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Here are the remaining members of the 2008 All-Glue team, followed by the complete list of the previous SI All-Glue teams:

Tory Jackson, 5-11 point guard, Notre Dame. It is unusual for a point guard to make the All-Glue team (it's harder to blend in when you're running the show), but Jackson's toughness, maturity and leadership is at least as responsible for Notre Dame's success this season as Kyle McAlarney's three-point efficiency or Luke Harangody's bull-in-a-china-shop post play.

Jackson was thrust into a starting role 10 games into his freshman season when McAlarney was suspended following his arrest for marijuana possession. He played with great daring and flair (he led the Big East with six assists per game in league play) but too often he did not bring the discretion to match. The result was too many forced shots and wild turnovers.

In November, Jackson still looked a little untamed -- he committed five turnovers during a one-point loss to Georgia Tech on Nov. 19 and seven turnovers in a win over Kansas State on Dec. 4 -- but he has proven to be a quick study. More important, he has been an astoundingly effective rebounder for a player of his stature. He is averaging 5.3 boards a game and had a career-high 13 rebounds in Notre Dame's win over a physical Pittsburgh team on Feb. 21. During one three-game stretch in early February, Jackson flirted with triple-doubles three straight times: 17 points, 10 assists, eight rebounds versus Rutgers; 14 points, eight assists, six rebounds versus Marquette and nine points, eight assists, seven rebounds versus Seton Hall. Not surprisingly, he takes on Notre Dame's toughest perimeter-defensive assignment every game, and he is the main reason why so many Big East coaches say this is Mike Brey's best defensive team in South Bend.

David Pendergraft, 6-6 senior forward, Gonzaga. Most people in Spokane call him Pendo, but Gonzaga coach Mark Few calls Pendergraft the "ultimate Zag." Suffice to say, that is the ultimate compliment. "We've had some great ones here, but he stands for everything the whole program is about," Few said two weeks ago. "How he plays, how he leaves it all on the floor, how he is at practice, how he is in the locker room, how handles himself in school. ... There hasn't been a better ambassador for Gonzaga basketball than him, period."

Aside from his bright red hair, Pendergraft can often go unnoticed as he toils in blue-collar obscurity next to his flashy teammates. He throws his body around recklessly (which helps him average 4.4 rebounds per game), he can guard all three frontcourt positions and he is able to step out and knock down three-pointers. (This season he made 40-of-91 attempts from behind the arc.) But he has developed an uncanny knack to make a big play in a big moment. Only then do you realize that even if he is not this team's most talented player, he is clearly its most valuable.

Pendergraft also willingly volunteers his time for local charities, and he has taken it upon himself to be Gonzaga basketball's biggest salesman and recruiter. He has demonstrated that kind of commitment ever since he announced as a 16-year-old high school sophomore that he wanted to go there. "Coming here is about team basketball and winning," Pendergraft said, "and I did my role." Amen, Glue Guy.

Derrick Jasper, 6-6 sophomore guard, Kentucky. When I asked UK coach Billy Gillispie what the difference was between his team in November and December, when it only won five of its first 10 games, and now, when it won 11 of its last 13 heading into the SEC tournament. He immediately answered with two words: "Derrick Jasper."

Jasper did miss those first 10 games as he recovered from offseason knee surgery, but why would Gillispie sing the praises of someone who was scoring all of 4.2 points per game? "I said at the start of the year he was the one guy we couldn't afford to lose," Gillispie told me. "He can guard a point guard or a four man. On offense he gives us another point guard, which allows Ramel [Bradley] and Joe [Crawford] to get free. We can do things on defense you can't do with a conventional lineup. He's big, long, athletic and competitive. He's a championship player."

As a freshman, Jasper started 27 games for Kentucky and was named to the SEC's all-freshman team. His 5.3 rebounding average attests to his toughness, and his 14-point outing in last Sunday's win over Florida shows he is capable of scoring when the team needs him. But what the Wildcats were lacking most in the early going was the mental fortitude to satisfy Gillispie's demands. Jasper's return to health has been the biggest reason why the Cats were able to complete their remarkable turnaround from a laughingstock to an NCAA tournament team.

