Analyzing the Big East to date

With the Big East season kicking off on Saturday for MU it's worth taking stock of the nation's best conference to this point in the season. During the Christmas season both the East Coast Bias and Rush the Court completed 'State of the Big East' analyses. In case you missed those updates, check out these links.

Rush The Court slots MU in as the 9th place team in the Big East.

Pico Dulce at the East Coast Bias was the ringleader in an informative series based on contributions from the blogging community.

• Here's the bloggers' take on the performance of the teams they follow.
• Here's the blogger's take on the surprise team in the Big East.
• Here's the bloggers' take on the most disappointing team in the Big East.
• Here's the bloggers' take on the most disappointing and surprising player on their respective teams.
• Here's the bloggers' take on the final projected Big East standings.

As a reminder, the Warriors open up Big East play with a Hangover Special on New Year's Day against the West Virginia Mountaineers. If you're not familiar with Huggins' crew check out this Q/A from The Smoking Musket.

With the Big East conference season ready to kick-off in less than 48 hours -- MU great Roney Eford knows where to follow the action.