The LSU men’s tennis has become synonymous with the NCAA tournament throughout program history. The Tigers have made the tournament 25 of the last 26 years, including five quarterfinal appearances, two semifinal appearances and one runner-up finish in the NCAA tournament since 1987. But for the first time in 16 years — and the first time in LSU coach Jeff Brown’s 13-year tenure — LSU (8-15, 3-8) failed to make the 64-team field.The bracket was announced Tuesday afternoon on ESPNews as Brown and his team huddled around the big screen television at W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium only to find out they will watch the tournament at home for the first time since 1994 when former coach Jerry Simmons led LSU to a 10-13 record.”I really wanted them to get in,” Brown said. “It will be disappointing because I want them to be able to practice for two more weeks and go to the tournament and have the experience.” Brown and LSU assistant coach Danny Bryan knew the Tigers would be either the last team in or the first team out, and Bryan said the Tigers would have had to jump to No. 42 in the latest ITA rankings which were released Monday. They fell one spot short, coming in at No. 43. “We’ve always known this was a developmental year pretty much,” Bryan said. “The fact is that we were really young, and we had a tough schedule.” LSU had arguably one of the toughest schedules in the country — one of the main reasons for its 15 losses.  The Tigers played 12 top-25 teams, including six matches against top-10 teams. The only win came March 19 against then-No. 21 Wake Forest. “There’s a lot of frustration,” said LSU junior Julien Gathier. “Even against the top teams in the country, most of the time we were in the matches, but we were missing one point that could have made a difference.” Virginia received the overall No. 1 seed in the tournament and eight Southeastern Conference teams made the field — Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Ole Miss, Auburn, Alabama and Vanderbilt.The LSU women’s tennis team also missed on the women’s portion of the NCAA tournament. The Lady Tigers weren’t selected for the first time since 2006 after compiling a 10-15 record on the year and had a similar situation to the men in terms of youth and inexperience.  LSU coach Tony Minnis started three freshmen and a sophomore in his singles lineup and had no dominant player to anchor itself on when things went sour. The Lady Tigers finished the final regular season rankings ranked No. 70, their lowest ranking since 1993. —-Contact Sean Isabella at [email protected].