Justin Mason, 6-2 sophomore guard, Texas. When the Longhorns throttled Tennessee by 19 points in November, Mason, who scored 3.6 points per game last season, exploded for 21 points. While that performance showed some promise, it was in some ways the worst thing that could have happened because it set expectations that he might be a big scorer. Mason soon went into a shooting slump that briefly cost him his place in the starting lineup.

He didn't stay on the bench for long. Showing that he can be, as Texas coach Rick Barnes describes him, a "junkyard dog," Mason had four blocks and six rebounds in 36 minutes in the Longhorns' two-point win over Colorado on Jan. 19. Though Mason only had two points in the game, it was the kind of performance that earns a player a coveted spot in Gluedom. It also got him promoted back to the starting lineup.

Mason, who was named to to the Big 12's all-defensive team last week, always draws the toughest perimeter assignment. He is second on the team in assists (2.4 average), third in steals (1.2), third in rebounding (4.4) and first in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.9-to-1). "Justin is a guy you've just got to have," Barnes said in January. "He's a guy willing to do all the little things that a lot of people don't notice."

Wisconsin (glue team). The Glue Committee hasn't put an entire team on this prestigious list since our inaugural squad included Stanford in 2000. But it's simply impossible to pick just one Badger to put on the All-Glue team. Two starters, junior swingman Joe Krabbenhoft and senior guard Michael Flowers, were named to the Big Ten's all-defensive team. A third starter, 6-7 junior Marcus Landry, was on the All-Glue team last year. Even this team's lone marquee player, 6-11 senior Brian Butch, is excelling by mixing it up inside with the blue-collar boys.

No, this entire team needs to be recognized for stickiness. The Badgers won a Big Ten championship this season not by overwhelming opponents with talent, but rather teamwork. Their coach, Bo Ryan, hasn't had a lot of first-round draft picks in his career, but he has won a ton of games with players who were willing to work hard, develop their skills and buy into his team-first ethos. This year's team may be the best illustration of the power of Glue he's ever had.

Past honorees

2007: Dane Bradshaw, Tennessee (captain); Kyle Shiloh, Nevada; Dominique Kirk, Texas A&M; Othello Hunter, Ohio State; Marcus Landry, Wisconsin.

2006: Sean Dockery, Duke (captain); Dane Bradshaw, Tennessee; Mike Hall, George Washington; Sean Marshall, Boston College; Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, UCLA; Kenton Paulino, Texas

2005: Jamaal Levy, Wake Forest (captain); Louis Hinnant, Boston College; Erroll Knight, Gonzaga; Christian Moody, Kansas; Ellis Myles, Louisville; Roger Powell, Illinois

2004: Jaron Brown, Pittsburgh (captain); Tyrone Barley, Saint Joseph's; Erroll Knight, Gonzaga; Roger Powell, Illinois; Nick Robinson, Stanford; Robert Tomaszek, Texas Tech.

2003: Rick Anderson, Arizona (captain); Jaron Brown, Pittsburgh; Justin Hamilton, Florida; Chuck Hayes, Kentucky; Robert Johnson, Oregon; Ellis Myles, Louisville; Tony Robertson, Connecticut.

2002: Gerald Fitch, Kentucky (captain); Dahntay Jones, Duke; Billy Knight, UCLA; Byron Mouton, Maryland; Jarrod Odle, Indiana; Antoine Pettway, Alabama.

2001: Sergio McClain, Illinois (captain); Nate James, Duke; Luke Walton, Arizona; Justin Hamilton, Florida; Marcus Toney-El, Seton Hall; Jason Capel, North Carolina

2000: Lavor Postell, St. John's (captain); Alex Jensen, Utah; Nate James, Duke; Brian Beshara, LSU; Stanford (glue team)