for a pseudo-playoff-type atmosphere at Langley Event Centre. Meanwhile, just two days earlier, the Mamba and Stingers will collide in a contest that could have implications on third place in the Alberta capital. Ultimately, they will both be underdogs on the road against the Bandits or Sea Bears. But if they happen to have a preference of opponent, this is where they could help alter the destinies. Calgary, finally, has been reduced to the role of spoiler, where it can potentially end the River Lions\u2019 year if it hands coach Kimbal Mackenzie\u2019s troops a loss in their final game. It would be quite the way to end the campaign for a Calgary team that\u2019s had good vibes for most of the summer, but just couldn\u2019t undo the damage it wrought at the beginning of the season. It all adds up to what should be a wild closing stretch. Weekly schedule (11 games) Game #110 \u2013 Tuesday, July 28 \u2013 VAN at MTL \u2013 7:30 p.m. ET \/ 4:30 p.m. PT \u2013 Verdun Audiotrium (CBC Gem, YouTube, RDS, CEBL+) Game #111 \u2013 Wednesday, July 29 \u2013 NRL at SSK \u2013 7:30 p.m. CST \/ 9:30 p.m. ET \u2013 SaskTel Centre (CBC Gem, YouTube, CEBL+) Game #112 \u2013 Thursday, July 30 \u2013 MTL at BHB \u2013 7:30 p.m. ET \u2013 CAA Centre (CBC Gem, YouTube, CEBL+) Game #113 \u2013 Friday, July 31 \u2013 OTT at WPG \u2013 7 p.m. CDT \/ 8 p.m. ET \u2013 Canada Life Centre (CBC Gem, YouTube, CEBL+) Game #114 \u2013 Friday, July 31 \u2013 SSK at EDM \u2013 7 p.m. CST\/MT \/ 9 p.m. ET \u2013 Edmonton EXPO Centre (CBC Gem, YouTube, CEBL+) Game #115 \u2013 Friday, July 31 \u2013 NRL at CGY \u2013 7:30 p.m. MT \/ 9:30 p.m. ET \u2013 WinSport Event Centre (CBC Gem, YouTube, CEBL+) Game #116 \u2013 Saturday, Aug. 1 \u2013 SSS at BHB \u2013 7 p.m. ET \u2013 CAA Centre (CBC Gem, YouTube, CEBL+) Game #117 \u2013 Sunday, Aug. 2 \u2013 WPG at VAN \u2013 12:30 p.m. PT \/ 2:30 p.m. CDT \/ 3:30 p.m. ET \u2013 Envision Financial Court at Langley Events Centre (CBC, CBC Gem, YouTube, CEBL+) Game #118 \u2013 Sunday, Aug. 2 \u2013 OTT at EDM \u2013 4 p.m. MT \/ 6 p.m. ET \u2013 Edmonton EXPO Centre (CBC Gem, YouTube, CEBL+) Game #119 \u2013 Monday, Aug. 3 \u2013 BHB at SSS \u2013 4 p.m. ET \u2013 Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre (CBC Gem, YouTube, CEBL+) Game #120 \u2013 Monday, Aug. 3 \u2013 CGY at SSK \u2013 4 p.m. CST\/MT \/ 6 p.m. ET \u2013 Merlis Belsher Place (CBC Gem, YouTube, CEBL+) For the full 2026 CEBL schedule, please visit cebl.ca\/games .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CEBL Weekly Preview: What\u2019s at Stake in the Final Week of the Regular Season July 28, 2026 It\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":846423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-846422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/846423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}