Another day, another bracket.

Day 2 of the NCAA Tournament was relatively stable compared to Thursday’s twilight zone. There were a couple upsets in the mix like Cornell, Missouri and Georgia Tech, but nothing to puff your chest out about.

If you managed to call those “shockers”, well, just pat yourself on the back as well as the other million folks who saw them coming.

While the upsets were few and far between Friday, it doesn’t mean your bracket went unscathed. Tough calls like Michigan State vs. New Mexico, Purdue vs. Siena, Gonzaga vs. Florida State and Cal vs. Louisville likely tore more than a few brackets a new “A”.

So it’s time once again to head back to your corner and tend to your wounds. And to help you understand where you rank among the billions of brackets clogging up work spaces all over the globe, here are your favorite 90’s TV moms.

Jill Taylor (Patricia Richardson) – Home Improvement

In a world of crazy do-it-yourself mishaps, three prepubescent sons and a coke-addicted husband, Richardson maintained her cool and kept order in the Taylor household. Just like you’ve nixed the madness this March. Tim didn’t lose a finger or a bracket matchup under Jill’s watch. Nor did he stray even when surrounded by sassy “Tool Girls” Pamela Anderson and Debbe Dunning.


Carol Foster (Suzanne Somers) – Step By Step

Somers came a long way from Chrissy on Three’s Company for this family-friendly series, but she still had it in the early 90’s. Sure, she wasn’t as hot as when she first hit our TV screens. A couple rough first-round losses and that bonehead Louisville pick took its toll on her. But she was still the sexiest mom on ABC’s TGIF lineup and, thanks to Thigh Master, still had those killer legs to walk right into the Final Four with guns a blazin’.


Harriet Winslow (Jo Marie Payton) – Family Matters

She wasn’t pretty but she got the job done. Sure, Harriet stood about 6-foot-4, could open every stuck pickle jar in the Winslow household and suspiciously looked like Glen Davis (but with smaller boobs and more stretch marks). And she may have liked Utah State over Texas A&M, Wofford against Wisconsin and Minnesota to beat Xavier. But that was Harriet, always rooting for the underdog. Why do you think she kept letting Urkel in the house?


Roseanne Connors (Roseanne Barr) – Roseanne

Fat, ugly and greasy. All describe this underachieving mother - as well as your bracket following the first round of the NCAA. Roseanne swore at her kids, yelled at her sisters and teased her husband. No wonder they switched Beckys in Season 6. Unfortunately, you can’t switch out your selections for the field of 64. Perhaps the only way to deal with the ugly reality of your bracket is to replace it with a slightly nastier image. Try thinking of Dan and Roseanne trying to find their privates while the kids are over at Aunt Jackie’s. Not working is it?


What 90's TV mom best describes your NCAA bracket?