Look at Syracuse, Vanderbilt, and Tulsa from last year. UCLA the year before, NC State the year prior to that.

Also, curious who you thought UVA should have been left out in favor of in 2012? There were plenty of teams with worst resumes who made the tournament (South Florida, Iona, NC State, for example).

Even if you did want to make your argument; a bracket in July is still completely worthless.