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No. 16 seed WKU defeats No. 8 seed Auburn in Sirius XM's Mascot Bracket, advances to Sweet 16

Big Red has done it again.

No. 16 seed WKU and Big Red knocked off No. 8 seed Auburn and Aubie the Tiger in the Sirius XM Mascot Bracket on Tuesday, which means the Hilltoppers have advanced beyond their second-round matchup in the South Region and are heading forward to the Sweet 16 round.

As voting ended at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, the big-mouthed red blob had tallied 53.3% of the votes, while Aubie got 46.7%. In total, 18,551 votes were cast for the matchup. The next closest vote to the one between WKU and Auburn only garnered 13,935 total votes.